Chapter 73: The Yearning for Freedom

After the banquet, the heads of the powerful families left the county government in despair, Wei Shuo's toughness was beyond everyone's expectations, could it really be that he handed over the land and slaves at home?

The next day, the news of the release of slaves and the dictation of land spread throughout Zhuqi County like the wind, and the most excited people were those poor Shu families, who were looking forward to the government to start dividing the fields as soon as possible.

In addition, the servants and subordinates of those great families have also become ready to move, and who is naturally willing to be a slave? Knowing that the government intends to restore everyone's free bodies, these slaves who have been crawling at the bottom of society can no longer hold back the excitement in their hearts.

Even some slaves and subordinates have secretly made up their minds that as long as their masters have the slightest disturbance, they will take the initiative to go to the county government to complain. This turmoil slowly spread to all corners of Zhuqi County, and it further hit the confidence of those powerful families to raise troops to rebel.

"Brother Yang, what can I do about it?"

Yang Wengan's face was as earthy as if he hadn't heard Hu Zhao's anxious question, but instead sat there motionless like a lifeless sculpture.

"Brother Yang, do you have something to say?" Hu Zhao jumped to his feet in a hurry and asked questions again and again.

"Frightened! What else is there to say? That Wei Shuo didn't leave us a chance at all, and now he has the support of the county order and the Diao people, and there are thousands of elite troops on the side, what can we do against it? Yang Wengan's face was dead gray, since the banquet, he had a premonition that the days of the Yang family covering the sky in Zhuqi County were over.

"What then? You can't give up our land, can you? Why don't we gather all the parts and give him a ......" said Hu Zhao's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he reached out and waved it twice on his chest.

Unexpectedly, Yang Wengan smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Hu, haven't you found out yet?" Do you observe your own tribes and see how many people are willing to join us in the rebellion? ”

"Since the issuance of the Juntian Decree and the Slave Release Order, the common people and slaves have been in high spirits, just waiting for the arrival of the prefectural officials, and then they will turn around and become free people who own their own land. Frightened! O freemen, O freemen! You say that in the face of such temptation, which slave or trilogy is not moved? ”

Hu Zhao's face changed greatly when he heard this, yes, they wanted to rely on the trilogy to make trouble, but they didn't know that the heart of the trilogy had long been towards the government. Maybe they will come to the battlefield in the future, and if they don't wait for the arrival of Wei Shuo's army, those troops will probably tie them up and send them to the government by themselves.

"Doesn't that mean we're going to lose this time?"

Hu Zhao, Yang Wengan and other powerful families finally recognized the situation, don't look at the families on weekdays, one by one, they don't even pay attention to the county order. In fact, to put it bluntly, if they didn't have a large number of parts, I'm afraid that a few small officials would be able to bring them to justice.

In the same way, the reason why top families like the Langya Wang family dare to defy the imperial power is nothing more than that they control most of the resources in the world, including land, food, population, and so on. In this case, as an emperor, when facing these families, he always seems to be lacking in confidence.

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After the banquet, the every move of the powerful people of the family did not escape Wei Shuo's eyes, not only his own eyeliner was staring at them, but also many family servants and subordinates who came to report the news automatically.

"Zif, do you see? This is the power of freedom, no temptation can resist the yearning of the human heart for freedom, and who wants to be a slave to others unless it is a last resort? Wei Shuo looked at the slaves and subordinates who came in and out and sighed to Cao Hong.

In the past few days, Cao Hong's face has not been very good-looking, although he does not object to Wei Shuo's implementation of the Juntian Order and the Slave Release Order, but he is quite dissatisfied with Wei Shuo's harsh criticism of the family. But today, when he saw a large number of slaves and subordinates secretly coming to the county government to report to Wei Shuo the movements of his master, Cao Hong completely despaired of the future of the family.

"I thought that the servants in the family should be very grateful to our Cao family, after all, it was my Cao family who provided them with food, clothing, and shelter, but now it seems that I am afraid that it will not be able to withstand a paper release order."

"Zif, there is no one in this world who is willing to be a slave. The reason why the servants and subordinates of Haoqiang's family show respect to the master of the family on weekdays is not that they are grateful, but that they do not have any free body. Everything they had, including their property and their lives, was in the hands of the master's house, so the slaves did not dare to resist. ”

"But today I have given the servants and subordinates of the county a free body, and how can they be compared with such mundane things as money, beautiful women, etc.? With freedom, those slaves and tribes can own their own land, their descendants can study and go to school, and they may even join the official family in the future. ”

In the face of such a temptation, how could the so-called little favor of the family be taken to heart by them? Now they are just secretly communicating the news, if those family heroes don't take action again, I'm afraid someone will cut off their heads in the middle of the night! ”

"Frightened! Yes, free body, free body......" Cao Hong muttered to himself, and left in despair......

"Brother Wei, is it okay for Cao to join the army?" Zhang Erlang looked at Cao Hong's back and asked with some concern.

Wei Shuo smiled slightly: "It's not a big deal, Jifu just can't think about it for a while, and when he understands it, he will naturally be fine." By the way, Erlang, has the new barracks where the soldiers are stationed been settled? ”

"Hehe, the Liang County Order has been prepared a long time ago, that military camp is bigger than our one in Pengcheng, and now the people of the baggage battalion and the craftsman battalion are installing various training facilities in it, and the new military camp will be put into use in a few more years."

"Well, that's good, in short, you have to pay more attention to this matter in the near future, we will expand the army in the future, and we can't do without a spacious and comfortable barracks."

"Expansion? When will Brother Wei expand the army? "Zhang Erlang's eyes lit up as soon as he heard the word 'expanding the army'.

Wei Shuo shook his head and said, "Don't worry, at least you have to wait for the Juntian Order and the Slave Release Order to be fully implemented in Zhuqi County." Let's go, let's go to the barracks outside the city. ”

In the southeast of the county seat of Zhuqi County, it was originally a barren sandy and gravel land. Later, in order to settle Wei Shuo's subordinates, Liangqiu assigned this place to Wei Shuo as a military camp. The original barren land has slowly become prosperous with the arrival of large armies.

When Wei Shuo came to the outside of the city, he saw that the area of the military camp was really large, and the training ground alone was enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people. To the west of the school yard is a wooden house, which is specially used for the rest and residence of the sergeants. Now Wei Shuo's army is temporarily stationed here to rest, since the invasion of the Hu people, the army has gone through two major battles in Liuxian and Surabaya River, and the sergeants have lost nearly one-third, so they really need to rest and recuperate.

After coming to Zhuqi, Wei Shuo did not rush to arrange for everyone to carry out training, but ordered the army to take Tun as a unit to summarize the two battles, hoping to learn lessons from them and strive to achieve better results in the next time he faced Hu Qi.

"How's the guys summing up?"

"It's okay, many officers and soldiers have put forward some insightful opinions."

"Oh? What's in it? Tell me about it! ”

Zhang Erlang scratched his head when he heard this, and said embarrassedly: "Hehe, Brother Wei, I only remember a small part, and the rest are recorded, if Brother Wei wants to know, I will let someone get it for you." ”

Unexpectedly, Wei Shuo waved his hand and said, "You don't need to pick it up for the time being, you just need to say a few things for me to hear." ”

"Well, let me think about it, huh...... Thinking of it, an officer proposed that our spearmen had more than enough defense and insufficient attack in the face of the Hu cavalry, and if the cavalry could cooperate, they could give full play to the full strength of the spearmen; Some soldiers pointed out that our archers are a bit too single, and although the longbowmen have a long attack range, they are not very effective at close range. If we can equip a short-range repeater like the Zhuge Repeater, then our infantry array will be even more perfect. ”

"Well, yes, it seems that this summary meeting is doing well!"

Wei Shuo still attaches great importance to the suggestions put forward by the low-level officers and soldiers, after all, they are the real witnesses of the war, and they have a personal experience of the advantages and disadvantages of the positions of the enemy and us.