The emancipation of serfs was only one of the necessary preludes to the implementation of land reform, and Maynard drafted a "land bill" with the main purpose of "clarifying land rights" at the same time as formulating the abolition law.

As soon as the Land Act was promulgated, all undeveloped land, mineral deposits, grasslands, mountains and forests, rivers, lakes and seas and other land resources in the Kingdom of Kolas were nationalized. The government will send commissioners to draw up a map of the country, clear the land, survey the natural resources, and register the above-mentioned land statistics.

From the date of promulgation of the Land Act, individuals, enterprises and institutions in the Far East who wish to develop and utilize national land resources must report to the local government in advance and obtain the approval of the relevant government departments before they are allowed to start construction. All pioneering and mining activities without the authorization of the government are regarded as illegal misappropriation of national land resources, and will be severely punished once discovered!

As the cabinet ministers feared, the introduction of the "Abolition Act" and the "Land and Resources Act" provoked strong repercussions from all walks of life. Relatively speaking, most of the residents of the capital and surrounding towns were able to deal with the two bills with a calm and rational attitude, mainly due to the greater influence of the Korras government on the capital and surrounding towns since the establishment of the government, and the previous policies did bring benefits to the citizens, and the citizens generally had a favorable opinion of the new regime. In addition, these two bills mainly paved the way for the implementation of land reform, and had little impact on urban civilians who did not occupy land and natural resources, and the abolition of slavery also helped to improve the employment competitiveness of the citizen class and satisfy the moral purity of the middle class, so the voice of appreciation occupied the mainstream among urban families.

The burghers were glad to see that the emancipation of serfs by the new government by legislation embodied a moral height of freedom, fraternity and humanitarianism, which was the fashion of the middle class. Urban communities have spontaneously formed civil society associations and clubs in support of the abolitionist movement, mostly educated young intellectuals and women, who have not only helped the government in publicity, but also set up charitable foundations to finance the government-led abolitionist movement. The money was not much, but it reflected a positive and valuable ideology, which was an unexpected surprise for the Colasbourg authorities headed by Roland.

The Abolition Act and the Land and Resources Act received more skepticism in the vast rural areas than the urban industrial and commercial middle-class citizens. The big landowners in the countryside jumped almost instinctively, hostile to the two new bills with mixed anger.

Surveys show that homesteaders are also mostly opposed to the government's move. Roland himself and Yodel, the Minister of Agriculture, also took part in the field surveys and recorded a conversation between Yodel and a farmer in his notebook.

At first, the farmers excitedly complained to yodel about the new land law, accusing the government of taking away the little land that their ancestors had worked so hard to cultivate for generations.

His Excellency the Minister of Agriculture patiently explained to him: "Sir, relax your mind that the new land law is only for those wastelands that have not been fully cultivated, and that your family's fields have been planted for many years, and the property rights are undoubtedly yours, and in the future they will be inherited equally by your sons, and the government has no power and cannot take away this land. ”

The farmer did not let his guard down, and then asked what it meant to be "fully cultivated".

"Fully cultivated means a field that has been cultivated for at least one year and has harvested at least one crop." Yodel told the truth.

Roland noticed that the wrinkled old farmer kept rolling his eyes as Yodel answered the question, and a hint of imperceptible cunning flashed on his honest face, and he guessed what he was pondering, and smiled and spread out.

"Fellow, don't make up your mind, it's impossible for the government to leave obvious loopholes for you to drill, look at this winter, it's cold, it's definitely too late to open up land before the implementation of the new land law, let alone harvest crops."

The farmer was not ashamed but angry when he saw through the idea of "temporary enclosure", complaining that the government bureaucrats were too cunning and trying to bully the countrymen, and he said such a thing with confidence, which surprised and thought-provoking Roland.

"The rules you set are clearly bullying our powerless countrymen!"

"Fellow countrymen, the government does not forcibly expropriate your land, and second, does not ask for your grain, but only reserves those wastelands as state-owned resources for unified management and operation in the future, and does not infringe on your interests in the slightest, how can this be bullying you?"

"Humph! To put it nicely, those wastelands existed long before the establishment of your government, although I have no ability to reclaim it now, but I guarantee that in the future, when my children and grandchildren grow up and have a few more strong laborers in the family, they will be able to reclaim it. ”

Yodel was laughed and laughed at the farmer's question, and asked him: "According to you, it is a great waste of land to keep all the land in the Far East abandoned just because your children and grandchildren may be able to use it in the future." ”

The farmer didn't know that the two foreigners in front of him were princes and ministers, but they were only two small civil servants, and he didn't give them face at all, so he angrily scolded back: "What does it matter to me if the waves are not wasted?" Anyway, I recognized one truth - all the wasteland was taken away by the government, and it didn't do me any good! Why should I support something that is not beneficial? ”

Yodel was speechless, and then privately sighed to Roland: "After a trip to experience the customs of the Far Eastern countryside, and the simplicity and cunning, frankness and greed of the peasants, I realized how heavy the burden is on my shoulders, and it is really difficult to carry out land reform in such an environment!" ”

"In the final analysis, it is difficult for the countryside to step out of the trap of small-scale peasant consciousness, not to understand what the state is, and not to understand what the state means as a violent machine......" Roland sighed softly.

The nature of the state, the power of the state, and the violence used to maintain the regime can be brutal to tell the truth. Roland did not mind using violent means against the most stubborn and reactionary big landlords, but he did not intend to use violent means to coerce the vast number of yeoman farmers to accept land reform.

Public opinion campaigning began long before the enactment of the land bill, and John Pullett and his elite generals organized dozens of easy-to-understand articles to publicize the necessity of land reform and the long-term benefits it would bring to the people from a variety of perspectives.