The Three Kingdoms began with island farming

Chapter 546 Spoils Sharing Conference
The news of the princes' westward expedition quickly spread throughout the Northeast Plain.

The noble families who were working hard to develop their business had mixed feelings.

What was supposed to come finally came.

Although the aristocratic families were generally optimistic about leaving the Han Dynasty, it was impossible for them not to have some reluctance and worry in their hearts.

It takes great courage to start all over again from a familiar place to an unfamiliar land.

But that's all they can do.

Because the benefits are great enough and there is no other choice.

The tactic of combining a big stick with a sweet date will never get out of date, and Tian Ze used it very well.

Moreover, Tian Ze did leave them some room to establish branches, but there were significant restrictions on the scale. However, they still left roots after all.

Whether for the Han people, for their own interests or for survival, they had to go through this journey.

However, their complicated feelings soon changed completely with a meeting convened by Zhuge Liang.

In the huge conference hall, Zhuge Liang looked at the hundreds of powerful families below the stage and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

How powerful are the aristocratic families!
The threshold for this meeting is to be able to fully control a family with more than 10,000 people.

You know, these families have experienced countless suppressions, and families several times larger than theirs have been eliminated by Tian Ze and others in just ten years.

Even so, there are still so many people sitting here, not counting the newly conquered families from the Central Plains and the South.

While Zhuge Liang was sighing, he couldn't help feeling a little powerless.

No matter how hard they try, it seems that power, knowledge and wealth will slowly gather in these families.

It is obvious that he has tried his best to be fair and even biased towards the people.

However, these people's vision, confidence, and pattern are destined to enable them to grow at a speed far exceeding ordinary people even in fair competition.

As the north became peaceful and developed rapidly, they also grew stronger.

But Zhuge Liang had no reason to restrict them, because their methods were almost all reasonable and logical, they were just smarter and worked harder, so they got much more than ordinary people, and countless people gathered around them.

Even if a landlord becomes penniless, as long as he takes root, he will soon become a landlord again, because he knows better than ordinary farmers how to gather wealth and resources.

This seems to be a necessity.

At this moment, he also deeply understood why Tian Ze was so eager to start a war against Kushan at this time.

Da Qi developed so fast that a large number of problems also expanded. Diverting the problems through external conflicts was the best option.

The heads of various families gathered together below the stage, each forming their own faction. They only whispered to each other occasionally, and most people's eyes were always fixed on the unusually young figure sitting on the stage, with extremely complicated expressions.

"quiet!"

As Guan Ning spoke, the room suddenly fell silent. The meeting that would determine the future fate of tens of millions of people had begun.

Zhuge Liang took a deep breath and gently tapped the mechanism on the table. A huge map fell down on the white wall behind him, showing the situation around Kushan.

"Everyone, we have gathered here for the purpose of Great Qi's western expedition to Kushan, and also to define the ownership of Kushan for at least the next hundred years."

Zhuge Liang did not speak nonsense, but went straight to the point.

This meeting was destined to be long, and there were many elderly people present, so Zhuge Liang had to speed up the progress as much as possible. As these words fell, everyone present fell into silence, and everyone's eyes greedily looked at the map on the wall, with surging emotions in their hearts.

"The Kushan territory is estimated to be about 4 billion acres, of which about 3 billion acres are suitable for cultivation, and more than 1 billion acres are good farmland."

As soon as these words were spoken, the breathing of everyone present became heavier.

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly.

Profits can move people's hearts. Everyone present has experienced countless storms and waves, and usually keeps calm. However, with such huge profits, it is inevitable to lose your composure.

You should know that the territory of Kushan is much larger than the Northeast Plain. Today, only 20% of the land in the Northeast Plain is divided up by the aristocratic families.

Handing over all of Kushan to the aristocratic families to divide up would be equivalent to expanding their current land nearly tenfold. How could they not be tempted?
"In addition, the Kushan Empire controls the strategic point of the trade route between the East and the West. The wealth brought by the caravans that come and go every year is incalculable."

"In the future, when the Great Qi goes west to attack Parthia and Rome, they will purchase food and supplies from the Kushan lands."

As soon as Zhuge Liang finished speaking, everyone present could no longer hold back.

Wei Yuan, the head of the Hedong Wei family, stood up first and said, "My Lord, may I ask how His Majesty intends to distribute the Kushan land?"

Zhuge Liang looked at everyone present and said calmly, "Of course it will be distributed according to merit and work."

"The Kushan land is vast, and Da Qi is unable to govern it directly. All the land will be divided among you in the form of fiefdoms. As long as it does not violate the constitution of Da Qi, you can manage all matters on your own."

"Da Qi will not confiscate any of your population. If there is fertile land in the future, we will give you the opportunity. You only need to hand over 10% of all the taxes from the fiefdoms."

At this point, everyone present had a fiery look in their eyes.

I have finally waited for this moment!

Tian Ze did not deceive them!

In the past, Tian Ze had promised to return them several times the profit. Now it seems that it was not just empty talk.

In addition to the seven great princes, their aristocratic families also have the opportunity to establish their own fiefdoms!

Even though these fiefdoms were only the size of a prefecture or even a county, this was undoubtedly a qualitative breakthrough.

Today, Da Qi is developing rapidly. Countless scholars have graduated from the academy, countless new theories are being spread, and countless new technologies are becoming popular. They have already felt the crisis.

As they grew older and more experienced, they realized that the academic elites, merchants, and other families were all rising rapidly. If they did not seize the opportunity, the group of aristocratic families would probably gradually evolve into another form in the future.

The vast majority of them will decline and be eliminated.

Just like the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the aristocratic families replaced the powerful and became more powerful.

However, it is different to become a country in its own right. It is a thousand-year undertaking, and even if it will perish, the benefits and influence it can bring are unimaginable.

"My Lord, how do you measure the merits of each family?" asked Ruan Chen, the head of the Pingyuan Ruan family, with a slightly ugly look on his face.

Although they were all powerful families, there was still a difference in who came first and who came later when it came to the development of the Northeast Plain.

The first people to get involved were undoubtedly the former aristocratic families of Youzhou.

Relying on Tianze, the place where their families started, all the surviving powerful families entered this conference hall, without exception.

Moreover, they also own a large amount of land in the Northeast Plain, which is the largest among all the states.

(End of this chapter)