Chapter 183: Looking Forward to the Future

Old Man Zhou is not a fool, after listening to Li Xiaohu's words, it didn't take long for his solemn face to show an expression of sudden realization. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Facing Li Xiaohu, he said helplessly and sarcastically: "I understand, I understand......"

"No surprise, all of this is arranged by the Liaodong Army!"

Seeing that Li Xiaohu didn't speak, Old Man Zhou continued: "From beginning to end, the Liaodong Army did not intend to let us go, it was the old man himself who deceived himself, thinking that silver could settle everything......"

"That's it...... Since the Liaodong Army can't accommodate us, then we can only leave here......"

"As for Lao Maozi, I hope they don't put all the blame for the destruction of a division and the whole army on us. Otherwise, even if we get to Lao Maozi, there will be no good ending. ā€

Now that everything has been figured out, Old Man Zhou has become unwanted.

Without waiting for Li Xiaohu to speak, he said to the family behind him: "What are you still doing, pack up your things immediately, and prepare to leave here......"

"Get out of here...... Master, what about our Zhou family's Zhuangzi and thousands of acres of fertile land here? The eldest son asked in shock and heartache.

Old Man Zhou, who is as good as his life, is also heartbroken.

However, when he saw the treacherous smile hidden behind the calm expression on Li Xiaohu's face, he still ordered very decisively: "Don't do it, don't want it, it's important to save your life...... Life is gone, what's the use of these fields? As long as we get out of Liaozhong, there will be a day of re-emergence......"

Two hours later, more than a dozen people from the Zhou family, young and old, with a handful of softness, under the escort of the Liaodong Army, reluctantly left the Zhou family compound, left Liaozhong, and embarked on a road of no return like hell.

At the same time, the other 37 landlords and gentry on the list, except for two, were killed by Yang Xingguo as an example.

The other thirty-five landlords and gentry were all escorted by the Liaodong Army. left Liaozhong and fell into the hands of Lao Maozi.

The final result did not surprise Yang Xingguo, except for two of these landlords and gentry who sent a large amount of gold and silver to Lao Maozi because they had assets in Lushun. In addition to escaping the catastrophe, the other landlords and gentry were all subjected to the bloody revenge of Lao Maozi.

Men were caught mining in mines, and women were sold to brothels......

All the forces that resisted the Liaodong Army in Liaozhong were purged, and a large amount of fertile land was obtained out of thin air. A very bold idea. It appeared directly in Yang Xingguo's mind.

"Divide the fields in advance, let the people of Liaozhong completely accept the Liaodong Army, support the Liaodong Army, and strive for more troops for the next expansion of the Liaodong Army.

In Zhoujiazhuang, which is less than twenty miles away from the headquarters, the fact that the Zhou family was driven out of the Liaodong Army brought a great shock to everyone in Zhoujiazhuang.

Some are happy, some are excited, and of course some are worried......

Needless to say, happy and excited, the Zhou family is a bully. I must have done no less things to bully men and women.

Now that the Zhou family has been driven out of Liaozhong, they think that the people around Zhoujiazhuang will never return to be bullied by the Zhou family.

As for those who are worried, it is the tenants around who completely rely on the Zhou family to survive.

In their opinion, the Zhou family is gone, and the land they rent for the Zhou family is gone. For tenants who do not have any assets, having no land means that they have no income and no food to live on in the coming year.

Just when everyone started to worry about their livelihood for the second year, a piece of news. Spread quickly through the village.

"The Liaodong Army fulfilled its promise and will divide the land to everyone in advance two days later. According to the agreement, all the people of Zhoujiazhuang. Regardless of the old and the young, one person has five acres of fertile land. In the first three years of land division, grain tax shall be levied in accordance with the ratio of 55 to 5. After three years, the tax will be levied according to the 28 percentage. If someone in the family joins the Liaodong Army, five acres of fertile land will be exempted from grain tax......"

Two days later, the heads of the families brought their household registrations. Gather at the entrance of the village and prepare for the field division ......"

The news spread, and the entire Zhoujiazhuang was boiling......

Zhang Dabao, a tenant who rented ten acres of fertile land for the Zhou family.

Because he doesn't have any property of his own in Zhoujiazhuang, plus the whole family has four pieces waiting to be fed by himself.

When he got the news that the Zhou family was kicked out of Liaozhong because of collusion with Lao Maozi.

Zhang Dabao's mood is very complicated, both happy and worried.

Needless to say, as a tenant of the Zhou family, Zhang Dabao's family was not less bullied by the Zhou family.

In addition, Zhang Jiabao belongs to an outsider, and the other tenants of the Zhou family only need to pay 70% of the rent, but his Zhang Dabao family has to pay 80% of the income.

Ten acres of fertile land, a year of hard work, and finally fell into his own hands, the grain was only five or six hundred catties.

How can five or six hundred catties of grain be enough for the family to eat, in order not to let his family go hungry, Zhang Dabao had to replace the fine grain harvested in the field with coarse grain.

Although coarse grains are unpalatable, at least the whole family does not need to go hungry for a year.

Therefore, Zhang Dabao took his family to flee from the Guannei to the Guanwai, and for two years, he failed to eat a mouthful of fine grain, which can be said to be the result of the defeat of the Zhou family.

Now that the Zhou family who bullied him is gone, Zhang Dabao is happy from the bottom of his heart.

However, the Zhou family is gone, happy is happy, and there is still a problem that Zhang Dabao has to face.

Without the Zhou family, he has been renting ten acres of fertile land for the Zhou family, will he still rent it for himself?

Just when Zhang Dabao began to worry about this matter, the news that the Liaodong Army was preparing to divide the fields directly reached Zhang Dabao's ears.

"In charge, you said that the Liaodong Army would really give us a share of the land, and only collected fifty percent of the grain tax in the first three years......" The wife asked suspiciously and expectantly.

Zhang Dabao shook his head and replied: "I don't know, I, Zhang Dabao, have lived for decades, and I have never encountered such a good thing?" ā€

"However, I believe that the Liaodong Army will not deceive us poor people who have no money and no land......"

Speaking of this, his wife also showed a look of approval on her face: "I also believe in the Liaodong Army's ......"

"Let's take our reclamation as an example...... The Liaodong Army said that if there is 20 catties of grain in one acre of fertile land...... It's only been a little over a month, and we have received 200 catties of grain from the Liaodong Army......"

"Haven't you seen how happy the three children have been for more than a month...... Although we have not been hungry in the two years since we left the country, we have hardly eaten fine grains. And this month, we can eat a porridge made of fine grains every day......"

Zhang Dabao seemed to have made up his mind, and in front of his wife, he decisively decided: "Since you believe in the Liaodong Army, then we will go to ......."

"If one person has five acres of fertile land, our whole family can get twenty-five acres of fertile land...... Even if we pay 50% of our income as grain tax, we will still have more than 3,000 catties of grain left, and all of them are fine grains. ā€

"More than 3,000 catties of fine grain, leave 2,000 catties to eat by yourself, and there are more than 1,000 catties left...... When the time comes, our whole family will be able to change into new clothes, buy some meat from time to time, and even save some silver for our children to get a daughter-in-law's ......" (to be continued. )