Land annexation is a stubborn disease in the womb of the Eastern Han Dynasty, of course, it cannot be said that the land of the family and the powerful are bought and sold by force, that is certainly not a fact, but ordinary people are basically forced to sell their land. There is no one who does not become a free citizen for no reason, and willingly becomes someone else's family.

The part, to some extent, is a slave. Not only do you have to work hard, but sometimes you have to work hard.

Most of the peasants who lost their land went bankrupt because of this, and the unique fragility of the small-scale peasant economy can barely make ends meet when the wind and rain are good, and if there is any natural or man-made disaster, or even a disease, it may become abject poverty. Confucianism flourished in the Eastern Han Dynasty, filial piety was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the atmosphere of thick burials extended from the nobles to the common people, and the dead became an unbearable burden. For the sake of filial piety, selling land often becomes the last choice of small people.

Confucian etiquette is not something that everyone is qualified to observe, and it must be done with the material and financial resources. Although Confucius himself said that filial piety is in his heart, he also did not say "You love his sheep, I love his courtesy", and it is difficult to be recognized without sheep's courtesy.

Yuan Shu is also from a family, Yan Xiang is from Fufeng, he is not a family, at most he can only be regarded as a small hero, in ordinary times, let them give their own land to others, they will definitely not agree. But now that the situation is critical, Yuan Shu hates those betrayed Nanyang families, and urgently needs the allegiance of those soldiers, and it is not their own land, so it is much less difficult. As soon as Sun Ce mentioned it, Yan Xiang immediately agreed, and added several reasons according to his own understanding.

Of course, granting land is not just a matter of ascending to the heights, the composition of the recently captured soldiers is complicated, some are landless peasants, some are rangers who are unwilling to plough the land, and some are distant branches of the family, so they should be treated differently, but these things do not need to be dealt with by Sun Ce, Yan Xiang is more than enough. Sun Ce made this suggestion at this time because he wanted to be a temptation, and he didn't want to expose himself. Nanyang is not Xiangyang, the family here is not comparable to the Kuai family and the Xi family, the title of the emperor is not a joke, this kind of offending people still makes Yuan Shu's second goods rush to the front.

Almost all the soldiers captured by the generals who attacked the manor were collected in their own camps to increase their strength, and the number of people in Sun Ce's camp was limited. Considering that loyalty was worrisome, Sun Ce deliberately ignored those landless peasants in the process of selecting soldiers, and only chose rangers who wanted to fight for wealth. When the soldiers of each battalion showed their loyalty in order to fight for a quota for granting land, and did not hesitate to accuse or even slander the family and Haoqiang who were once attached, Sun Ce could accompany Cai Yong to collect wind leisurely.

Cai Yong shook his head and sighed while watching, complaining that Sun Ce's idea was too vicious, which damaged Yin morality, and there would be retribution in the future. Pang Shanmin listened and couldn't help arguing with Cai Yong, but he was not Cai Yong's opponent, and he was abused by Cai Yong to the point of incompleteness.

Sun Ce himself is very calm. Cai Yong is almost sixty years old, he has read the classics of saints all his life, he has been filial piety for three years, he can't untie his clothes, and his obedience to the ceremony has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow. His support for Cai Yong's writing of history does not mean that he accepts Cai Yong's concept in its entirety, and the same is true for history books, his expectation of Cai Yong lies in his profound knowledge and can leave more historical materials, but he cannot force him to have historical knowledge beyond the times.

Who is so rare to be entangled with an old man, with this kung fu, it is better to communicate with his daughter. Looking at Cai Yong's physical condition, he doubted that Cai Yong could complete all the writing, and if he couldn't figure it out, it would fall on his daughter Cai Yan in the end.

After returning from the various battalions, Sun Ce knew that the big thing had been decided, and Yuan Shu's shortage of troops could be solved for the time being, and the next thing was how to distribute the troops. Wancheng is going to be attacked, he and Zhou Yu are definitely the main force, but the real main force is not them, but Huang Chengyan.

Sun Ce did not return to the big tent and came directly to the baggage camp.

A group of craftsmen were gathered around, and they were arguing so fiercely that they didn't even notice Sun Ce approaching. Crossing the crowd, Sun Ce saw Huang Yueying, who was even more excited. She waved her arms and shouted.

"Yes, this stone thrower is heavy, but it's also more powerful. According to my calculations, if you can hit a single bullet, you can smash the city gate. Even the walls of the inner city were enough to shake. It doesn't take much, just three or four, and in a day, I can open a gap in the wall. ”

An old craftsman with gray hair but good spirits raised his hands and motioned for everyone not to make noise. "Little Doctor, it's not that we don't believe your calculations. If you don't believe it, all of us believe that your stone thrower is definitely a siege weapon, and no one will doubt it. But have you ever thought about it, little doctor, this stone thrower is so heavy that it can't be moved? Even if you use a car, what car can withstand such a weight? If you want to attack the inner city, and you can't attack directly from the outside of the city, then you must advance the big city, and such a big stone thrower can't even enter the city gate. ”

"Then assemble it in the city and test fire it in the city."

"No problem, we can assemble it in the city, we can test it in the city, but the general doesn't agree." The old craftsman spread his hands. "Little Doctor, as long as you get the general's consent, we will do it immediately, okay?"

Another sturdy middle-aged craftsman said loudly: "Yes, as long as the general agrees, we will do it immediately." The general is so good to us, we are not greedy for life and afraid of death, as long as the general gives an order, even if we brave the attack of the crossbow to defend the city, we will definitely install this stone thrower. ”

"Yes, we are not afraid of death."

"That's it, what are you afraid of, if you die in battle, the general will not treat our family badly."

Cai Yong was surprised, look at Sun Ce. "I can't see that although the general is young, he can win the hearts of the soldiers."

Sun Ce smiled. "Mr. Bo, there are too many things you haven't seen, take your time."

Hearing Sun Ce's voice, the craftsmen turned their heads one after another, separated a passage, and looked at Sun Ce with enthusiastic eyes. Huang Yueying also saw Sun Ce, twisted a little, and lowered her head. Sun Ce walked up to her and saw a silk drawing on the table, on which a stone thrower was drawn, and there were exploded drawings of parts scattered next to it. I didn't feel anything about the drawing, but when I looked at the marked size, Sun Ce was also startled.

This stone thrower only has two feet and seven feet high at the base, plus the tip rod, the total height is six feet and one foot, far more than the city gate of Wancheng City, the base is three feet and five inches long, two feet wide, close to the width of the city gate hole, it is impossible to load the whole and transport it in. Even if the counterweight is temporarily removed, the pole is flattened, and it is not an easy task to transport it to the city.

"So big?"

"If you don't build such a big one, the strength is insufficient, and it will be difficult to break through the city wall in a short time." Huang Yueying said in a low voice: "Wancheng is not the He family's manor, and the inner city is stronger and taller than the outer city. could have attacked directly from outside the city, but weren't the Xiliang soldiers coming, the outer city wall could not be damaged, and they could only attack in the big city, even if they didn't have time to repair it, they wouldn't let the Xiliang soldiers enter the city directly. ”