"It is impossible to buy land. Except for the original Liaodong land west of Kuandian Liubao, the newly restored land will be the same as the four counties of the peninsula. All fields belong to the official land, even the wasteland reclaimed by oneself.

, no buying and selling allowed!”

Just kidding, Wang Bing, who wanted to 'confiscate' even the Liaodong land west of Kuandian Liubao, how could he let this untouched 'ownerless' God-given land embark on the old path of land annexation again?

"Hey, Third Brother, do you think if others know that the land here is so fertile, they won't be jealous or moved?"

Seeing that Wang Bing actually wanted to turn this amount of land, which was almost half of the thirteen provinces in the two capitals, into official land, Li Chengming couldn't help but remind him with a joking expression.

"Don't forget that this entire New Liaodong land will be the fiefdom of the princes of the Ming Dynasty in the future. It's okay to invade and occupy people's fields. If someone wants to invade the fiefdom of the prince, do they want to rebel? Hehe!

"

Looking at Zhu Changluo who was 'patrolling' in the newly reclaimed black land with an excited look on his face, Wang Bing also smiled maliciously.

You know, with the support of the little fat man, the re-emerged military generals and gentry have balanced the gentry and civil servant groups, and after the imperial power has been restored and strengthened again, how many people dare to openly invade the nominal prince's fiefdom?

"Well, that's true, how could I forget about this!"

Seeing the evil smile on Wang Bing's face, Li Chengming finally remembered that all the territory east of Shanhaiguan, including the four counties of the peninsula, had been used by the emperor as fiefdoms for future princes and kings of Liaodong. Dare you?

Come to invade the prince's fiefdom, is this special meow tired of living a long life?

"But if you really want to get some land here to grow food, it's not impossible..."

Looking at Li Chengming who looked stunned, Wang Bing immediately prepared to use a 'win-win' method to 'fool' him.

However, before he could finish his deceptive words, a roar suddenly came from his ears.

"You are so bold and dandy, how dare you ride your horse to trample the crops!!!"

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"I didn't know that His Highness the Crown Prince was here, and I spoke disrespectfully. I still ask Your Highness to punish you!"

Hu Dacheng was still kneeling down at the edge of the field where Wang Bing and the others were standing before to apologize. Although he was saying words of apology, there was no trace of fear on his face.

"Haha, I was so happy when I saw this fertile field that I didn't notice that there were crops planted in the field, so I trampled it with my horse. Why is it that Hu Qing is guilty of stopping me? Please get up quickly!"

It turned out that the voice that had previously angrily denounced Zhu Changluo as a ‘dandy’ was Hu Dacheng, who was a second-class Jinshi in Renchen Branch and was appointed by Wang Bing as one of the people in charge of land reclamation.

"Thank you for your grace, Your Highness. I wonder what your Highness is going to do?"

After bowing politely again, Hu Dacheng stood up.

I have to say that compared to those old-timers in the officialdom, these newbies in the officialdom are much more "real" in their work.

No, Hu Dacheng had just been 'pardoned' for the crime of 'disrespect'. In the blink of an eye, Hu Dacheng recklessly asked Zhu Changluo directly about the purpose of his visit. This kind of temperament was similar to that of his distant cousin, Yulin Wei.

Brother Hu Dabiao is worthy of comparison.

"Haha, Hu Qing, don't worry. I just received the good news that the Yulin Guards have attacked the Jurchen tribe in Beishan. I think that all Nuergandusi will be recovered soon, and the people who will immigrate here next year will also arrive, so I came here specially to see it.

Look at how well the people’s houses and farmland have been prepared. But I didn’t expect that I just saw the prepared fields and it gave me a big surprise, haha!”

Hu Dacheng had no 'experience' in being an official, and the prince Zhu Changluo was basically a newbie, so he actually explained it to him directly.

"Your Highness, you must be aware! The black soil in Gandusi is so fertile that I have never seen it in my life. You can squeeze out even a handful of dirt to produce oil!"

Listening to Zhu Changluo's praise of this black land, Hu Dacheng also took up the topic with a look of joy.

"Oh? I didn't expect that Hu Qing is so familiar with this farming matter!"

Seeing that Hu Dacheng, a new academician who was "not aware of anything outside the window", actually said similar words to Wang Bing before, Zhu Changluo couldn't help but look at him with admiration.

"Well, Your Highness is being ridiculous! After I took over this land reclamation project, I barely understood this farming thing from those Japanese laborers. I really don't deserve such praise."

Faced with such a good opportunity to express themselves, those old-timers in the officialdom would at most be modest on the surface, but in reality they would definitely try their best to take credit for themselves.

But Hu Dacheng honestly explained the origin of his "skill" without any intention of hiding it.

"Hu Qing is so sincere!"

Seeing that Hu Dacheng had revealed the truth about his practice of learning and selling, Zhu Changluo, who was also learning and selling, immediately had a good impression of Hu Dacheng.

"Master Hu, I wonder how much cultivated land there is now. Will there be enough land allocated before the immigrants arrive next spring?"

Seeing that if the two of them continued talking, it would become a "commercial bragging". Wang Bing, who was on the side, took the opportunity of Zhu Changluo's emotion to ask about the number of acres of Hu Dacheng's cultivated land.

"Back to the Marquis, to be honest, if we calculate it based on thirty acres per person, I'm afraid it will be difficult to complete the number of acres specified by the Marquis next spring."

When Wang Bing asked about the number of acres of cultivated land, Hu Dacheng looked a little embarrassed and shook his head.

"We don't have cattle, so we rely on manpower to open up wasteland. No matter how much the officials and others urge them, the Japanese can only cultivate about three acres of land every day. In addition, winter here comes too early, and before the land freezes, at most

Only half of the land can be opened up..."

First, he directly admitted that he could not complete the reclamation of 30 acres of land per capita before spring, and then Hu Dacheng revealed the reasons for this.

"In other words, only about 15 million acres of land can be prepared before next spring?"

Hearing Hu Dacheng's answer, Wang Bing couldn't help but frown.

"I'm talking about the third child. In fact, fifteen acres is about the same. Even during the Taizu period, each household was only allocated about fifteen acres of land. Now you allocate thirty acres to each person. Can they grow it? Besides,

This time, in addition to the fields, we have even prepared the houses for them in advance. What else are they dissatisfied with?"

Seeing Wang Bing frowning and dissatisfied, Li Chengming couldn't help but say a kind word to Hu Dacheng from the side.

"Haha, since we can give them thirty acres, we will naturally find a way to let them finish farming. Let's do this. After the spring starts, we will divide them according to fifteen acres per person, and the rest will be divided by the end of next year at the latest.

Gotta make it all up!”

Regarding the issues that Li Chengming was worried about, Wang Bing seemed to be very confident!

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Chapter completed!