Changsha County official Li Zhi relied on the favor of the prefect Han Xuan to make things difficult for many of his colleagues. Zhang Yao's cousin told him this in detail.

Li Zhi was beheaded by Wei Yan, and it was his own fault.

Now I have an excuse to push out the vassals of the Li family. This will not only allow the population and land controlled by Changsha County to be reflected in the land register, let everyone vent their anger, and the few families will not react too much, but also gain some benefits for themselves.

Divide it up for a while.

Zhang Yao pinched his short beard and believed that none of the people present would refuse.

Everyone's bargaining is just about how many people and land they want to divide. If they dismember the Li family's branches, they can't give it all to the government. They have to get some benefits before they choose to watch indifferently.

On a tributary of the Xiangjiang River, the boat docked. Guan Ping and others got off the boat and walked slowly in the fields.

"Li Zheng, do we grow sesame seeds here?"

"Some people actually grow it."

Li Jun thought for a while and replied directly, small people and small families would not grow such things, and only wealthy families would pursue a better taste.

At this time, Li Jun naturally did not expect that under Guan Ping's urging, the other families would use his family's power to attack him after careful discussion.

To be honest, Li Zhi was killed by Wei Yan, which really hurt the Li family's face. However, Wei Yan not only did not stay in Linxiang County, but was taken away by Liu Bei, but the Li family did not think that their Li family's death was in vain.

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If the Li family doesn't even respond to this kind of thing, I'm afraid those powerful people and refugees who are attached to it will also be taken away by other families.

The strong is the king. If you have no strength, why should others be willing to serve you? If you are bullied by other families and the head of the family dare not even let go, then isn't serving your Li family in vain?

“When do you plant sesame seeds?”

"If it's early, it will be March, if it's later, it needs to be planted before the heat. The sesame seeds planted early will bloom and bear fruit around August 15th."

"Oh." Guan Ping seemed quite happy: "I didn't expect Li Zheng to be so familiar with mulberry farming. Fortunately, I brought you out, otherwise I wouldn't know who to ask?"

"If the prefect cares about farming, you can ask the old farmers in the fields. They know more than the lower officials."

Li Jun was told by the patriarch of his family to be polite to Guan Ping. A general who is used to killing people will inevitably have a bad temper.

In addition, the Li family was held back when Uncle Liu Huang attacked Linxiang County.

The revenge against Wei Yan must be avenged, but the new lord must be praised as well as deserved. There is no conflict between the two.

Although the revenge of nine generations can be repaid, your direct descendants of the Li family have been killed, and you don't even dare to say a word to let others see you.

The situation in Jingzhou is unstable now, but in the long run, Prime Minister Cao came with a million troops. This defeat must have severely damaged his vitality, and the four counties in Jingnan have been occupied by Liu Bei.

It could be as short as three to five years, or as long as ten or twenty years. Uncle Liu is afraid that he will not leave. If his family fails to keep up with the pace of the new lord, it will inevitably be surpassed by other aristocratic families and left behind. This is not what they want to see.

Arrived.

This time, Li Jun has already been told by his family to take the opportunity to serve Guan Ping well. If there is a chance, it will be worthwhile for the Li family to quickly enter the ranks of Uncle Liu's officials.

If there are no privileges in the formal system, no matter how many people and land there are, it may not be possible to preserve them.

Guan Ping has given Zhang Yao a clear message. He really doesn't know whether Zhang Yao will cut or who he will cut, but he can be sure that he will cut other people's interests.

Guan Ping doesn’t care whether it’s the Li family or not!

In short, as long as Zhang Yao is the first to stretch out his knife and chop someone, Guan Ping will not let the knife stop. It must be seamlessly connected to the other person's hand to encourage them to chop melons and vegetables with each other.

The most important thing is that the leader of his own society has not yet issued any order to seek talents. Those Jingzhou scholars who followed him before the Battle of Chibi have not all been arranged properly. I am afraid that there are not too many positions left for new speculators.

This was Guan Ping's opportunity, and it was Guan Ping who told Zhuge's military advisor to dissuade him from recruiting Jingzhou scholars.

One is because the ambitious people who came to join the Three Brothers Society when it was in trouble have not yet found a place to properly display their talents. The other is because they want to suppress the local aristocratic families in Jingzhou.

After all, Jingzhou changed hands again, and he suddenly no longer had political privileges in these aristocratic families. If he couldn't catch the bait thrown by Guan Ping in time, wouldn't it be another step down?

If your Zhang family doesn't fight for it, other aristocratic families will fight for it, and it will be the Zhang family that will suffer.

Now it's just sacrificing other people's interests to meet the conditions set by Guan Ping, so why should there be any hesitation?

"I, the general, have been fighting with my father. I don't know anything about the fields. I have only read a few books about Pan Sheng. I really have no idea about farming." Guan Ping said casually.

Li Jun believed that what Guan Ping said was true. It was hard to speak clearly without having been in the fields for several years.

"When there is more food in the future, we will grow more sesame seeds in the fields so they don't take up space."

"What the prefect said is true." Li Jun continued: "Sesame has many uses and tastes good. The most important thing is that it can resist hunger. When cooked, it can remove the fishy smell and produce fragrance. According to Zhang Shenyi's medicine, it can also treat poisonous diseases.

Sores, if farmers can grow sesame seeds, there will be many benefits."

Guan Ping nodded seriously, thinking that sesame seeds can be used to extract oil, the finished product can be used to set fires, and the dregs can be stored to satisfy hunger. If not, it can also be used to feed cattle or war horses.

After all, it is too difficult to find an oil field on the Jingzhou boundary, and it is not easy to exploit it. It is better to prepare more sesame oil and store it.

Menghuo oil has to be easily mined from Sichuan, but transportation is somewhat difficult.

As far as the eye can see, the rice fields are still deserted, but there are already many people working in the rice fields.

Guan Ping actually understood that in the north, planting is generally done in rotation. After planting wheat, beans must also be planted to consolidate the nitrogen fertilizer in the soil, and then wheat is planted.

But today, rice fields in the south still use fire plowing and water plowing.

Guan Ping saw that these civilians were removing stagnant water from the fields, and wondered whether there was no hand-operated water truck for drainage yet?

"Yiyang is a good place!"

Guan Ping sighed, Yiyang is a battleground for military strategists, and it is also the point of attack for Jiangdong to control the four counties in Jingnan.

Han Liang, who was working on the side, did not want to lose the limelight to Li Jun, so he also smiled and said: "What the prefect said is true. Yiyang borders Xiangyin to the east, Wangcheng to the southeast, Xinhua County to the south, and Xuzhou to the west.

It borders Pu County and is adjacent to Hanshou County in the northwest. It is connected by water and land in all directions.

The territory is sloping from south to north. The southern half is a hilly mountainous area, which belongs to the Xuefengshan Mountains. The northern half is the Dongting Lake siltation plain. It has a water town scenery. It is really like looking at the vast lake with the snowy peaks in the back, and the mountains are half beautiful.

What a beautiful view of the lake!”

"Han Zhengzheng is very talkative." Guan Ping smiled, walked to the end of the field, and said with a smile: "Old man, how was last year's harvest?"

The old farmer who was scooping water had actually seen this group of soldiers a long time ago. He saw a young man with a smile on his face and asked how much grain he harvested last year. Oh, don't think about it, I will ask you to take the grain again!

Last year's harvest was good, but the food for Prime Minister Cao's "million-strong army" was not only supplied from Jiangling City, but also from the four counties in Jingnan.

Otherwise, Liu Bei would not have come up with an excuse to cut off Jiangling City's food supply and lead his troops to conquer the four counties south.

The old farmer sighed first, then deepened the wrinkles on his forehead, shook his head and patted his thigh and said: "Don't mention it, it's too miserable, old man, I can't even shed tears even if I want to!"

"Hey." Guan Ping became interested. He squatted aside and said with a smile: "Old man, tell me, you are farming well, why are you so miserable?"

Guan Ping waved his hand and signaled Han Liang not to start a fight. Instead, he wanted to ask what the old man said about misfortune and whether there was something really wrong with them.

What's so bad is that this gives us an excuse to attack local tycoons and divide their land.

Otherwise, why would Guan Ping conduct on-the-spot investigation? When sending troops now, he must have a great cause in mind and a good reputation. After all, this is his own territory, so he must pay attention to the impact.

"When Prime Minister Cao came, he had to collect grain. We handed over all the grain. But as soon as Prime Minister Cao left, Uncle Liu came again and wanted to collect grain."

"Li Zheng, can someone cross my path and tell the counties below about the grain requisition?"

"No."

Li Jun cupped his hands and replied, he actually wanted to remind Guan Ping that these old farmers were not all fools, and they had never exposed their wealth. Don't listen to what he said, the government really didn't dare to regulate the grain at will.

When the old farmer heard that Li was taking this official position, he put down the water scooping utensil and cupped his hands and said, "May I ask who this is?"

Li Jun also said in a gentle voice: "This is Guan Ping, Guan Dingguo, the governor of Changsha County."

"Oh, it turns out he is Uncle Liu's nephew and the son of General Guan. I have met Grand Administrator Guan." The old farmer hurriedly handed over his hand, but the basket was a bit big. He really didn't expect that this young man, who was as old as his grandson, would actually

He is the governor of Changsha County.

"It's okay, old man, please tell me who bullied you. Even if you tell me, old man, you also know that Uncle Liu loves the people like a son and will definitely make decisions for you. I, the general, will not allow officials who bully the people to exist under my rule.

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Guan Ping is worried that he can't find an excuse. This is not a ready-made excuse!

The old farmer's dark face concealed a hint of anxiety and fear of the officials.

I heard that Uncle Liu really loved his people as his own children, otherwise there would not have been hundreds of thousands of people in Jingbei fleeing with him.

Thinking of this, the old farmer swallowed his saliva and immediately knelt in the rice field: "My family's field has been occupied by others, and I hope Governor Guan can make the decision for me."

"What, there is such a thing!" Guan Ping stretched out his hand and pulled the old farmer onto the dirt road.

The old farmer was immediately moved and overwhelmed, and even felt a little regretful that he had just coaxed this young man. What a good boy, in a high position, and he grabbed his hand regardless of the mud.

Han Liang and Li Jun looked at each other. It was a normal operation to occupy the fields, but now, they were afraid that they would hit the Grand Chief Guan Ping's sword.

However, Yiyang is a vassal and powerful person of the Zhang family, so it is worth looking forward to beheading the Zhang family!

Yiyang is such a wonderful land, but it's a pity that everyone can't get in. If Guan Ping really used Guan Ping's hand to cut off one of the Zhang family's hands, then their family would have a chance to get in.

And looking at Guan Ping's behavior, he will definitely not take this matter lightly. It is really a good opportunity, and we must give him a few more firewood!

Li Jun took a step forward with a smile, cupped his hands and said: "Don't worry, old man, my eunuch is also a man who loves the people as a son, no matter who is occupying your fields!"

The old farmer gritted his teeth and said, "I want the eunuch to know. The county government said that I would be given the land as a single husband, but the young man was only given half of the land, and the young daughter was given half and half. They also had to pay taxes on the entire land."

"Oh?" Guan Ping turned his head and asked, "How many acres of land is one man's land?"

"Back to the prefect, one man's land is forty acres!"
To be continued...