The report of the great victory in Jinzhou reached the court. In the battle of Jinzhou, facing the invasion of tens of thousands of people in the Later Jin Dynasty, Li Jinguang, the general of the Lushun Guard, was not afraid of the powerful enemy. He personally led the Lushun Guard's three thousand elite soldiers to defeat the Jin soldiers, and went north to recover the Jinzhou Guard and beheaded more than a thousand. Among them, Chu Yun, a thousand households in Dongjiang Town, assisted from the side, beheaded more than a hundred, conquered Wanghai Fort, attracted the attention of the Jin soldiers, and covered General Li Jinguang's actions.

This battle report submitted by Li Jinguang shocked the government and the people! This is another great victory after the Ningyuan victory last year!

When the memorial came to the Golden Palace, Emperor Tianqi still couldn't believe it. Could it be that my Ming Dynasty was going to return to the prosperous era?

So Emperor Tianqi Long Yan was very happy and gave Wei Zhongxian the eunuch who made his first contribution in the battle of Jinzhou, and his contribution was to "strategy" in the court. The second-class contribution was Li Jinguang, the deputy general of Lushun Guard, and was promoted to governor of Jinzhou and general of Lushun Guard, and rewarded fifty taels of silver. The third-class contribution was Mao Wenlong, the general of Dongjiang Town, and the contribution was to actively respond to the call of the court and send troops to Lushun Guard. In the end, it was Chu Yun, who was the turn of a real person, promoted to a guerrilla general and a garrison of the sea castle.

For a moment, everyone was very happy and the court officials sang their merits.

However, Chu Yun was disdainful of this. At this time, he was trying to carry out agricultural reforms between the land in Jinzhou. On the one hand, he changed the form of agricultural production and on the other hand, he improved agricultural production technology.

The cold winter is about to pass, the ice and snow are about to melt, and the problem of crop planting needs to be put on the agenda as soon as possible. The so-called plan for the year lies in spring. If you miss the cultivation of spring, there will be famine in the coming year.

"Sir, there are many small villages near Jinzhou, but those villagers are unwilling to move into our Jinzhou City. Now our Jinzhou City is in a mess. Which one is not short of people, flour mills, textile mills, paper mills, smelting mills, and salt mills?" Chief clerk Chen Ting followed Chu Yun and said worriedly.

"You go and investigate and see if the land in the village belongs to the gentry or the villagers?" Chu Yun asked.

"This can be found without investigation. Except for some villages, most of the villagers have no land of their own and have been annexed by the gentry." Chen Ting replied.

Land annexation in the late Ming Dynasty was indeed so serious. Chu Yun had already thought that it would be like this. However, annexation has the benefits of annexation. Otherwise, it would be even more difficult to persuade these small farmers who have been farming on this land for generations to carry out the industrial revolution in the city. After all, relocating land and relocating has been a tradition for thousands of years.

"Since the land is in the hands of the gentry, let them hand it over and give them part of the compensation. The annexed land will be managed by the Agricultural Bureau." Chu Yun made the decision directly.

Chen Ting never thought that he could still play like this: "No, sir, if we forcefully expropriate the land of the gentry, maybe they will turn to the Later Jin!"

"We can still control this. Long pain is worse than short pain. We must do this! Moreover, we are not levying freely. We can place land for them in the city as compensation, and we can also let them participate in our textile and flour business. These are much better than pure farming. When choosing between life and land, I believe they can still distinguish the importance. Chen Zhuzhu doesn't need to say much, I have decided."

Chu Yun said firmly. According to historical experience and lessons, the small peasant economy is the economic foundation of the feudal dynasty. To carry out the industrial revolution, it is necessary to start the transformation from the small peasant economy.

"Oh, my subordinates obey the order." Although Chen Ting did not agree with Chu Yun's radical approach, he still had no choice but to fulfill Chu Yun's order.

The Jinzhou Guard began to expropriate the land of the gentry in the name of the court and give certain compensation. This cross-era measure encountered resistance from most gentry. Many villagers depended on the land of the gentry, fearing that the land of the gentry would be expropriated, and they would also help the gentry resist.

Thirty miles south of Jinzhou, Xuejia Village.

"Our Xue family has been on this land for generations. You want to take away our land unless you kill me!"

The master of the Xue family sat on the earth dam among the fields and refused to leave.

More than a hundred families in Xuejia Village watched, and stopped Xu Ji's third brigade from conquering the land.

"You have collected Mr. Xue's land, where will we go to farm in the future?" The villagers started to make trouble.

"Everyone, we are not trying to keep farmers from living, but to make more money and live a better life. After we collect these farmlands, we will build large farms and promote new planting technologies and animal husbandry. At that time, we can produce more grain with fewer people. In the future, we will not be afraid of being hungry!" Xu Ji promoted Chu Yun's "big farm" concept to his fellow villagers. "Villages who are willing to work in large farms can contract the land in the large farm to the Agricultural Bureau according to their own abilities. The contractor only needs to pay 10% of the grain as rent every month, and the Agricultural Bureau will send special agricultural technology experts to guide you in planting and production."

After hearing this, the villagers of Xuejia Village did not understand what a farm is at all. They just heard that they could make more money and not be hungry. Moreover, 10% of the grain used as rent, I don’t know how much better it is than the current farmland rented by gentry. This is a great thing!

"But there are fewer people called big farms. What should we do if the farmland is not enough to contract, what should we do if there are more people here?" Another villagers shouted. In their concept, without farmland, wouldn't they become unemployed vagrants?

"Please don't worry. If the villagers who can't get the farmland, we will arrange work in Jinzhou City. We will get at least two taels of silver every month, and our salary will double after two years of work." Xu Ji said, "Not only men, but also all the aunts and young wives can come to work in Jinzhou City. Please don't be restricted by traditional female morals. Work is a glorious thing and should be worthy of respect."

When the villagers heard Xu Ji's propaganda, they suddenly became excited. Two taels of silver a month, and if three people work in a family, it would be 72 taels of silver a year, which is many times better than farming.

Until now, the villagers of Xuejia Village have completely forgotten about Mr. Xue and are all thinking in their minds whether they should stay and work in the future farm, or should they bring their families to Jinzhou City to work.

Chu Yun’s guess is not wrong. To break the traditional concept of men being superior to women and being inferior to agriculture and suppressing commerce, the best way is not to directly condemn the traditional dregs concepts, but to use interests to drive people. In recent years, the people in southern Liaoning have not even had enough food and were subject to oppression by the Jin soldiers. Now Chu Yun has given them an olive branch, and I believe no one will refuse.

"Aren't you going to support me?" Mr. Xue saw the villagers who helped him to strengthen his power and beat his chest angrily while facing Xu Ji.

"Mr. Xue, I hope you can see the situation clearly. What we did to restore Liaoying is for the benefit of the people in southern Liaoning. If you originally intended to hand over the land, we can contract part of the land of the farm to you, and give you the Xue family residence in Jinzhou City, and you will also compensate you some silver within three years."

"You have also seen it. Don't say whether our army will take action to seize your land. These villagers who want to contract the land will also take action."

Xu Ji came to Mr. Xue and said with a smile.
Chapter completed!