Chapter Ninety-One: Killing Chickens and Monkeys
It was dark and the snow had stopped, but the camps in the south of the city were lit up with excitement. The rewards for the military exploits of Pei County were finally distributed, and these original strong men were more or less given money and fertile land. Many of them were overwhelmed by the fact that some of their dead companions had been compensated, at least in their opinion, enough for the rest of their families. At this moment, they have a greater sense of belonging to Peijun.
The training in the military camp was a little hard, but fortunately, Liu Yuan was not stingy, and there was meat soup to eat at night. After inspecting the camp, Da Niu also took people up to the city tower, and he was on duty tonight, and he was meticulous in the cold wind.
Liu Yuan ordered someone to cook a hot meal, and then he personally sent it to the slum. These displaced people are grateful to Dade, they have not had enough to eat for a long time, and in the winter, their survival is becoming more and more difficult. A few children devoured and stuffed their mouths with bread. Liu Yuan served a bowl of hot soup, he squatted down and wiped the crumbs from the corner of a child's mouth, and the child actually grabbed his hand and licked the crumbs into it again.
Liu Yuan was touched, and he said heavily: "Don't worry, eat slowly, there are many cakes." Come, drink a bowl of hot soup. ”
The child nodded, still stuffing the bread into his mouth.
Back at the county office, Liu Yuan's heart was indescribably dull. Seeing this, Lu Pheasant was also very interested in not mentioning the birth of a child. After dinner, Liu Yuan looked at the gloomy night, his eyes were horizontal, and he had already made a decision about Xiao He's suggestion in his heart.
"Husband, it's time to rest." Lu Pheasant urged softly.
Liu Yuan sighed again and entered the room. The next morning, the weather cleared, the light snow melted a little, and the temperature became even colder. Liu Yuan found Xiao He and said in a deep voice: "I thought about it for a long time last night, and I followed Xiao Xiancheng's previous proposal regarding the division of land among this homeless people. ”
"The lord has decided?" Xiao He's spirits perked up, this was a big deal, and he also asked again cautiously: "Lord, you have to think clearly, these big clans are not easy to deal with." ”
"I have made up my mind, Xiao Xiancheng will invite these big clans to the county office, and I will lobby them." Liu Yuan nodded, and he said with a deep gaze.
"No!" Xiao He immediately received the order to leave, he could not hide his joy on his face, if this was the case, the displaced people in the city could be completely settled.
Seeing Xiao He leaving, Liu Yuan ordered the official to invite Cao Shen, he looked at the latter and asked in a condensed voice: "Are the elders of the Wang and Yang families okay these two days?" ”
"Lord Hui, these clan elders have been insulting you all the time, and it seems that they are still not convinced by you." Cao Shen replied with a frown.
"Hmm!" Liu Yuan bowed slightly, his eyes could not hide the fierce light, and he said sharply: "In this case, these people are all escorted to the east gate to behead the public." ”
"Lord, this?" Cao Shen didn't expect Liu Yuan to be so ruthless, he was slightly stunned.
Liu Yuan's face turned pale, and he asked in a deep voice, "Do you still have objections?" ”
Hearing this, Cao Shen hurriedly said, "Don't dare, Shen will go to prison." He also wiped a cold sweat.
After Cao Shen left, Liu Yuan didn't wait long, Xiao He walked in with three people, and when these people saw Liu Yuan, they immediately saluted and said respectfully: "Meet Pei Gong." The three of them were the heads of the Yong, Zhao, and Sun families, and they were also shocked when they heard Pei Gong's call.
Liu Yuan looked at the three of them and waved his hand: "Hehe, the three of you, please sit down, don't be restrained when you arrive at this county office." Speaking of which, Yuan is just a junior in front of you and others. ”
The three of them hurriedly said: "Pei Gong said that he laughed, how dare I sell the old in front of you." ”
After everyone sat down, Liu Yuan didn't like to procrastinate, but preached directly to the point: "Don't hide it from the three, you and the others are all big clans in Pei County, there are many good fields in the clan, and there are still displaced people in Pei County, Yuan also hopes that the three families can divide some good land to settle the displaced people." ”
The three of them glanced at each other, they had already been mentally prepared, but they didn't expect Liu Yuan to be the idea of a good field. For a family, this is the foundation of the clan. Naturally, all three of them had the heart to refuse.
"Hehe, Pei Gong, we also have captive tenants in our clan. There is really no extra land in this fertile land. I hope Pei Gong can understand! The head of the Sun family was a middle-aged man, and he said apologetically.
"Yes, Pei Gong, it's not easy for us to wait for the big clan." The head of the Zhao family echoed from the side.
As for the people of the Yong family, he groaned slightly, and said respectfully: "Pei Gong saved Yongya, my Yong family is very grateful, since Pei Gong raised this matter, in order to thank Pei Gong, my Yong family is willing to give up ten acres of fertile land." ”
"Ten acres?" Xiao He snorted disdainfully, this Yong family was obviously perfunctory.
The atmosphere in the lobby was a little dull, everyone was silent, and the heads of the three families were silent, obviously very tacit. They advance and retreat together, and I believe that Liu Yuan will not dare to do it indiscriminately.
At this time, Cao Shen finally returned, and when he saw the people of the three families, he was surprised, but he said to Liu Yuan respectfully: "Back to the lord, the clan elders of the Wang and Yang families have been killed. ”
"What?" The three heads of the family were all stunned and surprised, "Pei Gong, you killed the clan elders of the Wang and Yang families?" ”
"What, you have objections too?" He looked meaningfully at the three of them and asked rhetorically to the person who spoke.
The man shuddered, and hurriedly got up and pleaded guilty: "Pei Gong misunderstood, you are the lord of Pei County, how dare I have any objections." The three heads of the family were also worried in their hearts, and they completely lost their composure just now. They had always thought that Liu Yuan would rely on their big clans, but now it seems that this is very ridiculous. Both the Wang and Yang families have been killed, and in this Pei County, Liu Yuan is more in control than them.
"Hehe, these two families bewitch the people, so they should naturally be punished." Liu Yuan smiled faintly, he swept the three of them again, and continued: "Getting back to the point, I am the Duke of Pei, and naturally I will not let you wait for the good land to be given up in vain." In this way, I will let Elder Wang teach the method of improvement of this pottery kiln to your three families. What do you think? "Now that the war is raging, ceramics are no longer convenient to sell, and exchanging pottery kilns for fertile land has nothing to lose for Liu Yuan. He did this just to appease the three families, after all, the scene of killing chickens and showing monkeys had already made the three families panic.
After hearing this, the heads of the three families pondered for a moment, and the head of the Yong family gritted his teeth and said, "Pei Gong, my Yong family is willing to take out two percent of the fertile land." ”
"My Zhao family is also willing to take out two percent."
"The Sun family is also two-percent."
Twenty percent of the good land is already the bottom line of the three families, and letting go of these good fields will not hurt the foundation, and the three families know that Liu Yuan has made up their minds, so they have to choose to give in. After all, they don't want to be the next to be repressed.
Thank you for your heartfelt reward. It's a change today.,I'm working overtime every day this week.,The update is not strong.,Everyone's understanding.。 Really tired every day, get off work at nine o'clock tonight, get home tired, fall asleep directly, wake up at 22:30, fortunately the mobile phone code during the day is half a chapter. Didn't want to find any reason, but really tired!!