Moling, located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, has a flat terrain and abundant rain all year round, so the area that can be used as cultivated land is very large, and the fields are fertile, most of which are fertile fields.

However, these fertile and fertile fields are basically in the hands of those families who control the local power, and even the amount of grain that the county government receives every year through the guò tax is not large, which can barely maintain the expenses of the people of Moling.

The fields and tenant population under the command of these families occupy more than half of the land and tenant population without the registration of the county government, so the amount of grain that can be handed over to the county guard government is not even comparable to that of the surrounding counties.

This is the strength of the local Haoqiang family in Moling.

In Moling, they condensed into a group, with a silent attitude, against the county government, after condensing into a group, Moling is strong, it is definitely the giant overlord of Moling City, and the people's livelihood of Moling City is controlled, not to mention the county government, even if it is the county guard of Danyang, if there is no good excuse, they dare not forcibly intervene in Moling.

After all, not only Moling has these powerful classes, but if the powerful classes in Jiangdong are added up, they will directly form a force that even the Jiangdong family and the Zhengdong General's Mansion are afraid of.

However, the new Moling County Lingquan Gongzi showed an incomparable toughness. The local power that was directly destroyed was condensed into a ball.

Sun Quan is not very old, but in the eyes of the Moling people, his character is as strong as a tiger, as soon as he takes office, regardless of 3721, he directly takes the big fields in the city to open the knife, and forcibly takes their fields from these powerful people, shocking everyone in Moling.

Sun Quan was the first to take the first powerful Xu family in Moling, and the surrender of the Xu family left the local powerful forces leaderless, and then Sun Quan broke the information provided by the Xu family one by one, and forcibly suppressed the forces that dominated Moling.

Thunder action, simple and rough, doesn't even give them time to think about counterattack.

"County government announcement!"

"In Moling, as long as there is no land, whether it is a foreign homeless person or a local population, anyone can participate in the tuntian action organized by the county government!"

Within 10 days, the county government of Moling has accepted more than 50 percent of the cultivated fields in the entire Moling area, and under the condition that some people have land, the waist poles of the officials of the county government are suddenly straightened up, and the movements are fast, and the collective shows a kind of toughness with confidence, and a tuntian action in full swing is launched in Moling.

"The tuntian of Moling is the people's tun, and the time of the tuntian is five years, in the first year, fifty percent of the grain obtained from cultivation is handed over, in the second year, sixty percent of the grain obtained from cultivation is handed in, and in the third year, the fourth year, and the fifth year, seventy percent of the grain obtained from cultivation must be handed over!"

The division of the first and second years is quite acceptable for the people of Tuntian, but the later distribution is a bit harsh for the general Tuntian, which makes many people in Moling City retreat.

After all, if you work hard and work hard, you can only get 30% in the end, and if you encounter a bad harvest year, it is not enough to feed your family.

However, there was another sentence behind the announcement of the county government, which made the entire Moling City boil.

"In Moling's Tuntian Action, people who have completed the five-year Tuntian period can each get five acres of fertile land, which they can own!"

This additional sentence instantly aroused the enthusiasm of countless tenants and outsiders, for them, they can only get the land, they can be regarded as a stable life, even if they only get a harvest of 10% when they are tuntian, they can do it!

In order to leave a field for children and grandchildren, it is worth the hard work.

Therefore, the action of Tuntian, with the rapid support of tens of thousands of people in Moling, has instantly climbed to the peak, and every day there are officials to distribute fields and establish farms.

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On top of a new city wall under construction in the southern city of Moling, Sun Quan stood on the highest place, under the sun, in the breeze, hunting in robes, and his eyes looked into the distance of a Tuntian operation in full swing outside the city.

With grain, Moling can develop, grain is the greatest guarantee, can't eat, a qiē no need to talk, so Moling's successful tuntian, can be regarded as laying a foundation for the future construction of Jinling City's food source.

"Lord Prefectural Commander, why are we just tuning fields outside the city walls, and there are still a lot of fertile fields in the city, but all of them are deserted? That's not good! ”

Zhao Hong, the county government secretary who was in charge of Tuntian next to him, was a little excited, he was specially sent to Tuntian by Sun Quan, and asked a little puzzled.

Nowadays, Moling City is full of people who are working, some old city walls should be demolished, and the new planned city walls should be laid to lay the foundation, and the area of Moling City is five times the original one.

He enclosed a lot of fertile fields into the city.

Of course, the new city has only redrawn a large circle, and not even a shadow has been seen, not even the foundation of the ordinary city wall has been built, let alone the buildings in the city.

What can be seen now is only the outline of the foundation of the new city walls, but in this way, it has already shocked countless people in Moling City, and they can believe that if this new city is completely established, it will definitely not be smaller than the scale of capital cities such as Chang'an Luoyang, or even more magnificent.

"Master Zhao, Moling City in the future is a place where every inch of land is valuable, if it is used for farming, it would be a pity." Sun Quan put his hands behind his back, and said with a faint analysis.

"Every inch of land is expensive?"

Zhao Hong was even more confused, and muttered: "This is not the city of Wu County, just the current population of Moling, there is no way to live in so many places, there is such good land in the city, it is wasted." ”

"Okay, Master Zhao, at present, the county government will be fully responsible for the tuntian, the tuntian outside the city must be completed in the shortest possible time, I want within a year, the grain grown in the fields around Moling must be able to support the expenses of more than 500,000 people."

Sun Quan squinted, smiled slightly, and said, his plan is also known to Xu Shu, and now no one in Moling City knows why he is a noble son, and he will deign to be a small county commander.

"This thing is done, Master Zhao, you have qualifications, you can be promoted to another level!"

"Thank you for the promotion!"

Zhao Hong's eyes lit up, although he was already fifty-five, and in the world where the average age was less than fifty years old, he was already an old man, but he still had a trace of ambition in his heart.

Of course, for him, the ambition is not big, if he can be a county commander, he will be content, this step is not good, if there is Sun Quan's support, it will be much easier, so he is responsible for all aspects of Moling's tuntian work, in order to do the best.

Early in the morning, Sun Quan first walked around the planning foundation of the new city, while considering the aspects that should be improved when establishing the new city, and inspected the Tuntian action outside the city, and did not return to the county government until the afternoon, among the county officials, Xu Shu had been waiting for a long time.

"Childe, in the past few days, these powerful people, merchants, and big families in Moling, the fields under their command have basically been handed over, but you promised to buy the fields with money, where are we going to get this money for them now, if they can't receive this money within a month, not only will your reputation be ruined, but there will also be chaos here in Moling!"

Above the lobby, Xu Shu's expression was a little anxious, and he looked at Sun Quan, who was still a little leisurely, and asked.

Moling's large land households contributed hundreds of thousands of acres of land, which was purchased with an average of six percent off the market price per mu of land, which was also an astronomical amount that could not be paid for today's county government.

"Brother Yuanzhi, what are you anxious about, don't you still have some time?" Sun Quan sat down, took a sip of tea, and said, "Calm down, as the saying goes, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain." ”

"You're so relieved, do you have money?" Xu Shu looked at Sun Quan, who was so calm, his eyes were a little puzzled, and he asked.

"Look at what you said, where do I have money!"

When Sun Quan heard this, he grinned, shook his head, and said, "You know, this is not a small amount, even if you sell me, you won't be able to make up this money!" ”

"Could it be that the county guard of Danyang is willing to pay this money?" Xu Shu asked again.

"In terms of my uncle's character, he is not an iron rooster, and he is also a stingy mess, so it's strange that he is willing to pay this money!" Sun Quan continued to shake his head.

"Is that the General's Mansion?" Xu Shu's heart became cold, and finally with a hint of hope, he asked.

"Do you think the General's Mansion, which is now fully supporting the Jiaozhou Campaign, will give this money?" Sun Quan asked.

"Zhang Changshi definitely won't."

Xu Shu suddenly had a sad face, looked at Sun Quan, and had no choice but to ask: "Then you sue me, where do you plan to move this money from?" ”

"Actually, the answer, I sued you a year ago!" Sun Quan's amber eyes flashed with this trace of essence, and he said leisurely.

"A year ago?"

Xu Shu was startled, his face changed slightly, he remembered Sun Quan's words before he took office, his eyes widened, and said, "You mean to say, Jiangdong businessman?" ”

"Hmm!"

Sun Quan nodded, looked at the sky, and said: "Before entering Moling, I have already given a post to more than eighty percent of the merchants in Jiangdong in my private capacity, and within ten days, there will be a grand gathering of merchants in Moling City, and the big businessmen from all counties in Jiangdong will come, these people, you are responsible for the reception, don't be lazy." ”

"Zhongmou, what do you want to do with such a big move?" When Xu Shu heard this, he was shocked, his eyes flashed with a hint of horror, and he reminded in a low voice: "I know you want to take advantage of these merchants, but the status of merchants is destined to be only at the bottom, if you do too much, it will cause the disgust of the high-ranking Jiangdong family, and when the time comes, they will definitely think that you are not promoting the status of merchants, but using the merchant level to suppress the family, if you don't get it right, Jiangdong will have chaos." ”

"It doesn't matter, anyway, I have to touch these Jiangdong families sooner or later, and some things can't be hidden, just taking advantage of the current period when the Jiangdong family and the General's Mansion are still on good terms, put up the banner of the merchants, as long as they grasp it well, they will sue in the General's Mansion at most, and they won't be able to make a big deal."

"But?"

Xu Shu was a little puzzled, and asked: "Childe, if we deal with the family, we can also use the power of the powerful, the powerful class in various places has a lot of influence, why do you have a soft spot for the merchant class?" ”

"Because of status!"

Sun Quan sat at the desk, while spreading out the documents submitted below the Moling Tomb, constantly reviewing, and sighed: "At present, our general's mansion has no financial resources to build a new capital, so I have to borrow the financial resources of the richest group of people in Jiangdong to build this capital, this is the first reason, and the second is to let the merchant class in Jiangdong put up the flag and improve their status." ”

"Since ancient times, the status of businessmen is the lowest, and no one wants to be the lowest person forever, so they will be willing to be the knife in my hand in order to improve their status and contribute their wealth, to deal with the family, they just want to let their children and grandchildren raise their heads and be people."

"And in Jiangdong, I'm afraid that only I, Sun Zhongmou, would be willing to offend the family gate valve for the sake of the merchant class!"

Sun Quan squinted, there was this unconcealable pride and confidence in his voice, the knife of the merchant, if used well, would kill two birds with one stone.

It can not only fight against the family, but also pull Jiangdong's economy to a level, people in this era, few can see the potential influence of merchants, but for Sun Quan, a person from later generations, Jiangdong wants to develop and grow, and wants the people below to grow from food and clothing to a well-off, and merchants are the most important link.