Silo Valley, nameless hills.
When the middle-aged scholar asked, Luo Chuan's expression remained unchanged, while the old people on the straw mats around him exchanged glances with each other, each with their own thoughts.
This question seems to have nothing to do with the alliance of the Eighteen Major Surnames and the ownership of the Xiluo Valley, but in fact it asks about an extremely sensitive and critical link.
Luo Chuan did not speak in a hurry, but waited until everyone present looked around and turned their attention to him again before speaking again. He looked at the middle-aged scholar with a sincere face, "Jianyou, what have I done since I entered Cangyan?" It was all based on my heart, and I was just filling in the gaps for the prefect, but I saw the people were happy along the way, and you said so, so it should be true. This at least proves that what I did was not wrong, but... ...This is not enough!"
He stood up from the straw mat and walked to the center of the venue, looking around at everyone, "What I long for is not only to eliminate the accumulated abuses in the officialdom, but also to make the officialdom clean itself, decentralize powers, and supervise each other. Where did things go wrong?" Only when the maggots are noticed and removed in time can real long-term peace and stability be achieved. The same is true for the happiness of the people of Cangyan. Jianyou said that it is all up to me to see the dawn in Cangyan. I don’t agree. Maybe I can be the one to open up the world. I am the pioneer of a new road, but I cannot always be the defender of this new road. This road depends on you to walk, and it also depends on you and me to protect it together. I once heard someone say that people should save themselves before others. Only then can I save him, that’s the truth. As for when will I leave Cangyan...?"
He turned back to look at the middle-aged scholar who seemed a little frightened and said with a smile, "If I don't want to leave, no one can let me go...!!"
The middle-aged scholar couldn't help being startled when he heard this, and then he showed an increasingly frightened look. He knelt down on the straw mat and bowed to the end, "This is a great blessing for my Cangyan people. The Wang family will defend to the death the path that the young master walks. !”
The other old people on the straw mat were equally shocked when they heard this, but most of them could still maintain a calm appearance. Only the two old people with angry looks and long faces looked at the middle-aged scholar and fell into deep thought.
Luochuan waved his hand and said, "Jianyou, I'll note whether you and the Wang family have such intentions, but regarding the long-term ownership of this large fertile land in the Xiluo Valley, we still need to discuss it. Note, I want to The problem is long-lasting, so it cannot be solved by one person."
The angry-looking old man looked at the long-faced old man that day and asked, "Your Majesty, please be safe. Whatever you say and do, I am happy to respect you. However, the matter of opening up wasteland in the Xiluo Valley is not an easy task. In the first two years... ..It’s not easy…”
Luo Chuan turned to the angry-looking old man and said, "Are you Mr. Li Tingyu, the head of the Li clan?"
The old man with a naturally angry look raised his eyebrows and raised his hands in salute, "This old man is Li Tingyu, and he is not worthy of the title of "Mr."
Luo Chuan smiled and waved his hand, "You were the one who led the monsters from the four realms into the mountains and forests and returned with blood for ten days. Although I am also a cultivator of the three realms now, it is still timid to think about such a feat. I am just a senior with the word "Mr." Of course I deserve it," he said with a straight face, "I know the difficulties of land reclamation. I went to Linshui Town to understand the situation before. In the first year of land reclamation, a family was raised on 20 acres, and the next year was much better. The third year I have more than one year left. What the old man is worried about is probably taxes. As for me, I have been a hostage in Zhongjing City for sixteen years. This time I returned home without making a single request to the prefect. Now I will use these sixteen years to... In exchange for the tax exemption for the first year of reclaiming official land in Cangyan...does the old gentleman think it's okay?"
Not to mention the younger entourage who followed, even the old people on the straw mat couldn't help but be moved when they heard this. The old man with a naturally angry look stood up slowly with the help of the young people around him, "No matter what the young master ends up doing, If I can ask for tax exemption for this year, I would like to thank you for your kindness on behalf of the common people!"
When the old man with a naturally angry look bowed down, everyone else also bowed down.
After Luo Chuan accepted everyone's bows without saying a word, he stepped forward to help the angry-looking old man up, patted the back of the old man's rough bark-like hands and said, "Even if you have some kindness, I will accept it." "Seniors, this bow has made the situation even," he said solemnly after signaling everyone to stand up, "because the things to be discussed later cannot be emotionally charged. The Xiluo Valley is so big, how many different places should each family have?"
After being helped to their feet, the old people no longer sat back on the straw mats but stood around Luochuan. No one spoke first.
Luo Chuan had no choice but to speak again, "Everyone, the eighteen surnames are all my Cangyan people. To be honest, whoever settles down in this Xiluo Valley is the same to the Cangyan County Magistrate, but I am different. I hope "In this Cangyan land, there will no longer be babies thrown into the mountains because they cannot afford to feed them, and there will no longer be children chewing tree bark because they are not full." He said in a deep voice, "Everyone, I know that we are all eighteen. For the heads of the big surnames, pursuing the interests of their respective families is their first priority. I respect and agree with it. But this time, everyone, just this time, everyone who is qualified to participate in this alliance of the 18 major surnames, I respect As a respect to the parents of the common people, please put the children who have to be abandoned first!"
The long-faced old man who was next to the old man with an angry face said slowly, "Young master said before that the land reclamation land in Cangyan will be tax-free for one year. This land in Cangyan... can include him. Where?"
"Of course it includes other places," Luo Chuan turned to look at the long-faced old man, "Are you Mr. Zhang Yuan, the patriarch of the Zhang family?"
"You can't be called Mr. Young Master, I am none other than Zhang Yuan," the long-faced old man said with a bow.
"I went to Linshui Town earlier, and the people there were the descendants of your Zhang family. When they had no support, they ran out and came here. The Zhang family is like this, and other surnames are not much better. What do you mean? I understand too," Luo Chuan turned around and asked, "Which one is the patriarch of the Chen family, the Cui family, and the Cai family?"
The three old men raised their hands when they heard this.
Luo Chuan walked up to them and said, "I know that the three of you have reclaimed some fairly small wasteland nearby." He saw that the three old men were so shocked that they were breaking out in cold sweat, so he smiled and waved his hands. He said, "Don't worry. You are clearing wasteland to feed more people. I don't know how hard you have worked. But more than half of the output of those wasteland will be handed over to Liu Mingzheng. How many people can the rest feed?" He said solemnly, "Now that I have killed Liu Mingzheng, I will turn those wasteland into official fields. Since they are official fields, you can pay as much tax and grain as you want. The extra ones are yours, and all three of your families will do it." In the eastern region of Cangyan, which is far away from the Xiluo Valley, how about not participating in the distribution?"
The three old people didn't know what was good or bad. When they arrived, their hearts were filled with excitement and fell to the ground. In an instant, they fell to the ground with tears streaming down their faces.
Luo Chuan helped the three of them up again, looked at the old people around him and said, "There are still fifteen families left, let's talk one by one!"
