Become a feudal king from today

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The rolling heat wave could not drown the fiery mood of the people in Yancheng.

"Li Yuan, is it true that the palace is recruiting tenant farmers?"

On the official road south of Yancheng, a group of refugees surrounded the young man who had just returned from Yancheng.

They are all common people who have lost their land, and they are not willing to work as cattle and horses for the wealthy family.

"Really, I signed the contract, and I will go to claim the land tomorrow." The young man spat and showed the contract to the people around him.

But how many people in Yan County can read?

Everyone, you look at me and I look at you, "I don't understand what is written on this. I won't be deceived."

"It's not wrong. I asked three scholars to read it, and they all read the same thing." Li Yuan carefully folded the contract and tucked it into his belt like a treasure.

When others heard this, their hearts beat faster with envy.

Ignoring Li Yuan, they all went to Yancheng.

When they arrived at the gate of the palace, they saw a huge crowd of people in front of the palace, and they couldn't even squeeze in.

"Oh, it's our fault for being hesitant. What should we do now? I'm afraid it won't be our turn." A middle-aged man patted his thigh anxiously.

"I was originally afraid that King Yan would be the same as the wealthy gentry, but I didn't expect King Yan to be a good person."

"Yes, it's really an eye-opener for the heavens to send a King of Yan to our Yan County."

"..."

The entrance to the palace.

Zhao Xu stood behind Qin's tent, and every citizen who accepted the contract would respectfully salute him.

They had already learned that the young man at the door was King Yan. They were grateful and spontaneously saluted.

"How much land is left in Qin's account?" Zhao Xu asked.

In the blink of an eye, the palace was almost overcrowded.

Now that the news has spread, more people are gathering towards the palace.

Taking this opportunity, he felt that he should take the opportunity to contact the people of Yan County and let them understand that Yan County is no longer the Zhang family's world.

"Back to Your Highness, there are still 40,000 acres left." Qin Zhangfang wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Zhao Xu nodded.

He checked the household registration register of Yan County. Currently, the total number of households in Yan County is 380,000, one-third of which are clustered near Yancheng.

This time, the land was divided according to households, which meant that one household could only receive six acres of land.

In this way, 60,000 acres of land would be enough to be distributed to 10,000 households.

In ancient times, the yield per mu was very low. It was good to be able to harvest two to three hundred kilograms of grain from one mu of land, so six acres was not much.

At the same time, he did not learn from the wealthy people's use of contracts to turn the people into their slaves.

Generally speaking, in the contract of a wealthy family, in addition to farming and paying for grain, they also had to obey the labor arrangements arranged by the wealthy gentry in peacetime, and they had to serve as soldiers in war.

He crossed them all out.

The reason is simple. The wealthy families do this to squeeze the people as much as possible, while he does this to win people's hearts.

As long as the people's hearts are towards him, they are much better than those who are vassals of the wealthy family against their will.

As for why he doesn't return the land to the people.

There is also a reason for it.

The common people are a weak class, and they cannot protect their property in front of the wealthy families. Only by retaining the land in his name, the wealthy families dare not extend their magic hands.

This is why he decided to use the royal palace to occupy the land and let the people cultivate it. In fact, it was also a disguised form of state ownership of the land.

It is said that the people who are attached to the palace are tenant farmers, but in fact they are just free people under his protection.

The eyes of the people are sharp, as evidenced by the sudden arrival of so many people today.

"Don't hold me back, I'm going to be a personal guard."

While Zhao Xu was deep in thought, a noise attracted his attention.

A boy of sixteen or seventeen ignored the woman's dissuasion and squeezed in front of Chang Wei.

Land division and conscription were carried out at the same time.

On his left is Qin's tent, and on his right is Chang Wei.

"Huzi, don't you listen to your mother? Why don't you just take the land and go back to plant it? What kind of soldier are you?"

"I want to avenge my father and kill the Beidi people." The young man looked stubborn, "Besides, I can support my mother and sister with only three taels of silver."

"You can make a living by farming." The woman held on to the boy and didn't let go.

"What's the use of just farming? The Beidi people didn't rob everything when they came. My mother said that King Yan is a good man and there is no one to serve as a soldier. Who will protect King Yan? The Beidi people are coming, and Prince Yan's palace can still stay in Yan County. Then we have to farm the land of the rich." The young man pushed the woman's hand and pressed his fingerprint on the book in front of Chang Wei.

When the people around him heard this, their hearts were touched.

They have been oppressed by the wealthy families and Beidi people for too long. Now, the appearance of a Yan King brings them a glimmer of hope for change.

For this glimmer of hope, they also want to gamble with their lives, maybe they will really have a different life in the future.

Thinking of this, some young men who originally owned the fields moved to join the army.

Chang Wei looked back at Zhao Xu, with a different emotion in his eyes.

When he learned that Zhao Xu charged such a low rent, he was surprised for a long time.

It can be said that no one in Dasong would do this.

Even those famous scholars who claim to be responsible for the livelihood of the people will have at least 50% of the rent.

But now, he seemed to understand Zhao Xu's intention.

He did collect less rent, but he won the hearts of the people.

In Yan County, compared to the extremely vicious wealthy families, the Yan Palace's actions were undoubtedly groundbreaking.

Human hearts are made of flesh, and a young man with a passionate body is naturally willing to shed his blood for such a King of Yan.

But this time, he really admired Zhao Xu and felt that he was a blessing in disguise and followed the right person.

"What's your name?" After figuring out the whole story, Zhao Xu was moved.

In Yan County, the people's lives are too difficult.

He didn't expect that people would be so grateful if he just did something a little bit.

"This is His Highness King Yan." someone reminded.

"Back to Your Highness, common man Chen Hu." The young man glanced at Zhao Xu, who was still young, in surprise, and bowed hurriedly.

Zhao Xu nodded. Chen Hu was wearing a tattered short shirt and his dark face was dirty.

But a pair of eyes are particularly bright.

Not just Chen Hu, most people are like this.

Basically the clothes are in rags and the face is withered.

"No gift." Zhao Xu patted Chen Hu on the shoulder, "He is a tough man, but you are the only son in the family and you have lost your father. You should be more cautious and take more care of your mother and sister."

Chen Hu looked at his mother, his eyes darkened for a moment, but he still persisted, "Your Highness has just come to Yan County. I'm afraid he has never seen the ferocity of the Beidi people. The Beidi people looted the year before last, and my father and brother were killed. Last year, I came again, sister." He was taken away and his life and death are still unknown.”

A little choked, he continued: "If the Beidi people come again this year, maybe my mother and sister will suffer misfortune, so even if the common people are unfilial, they will go to the battlefield to protect them."

When the woman heard this, she burst into tears and sighed, "Huzi, mother won't stop you anymore, you can go ahead."

Then she saluted Zhao Xu and asked: "Your Highness, please forgive the rudeness of the civilian women. Please tell the civilian women whether your Royal Highness's troops will protect the people of Yan County and resist the Beidi people."

"Yes!" Zhao Xu replied decisively, "As long as I am here, Yan County will not allow the Beidi people to be unruly!"

He said this not only to Huzi's mother, but also to the young men who joined the pro-army.

Zhao Xu's words instantly made many young and strong eyes light up. They were so eager for someone to lead them to live a good life and drive away the barbarian enemies.

Whenever the Beidi people come, the wealthy families and officials of Yan County will only huddle in their own forts to protect their gold and silver treasures, not caring about their lives or lives.

It is also easy to enter the Wubao, that is, work as cattle and horses for them, farm ten percent of the land, and guard the Wubao when the Beidi people come.

Chang Wei nodded appreciatively.

He was never just a pro-army general.

It was more about leading the pro-army to expel Beidi.

"Your Highness, King Yan, is mighty!" He shouted as his blood surged up.

As the saying goes, if there are generals, there must be soldiers. Of course, all of Chang Wei's soldiers are real men, and they also drank loudly.

"The King of Yan is mighty."

Infected by the emotions of Chang Wei and others, Huzi and the young men who joined the army started shouting.

Waves of sound soared into the sky.

Zhao Xu's heart twitched.

Looking at the people of Yan County who put their hope in him, he suddenly felt a heavy weight on his shoulders.