Since ancient times, Chinese people have regarded land as the foundation of family heirlooms. Anyone who dares to sell the ancestral land would be laughed at by people from all over the countryside.

So for ordinary people, the land is their lifeblood. Now Yang Feng actually said that he would give the land to the people for free to farm.

"Jiangning Hou." Sun Chengzong said with some confusion: "Although Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, these lands are all from the imperial court. How can they be distributed to the people for free to farm? Isn't this in accordance with the rules?"

“Not compliant?”

Yang Feng sneered.

"What is the rule? It is in line with the rules? If we don't distribute these lands to the people, who would be willing to leave our hometown and come to such a bitter and cold place? Let's put our hearts in mind. If it were Lord Sun, would you be willing to let the court leave your family and take root with the whole family and the young?"

Sun Chengzong was dumb because he found that Yang Feng was right. Unless he was crazy, he would throw away everything in his hometown and bring the whole family and the young and old here to take root. Just as Yang Feng said, if you don’t distribute land for free, don’t give them agricultural tools, oxen, and seeds, why would the people in the pass come here? It’s because you have a big face?

Sun Chengzong was also a decisive person. After understanding this, he said very simply: "Okay, I agree to this point. But there is another most important thing that has not been resolved. There is not a minority of people who need to be moved this time.

Even if it is calculated based on the fifty taels of silver required for a household to relocate a household, a hundred thousand households are five million taels of silver. Where does this silver come from? Where does the food, agricultural tools and even plowing ox come from?

As far as I know, the land and taxes received by the court every year are only six or seven million taels of silver, and they are unable to undertake such a huge plan. Could it be that the Hou of Jiangning wants to ask His Majesty to use the silver in the treasury? But this is a good way?"

Speaking of this, Sun Chengzong also stroked his beard.

“This is not necessary.”

Yang Feng shook his head.

"Last year, Ho Tian Ergeng confiscated several salt merchants in Jiangnan, and searched more than 20 million taels of silver. Although he used some in the past six months, the remaining silver was more than 10 million taels, and it is still stored in Your Majesty's treasury. I will send you a memorial later and ask Your Majesty to allocate 5 million taels of silver as needed to move the people. I believe Your Majesty will agree."

Hearing this, Sun Chengzong couldn't help but gasp.

He lived in Liaodong for a long time. Because he was too far away from Jiangning, he didn't know much about what happened in Jiangnan. A few days ago, he only heard that Yang Feng and Tian Ergeng were raiding their homes in Jiangnan, which made the heavens and the people resentful and the people live in trouble. When he heard this, he just shook his head and laughed. Although he didn't have a deep relationship with Yang Feng, he still believed in his character. This was just a rumor that was jealous of him.

Now that he heard Yang Feng say this, he couldn't help but be stunned. The false rumors of feelings are true. This guy can even search his house and collect taxes from the Ming Dynasty for four or five years. There is no one else with such skills.

However, after all, Sun Chengzong has been in the officialdom for most of his life, and his calmness is naturally far superior to others.

After taking a few deep breaths, his face calmed down, "Since Jiangning Hou has said that, the biggest problem no longer exists. It is better for Jiangning Hou and I to join forces to submit a memorial to Your Majesty and ask Your Majesty for your approval. What do you think?"

Yang Feng was very happy and said with a smile: "Of course, then please ask Lord Sun to write it. After writing it, we will sign it together and send it to His Majesty for preview. Let's advance this matter together. However, before this, I still have something to discuss with Lord Sun."

"Oh...what else?" Sun Chengzong looked at Yang Feng curiously.

"That's right." Yang Feng said seriously: "I thought that Huang Taiji and his so-called Qing Dynasty were destroyed by us, but it is difficult to guarantee that they will not rekindle again in the future. Therefore, I thought that it would be impossible to just move the people to Liaodong. I also had to cooperate with a certain number of retired soldiers and distribute weapons and armor to ensure the safety of our people in Liaodong. I wonder what you think?"

"Retired soldiers?"

Sun Chengzong thought about it for a while before slowly saying: "It's easy to say that the retired soldiers in Liaodong are from Liaodong. They were originally from Liaodong, and they will naturally stay in Liaodong after retirement. However, there are many soldiers from other places in the Liaodong army. After retirement, they will return to their hometowns. However, we are not willing to force them to stay."

Since the Ming Dynasty opened up the military household system implemented by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, it collapsed in the middle. It is more appropriate for those military households to be called peasants than military troops. Otherwise, there would be no phenomenon that hundreds of Japanese pirates dared to go deep into the Ming Dynasty to openly attack the county town during the Jiajing period.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's military household registration system had already been in name only, and any army with some combat effectiveness implemented the recruitment system.

The biggest difference between the recruitment system and the military household registration system is that the soldiers recruited by the recruitment system are voluntary, and their household registration is all good people. After retirement, they will also return to their hometowns. No one has the right to order them to join the military household.

Yang Feng, who had long expected Sun Chengzong to say this, smiled: "The soldiers are unwilling to stay because the price we gave is not enough. Since Liaodong is difficult for many unowned land, why can't we reward a piece of it to the soldiers who have made contributions? As long as there is a ties with the land, why don't we worry that the soldiers are unwilling to stay."

Listening to Yang Feng's explanation, Sun Chengzong's originally slightly frowning brow quickly unfolded and nodded, "Well, this idea is good. With the land, the soldiers are naturally willing to stay. This will make the safety of Liaodong even more foolproof. This matter is feasible!"

"That's good!" Seeing that Sun Chengzong agreed with his opinion, Yang Feng smiled, "Since Lord Sun said so, can the Jiangning soldiers under Benhou also be given land to them after they retire?"

After hearing this, Sun Chengzong was stunned. After a while, he laughed and said, "I said, how could the Hou of Jiangning be so generous to give advice to me? I feel that you want to ask for benefits for the soldiers under your command! OK... I agree to this matter, let the people below discuss the specific regulations."

"good!"

Seeing Sun Chengzong agreeing, Yang Feng couldn't help but feel happy. Liaodong is a good place. Wheat, rice, and even potatoes and sorghum can be planted. As long as it develops for several years, the changes here will definitely surprise everyone.
Chapter completed!