After the clan rebellion was settled, Yueyang City finally returned to its former peace after a period of turmoil.

What had just calmed down was followed by another wave. As Wei Hou Wei Feng patrolled the west of the river, news came from Qin and Dong, but there were some faint waves in Yueyang City.

However, facing the silk book that was placed on the case at the moment, Gongsun Yang, the magistrate of Yueyang County, did not appear to be in a hurry.

As the thoughts in my mind kept flowing, seal characters were constantly being written on the bamboo slips in front of me.

Just as Gongsun Yang was writing silently in his study alone, two footsteps of different frequencies entered his ears.

Along with the rapid footsteps in front of him, a familiar voice appeared in front of Gongsun Yang.

"My brother Yang, how can you still sit here?"

Gongsun Yang paused slightly with the ink pen in his hand, raised his head and cast his gaze forward, only to see Gongzi Yan standing upright in front of him at this moment.

Seeing the impatient look on Gongzi Yan's face, Gongsun Yang continued to write with the ink pen in his hand, and at the same time, a smile appeared on his face.

"In the past, the young master was always on the school grounds, watching the battles between his soldiers and my Yueyang soldiers. How come you have time to come to my Yueyang official residence today?"

Young Master Yan, who was originally anxious, suddenly felt a sense of astonishment creeping onto his face when he heard Gongsun Yang asked these words.

"Brother Yang, why don't you know?"

While asking in astonishment, Gongzi Yan quickly came to Gongsun Yang's side.

"That shouldn't be the case. My brother is patrolling west of Hexi. I already know the news about Qin Dong. It doesn't make sense that you, as the magistrate of Yueyang County, didn't get the news?"

"I do know about this matter."

The ink pen in his hand still did not stop, but Gongsun Yang glanced at the silk book on the case.

"This is the silk letter sent from Anyi. It was just delivered to me not long ago."

"That's it!"

After hearing Gongsun Yang's explanation, the shock on Gongzi Yan's face immediately disappeared, replaced by a look of sudden realization.

"I'm just telling you that I, the captain of the Hexi Military Academy, have heard about things. Brother Yang, as the magistrate of Yueyang County, why are you..."

Before he finished speaking, Gongzi Yan immediately realized that something was wrong.

Obviously it was because Gongsun Yang had not taken action that he hurried over to remind him that the Marquis of Wei's chariot would arrive soon.

Why has it been so long since I came in and I still haven’t brought the topic to what I was originally going to say.

Thinking back carefully, Gongzi Yan immediately understood that he was once again led to another fork in the road by Gongsun Yang.

Thinking of this, holding the silk book from Anyi in his hand, Gongzi Yan looked at Gongsun Yang again, with a bit of solemnity flashing in his eyes.

"Brother Yang, I'm not joking with you."

"My brother's tour to the west of Hexi and Qindong this time is not only for the purpose of calming people's hearts, but also because of the chaos caused by the previous family."

"So Brother Yang is bound to come to the Yueyang land under your rule. Hasn't Brother Yang thought about making some preparations?"

Looking at Gongzi Yan, who had a solemn face at this moment, Gongsun Yang gently put the ink pen aside and asked softly with a smile.

"How do you know that I haven't been preparing for your inspection of Yueyang these days?"

"Forehead……"

Just this simple question left Gongzi Yan, who was standing next to Gongsun Yang, speechless.

He had not seen any large-scale actions in Yueyang before, so he thought that Gongsun Yang did not make any response, but he did not expect that others had already made preparations.

Ignoring Gongzi Yan who didn't know what to say at the moment, Gongsun Yang's eyes fell on Sun Boling who was slowly walking into the gate.

"Brother Boling, you came just in time."

Gongsun Yang gently blew on the scroll of bamboo slips above the desks to make the ink on it dry faster. Gongsun Yang immediately stood up from behind the desks.

"Son."

"Brother Birling."

His eyes flickered between the two people in front of him. Gongsun Yang handed over the scroll of bamboo slips he had just written, with a look of asking for advice on his face.

"Can you two please help me take a look at the content on this bamboo slip?"

After hearing what Gongsun Yang said, Sun Boling and Gongzi Yan had completely different expressions on their faces.

Looking around, Sun Boling's face still had the same calm expression, but Gongzi Yan's eyes showed strong curiosity.

However, facing Gongsun Yang's request at this moment, the two of them, as his friends, naturally did not say anything to refuse, and immediately took the scroll of bamboo slips.

When his eyes just fell on the bamboo slip in his hand and he could only see clearly the few seal characters on the far right, Sun Boling's originally calm face showed a bit of surprise.

After reading the seal characters several times, Sun Boling asked Gongsun Yang with great solemnity: "Brother Yang Yang, have you made up your mind?"

"Well, I have been preparing for this day since I took office in Yueyang."

"The move to establish trust has given me and the officials of Wei State a different prestige in the hearts of the common people in Yueyang than in the past;"

"Measuring the land gave me a clear understanding of the distribution of public and private fields in Liyang;"

"To pacify the clan, I finally got rid of the constraints on my body and was able to fight with great fanfare and great vigor."

When the words came to this point, the expression on Gongsun Yang's face was already full of excitement, and wisps of determination continued to appear in his eyes.

In fact, there was one thing Gongsun Yang did not mention to the two people in front of him, and that was the support for him from the capital Anyi.

Thinking of the ardent expectations of Wei Marquis Wei Feng conveyed by Prime Minister Gongsun Qi hidden in his arms, Gongsun Yang felt a burning sensation in his heart.

You treat me as a nobleman of the country, and I will repay you as a nobleman of the country.

The belief in his eyes became more and more firm, Gongsun Yang looked at the two people in front of him, "Now everything is ready, and I have made up my mind. I just don't know if you two are willing to help me, Gongsun Yang?"

"

While Gongsun Yang was speaking, Sun Boling and Gongzi Yan had already taken a rough look at the scroll of bamboo slips he had written, and understood what he wanted to do.

At this moment, facing the invitation extended by Gongsun Yang, the always generous Gongzi Yan hardly hesitated at all.

"Brother Yangma and I are close friends who talk about everything, partners who share honor and disgrace. Since Brother Yang invites me, I am bound to do this."

Listening to Gongzi Yan's words at this moment and looking at the look on his face, Gongsun Yang only had one thought left in his mind.

If you have friends like this, you will have no regrets in this life.

After Gongzi Yan's promise hit the ground, Sun Boling on the side also bowed to Gongsun Yang after thinking about it for a while.

"Although Boling has no merit in politics, if Brother Yang is in need, Boling should do his best."

After saying these words, Gongsun Yang, Sun Boling and Gongzi Yan looked at each other for a long time, and a smile called friendship bloomed brightly on their faces.

"Brother Yang, now that you have decided to do this, where should you start?"

After listening to the question raised by Sun Boling, Gongsun Yang thought for a while and finally gave an answer.

"In peace."

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As Gongsun Yang made this decision, and as the government notices were posted on the walls of Nanshi, Liyang City, which had already entered 364 BC, began to become lively.

When the figure of the county magistrate Gongsun Yang appeared in Ping'an, the easternmost part of Yueyang, a trend began to sweep through the entire city of Yueyang.

Countless Li Shu people who had received the news were looking forward to it, hoping that Magistrate Gongsun would come to their hometown one day early and bring them what they had been waiting for for a long time.

At this point, everyone must have guessed that the trend or specifically a system promoted by Gongsun Yang in Yueyang was the "land grant system".

With the development of science and technology and the improvement of productivity levels, the well-field system originally implemented in the land of Qindong no longer meets Li Shu's production expectations.

This is also the main reason why today in Yueyang and even Qindong, the public fields that should have been cultivated by everyone are gradually being abandoned, while private fields cultivated by individuals have become common.

However, private land is still private land after all. It is cultivated by the common people themselves and will not receive protection from the government.

Although they had seen the decline of the well-field system before, the Qin government, which originally ruled Qindong, also introduced the "initial grain lease" law and began to collect taxes based on the grain produced per acre;

However, due to the internal turmoil in the Qin State and the lack of prestige of the Qin State officials among the Li people, the "first lease of grain" was not effectively implemented in the land of Qindong.

This time Gongsun Yang implemented the land grant system in Yueyang, which completely broke the well-field system that had been implemented for thousands of years.

According to the decree proposed by Wei Prime Minister Li Kui decades ago, there will no longer be a distinction between public land under the well-field system and private land cultivated by farmers themselves, and they will all be brought under the management of the government.

Under this premise, the government will grant these lands to the Li Shu people under their rule based on the standard of one hectare of land per household, which is one hundred acres.

From then on, the Li Shu people under the rule no longer needed to cultivate the government's public land, but instead handed over a certain amount of harvest as rent, and the government guaranteed the Li Shu people's ownership of these lands.

After the land grant system was implemented, the Li Shu got a hectare of land that was enough to support their family, and the government received the rent, which was mainly grain, handed over by the Li Shu. This can be said to have achieved a balance between the Li Shu's survival and the government's rent.

This is why the Li Shu people in Yueyang wanted Gongsun Yang to go there as soon as possible. It was because they couldn't wait to get the hundred acres of land that belonged to them.

That is to say, at the same time that Gongsun Yang was vigorously implementing the land grant system in Yueyang and completely mobilizing the enthusiasm of Lishu in Yueyang, a somewhat special team entered the territory of Yueyang.

After resting for a night in a village called Ping'anli in the easternmost part of Liyang, the team began to move toward Liyang City in the west.

"Drive, drive, drive..."

Although the horse he was riding under him was galloping, Wei Feng, who was walking at the front of the team, stopped the horse's speed.

He looked back with a happy face, and the faces that came into view had somewhat complicated and inexplicable expressions at this moment.

When the team behind him caught up with him and came to the side of the youngest figure among them, Wei Feng's voice immediately rang out.
To be continued...