At the Public House of Liang.
Lan Yu sat on the armchair and stood up excitedly as she listened to Lan Yong's report.
"Did he really say that?"
"Did he really say that the soldiers in our village are meritorious and heroes?”
"Yes, I am!"
"When I heard this, I was really shocked!”
"This lowly one is so touched that I wish I could kneel down and kowtow to that Young Master Qin!”
Lan Yu's tiger eyes were filled with tears. He clenched his fists and slammed them heavily on the table.
"Damn it, the Zhu family finally has a person with a conscience. Sob sob sob
…"”
"As long as the throne recognizes this child, I, Lan Yu, will help him ascend to the throne even if I have to risk my old life. Wuwuwu
…"”
"Humph!"
"That heartless Zhu Yuanzhang even gave away Empress Ma's jade pendant. What else is there to be uncertain about?”
"Now that old butcher just doesn't know how to deal with the son of that cheap maid, and he's conflicted about which one to choose!”
"Uh…"
Lan Yong was so scared that he secretly wiped his sweat.
Although they were talking behind closed doors, Old Master's words were too scary.
If this were to reach the ears of the Emperor, wouldn't he capture all the hundreds of people in the Lan Manor and let them bleed!
"Master, be careful!"
"Misfortune comes from the mouth!"
"Hmph!"
Although Lan Yu shut up, she still used a "hmph" sound to express her dissatisfaction with the old butcher.
"Tell me, what did this child do?”
"Master!"
"I left early, but I didn't go far. I've been squatting outside the manor.”
"According to Tian Liuzi and the others, that Young Master Qin immediately registered the people in the manor again, saying that he was going to carry out some land reform.”
"Land reform?"
Lan Yu was dumbfounded.
"What is land reform?"
"What is this grandson trying to do!”
Lan Yong shook his head, indicating that he did not know.
Lan Yu instinctively felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't think of what the problem was.
"Hurry up and send someone to keep an eye on it!”
"We can't let our grandchild do anything stupid!”
"It doesn't matter if this group of soldiers suffer a little injustice, but if it affects his impression in the old butcher's heart, then the gains won't make up for the losses!”
"I know. I've been keeping an eye on Tian Liuzi and the others. If there's any movement, I'll report it immediately!”
"Yes!"
"Keep an eye on this matter!”
"Whether our Lan family can survive this round, whether we can avoid the death of a cunning rabbit and the fate of being cooked by a lackey, it all depends on this child's performance!”
"Aiya!"
"I don't need Old Master to remind me about this. I understand how powerful it is!”
Lan Yu sighed and said slowly.
"Sigh!"
"Order the accountant to prepare a few thousand taels of silver. Once the manor can't hold on any longer, send it over quickly
…I can't cause trouble for my eldest grandson!”
"It's indeed a little difficult for him to support so many people with just one child!”
Lan Yong echoed.
"Sigh!"
"Isn't this because Old Master is worried about Young Master and afraid that Young Master will be bullied?”
"Otherwise, why would you give this group of fools to Young Master!”
Lan Yu smiled knowingly when she heard this.
"You old dog, you're still the sensible one, haha!”
"That's right, I'm just afraid that my eldest grandson will be bullied!”
"With this group of killers protecting him, we won't be afraid of others thinking about him!”
"But what is this land reform that this child is talking about?”
This question troubled the soldiers in Black Tortoise Manor, Lan Yu, and even the old butcher in the palace pondered for an entire night.
...
The next day, Qin Mu woke up early and went straight to the government office of Heaven Ying Prefecture to report.
He had already decided to be the official of Magistrate Song Yi.
Although he was a temporary worker without a name or position, it depended on who he was working for.
If it was converted into an official position in the future, he would be a high-ranking official in the Imperial Capital's Mayor and Mayor (Secretary) Office!
Moreover, Song Yi not only managed Nanjing City, but he also managed the eight counties under Ying Tian Mansion!
Their Black Tortoise Manor, in principle, belonged to the land of Shangyuan County under the Ying Tian Prefecture.
Hence, in order to complete the land reform, Qin Mu had to work with Song Yi.
As for the so-called land reform, it was very simple.
According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, military households that cultivated less than three hectares of land only needed to send a male soldier to join the army. They did not need to do odd jobs and pay taxes.
This was simply a great benefit.
The taxes of the Ming Dynasty were easy to deal with, but the most troublesome was the corvee.
They would dig a river today, build a dam tomorrow, and build a city wall the day after.
It could be said that almost all the people were doing this during the slack season.
When they encountered an insensible official, they had to torture them during the busy farming season. The common people had to endure it.
Relatively speaking, military households were very comfortable. As long as one person was sent to be a soldier, they would not have to serve in the corvee or pay taxes. It was a very good welfare treatment.
However, the current situation was that ordinary military households would not have the money to buy three hectares of land.
Three hectares of land was 300 mu!
He was a small landlord!
Ordinary military families could be considered rich if they had 30 to 50 mu of land.
Thus, Qin Mu planned to help them fill up the 300 mu of land.
This way, he could control 30,000 mu of land without having to serve and pay taxes.
It was perfect!
As for whether or not he was trying to poach Great Ming, Qin Mu didn't even consider it.
No matter how ruthless he was, could he be as ruthless as Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson, Zhu Yunwen?
It had only been four years since he ascended the throne, but the vassal king of the netherworld had already invaded Nanjing.
Not only did he lose the throne, but Zhu Di also unlocked the achievement of being the first person to successfully seize power as a vassal king.
Song Yi was overjoyed that Qin Mu could report to the yamen of Heaven Ying Prefecture and personally wore shackles to welcome him.
Qin Mu's sharp senses noticed that the shackles were made of paper and were lighter than the ones from yesterday.
"Congratulations, brother, haha!”
"What are you congratulating me for?”
"I'm overjoyed that you're here to help me!”
"Big Brother Song, I have a request.”
When Song Yi heard the word "beg", he immediately took a step back.
"Do you want to plead for mercy on behalf of the military households in your village and ask me to give them land?”
Qin Mu gently flattered him.
"Big Brother Song is observant. I haven't even said anything, and you already know?”
Song Yi said earnestly.
"Brother!"
"Listen to your brother's advice and quickly return that manor. That's a hot potato that you can't touch!”
"Big Brother, I've already accepted it…"
"Uh, uh…"
Song Yi was stunned when he heard that, and then his face turned serious.
"Brother, please go back. Brother's temple is small and can't accommodate such a big god like you.”
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