Guo An Lao Huai was pleased, sure enough, these local overlords in each armor are all very simple and kind peasant old men, as long as you are really good to them, they can be good to you!

As for whether these grain chiefs can go to Beijing to meet Lao Zhu, Guo An has no doubts.

In Lao Zhu's eyes, these grain chiefs were much kinder than these officials. Even if these grain chiefs unite and escort him, the magistrate of Wanping County, to the capital to sue the emperor, even if he is not guilty, he will be convicted by that old Zhu!

It's just that Guo An can't even think of letting these grain chiefs fight against Zhu Laosi!

Therefore, Guo An shook his head again and again.

"Elders, don't be so impatient, please listen to Guo An's words!"

The effect of Guo An's hard work for so many days was immediately reflected, and as soon as the words fell, all the grain chiefs and lieutenant chiefs were quiet.

"County honor, please speak!"

"You elders are already over half a hundred years old, they have rich life experience, and they have far surpassed Guo An in terms of human sophistication, and Guo An does not dare to advise you on this matter.

However, in terms of the pros and cons of cultivating farmland, Guo An believes that the elders only see the temporary hard work of cultivating farmland, but they do not see the long-term benefits! ”

"Oh?"

The grain chiefs and lieutenant chiefs couldn't help but have doubts on their faces, and some of the grain chiefs and lieutenant chiefs were very dissatisfied in their hearts, but they did not immediately refute it, and they grabbed the pinch of rough beard under their chins indiscriminately, and waited quietly to see what flowers this little county lord could pull out?

Can it still be beneficial for them to force these farmers to cultivate the amount of farmland that cannot be completed? I'm afraid that fewer people will be a great benefit for them as untouchables!

However, the Guo Xianzun in front of him, although he is shallow and doesn't understand anything, in the past half a month, he has been very humble to them, and cares about them everywhere.

It's just that sometimes it's often surprising!

"All the elders also know that Beiping Mansion is a feudal kingdom of His Royal Highness King Yan. Under normal circumstances, all officials in Beiping Mansion need to obey the decrees issued by His Royal Highness King Yan.

And Beiping Mansion not only needs to resist the Mengyuan Tartars in the north, but also needs to supply more than 100,000 troops in Beiping Mansion with military rations.

Therefore, Peiping Province needs a lot of food. And reclaiming farmland and allowing ordinary people like you in Peiping Province to grow food is the most fundamental and best solution. ”

The grain chiefs and lieutenant chiefs looked indifferent and were indifferent to Guo An's words.

What does this have to do with them, the people?

Guo An was not in a hurry, and continued to say slowly: "Of course, if you have been transporting grain from the south to Beiping Mansion, you can also supply hundreds of thousands of troops.

Although those people and officials in the south will always scold the people of Beiping Mansion for being poor ghosts and look down on the people and officials of Beiping Mansion because of this incident, even those students in the south will not look down on those people in my Beiping Mansion.

It's just that the two places are thousands of miles apart, and they have nothing to do with you! ”

The eyes of this group of old men suddenly widened, and they were a little angry.

"However, the fields reclaimed by Beiping Mansion always have something to do with you, and Your Majesty once decreed that as long as the fields are reclaimed, they are all private fields. Those who own private land are exempt from forced labor and taxes for three years.

Moreover, the private land can be passed down to your children and grandchildren, which is an important matter for your family's reproduction.

This time, His Royal Highness King Yan can make up his mind to let the seven counties and four states under the jurisdiction of Beiping Mansion, and each state and county must reclaim 10,000 hectares of land, which is a great thing in Guo An's eyes! ”

"Of course, just by the tens of thousands of people in Wanping County, we will definitely not be able to reclaim 10,000 hectares of land in two years. This matter is clear to all the elders, and His Royal Highness King Yan is also a person who has planted fields in Fengyang for two years, and he will definitely be very clear.

However, His Royal Highness King Yan still issued this decree, which means that His Royal Highness King Yan will definitely give us support! ”

"In this way, can you avoid going to the strong men who have served in the middle of the armor for the past two years?

Or, when you are cultivating farmland, if you lack farm tools, lack of ploughing cattle, or lack of farm tools, can you ask His Royal Highness King Yan to borrow some? ”

"Moreover, the work of cultivating the fields will be very tiring all day, and you will have to eat every day. So, can your family be exempted from some field taxes for these two years? ”

"Also, what kind of situation is around your fields, Guo An also knows a rough idea. Many people's fields are surrounded by wasteland, which can be reclaimed and connected to their own fields. ”

"In addition, the Jinshui River, the Lugou River, the Yuhe River, the Xiaoqing River...... Many rivers flow through the territory of my Wanping County, Guo An has checked, on both sides of these rivers, there are at least thousands of hectares of fields that can be reclaimed as fertile fields, and now they are still barren! ”

"Although the elders' homes are well-off, many of them share the acres of land equally, and in fact, there is not much more land. If you wait until the children and grandchildren of the elders are in the family and the people are prosperous, I wonder if the acres of land in the family can be divided? ”

"Moreover, even if in the future, the elders can wait for the family to be more prosperous and more people, and then let the future generations of the family slowly cultivate the fields on both sides of the river!

But can you elders be sure? At that time, these fields were not occupied by others who had cultivated them into private land? ”

"Yes, those people in each of your families are not as good as you, and they are not capable of pleading. However, His Majesty has been able to relocate people to Beiping Mansion several times, will he relocate people to Beiping Mansion again in the future?

How, then, did these migrated people get their fields? ”

"Also, the Mengyuan Tartar has now been driven into the prairie by my Ming army, and it is a big trouble for my Ming henchmen. His Majesty and the princes of the court will certainly not give up the opportunity to beat the water dogs.

If those hundreds of thousands of Mengyuan Tartars surrendered to my Daming, how would Your Majesty settle these Mengyuan Tartars?

Guo An guessed that according to the important position of Beiping Mansion, these surrendered Mengyuan Tartars would definitely settle in Beiping Mansion, where we waited!

So, how are these Mengyuan Tartars arranged, can't they be allowed to herd cattle and sheep in Beiping Mansion, right?

The court will inevitably give them land for settlement, and when the time comes, where will their land come from? ……”

"You elders are well-informed people, and if you don't take advantage of this good opportunity to preemptively reclaim the high-quality fertile fields on both sides of the rivers into high-quality fertile fields and turn them into your own fields.

In the future, I am afraid that these fields will no longer belong to you......"

With Guo An's narration, the expressions of the grain chiefs and the lieutenant chiefs changed rapidly.

According to their old-fashioned thinking, they don't think about these things at all.

But now, with the words of this Guo Xianzun in front of them, their hearts are gradually becoming anxious!

The high-quality fertile land on both sides of the river has been reserved for their children and grandchildren, and they must not be allowed to be occupied by outsiders!

……