Chapter Forty-Five
The rebels occupied the whole city, distributed money and food, and appeased the people. The city was filled with cheers.
However, Zhou Shi came over with a sad face and saluted everyone: "These few people have great magical powers and destroyed the Zhang family. They eliminated an evil for the people in the city. It is very satisfying. We ordinary people are so grateful."
Yan Nu was confused and said: "Since it is a good thing, why are you crying and sad?"
Zhou Shi glanced at him, remained silent, and just bowed repeatedly.
Feng Junyou reacted immediately and said calmly: "Yan Nu, you almost killed the nobles in the city. As soon as we leave, they will be in trouble. The surrounding wealthy families will definitely attack in groups, right?"
Shen Leling chuckled: "What's there to be afraid of? Didn't I help you recruit so many soldiers? Don't you have the confidence to defend Hua County? Then surrender as soon as possible."
Zhou Shi sighed: "But we have no name and no status, so we can't recruit many."
"If I have soldiers in hand, the surrounding noble families will not be afraid of them. I can defeat the enemy and even seize counties to strengthen my strength."
"But these surrendered soldiers are temporarily intimidating your force. What will happen when you leave?"
"Without the support of the noble clans, even if those warriors surrender temporarily, they will make a coup and seize the city later. Even if I handle it properly, they will flee and defect to other wealthy clans."
"No matter how much money you give, you will just run away with the money, without any fighting ability, because whoever you follow has a better future than following us."
Yan Nu was shocked and said: "Why! Just because I killed all the scholars of the Zhang family?"
Feng Junyou explained to him: "To seize the Zhang family's foundation is greed, and to destroy the entire Zhang family is rebellion. Unless there is no way to survive, who is willing to sell his life here?"
Yan Nu was a little confused and murmured: "The Zhang family has been wiped out. If you want to survive, you still have to look at the faces of other noble clans?"
"Yes..." Zhou Shi bowed.
Yan Nu frowned and stamped his spear on the ground: "Then I won't leave. If the wealthy clan dares to come, I will destroy them all!"
"Absolutely not!" Zhou Shi and Feng Junyou said in unison.
They all know very well that after destroying the Zhang family and leaving, the Huaxian rebels will only have to face the covetousness of the surrounding wealthy families. Although this situation is difficult, it can still be solved, and it is still a secular level game.
But if the monsters stay, they will face countless enemies.
Especially Yan Slave Shen Leling and the others were originally hunted down by the monks.
After Feng Junyou talked about the stakes, he said to Zhou Shi: "Anyway, you were forced to revolt. The destruction of the Zhang family should be thrown on us."
Shen Leling patted Yan Nu: "Leave the rest to them. It is a good thing for this place that we leave."
Yan Nu nodded.
Seeing that they were indeed leaving, Zhou Shi held his hands in gratitude and said, "That's good."
However, Yan Nu listened to the cheers all over the city and suddenly said: "After we leave, you don't have to be afraid of the wealthy families around you."
"Look at how happy everyone is. Divide the fields quickly. This is everyone's home. Who doesn't want to protect their home?"
When he was very young, Ah Weng still had his own fields. After the chaos in the world, in order to protect Chashan Village, Ah Weng led the whole village, men, women, and children from every household to go into battle and drove away the bandits who were several times his own. Because at that time, Chashan Village is their home.
Later, the land became the Zhang family's, and Chashan Village became Chashan Fort. Aweng and everyone else also defended the city, but they were all forced, so that when Gou Xi arrived, the army easily broke through the city.
Almost all the villagers in the past died in that battle. From then on, Aweng lost his temper and never picked up a knife again.
From then on, Yannu stayed only for Aweng. When Aweng was there, it was still home, but when Aweng was gone, there was no home.
Yan Nu knew very well what people wanted, but as soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.
Zhou Shi even had a headache that was about to burst: "You still want us to share the land equally?"
"Yes, the Zhang family has hundreds of thousands of acres of land, haven't you started dividing it yet?" Yan Nu asked, he thought that after occupying the city, the people had already divided the Zhang family's land.
Li Xiang shook his head: "We are still counting the property of the Zhang family, but because there are no scholars, and my subordinates are all rough guys, those books know me, but I don't know him."
"So there are hundreds of businesses waiting to be developed in the city, and there are so many things going on. It's really a blur."
As he said that, he looked at Zhou Shi and said, "Thankfully, sir, I'm here, otherwise we really don't know what to do."
Now, there was only one scholar from the Zhou Dynasty left in the city, and all government affairs relied on him. When he heard that Li Xiang was also thinking about equalizing land, he leaned back and fainted.
"Sir! Sir!" Li Xiang was shocked and hugged him quickly.
It took a long time to wake up Zhou Shi. Zhou Shi said in a trembling voice: "Kill me..."
"Sir, why are you doing this?" Li Xiang asked anxiously.
Zhou Shi's lips turned white and he said: "Those who equalize land will die like this throughout the ages! Don't you hear what happened to Wang Mang? Rather than die without a burial place, why don't you, Lord, kill me now?"
Li Xiang came from a rough background and had not read much. He asked in surprise: "Wang Mang?"
Zhou Shi sighed: "In the past, Wang Mang restored the old land system of a thousand years ago and threatened to return to the era of Yao and Shun. In fact, he did the opposite and harmed all people. His crimes are too numerous to write down."
"He confiscated all the cultivated land in the world to the public. The principle was that one couple would have one hundred acres. Any land exceeding the limit would be confiscated and redistributed to farmers without land. Private transactions were not allowed."
"So much so that the whole world was boiling and the whole world was in rebellion. Emperor Guangwu followed the destiny and responded like a cloud. In one period, he swept across the Divine Continent and brought peace to the sea."
"Wang Mang was cut into thousands of pieces by the rebels, and his head was struck by the common people who suffered deeply, and his tongue was cut out and eaten. To this day, his head has been cut into pieces and kept in the Luoyang Palace as a warning to the royal families of all dynasties."
Yan Nu asked strangely: "Why is the whole world rebelling?"
Since public dissatisfaction was boiling, there must be a reason, but he didn't hear the problem.
"All the people have lost their land innocently, why don't they fight back?" Zhou Shi glanced at him sideways.
Yan Nu tilted his head: "Isn't there a hundred acres?"
Zhou Shi said angrily: "Everyone is a tenant farmer of the emperor. No matter how selfless the land is, do you think it is a good thing? This will only make everyone poor, regardless of whether they are scholars or common people."
Yan Nu had no way to refute, and vaguely felt that this was not the point of the problem, but he didn't know how to say it, and he just wished he had never read the book.
Li Xiang was not reconciled and said: "But now we have no name, no status and no one. What can we do about the uneven land? How can the people support us?"
Zhou Shi said anxiously: "The people just want to have enough food and clothing. We give the fields to them for cultivation and only charge a small rent. We must not show any signs of equalizing the land."
"Otherwise, if the aristocratic family is so excited, who in the world can resist it?"
"Wang Mang owned the whole world, and all of them were torn into pieces. Now that we only occupy one county, if we dare to kill the nobles and share their land, we will die without a burial place."
Then he said to Yan Nu: "You have killed all the Zhang family's nobles, and no one will dare to defect to us again."
"Without the recognition of the nobles in the world, we are almost living in the cracks. If we are not wiped out, it will be a waste. If we dare to equalize the land, we will be turned into powder!"
Yan Nu finally understood: "So as long as there are no aristocratic families in the world, the land can be equalized."
"..." Zhou Shisheng was so helpless that he drew his sword and was about to kill himself.
Li Xiang quickly stopped him: "Sir! It's just a matter of not equalizing the land first! It's the same if we give the land to the common people."
"But the surrounding wealthy families are eyeing them. If we don't equalize the land, how can we resist?"
Zhou Shi said depressedly: "There is a way to resist, there is a way... As long as the uneven land falls into a desperate situation, then I have a way to deal with the few mediocre wealthy families around here..."
Li Xiang's face showed joy: "It turns out there is a way. I thought the situation was hopeless. If there is really no way to survive, I don't care about that. It's better to go all the way to the dark side and at least get the support of the people."
When Yan Nu heard the truth, he clapped his hands and said, "That's right! Anyone who is not given a way to survive must die!"
"It's not a desperate situation... It's not a desperate situation... If there is a way to survive, I will be able to run this Huaxian County!" Zhou Shi said with a headache. As long as the land is not equalized, it is not a desperate situation.
"That's good, that's good." Li Xiang held Zhou Shi's hand with a relieved look on his face.
There were tears in the corners of Zhou Shi's eyes. When he thought about how few people in this city had read books, he was the only one who had to take care of it. He felt that a huge burden had been placed on him.
But even so, he worked hard to find a solution to this mess. Otherwise, how could he avenge the hatred of the country and the family?
There are hundreds of businesses waiting to flourish in the city, and with the Zhang family’s capital, it’s not impossible to pull them together.
Thinking of this, he really thought of some ways. Then, he glanced at Li Xiang, who looked honest and honest next to him, and was shocked: "Is this big boss trying to provoke me?"
Then he looked at Yan Nu, suspecting that the two of them were singing along.
If this is really the case, then Li Xiang has a vulgar appearance but a delicate heart, which may really help.
Zhou Shi calmed down and felt better.
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Chapter completed!