Regardless of whether the family is in the enterprising period of liking to do things, or in a more obedient dormant period, Sun Xiangfu's purpose has never changed, that is, to enrich the people and strengthen the country.

When the people are rich, the family will naturally be untenable in this country, they may be able to manipulate the poor, but it is difficult to manipulate the rich.

When they feel that their status is threatened, they may rise up to resist, but at that time, the conditions are ripe to eliminate them, but not only the empress will wield a butcher's knife to kill, but it is okay to change any emperor who is not stupid.

The place where Sun Xiangfu went to the banquet was in the living room of the Lu family, where the sons of the heads of each family had already gathered, as well as a large number of elders of various families, some of whom Sun Xiangfu had seen at the land auction conference last year.

After a salute, Sun Xiangfu sat in the chief seat, thinking about last year, he was just sitting in the last seat of the Wang family, and was looked down upon by most people, and now, there is a little bit of a taste of raising his eyebrows, of course, if the patriarch of several families is there, he will not be able to sit in the chief position.

"Everyone, please meet today, I don't know what it means!"

It's almost late August, and Sun Xiangfu's mood to return to Chang'an is becoming more and more urgent.

"Hehe, Sun Dudu asked knowingly, I and a few others after some discussion, I feel that responding to the new policy of the north and supporting the land replacement policy of the imperial court is a good thing for both sides, Sun Du Du can make a decision on the affairs of the north land, I don't know, can I and other families make a convenience?" Lu Wenzhong, who was sitting on the main seat, took the lead in taking Sun Xiangfu's words.

With Cui Ti secretly communicating with him, Sun Xiangfu already knew the content agreed by several of them in advance, so he said in a stiff tone, "The new policy in the north will be gradually implemented in the last few months of this year, and it will be fully implemented before the beginning of spring next year, this is His Majesty's order, and no one shall disobey it."

As for the land exchange, it was not a decree of the imperial court or the governor, but the Wang family itself took the initiative to propose it, all because the land exchange could make the Wang family profitable.

Therefore, what is going on with His Majesty's palace, you should also know, in order to make the development of the north move forward rapidly, the governor can give you a convenience, but this convenient price is not cheap! ”

Listening to Sun Xiangfu's words, Lu Wenzhong and the sons of the rest of the families present were all dark-faced.

With the fertile land in the customs and the wasteland outside the customs, even if it is one acre for two acres, they have suffered a big loss in terms of price, how did they get to Sun Xiangfu here, it seems that they have become in a hurry to suffer a loss, and if they want to suffer this loss, they have to pay a certain price first, what kind of world is this!

Lu Yi saw that the style of painting was wrong, and was afraid that Lu Wenzhong and a few other young sons would fall into Sun Xiangfu's rhythm, so he hurriedly said loudly, "Sun Dudu, you can't say that, you want to implement a new policy in the north, if I and a few others don't agree, I'm afraid there will be many twists and turns."

After all, the policy of the imperial court controls those tenants, but it can't manage the hundreds of thousands of domestic slaves in the hands of several families such as us, these domestic slaves are the private property of our family from generation to generation, even the emperor, you can't deprive other people's private property for no reason! ”

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu said with a slight coldness, "The emperor has no intention of depriving other people's private property, any behavior of the Wang family is the way of change that they have figured out by themselves, I believe that if you don't see the benefits of this change in the Wang family, everyone here will not ask the governor to talk here."

Therefore, if you disagree, the policies of the imperial court will be implemented, and it is ridiculous to use this to talk to the governor about the conditions.

In order to make His Majesty and the Governor agree to the replacement conditions they proposed, the Wang family spent hundreds of thousands of yuan to build a palace for His Majesty, and promised to fully support the relevant management policies of the Metropolitan Protectorate in the future.

What about Bento! He will also return the favor by replacing the land around Dingxiang City with the Wang family, and in the future, if there are new crops such as spices, oak trees, and cauliflower that can create great profits, the governor will find the Wang family to cooperate as soon as possible.

People respect me, I respect people, I believe that the Wang family's gains in the past two years, you have also seen it.

If you want to cooperate with the Governor like the Wang, you can welcome it, but you have to show your sincerity. ”

Sun Xiangfu opened up and said it thoroughly, but made everyone sitting silent.

Indeed, the Yamen of the Metropolitan Protectorate has only promulgated the Labor Security Law, and in the civil system implemented in Guanzhong, there is no requirement for the owner of the noble family to release their domestic slaves, and this policy of making domestic slaves good is the next step after the implementation of the civil system.

After all, what Lu Yi said is also very reasonable, many domestic servants are passed down from generation to generation, and a considerable number of people are willing to serve as slaves under their subordinates.

If the pace of reform is too strong, it may cause a backlash from the entire social elite or family, so Sun Xiangfu has only discussed with Li Shimin, Wang Xu, Cui Ti and others so far, and has not included it in the system that must be implemented.

If a few families are conscious enough, under Sun Xiangfu's various coercion and temptation methods, use relatively mild methods to transition it over, then Sun Xiangfu will be much easier to do some other small families or powerful work, after all, the five surnames and seven families represent more than half of the scholar class in this era.

If they resolutely disagree, then Sun Xiangfu can only wait slowly, waiting until the civic system is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, waiting for the moment when the emperor can really speak out about the country's policies, and then do it, this time is probably a bit long.

After a while, the clan elders of each family also ignored Sun Xiangfu's presence, and began to talk in a whisper, in the strategy they had discussed before, in fact, there was an intention to befriend Sun Xiangfu and cooperate with him in agriculture, after all, a spice would make the strength of the Wang family leap to the fore, and then wait for the miraculous cauliflower to come out, I am afraid that the strength of the Wang family is enough to crush any of them.

With the current capital of the Wang family, he has been able to join forces with the emperor to turn them around, so that they can lose money in big deals many times, if they are allowed to grow again, then they will be able to pay it back?

The rules of this world, no one knows better than the elders of these families, it is nothing more than a big fish eating small fish, and if you want not to be eaten, you must be a big fish.

Therefore, after a cup of tea, Lu Wenzhong spoke, "Governor Sun, if the Lu family wants to exchange the land in the Guannei to the vicinity of Wulan City, which is being built by the Duhu Mansion, I don't know, what conditions do you have." ”

What Lu Wenzhong means by this is that he is willing to pay some conditions in exchange for the right to replace the land, in fact, it is not because of how much benefit the land exchange can give them immediately, but if they do not replace, in the long run, they will lag behind the Wang family too much, you know, with this round of replacement, the Wang family's land outside the customs is likely to be as high as 10 million mu, although these fields can only produce one season a year. However, all of them are fertile land that can produce high yields, and the annual harvest will be much higher than that of several of them.

What's more, they can also get a steady stream of more economical new crops from Sun Xiangfu, constantly impacting the market, and making their income in all aspects continue to weaken.

Then, in three or five years, the Wang family will become a giant crocodile, although what will happen to this giant crocodile in the end is unpredictable, but this giant crocodile will definitely open its mouth to swallow up the weakened few of them, because except for them, there is no one else who is qualified to be a competitor of the Wang family, or rather, other families of smaller magnitude, the Wang family can no longer look down on them at all.

However, Sun Xiangfu's answer made Lu Wenzhong stunned, and said, "The land around Wulan City, I have already promised to replace it with others, if you want to rely on the land of the city, it will be built at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountain, and around Shangqi City near Tingzhou, there will be hundreds of thousands of good land ······."

"Dare to ask Sun Dudu, is it the one who replaced the land near Ulan City?"

Without waiting for Sun Xiangfu to finish speaking, Lu Wenzhong interrupted urgently, you must know that the foundation of his Fanyang Lu clan is in a radius of hundreds of miles in Dingxing County, Zhuoshui, and the location of Wulan City designated by Sun Xiangfu is less than six hundred miles, which is much closer than the Qinghe Cui clan in Hebei.

Thinking of Qinghe Cui's family, Lu Wenzhong suddenly turned his head to look at Cui Ti, who was sitting in the chief seat under him.

Suddenly glared at by Lu Wenzhong's gaze, Cui Ti showed a trace of unnatural expression, and suddenly, Lu Wenzhong knew it.

"Okay, you Cui Ti, you actually took the first step."

Lu Wenzhong was young after all, and when he saw that the place he was looking for was robbed by the Cui family, he was immediately annoyed, and pointed at Cui Ti and said angrily.

On the side, the patriarch of the Cui family can only complain that his son-in-law's acting skills are not good, and Sun Xiangfu did not reveal any news, but honestly told Lu Wenzhong that this land has an owner.

"Master Lu, the cooperation between my Cui family and Sun Dudu has long been there, and I didn't know in advance that your Lu family intended to replace this land!" Cui Shaotang, the elder of the Cui family, saw that his son-in-law was embarrassed, so he replied instead of him.

All right! This reason is very strong, Lu Wenzhong was speechless, he should have thought that the Cui family could cooperate with Sun Xiangfu to grow blueberries, so the relationship must be unusual, no wonder the alliance of several families has been repeatedly frustrated, it turns out that the Cui family, which should be inseparable from Sun Xiangfu, actually secretly colluded with Sun Xiangfu.

At this moment, not only Lu Wenzhong, but even Li Bin of the Li clan in Longxi, Li Qi of the Li clan in Zhaojun, Cui Yu of the Cui clan in Boling and other sons, all feel that they are stupid pigs, how can they believe in this so-called alliance, who the hell sees the interests and cares about other families?

"Well, that, don't be angry, in the opinion of this governor, although Shangqi City is far away, it is not inferior to Wulan City, its location is a key place to the Western Regions, if you exchange the land to the surrounding areas of Shangqi City, then, in the future, you will have a great advantage in the trade leading to the entire Western Regions."

Being able to say that a piece of flying thousands of miles away is a treasure, and Sun Xiangfu has such a thick skin, but what he said is not without purpose, at least, several countries that trade with the Western Regions immediately realized that what Sun Xiangfu said was very reliable.

Shangqi City, like Tai'an City, is a city within the defense line of Tingzhou and Xizhou, and it can be used as a port city to the Western Regions, but Tai'an City has more advantages to Central Asia, while Shangqi City has more advantages to Europe.

Sun Xiangfu had these considerations early on when choosing the location to build the city, and now the ecological environment of these two locations is very good, the land is fertile, and it is very suitable for farming, and they can develop a large field in such a place and establish a city like Shanyang, then the future income will not only depend on the output of the field, but also on commerce.

"Governor Sun, my Longxi Li clan is very interested in exchanging the land to Shangqi City······

"I, the Li family of Zhao County, also have such considerations······"

"Why are you everywhere, my Boling Cui clan's millions of acres of land in Guanzhong and Shandong can be replaced with the land in Shangqi City, Sun Dudu, you must give priority to ······"

The rest of the families scrambled to be the first, which suddenly made Lu Wenzhong's face darker.