Chapter 444
After hearing this number, Li Linfei nodded, the quality here was definitely mixed, but now was not the time to deal with these things, no one could guarantee when the mountain Vietnamese would roll up again.
"What about the big clans in the city?" Li Linfei asked, looking at He Qi again.
"When the Shan Yue attacked, all the major clans suffered heavy losses, and since the death of the Imperial Guard the main people of these major clans have all gone out for refuge." He Qi said with some disdain, it was their group of people who ran the fastest.
Li Linfei smiled and made a small calculation, perhaps now was a good opportunity, most of the land was in the hands of the clans, he might be able to buy it cheaply while he had the chance, or all of them could be clicked off for plotting rebellion.
The city was now full of dilapidated houses, the traces of the attack by the mountain crossings a month ago were still there, and with He Qi leading the way, they arrived at the county sheriff's residence. Half of the houses had been burnt down and it was still too late to repair them.
He Qi looked at Li Linfei with embarrassment, wondering if he would misunderstand that he was deliberately neglecting him, but there was really no way out! All the money and food in the city had been taken away by the Shan Yue, even the soldiers' rations were donated by the people, and almost all the officials in Huijie had died, so no one had the right to repair the Imperial Guard's residence.
Li Linfei saw his concern and waved his hand to indicate that it was fine, and said to Xi Zhicai, "Mr. Xi, it seems that you have to do a lot of things on the side in addition to being a Gong Cao."
Xi Zhicai could hear that Li Linfei was serious about this; it was true that they did not have many men, and with all the original officers dead and having to resist the Shan Yue attacks, his task could be really heavy.
However, he was still confident in himself, although he was not as good as Xiao He Chen Ping, he would not be too far behind them, so he agreed to do so.
"He Qi, those original county soldiers will be left to you to manage. " Li Linfei said to He Qi again.
"Yes, Your Excellency!" He Qi heard that Li Linfei was still giving him his current official position and quickly thanked him.
As for the 1,000 feathered forest troops, he still let Dian Wei take over for the time being, but he still gave 300 feathered forest troops to He Qi.
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The next day, Li Linfei woke up and came to the front room to deal with official business, there was a backlog of official business during this time and he was now dealing with some of it.
It didn't take long for Xi Zhicai to also bring Guo Jia to work as well.
"Zhicai, Fengxiao, you're here! ! " Li Linfei said with a smile.
"I didn't expect the Lord to be so diligent, this is a blessing for the people of Huiji!" Exclaimed Xi Zhicai, it was a blessing to have such a diligent lord!
"Alas, I can't help it, there are fewer people on hand now, wait I have to go out for a few days to find a few trusted people, I have to trouble you Zhi Cai with the affairs here." Li Linfei knew that Xi Zhicai had misjudged him, if he knew that he would probably be the kind of person who would not handle political affairs for months on end would he not have pissed him off?
"Lord, you are still needed to preside over the general situation in Shan Yin City!" They hadn't expected it to be so difficult before they arrived, all the officials in the city, big and small, had hung up, the Imperial Guard's office was not functioning at all, and they did need a lot of manpower. But with Li Linfei gone, what would happen if Shan Yue attacked? Who will be in command?
"It's no problem, I'm only going for a few days, I'll be back soon." Li Linfei waved his hand.
"Please think twice about this, Lord!" Xi Zhicai advised.
"Alright, let's go when the situation is better." Li Linfei said.
When the two great talents saw that Li Linfei had said so, they did not advise anymore.
"Well, enough about that, is Feng Xiao interested in coming to help out." Li Linfei looked at Guo Jia, now this ghostly genius was still young, but his intelligence was not low and his ability was good, he could help himself, no better.
"Willing to serve the Lord." Guo Jia immediately agreed.
"Good, Fengxiao has no position now, so he will be the chief bookkeeper." Li Linfei said.
"Here." Guo Jia Xi Zhicai agreed straight away, such a position was just what he wanted.
Now that there was no one on hand, I was afraid that most of the things would have to fall on Xi Zhicai, it was all the same to him, and as for Guo Jia being in charge of the paperwork as the head book, it was a position that would help Guo Jia a lot in his personal advancement.
With his own post, Guo Jia also began to help Li Linfei with his official duties, and all three were still working efficiently, dealing with a lot of backlogged cases in just one morning.
Li Linfei gave the two men a lot of money and told them to buy whichever house they saw, they couldn't live in the Imperial Household all the time and needed a residence of their own.
The two men are not bullies and will not do anything to bully the market, so they can save themselves the trouble and Guo Jia and Xi Zhi Cai can also buy the residence they like, killing two birds with one stone.
Chapter 445
The four surnames of the Huiji family were brought to the county sheriff's office for a meeting.
The four Huiji surnames were the four most famous Huiji clans of the Six Dynasties, namely Yu, Wei, Kong and Xie.
However, the Yellow Turban Rebellion has not yet exploded and the Kong family has not moved to Huiji, so the three major families in Huiji are Yu, Wei and Xie, but in this era Li Linfei's mind only has some impression of the Yu family's Yu Fans, who were not particularly talented.
As Shan Yin was the capital of Huiji, these families all had contacts in Shan Yin, so he called He Qi and told him to gather all the people from the small and medium sized families in Shan Yin city.
He Qi's family was not small, otherwise he would not have been able to gather so many village brave. The privileged class could never be eliminated, but could only choose to bring in a group of people to suppress them and then compress their power.
Even in the modern era of peace and prosperity, where the people are in charge, there is still a privileged class. As the saying goes, those who have money are still the masters, but their power is far worse than that of the special classes in ancient times, which are bound by law.
It is impossible for Li Linfei to abolish the special class, it simply cannot be done, and he himself is a member of the special class, what he wants to do is to weaken the power of the family and provide a fairer channel for the selection of officials, but of course all this is still a long way off.
He Qi's He family was the target of Li Linfei's efforts. He Qi did not know what Li Linfei was trying to do by calling these family members here. But he didn't ask.
Li Linfei wanted to develop in Huiji County and become a big family, land was a must. Although they were all a bit resistant to foreign forces, Li Linfei could not exclude them, he was now the governor of Huiji! Unless they wanted to overthrow him or rebel, but with Li Linfei's reputation on the line, no one dared to do so.
When everyone heard that the Lord Taishou had summoned them, the heads of the various families rushed over, and on their way they kept speculating on the purpose of Li Linfei's summoning them, was it to raise military food or to ask for men? They kept thinking and discussing what to reply.
Li Linfei looked at them, but well! I don't know any of them! Can you guys be more forceful!
"Everyone, this is our first meeting, let me introduce myself, for a moment, I am the new governor of Huiji County, Li Yun Li Lin Fei, I would like to ask you all to take care of me in the future."
The people from the major families muttered in their hearts, "Who dares to take care of you? You are more like looking after us! They humbled themselves one after another. "
"I am new to this country, and I have a lot of people at home, but I lack good land, so I would like to buy some good land from you, so that they can cultivate it." Li Linfei said as he prepared his wording.
When Li Linfei finished speaking, someone from the Yu family stepped forward and said, "If Lord Taishou needs it, the Yu family can do well to share some more land out, any more and we won't have enough fields."
Isn't it just fields? As long as you buy it at the market price, I can buy more land with the money you give me, it's a bit of a hassle, but this wave is not a loss, and a big profit!
Li Linfei nodded and gave a salute, "Thanks a lot then." Seeing that the Yu family had set an example, several other families did not equivocate and expressed their willingness to sell their fields to Li Linfei.
They were not worried that Li Linfei would renege on the deal, as it was a real money deal anyway, and if Li Linfei could not get so much money, they would not hand over the land. As for robbing the fields by force, they were not worried at all, it was not as if they did not have private soldiers in their hands.
Among them, the He family sold the most fields, almost half of them, which was also a kind of friendship in disguise.
After Li Linfei had sent all the big families away, both Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia rushed over at the news. They also knew about the Lord's recent actions, but they did not expect that this time their appetite was so big, buying so many fields.
"My lord, this could lead to great chaos." Xi Zhicai admonished with worry.
"I know! Li Linfei nodded, many peasants revolted because of land annexation, they lost their land and chose to rebel, after this sale Li Linfei had become the biggest landowner in Huiji County, the family wanted to develop they had to annex more land, so buying the land of those poor peasants was the best way, Li Linfei bought the land from them at the original price, those families had the money, they could buy the land from them at Li Linfei bought the fields from them at the original price, and those families with money could buy the fields from the poor farmers at a price less than the original price.
"Then why are you ......, Lord." Play Zhicai really couldn't figure out that Lord God knew there were disadvantages and still resolutely did such a thing.
"Zhicai, you said that if you only charge 30% of the rent, will there be farmers to rent my fields." Li Linfei suddenly said.
Guo Jia Xi Zhi Cai immediately understood, generally the family could not cultivate the fields themselves, they all rented the fields to farmers who had lost their fields and let them cultivate them, from which they collected exorbitant rents, fifty to seventy percent were possible.
Now Li Lin~fei will rent out the fields at 30%, I believe the farmers will rush to plant his fields, and the family's land is no longer cultivated, the rent will naturally drop, this is to break the rhythm of the potential rules of the market ah!
Chapter 446
"My lord, will this damage your reputation?" When Xi Zhicai realised that his lord's seemingly absurd move was actually for the people, he was touched and at the same time felt self-condemnation.
"No, I just wanted to buy some fields, but then I found that I had bought too many fields and there was no one to cultivate them, so I lowered the rent. Li Linfei said arrogantly, this money in the eyes of others is more than astonishing wealth, but for Li Linfei is just a drop in the bucket! Anyway, with the system, it was the same for any amount of money.
The corners of Guo Jia's mouth twitched at the sight of Li Lin Fei's appearance, but they didn't say anything, indeed the fields were his, and it was his business to do what he wanted.
Only Li Linfei was a bit torn inside, can't he buy every territory he occupies in the future?
This seems a bit troublesome! Should we kill and plunder the land? It seemed worth considering, but it wouldn't be good for his reputation!
The matter of the fields was easily negotiated by Li Linfei, so there was no need to go to each house to negotiate.
Li Linfei sat on the top and looked at the few people below him, the civil servants were only Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia, and the military generals were only He Qi and Dian Wei, he was slightly depressed, there were still less people.
The two are not yet grown up and are considered child labourers, so it seems that more talents are needed.
"What do you think about the matter of Shan Yue?" Li Linfei asked.
Even if they send troops to besiege the city, they can still rely on the guerrilla warfare in the area, so it's really not a good solution!
There were not enough soldiers in Shan Yin, even with a thousand feathered soldiers, and even if all the officials from the nearby counties were sent over, it would still be far from enough.
It was true that they were only facing the Shan Yue of one county, Huiji, but there were many of them.
In the history of the Three Kingdoms, Wu was held back by the Shan Yue and was unable to carry out its northern expedition. By the time they had completely solved the Shan Yue problem, the world was already settled.
Li Linfei, who was well versed in history, naturally could not tolerate Shan Yue pulling his leg in the future, and the sooner it was solved, the better.
Shan Yue was a difficult problem, but it was not without a solution.
During the Wu period, Sun Quan appointed Zhuge Ke as the general of the Yue and the governor of Danyang. He only repaired the fence and did not fight. When the grains were ripe, the troops would mow them down, forcing them out of the mountains to survive by starvation.
Zhuge Ke will choose 40,000 of them to be soldiers, while the rest will be moved to the flatlands to be used as households.
The method is indeed a good one, but Li Linfei is now only the general Huijie, the governor of Huijangye, does not have the right to order the governors of the surrounding counties, if he is the Yangzhou pastor, he can do so, even if he has blocked, they can also roam to other counties to rebel.
"Actually, I do have a solution to the Shan Yue problem." Li Linfei smiled and said.
"Oh?" Several people turned their gazes towards Li Linfei to hear what brilliant idea she had.
"The mountain people are just serf-like dependents under the elbow of the Kui Marshal, only the big and small Kui Marshals can stir up trouble and gain benefits from it, but it is only the Kui Marshals who really want to rebel. Li Linfei said with a smile.
He said, "We understand what you're saying, but how do we implement it?