"From this day forward, it's no longer theirs!" Staring at the villagers gathered at the entrance of the village, Liu Wei asked them with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Can this king enter the village?" ”

Liu Wei said that the land was no longer the nobles in the city, and the villagers were all stunned, looking at each other one by one, and they didn't even come back to their senses for a while.

It wasn't until Liu Wei asked if he could enter the village that the oldest old man in the village hurriedly said, "The king, please enter the village!" ”

When leading Lu Bu and the others into the village, the villagers did not kneel down to worship Liu Wei, but just stared at the Qin army who had told them that the people under Yuan Shu had told them that they would not blink an eye.

Since beating Lu Bu and knocking down the village of Jingzhuang, Liu Wei and others have no longer violated the villagers.

When they entered the village, the oldest man followed, walked to the door of a very dilapidated house in the village, bowed down to Liu Wei and said, "The king, please come into the little old man's house to rest." ”

Nodding, Liu Wei raised his feet and entered the old man's house.

Lu Bu followed him and walked in, while dozens of guards stood guard outside the door.

"Why didn't my husband come into the house?" Entering the room, Liu Wei first looked around the furnishings in the house, and then turned his head to greet the old man outside the house.

Hearing Liu Wei greet him, the old man hurriedly entered the room.

"My father-in-law's house is shabby enough!" When the old man entered the house, Liu Wei turned his head and smiled at him, and said to him: "If you have time, the old man can go to Luoyang to have a look, the people there are not as poor as this." ”

"Alas!" Liu Wei bluntly said that his family was shabby, the old man sighed, shook his head and said: "The king doesn't know, the little old man's family stops me alone, and I have to rely on the villagers to help me on weekdays, get some food every year, and pay taxes......"

"Harsh government is as fierce as a tiger!" Staring at the old man, Liu Wei nodded, and asked him with a smile: "Since the villagers are so exploited by Yuan Shu, why do the villagers still help Yuan Shu to be the enemy of this king?" ”

Liu Wei mentioned this matter again, and the old man was suddenly frightened, and cold sweat broke out on his spine, and he bowed down and didn't dare to respond.

"Don't be afraid, old man!" From the old man's face, Liu Wei saw the panic, waved his hand at him with a smile on his face, and said, "This king just wants to know the real reason for Lu Dao!" ”

"As the king said before!" Bowing down, his forehead covered with fine beads of sweat, the old man said to Liu Wei: "There have been a few people in the village to tell the villagers how the Qin army is tyrannical ......."

Having said this, the old man raised his head and peeked at Liu Wei, then lowered his head again, and did not dare to continue speaking.

"It's okay, if my husband has something to say, just say it!" Seeing that the old man looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, Liu Wei waved his hand at him, and said in a very kind tone: "This king knows that someone is making a hindrance from this, but he just wants to know what they have said!" ”

"Back to the king!" Liu Wei didn't mean to blame, and the old man then said to him: "The people who came told the villagers that Yuan Shu killed the general of the Qin army back then, and the king of Qin came here to slaughter Huainan, and the men all cut off their heads, and the women were killed after being abused, even the children and the old people ......."

"Children and old people won't stay, will they?" Without waiting for the old man to finish speaking, Liu Wei waved his hand, walked to a wall, stared at the gaps on the adobe wall that were wider than his fingers, and said to the old man standing in the house: "This king led the army into Huainan to kill people!" But the only one to kill is Yuan Shu! The people are innocent, but what did this king do to kill the people? ”

When Liu Wei said this, the old man was shocked again, and he bowed down and didn't dare to speak.

"My husband can tell the villagers." Seeing that the old man didn't dare to say anything, Liu Wei then said to him: "The Qin army entered Huainan and only killed the Huainan army!" If the Huainan army lays down its weapons and returns to the fields, it will be like the people, not only will they not be killed, but they will also be protected by the Qin army! ”

Standing in the room, the old man quietly listened to what Liu Wei said, but never dared to speak.

"This king is besieging Shouchun right now, and he has no time to measure the land!" Walking in front of the old man, Liu Wei pulled a smile on the corner of his mouth and said to him: "But this king will order Luoyang to send officials to measure the land for the villagers and then distribute it!" ”

"Measuring the land?" Liu Wei said that he wanted to measure the land and then distribute it, and the old man hurriedly raised his head to look at him, and subconsciously asked.

"The king said that the farmer has no to pay taxes!" Looking at the old man, Liu Wei smiled and said seriously: "In addition to farmers, craftsmen do not need to pay taxes. Great Qin taxes were collected only on merchants. And in the past, when you cultivated the land, you had to pay the land rent to the nobles of the city when you had a harvest, but from this day onwards, there will be no such thing! The folks are the masters of their own land! ”

The people ploughed and watched the fields grow heavy ears of grain every year, and after the harvest, they thought they would be able to live a whole year of peace, but they paid the rent and taxes, and the rest was not enough for their own rations.

The desire for land has always been the greatest wish of the people.

As long as the farmer is facing the loess and his back to the sky, he hopes that one day he will have his own land, and the grain he grows will no longer have to be exploited layer by layer.

Knowing from Liu Bian's mouth that the Qin army would measure the distribution of land for the people, the old man's lips suddenly trembled, his legs bent, he knelt down in front of Liu Bian, and said tremblingly: "Xiaomin doesn't know that Qin Jun is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and he has been bewitched by traitors and is an enemy of the king, please forgive the foolishness of the small people!" ”

The old man knelt on the ground, Liu Wei stepped forward to help him up, and said with a smile: "The old man doesn't have to be like this, those who don't know are not guilty." As long as the villagers are no longer bewitched by traitors in the future, and live a good life, this king is very relieved! ”

was supported by Liu Wei, and the old man couldn't stop thanking him, and stood up trembling all over.

"Folks!" As soon as Liu Wei let go of the old man's arm, the old man turned around and ran out of the house, shouting to the villagers who were outside and did not dare to get too close: "The king is a good king!" If you want to divide the land for us, you won't have to wait for us to pay taxes in the future! Why don't you come and bow to the king? ”

The old man stood at the door of the house and shouted, and the villagers who were a little far away from the house and were still full of panic were stunned and looked at each other, and many of them were not confused for a while, not knowing whether they were dreaming or in reality.

It is no wonder that the villagers have this reaction, their land has always been in the hands of nobles, and they have never become the owners of the land.

Liu Wei, who was born in the Han family, would declare the abolition of the nobles' ownership of the land as soon as he arrived in Huainan, which undoubtedly made the entire Huainan nobles sacrifice their lives to compete with him.

Although most of the villagers didn't know how much risk Liu Wei had taken in doing so, there were a few villagers who understood, and after listening to the old man's shout, they were the few villagers who felt most confused.

The reason why Liu Wei declared that the land would be completely at the disposal of the villagers as soon as he arrived in the village was not without considering the negative impact that would be caused by this.

However, he weighed the pros and cons, although Yuan Shu had a lot of military generals, there were no particularly top-notch talents.

A group of advisers who could only stab the Qin army in secret and come up with some bad ideas, for Liu Wei, it was not of much use to keep them.

Rather than delaying the distribution of land in order to win the hearts of these people, it is better to first win the hearts of the people and cut off the supply of grain and grass in the city.

The villagers of the nearby villages were quite familiar with the terrain around the Xiangling Mountains, and with their support, the Qin army would completely eliminate the disadvantage of being unfamiliar with the terrain.

"Little Four!" The people outside the house were still stunned, and Liu Wei suddenly shouted outside.

Hearing Liu Bian's shout, a young guard strode to the door, clenched his fists and faced Liu Bian, waiting for his orders.

"You are also from Huainan, tell the villagers, what is happening to your village now?" Looking at Xiao Si standing at the door, Liu Wei gave him a faint order.

Xiao Si led the way for Gao Shun that day and made a contribution.

Although his body is relatively thin, if it is according to his physique, he will not be included in the main force of the Qin army at all.

But after Deng Zhan recommended him to Liu Bian, Liu Biao considered that he had meritorious service to the army, so he included him in the main force of the Qin army and carried him as an accompanying soldier.

After receiving Liu Wei's instructions, Xiao Si turned his head to look at the villagers outside the house, and shouted to them in Huainan dialect: "Folks, I am also from Huainan, and I live on the north bank of the river!" ”

In the Huainan area, there is not much difference between the dialects, but there is little difference between the dialects on the north and south banks of the Huaihe River, and the people on the north bank of the Huaishui River and the south bank of the Huaishui River speak in almost the same tone.

As soon as Xiao Si said this, all the villagers immediately believed that he was a local, and all their eyes were cast on him.

"When His Royal Highness's army did not arrive in Huainan, the Huainan army looted many villages on the north bank of the river in order to loot grain and grass!" Looking around at the villagers in the village, Xiao Si's cheeks were swollen and flushed, his eyes were still flashing with hatred, and his voice was slightly trembling, and he said to the villagers: "My village was also broken into by the Huainan army, and they killed people!" They **** woman! It was General Deng Zhan of the Qin Army's Dragoon Guard who entered the village in time and killed the Huainan Army, so that the villagers could survive! ”

After listening to Xiao Si's words, the villagers in the village were all stunned.

Yuan Shu's subordinates said that the Qin army was killing people everywhere, but as the fourth junior of the Qin army, he said that the Huainan army was killing people everywhere at this time.

For a while, the villagers didn't know who to listen to.

Seeing that the villagers were confused on their faces, Xiao Si continued: "After General Gao Shun came to Huainan, in order to avenge the dead villagers, he led the soldiers of Yulinwei to chase and kill the Huainan army, and completely defeated the Huainan army on the bank of the river, and I joined the Qin army after that!" ”

Xiao Si spoke in an orderly manner, completely beyond Liu Bian's expectations, listening to his story, Liu Bian, who was standing in the room with Lu Bu, nodded slightly with a smile on the corner of his mouth.