Luo Xin feels quite accomplished now.

Although he was in a remote village, he saw several yamen servants and helpers measuring the land with a few measuring rods. Behind them, several people with patches on their clothes were watching step by step, fearing that the yamen servants

The extra work on the hands of Hebangxian has reduced the land they should have received.

The land was given free of charge by the government.

They just put their fingerprints on a twenty-year contract agreement.

One acre of land requires one hundred catties of grain every year.

If there are no natural disasters, this number is acceptable.

In addition, these free fields are not allowed to lie idle. If they remain idle for one year, you will have to pay an additional 100 catties. If it lasts more than two years, the government will take back the land and never give it to you again.

Ordinary people even find this article a bit funny.

Who dares to lay waste to waste land?

For no other reason than for a bite of food, I can only work hard in the fields all day without any delay!

Of course, distributing official fields and terraced fields newly reclaimed by the government to the common people will not give Luo Xin a great sense of accomplishment, it is just a matter of doing things step by step.

His real achievement was to successfully convince the wealthy gentry in Bijie who owned large amounts of land, and the landlords began to sell their land.

Luo's on Liangzhe Road is also famous.

Although they mainly deal in silk, their family also owns a large amount of land and is truly a big landowner.

Therefore, he was naturally able to find common ground with these local landowners and gentry.

Luo Xin convinced them that the price of Bijie's land would probably drop sharply in the future.

Because the government will also reclaim a large amount of land.

Every landless citizen will receive twenty years of free contracted official land from the government.

This is not important.

The important thing is that the land of these landowners and gentry will lose the tenants who rent it to them, and will have to be abandoned.

The consequences of desertion are serious.

Even if the land is private to you, abandoning it is prohibited by law.

If taxes are doubled in one year, the land will grow wings and fly away in two years.

Instead of letting the government take it away for free, it is better to negotiate with the government now and sell these lands to the government. Firstly, it is better to sell the land to the government, and secondly, it will not make you lose money.

The local gentry and landlords thought about it, but under the influence of Luo Xin, they met with the prefect Luo Gang, and then bargained for a price. Under Luo Xin's persuasive lobbying, the prefect Luo Gang finally agreed to pay a premium.

Buy a lot of land from these landowners.

For this reason, these landlords and gentry also entrusted Luo Xin to secretly bribe Luo Gang, the prefect.

In the eyes of the gentry and landowners, their bribery was effective because the price of the land purchased by the government from them was about 20% higher than the market price.

Of course, Luo Gang couldn't get the money.

So Luo Xin persuaded these gentry and landlords to join some businesses led by the government.

For example, salt, grain, and wine.

These businesses are basically exclusive businesses. Without government background, you are not qualified to do them.

More importantly, as long as you participate, you will not lose money.

So these wealthy gentry and landowners happily participated in this feast by paying their own money.

In order to get more shares in these businesses and get more returns, they bribed Luo Xin and Luo Gang.

And the two of them accepted these bribes without hesitation.

As a result, Luo Gang successfully implemented the land reform without spending a penny. According to calculations, 70% to 80% of the people will own their own land, and the part that does not will also have their own land in the next day.

In two years, with the increase in wasteland reclamation, we will successfully become a land-owning people.

The achievement is more than that.

Taking advantage of this incident, Luo Gang also tied the local gentry and landowners in Bijie to the government. From now on, everyone is almost a family, and they can make money together.

At least that's what the gentry and landowners thought.

What Luo Gang paid was just the right to operate some specialized businesses.

Looking at the two boxes of silver in front of him, Xiao Cheng felt that his eyes were dazzled.

"This is how much money those rich people gave you to bribe you?" Xiao Cheng asked.

"I'm not the only one, there are also people who bribed Luo Xin, they are all here!" Luo Gang said with a smile: "In the next few years, the population will increase and the world will be peaceful. In our place, the land price will inevitably rise.

Somersaulting upwards, I'm afraid they will hate me. Chongwen, when the time comes, you have to give me a hand and give me a promotion or something. Stop doing it here and let that boy Luo Xin come here.

Come on, it was him who made the decision."

Xiao Cheng couldn't help laughing: "Yuting, are you a dead Taoist friend but not a poor Taoist? But in my opinion, you are worrying too much. As long as the world is peaceful and the population increases, those specialized businesses will only get better, for example

Speaking of wine, if everyone has money and the grain harvest is good, they can brew more and sell more, which will naturally lead to more money. Everyone has money to share, so who will hate you?"

"That's true!" Luo Gang said: "That guy Luo Xin also came up with an idea, which I think is pretty good, and he is raising funds."

"What new trick did he come up with?"

"I'm going to raise a sum of money to buy a large number of large livestock from outside." Luo Gang said: "Cows, donkeys, horses, etc."

"Then rent these large livestock to the people and charge a certain amount of rent every month." Xiao Cheng raised his eyebrows.

Luo Gang raised his thumbs: "Yes, it turns out you also know this trick. We are short of large livestock here, and the people can't afford them, which makes farming very inefficient. We buy them back and give them to the people to raise.

Firstly, it can solve the labor problem, and secondly, it can also generate income for the government, which is killing two birds with one stone."

"The idea is good, but there must be a detailed implementation process and supervision measures, otherwise, be careful of good laws turning into evil laws. Originally intended to benefit the people, it turns out to be a disaster for the people." Xiao Cheng warned.

"Don't worry about this. The government would rather not make money, just protect capital." Luo Gang said with a smile: "The main reason is to solve the labor problem of the people. With large livestock, even if the family has insufficient labor, they can cultivate the fields well and have a harvest.

, The government will have tax revenue, and the local government will have stability. In short, we will not suffer any losses."

"If you have an idea, go for it!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "Bijie Mansion will become the benchmark for our six mansions and three states on Guizhou Road. I will bring the chief officials from several other places to visit you. Maybe

When the time comes, senior brother will also bring the official from Guangnan West Road, and by then, you will be famous all over the world."

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"That scene is spectacular when you think about it!" Luo Gang touched his chin, his face full of longing: "I will definitely have to brag about myself by then!"

The two looked at each other in tacit understanding and laughed loudly.

"I'm going to leave this matter to Luo Xin!"

"You should find someone else, he has other plans!"

"One thing does not bother the two masters. This matter is also a follow-up matter of the land reform. Let him do it and get twice the result with half the effort."

"Don't you want large livestock? If he takes care of this matter, you might be able to get a large number of large livestock at no cost!"

When the two of them talked about this, Luo Gang was startled: "What happened in Xuzhou? Didn't it mean that Luo Piao was ready to defect to us?"

Xiao Cheng chuckled, reached out and picked up the tea cup on the table, and took a slow sip.

"If he wants to surrender, I have to be willing to accept it!"

Luo Gang's face changed slightly.

"you......"

He realized the meaning behind Xiao Cheng's words.

"This time Wang Du sent troops to Xuzhou, there are several things I didn't expect!" Xiao Cheng said: "The one thing I didn't expect was that Luo Piao actually started to form an alliance in Zhaotong so early, which allowed him to gather so many people.

The troops and horses have caused Wang Zhu and Fan Yifei to encounter great obstacles in their actions, making it so difficult now that we don't know whether it is considered a success or a failure."

"Of course it was a success, even Luo Piao was captured alive!" Luo Gang was a little dissatisfied, "You can't find fault with the eggs."

Xiao Cheng smiled and continued: "The second thing I didn't expect is that Luo Piao actually has such prestige in Xuzhou. He can respond to every call. Hehe, such a person exists in Xuzhou. Do you think I can rest assured? His surrender has

How much is it forced, and how much is it sincere? If at some point, this guy wants to rebel again, will he raise his arms and followers will gather again? "

"So, you want to kill him?" Luo Gang asked softly.

"Of course!" Xiao Cheng said matter-of-factly.

"Although he is now in the hands of Wang Zhu and Fan Yifei, Wang Zhu and Fan Yifei are also surrounded by his subordinates. This is a trap. I don't think you gave up Wang Zhu and Fan Yifei just to meet Luo Piao."

"So I asked Luo Xin to handle this matter." Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "I came to Bijie to give Luo Piao a reassurance and tell him that I admire him very much and I am ready to have a talk with him."

"Then what?"

"The three tribes of barbarians in Xuzhou. The Shimen tribe is just one of them. There are also Nanguang and Mahu." Xiao Cheng said: "This time, it was only the Shimen tribe that besieged Wang Zhu and Fan Yifei. As for Nanguang, Mahu

Where is the lake? Zhaotong Huimeng, they were there. They were there when Wang Zhu and Fan Yifei launched the attack. What happened next, where did they go?"

"They are waiting and watching!" Luo Gang said.

"Yes, they are waiting and watching!" Xiao Cheng nodded: "So Luo Xin went here to persuade Nanguang and Ma Hu to defect to us, cut off Luo Piao's arms, and encouraged them to attack Luo Piao's hometown, Zhaotong, and then divide Shishumen and Fan's subordinates into each other.
To be continued...