Wei Teng walked into Yangxian City, raised his head, looked at the battle flag fluttering in the wind at the head of the city, and looked at the heroic soldiers standing with spears and swords, and sighed secretly.

He looked down on the Xu family, so he didn't come to last night's banquet and stayed on the boat, only seeing the fire on the boat, but he couldn't witness a big drama of the Xu family. When he woke up, Yang Xian had been controlled by Sun Ce, he went to the city with everyone, and when he saw the sudden extra soldiers on the city wall, he always had a feeling that he hadn't woken up and was still dreaming.

There was a hint of loss in him. With such a big action, Sun Ce didn't reveal a word to him. He only knew that Sun Ce was going to attack the Xu family, but he didn't know when and how he was going to do it. He is an outsider, incompatible with those young people around Sun Ce, and he is about to leave. Shen Yougang has been Sun Ce's confidant for a few days and has participated in the whole operation. He has been by Sun Ce's side for more than a month, and he is still a spectator.

Am I old, or are these teenagers too frivolous? Thinking about it, the oldest around Sun Ce is not more than thirty years old, and Sun Ce himself is not even twenty years old, all of them are young people who don't know the height of the sky and act recklessly. These people have no loyalty in their hearts, they are strong in utilitarianism, they are reckless in doing things, and they only see the immediate benefits. Do they think that the Xu family is the person in that house, do they think that overturning Xu Chun's family is overturning the Xu family, they don't know what they are doing at all, they don't know how much trouble they have caused and how many people they have angered.

The storm is coming, should I leave early to avoid the fish in the pond? Anyway, I haven't served in the Imperial Guard's Mansion yet, and I don't have any righteousness with Sun Ce, so it's not unrighteous to leave at this time.

Wei Teng thought as he slowly walked through the street. Yangxian is the county seat, there is no distinction between the inner and outer cities, the county temple and ordinary houses are mixed together, Wei Teng walked all the way, saw a lot of people, at first did not care, the more he went to the city, the more people on the street, and his expression was excited, while walking while calling friends, as if something good had happened.

Wei Teng was puzzled and grabbed an old man on crutches. "Uncle, where are you going?"

The old man ran out of breath, his gray beard curled up one after another, and while pushing Wei Teng aside, he said: "Boy, don't get in the way, the county court has issued a notice, the land is going to be divided, and the little old man is going to rush over the territory." ”

Wei Teng quickened his pace and walked side by side with the old man. He soon found that this was not an easy task, and that the old man was not at all slow, and that he could fall to the ground at any moment, and he had to reach out and help him. But this is also beneficial, the old man's attitude is much better, and he has said a few more words. Only then did Wei Teng know that the county magistrate of Yangxian sent people to the whole city early in the morning to announce that he wanted to offer a reward for catching the bandits, from ventilating the news to recruiting for battle, from calling the family to beheading the thief, there are different rewards, less rewards, more can also divide the land, for example, the reward for catching the head of the Tongguan Mountain thieves is 300 acres of land.

There is little land in the south of the Yangtze River, and Yangxian is no exception, known as the three mountains, two rivers and five fields, which is better than Huiji, but it is not much better. But Yangxian is close to the mountains, the land is fertile, the special geographical situation makes the yield of Yangxian land higher than other places, the yield per mu of fertile land is as high as six stones, three hundred acres is not a small amount, not only the family has no worries about food and clothing, but also among the small rich family.

No wonder the whole city is crazy, and even this old man, who has a problem with walking, wants to try his luck.

Wei Teng helped the old man to the front of the county temple, only to find that the front of the county temple was already crowded, full of excited and inexplicable people, the water was incomprehensible, and the chattering sound was loud, like a flock of ducks, and he couldn't hear what they were saying at all. The old man was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, opened a pair of old eyes, and looked everywhere for someone he knew. Wei Teng didn't have time to toss with him, so he struggled to squeeze through the crowd and came to the county temple. Although he only walked a few dozen steps, he squeezed out a stinky sweat, and was stepped on a few times, and the silk shoes he had just changed were trampled dirty.

Wei Teng identified himself, entered the county temple, and came to the middle court, Sun Ce was yawning while talking to the county magistrate Ge Sheng, and next to Yang Xiu, Pang Tong and others were standing, as well as a few Yangxian county officials. Seeing Wei Teng coming in, Sun Ce stopped the topic and introduced Wei Teng to Ge Sheng. Ge Sheng knew Wei Lang, and hurriedly greeted Wei Teng to express his admiration. Wei Teng didn't have time to talk to Ge Sheng, so he pulled Sun Ce aside.

"The general is going to Tongguan Mountain to pacify the bandits?"

"That's right. When you came in, you didn't see the sign. ”

"See, there are still many people who want to make meritorious contributions and receive rewards, I just want to know a little bit, where did you get so much reward money and land?"

Sun Ce smiled, smiling meaningfully, with a hint of ridicule. "Does Mr. know that I put the Xu family down?"

"I heard."

"Then do you know how much money the Xu family has and how much land they have?"

Wei Teng looked at Sun Ce, and a chill rose in his heart. Sun Ce said that he wanted to rectify the Xu family, and he reminded Sun Ce at that time to be careful of the forces behind the Xu family, especially the thieves in the mountains. Now Sun Ce is using the land of the Xu family as a reward to recruit people to recruit the bandits, which shows that Sun Ce has a plan for a long time, and it is not a spur of the moment. The thieves are in danger in the mountains, but the land in the mountains is limited, and they need to rely on the thieves outside the mountains to help, otherwise even if they do not collapse immediately, they will encounter a crisis, and their living standards will drop significantly. When Sun Ce did this, he really hit the nail on the head, and suddenly grasped the weakness of the thief.

"Not counting the items, there are more than 80 million yuan in cash, more than 357 hectares, and half of the best fields in Yangxian belong to the Xu family. Thirty acres of land can provide a family of five to live and work in peace and contentment, and 300 acres for the head of a thief handsome, do you say that a few thieves in this area will be afraid to sleep in the future? ”

The corners of Wei Teng's mouth twitched, and his sparse beard trembled. "Will the general be scared when he sleeps?"

Sun Ce blinked and laughed. "Sir, are you saying that someone has offered a reward for my head? Hehe, I can't ask for it. Xu Chun wanted my life, but I asked for my life. If anyone else wants my life, I welcome them to take it, and if I have one, I will have a few thousand acres of land, and it won't be long before the land annexation problem of Yangxian is completely solved. As for those ordinary people, don't say they don't have the ability, even if they do, they won't come to take my life, right? I am doing the right thing for heaven, and God will help me, let alone these people. ”

Wei Teng was speechless for a while, but his heart was indescribably anxious. He instinctively objected to Sun Ce's approach, but he had no suitable reason. Confucianism believes in the policy of valuing agriculture and suppressing business, and inhibiting land annexation is a consistent and unchanged concept, from the early years of the Western Han Dynasty to the present, hundreds of years ago, I don't know how many people advocated the suppression of land annexation, but they have not been able to achieve results, but have caused a lot of trouble, watching the land day by day concentrated in the hands of a few people, a large number of peasants have lost their land, become displaced people, or dependent on the powerful and strong, become the private department of the powerful and powerful, and the taxes of the imperial court are decreasing day by day.

Sun Ce also wanted to solve the land annexation, with good intentions, but his methods were too violent, no different from robbery, although some problems could be solved temporarily, but the contradictions caused were even greater. He is going to be the enemy of all the families and the powerful, Wang Mang did this, what is the result? He is also the Son of Heaven supported by Confucianism, once he touches the interests of the powerful family, he is immediately abandoned, causing a chaos that affects the whole world and lasts for more than ten years.

"General, it's a big matter, you can't ignore it."