Li Yu returned to the village, and the next day he sent out an invitation, inviting all the village chiefs of nearly 100 miles of villages to come over. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Yu's village has changed a lot in recent months, and the villagers here are not only able to buy cheap salt and iron, but also learn knowledge for free. Especially the latter, which is something that makes all the villages very angry.

Invisibly, Li Yu's image is also much taller. In fact, it is not that there are no other villages that plan to merge with each other, but when they hear that the land is state-owned, they are immediately afraid. The hard-earned land was directly taken back, and I don't know why I always feel no different from the powerful landlords who took their land away in the past. Besides, Li Yu didn't take the initiative to invite them, so naturally he wouldn't post it himself.

However, this time Li Yu invited them, but they also came to his village quickly. Many people come to this restructured village for the first time and find that there are many differences here.

For example, the roads have been widened a little, and many parts of the houses have been repaired. The key is that the people here have more smiles on their faces, and they also have a little more confidence and satisfaction that they don't have.

This makes them feel a little unbelievable, why are they so happy that they have no land, and even where they live?

In the final analysis, Li Yu's propaganda is not in place. Maybe the nearby villages can be clear, but the farther ones are not. The unknown is naturally the most terrifying, and it is no wonder that everyone avoids it.

The Welcome Pavilion is a temporary hospitality building that Li Yu requested last year, similar to a hotel. He had already conceived of establishing the village as his first base, and it was originally only for the purpose of entertaining the representatives of these villages, so he built this welcome pavilion, and it is not said that he would receive other guests in the future.

He didn't plan to open the passage directly to the bottom of the mountain, and after all, he hadn't been able to admit it completely. He didn't think of sending someone to the Li clan in Longxi to confirm his identity, so sooner or later the Lingyang Order would be calculated on his head.

Representatives of the villages spent one night in the Welcome Pavilion, where there were no beds, but there was a fire kang. It's early spring, the weather is still a little cold, and these delegates feel really comfortable lying on the hot kang.

Of course, there will be a few complaints, right? Like, 'Why didn't you tell me about something so good?'

The next day, everyone gathered in the square, which was usually the place where the soldiers gathered to practice the battle formation. Li Yu believes that it is necessary not only to strengthen the ability of mountain warfare, but also to strengthen the ability of battle formations, otherwise it will be meaningless to expand in the future but not be able to go north to the plain area of Jiangbei.

This is the case of Sun Wu, the south lacks horses and mountains, so the generals who have lived in the south for a long time have become short boards in cavalry warfare and plain warfare. This is also the key to Sun Wu's attack on Hefei several times, and in the end, he did not distinguish the winner or loser. The crusade against Shanyue has indeed created a lot of famous generals, but most of them are good at mountain warfare, and they are afraid that they don't know anything about horse warfare, and plain warfare is also so-so.

On the contrary, there were a lot of plains in Jiangbei, not to mention that Cao Wei had already occupied the northwest and north China at that time, and there were a large number of horses to buy, and there were even elite cavalry, tigers and leopards. Maybe mountain warfare is a shortcoming, but when people fight at home, Sun Wu is naturally sad.

Taking history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall. The failure experience of the 'predecessors' is something that Li Yu must avoid! Otherwise, as a traverser, this in itself is the most unqualified!

Everyone had gathered, and in front of them was the high platform that had been used as a colonel, now temporarily used as a pulpit.

"Friends who know me and don't know me, who are familiar with me or who are still strangers, thank you for gathering here!" Under the watchful eye, Li Yu slowly stepped onto the stage, and then shouted loudly.

It's a pity that the people don't know how to clap their hands this year, and this atmosphere is a bit unstirred. But it doesn't matter, just get their attention!

"You are not cultural people, so I won't say much about Wen Crepe's words. I called everyone over this time, and there is only one thing that needs to be discussed with you. But before I really say it, I want to ask you, do you want to get cheap salt and iron, do you want to get rid of the identity of mountain people, do you want to study, do you want to hold your head high and live confidently? Li Yu said slowly word by word, I have to say that almost all of what he said was what the mountain people desperately wanted.

"Yes!" The first to answer him were naturally those followers, although Li Yu had been here for a short time, he had gradually brought out his talent, and the people were living better than before, so they naturally followed him sincerely.

"Yes!" The representatives of the other villages looked left and right, and finally replied after following the general trend.

"The village chief has a proposal, and that is to merge all the villages! Merge all the villages within a radius of 100 miles, build three to five dock forts, and then connect them to form a city that belongs to our mountain people.

Here, we don't have to worry about being bullied by the officials of the imperial court; Here, we don't have to worry about being extorted by hated tax collectors; Here, we can live together as equals; Here we can enjoy cheap salt and iron, as well as the right to read books for free!

The head of this village just wants to ask the village heads, do you still plan to continue to be barbaric? Do you intend to continue to be oppressed by the officials and to live under the contempt of the people below? In fact, you are the same as us, and even like the people under the mountain, you are all Chinese people, why do you want to live an inferior life? Li Yu looked at the village chiefs.

"Village Chief Li, you understand what you mean, but what are the benefits of merging into your village? It is said that all the land here belongs to the government, so what is the point of the land that we have worked so hard to cultivate? Not to mention, it is said that the land of the house is all public! One of the gray-haired old village chiefs asked.

"Let's not talk about the system of our village, and we will focus on promoting it to you in the future. Although I, Li, am a foreigner, since I have stolen the position of village chief, of course I will also seek benefits for our mountain people. No matter what, Li can promise you that you will not let everyone suffer! Li Yu solemnly assured.

After a pause, he continued: "As for the benefits, cheap salt and iron and free literacy are the standard benefits of our village. In addition, Li can also seek a Han nationality for everyone, and from then on get rid of the identity of mountain people. In the future, even if you go down the mountain, you don't have to be timid, and you don't need to pay 40% of your income as a tax when trading. When I see those people, I can greet them on an equal footing, and I ask you here, do you want to live such a day? ”

"Yes, of course! It's just that how does Village Chief Li protect it? The old village chief couldn't help asking. Li Yu is still too young, and he can't do things firmly without hair on his mouth, but it's not that he can say anything, and if he can't do it, it's meaningless.

"Because Li has just bought all the land within a radius of fifty miles in Lingna, Lingyang County!" Li Yu took out the title deed that had been prepared for a long time on his chest, and held it up directly for everyone to see.

At that moment, not to mention the representatives of other villages, even the villagers of this village were stunned, and couldn't help but secretly say: What is the situation?

"Ouyang Xing, you come up and read out the contents of this title deed!" Li Yu directly called Ouyang Xing's name.

Ouyang Xing naturally had no way not to come up, and to be honest, he was also very curious about this land deed. took the title deed in Li Yu's hand, looked at the words on it, and under Li Yu's teaching and indoctrination, he naturally recognized these words. Especially the official seal is so bright red and conspicuous, you can't ignore it.

"This title deed is real!" At this moment, he couldn't help but hold up the title deed and shouted.

"Nonsense, fake me to fool you? Read! Li Yu kicked his ass directly and shouted, and the people below wanted to be surprised, but they couldn't help but laugh out loud when they saw this.

Ouyang Xing naturally read it out, word by word, which undoubtedly confirmed one thing, that is, from now on, the land within a radius of more than fifty miles is under Li Yu's name. In fact, it naturally belongs to them, but these lands in the official face are all Li Yu's private territory.

"You don't have to care about the issue of land ownership, after all, what Li promised will continue to be implemented. Public ownership of land will continue to be implemented, but the contract system will also continue to be implemented! But unlike before, when we only nominally occupied this world, now we have the legitimacy of righteousness!

From now on, this land will also be the land of the Han Dynasty, and you who live on this land may have to be in the name of tenants, but from now on you will be able to live on it as the people of the Han Dynasty, not as mountain people!

The only thing you need to do is to accept the proposal to merge the villages and join us. From now on, I promise to bring you a richer life and a safer security! But I also hope that you can support Li unconditionally! Li Yu shouted solemnly.

Buying a fifty-mile radius of land in one go is a lot of money, and how much money it costs, not to mention, is absolutely astronomical. The key is that it's not good to have money, and I'm afraid that I can't do it if I don't know the county order. Li Yu bought it, and the key was to promise them, one is to improve the standard of living, the other is to improve the social status, although it is only promoted to tenants, but it is better than the mountain people.

The key is that as long as they are not mountain people, then naturally they will not be looked down upon by the people under the mountain. Even the officials can no longer use the mountain people as an excuse to extort their money!

"As long as Village Chief Li can do it, even if the old man tries his best, he must let the sons and daughters join Village Chief Li!" The old village chief was already a little excited and incoherent, having been a mountain man for decades, and had suffered a lot of discrimination and bullying. Now that I can finally get rid of this identity, I am naturally excited.

The other village chiefs also briefly exchanged words, thinking that this deal was also a good deal. The point is that they can merge today and leave later. Most of the people in the village are from their own clan, so they can naturally take it with them.

"Since everyone has no opinion, then, as I said earlier, from today onwards, three to five dock forts will be built with the village as the head! I also hope that all villages will contribute and build our homes together! Li Yu shouted.

Dock forts are common in the northwest, mainly set up by Haoqiang to defend against Qianghu. Emperor Guangwu planned to remove it during his reign, but he repeatedly forbade it. The establishment of a city in the Han law requires the approval of the government, and it is illegal to build a city without permission.

The establishment of the dock fort is a bit similar to playing a side game, so Li Yu plans to build a city with the situation of the dock fort. There is also an excuse, this place is close to Shanyue, and he needs to build a dock fort to resist the infestation of those raw people!

Naturally, the heads of other villages would not have an opinion on this, so they naturally agreed. And after getting the recognition, Li Yu nodded with satisfaction, and gathered so many mountain people in one breath, even if Wang Xing wanted to move him, he had to weigh it!