In March of the first year of Chongzhen, Lu Fan, who had not been serving as a general for a short time, finally issued his first order after taking office.

"Reclamation Order!"

In the major cities and forts on the East Road, notices and documents were posted, and even the brocade-clothed guards rode around, publicizing the orders of the generals to the countryside.

Outside Yanghe City, at this time, there were many local military civilians with dishes on their faces, who did not know a few big characters, but they were extremely excited to listen to the explanation of one of the brocade-clothed guards.

"This military master, what does the general mean, whoever reclaims the wasteland belongs to whom, does that mean?"

"That's right, all the items that should be cleared, ploughing cattle, farm tools, and grain seeds are all distributed free of charge by the generals, of course, ploughing cattle can only be regarded as being lent to you for use, not directly to you!"

In this era, ploughing cattle represent productivity, sometimes a village, there are only a few ploughing cattle, and most of the farmers take turns to use each other, even if Lu Fan has money, he does not dare to give away ploughing cattle at will.

"Master Jun, how much tax do you need to pay on the reclaimed wasteland?"

"Tax exemption for the first two years, and two out of ten for each year thereafter, with no additional apportionment!"

Two out of ten, relative to the Ming agricultural tax, is already very high.

But the local people don't care about this, they are more concerned about not apportioning any expenses in the future.

If there were no other messy taxes and assessments, it would not be unacceptable to take 20% of the harvest alone, and they would even have a surplus every year!

"Master Jun, if we want to open up the wasteland, where will we get cattle and farm tools?"

"Just wait at the entrance of their respective villages, there will be corresponding officials to go to the countryside to register records, and then they will distribute farming tools such as ploughing cattle!"

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This kind of situation has happened in the major castles on the East Road, and the local military households and people are extremely enthusiastic about being able to own their own fields, and they are grateful to Dade endlessly.

In today's Ming Dynasty, there is actually a lot of wasteland, and the court also encourages the people to reclaim wasteland.

However, the reclamation of wasteland consumes a lot of money, and without the local government organization, ordinary people simply do not have the financial and material resources to open up wasteland.

Second, even if the people spontaneously organize the reclamation of the land, it is difficult to guarantee the ownership of the reclaimed land, either under various names, or all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes come in one after another, forcing the people to give up the idea of cultivating the wasteland.

An order to open up wasteland on a large scale like Lu Fan is the first time it has happened in Datong Town.

The people are concerned about whether they can own the land, and the local gentry are concerned about the last sentence of Lu Fan's "Wasteland Reclamation Order".

“....... Those who dare to obstruct the people from clearing the wasteland in any name and in any form will be killed, and they will not be unprepared!"

In the garrison mansion of Yanghe City, the garrison Li An sat on the main seat with a gloomy face, holding the notice of the desert opening order in his hand, and around him, there were a group of other garrisons and ethics officers.

"Everyone, it seems that we don't need to send any salutes to that Lu Fan, they are already fighting with us with open swords!"

Tiancheng Garrison Chen Yi looked a little hideous, and said coldly: "Now is the farming season, but those tenants who originally rented my family's fields have stopped doing it one by one because of this wasteland opening order." I guess that's the same with you, right?"

"That's true!" said the other castle officials with ugly faces, "Those countrymen are very good at managing the former by beating and scolding, but as soon as this order came out, they were as stubborn as a cow, and they couldn't get it back." ”

"Then Lu Fan has touched our pulse, this is drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle!"

What is the attraction of the field to the people, they military attaches are very clear, not to mention anything else, even if they can't resist the desire for the field, when they see the fertile land, they want to get it?

"We can't let him go on like this, we have to think of some countermeasures!"

"I won't tell you anything, those officers and soldiers under my command have already begun to move, if we delay any longer, I'm afraid that the people's hearts will be scattered, and we won't even be able to bring our soldiers!"

"Master Li, you can say something, as long as you nod, we will connive at the subordinates to make trouble, no matter what, we can't let that Lu Fan continue to stay on the East Road!"

Li An shook his head and said, "Trouble is the last resort, even if we take that Lu Fan away, we will have to be punished by the general army for the crime of laxity, and we will have to have to have one less blood!"

Speaking of this, he looked up and said in a low voice: "On our east road, there are still many mountain bandits and thieves. They have not been exterminated before, and now, it is time for them to contribute!"

When the others heard this, they immediately understood, and Chen Yi laughed even more.

"Or Lord Li has a way, when the East Road is infested by mountain bandits, I see how those fools can open up the wasteland!"

"Yes, let those bandits kill harder, let these tenants have a better memory! It is to make them understand that only by farming for us can we live, and if we want to open up the wasteland, we can't even save our lives!"

"I used to be too gentle with these Shengdou Xiaomin, and when I get that Lu Fan away this time, I have to clean them up in the future!"

On this side, a group of garrisons and integrity officers are still discussing countermeasures, and on the other side, the second order of the General's Office, immediately after the order to open up the wasteland, has also been posted.

"Bandit Suppression Order!"

The wording of this order is much more ruthless than the order of land reclamation.

The bandits and bandits in the East Road are required to surrender within three days and wait for the government to deal with them. Otherwise, it will be the end of the army being wiped out and wiped out.

With the issuance of the order to suppress bandits, the General's Office also issued a reward order among the officials and troops in various parts of the East Road.

Ordinary mountain bandits, five taels of silver for one head, the leader of the mountain bandits, twenty taels, the main leader of the mountain bandits, one hundred taels!

In addition, all the officers and soldiers who participated in the suppression of bandits, regardless of whether they had military merits or not, could receive a reward of three taels of silver, and they could receive the reward after the general's office confirmed that it was correct!

These orders were issued one after another, and Li An and the other garrisons were immediately confused!

On their side, they had just decided to contact the mountain bandits to infest the place, and on the other side, the General's Office issued an order to suppress the bandits.

Especially if this is still a conspiracy, as long as the officers and soldiers who participated in the suppression of bandits can be rewarded regardless of whether they have military merits or not, it is conceivable that at this moment, the official and military barracks in various parts of the East Road are definitely boiling!

This belongs to Yang Mou, and the staff general's mansion has a lot of money, even if Li An and others want to refuse, there is no way at all.

Blocking people's financial routes is like killing their parents, don't look at those big-headed soldiers who are afraid of them one by one on weekdays, but in this kind of matter involving the welfare of all officers, if they dare to block it, that group of people may mutiny in minutes!