Diao Hong smiled slightly: "Yes, that's it, you always understand now." Liu Lizheng, the national disaster is at the head, and it is necessary to levy a tax increase in Jingkou next, and you will be busy when the time comes! ”

Liu Yu laughed: "Not necessarily, even if the public land in Jingkou belongs to your Diao family, they can also go to other places, the world is so big, it is impossible for a family like your Diao family to be controlled everywhere in the territory of Dajin, it's a big deal to go to Sanwu and Jiangzhou." ”

Diao Hong smacked his lips and looked at Liu Yu: "It's a pity, our Diao family's money will not be wasted, Your Majesty has a decree, from now on, all the northern refugees must gather in Jingkou County, and they must not move at will. ”

Liu Yu's eyes flashed coldly: "What Diao Gongzi means is that the public land and official land in Jingkou have all become your Diao family." And these northern refugees can't go anywhere else, they can only work as servants and tenants in your Diao's fields, right? ”

Diao Hong smiled slightly: "Exactly, this time, in order to obtain the public land in Jingkou, our Diao family sold the property in other places, and this transaction is approved by Your Majesty and the imperial court." Of course, you can also choose not to farm, and maybe, in this Jingkou, you can make a living by playing tricks. ”

Speaking of this, Diao Hong laughed proudly, and the servants and servants around him also laughed loudly, these northern refugees gritted their teeth one by one, clenched their fists, and almost spewed fire in their eyes, but they were helpless.

On the second floor of Linjiang Xian, Yang Linzi hatefully put the wine bowl on the small table in front of him, and said with a dumbfounded: "It's too unlikely, the Diao family is going to cut off the roots of Jingkou, Diao Kui patted his chest in the court and promised that with the land of Jingkou, he could bind the northern refugees and create an elite army, but what he actually wanted was to occupy more servants and tenants for his family!" Where can he not find someone to farm? Do you have to go to Kyoguchi? “

Liu Linzong's expression was calm, and he shook his head: "Jingkou is different from other places, this is the first stop for people from the north to cross the river, and it is also the most convenient to intercept. ”

"Not only did he occupy the land, but what made the court order that the people in the north could only concentrate here, that is to say, it seemed that they could only go to his Diao family's land to farm, so that his Diao family would have mastered the source of troops in Jingkou, and he could make a deal with the Xie family of the Wang family to strive for greater power, and he could also learn from the Huan family in Jingzhou to dominate Jingkou and dominate the town for generations!"

Yang Linzi's face changed: "Then since you have already seen the intentions of the Diao family, why don't you stop it?" ”

Liu Linzong suddenly laughed, took out a handful of jade Ruyi from his sleeve like a trick, and began to scratch his back: "Ah Ning, don't worry, the reason why Jingkou is Jingkou is that this is a place full of miracles, I believe that Liu Yu will not let me down!" ”

Liu Yu quietly watched Diao Hong's loud laughter, and said slowly: "This is Jingkou, not necessarily only by planting your Diao family's land can you live." Diao Gongzi, I think you're getting complacent too soon. ”

Diao Hong's laughter stopped abruptly, he stared at Liu Yu viciously, and said in a deep voice, "What do you mean by this?" Could it be that you want to use the grain in the official warehouse to feed these northern refugees? Hmph, let me tell you, Your Majesty has a will, the enemy is at present, all the official warehouses must be used as military food reserves, and not a single grain of rice should be sent out! ”

Liu Yu shook his head: "I didn't say that I wanted to open an official warehouse." It's just that in addition to the family fields of our family members and the former public land you bought this time, there are also a large number of barren fields and slopes, as long as these northern refugees are willing to endure hardships, they can be reclaimed! ”

Meng Chang's eyes lit up, and he lost his voice: "This, is this really okay?" ”

Liu Yu said with a smile: "Brother Meng, don't worry, our Jingkou is vast and sparsely populated, and a large amount of land has been abandoned and no one has cultivated it. It's the best time for you to come, it's May, hurry up and plough the mattress, or have time to plant a season of rice, and in August, you can harvest! ”

Tan Yizhi's eyes widened: "Fire cultivation water mattress? What does that mean. Can you have a harvest in three months? We grow chestnuts in the north, and it takes at least half a year to harvest. ”

Liu Yu smiled slightly: "You grow corn in the north, while we in the south are mainly rice, those barren fields are overgrown with weeds, and before you want to reclaim them into fertile fields, you will first put a fire and burn all the grass in the field." ”

"Grass ash is the best fertilizer, enough for the soil to grow a season of rice, half a month later, water is diverted to irrigate the field, form a paddy field, and then sprinkle rice seeds, there are three months, enough to harvest a season of late rice. Although the harvest is only more than two stones per acre of land, it is not as good as your north, but it is enough for your whole family to eat. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yu looked at Diao Hong, who was angry and his eyes were wide-eyed, and said with a smile: "Even if Diao Gongzi occupies all the public land in Jingkou, but relying on this method, they can still spend the first year safely, because the imperial court has an order, if the northern migrants are settled, as overseas Chinese, they will not have to pay taxes and rent for two years." Diao Gongzi, this decree hasn't been changed this time! ”

Diao Hong gritted his teeth and said, "Liu Yu, what do you mean, Cheng Xin is with me, and is against our Diao family, right?" What do you have to do with these northerners, what benefits can they give you, and you have to stand up for him like this? ”

A cold glint flashed in Liu Yu's eyes: "There are three reasons why I have to do this." First, I, Liu Yu, as a local lizheng, have the obligation to resettle the displaced people and persuade the farmers to teach the mulberry, and your Diao family took advantage of the national disaster to steal the position of assassination history, embezzle the country's fields, and want to take these northern refugees as your family's private property, this point, I, Liu Yu, our people in Jingkou will never agree! You can do this to these northerners today, and you can do it to us tomorrow! ”

"Second, almost every family here in Jingkou used to be like them, from the north to the south, so to speak, empathize, I see these people, I can imagine our fathers and grandparents in the north chaos, when the horses are rampant, that life to the south. In view of this, I must also settle them, and I must not let these homeless people just get out of the wolf's den and enter the tiger's den again! finally escaped from the clutches of the Hu people, but became a slave of your Diao family for generations! ”

Meng Longfu clapped his hands violently: "Brother Liu said it well!" And the many homeless people standing in the courtyard, with tears in their eyes, also cheered, and Diao Mao shouted angrily: "What is it called, shut up, shut up!" But his voice was quickly drowned out by the roaring cheers of the homeless, and he was completely inaudible.