"Ouch! Mr. Lin, I have been hearing your name all the time recently, and I have always wanted to find an opportunity to meet you. I didn't expect you to come in person today!"
When Ma Changgui saw Lin Fan, he trotted over.
Lin Fan, who was riding on a war horse, did not even look at Ma Changgui and said coldly: "Are you Ma Changgui, the magistrate of Nanyang Prefecture?"
"Hehe! Returning to my lord, my subordinate is none other than Ma Changgui! My lord, I have prepared tea for you in my house, and I would like to ask you to go and talk to me at my house!"
Ma Changgui said with a smile.
"Let's go!"
Lin Fan said coldly.
Ma Changgui led the way, while Lin Fan, fifty thousand tiger and leopard riders, and ten thousand royal guards entered the city in a mighty manner. When the landlords and gentry in the city learned the news of Lin Fan's arrival, they all hurriedly brought Hou with them.
Come.
Ma Changgui's mansion was very lively today. The famous landowners and gentry in Nanyang City were all here, and Lin Fan was also ready to show off his acting skills.
During the banquet, the landowners and gentry came forward to propose a toast one by one. However, Lin Fa responded one by one with tea instead of wine on the grounds that he did not drink alcohol.
Seeing Lin Fan being so polite, everyone felt relieved a lot. Ma Changgui even smiled and said, "Master Lin, you came to our Nanyang Mansion for disaster relief?"
Ma Changgui already knew that Lin Fan came with a large amount of food this time. If all of it was given to Nanyang Mansion, it would definitely solve the problem of the victims here.
Lin Fan looked at Ma Changgui, smiled slightly, and said, "That's right, I'm here just to appease the victims."
Hearing Lin Fan's answer, Ma Changgui's face suddenly turned cold. If the problem of the victims of Nanyang Mansion can be solved, he will have done a great job!
"Haha! Mr. Lin, in the current war and chaos, you can buy so much food, and you can also provide it to the victims so generously. You are really serving the country and the people!"
"Master Lin is a true hero in this world! What a hero!"
"Master Lin, this food is enough to make the victims of Nanyang Mansion live in peace. If it is not enough, we, the people, will help Master Lin to appease the victims!"
The landowners and gentry all said with a smile.
Ma Changgui also smiled and said: "Mr. Lin, to be honest, the number of victims in our Nanyang Mansion was larger before. If I hadn't been collecting donations and you guys here were helping me, this place would have been in chaos long ago!
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"Yes! This is our responsibility!"
Landlords and gentry all said the same thing.
Lin Fan looked at them and sneered in his heart. Each of these people were stingy and stingy. How could they give their own food to the victims?
I just said this to leave a good impression on myself. Thinking of this, Lin Fan showed a sad face and said: "Alas! The food I brought is for the tiger and leopard riders to eat, not for the tigers and leopards."
For the victims!"
"Well! Mr. Lin, how can we provide disaster relief if... there is no food?"
Ma Changgui said doubtfully.
"This... alas! To be honest, I came here this time on the order of Mr. Zhan Shiyu, the young master of Zhan Shifu. He asked me to allocate land to the people!"
"He also said that as long as it is not recorded in the imperial court, it is wasteland. The wasteland belongs to the imperial court and must be distributed to the victims so that all the victims have land!"
"Tell me, has Xiang Yu been kicked in the head by a donkey? The land annexation that Emperor Taizu talked about, doesn't this contradict Emperor Taizu's national policy?"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
"Yes! This land annexation is the intention of Emperor Taizu, and we have responded positively. How can those wastelands be given to the victims?"
"Mr. Lin, to be honest, we have been planting those wastelands for the sake of being better. Once the land is abandoned, there will be no way to grow food!"
"Master Lin, what does Your Majesty mean by this?
Are you really going to give the wasteland to those untouchables?"
The landowners and gentry all became anxious all of a sudden, and the anger present became a bit strange.
The land reported by these people is only a dozen acres in most and one or two acres in less, but each of them has thousands of hectares of fertile land at home!
If all of this was treated as wasteland and given away, their family would soon fall into decline and become an ordinary family.
Lin Fan said in a deep voice: "Alas! That's what I told Xiang Yu at the time, but you also know that Xiang Yu is the young master of Zhan Shifu, and he is favored by His Majesty and the Queen!"
"He insists on doing this, and I can't stop him. Besides, I'm unlucky enough to be chosen by them to carry out this task. Do you think I'm unlucky or not?"
"Alas! Don't say anything. I have sent Jin Yiwei to measure the land. I will leave the best land for you. Those that are not fertile will be distributed to the people!"
"Also, it is up to Magistrate Magistrate Ma to issue the land deeds to the people. This must be done within one day, otherwise, you will lose your head!"
When Lin Fan said this, he had a look of embarrassment on his face, as if he was forced by Xiang Yu. At this time, Ma Changgui's face instantly turned into the color of pig liver.
As the prefect of a prefectural city, he naturally has a lot of land in his name, but he has not reported even one acre of land!
Now, the wheat I planted is completely finished!
In fact, this was also part of Lin Fan's calculation. The land owned by the landlords and gentry had already been planted with wheat. If the common people accepted it, they would be able to plant and harvest it directly!
"This... Mr. Lin, is there no room for maneuver?"
"Master Lin, no matter what, you are doing this, why don't you give us a way to survive!"
"Mr. Lin, we can all work together to provide you with more than 100,000 kilograms of food to temporarily pacify the victims and ensure that you can do your job. Please show your kindness!"
Landowners and gentry said hurriedly.
Lin Fan said: "Alas! It's not that I don't help you, but that I can't help you. That Xiang Yu doesn't have a good relationship with me, and not many officials in the court have a good relationship with me. I helped you.
They must kill me!"
"So, I can only implement this matter thoroughly. If you have any opinions, go to that Xiang Yu. When the time comes, I will definitely help you and kill him!"
this……
"Master Lin, let me tell you the truth, those lands are not wastelands, but our lands!"
"That's right, Mr. Lin, those lands are actually our land. Mr. Lin can report it truthfully. As for giving it to those untouchables, it is absolutely not allowed!"
Landowners and gentry directly acknowledge that the land is theirs, and in the worst case, they can just pay taxes according to the actual amount.