Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 437: Make their dumplings!

"Hey, Mu Qiu."

"What?"

Dugu Han was lying on her side on the bed reading a book. When she heard Xia Lin calling her from behind, she replied impatiently, "Not today. I told you I'm bleeding. If you're in a hurry, just go to the nunnery and have some fun."

"No, you are sick. That's not what I meant. I just suddenly realized that your mysophobia seems to be gone."

Dugu Han was silent for a few seconds: "Yes, I don't like men touching me."

"That's not right, you..."

"Okay, stop talking." Dugu Han turned around and pinched Xia Lin's mouth: "Damn you, you always say dirty words to disgust me."

Xia Lin pulled her hand down and asked, "I have been thinking about a question, which is how to stir up public resentment. Your Dugu family is good at this, so tell me what you think."

"It's easy in other places, but it's hard here. You have to know that these people believe in bald donkeys and their brains are damaged... Don't touch me."

"You talk yours, I touch mine, there's no conflict."

Dugu Han rolled his eyes after hearing this, adjusted himself to a position that was convenient for attacking, and continued, "Besides, the Dugu family doesn't follow your mass line, and they don't have much experience in this area. But if you ask me, your path is also difficult."

"Well...I'm going to have a meeting with Brother Hong tomorrow."

Xia Lin patted Dugu Han's leg and said, "Is your mouth okay?"

Xiao Douya gave him an elbow, then sat up and tied up her hair: "You really deserve to die."

The next day, Xia Lin called Hongzhou Mu, and they sat together for a meeting.

In fact, it is called a meeting, but its main purpose is to discuss relevant countermeasures.

There is really no one on the Hongzhou Mu side who can be borrowed, and Xia Lin cannot transfer troops from Jiangnan Road, so now he has to solve the big problem here independently after being nerfed for three versions.

"Well, Brother Hong." After listening to Hong Zhoumu's explanation of the current situation, Xia Lin began to speak: "Gather all the powerful people from all over Henan Province these days and tell them that you want to discuss my problem with them."

"Okay." Hongzhou Mu nodded.

"I came here to supervise the destruction of Buddhism. If there is no result, I will definitely not leave. So if you want me to leave, you have to let me report to the authorities. Every place has to provide some scapegoats and sacrifice pawns to save the chariot."

"it is good."

"But this alone is not enough. You just have to make a request that all family forces and temples must disband their private soldiers and surrender their weapons."

"This..." Hongzhou Mu also laughed: "They won't agree."

"Yes, I just need to make them refuse." Xia Lin slapped his thigh and said, "If they all agree, how can I recruit private soldiers?"

"You want to recruit private soldiers?"

"Yes." Xia Lin nodded and said, "If they can use the Buddha to make money, I can use other methods to break their power. Don't worry about the rest. They are definitely reasonable and legal."

"So what are your plans?"

Xia Lin leaned over and took a sip of tea. "The Great Wei law stipulates that anyone with ten hectares of land can recruit three hundred guards, who can be equipped with swords but not armor."

"Yes, they use this to raise a large number of private soldiers."

Xia Lin nodded: "Then I can come too. I calculated that I can move more than 300 hectares of land from the small places around, which means more than 10,000 people."

"But the Great Wei law states that a private person can own ten hectares of land, but public land does not count."

"I can do something fun here." Xia Lin's fingers tapped on the table. "I collected farmland from those small places around. These farmlands are naturally the state's farmland. They need to wait for the approval of the Ministry of Revenue next year to be distributed to the people again. The farmland cannot be moved during this period, but it obviously cannot be left idle. So I sublet the farmland I have to merchants from all over the country and ask them to hire tenants to farm the land. This kind of land is secondary. The main thing is that they also have land in their hands, right?"

"Exactly."

"There's nothing in the Great Wei law that specifically states that rented land doesn't count, right? So I rent it out for three years, and those who rent the land can have their own private army for three years."

"Great... Brother, this is great." Hongzhou Mu slapped his thigh and said, "But what if the Ministry of Revenue approves it next year and the land is redistributed?"

"Sales do not violate the lease. The lease period is still in place, and then the farmers who have been allocated land can get grain according to the proportion. They don't have to do anything to get grain. If it were you, would you do it?"

"Great... Really great, this means there are 10,000 people." "No, no, no, Brother Hong, you misunderstood, these 10,000 people are not the main force."

"Not the main force?" Hong Zhoumu was obviously out of ideas at this moment: "Then who is the main force?"

At this moment, Zhuo Heng, who had been listening but not saying anything, spoke up. He looked excited: "Those farmers who lost their land after being exploited!"

Xia Lin glanced at Zhuo Heng, his eyes full of joy and appreciation: "Okay, Zhuo Heng is very insightful. When this plan is implemented, 300 private soldiers for 10 hectares is the rule, but there is no rule about how many people I should hire to farm one acre of land, right?"

The number of private soldiers for a thousand acres of land is 300, which means one acre of land only has 0.3 people. But if it is a farmer who comes to farm, he can hire 800 people for one acre of land.

What people see are just 10,000 private soldiers, but in fact there may be even 100,000 or 200,000 peasants under them. These 200,000 peasants who have lost their land and hope are the sharp knife that disintegrates the Buddhist kingdom.

"If we can't control it well... wouldn't it be..." Hongzhou Mu smiled bitterly: "Invite the big man to die?"

Xia Lin waved his hand: "It's already this time, don't worry about the probability. I will take the operation and Brother Hong will execute it. I will take their land and you will take their people. If they lose both the people and the land, they will not be able to keep their money. I will make these people spit out everything they have eaten in the Central Plains!"

"Okay! I, Hong, am a rough man. Whatever you say is what it is. Just do it and it's done!"

From this moment on, Xia Lin began to set a trap for the entire Henan Province. Hongzhou Mu was the first to take action. He really gathered all the prominent and well-connected people in Henan Province and focused on discussing Xia Lin's problem.

Everyone was annoyed with Xia Lin and wanted him to get out of here as soon as possible. The governor of Hongzhou was indignant and said that Xia Lin's demands were too high, and he even encouraged these local gentry and powerful people to fight to the death with Xia Lin.

This was too scary. Unless it was absolutely necessary, who would be willing to confront the imperial envoy from the court? So they began to comfort the governor of Hongzhou instead.

Then this group of people sat there and discussed it, and decided to just hand over some of the corners and get back to work.

Three hundred hectares is only thirty thousand mu, if everyone can squeeze together, it will be enough. If each household contributes a little, there will be no loss and it can also send away the plague god. Besides, these fields will be returned in a few years.

So they actually agreed.

Even the governor of Hongzhou didn't expect this to go so smoothly. After all, he was still his brother. If it were someone else, it probably wouldn't work. Asking for their land would be like asking for their lives. But if they really had to pay with their lives, they would still be happy to exchange some land...

By piecing together the money here and there, Xia Lin was given land in several counties to sweep, which added up to almost 400 hectares of land. It was a big gift from the powerful people, not only to give face to the officials in Beijing, but also to give face to the governor of Hongzhou.

These counties are almost all located in the south of Henan Road, close to the Jiangnan Road. They are places that are difficult to manage and have been influenced by the Jiangnan Road and have a tough folk customs.

These places seemed like pure garbage to them, but if it were Xia Lin, he would be so happy that he would fly with joy. It was as if these people had dug a hole for themselves and even left a top-quality Nine Heavens Golden Crystal shovel.

If Xia Lin were to connect these places, he could use the elite troops of the Po Lu Army to kill all the 10,000 private soldiers. When they take off their armor, they can be used as farm soldiers, and when they put on their armor, they can bombard Z State.

But other people don't know, they just think that these broken places can be taken by him, there are no people, no money, and it is a river flood area, there is nothing you want, it's shit. It's best to take it away and call it public grain.

Are there no smart people among these people who came out to stop it? Yes, there were, but they couldn't help but be reluctant to leave other good places, and after thinking about it, they decided that this place was the most suitable.

This nearly 400 hectares of land covers six national-level poverty-stricken counties, as well as some dilapidated temples in corners. Anyway, Xia Lin must have both the merit of destroying Buddhism and the labor of surrendering the land. They still had the usual unspoken rules in mind, but they didn't expect that the people they met this time were a little different from before.

During the days when they were holding the meeting, Xia Lin was also making preparations. Although some things seemed difficult, when it came time to really start doing them, they were actually not as difficult as one thought.

The profit was divided into 3% for the imperial court, 2% for Xia Lin, and 3% for Dugu Han. The remaining 2% ​​belonged to the governor of Hongzhou. As for why Dugu Han wanted %, it was not because of her, but because all the start-up funds and subsequent support funds were provided by the Dugu family.

Xia Linfenbi has no flowers, and her main focus is companionship.

However, it can also be seen from this that their Dugu family is a gambling family. Only their family dares to take on such a business. If it were any other family, they would definitely just shake their heads. After all, this thing is only a fine line away from rebellion. If it is not handled properly, the whole family will really be wiped out.

I dare not even think about what the scene will be like after Dugu Han is sent to the Jiaofangsi. Won't he be kicked by others?

And now, everything is ready except for the east wind.

"Brother!"

The governor of Hongzhou visited late at night and found Xia Lin excitedly with a map.

"They promised to find land for you. I didn't expect that your method would be so effective."

"Alas, I'm just a scholar who is well versed in human nature." Xia Lin picked up the map and glanced at it: "Huh? Are you saying that the place they are going to allocate to me is connected to Jiangnan Road?"

"Correct!"

"I always thought they were pretty smart." Xia Lin was amused: "Isn't this just like a grown-up girl taking a bath on the street? They are really brave."

(End of this chapter)