With a light car, Lu must go straight to Kaiping County.

This is also an attitude. In the current situation between the two armies and even a larger conflict may occur, Lu must have done this way, so he told Chen Zhihua opposite that I don’t want to fight, I want peace.

The Ming soldiers stationed on the border also gave the Qin general considerable courtesy, without any neglect. They just sent an officer as a guide to lead Lu Zheng to Kaiping County.

The Ming army's attitude of respect for Lu must have made Lu feel a little relieved, but as he got closer to Kaiping County City, his heart became particularly heavy. Because wherever he passed, he often saw teams of militia carrying weapons, sang war songs, and moving towards the vicinity of the County City.

That was the militia reserve in Kaiping County. As a neighbor of Kaiping County, Lu must certainly know the military system of the Ming Dynasty. Although these militia reserves are not yet elite, they have received military training all year round. Such people can immediately complete their transformation by fighting one or two battles.

Kaiping County was indeed preparing for a war. This discovery made Lu Jing feel a little chilled. He wanted to turn his horse back many times. If the Ming people really decided to use this to start the war, he would have fallen into the trap. Even if the Ming people would not be so shameless to detain themselves, but he did this, he would have let the Ming people see their trump card, which would make them even more unscrupulous.

It’s a pity that he has come. He has no turning back and runs back now and can’t change anything. If he is brave enough to move forward, he might even be able to save a catastrophe.

With a nervous heart, Lu must have seen the city walls of Kaiping County.

He has also been stationed here for several years in Kaiping County City. He was originally very familiar with everything here, but two years have passed and there have been huge changes here.

Outside the city, the wide avenue leads straight to the distance, and the crops growing well demonstrate that this year Kaiping County will be another bumper year. In the crisscrossing ditches, the gurgling water solves the problem of land irrigation.

The fields were intertwined, and countless people carrying hoes and holding plowing ox walk on it. They could clearly hear their laughter and joy. Domestic dogs followed them gently, and occasionally there were a few unruly ones. Seeing someone walking on the main road, they rushed to the front, and roared at the people on the main road through the ditches. Then, under the shouting of the master, they happily shook their heads and wagged their tails and ran back to the master, rubbing their heads intimately against his body.

Everything seemed ordinary, but in Lu Ding's eyes, it was extremely unusual. Because of this scene, he had never seen anything like this.

Whether they were still in Kaiping County or after they retreated to Qingzhou County, they had never seen such a scene before.

The most he had ever seen were ordinary people with dish-like faces, messy clothes and numb expressions. Poverty seemed to have always been a huge rock pressing on Qin State, which made them breathless, and they had the most fierce people in the world, but they could not form the most fierce army.

Although the former state of Yue was a little better than the Qin State, it was not better. It was just a gap from the ground to the mat, which was just a bit more disdainful. This allowed Qin State to gain advantage when it faced Yue State.

But since the founding of the Ming Dynasty and Qin Feng came to power, all this immediately changed in an all-round way. This country, which was also poor in the past, quickly became rich, leaving the Qin people far away. In the past, the army that was not as powerful as the Qin people, turned into ducks with a blink of an eye. Now, when facing them, they don’t feel the slightest victory.

This is not only a gap in martial arts, but also a gap in morale.

Now, the Qingzhou County under his command is the most confused time. He fought for some reason? For whom? But the Ming army has always been highly morale.

Seeing all this in front of you, Lu must have suddenly realized that the Ming army was fighting for the scene in front of you, fighting to defend their hard-won peaceful life.

A familiar song suddenly came to my ears. This was a slang song from Qingzhou County, a song that can be sung by men, women, young and old. Lu must have stopped the war horse and searched for the place where the song came.

It was a piece of land not far from his left hand. A man was waving his hoe and digging some of the fields while pulling horns, singing slang loudly. Above the ridge, a woman was carrying a blue slap and holding a half-grown girl in her hand. The girl was also responding loudly to her father's singing. Behind the woman was carrying a smaller doll.

They must have come from Qingzhou.

Seeing Lu Key's expression was a little uncertain, the Ming army officer who accompanied him explained: "General Lu, there are actually many people here who escaped from Qingzhou County."

"Are these people capable of buying land in Kaiping County?" Lu must be a little confused. Qingzhou County, in fact, not only Qingzhou County, but also some other county-level people in Qin State, all fled to the Ming State.

The Ming army officer smiled and said, "General Lu doesn't know that they don't have to pay for land when they come to my Kaiping County. These lands are all state-owned. As long as they come to my Kaiping County, we will give them land. As long as they cultivate for more than five years, this land will be theirs. However, agricultural tools, livestock, seeds, etc. are for money. But they don't have to give it at one time, they can be paid for it first and paid every year."

"Give land for free?" Lu must have been surprised.

"Yes!" The Ming army officer explained with a smile: "We in the Ming Dynasty strictly prohibited land annexation. The agricultural tax is linked to the amount of land. The land owned by a person in his name exceeds the number of acres stipulated by the state. The tax will make you have nightmares. So, there are many landlords with a lot of land who are willing to sell the land to the state, and then the state grants the land to the people. This is one of the first, and the second is that our Kaiping County is not very large now, and it has been a terrible few years ago, so it is typical that the land is vast and sparsely populated. However, with this momentum, there are not many days like Kaiping County. In a few years, I am afraid that such land will not be able to continue to be given, because there are fewer and fewer empty land."

Why is the land getting smaller and smaller? In a short period of time, the population of Ming people could not have naturally grown so much, so they could only escape from Qin.

Thinking of the huge gap between the two sides, Lu must be frightened. If this continues, I am afraid that the population of Qingzhou will become smaller and smaller. The Ming Dynasty's policies will only attract more Qin people to flee here.

The consequences of the decline in population are obvious. No one will work in the fields, no one will work in the corvee service, and the number of troops will become smaller and smaller. If this continues, Qingzhou will only die slowly.

He fell silent.

"General Lu doesn't know anything. Qin people are now popular in our Ming country. Now places like Changyang, Wuling, Yiyang, Taoyuan are trying their best to attract Qin people!"

Lu must certainly know that outside the city of Qingzhou, there were many Ming merchants blatantly abducting and trafficking Qin people.

"Why are the Qin people so popular in Ming?" he asked.

"They were hard-working and very easy to manage." The officer said happily. "They seemed to be being controlled in Qin. Now when they arrived in our Ming Dynasty, they were all very happy and they would do whatever they said they were!"

This made Lu Jing's face heat up. He glanced at the Ming army officer sideways and thought to himself that this damn person really doesn't know how to chat. As he talked, he would just die. He said that, how could I take the conversation?

He felt a little angry, his face darkened, and he stopped talking. The Spurs tapped the horse's belly, and the horse accelerated and ran towards the county city. It was not until this time that the Ming army officer had just spoke happily, but he had completely forgotten the identity of the person in front of him.

But it's not a big deal. Aren't you telling the truth?

He shrugged and followed him on the horse.

Lu must have never expected that Lu Dayuan would be greeted at the city gate.

Seeing Lu Dayuan standing at the city gate with a few guards with a smile, Lu Dayuan blinked his eyes and realized it after a while. Two years ago, in the Battle of Hengdian, Lu Dayuan was ordered to lead 10,000 troops to rescue Deng Pu and Deng Su, but in the end he was surrounded by the Ming army. There was no way to heaven or land or door. In the end, all the members could only put down their weapons and surrender to the Ming people.

But judging from his current appearance, how could he look like a prisoner of war? Lu must have heard a lot of news about Lu Dayuan's life in Ming Dynasty in the past two years. Now, looking at Lu Dayuan's appearance, I'm afraid he has completely defected to Ming Dynasty.

Lu Dao sighed and turned over and dismounted.

"Brother Lu, are you okay?" he clasped his fists. "I really didn't expect to see you here."

Lu Dayuan looked at Lu Ding with a smile: "Brother Lu, it's been a long time since I was gone. These two years have indeed been the most nourishing two years I have lived, but to be honest, I feel very embarrassed when I see you."

"Nothing!" Lu Zhen waved his hand, "No one can blame you in your situation at that time. Chen Zhihua asked you to pick me up?"

Lu Dayuan shook his head: "Brother Lu, I don't hide it from you. I am now a member of the Ming Dynasty, but I am not controlled by Chen Zhihua. I will accept you here, not Chen Zhihua's order, but someone else. This person asked me to pick up Brother Lu, talk to you first, and then meet again."

"Who is it?" Lu Dao said strangely: "Isn't Chen Zhihua the highest commander here?"
Chapter completed!