Pang Tong smiled and said, "That's not the case. The difference is big. Now that all these privileges are taken away, everyone is the force of resistance. They must follow the lord honestly to conquer the world. When the general situation is settled, they will return part of the power and interests to everyone, which is a reward for everyone to follow at this time. Moreover, these slaves have many restrictions, which means that the power of our family will be under the law."

Pang Degong finally said: "You must remember that the current trend of the world is the Cao and Sun families. We have no choice but to support the Sun family. Moreover, since the Red Cliff victory, the Sun family has already had the advantage of the Sun family. Therefore, whether it is the division of the north and the south or the unification, we must follow the Sun family firmly. It is difficult for the Cao family to go south again, and you must also stand firm. You will all go to the dinner with me later and take advantage of the Shiyuan limelight, and you will also go out to see the long face."

At the dinner, everyone toasted Pang Tong. Pang Tong has always been super good at drinking, so he can handle it. After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Huang Chengyan asked the first question: "Nephew of Shiyuan, can you tell us about Wu Hou's attitude towards our Jingxiang gentry? We can only rely on our nephew to support us."

Pang Tong asked with a smile: "Uncle Huang, I heard that you are a descendant of the Mo family?"

Huang Chengyan couldn't say it was not. He knew that his daughter was arrested by Sun Quan, so he said, "This is indeed true. I really understand some of the skills of the Mohist school."

Pang Tong said: "If Uncle Huang can present these skills of the Mo family to benefit the people, my Lord will naturally not treat you badly."

Huang Chengyan fell into deep thought, and Xi Zhen continued, "Brother Shiyuan, I am polite. Actually, I think things are actually relatively simple. Just do whatever the Marquis of Wu asks us. But if Brother Shiyuan can bring us some gospels, it would be better. Marquis of Wu will definitely not be bad to his people."

Pang Tong saw that this was Xi Zhen from the Xi family, and he was indeed a smart person, so he said, "That's right, as long as you are willing to follow my Lord Wu Hou, you will naturally not treat you badly. Since everyone cares about my Lord's policies so much, I will introduce to you my Lord's policies."

Pang Tong stood up and continued, "The first is that everyone must give up before they can gain something."

Xiang Lang asked, "I don't know what to give up what I can get?"

Pang Tong replied: "The first thing that is abandoned is the tenants and servants of each family, and the like. My master once said that the aristocratic families rely on these servants and servants to resist bandits, but in fact, many self-cultivated farmers and the people have become their own servants and tenants, which has reduced the source of taxes and corvee, and greatly reduced the people controlled by the state. The major families have become small kingdoms, which is absolutely not allowed. The power of the state must belong to the state."

Kuai Le asked a question he was more concerned about: "Then our tenants are gone. Do we need to pay land tax on our land? Do we also need to pay tuition?"

Pang Tong smiled and said, "Everyone, you should have some understanding of the tax system in Jiangdong. Our rule is that all people under their rule, including Wu Hou himself, must pay taxes. For the people, they do not pay based on the population. They simply use land as the basis for tax payments, including the forest land owned by each family. The less the tax, the less the tax, the more taxes, and the more taxes are paid. If the limit exceeds a certain limit, they must pay double the taxes."

Yang Yi asked, "Then we have lost the capital to survive. I wonder what else we have to give up?"

Pang Tong smiled and said, "Everyone, in fact, the others start from here, that is, some of the privileges we have now need to be abandoned. Under the rule of Jiangdong, everything must be followed by the laws and regulations. No matter whether you are a noble family or a businessman, as long as you violate the laws and regulations, you will deal with them, and it is no exception."

Seeing that everyone was a little disregarded by this, Pang Tong continued, "Don't think this is easy to solve. We will set up police officers of certain strength in each county, and they will implement them according to the law. At the same time, your servants and others will be lifted. Moreover, all officials in Jiangdong are selected for examinations and are all served in different places. Even if our scholars from Jingxiang will not return to Jingxiang to serve. After the people from one county are selected, they will be served in another county."

"Of course, we will understand the system of Jiangdong in the future, but what I would like to remind everyone is that we have troops stationed everywhere. In addition, everyone should have heard of the Jinyiwei that we have nothing to hide from them, so if you want to say one thing and do another, you must have the ability to stop our Lord's anger." Pang Tong said with a threatening smell.

Sima Hui said to everyone: "Shi Yuan, you should talk about what Wu Hou can get for everyone. It won't make everyone unable to survive, right? That's no different from directly destroying various races."

Pang Tong bowed to Sima Hui and said, "Teacher, naturally, it won't be like this. My master is a kind person, so he will naturally point out the way for you." Then Pang Tong introduced the story of Sun Quan's transformation from a landlord to a businessman and a capitalist, and then said:

"Everyone, although I have never done business, I know that the rich people in the world are all businessmen, and we have the most profitable ones. For example, opening workshops or workshops, we can hire free people to work, but it is very profitable. Many paper, books, cotton cloths in Jiangdong are produced in this way. There are still many projects that we have already developed, and we are waiting for everyone to make it bigger."

Cai Yun asked: "How much does it cost to us?"

Pang Tong said: "This depends on what project you choose. After everything is stable, our Lord will arrange for the new prefect to talk to you about these things."

Pang Degong asked, "Who will this new prefect be?"

Pang Tong said: "It's okay to reveal it to everyone. My lord means that Nanjun and Xiangyang will be the same county in the future. It will be renamed Hubei County, and Changsha County will be changed to Hunan County, with Dongting Lake as the boundary. The county magistrate of the Hubei Army will transfer Zhang Hong to serve. This is a powerful character, and the lord likes him very much. The lord believes that he is both literary and military, and will definitely enter the cabinet in the future."

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!