"Family Master Li, I think you have to stand up and give our city lord an opinion on this matter, as soon as such a thing comes out, you will greatly reduce our annual income, isn't this a loss of our interests? Although the foundation of the Han is the people, we are also the people of the Han Dynasty. One of the heads of the family couldn't help but speak.

Of course, he won't say anything more excessive, but there are some things he said, and he doesn't believe that their loss is so big, and the loss of the Li Ming family should be even greater, because Dunhuang Fang has left all the land in Changle Island to their Han Li family.

"Yes, Master Li, you still have to lead us in this matter, we don't say that we have other opinions, but since this land is ours, isn't it up to us to decide whether it is abandoned or not? Okay, even if it is not allowed to be abandoned, but if it is abandoned, the fine will be counted, and what will happen to the resumption of the land after two years? Another head of the house also spoke.

"Everyone, be quiet." Li Ming smiled and stretched out his hand to speak.

Everyone immediately quieted down, waiting for Li Ming's answer, and when everyone's eyes were focused, Li Ming smiled and said, "Everyone, I'm afraid that my Li family can't agree with your opinion, because we have decided to sell almost all the land to the government." ”

"Huh?! The head of the Li family can't do it! ”

"Yes, why is this the head of the Li family? Is it because of what trouble you have suffered? ”

"That's it...... Master of the Li family, you have abandoned us, we have always been headed by the Li family. ”

The crowd was stunned for a moment and then exploded in an instant, you know, although the land left by Dunhuang is not a lot, but at least tens of thousands of acres! That's right, there are tens of thousands of acres of land inherited by the Li family alone! So much land, say sell it?

That's right, I said before that it will be recycled according to the market price, but these families, or each family since ancient times, know very well that land is the foundation of a family, even if it is a big family like the five surnames and seven wangs, their strength and family property have been a lot, but their land has never been reduced.

There are only more and more, why did Li Ming sell his land directly?

"Don't get me wrong, our Li clan in Longxi will not sell all the land, we will probably leave two or three hundred acres of land." Li Ming said with a smile.

Everyone was a little speechless, what is the difference between you leaving two or three hundred acres and not leaving anything at all? Tens of thousands of acres of land leave two or three hundred acres?

"Ladies and gentlemen, to be honest, it's not that I want to sell, but my Li's next task is mainly to develop into commerce, Dahan is different from Datang, the whole Han does not discriminate against businessmen, and even businessmen will have their own relatively high status, so our Li family will focus on business." Li Ming said very simply.

"The reason why I sold the land is because it violates the laws of the country, everyone, I know that you are reluctant to have the land in your hands, but it is absolutely impossible to break the law, because we Changlezhou joined Dahan later."

"And the law of Dahan has been announced before, do you think that Chief Huo Gang will change the law because of our people in Changle Continent? If this is the case, how should the original residents of Dahan deal with themselves? Li Ming looked at these people and said.

He knew what they meant, and coming here was nothing more than knowing the influence of their Li family, so let him be the first bird, but Li Ming was not a fool, although he was only twenty-six or seventeen years old, but in this era when he began to marry wives and have children at the age of thirteen, Li Ming's children were already ten years old, and he was already very mature.

It is naturally impossible for him to be fooled like this, but it is impossible for him to ignore these scholars, after all, the other party was indeed dominated by their Li family before.

Li Ming's words made everyone in this room silent for a while, of course they all knew that it was impossible to change the law, after all, it had just begun to be implemented, but they just wanted the other party to make the punishment smaller.

But what they never expected was that Li Ming would make such a choice, the problem is that for them, these lands cannot be given up, and more importantly, these lands are still very important to many small families.

It's just that in the past, they relied on these lands to control many tenants, and it cannot be said that they controlled many tenants, but they only said that these tenants worked for them, but they got very little food income every year.

They are all dependent on them to live, so they will have to listen to their families, but if the current policy of the Han Dynasty is implemented, it is estimated that these tenants will soon be able to get rid of them.

"Master Li, your Li family has a great business, but what should we do with these people." A head of the family said with a headache.

"Actually, don't you understand what Leader Huo Gang means?" Li Ming said with a smile.

"What do you mean?" Everyone was stunned for a moment.

"It's very simple, it's because the land in our hands is too concentrated, so the land in the hands of the common people is too small, which leads to a decrease in the ability to resist disasters, of course, the leader does not want to forcibly take back the land in your hands, as long as you can plant it yourself."

"But if you want to keep your land, I don't think it's difficult, it's very simple, as long as you can give these people or tenants enough profits, they can obviously continue to farm for you."

"And I think you must continue to reduce the proportion of rent collected." Li Ming looked at them and said.

"Why?" Everyone is a little dumbfounded, they can't accept the tenant rent of just 20%, and even less? Although the land is said to be theirs, it is actually made into wedding dresses for those mud legs! Of course they weren't reconciled!

"Why? Because they lease the land of the state, it is only 20% of the rent! The rest are their own, who do you think has a higher reputation, your credibility or the credibility of Huo Gang's leader? Li Ming said with a smile.

As soon as Li Ming's words came out, they were all stunned, they really didn't know the news.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I will say some things directly, the first point is that the law is the law, and there is no way for you to disagree, you should all understand this, right? First of all, the leader didn't forcibly take back your land, but just said that you were not allowed to waste it, and I don't think this rule is difficult to accept, right? If everyone is desolate, where will there be food in this world? Li Ming looked at them and said.

"This can be received." Everyone thought about it, and it was.

"This can be accepted, which means that you are not on the side of the advantage of reason, so if you can't waste it, you need enough tenants, but everyone, don't forget! The Huoci River basin near Dahanyangguan is now allocated one million mu of land to the Xue Yantuo Department and Tianluo Department, but it is said that there are still millions of acres of fertile land there. ”

"The population of Dahan is not large, there is a lot of land between Yangguan and Yumen Pass, and the victims who suffered a famine last year and went to Yangguan and Yumen Pass have been allocated land, not only land, but also houses, five acres of land per person."

"Do you think that if the leader of Kaichun next year gives a new policy to open up more fertile land, in the Huoci River Valley, as long as the land is divided, how much do you think your tenants can stay?" Li Ming looked at them and said.

As soon as Li Ming said this, the faces of all the family heads present turned pale directly, if Huo Gang issued this order, there was no need to think that almost all the tenants would not stay with them, which meant that there would be almost no people planting their land at that time.

How many are there in total from them and their own slaves? How much land can be cultivated? After two years, the land will be reclaimed.

"So you have only one way, to give more favorable terms, more favorable terms than the national land, these tenants will stay, and I have a hunch that these tenants will also be important wealth in the future, and even in the future I think that you will not only not collect tenant rent, but even have to give money, so that someone will help you farm the land." Li Ming said with a smile.

In fact, Li Ming is not untargeted, because Li Ming knows more or less about the next strategic plan of some big men, so he said so.

"Pour money? So what am I keeping this land for? It's better to sell it directly to the state! These family heads were stunned, they didn't know why Li Ming would say that.

"Okay, maybe my statement is not too accurate, then I will say it differently, I think there should be two ways for you to farm in the future, one is traditional, find tenants, collect tenant rent, and give the land to these tenants to plant, you just collect a part of the tenant rent, and then it will be completed."

"And the other way is that you spend money to hire these people to help you farm, as for how much money to give, this may be according to the market price at that time, you give money, and then everything in the field is your own." Li Ming said it in the second way.

"This? The second way, why is there a second way? Does the head of the Li family know something? "There are smart people who ask directly. Because now the people are almost all the first type, as for the second type, there is almost none, because what do these big households want so much food for? They just need to have enough to eat. It was useless for them to ask for so much food.

It can't be said that it's useless, to be precise, their grain is used to sell, and if you give money directly, it will definitely not be lower than the tenant rent, but in this case, what if the harvest is not good? Isn't that risky? The first, at least, is almost none.

Even in a year of great disaster, they don't have to lose money.

Li Ming smiled, of course he knew something, because he knew that next year Huo Gang was going to promote white stacks, or cotton. When the time comes, this field will naturally not be used to grow grain.