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Li Yingxing promoted his business extensively.
Many wealthy households, seeing their land depleted,
Keeping it any longer will only make it a hot potato.
It will bring trouble upon yourself.
It would be better to just offer it to Liangshan.
In exchange, it brought some business advantages.
Liangshan was naturally very happy about this.
Previously, a market was established around the waters.
Acquiring and selling various materials;
This was all because, at that time, although the various prefectures and counties dared not attack Liangshan,
However, they set up roadblocks everywhere to obstruct Liangshan's goods.
That's why Liangshan had no choice but to step in personally.
Establish markets to acquire scarce goods.
This is convenient in the short term.
However, it also easily attracts corruption.
After all, there are four markets surrounding the waterfront.
He received money every day.
It amounted to tens of thousands of strings of cash.
Even if it's not overt embezzlement,
I only occasionally accept kickbacks.
They can also become extremely greedy and amass a fortune.
In order to punish corruption in market management
Ironclad Clerk Pei Xuan has already killed dozens of people.
However, the results were still minimal.
There will always be people who can't control their greed.
Now, taking advantage of the fact that wealthy households everywhere are offering up their land...
On Liangshan side,
They also took the opportunity to develop the market business that originally surrounded the lake.
Divide into small parts.
The contracts were awarded to these wealthy households.
And these wealthy households,
In order to earn more profit from the price difference
They began to organize caravans to travel around trading.
Even if it's a journey of thousands of miles,
And I'm willing to do it.
In the past, whether it was the white sugar and refined salt sold in Liangshan,
It's still about acquiring pig iron, medicinal herbs, and animal hides.
Almost all of it enriched merchants from other places.
Now, these businesses are divided into smaller, contracted-out portions.
After making a profit from the price difference, Liangshan...
They can then collect a considerable amount of tax revenue.
Meanwhile, wealthy households in Yunzhou and Jizhou...
Seeing the profits gained by the traveling merchants,
Far exceeding the ability to forage in the fields,
For a while,
Their hostility towards Liangshan has also greatly decreased...
Chapter 460 Should We Eliminate the Weeds at the Root?
Zhao Yuan's departure from Liangshan this time,
More than half a month,
Although Wen Huanzhang and Xu Guanzhong were present
But many things,
But he still has to make the decisions himself.
In the Hall of Gathering Righteousness,
Zhao Yuan is discussing with Wen Huanzhang.
Shouldn't some of the people from Liangshan be sent down the mountain?
In the past six months or so,
As Liangshan's prestige grew higher and higher throughout Shandong,
With nowhere to go,
The people who came to join Liangshan.
And there are more and more of them.
The soldiers and civilians within Liangshan Marsh alone
The number had already exceeded 100,000.
With such a large population,
They were all crowded in the water.
This naturally led to a variety of problems.
Previously, Liangshan did not have enough space to house them.
Today, Dulonggang is occupied by Liangshan.
Even if the land there were divided equally among the villagers on the hill...
Yet, nearly 10,000 acres of fertile land still remain.
These fields,
They could all be used to resettle the surplus people on Liangshan Mountain.
"The Dulonggang area can accommodate about four or five thousand households, nearly ten thousand people,"
Wen Huanzhang hesitated and said,
"But Dulonggang has just been occupied by Liangshan. Such a large-scale relocation of people may not be welcomed by the original villagers of the hill."
"That's fine,"
Zhao Yuan pondered for a moment,
"We should take advantage of the fact that Liangshan has just captured Dulonggang and is at the height of its military power, while the people on the hill are still fearful, so that we can move them."
"As for the conflicts with the local people, we can encourage more intermarriage between the two sides!"
"In this way, as long as the relocated households from Liangshan marry the original villagers of Dulonggang, the household will be exempt from land tax for two years."
"During Liangshan's attack on Dulonggang, the Zhu Family Village lost nearly a thousand young and strong men."
"Many families lack able-bodied men!"
"If we could establish marriage alliances with the families of the people who have migrated from Liangshan, wouldn't that be perfect!"
"The chieftain's idea is quite good,"
Wen Huanzhang nodded.
"I will have Pei Kongmu begin selecting the relocated people today,"
"It would be best for the chieftain to send someone to inform Scholar Xu as soon as possible, so that they can make preparations accordingly."
"Alright, I'll send someone right away..."
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Zhao Yuan had not finished speaking when
Suddenly, a guard at the gate came in to report.
It is said that the newly appointed leader of the mountain, Luan Tingyu, has something to ask for an audience.
"Teacher Luan, what's wrong with him?"
Zhao Yuan was somewhat surprised.
"Chief, I heard that this Teacher Luan has adopted Zhu Chaofeng's grandson,"
Wen Huanzhang pondered for a moment and said,
"While his actions are righteous, if that child grows up and learns about the events at Zhu Family Village, I fear..."
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"That child is only three or four years old. You're not suggesting I eliminate the problem completely, are you?"
Zhao Yuan said nonchalantly,
"If he wants revenge, it will take him at least ten years."
"At that time, if Liangshan had been able to seize control of the world, they would naturally not have been afraid of a mere orphan of the Zhu family."
"But if Liangshan's power declines and becomes precarious, then it makes no difference whether he is there or not."
"The chieftain's magnanimity is truly admirable,"
Wen Huanzhang sincerely praised it.
He was telling the truth.
After all, no one wants to follow a lord who is vengeful and holds grudges.
I live in constant fear...
Chapter 461 Luan Tingyu Wants to Go Down the Mountain
"Let Teacher Luan in,"
Zhao Yuan gave the order,
After the guards left,
Luan Tingyu quickly entered the hall.
He bowed to the two of them.
"Chief, strategist!"
"What brings you here, teacher?"
Zhao Yuan asked curiously,
"But some of the cavalry in your battalion are disobeying orders?"
Yang Zhi was transferred to guard Dulonggang Town.
His soldiers were mainly composed of the elite "330" infantry of Liangshan.
And mainly newly recruited soldiers from Dulonggang,