Hearthstone Farm Lord

Chapter 352 Land Reform (Thanks to book friend 20188131 for the monthly ticket)
Soon, Sean led the team to the outside of River Beach Town.

Looking from a distance, you can see the joyous townspeople, as well as Windsor standing on the top of the sentry tower.

Sean waved to Windsor, and Windsor immediately told the townspeople below the news of Sean's arrival.

There was another round of cheers immediately, and the townspeople all looked at Xiao En's direction expectantly.

……

But at this moment, Matthew behind Xiao En suddenly sat up from the horse, his whole body overflowing with vindictiveness, and directly threw the blood of the steed Zhen under his seat to the ground.

Matthew came back to his senses, and quickly used his fighting spirit to help the horse heal its injuries. The horse didn't die directly, and struggled to stand up.

Sean smiled at Matthew and said, "Matthew, have you finished your research?"

"That's right, the research has been successful, but the details need to be gradually improved." Matthew smiled.

On the way to Shuisong Town, Matthew has been experimenting with a special method of fighting qi, which is said to be suitable for the physical fitness of the people of Sunflower Principality.

Now that he has successfully experimented, he can give this set of exercises to the residents of Xiao En's territory who have the blood of the Sunflower Principality.

Matthew looked at the surrounding environment and floated into the sky:
"Sean, we've arrived at Water Pine Town?"

"Here, that's it." Sean pointed to the front.

Matthew glanced ahead and couldn't help but marvel: "Sean, I didn't expect your reputation in Shuipong Town to be so high. All the townspeople came out to greet you!"

As Matthew spoke, he flew up into the sky to see if there was any hidden assassin in the crowd below.

The residents of Shuipong Town were warmly calling Sean's name, but when they saw Matthew flying into the air, the crowd suddenly fell silent.

Sky Rank Powerhouse!
This is a sky-level powerhouse!
Sky-level powerhouses are like gods to ordinary farmers. Many farmers knelt down and worshiped Matthew.

Especially the five baron families, their faces became even paler.

If Sean had only brought Windsor, a silver-level powerhouse, they might still be able to find a chance to resist.

Seeing Matthew in the sky, they completely gave up resisting.

Matthew scanned around, but found no assassins above the silver rank, and said to Sean:

"Sean, what are you going to do with these nobles?"

Sean also found several barons kneeling on the ground trembling, thought for a while and said:
"Let's delay dealing with them a bit. I have to deal with the problems of the people in the town first."

After Windsor came over, Sean said loudly to the townspeople:

"Hello everyone! I am your new lord, Sean Violet, and I will manage Shuipong Town from now on.

Many of you should know my character, I have always stood on the side of ordinary townspeople, I will never treat you badly! "

Windsor amplified Sean's voice with grudge, and it was clearly heard by every townsman.

Suddenly, there was another burst of enthusiastic cheers.

With sharp eyes, Sean saw Old Sam standing at the forefront of the crowd and the gold badge on his chest, and knew that he was one of the farmers who let go.

So Sean said to old Sam:
"Old man, how much grain do you usually pay for farming?"

Old Sam didn't expect that the respected lord would take the initiative to talk to him, so he stammered and replied:
"In the past... ten years ago, the harvest was about one-third, but recently the lord, the Viscount Mill, forcibly collected more than two-thirds of the grain and grass. Many people are starving, alas!"

Hearing what Old Sam said, many farmers wiped their eyes sadly, and looked at Xiao En helplessly, hoping that Xiao En would collect less grain and give them a way out.

Sean nodded, and then said loudly to all the townspeople:
"Now that Brodie Mills, who exploited you, is dead, I will establish a new order in Water Pines!
And I also want to treat Shuisong Town as a reform pilot. From now on, all the land in Shuisong Town will be owned by the territory! "

The townspeople didn't understand what Sean meant.

What does land ownership mean?Can they have something to eat in the future?

The townspeople quietly waited for Sean to explain, and Sean immediately said:

"After the land is owned by the territory, I will distribute the arable fields to you according to the head.

You only need to pay one-tenth of the grain produced in the fields, and you can keep all the rest!And I promise, this tax rate will not increase for 20 years! "

Of course, there are still some disadvantages in dividing the fields equally. After all, some fields are fertile, some are barren, some are convenient for water diversion, and some are inconvenient for transportation, so adjustments must be made according to local conditions.

But when they heard that only one-tenth of the tax was charged, the townspeople widened their eyes in surprise:

"Did I hear you right? Only a tenth of it?!"

"That is to say, we can keep [-]% of the food for ourselves?"

"My God of Light! Will the next year's harvest exceed the past two years?"

"His Royal Highness Sean is really our savior!"

The farmers were so happy that they knelt down and kowtowed to Xiao En, crying and laughing together.

But the four baron families immediately refused.

They hold the vast and most fertile fields in their hands, and can maintain their luxurious life only by hiring farmers to work.

Now, according to Xiao En's intention to take all the land back into the territory, that is to say, all their land will be taken away?

The four barons panicked, and after winking at each other, they walked towards Sean together.

A middle-aged male aristocrat in luxurious aristocratic clothing took out a beautifully packaged box and said:
"His Royal Highness Sean, we are nobles who manage the 12 villages under Shuisong Town. Each of us has deposited 500 gold coins in the Anjou Bank. The total is 2000 gold coins. I hope you don't think too little."

The baron handed the exquisite box to Sean while speaking.

Sean didn't answer, and said lightly:

"I know what your purpose is, but it's too late, no matter what you say, the reform must be implemented!
Within three days, you must hand over all the land in your hands to the territorial government, otherwise..."

Sean glanced at Matthew in the sky, and Matthew released his fighting spirit very cooperatively and came over.

The baron suddenly became even more panicked:
"Don't! Your lord! Our whole family depends on hiring people to farm for our livelihood. Without a source of income, what should we do?"

Sean patted the baron's shoulder calmly, and then said to the four barons who came together:
"You helped Brody form an army to attack us, I am already very worthy of you for not confiscating all your property!

Now there are only two paths before you:

[-]. Use family property to transform into business;

[-]. Get out of Shuisong Town with your property! "

(End of this chapter)