Wei Teng walked into Yangxian City, raised his head, looked at the battle flag floating in the wind at the top of the city, and looked at the heroic soldiers standing with their spears and swords. He sighed secretly.

He looked down on the Xu family, so he did not come to attend the banquet last night. He stayed on the boat, only saw the fire on the boat, but he could not witness a big show in the Xu family. When he woke up, Yang Xian was already controlled by Sun Ce. He went to the city with everyone and saw the sudden extra soldiers on the city wall. He always felt like he was not awake and was still dreaming.

He was a little disappointed. Sun Ce didn't reveal a word to him for such a big action. He only knew that Sun Ce was going to attack the Xu family, but he didn't know when and how to do it. He was just an outsider, incompatible with the young people around Sun Ce and was close to each other. Shen You had just arrived at Sun Ce for a few days and had become Sun Ce's confidant and participated in the entire operation. He had been by Sun Ce's side for more than a month and was still a spectator.

Is it that I am old, or are these teenagers too frivolous? When I think about it carefully, the oldest around Sun Ce is not over thirty years old. Sun Ce himself has not even reached the age of twenty. He is all young people who are ignorant of the world and act recklessly. These people have no loyalty and righteousness in their hearts, strong utilitarianism, and do nothing to do anything, and only see the benefits in front of them. Do they think the Xu family is the one in that house? Do they think that overthrowing the Xu Chun family is overthrowing the Xu family? They don’t know what they are doing, they don’t know how much disaster they have caused, and how many people have angered.

As the storm is coming, should I leave early to avoid the disaster? Anyway, I have not served in the Kuaiji Prefecture Office and have no right to be a monarch and minister with Sun Ce. It is not unjust to leave at this time.

Wei Teng slowly walked across the street while thinking. Yangxian is a county town, and there is no distinction between inside and outside cities. County temples and ordinary houses are mixed together. Wei Teng walked along the way and saw many people. He didn't care at first. The more he walked into the city, the more people there were on the street, and he looked excited. He walked and called on his friends to attract his companions, as if something good happened.

Wei Teng was puzzled and grabbed an old man with a cane. "Brother-in-law, where are you going?"

The old man ran out of breath, his gray beard was raised, and while pushing Wei Teng aside, he said, "Boy, don't block the way. The county court issued a notice. It's time to divide the land. The old man is going to rush through the territory."

Wei Teng speeded up and walked side by side with the old man. He soon discovered that this was not an easy task. The old man ran at all. He stumbled and could fall to the ground at any time. He had to reach out to support him. However, this also had benefits. The old man's attitude was much better and he said a few more words. Wei Teng then realized that the county magistrate Yangxian sent people to inform the whole city early in the morning to offer rewards to catch bandits. From informing information to applying for recruitment, from recalling family members to killing bandits, there were different rewards. The less rewards were rewarded, and the more could be divided into land. For example, the reward for the bandit leader Chen Fai was 300 acres.

The land in the south of the Yangtze River is no exception. It is known as the land of three mountains, two rivers and five parts, which is better than Kuaiji, but it is not much better. However, Yangxian is surrounded by mountains and fertile land. The special geographical situation makes Yangxian's land yield higher than other places. The yield of fertile land is as high as six stones per mu. Three hundred acres is not a small amount. Not only can the family have no worries about food and clothing, but they can also become a small wealthy family.

No wonder the whole city is crazy. Even the old man who has a problem walking wants to get lucky.

Wei Teng helped the old man to the front of the county temple, and then he found that there were already crowds of people in front of the county temple, with people full of excitement and inexplicable people everywhere, and the chattering sounded like a group of ducks, and he couldn't hear what they were saying. The old man was so anxious that he jumped straight, with his old eyes open, looking for people he knew everywhere. Wei Teng had no time to mess with him, and tried hard to squeeze out the crowd and came to the front of the county temple. Although he was only a few dozen steps away, he squeezed out sweat and was stepped on by someone. The silk shoes he had just changed were all trampled.

Wei Teng revealed his identity, entered the county temple, and came to the central court. Sun Ce was yawning while talking to the county magistrate Ge Sheng. Yang Xiu, Pang Tong and others were standing next to him, and several Yangxian county officials. Seeing Wei Teng come in, Sun Ce stopped the topic and introduced Wei Teng to Ge Sheng. Ge Sheng knew about Wei Lang and quickly greeted Wei Teng to express his admiration. Wei Teng had no time to talk to Ge Sheng, so he pulled Sun Ce aside.

"The general is going to Tongguan Mountain to pacify the bandits?"

"Yes. When you came in, you didn't see the notice."

"I saw that there are many people who want to make meritorious service and receive rewards. I just want to know one thing, where did you get so much reward and land?"

Sun Ce smiled, with a meaningful smile, and a hint of teasing. "Do you know I have put down the Xu family?"

"I heard it."

"Do you know how much money the Xu family has and how much land it has?"

Wei Teng looked at Sun Ce and felt a chill in his heart. Sun Ce said he wanted to rectify the Xu family. He reminded Sun Ce to be careful of the power behind the Xu family, especially the clan thieves in the mountains. Now Sun Ce uses the land of the Xu family as a reward to recruit people to fight against the bandits, which shows that Sun Ce had a plan and did not start at the moment. The clan thieves were in danger in the mountains, but the land in the mountains was limited, and they needed to rely on clan thieves outside the mountains to help them. Otherwise, even if they did not collapse immediately, they would encounter a crisis and their living standards would decline significantly. Sun Ce did this, and he really hit the key point and grabbed the weak point of the clan thieves in a row.

"If you don't count the items, you have more than 80 million yuan in cash, and more than 357 hectares of money. Half of the best land in Yangxian belongs to the Xu family. Thirty acres of land can support a family of five to live and work in peace, and three hundred acres will be replaced by the head of a thief. Do you think there are a few thiefs in this area and will you be afraid of sleeping in the future?"

Wei Teng's mouth twitched, and his sparse beard trembled. "Will the general be afraid to sleep?"

Sun Ce blinked and laughed. "Sir, someone offered a reward to take my head? Hehe, I can't ask for it. Xu Chun wanted my life, but I ended up killing me. If anyone else wanted my life, I welcome them to come and get one. I will only have thousands of acres of land. It won't take long to solve the problem of Yangxian's land annexation. As for those ordinary people, let alone they don't have the ability, they won't take my life even if they have it, right? I am doing the way for heaven, and God will help me, let alone these people."

Wei Teng was speechless for a moment, but he couldn't say anything anxious. He instinctively opposed Sun Ce's approach, but he had no appropriate reason. Confucianism believed in the policy of valuing agriculture and suppressing commerce, and suppressing land annexation was a consistent concept. From the early years of the Western Han Dynasty to the present, I don't know how many people advocated suppressing land annexation hundreds of years ago, but they failed to achieve results. Instead, they caused a lot of trouble. They watched the land concentrate day by day in the hands of a few people, and a large number of farmers lost their land, became refugees, or depended on the powerful, and became private parts of the powerful. The taxes of the imperial court decreased day by day.

Sun Ce also wanted to resolve land annexation, and the intention was good, but his methods were too violent and no different from robbery. Although some problems could be solved temporarily, the conflicts caused were even greater. He wanted to be enemies of all aristocratic families and powerful people. Wang Mang did this. What was the result? He was also the emperor supported by Confucianism. Once he touched the interests of the aristocratic families and powerful people, he was immediately abandoned, causing a chaos that affected the entire world for more than ten years, with white bones filling the wild and blood flowing into a river.

"General, this is a big deal, and it is impossible to neglect."

Xie Shuyou received a reward of 10,000 points, and another chapter was added.
Chapter completed!