"The most direct way is to increase the amount of land, as long as the per capita can reach five acres of fertile land, plus our tax is one percent lower than that of the imperial court...... In the whole territory of Liaozhong, the life of the people will definitely be much better......" Zhou Zhongju replied after a short period of contemplation......

Yang Xingguo nodded and replied, "Then find a way to increase the amount of land......

"First open up the wasteland in the forbidden area demarcated by the imperial court...... There are old hairies all around here, and the court can't manage it even if it wants to......"

"It's just the beginning of winter, and the people have nothing to do at home......"

"Organize them all and use this winter to open up more than 100,000 acres of fertile land......"

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Yang Xingguo's brows furrowed, and he asked with a displeased face, "Is there any problem?" If you have a problem, just say, don't babble, like a woman......"

"Yes...... Commander ......" Zhou Zhongju, who had a hesitant face, stood up decisively and said.

"I'm worried that people don't want to ...... It takes strength to open up the wasteland, and if you want to have strength, you have to eat...... The little grain stored in the people's homes is only enough for a year to save money. If they are allowed to go out to clear the wasteland, they will definitely eat a lot of food all winter...... When the time comes, their family's surplus grain will not last until next autumn......"

As soon as he finished speaking, several other mayors showed expressions of approval on their faces.

At this time, Yang Xingguo's brows also wrinkled.

However, it didn't take long for Yang Xingguo's frowning brows to stretch. He asked Zhou Zhongju and a few mayors......

"You say...... If we pay them...... How much grain can be exchanged for an acre of fertile land......"

"Twenty pounds...... Twenty pounds is enough...... "One of the mayors blurted out subconsciously......

"It takes ten days for a young man to open up an acre of fertile land...... Twenty catties of food is enough for him and his family to eat for ten days...... Instead of hiding at home and eating surplus food, it is better to go out and do things, which can not only feed the family, but also save ten days of surplus food......"

"I'm sure that as long as we produce 20 catties of grain per mu of land, the people of Liaozhong will rush out to open up the wasteland......"

Hearing this, Yang Xingguo immediately decided: "Since this is the case, then twenty catties of grain per acre of land...... Second uncle, isn't there still more than 5 million catties of grain that has just been harvested this year in the warehouse? Take it all out and give it to a few mayors and let them go to the wasteland......"

"Before planting grain in the spring next year, I want to see at least 150,000 acres of fertile land......"

In less than five days, a deserted land in Liaozhong became lively little by little under the stimulation of food.

Tens of thousands of people, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, began to frantically open up the wasteland under the command of the mayors of various towns.

At this moment, these ordinary people have only one idea, that is, to open up more wasteland and get more food......

In order to get more food, some people and even the whole family went into battle together, and in three days they cleared one acre of fertile land......

Looking at the increasing number of fertile fields outside the town, Yang Xingguo can be said to be happier the more he looks.

Although at this moment, the Liaodong Army has not yet been announced, it will not be long before these fertile fields will be distributed to every common person.

However, the matter of opening up the wasteland and sending grain in front of him has already made the people of Liaozhong grateful to ......the Liaodong Army.

Don't underestimate this little twenty pounds of grain.

As long as there are no accidents, it is easy for a family to open more than ten acres of fertile land in one winter.

More than ten acres of fertile land is two or three hundred catties of grain, which is enough to save the life of a family in a panic year.

More importantly, if this is put on the imperial court, the imperial court will not only not give a pound of food, but will also treat everyone as hard labor.

Therefore, through the matter of clearing the wasteland for grain, the attitude of the people of Liaozhong towards the Liaodong Army is still light in the words of gratitude and virtue.

Looking at the hearts of the people who had gradually been pocketed by the Liaodong Army in front of him, Yang Xingguo was sure that when the time came, as long as he announced the policy of dividing the land, tens of thousands of people in Liaozhong would become the most loyal supporters of the Liaodong Army.

There was more land in Liaozhong, and as a ruler, Yang Xingguo was very happy.

However, in Liaozhong, the landlords and gentry, who already controlled a large amount of land, were not happy at all......"

Before mechanization, the land needed a large number of people to grow food.

However, there are so many people in Liaozhong.

Clearing so much land at one time is definitely a very huge pressure on the limited population in Liaoning.

In the eyes of these landlords, the Liaodong Army opened up so much land that the people must need to plant it.

If the people all go to the Liaodong Army to grow food, won't there be no one to cultivate the land in their hands......

In this way, these landlords and gentry could only find people to cultivate the land by reducing rents and interest rates.

You can also reduce it, and in the case of a large increase in land and a shortage of population, this kind of rent reduction and interest reduction will directly turn into malicious competition.

At that time, even if someone comes to farm for him, the rent that can no longer be reduced will make it impossible for him to make money from the land. In the end, it is undoubtedly these landlords who hold a large amount of land in their hands that suffer losses**.

So, in order not to damage their own interests, these landlords and gentry immediately approached the mayor of the town and asked them to stop clearing the land.

Of course, the mayors who have the Liaodong Army behind them will not do it...... In addition, land reclamation is a very beneficial thing for ordinary people.

In the face of the dissuasion of these landlords and gentry, several mayors did not even give them room for negotiation, and directly refused.

How could the landlords and gentry, who had dominated Liaozhong for decades, or even hundreds of years, watch their interests suffer......

Since the Liaodong Army did not consult with themselves, these landlords and gentry could only make shady moves.

Because the night in the northeast is very cold, as soon as it gets dark, there is not a single active figure in the village.

At this moment, a group of thugs suddenly came out of the courtyard of the only landlord in the village. Then, in pairs, they quickly disappeared into all corners of the village.

Li Shanhu is the most down-to-earth and capable man in the village, because his family has no land, and he only relies on renting the landlord's land to survive, and the life of a family of five can be said to be tight.

After a few days of money, after hearing that the wasteland outside the village can be exchanged for food, he can be said to be the most active in the village.

In less than five days, he took his family to open two acres of fertile land in exchange for forty catties of grain.

As night fell, after a tired day, he was just ready to rest and replenish his strength for tomorrow's wasteland.

There was a knock on the closed door.

Then, the door of the house, which was not very strong, was forcibly pushed open, and the two best thugs of the landlord's family rushed in.

After glancing at Li Shanhu, who had a panicked expression on his face, one of the thugs directly threatened: "Li Shanhu, our owner said that from tomorrow onwards, we can't go out to open up wasteland...... Otherwise, you'll just wait and walk around without eating......"