Chapter 247: root
Chapter 247 Rooting
"The price of food has dropped! The price of food has dropped!"
"Oil prices have dropped too!"
"Salt is getting cheaper too!"
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In Linbo City recently, the common people who were suffering from soaring prices were suddenly surprised to find that all kinds of living materials returned to normal levels overnight.
The accumulated resentment was released immediately, followed by curiosity and puzzlement.
Doesn't it mean that Lord Wu'an is very happy and has invested a lot of money in strange skills and tricks, resulting in a shortage of supplies and everyone can't eat?
Why are there enough supplies overnight?
The price is even slightly lower than usual?
In keeping with the will of the people, the official propaganda machine is quietly operating, and the truth is conveyed to the people through countless backbones.
"Damn it! Those aristocratic families are actually driving up prices and squeezing and slaughtering us like animals!!"
slapped the newspaper on the table with a bang, and the bustling teahouse was full of people. A dark and strong man got angry and gritted his teeth in hatred!
"No wonder all those nobles in the city suffered disaster a few days ago. I thought it was Lord Wu An who killed the chicken and fetched the eggs, but it turned out to have a deeper meaning!"
"More than that! You see, the Japanese pirates who came to loot some time ago were also recruited by them!"
"A wealthy family is actually keeping Japanese pirates secretly?!!"
"No! What good is this for them?"
"Hehe, you don't understand this, right? The looted money is divided into three and seven, and the salt field is controlled to levy a 'salt tax' on the common people, and the coastal trade is monopolized. The benefits are countless!"
"God, this is too bad, isn't it?"
"Otherwise, how can you say that those masters like natural and man-made disasters the most. There are no disasters. Where do people come from to sell their fields? Where do people come from to sell their sons and daughters, and make them cattle and horses?"
"What is this? You can also create disasters without disasters! The most vicious thing is that this time they joined forces to create food shortages, squeezed our wealth with salt and grain, forced us to go bankrupt, and waited until we starved to death. At that time, these aristocratic families can use the moldy food they hoard to easily harvest our land, and our children will serve them as slaves, slaves, cattle and horses for life!"
"So it is! It is so!!"
"Beast! It's a beast!"
The hearts of the indignant teahouses are boiling. In this era of lack of information, all vested interest groups tacitly block people's wisdom, and each other's shortcomings, a certain entertainer has no scruples to spread the dirty under the table in the sun.
and silently implanted the concepts of exploitation, oppression, class, etc. into the minds of the public.
"By the way, brother, you are really knowledgeable, and you can explain these intrigues and tricks so clearly that even the idiots of us can understand it right away. Come, I'll treat you to tea!"
called Dr. Cha to change into good tea and snacks. A group of people cursed the landlord of the family with their enemies, while the young people surrounded by them touched the bright red badge hidden under their jackets and laughed softly.
"Actually, you can know these insights by reading the newspapers. In addition, Wu Anjun has opened a lot of free night schools. Anyway, there is no curfew now. If you have nothing to do, just go and listen to it. You can understand a lot of things that you didn't understand before."
"Night school? Is it a school? No money?"
"Well, you don't need money, you can still teach people to read. If you show some aptitude, maybe you will be recommended by the teacher and cultivated into an extraordinary person, and you will be on the rise..."
"This is unheard of! What exactly is Lord Wu An planning?"
Hearing this, the young man rubbed the embossed pattern of the badge without a trace and muttered to himself.
"Because he said, when he comes, he won't let us suffer any more..."
As soon as these words came out, everyone fell into a brief silence, and then there was a lot of emotion. Some people thought of sad things, and their eyes turned red involuntarily.
"Wu'an-kun, what a good man!"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu}" Rotten inside, and then watch us starve to death, we are not allowed to dig a living!"
"Alas...our family is the same. In that year, my mother and several younger siblings starved to death, and the two elder sisters were sold to the landlord's house for two bags of rice, leaving me and my father in the family. Thinking about it now, the weather was good that year, what happened? It was the landlord who colluded with the government and stole all the rations from our family!"
"Me too…"
"My relatives also..."
As soon as this kind of thing was mentioned, everyone felt a sense of sympathy and instantly resonated.
"Brother, don't be sad, since Lord Wu'an is here, the good days of those aristocratic families are over. Let's follow Lord Wu'an and kill all those beasts!"
"Yes! Kill all those beasts!"
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An excited roar spread all over the street. In the inconspicuous corner of the teahouse, a servant who went into the city to buy shopping wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and his eyes were full of fear.
Do these mud legs know what they are talking about?
Don't you die?
But deep in his heart, in the face of the sparks that were enough to ignite the entire earth, even though he didn't understand any profound theories, he could instinctively feel the surging anger like a flood.
It’s just that the desperate struggles that broke out in anger in the past were instantly extinguished in front of the wealthy families, and the unorganized actions were no threat, and were brutally suppressed time and time again.
After a long time, the mud legs can only accept the reality numbly and resign, and live like a walking dead.
And when this anger is united by the organization, the power that erupts may completely destroy the system he is attached to...
No, you have to go back and tell the master as soon as possible that these pariahs in Linpo City are going to rebel!
wiped off the cold sweat on his forehead, the well-dressed servant scurried out of the teahouse, and soon disappeared into the crowd of people on the street.
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"People's hearts are available."
stood by the window, looking at the steaming [qi] over the city, Zhao Yinshun nodded in satisfaction.
Behind him, Zhou Rou waited quietly in the corner holding a thick document, with dark circles under her eyes particularly evident on her beautiful face.
"Have you not slept these days?"
Turning around and looking at the secretary who was personally picked up, Zhao Yinshun chuckled and teased.
"The property that needs to be counted is too large and complicated, and besides... I really can't sleep."
"Hehe, don't worry, the complex of aristocratic families in your eyes is just like a group of insects, in my eyes, it will be destroyed!"
Flicked his wrist, and his big gentle hand fell on Zhou Rou's shoulder. Zhao Yinshun patted his secretary, passed her, and sat back to his seat.
And from the angle he couldn't see, the expression on Zhou Rou's face slowly changed, and finally condensed into a firm determination.
Even if Your Majesty is an enemy of the whole world, I will do anything to help him fulfill his wish!
Looking back at the handsome young man's profile, Zhou Rou whispered in her heart.
伱's will is the meaning of my existence!
"Huh? What's wrong?"
aware of some mysterious emotional change, Zhao Yinshun looked at her puzzled.
"Nothing, Your Majesty, this is the data that has been counted recently, please take a look."
Changing the topic without a trace, Zhou Rou handed the thick document in her hand to Zhao Yinshun, waiting for him to read and report at the same time.
"We raided a total of 27 wealthy families in the city, large and small, and the total value of the money obtained exceeded 7 million gold yuan, and there were several times this amount of gold and silver jewelry, great medicines, magic weapons, treasures of heaven and earth, etc. Luxury goods, but it is not easy to estimate in this regard, and it is also difficult to realize large-scale realization.”
"It doesn't matter, I will open an auction in the future, and I can always sell it slowly. It's really not enough to reward those who have meritorious deeds..."
Recorded what Zhao Yinshun said casually, Zhou Rou nodded thoughtfully and continued.
"In addition to the direct wealth, the land deeds and the materials they have hoarded are the big ones. Now more than 90% of the arable land around [Linbo City] is in our hands, and more than half of the commercial land deeds in the city are also in our hands. The most prosperous and best shop, the turnover of the remaining half of the corner shop is probably less than one-third of our hands."
The movement of turning the page paused slightly, Zhao Yinshun raised his head quietly, looked at the secretary with a serious face, and blinked suspiciously.
"Nine percent? Half?"
"Yes."
“…”
In a trance, Zhao Yinshun flashed before his eyes what he saw on the first day of arriving in Linbo City, when he led the soldiers to the barracks.
In the green and fertile fields, there are peasants in ragged clothes, hunched statures, numb and empty eyes, like walking dead.
Now, he seems to understand their numbness.
The land is not their own, the farming is not for themselves, but to repay the debt of the landlord, a huge debt that they will never be able to pay off.
And the starting point of this debt may just be a bag of moldy food when you can't survive, or even a "family heirloom" handed down from your father's grandfather's generation!
Not only them, but even their children and descendants will be imprisoned in this layer of shackles!
Life after life, forever, forever, never see hope!
Being soaked in this suffocating despair, if people are not numb, I am afraid they are already crazy...
"I'm never afraid to speculate on this group of insects with the worst malice, but I didn't expect it, and I don't believe it would be so cruel!"
In the faint sigh, Zhou Rou seemed to smell the blood that made her unable to breathe. The inexplicable excitement and trembling dominated her body, causing her to bow her head respectfully.
"Your Majesty, the food in the warehouse is enough for everyone in Linpo City and the surrounding areas to eat for three years. Many of them are about to become moldy. Do we need to further suppress food prices?"
"No, the low price of grain hurts the farmers. It's enough to keep the grain in a reasonable range. If you can't finish it, go to further processing. You can make wine and feed the livestock."
"As ordered."
Five fingers tapped on the table rhythmically, Zhao Yinshun pondered for a moment, and said in a low and solemn manner.
"In addition, the "Liuyin Fengguo Land Reform Act" was enacted to deprive all aristocratic families, landlords, and wealthy families of their land wealth. The reason...is the evidence you have sorted out before."
Speaking of this, the handsome boy in white sneered.
"Since they like marriage so much, don't blame me for liking the nine clans..."
The pupils shuddered slightly, and Zhou Rou finally understood how ruthless and thoughtful this beautiful young man who seemed harmless to humans and animals was in front of him!
This is to pull out the radish and bring out the mud, so as to wipe out the rich and powerful family in the county!
"The expropriated land is distributed free of charge to the peasants who have no land, lack of land, or lack of land, and all their debts are forgiven, but this land is essentially a feudal state, and they only have the right to use it and cannot trade."
"By the way, the land is given priority to the soldiers who joined the army and their families, as well as the backbone personnel who joined [Dragon]."
"Yes!"
Carefully memorized every word of Zhao Yinshun, Zhou Rou chewed it carefully, and the more she tasted it, the more frightened she became.
This is not about sweeping away, it is about digging out the roots of the family!
"After that, we need to organize the farmers who have acquired the land to form a peasant association, under the control and guidance of the cadres of [Dragon], to overthrow the local tyrants and evil gentry who oppressed them, and smash the control of the landlord class over the grassroots of the country..."
Uncontrollably trembled slightly, Zhou Rou's eyes became more and more shining, and she recorded every word like a treasure.
learnt! learnt!
It turns out that you can still do this!
"The tentacles of [Dragon] must extend to every corner of the Fengguo, and our control must go to the bottom!"
"Only by mobilizing and activating all the power, can we be invincible in the coming chaos!"
"Here is a copy that I copied... ahem, the investigative report I wrote. You use this as a guide to organize legal experts to study the land reform bill."
"Yes!"
With trembling hands, he respectfully took the manuscript paper handed over by the young man, and he saw a few beautiful large characters on his face.
"Funan (crossed out) Linbo Farmer's Investigation Report"
As if holding some supreme treasure, Zhou Rou carefully exited the study, and soon a tall and burly figure walked in.
"See Your Excellency!"
"Well, you have worked hard these days, how about the casualties?"
"Hundreds of stubborn guards were killed. Our army killed a total of 17 people, and nearly 100 others were injured."
Suddenly remembered that the great existence in front of him was also a warrior, Tang Hongda shrank his neck subconsciously, and quickly changed the subject.
"In addition, there are 51 people who violated the military law, please make a decision."
sent a document to Zhao Yinshun, and Tang Hongda stood aside, uneasy, not even breathing.
He opened the document and scanned it ten lines at a time, and found that most of it contained private property, and only a few people had serious circumstances.
"In such a busy night, they still have time to **** women? What a great interest"
Listening to the gentleman's half-smiling words, Tang Hongda swallowed his saliva, and there was fine sweat on his forehead. He lowered his head and dared not look at him.
"I can tolerate them being weak, I can tolerate them being stupid, but I can't tolerate them being bad!"
After closing the document, Zhao Yinshun whispered leisurely without the slightest turbulence.
"Those who hide their finances privately, confiscate their illegal gains, expel them from the army, and never reuse them."
"A woman who commits adultery shall be tried in public and executed in front of the entire army!"
After finishing speaking, the young man looked at Tang Hongda's eyes, his deep eyes were like bottomless ancient wells, exuding an inexplicable chill.
"Tang Hongda, I hope to build a great army, don't let me down."
"Follow orders!"
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(end of this chapter)