The people of Guangyang County were very happy that Ye Qiu had stayed.
In an instant, the entire Guangyang County was in a sea of joy.
In the past few years, Li Hancheng had caused the entire Guangyang County to suffer a great loss. The ordinary people in Guangyang County were living a life worse than pigs and dogs.
Those who had a bit of money were all robbed by Li Hancheng, and those who didn't have money were even worse off.
Even though these people were living extremely miserable lives, today, they were extremely excited. Those with money paid, those with power contributed, and even directly invited an opera troupe to express their happiness.
Ye Qiu sat in the Guangyang Mansion. To the current Guangyang County, it could be said that there were really a lot of things to do. Since he had already decided to stay, it was time to consider restoring the entire Guangyang County to normal order.
In Lord Guangyang's Mansion, the bandits of Autumn Wind Stronghold were all sitting around. Before they became bandits, they were just ordinary people. Naturally, they knew how an ordinary person yearned for a better life.
Therefore, they didn't object to Ye Qiu's decision at all. Instead, they supported it 100%. Ye Qiu had been with them for more than a year. In this year, they had completely understood what kind of person Ye Qiu was.
What they had to do now was to do their best to work for their boss. If their boss wanted them to go east, they would never go west. If their boss wanted them to climb a mountain of blades, they would never go into a sea of fire.
Ye Qiu had a headache. After all, Guangyang County was not like a small Autumn Wind Stronghold. It was a large city with a population of hundreds of thousands. It was impossible to get Guangyang County back on track overnight.
"Wu Yong, how's the investigation going?”Ye Qiu asked.
"Chief, I've already investigated. Guangyang County has a radius of 100 miles and a population of 1.2 million, of which 1.13 million are farmers. "Guangyang County has a total of 326 mu of farmland…"
Ye Qiu waved his hand and said,"You don't have to tell me these things. Just follow the rules we used in Dangyang Mountain."”
"Chief, do you mean the land allocation system?”Wu Yong asked.
Ye Qiu nodded and said,"You immediately investigate how many farmers in Guangyang County have their fields taken over. After you're done, return these lands to those farmers."”
As commoners, they didn't have much to think about. They only cared about food, clothing, housing, and transportation. As long as this problem was solved, everyone would have a field to grow and food to eat. That would be a solid step on the road to success.
However, this was not something that could be done overnight. When Ye Qiu first arrived at Dangyang Mountain, it took him a whole year to settle things there. That was just Dangyang Mountain, which had a radius of less than five kilometers.
The entire Guangyang County was in front of him, so the difficulty was incomparable.
Ye Qiu set a few rules.
The first was to divide the land so that everyone in Guangyang County had their own land.
The second was the tax exemption system. During the years that Li Hancheng had been in Guangyang, the vitality of the entire Guangyang Prefecture had been exhausted. The land of those farmers had been occupied by the landlord officials. It was obviously impossible to make them pay taxes immediately. Therefore, Ye Qiu directly set a rule. Within three years, he would not collect a single cent of taxes from these farmers.
The third was to purchase all kinds of seeds in large quantities. After all, those farmers had been exploited very miserably before. They didn't even have food to eat, so how could they have those seeds to plant?
Without seeds, even if they were given land, it would be useless.
This was an extremely large project that could not be completed in two or three days.
"Chief, we have had a bumper harvest at Mount Dangyang this year. We have harvested a lot of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn. Every household has a lot of food left.”Wu Yong said.
Ye Qiu nodded."We should have accumulated quite a bit of silver these days. Hurry up and bring some people to those farmers 'houses and collect their excess grain."”
"Alright, Chief." Wu Yong said.
"This is a very important matter. If you need anything, just tell me.”
Wu Yong patted his chest and said,"Chief, don't worry. I don't know anything else, but I can definitely do these things well.”
Wu Yong received the order and left.
Not long after Wu Yong left, the second-in-charge, Old Tie Cheng, walked in.
"What's wrong?" Ye Qiu asked.
"Chief, someone requests an audience.”
Ye Qiu frowned and said, Let him come in,"
As soon as Ye Qiu finished speaking, a group of people walked in.
These people carried large and small boxes into the Imperial Residence. The leader was dressed like a scholar. He had a goatee and had a shifty look.
"Master Ye, you're so good!"
The shifty-eyed middle-aged scholar bowed at Ye Qiu.
"And you are?"
"My name is Liang Qianqiu, the prime minister of the Country of Liang. I've long heard of your great name, Leader Ye. Now that I've seen you today, you're truly extraordinary.”
After saying that, Liang Qianqiu waved his hand, and his subordinates placed the boxes on the ground and opened them.
A yellow light lit up the entire hall. The chest was filled with gold, at least tens of thousands of taels.
"It's our first meeting. This is a small gift.”
Seeing the money, Ye Qiu immediately beamed.
As a mountain bandit, what he liked the most was money.
Ye Qiu followed the principle of not accepting ungentlemanly gifts and directly accepted the gold.
Liang Qianqiu's smile grew even brighter when he saw Ye Qiu accepting the gold.
Before he came, he was afraid that Ye Qiu didn't like money. If Ye Qiu liked money, then everything would be easy.
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