In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

As she spoke, Wang Hua couldn't help but shed tears. It was difficult for others to understand the feelings of these serfs. Their status as slaves was like a shackle on their bodies, forcing them to work tirelessly for their masters like cattle and horses for their entire lives. They had no freedom, no property of their own, and even their lives were in the hands of their masters, who could decide their fate with a single word.

Wang Hua was already tired of this kind of life, but she saw no hope of changing the status quo, because she had no power to resist the Lu family.

And now...

Yang Zheng freed her from her slave status and removed the shackles from her body. From then on, she would no longer be anyone's slave, but a dignified person who could walk freely and proudly between heaven and earth.

Wang Hua had waited for this day for far too long, so much so that when her dream came true, she couldn't help but shed tears of joy.

However, the surprises that Li Ming and his companion brought back were clearly far more than that.

"Wife, please sit down first, so as not to harm the baby in your belly. I still have something to say!"

Li Ming carefully helped Wang Hua sit down, and said with a smile, "King Yang is not only going to release us from our serf status, but also to give us land! The general of the Yang family army said that we serfs who have no land can still get land after we register our household registration. If there is only one person in the family, we can get 5 mu, and if there are two people, we can get 8 mu. If the child in your belly is counted, then we can get at least 11 mu of land!"

"Is there still land?"

Li Ming's surprises were so numerous that Wang Hua's brain almost went blank.

Not only were they freed from serfdom, but they were also to be allocated land...

Could this King Yang be a deity sent down from heaven to save people from suffering?

"Can we really get so much land?"

Wang Hua asked, both surprised and somewhat incredulous, "According to Li Ming, if the child in her belly is counted as a person, then her family can be allocated at least 11 mu of land."

Eleven acres of land is nothing to the Lu family, who own 11% of the land in Youzhou; it's not even a drop in the ocean.

But for Wang Hua, who had no property or land of her own, this was already a huge surprise.

Eleven mu of land is more than enough to support Wang Hua and Li Ming, and with some effort, they can even save some money. With savings, their child won't have to go hungry after birth and can grow up healthy...

At this moment, Wang Hua couldn't help but imagine a bright future.

Li Ming smiled and nodded, saying, "It's hard to say 11 mu, but the two of us will get at least 8 mu of land!"

"Eight acres will do!"

Wang Hua said excitedly, "Old Li, we'll go to the prefectural city to register tomorrow."

Seeing Wang Hua's excited expression, Li Ming and Xu Sanyang exchanged a glance and laughed, their smiles full of relief.

The arrival of Yang Jiajun truly changed their fate, freeing them from being treated like cattle and horses as serfs, giving them hope for life, and transforming them from numb and lifeless slaves!

Obviously, Li Ming's family wasn't the only ones beaming with joy. As the prisoners of war returned home, exclamations of surprise echoed from the thatched huts belonging to the serfs.

"Is this true? Is King Yang really going to release us from our serf status?"

"It's true! We just need to register at the government office in the prefectural city, and we'll no longer be serfs!"

"They're going to give us land too? Five mu per person? There are five people in my family, so that means we get 25 mu of land."

"What kind of wishful thinking are you having! Five mu per person, and three more mu for each additional person in the family. With five people in your family, you can only get a maximum of 17 mu of land."

"Seventeen mu is fine! Seventeen mu of land can grow enough grain for my family, and we might even be able to save a lot!"

"Hahaha! I'm no longer a serf! I own my own land!"

"Hehe! I must work hard to farm and grow enough food to eat!"

"Long live King Yang! Long live the Yang Family Army!"

"Long live King Yang!"

"..."

Throughout the vast Lu family manor, cheers from the serfs rose and fell. Every serf who received the news was invigorated, shouting "Long live King Yang!" while their hearts were filled with gratitude and support for Yang Zheng.

The Lu family ruled this manor for thousands of years but still failed to win the support and love of the serfs, while Yang Zheng only ruled the manor for a few days and yet all the serfs were completely devoted to him, which is truly ironic!

The most frightening thing is that the Lu family manor was not the only one that spontaneously shouted "Long live King Yang" and supported Yang Zheng's rule.

Because of Yang Zheng's land distribution, the policy of freeing serfs was not limited to the Lu family manor, but was to be implemented throughout the entire Youzhou region!

After eliminating the Lu family, a large amount of land owned by the Lu family naturally came into Yang Zheng's possession. Yang Zheng obviously could not leave this land uncultivated, so he made the decision to hand it over to the people of Youzhou for cultivation.

To prevent land consolidation, the ownership of these lands would be held by the government, but the right to use them would be given to the people of Youzhou.

As long as they do not break the law and do not abandon the land, the people can continue to cultivate the land they have been allocated for generations. Except for not being able to sell the land, this land is no different from their own.

Only 30% of the grain grown in the fields needs to be handed over as tax, and the rest belongs to the people!

As the policy was issued and gradually implemented, the people in every place it reached cheered with joy.

"Hahaha! There are five people in my family, and we got 17 mu of land! With so much land, my family probably can't even finish eating all the grain we grow!"

"There are only two people in my family, so we can get 8 mu (0.33 acres) of land, which is not bad! After paying 30% of the grain tax, the remaining 70% is more than enough for my family to eat and drink!"

"I'm no longer a tenant farmer, hahahahaha!"

"Yang Tianwang is truly a living bodhisattva who saves people from suffering!"

"Yes! With King Yang here, our good days are finally here!"

"Hehe! I'm no longer a serf! From now on, I won't have to be someone's beast of burden!"

"Long live King Yang! Long live the Yang Family Army!"

"May King Yang live to be a hundred! I have never met such a good general!"

"..."

Countless people of Youzhou, who had never owned their own land, wept with joy and spontaneously gathered in front of the government notice boards in various cities, shouting things like "Long live King Yang!" and "Long live the Yang family army!"

It can be said that by simply issuing two policies, Yang Zheng gained the recognition of millions of people in Liangzhou and won their spontaneous support!