After being stunned, Gao Lian immediately smiled and said, "My lord misunderstood. We are not trying to collect rent, but to continue storing grain in the coming year."

Xue Huaian laughed and said, "Mr. Gao is very good at speaking."

"The Master of the Ministry praised it." Gao Lian hurriedly said: "The people are the most unrighteous in speaking. If they have any rude and nonsense, please ask the Master of the Ministry of the Ministry to punish them."

Xue Huaian leaned on the chair, glanced at everyone, his eyes fell on Gao Lian, and asked, "Mr. Gao and you are willing to take out the stock of grain as grain planting and cultivate on the barren Xiguan Road land. This is not impossible. But you also know that many of the lands in Xiguan Road also have a master land. Will they agree to you enter Xiguan Road?"

The three northwest roads, Tianshan, Beishan and Xiguan roads have nine provinces, among which Xiguan roads have the largest area and four prefectures under their jurisdiction are Jiazhou, Yuezhou, Hezhou and Jinzhou.

When the people of Xiliang attacked the northwest, they actually suffered heavy damage. The Xiguan Road, Xiguan Four Prefectures, Yuezhou, Hezhou and Jinzhou were all completely occupied, and most of the areas of Jiazhou were prepared for war.

The attack on the Qin territory of Xiliang can be regarded as a blitzkrieg, and the advancement speed is amazing. Although many people in Xiguan evacuated, many people still had no time to retreat. Even if they were evacuated in time, the goods and wealth could not be taken away in a short period of time.

Especially the gentry and tyrants in the states of Xiguandao, they all had their own wealth in each state. The people of Xiliang suddenly attacked, and many gentry and tyrants were unable to transfer their wealth at all. Most of them fell into the hands of the people of Xiliang. There were only a very small number of gentry and tyrants and tyrants, and with limited wealth, most of them had their wealth gone, and even their lives were lost.

Gao Lian is the representative of the gentry and tyrants of Beishan Taoism. In fact, at the banquet today, the main representatives of the gentry and tyrants of Beishan and Tianshan Taoism were the representatives of the gentry and tyrants of Beishan and Tianshan.

The local aristocratic class of Xiguandao suffered an unprecedented blow. The local aristocratic family in Tianshan and Beishan naturally saw a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Although the cohesion of the local aristocracy in the northwest is much stronger than that of the Guannei and Guandong aristocracy, they will be united once they are invaded by external forces, this does not mean that there are no contradictions between the Northwest aristocracy.

In fact, in the third northwest road, Xiguandao has always been the strongest local clans. Before the war, Xiguandao was always the economic and political center of the northwest.

Without this war, the local clans in Beishan and Tianshan would naturally not have any false thoughts about Xiguan. However, during this war, the local clans in Xiguan Road suffered a devastating blow. Beishan and Tianshan would naturally seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, unite, and quickly develop their power to the land of Xiguan Road.

Chu Huan didn't know much about local clans. In his opinion, he only thought that Gao Lian and his group wanted to take the opportunity to make a profit, but Xue Huaian knew it clearly. He knew that this was not just the surface of grain and rent collection, but the clans in Tianshan and Beishan were preparing to take the opportunity to penetrate Xiguan Road in large quantities.

Someone was already talking to him: "Mr. Master of the Ministry, Xiguan Road is now in ruins. If the gentry of Xiguan Road can take out grain, we will naturally put them first. If they cannot take out grain, the court will naturally not let the fields of Xiguan Road be deserted."

"Yes, Master Mintang, if the land is not cultivated, there will be no grain harvest. Without food, what should I eat from the northwest?" A gentry immediately agreed next to him, "This commoner cannot fill his stomach, I am afraid that it will cause trouble."

There was a sudden commotion around.

Xue Huaian frowned. He thought that the banquet was really to welcome him, but suddenly realized that these gentry families spent money to hold this wedding banquet, but they really didn't have any kindness.

When Zhu Lingyue saw that Xue Huaian looked bad, he raised his hand and signaled everyone to calm down. These gentry really gave Zhu Lingyue a very good face. When Zhu Lingyue raised his hands, everyone quickly calmed down.

Chu Huan saw it, but he knew in his heart that the governor of Zhu Lingyue had a great influence in the northwest.

Xue Huaian leaned on the chair, staring at Gao Lian, and kept calm. He asked with a smile: "Mr. Gao, I haven't heard what you said clearly yet. What arrangements do you mean after the grain harvest?"

Gao Lian immediately said: "Master Master, this is what we think. If the grass-roots people can take out 50 acres of grain for the land, they can rent 50 acres of wasteland on Xiguan Road. In addition to the taxes that should be paid, we will hire farmers who are short of food and clothing to let them cultivate our land. We will ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing and work with peace of mind!"

A person next to him said, "Mr. Master, you have also seen the situation in the northwest. It is not a matter of day and night to recover. Now it is already autumn, and this year's harvest is no longer expected. It will not be possible to cultivate it in the coming year. Therefore, we also hope that the court can exempt the taxes of the northwest for three years. After three years, the northwest will pay the taxes with all our hearts."

Xue Huaian asked again: "How long do you plan to rent and plant it?"

"We did this to restore production in the northwest. If the court could supply grain, we would no longer rent it." Gao Lian said: "Of course, if the gentry of Xiguan Road could provide grain, we could also withdraw from Xiguan Road and give the land to them."

Upon hearing this, a smile appeared on the corner of Chu Huan's mouth.

This is of course a sarcastic smile.

Even though he didn't understand, he also understood that Gao Lian's words were a big trap.

According to Gao Lian, the two gentry clans in Beishan and Tianshan provided grain and entered Xiguan Road, which was nominally renting land, but actually taking the opportunity to plunder the land in Xiguan.

They claimed that if the imperial court distributed grain seeds, it would stop renting them, but it would be so difficult for the imperial court to provide grain seeds.

Of course, this is not because the court is unwilling to provide food, but because under the current situation, the court is afraid that it will not have the ability at all.

The court's national policy was of course to be inside and outside the pass. Chu Huan was in the Ministry of Revenue and actually had a good understanding of the country's finances. Now the national treasury is empty and there is a serious lack of money and food. Why did Chu Huan understand this situation in his heart and was unwilling to think too much, but the result of this situation will inevitably lead to the empire being unable to cope with the many changes that have occurred in the country.

Several prefectures of Xiguan Road were deserted, and money and grain were robbed by the people of Xiliang. The manpower and material resources needed to restore the agricultural production of Xiguan Road were of course unprecedentedly huge.

Human resources are not worried. As long as the people are given hope to fill their stomachs, they can work hard and even endure all kinds of oppression.

However, in terms of material resources, the current situation of the empire is definitely not available.

For an empire with a large number of production tools and a large number of grains, it is already extremely unrealistic to directly provide these materials by the empire.

As for what Gao Lian said, if the gentry and tycoons of Xiguan Road could provide food, they could also withdraw from Xiguan Road, this is of course a high-sounding sentence.

It is undeniable that although the Taoist gentry and family of Xiguan suffered a devastating blow, it does not mean that there is no Taoist gentry in Xiguan. In this disaster, some aristocratic families remain.

However, the Xiguan Dao clans, which are one or two in ten, have long lost their strong strength before the war, and the few remaining Xiguan Dao clans will inevitably be jointly suppressed by the two aristocratic clans of Beishan and Tianshan.

Of course, they could not make the Xiguandao family make a comeback, and they could not make the Xiguandao family make a comeback in order to make a comeback.

Chu Huan understood this truth, and he understood even more that the Northwest clans actually took advantage of the national crisis and the court was the weakest to take advantage of the situation.

If the court really accepted the request of the Northwest Aristocracy, then the two families of Tianshan and Beishan would soon annex Xiguan. And after they obtained the land of Xiguandao in the name of renting land, they actually occupied it in disguise. For these people, it would be absolutely not easy to swallow what they had in their stomachs and want them to spit it out.

At first, Xue Huaian thought it was a great thing, and he thought that a big pie fell on his head in the sky, giving him a chance to make contributions. Who knew that in the end, this result would be like this.

Of course he knew that such a thing was a first-class event, involving the reconstruction of the northwest, the interests of local clans, and the struggles between clans. Of course, he was unwilling to be involved in this dispute. He smiled and said, "I am old and a little confused. It seems that I have to report to the court about how to deal with it, and also need the upper and lower limbs of the sage."

"Natural." Gao Lian smiled and said, "We also hope that the master of the tribe can give advice from the saint. For the reconstruction of the northwest, we are willing to do our best to serve the court."

Zhu Lingyue finally coughed twice and said, "Mr. Gao, everyone, I have to say a few words. You are the main and secondary today. The reconstruction of the northwest is of course a major event, but today's welcome banquet is not the time to talk about these things. The master of the ministry led the mission and worked hard. Let's not talk about his affairs today, just welcome the master of the ministry and his team."

Gao Lian immediately accused him of guilt, and was the first to get up, holding his cup in his hands, bowed to Xue Huaian and said humbly: "Mr. Master of the Ministry, the people of Xiliang retreated in a mess. I am so peaceful in the northwest. All this is because the mission has traveled thousands of miles to Xiliang. If it weren't for the mission and the mission, the northwest would probably still be smoked. I am going up and down to the northwest, I would be grateful to the great kindness and virtue of the mission and will never forget it!"

At this moment, I heard a cold snorkeling beside me.

This cold snorted seemed to be done on purpose, as if it was to make people hear it, but this cold snorted seemed very inconsistent. When the people heard this cold snorted, they looked over, but saw that on a table next to the table, a general wearing armor was drinking on his own with a cup, his face full of strange colors. The cold snorted was the one who made it—
Chapter completed!