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"Zhao Thief, you must die a happy death!"

"Mr. Zhao, please spare your life!"

On the second day after Zhao Han entered the city, several more gentry were dragged out.

They were all paralyzed by Zhao Han. Corporal Li Xian's good show did not mean letting the murderer go.

When receiving the soldiers, I made some inquiries.

Tribesmen generally do not expose them, and most of them have read books. Ordinary Xiangyong also has many schoolchildren, so from a certain perspective, they are one.

The domestic slaves, however, had no psychological burden. They would expose other masters if they were a little nostalgic, or directly expose their own masters if they were not nostalgic. They heard that Zhao Han was also a domestic slave and that they would be given land, and they instantly felt that Zhao Han was one of their own.

"Headquarters..." Yang Zhong hesitated, he stayed with Zhao Han for the time being.

Zhao Han smiled and said, "Tell me."

Yang Zhong bit the bullet and advised him: "Brother Zhang Chang (Zhou Ruixu) didn't kill anyone himself. He was a Jinshi, so why not save his life to serve the town?"

Zhao Han looked at Xiao Huan: "Explain him."

Xiao Huan rolled up his sleeves and smiled: "Brother Da Lu, the town always keeps its word. If it says it will kill the culprit, it will definitely kill the culprit. Although Zhou Ruixu did not kill anyone with his own hands, he led his troops across the river to attack at night. He You are the chief culprit among the culprits! Do you want the town to break its promise?"

"well……"

Yang Zhong has nothing to say. He is just a rabbit and a fox. After all, they are all scholars.

Zhao Han was delighted to conquer so many gentry at once, including eight of them. However, these gentry have ulterior motives, and Zhao Han prefers those country warriors.

Most of the rural heroes are from good families, with a literacy rate of over 50%!

Among the small landowners and farmers in Jiangxi, it is certain that more than half of them are studying, not to mention that every household is studying. Although some people have only been educated for two or three years due to poverty, they can at least recognize a few hundred words.

Zhao Han had already received a lot of dividends by defeating Jie Xuelong last year and capturing hundreds of Xiangyong.

After obtaining real benefits, many of these rural warriors were transformed into grassroots cadres and have become an important basis for Zhao Han's rule.

"Headquarters, Mr. Li sent this." Secretary Liu Fang sent a report.

After Zhao Han read it carefully, he handed it to Xiao Huan.

Xiao Huan looked at it and said with a smile: "If you act according to this policy, the general town will definitely win the hearts of the people!"

Zhao Han's initial territory was relatively barren and the location was relatively remote. Therefore, Liangjiazi's literacy rate and land occupation rate are far lower than those in eastern Luling County and Jishui County.

Li Banghua did not participate in the land allotment in Luling County, but after getting the fish scale book, he already had plans in mind. Now, Li Banghua is in charge of dividing the fields in Jishui again, and soon handed Zhao Han a big data report.

Homeowners and small landowners, who can send their children to school, usually occupy more than three acres of land per capita.

According to the previous standards for allotment of land, although the reduction of taxes and taxes can benefit good families, it is far less intuitive than more allotment of land. Li Banghua suggested that the per capita land allocation could be increased to four acres, so that the good families would completely turn to Zhao Han, because most of them could also pick up land for free.

Of course, there is not so much arable land to divide at this stage, but it can be used to spread the pie to tenants, farmers, and small landowners, and then make up for them when the land is expanded in the future.

Also, Luling and Jishui counties both have more mountains and less land. People can be called on to reclaim the mountainous land for planting sweet potatoes and other crops. In this way, it can not only strengthen the peasant association organization, but also increase the area of ​​cultivated land under its control. If the people assigned to the mountainous areas are given more land, the newly reclaimed mountainous areas can be exempted from tax for five years.

Zhao Han greatly appreciated Li Banghua's suggestion. If four acres of land were allocated per capita, the loyalty of farmers and small landowners would surely be gained, and Zhao Han would have countless more literate people under his command. It's a pity that the cultivated land area in Jiangxi is too small. Take Jishui County as an example, only one-tenth of the land can be cultivated, and the rest is either mountains or water!

After Zhao Han thought carefully, he made two decisions:

First, the per capita farmland allocation for all people within the jurisdiction increased to three acres. The inherent land of small landowners and large landowners is capped at 20 acres per capita, and any land less than 20 acres cannot be confiscated. This is equivalent to basically dividing the land, and the official land can be ignored.

Second, let the peasant associations organize people to reclaim wasteland, firstly to exercise the peasant associations, and secondly to increase cultivated land. As for soil erosion in the mountains, let’s not talk about that for now.

Zhao Han's decision was quickly communicated, and all the people within his jurisdiction were jubilant.

Not to mention the former tenants and farmers, there were also some small landowners who were all loyal to Zhao Han. Don't look at those small landowners. Their families have dozens or hundreds of acres of land, but they also have many people. Some of them occupy less than three acres per person. Once they are separated, they are actually self-cultivated farmers. There is too little cultivated land in Jiangxi, and their families have dozens of people. Mu is already considered a small landowner.

Li Banghua used to be a small landowner. After the family split, he only had a dozen acres of land left, and he still needed to support his father and son in their studies. So he kept selling off his land, and he couldn't even afford a coffin for his grandmother's burial.

Zhao Han wrote another letter and asked his secretary to copy several copies and take them to Li Banghua, Pang Chunlai, Huang Shunfu, Ouyang Zhan, Fei Chun and others.

The content is about urban homeless people. Let them all think about whether they should be allowed to return to their hometowns to divide their land, and if not, how should they treat the homeless people.

In fact, there is no more land to divide.

…

Anfu County.

Fei Ruhe led his troops disguised as merchant ships and headed straight for the county seat.

Luling County bandits came once last year, and then the rebels came again to borrow food. Now, this is the third time Anfu County has encountered thieves.

Guo Qiao, the magistrate of Anfu County, also recruited hundreds of soldiers to pretend to defend the city.

Unable to recruit more troops, the squires in every village and town were raising walls to protect themselves. Without private donations to recruit soldiers, Magistrate Guo had to spend his own money to recruit more than a hundred soldiers. The money and food he spent was enough to make him feel distressed.

So, the cool operation came.

Guo Qiao ordered his soldiers to guard the city gates and carefully check those who entered the city in the name of preventing spies. Even the woodcutter who went to the city to sell firewood had to pay a few cents in city tax. Anyway, he had to earn back the money he spent recruiting soldiers!

At night, Fei Ruhe took more than 20 soldiers and disembarked from the ship in advance and walked to the county seat.

Some were pushing carts, some were carrying firewood, and some were carrying loaders, taking detours to enter the city from all directions.

"What are you doing?" asked the gatekeeper.

Fei Ruhe was dressed as a scholar, with several boys behind him. He waved a folding fan and said, "Liu He, a Confucian scholar from Jishui, is here to visit his classmates. How dare you search me?"

The doorman immediately flattered him and said, "Your Majesty, the county magistrate has ordered that spies must be investigated strictly."

"Don't you just want money?" Fei Ruhe sneered, "Give him a few and treat him like a beggar."

Huang Shun threw a piece of silver, deliberately crooked, but the guard didn't catch it and hurriedly bent down to pick it up.

Fei Ruhe laughed loudly: "Like a dog. Let's go into the city!"

This guy just entered the city in a big way. The gatekeepers did not dare to stop him, but instead made a fuss about dividing the money.

When he arrived in the city, Fei Ruhe secretly gathered his troops, only twenty or thirty of them, all waiting near the north gate.

Wait until evening, when the city gate is about to close.

On the merchant ship at the north dock of the city, Li Zheng suddenly landed with five hundred soldiers.

"The rebels are coming!"

The gatekeepers were shocked and retreated back into the city.

"kill!"

Fei Ruhe did not use a sword this time, but a scribe's sword that he wore with him. The soldiers around him often used sticks, because they had to avoid being searched and could not bring in weapons.

Fei Ruhe took the lead and killed two people in succession without waiting for the officers and soldiers to gather, frightening the officers and soldiers inside the door to flee.

There is no Wengcheng in Anfu County, so it is easy to seize the gate.

When Dian Shi of this county led troops to rescue, Fei Ruhe had already formed his formation. He himself was carrying a scribe's sword, and the people around him were all sticks, but the tight formation scared the officers and soldiers from attacking at all.

In the blink of an eye, Li Zheng came with five hundred soldiers, followed by Zuo Xiaoliang, civilian personnel, and missionary personnel.

Dianshi was stunned, and suddenly he knelt down and shouted: "Welcome the general to the city!"

"Welcome General to the city!"

The officers and soldiers knelt down and shouted, saying that as long as the rebels did not kill indiscriminately, they were not willing to risk their lives.

Zuo Xiaoliang asked: "What is your current position?"

The dianshi replied: "Peng Zhengqiu, the dianshi of Anfu County, comes from the Peng family in Fengtian."

That is the descendant of Peng Shi, the number one scholar in the orthodox dynasty, who is considered to be from a famous family, and maybe he is also a scholar.

Zuo Xiaoliang said: "You lead people to maintain order in the city. Whenever there is a fire or a riot, you are the only one to ask! If you do well, you will be rewarded."

Peng Zhengqiu was a little confused. Shouldn't the weapons of the officers and soldiers who had just committed thief be confiscated and taken into custody? How can you trust him to lead the troops?

"I humbly obey my orders!"

Peng Zhengqiu suddenly became energetic and ordered his subordinates: "No one is allowed to take advantage of the opportunity to rob. Follow me to maintain law and order in the city!"

As for the soldiers Fei Ruhe brought, they were divided into several groups to occupy the city gate, and the rest all went to the county government.

When they rushed to the county government office, the officials surrendered one after another. Some officials even took the initiative to tie up the county magistrate Guo Qiao in order to claim credit.

In the county school in the south of the city, a group of scholars armed with weapons and shouted to kill thieves and serve the country rushed to the county government office.

After running two streets, there were only a dozen or so scholars left who continued to charge.

When we rushed to the county government office, there were only a few people left.

Facing the wolves and tigers of the rebels, several scholars looked at each other in shock. Suddenly someone knelt down and shouted: "We are here to congratulate the general on seizing the city!"

Fei Ruhe didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said sarcastically: "You are quite smart, come and help me."

"I am willing to serve the general." The scholars said with flattering faces.

Two or three steps away from Fei Ruhe, a scholar suddenly drew his sword: "Death to the evil thief!"

Fei Ruhe didn't even need to take action, the soldiers around him had already drawn their guns, and three spears pierced the man's body.

Fei Ruhe sneered: "Who else? Come together."

"Don't dare, don't dare!" The scholars knelt down in fear.

At this point, Zhao Han took Anfu County and completely occupied the three counties of Luling, Jishui and Anfu.

Huang Shunfu was appointed as the magistrate of Luling County, Ouyang Zheng was appointed as the magistrate of Jishui County, and Zuo Xiaoliang was appointed as the magistrate of Anfu County.

There is no government for the time being. The three counties are all under the control of the General Military Mansion. Pang Chunlai, Li Banghua, Fei Chun and others are all civilian officials of the General Military Mansion.

In the north, the governor Li Maofang and the military commander Wang Siren were still working hard to suppress the bandits, and had surrounded Duchang County for half a month.