Chapter 144 Layout
But Mi Zhu received Cao Ang’s letter and came to Jingzhou after packing up. He arrived in more than ten days.
At that time, Kuai Yue, Xu Shu and Meng Jian had already sorted out the public, private land, household registration lists of the three counties and submitted them to Cao Ang. Cao Ang frowned and looked at them for a day.
As he imagined, the situation in Jingzhou was bad enough, but after reading these books, he realized that it was much worse than he thought.
The counties captured by Liu Bei were called the land of Jingnan. Cao Ang held the three counties in his hand, but Liu Bei's subordinate counties were much easier to manage than Cao Ang's subordinate counties.
Because all the families gathered near Xiangyang, they were like a blood-sucking leech, constantly drawing blood from Jingzhou.
Judging from the account book, due to the war, many public fields have long been turned into private fields, and many fertile private fields have been occupied by the aristocratic families in various legitimate names. In summary, it is to cover up illegal purposes by legal means.
As for those poor and not-so-good fields, they were directly occupied by the big clans in the countryside. These big clans are entrenched in the countryside and are the biggest force in the countryside.
If they are all killed, then there will be no more than half of the people in Jingzhou.
Cao Ang rubbed his head. The worry about Jingzhou’s land needs to be taken in two steps!
The plan I wrote was improved overnight and I could prepare for implementation just when Mi Zhu arrived.
However, since Liu Bei got married, he finally tasted the taste of a beauty again. In addition, this lady was very considerate and served Liu Bei very comfortable.
Liu Bei couldn't believe that a lady could do this to him. Later, after thinking about it, maybe because of her personal charm, girls all admire heroes.
Jingnan got help from Jia Xu, and he was in good order. At least Liu Bei didn't have to worry too much. The two brothers recruited soldiers and strengthened the power of Jingnan. Cao Ang's son would not come to invade. The world and the world were all ally, and Ma Teng helped him in the distance. What were they worried about?
Therefore, Liu Bei was restrained in his happiness on this new lady, which was as close as possible and very comfortable.
But Mi Zhu came to Xiangyang and came to see Cao Ang. Cao Ang hurriedly invited him to come in and showed Mi Zhu the account book of private land in the countryside, "Zi Zhong, please look at these lands. How much money can you buy them?"
Mi Zhu looked at the thick account book and felt a little overwhelmed. His lord is really a master who dares to spend money and think about it.
After reading it, Mi Zhu smiled bitterly and said to Cao Ang: "The lord's land is rarely fertile. If you only talk about the price, it's enough to be worth tens of thousands of gold, but..."
“But what?”
Mi Zhu smiled bitterly and said, "The land is the lifeblood of the people. Money and silk are useful for a while, and it is difficult to use for a lifetime. People may not be able to sell it."
Cao Ang said, "Let's stay, I know what you said. When I call everyone to come, I will discuss it again."
Cao Ang then called Xu Shu, Meng Jian, and Kuai Yuezhi. The three of them met Mi Zhu and found a seat to sit down.
Cao Ang then said: "Now that the people of Jingzhou are in decline, the family is the richest. To cure this serious disease, I have a plan, everyone will listen."
Everyone bowed and said, "I wish to hear the lord's plan."
Cao Ang said: "For the former, I will look at the private land list in Jingzhou countryside with Zi Zhong. Zi Zhong said that it would be possible to buy it if there is a 10,000 yuan, so I want to spend 10,000 yuan to buy the land of the people of the three counties!"
Everyone was shocked, and Mi Zhu was better. He had been shocked once just now, but this time he was shocked not that much.
Seeing that the three of them were about to speak out, Cao Ang waved his hand and said, "Sit down and listen to me."
Cao Ang said seriously: "Do you guys think Cao Ang's words are really unreasonable?"
The four of them hurriedly said, "Don't dare."
Cao Ang smiled and said, "Let's finish listening first, and you guys will make a judgment."
"The people of Jingzhou are not rich, why are they not rich?"
Cao Ang called out, "Another degree, you say!"
Kuai Yue said awkwardly: "Most of the fertile land is accumulated in the hands of aristocratic families, and most of the annual grain output is in the hands of aristocratic families."
Cao Ang waved his hand and signaled Kuai Yue to sit down, "Does the difference tell me why I haven't called Cai Mao today?"
Kuai Yue shook his head and said nothing. Cao Ang snorted angrily, "Because he was treacherous, Cai Mao! But Kuai Yue and Kuai are different, and they are still concerned about the people of Jingzhou!"
Kuai Yue stood up and apologized.
Cao Ang waved his hand, "Just sit down, I have no intention of condemning you. What the aristocratic families do is also for themselves. This is just the fruit of Liu Biao's inability to compromise with the aristocratic families."
Cao Ang looked at everyone, "But now, Liu Biao is dead, and now the lord of Jingzhou is me. I can give benefits to all the families, but those who do not belong to the families will be presented to me!"
Kuai Yue felt cold sweat on his back, and Cao Ang's domineeringness and the imposing aura of heroism made him a little scared.
Cao Ang said: "The first step is to buy private land from the people of the three counties with ten thousand gold, and then implement redistribution."
The four people keenly caught the three words "redistribution"!
Cao Ang said: "The people in Jingzhou are not rich, and lack of fertile land is one reason, and the other reason is insufficient land."
Cao Ang looked at everyone, "The land is not enough and the food produced is not enough, how can the people get rich?"
"Buy them all and then divide the fields!"
All four of them were shocked. Can they still play like this?
In Xu Shu's heart, Cao Ang is a talented and wise master, but Cao Ang is more good at playing business than businessmen. Isn't this Mi Zhu Mi Zizhong looking at his lord with admiration?
In Kuai Yue's mind, Cao Ang was a wise and talent-aware person. Jingzhou's government affairs are now in order. Although they are working on the front line, they are definitely inseparable from the lord's assignment.
In Meng Jian's heart, Cao Ang is a good monarch who is invincible in siege and cares about the people, but he really didn't expect that this lord would do such a big deal!
Mi Zhu no longer wanted to say anything. He thought that if this lord went to do business and did business, it would be a great wealth in the world.
The first half of the sentence is a business that can make a loss, but if the second half is added, it will be a sure profit without losing money.
All four were planning. Xu Shu was thinking about the people's hearts, Kuai Yue was thinking about reputation, Mi Zhu was thinking about how much tax revenue the three counties should be in a year, and Meng Jian was thinking about why Cao Ang was so agile.
Cao Ang smiled and said, "What? What's my plan?"
The four of them reacted and hurriedly said, "Lord, great talent!"
Mi Zhu hurriedly asked, "Can there be tens of thousands of gold in the Jingzhou treasury now?"
Xu Shu was about to answer, but Cao Ang smiled and said, "Don't worry about this. If there is no 10,000 yuan in the treasury, I will borrow it in Xuzhou in the name of Jingzhou and from Zhen in my name. Of course, Ru Mi Zizhong also wants to borrow some of me."
Everyone laughed, and Mi Zhu said, "My lord can use my family's wealth at will!"
Cao Ang smiled and said, "Just just a joke, but Zi Zhong still needs to work hard to work with Gongwei and many minor officials to complete this matter."
Mi Zhu bowed and said, "I will do my best!"
"Is Gongwei willing to show his talent for this matter?"
Meng Jian was overjoyed: "I thank you lord, I will definitely help you accomplish this important event!"
Everyone was worried about it before returning.
Chapter completed!