With a light car, Lu must have gone straight to Kaiping County.

This is also an attitude, in the current situation between the two armies is relatively delicate, and there is even a possibility of a larger-scale conflict, Lu must have done this, so he told Chen Zhihua on the other side, I don't want to fight, I want peace.

The soldiers of the Ming army stationed at the border also gave the general of the Qin State quite courtesy, and did not neglect it in the slightest, but only sent an officer as a guide to lead Lu to Kaiping County.

The Ming army's respectful attitude towards Lu must have made Lu must have felt a little more at ease, but as he got closer to Kaiping County, his heart became extremely heavy. Wherever he passed, he could often see groups of militiamen with weapons, lined up, singing war songs, and marching neatly towards the vicinity of the county town.

It was the militia reserve of Kaiping County. As a neighbor of Kaiping County, Lu must have known about the military system of the Ming Kingdom. Although these militia reserves are not yet elite, they have also received military training all year round, and some of these people, as long as they fight one or two battles, they can complete the transformation in no time.

Kaiping County was indeed preparing for war. This discovery made Lu Certain's heart chill a little. Many times I wanted to turn my horse and go back, if the Ming people really made up their minds to take advantage of this to start a war, they would have thrown themselves into the net. Even if Mingren won't be so shameless to detain himself, but he is the same, but Mingren can see his hole cards, which will make them more unscrupulous.

It's a pity that he has already come. There is no turning back from the bow, and now running back will not change anything, and if you move forward bravely, you may be able to save a catastrophe.

With a nervous heart, Lu must have seen the city wall of Kaiping County.

Kaiping County, he also stationed here for several years, and was originally very familiar with everything here, but two years have passed, and this place has changed dramatically.

Outside the city, the wide avenue leads straight into the distance, and the crops that grow very well show that Kaiping County will be another bumper harvest year this year, and the gurgling water in the criss-crossing ditches solves the problem of land irrigation.

The fields are intertwined, countless people carrying hoes and leading ploughing cattle walk on it, you can clearly hear their laughter, the domestic dogs follow them tamely, occasionally there will be a few unruly, see someone walking on the main road, then rush to the front, across the ditch, to the main road people grinning and roaring, and then under the master's reprimand, and happily run back to the master's side, affectionately rubbing the master's body with his head.

It seems that everything is very ordinary, but in Lu Certain's eyes, it is extremely unusual. Because of such a scene, he has never seen it many times.

Whether it was when they were still in Kaiping County, or after they retreated to Qingzhou County, they had never seen such a scene.

The people he had seen the most were ordinary people with disheveled faces, ragged clothes, and numb expressions. Poverty seems to have always been a boulder pressing on the head of the Qin State, pressing them out of breath, pressing them to the point that they have the most fierce people in the world, but they have never been able to form the most fierce army.

The former Yue State is a little better than the Qin State, but it is not much better. It's just that he climbed from the ground to the mat, and it was only a little bit higher, which allowed the Qin State to take advantage of the Yue State many times.

But since the establishment of the Ming State and the reign of Qin Feng, all this has immediately come to an all-round reversal, and the country, which was also poor in the past, has rapidly become rich, leaving the Qin people a few streets away. In the past, those armies whose combat effectiveness was not in the eyes of the Qin people were also old hens turned into ducks in the blink of an eye. Now when he faced them, he didn't feel the slightest victory.

This is not only a gap in armament, but also a gap in morale.

Now, Qingzhou County under his command is the most confused time, I don't know why to fight? Fight for whom? The morale of the Ming army has always been high.

Seeing all this in front of him, Lu must have suddenly realized that those Ming troops were fighting for this scene in front of them, fighting to defend their hard-won peaceful life.

There was a sudden familiar singing voice in my ears, this is a slang song in Qingzhou County, a song that can be sung by both men and women, young and old. Lu must have reined in his horse and beckoned to search for the place where the song came from.

It was a piece of land not far from his left hand, a man was digging some of the corners of the field with a hoe, and singing slang songs loudly, and on the ridge, a woman was carrying a blue child and holding a half-grown girl in her hand, and the girl was also singing loudly to her father's song. And behind the woman, there was an even smaller doll on her back.

They should have come from Qingzhou.

Seeing that Lu must have a somewhat uncertain expression, the Ming army officer who accompanied him explained: "General Lu, there are actually many people here who have fled from Qingzhou County. ”

"Can these people afford to buy land in Kaiping County?" Lu must be a little confused, Qingzhou County, in fact, not only Qingzhou County, but also some other county rulers in the Qin State, have fled to the Ming State.

The officer of the Ming army smiled: "General Lu doesn't know, they don't have to pay money to buy land when they come to my Kaiping County." These lands are all state-owned. As long as they come to my Kaiping County, we will grant them land, and as long as they cultivate for more than five years, this land will be theirs. But farm tools, livestock, seeds, and other things cost money. However, it is not that they are required to give it in a lump sum, they can use it first and pay it in annual installments. ”

"Free land?" Lou must have been surprised.

"That's right!" The officer of the Ming army explained with a smile: "We in the Ming Dynasty strictly prohibit land annexation, agricultural taxes are linked to the amount of land, and the land owned by a person exceeds the number of acres stipulated by the state, and the tax will simply make you have nightmares." Therefore, there are many landlords who have a lot of land and are willing to sell their land to the state, and then the state gives these lands to the people. This is one of them, and the other is that our Kaiping County has a small population now, and it has been miserable in the past few years, so it is a typical land and sparsely populated. However, according to this momentum, there will not be many days like this in Kaiping County, and in a few years, I am afraid that this kind of land granting will not be able to continue, because there is less and less empty land. ”

Why is there less and less land? In a short period of time, it was impossible for the population of the Ming people to increase so much naturally, and they could only flee from the Qin State.

Thinking of the huge gap between the two sides, Lu must have been shocked, if this continues, he is afraid that the population of Qingzhou will become smaller and smaller, and such a policy of the Ming State will only attract more Qin people to flee to this side.

The consequences of the depopulation are obvious: there will be no one to work in the fields, no one to work in the conscription, and there will be fewer and fewer soldiers. If this continues, Qingzhou can only die slowly.

He fell silent.

"General Lu doesn't know, the people of Qin, now in our Ming country, they are fragrant, and now places like Changyang, Wuling, Yiyang, Taoyuan, etc., try every means to attract Qin people to come over!"

For this, of course, Lu must know that outside the city of Qingzhou, there are many Ming merchants who are blatantly abducting and selling Qin people.

"Why are the people of the Qin Kingdom so popular in the Ming Kingdom?" He asked.

"It's hard-working, and it's very easy to manage." The officer said happily. "They seemed to be ruthlessly managed in the Qin Kingdom, but now that they have arrived in our Ming Kingdom, they are all very happy, and they will do whatever they say!"

This made Lu must have a hot face for a while. Squinted at this Ming army officer, and said in his heart that this dog really can't chat, this chatting and chatting, isn't it just talking about death, saying this, how to answer Lao Tzu.

A little annoyed in his heart, his face sank, he stopped talking, the spur tapped the horse's belly, the war horse accelerated, and ran towards the county town, until this time the Ming army officer only said happily, but completely forgot the identity of the person in front of him.

But it's not a big deal, aren't you telling the truth?

He shrugged his shoulders and struck his horse to follow.

Lu must have never thought that it was Lu Dayuan who greeted him at the gate of the city.

Seeing Lu Dayuan standing at the gate of the city with a smile on his face with a few guards, Lu must have blinked his eyes, and it took him a long time to react. Two years ago, in the Battle of Hengdian, Lu Dayuan was ordered to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to rescue Deng Pu and Deng Su, but in the end he was surrounded by the Ming army, there was no way to go to the sky, no place and no door, and in the end, he could only lay down his arms and surrender to the Ming people.

But looking at his current appearance, where is there a little bit of a prisoner of war? In the past two years, Lu must have heard a lot of news about Lu Dayuan's prosperous life in the Ming Kingdom, and now looking at Lu Dayuan's appearance, I am afraid that he has completely surrendered to the Ming Kingdom.

Lu must have sighed, rolled over and dismounted.

"Brother Lu, don't come to harm?" He hugged his fists. "I really didn't expect to see you here."

Lu Dayuan looked at Lu Cheng with a smile: "Brother Lu, it's been a long time." These two years have indeed been the most nourishing two years for me, but to be honest, I feel embarrassed to see you. ”

"Nothing!" Lu must have waved his hand, "No one can complain about you in that situation at that time." Chen Zhihua asked you to pick me up? ”

Lu Dayuan shook his head: "Brother Lu, I won't hide it from you, I am now a member of the Ming Dynasty, but I am not controlled by Chen Zhihua, I am here to pick you up, it is not Chen Zhihua's order, but someone else." This person asked me to pick up Brother Lu, talk to you first, and then the two sides will meet again. ”

"Who is it?" Lu must have said strangely: "Isn't Chen Zhihua the supreme commander here?" ”

"It's a long story, Brother Lu, I'm not in a hurry, let's go, the post house has prepared a place for Brother Lu, let's have a good drink and talk while drinking!" Lu Dayuan said.