Chapter 211 Stable JianghuGuan Shan spent three days to find out the situation in Luoyang. After discussing the plan with Shi Feizhe, he took Wu Ya to Yuzhou again. During the days Xi Ping was in Jingzhou, he just walked from Jicheng towards Jiangling, from village to village, and from town to town. A few years ago, the big city of Yangzhou became a ghost town due to the chaos caused by the Sacred Heart Religion. People in the city naturally fled outside. Those who had connections went to their relatives in other states, or to relatives and friends in the countryside. Those who had no other choice followed the official road, or went south, east to the sea, or west to Jingzhou. Therefore, in the past few years, there were many refugees in Jingzhou, and they would work like slaves for anyone who could give them food. Fortunately, under Shi Feizhe's management, Yangzhou gradually recovered, and many people returned to Yangzhou. Only 20% to 30% of the original people returned. After they returned, after the chaotic control in the early stage, they had land to cultivate without knowing why. In Yangzhou, all the land belongs to the Jianghu Reform Committee! Their land was leased from the Jianghu Reform Committee. Three years of free rent to encourage land reclamation. After three years, 20:80! It's not them two, it's them eight! If you plant well, you will get incentives. Compared with other places, it's like free! The huge land policy has accelerated the return of population to Yangzhou. It is said that in some places in Yangzhou, even monsters are asking if they can rent land to grow crops.
Just outrageous! Such a policy naturally attracted some people from Jingzhou to come to Yangzhou. Xiping has been paying attention to Jingzhou. Naturally, people coming from Jingzhou can be divided into two types. The first type is the common people, whose ancestors were warriors and who have a few acres of thin land of their own, but after deducting the annual tributes paid to the clans and sects, there is not much left. It can’t be considered as being alive, it can only be considered as not starving to death! Therefore, when they heard that this was how farming was done in Yangzhou, the brave ones immediately sold their property and ran over here. The other type is runaway slaves. They may be refugees who cannot make a living, so they sell themselves and farm for clans or sects. Or they could be ordinary people who, because of the great disaster in that year, borrowed high-interest loans from clans and sects, and the interest compounded themselves into farming slaves. Originally, they had no access to information about Yangzhou, but as more and more people went to Yangzhou, they heard the news. There are brave people everywhere who can't survive. These people will also run to Yangzhou. In addition, Shi Feizhe deliberately publicized their deeds, causing panic among people in the area of Jingzhou near Yangzhou. Local forces such as clans and sects are keeping an increasingly close eye on their men to prevent them from running away one day. As for coming to Yangzhou to cause trouble for slaves and tenant farmers... That's a joke! The more they watched people, the more it proved that what happened in Yangzhou was true, so more people wanted to escape, and they watched them even more closely. A vicious cycle has been formed, which is what Xi Ping and Shi Feizhe said before, that people in Jingzhou are becoming less and less human. Xiping is currently in a fishing village. Jingzhou has many water areas and naturally many fishing villages. There is a cold water pond outside the fishing village. The water is as clear as blue waves, so it is named Bi Bo Village. Xiping stood beside the cold water pond, looking at the faint sunlight shining on the cold water pond, and talking to the fishermen next to him.
He has a deep affection for fishermen because his first adoptive father was a fisherman. "It must be difficult to have such a pond next to your village, right?" Xiping said. There are no fish in clear water. Naturally, there are not many fish in cold water ponds. Moreover, they occupy such a large area, squeezing out the space of normal rivers and lakes. The fishermen's small boats can only go so far each day. "Indeed. This area of mountains, rivers and lakes all belongs to the 'Youwei Faction'. We have to give a portion of the fish we sell every day to the master of the Youwei Faction." The fisherman who was talking to Xiping was named Liu Ping. The tan skin was very rough, his features rugged and his eyebrows bushy. He spoke in a low voice because he was always humble in his daily life. The shorts he was wearing were so worn and torn that his ribs could be clearly seen through them. Youwei Sect is a small sect with only about a dozen people, and their leader is probably only at the level of Qi Hai. Xi Ping can beat ten such warriors! But it was such a warrior who could conquer several mountains and lakes and establish a sect. In the eyes of fishermen, he was an unattainable and invincible warrior. Just because they have a backstage. Their backer is the Nanshan Sword School. The Nanshan Sword Sect is a well-known sect in this area, managing the mountains, rivers, and fields within a radius of dozens of miles. The leader is a Zhoutian warrior. Xiping can defeat several such warriors! Of course, the Nanshan Sword Sect also has a backer, and that backer is the Dajiang Sword Sect in Jiangling. The Dajiang Sword Sect is a famous and upright sect in Jiangling City. It has real warriors in charge and is very famous. It manages an area of dozens of miles around Jiangling. If you count the sects with names attached, you can manage hundreds of miles around Jiangling City! Like a local tyrant! The Jianghu is like this. The background of any small sect is more or less related to real warriors. This kind of underworld structure is called "feudalism" within their Jicheng! The big sects granted land and areas to the small sects, and the small sects sealed off the mountains and swamps, reclaimed the land and paid benefits to the big sects to demonstrate their value and loyalty. In a world ruled by the strong, this form is very stable. After all, a warrior can't work by himself, he needs someone to serve him, that's what living is all about! "Does the fish have to be sold to a designated person?" Xiping asked again. "Yes! It is said that the man has connections with the top leaders of the Youwei faction." Liu Ping said in a low voice. "You must be very unwilling, right?" Xi Ping said. Liu Ping didn't say anything. What did he do even if he was unwilling? Only if you have power or connections can you get better at life. People like them can only live in a humble and miserable way. In the eyes of the Youwei faction, they are just tools to sell fish for money. "How many people are there in the village?" Xiping asked again. "Originally there were more than 20 stores, but now there are only seven or eight," Liu Ping replied. Without land to provide a stable income, the fishing village would naturally not be too large. Fishing also depends on the weather.
A family in a fishing village usually consists of three or four people. He added: "Some fled to Yangzhou, while others were discovered when they tried to escape and were beaten to death by the Youwei faction!" When he arrived, Xiping had already seen people from the Youwei faction patrolling the mountains and rivers. If all the people in Bibo Village ran away, who would pay them? Wouldn't that cut off their source of income? "Your cultivation is so high, are you going to take down the Youwei sect?" Liu Ping looked at Xi Ping and said cautiously. He had met Xiping several times before, so he felt comfortable saying these words. Some people said that they had seen Xiping in other fishing villages, so Xiping must be a highly skilled warrior. "Of course!" Xi Ping's words made Liu Ping happy. As the number of people in Bibo Village decreased, the Youwei faction asked them to catch more fish. If they caught less, they would be severely beaten. With fewer people, Youweipai must ensure that the money paid for selling fish will not change. But when it comes to fishing, some days there is more and some days there is less, it is difficult for every day to be the same. Naturally, he received many beatings. He felt like he couldn't survive any longer. If Xiping hadn't helped him fishing today, he wouldn't have had time to chat with Xiping. This person seems easy to talk to, so he shouldn't be too harsh then, right? He was thinking about this when he heard Xi Ping say to him seriously: "Not only will we defeat the Youwei Sect, we will also defeat the Nanshan Sword Sect, and then we will wipe out all the sects in this area!" (End of this chapter)
