In the afternoon, Tang Zheng and Ling Feixue stood on the wasteland by the river.

The winter snow is clear, the sun is not hot, and occasionally a north wind blows, which is obviously a biting chill.

Anu was very capable and ran back to her parents' home in the morning. Not only did he call out many slack and strong men, but he even went to the surrounding villages.

被招来的雇工足有三百人.

Tang Zheng still has a thousand soldiers under his command.

More than 1,300 people gathered in the wasteland, and from time to time, people stomped their feet and kicked away the snow. Although the weather was very cold, people's hearts were warm.

It is said that three hundred years ago, everyone had land in the Tang Dynasty. At the beginning of the founding of the country, the land was not valuable, and the court put in enough effort to encourage the people to open up land.

At that time, there was a saying called Yongyetian, and there was another saying that it was the land reclamation and belonging to oneself.

The common people have land, and the land is their own. In addition, the taxation is very easy, so they are naturally full of energy when they do their work. Therefore, the national strength in the early Tang Dynasty was in full swing, and the people often had three years of food reserves at home.

但是,那是三百年前的传说.

The Tang Dynasty was worse than the other. The emperors were more stupid than the other. Or it could not be said that the emperor was stupid, but the land annexation killed the empire.

Three hundred years is enough to change countless national policies. The direct consequence of land annexation is that although the fields in the world are still the same, the grain harvest is decreasing year by year.

The food is getting smaller and smaller, and the unlucky ones are the people first, so they start to starve to death, and the national population is decreasing.

The population is smaller and the land is still the same. It should be enough to satisfy the food rations, but a vicious circle has formed. The less food the land is, the more desolate it is.

Many fertile land in the early Tang Dynasty have now become wasteland.

The people want to open up land, but these wastelands have owners, so they can only sigh. It has been going on for decades.

But now it’s different. Langya County is separated from the Tang Dynasty and belongs to the Great Zhou Dynasty. Although it is not considered a change of dynasty, the land policy has been improved.

For example, the wasteland that Tang Zheng wanted to open was 10,000 acres, and in name it was all official land. It was his own with an official seal and a land deed.

As for who was the previous owner?

大周建立的时候并非没有杀过人.

Anyone who holds large amounts of land and refuses to cooperate with the court will have been destroyed half a year ago. Looking at the beginning of the forces in history, this is true. If you don’t take out what I want, you will kill you.

When Tang Zheng resigned, he acted like a scoundrel. Li Wan originally only promised him to use the official seal to get a land deed for the workshop and the winery, but Tang Zheng wrote a few more land deeds and stamped them. In the blink of an eye, all 10,000 acres of wasteland belonged to him.

There is also the barren mountain behind Tangjiazhuang, and he has made a land deed seriously.

Having so many fields is difficult at the beginning, but there is no reason and the strength is not enough. So Tang Zheng is ready to do what he can and prepare two thousand acres before spring begins.

Do it as soon as you say it!

But before starting work, he was going to do something important first...

...

Tang Zheng asked his men to push a big stone. He jumped onto the big stone to scan the audience and suddenly said, "The land reclamation in the big winter is probably the only one. If this matter is spread, I am afraid that someone will say that Tang Xiaowu of Langya County is a fool..."

Everyone below was stunned at first, and then burst into laughter with kindness.

Dad Anu grinned and laughed a few times, tilted his head and said, "Then let them say it, but it won't be lost if they say it."

"right!"

Tang Zheng nodded and said loudly: "If someone is told a joke, you won't lose a piece of meat, but if you don't have food at home, you can starve people to death. It's not embarrassing to open up land and farming anywhere. We Han people like to farm and plow the land. Even if we wander to an extremely remote and desolate place, we always think about whether we can plant something in the land..."

The people nodded repeatedly, feeling that this was really in their hearts.

However, Tang Zheng suddenly sighed and said in a sad tone: "But have you ever thought about why such a nation that loves land often goes hungry? We are not lazy, but on the contrary, we are very hardworking, but hard work does not bring prosperity, but people often starve to death. Why..."

Everyone was silent for a moment, and they felt that the topic was boring.

Tang Zheng took a deep breath and said again: "We are working hard, but we don't have overnight food at home. Whenever we are in trouble, how many people look at the empty grain baskets and look helpless? The children are so hungry that they cry, and the elderly are so hungry that they sleep. They may never get up again after sleeping. They keep talking about food before they die."

The topic became even more dull, and someone was present to secretly wipe his eyes.

Ling Feixue looked at Tang Zheng silently, wondering why he suddenly said these words before opening the land.

Tang Zheng suddenly shouted loudly: "Why, have you ever thought about why? Everyone has experienced hunger, and you should know what hunger feels like. It is an indescribable torture. The greatest pain in the world is this, but why, why are the hardworking people going hungry..."

The louder he spoke, the louder heavier, and he gradually felt a sense of anger and suddenly roared: "Let me tell you, because of the decline of the court, because of the emperor's incompetence, because of the corruption of the administration, and because of the annexation of land."

Tang took a deep breath again, and his voice gradually began to roar, saying, "All of this has caused us to work hard but we have suffered the torture we shouldn't have to bear. We can't continue like this. We starve our generation to death. What should the next generation do? Will the children continue to starve? Are they waiting for death with their eyes wide open?"

Although these words roared and roared, they penetrated into the hearts of everyone present. Even the ladies like Ling Feixue also had an inexplicable resonance in their hearts.

Tang Zheng suddenly reached out and pointed to the endless wasteland, and said loudly: "Maybe everyone already knows that the land in front of him belongs to mine. I am not afraid to tell you that I want to open up land for a purpose. Only by opening up land can you have food, and only by having food can you have confidence. I want to plant 10,000 mu of land, 100,000 mu of land, and 1 million mu of land... I want to use these land to grow grain, and then recruit soldiers and horses to support the army. With the troops, I will fight a larger territory, and then plant all the larger territory with grain. That's right, I just want to grab, grab territory, raise a large army, and then grab more territory, and then support more troops. Since this era is so fucked and forced people to survive, let me, Tang Xiaowu, Langya, stand up and be the first to lead everyone to grab fields, land and grow grain..."

He stopped suddenly and then shouted: "In this way, one day, the world will never starve to death. This is a grand goal. Maybe you have to fight for it all your life, and you will have to rise from the ground. The world's great things have been taken since childhood. Maybe you will feel that my dream is too far away from everyone. So, today I will do something very close to everyone and divide the fields!"

Everyone below was stunned at first, then they felt a loud bang in their minds.

Dividing the fields?

How could it be a dividing land?

Wouldn't that mean that the common people have land in their own hands?

Many people couldn't help but roll the Adam's apple a few times, feeling their hearts pounding.

Even Tang Zheng and his subordinates were excited.

Although they could earn military salaries with Tang Zheng, their families also needed land.
Chapter completed!