Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Soon, everyone arrived inside a tent.

A Luojiao guardian stepped forward and said to Qin Ming:

"Your Majesty, these are representatives of the Li, Wang, and Sun families. They are all seventh-rank nobles, and they have subordinates from some lower-ranking families. They are here today to discuss relocation with you."

"What do you want?"

Qin Ming didn't hesitate and sat down in the main seat.

As the Emperor of Daqian, he could promise them many things on the spot.

"Your Majesty...if we go to Daqian, will we be treated the same as here?"

The representative of the Li family spoke first and raised an important issue.

The reason they came today was naturally out of sincerity.

Therefore, the questions asked were all about the doubts after arriving in Daqian.

"It's impossible to grant you a fief. You can only exchange it for corresponding farmland, but you can only cultivate these farmlands outside the northern border."

The nobles of the Yan Dynasty all had fiefs, and the life and death of the people in the fiefs were under the control of these nobles.

But such a system could not exist in Daqian, and the land also belonged to the Daqian court.

At most, give them some arable land.

The arable land that Qin Ming took out was naturally the areas under construction outside the northern border.

On the one hand, it can save the effort of development, and on the other hand, it can properly settle these big families of the Yan Dynasty and avoid competing for resources with the local people of Daqian.

It can also replenish the population of Daqian.

You should know that after several years of war, Daqian's population dropped sharply.

This is a big problem that will take many years to recover from.

The migration of the Yan Dynasty nobles might be able to solve this problem.

"Outside the northern border..."

Hearing this, everyone hesitated.

They had actually done their homework before coming.

I thought Qin Ming would line up to welcome me, but this slightly cold attitude directly poured cold water on the local families.

I saw the atmosphere cool down.

Qin Ming suddenly changed the subject and said:

"However, since you have chosen to help me in this time of need, I will naturally not only promise to give you farmland. If you are truly willing to go to Daqian, I will also provide some benefits."

"Of course, this requires everyone to be more open and honest. For example, explain why you want to bring your family to Daqian?"

At this point, Qin Ming's tone became a little more serious.

The Yan Dynasty had many capable people and many means.

These people arrived suddenly, and it's hard to say what despicable tactics the enemy might use.

He needed to hear the motives of these local nobles.

However, when he got to this point, several big families present all started to complain to him.

"Your Majesty, you don't know that it is too difficult for nobles in the Yan Dynasty to be promoted!"

"The Four Pillars of the Nation are all about bloodline. If you're not related to them, it's extremely difficult to get a high position. Just like us, after generations of hard work, we've only progressed and regressed. My father is still a fifth-class noble..."

"We too, if we continue like this, we'll probably be finished soon!"

Listening to them talking about this kind of thing, Qin Ming was a little confused.

"Isn't it possible to work hard to expand your sphere of influence, or to earn more money?"

"The key is that we can't do business, let alone buy land with money. All our benefits are tied to our noble rank, but none of us are related to the Wu family!"

"Yes, you're talking about the Wu family. They originally held the upper third-class noble positions, but as their children grew in number, they've almost completely taken over the middle third-class positions!"

"Don't worry if you laugh at me, but our ancestors were third-class nobles who followed the Wu family to fight and conquered the world. Who would have thought that now..."

When some people were moved, they covered their faces and cried.

It is obvious that the Yan Dynasty system was under tremendous pressure.

Plus their bloodline theory.

This leads to every family trying their best to develop their own bloodline.

But they learned to develop their bloodlines from the Four Pillars of the State, but in the end they found that it was useless.

Because if they have many children, the worst that can happen is that they can occupy the position of nobility.

These low-ranking nobles branched out, but couldn't get anything.

Over the years, people's accumulated dissatisfaction has grown.

Yan Chao’s endless retreat is almost suffocating!

"I understand."

Qin Ming frowned and thought for a moment and said:

"If you really want to leave, leave before the war is over, but all your fiefs must be handed over to me."

"In exchange, after you leave for the northern border, I will build a railway for you and share my technology with you to help you open some civilian factories. How do you do?"

Qin Ming wanted to grant them fiefdoms because he was worried that they would turn against him.

As for factories and railways, they will always be open in the future.

But how to get through the northern border and where to go are very complicated.

If these people cooperate with Qin Ming to build factories and railways, they will also assist the construction corps outside the northern border to reclaim wasteland.

Qin Ming will definitely not let these people suffer from poverty, and can even ensure that they live a good life.

"This……"

Everyone was still a little hesitant.

The environment outside the northern pass of Daqian is not good.

The temperature in winter is not suitable for human beings to survive.

Seeing this, Qin Ming continued to increase his bet.

"Your descendants can participate in the imperial examinations, and after three generations, they can move to any place in Daqian."

"As for the problem of the north being too cold, I will build furnaces for you and provide centralized heating. If you are familiar with this, you should know that most of my construction corps is located there, and their troop logistics are very advanced."

Seeing Qin Ming is so sincere.

Everyone no longer hesitated.

"Thank you very much, Your Majesty. When can we leave?"

"Don't worry, it will be half a month later."

Qin Ming calculated with his fingers that if the Yan Dynasty troops repaired the city wall quickly, it would dry up in half a month.

At that time, I will go to the fiefdoms of these local nobles and raid the enemy.

Cannons were also deployed on the front lines.

He can catch his opponent off guard in one breath.

But before saying this, there is one thing that Qin Ming is very concerned about.

"How many people are there in each of your fiefdoms?"

Several representatives of the big families reported a number to each other, and after adding them up, they said:

"Almost 600,000 people."

"so much?!"

Qin Ming raised his eyebrows.

He seemed to notice Qin Ming's surprise and was even more afraid that Qin Ming would change his mind.

Several representatives of the big families present said quickly:

"Don't worry about that. We have some ships of our own. We can temporarily hand over these civilians to us for management after they land. We will definitely not cause you any trouble!"

"Once stability is achieved, we will hand over all these people to the imperial court for naturalization. We will definitely not interfere. How do you think?"

Their value is not just their huge wealth.

Of greater value are the people in their hands.

Qin Ming stroked his chin and thought for a moment before saying:

"That's good."

"But don't worry, everyone. Once they go to the northern border, I can arrange for them to do things and provide them with food, supplies, etc."

"Is that a deal then?"

"deal."