Chapter 58 Assassin Attacks
Yuan Yao returned to Anhui from Longshu County indignantly, because the matter of farming still encountered obstacles, one can imagine the loss in his heart.

In any case, the Yuan family is a family of four generations and three generations, a prominent family in the country, but now they have become street rats, everyone shouts and beats them. up.

The cruelty of reality can only make Yuan Yao more ruthless.

Yuan Shu's usurping the throne and proclaiming himself emperor was really such a disaster?
Yuan Yao didn't believe in evil at first, but now he truly felt that Yuan's reputation in Yangzhou had fallen to the bottom.

However, the general trend of the Sun family sweeping Jiangdong has already taken shape, and the gentry in Lujiang County are already in contact with the Sun family in secret, and they are already preparing a way out.

What is the general trend, this is the general trend.

Yuan Yao wanted to go against the trend, but in their eyes, it was futile.

Although Yuan Yao defeated the Jiangdong army for two consecutive battles in Wan County and Wuhu, this alone was not enough to change the perception of the Jiangdong gentry towards the Sun family. The Jiangdong gentry did not think that Sun Ce's two small losses would dampen his vitality However, the Jiangdong gentry also didn't think that Yuan Yao would have a chance to turn around after two small victories.

Therefore, no one cared about Yuan Yao's lonely and poor army.

Yuan Yao already had the idea of ​​overthrowing and rebuilding, but Lujiang was a big family, and the gentry didn't want to stay in Lujiang, so they would tear them all down, leaving none behind.

Yuan Yao was lost in thought in the study, Du Ruhui came uninvited, with a heavy expression on his face.

"My lord, the spies have reported that Sun Ce is farming in Danyang, and dozens of wealthy noble families have already bought fields."

Du Ruhui continued: "Sun Ce built water conservancy projects in Danyang County, reclaimed land from lakes, and sold the newly built paddy fields to the Lujiang gentry at a price lower than the market price, and provided tens of thousands of refugees. Now it has become very popular."

"what?"

This Sun Ce really didn't expect him to have a good day, and it was probably Zhou Yu's handwriting to come up with such a way to catch him unprepared.

Yuan Yao looked worried and said: "In this way, Sun Ce not only bought the entire Yangzhou gentry, but also indirectly resettled hundreds of thousands of refugees, gaining both fame and fortune."

Du Ruhui sighed: "My lord, this is not the most powerful thing. The most powerful thing is that with the tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land along the coast and hundreds of thousands of refugees as tenant farmers, the Sun family can get millions of grains every year in the next few years." Shi, from now on, we will no longer have to worry about the shortage of military rations when we use troops in Jiangbei and even Beituyuan!"

Yuan Yao couldn't help but gasped when he heard the words.

Yuan Yao frowned and said, "Mr. Du, if you want to carry out this method of garrisoning fields, it may not be easy, right?"

Du Ruhui shook his head and said, "Sun Ce has a lot of capable people and cruel officials. For us, it is even more difficult, but for Sun Ce, it is not a difficult problem."

Yuan Yao nodded indifferently.

The reason why the Jiangdong gentry were willing to go to Danyang to buy land was because they had the desire to buy land, but the main reason was that they believed in the Sun family and thought that the land they bought from the Sun family could be passed on to their descendants, while Yuan Yao , but few people are optimistic about it. If one day Yuan Yao is driven out of Lujiang by Sun Ce, the land they bought from Yuan Yao will be in vain.

"My lord, those absconding gentry have been prepared for a long time. Not only did they secretly transfer their family members while we were fighting in Jiangxia, but they also transported all the food to Jiangdong. Now they have enriched Sun Ce's treasury."

The last trace of kindness in Yuan Yao's heart was gone. Since this is the case, if there are no conditions, then create the conditions by yourself and face the difficulties.

Yuan Yao said in a deep voice: "Du Gong, I have a plan, I don't know if it will work."

"Please tell the Lord!"

Yuan Yao said word by word: "The land is contracted to be a household."

"Implement a fixed-year production contract, distribute land directly to the people, allow them to trade freely, and do not charge a cent of land rent. The government also provides seeds and cattle, but [-]% of the grain grown is handed over to the tenants themselves, and the remaining [-]% is handled by the tenants themselves. .”

Du Ruhui paused, this is indeed a good way to alleviate the food crisis.

Du Ruhui advocated a collective system, but Yuan Yao directly distributed the land to households.

"My lord, without the support of the gentry, and we lack strategic materials, I'm afraid it will be difficult to implement."

"Fight the local tyrants, divide the land, and be self-reliant."

Yuan Yao continued to explain: "For those noble families who have no second thoughts, all their fields will be confiscated and distributed to tenant farmers or landless farmers."

"Of course, those gentry who support us are another matter. As long as they obey us and provide us with food and supplies, the benefits are indispensable."

Yuan Yao knew that this was an epoch-making land policy. If he wanted to generalize it, the entire gentry of the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty would point at his spine and scold him, so they had to do both.

To be clear, this is the hegemony of power. Only if this continues, Yuan Yao will not be passive. The gentry will be lost, but at least there will be people who will support him overwhelmingly.

Du Ruhui was thoughtful. This policy really surprised him. It was the essential interest of disintegrating the gentry. Regardless of whether it was good or bad, once it was implemented, it would definitely be what the people wanted.

Those who obey prosper, those who oppose perish.

This is Yuan Yao's determination, and it is also his principle. The policy of Huairou cannot survive in this troubled world. Only with big fists, hard elbows, and powerful weapons can one have the right to speak.

Du Ruhui looked at Yuan Yao deeply, and felt for the first time that the young protagonist in front of him was really not simple.

After Du Ruhui realized it, he said goodbye and went to Yuan Yin to discuss the matter.

On the vacant land ten miles outskirts of Wanxian County, Yuan Yin was rolling up his sleeves to personally participate in farming.

There are difficulties to overcome, and seeing Yuan Yao's desperation day by day, he can only do it himself, sowing every seed is one by one.

Among the farmers, there was a man with his upper body bare, only a shoulder pad on his shoulders, and he was carrying a huge boulder weighing more than a hundred kilograms. He was moving step by step, walking towards the dam with great difficulty.

This man was tall and strong, with delicate features, and although his face was covered with dust, he was definitely not an ordinary person.

This person has been among the refugees who are building water conservancy projects for several days.

In the past few days, this person changed several places with this group of refugees, moved closer to Yuan Yin intentionally or unintentionally, and met Yuan Yin several times.

But they only stayed for a short time, because Yuan Yin was always accompanied by county soldiers, but there were not many followers, only about twenty people.

"Brother, can we do it today?"

The man had just put the stone down when suddenly there was a light cough from behind him, and he turned around and said, "Xiao Wu, Xiao Liu, you two act according to plan."

Taking the opportunity to rest, the two nodded and turned around.

After the two left, the man slipped into the nearby grove under the pretext of relieving himself, and then quietly climbed up to a small hill next to the construction site under the cover of the grove.

On the top of this small hill, there is actually an iron tire bow hidden.

After a while, Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu who answered started to act, they found an excuse, and the two scuffled together.

The two wrestled and kept yelling.

Seeing someone fighting, the refugees working nearby stopped working and rushed over to watch the excitement.

The county soldiers responsible for maintaining order at the scene rushed over immediately, trying to separate the two people who were fighting.

In the end, Xiao Wu knocked him to the ground, and the dead soldier snatched the ring-shoulders from the soldier, and then cut off the county soldier's head with a backhand.

Seeing that the two men who were fighting dared to kill even the officers and soldiers, the refugees who ran over to watch the excitement were frightened and scattered, and immediately fell into a commotion.

Seeing that this group of refugees might blow up their nest, Yuan Yin quickly ordered the county soldiers behind him to suppress them.

The man on the small hill took a deep breath, drew his bow and set his arrows, and rushed down from the small hill.

Still on the mountainside, he fired six arrows in a row, knocking down the two county soldiers in front of Yuan Yin.

After rushing down the hill and out of the grove, there were only four county soldiers around Yuan Yin left.

At this time, Yuan Yin was less than fifty steps away, but the county soldiers sent by Yuan Yin to suppress the refugees were already a hundred steps away!
Yuan Yin realized that he had been tricked by the assassin's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain, and he could not care about suppressing the riots of the refugees, so he quickly ordered the county soldiers to rush back to respond.

In fact, without Yuan Yin's order, those county soldiers were already rushing back after they found out that something was wrong.

However, it is very unfortunate that these county soldiers are a hundred steps away from Yuan Yin at this time.

Therefore, these county soldiers could only watch helplessly as the assassin rushed down from the hill, one arrow after another, shooting and killing the county soldiers standing in front of Yuan Yin one by one on the spot.

In the end, there was only the last county soldier left in front of Yuan Yin.

The county soldier reacted quickly and his skills were good, he actually parried six arrows from the assassin in a row!

However, after six arrows, the assassin had already rushed in front of Yuan Yin, and the distance between the two sides was less than ten steps.

The assassin grabbed the quiver on his back with his backhand, but it was empty. In this short charge, the entire pot of twenty arrows was used up!

The assassin looked at the county soldier in front of Yuan Yin in bewilderment, and couldn't help feeling ashamed of his archery skills.

The archery that I am proud of was cracked by an unknown soldier. It seems that it is necessary to strengthen the training of archery after returning.

However, now, the target person has to be dealt with first, Yuan Yin, let someone die!
"die!"

The last county soldier in front of Yuan Yin shouted violently, and slashed at the assassin's neck with a knife.

The assassin raised his bow for the photo frame, and with a pop, the iron tire bow in the assassin's hand was chopped into two pieces by the county soldiers.

However, the county soldier's knife also caused the assassin's iron tire bow to sway to one side, and the sharp blade almost cut off the assassin's left arm. With the strong inertia, he used his own body as a weapon, and slammed into the arms of the county soldier.

There was only a click, and the entire breastplate of the county soldier was knocked inward and collapsed.

The assassin's collision directly knocked the county soldier to the ground, let out a muffled groan, and collapsed to the ground.

The assassin was also very uncomfortable after being hit by this collision. After all, he is also made of flesh and blood. Such a violent impact would also cause damage to him, but because he used his shoulder, while the opponent hit his chest, which is the vital point. , so it's better.

But even so, the assassin couldn't breathe for a long time, and his whole body was frozen there, unable to move.

When the assassin regained his breath, he found that Yuan Yin was more than ten steps away, and the county soldiers who came back from the front were only less than five steps away from Yuan Yin.

Seeing that Yuan Yin was about to hide among the county soldiers.

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