In the original history, it was because there were powerful forts everywhere, which divided the entire society and formed a manor economy. Only then did the gentry and powerful people merge, and dominated the historical process for the next two to three hundred years.

Although Zheng Xiaoming did not know this, he also knew that these forts with strong defensive capabilities, coupled with the rise of local powerful forces with many private soldiers, were very detrimental to his rule.

Therefore, they directly cut the salary from the bottom of the cauldron, mobilized powerful soldiers and horses from various places, and formed state soldiers. Then they used their official positions to bribe these powerful warriors.

At the same time, Zheng Xiaoming issued an ultimatum to the real and fake Yellow Turbans across Qingzhou, strictly ordering them to disarm and surrender within three months, otherwise they would be rude to them.

Zheng Xiaoming's illustrious reputation was acquired through fighting, and there were precedents such as land allocation and resettlement in Donghai County, so the refugee armed forces who only wore the Yellow Turban banner surrendered to Zheng Xiaoming within a time limit.

Among them were Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li and other bandit leaders who brought their people to surrender.

The most famous among them is of course Zang Ba. This man is from Taishan County and is rarely known for his martial arts. His father, Zang Jie, the county jailer, was arrested and imprisoned for offending the eunuch. He was rescued by the Zang Ba brothers who led a prison robbery.

, and then they turned into bandits and gathered a large number of people.

This time during the Yellow Turban uprising, after Zheng Xiaoming issued an ultimatum, the Tibetan tyrant very wisely led his brothers to surrender obediently.

The other brothers Sun Guan, Sun Kang, Wu Dun, etc. were in a similar situation. On the contrary, few of the Yellow Turbans led by the serious Taiping Dao surrendered.

However, they did not dare to compete with Zheng Xiaoming, so they all left Xuzhou and ran to Qingzhou next door.

The newly appointed governor of Qingzhou, Jiao He, was so angry that he cursed!

However, this incident also allowed the world to see Zheng Xiaoming's huge intimidation power. With just one ultimatum, the Yellow Turban bandits were able to surrender and escape. The whole of Xuzhou was at peace for a while.

This made the nobles and powerful people from all over Qingxu look at him with side eyes, and even more closely united around Zheng Xiaoming.

As for Zheng Xiaoming's subsequent efforts to seek land from powerful locals to resettle the refugees, they were all carried out without any hindrance.

Mainly because in this era, land is not the most precious thing.

In this era, the population is at most 60 to 70 million. It can be said that the land is vast and sparsely populated, and there is still a lot of uncultivated land.

Therefore, these powerful people can hold their noses and give up the land at this time.

In future generations, when there is less land and more people, those landlords would probably value their fields more than their lives!

Moreover, Zheng Xiaoming improved farming methods, strongly advocated planting wheat, introduced rice from Jiangdong, etc.

This greatly increased the manpower consumed in farming... Farming in the past was very extensive, and only one person could serve more than ten acres of land.

Now, Zheng Xiaoming has improved agricultural technology, including fertilizing, weeding, etc., which has greatly increased labor costs. It is very good for one person to serve five acres of land!

Of course, as a result, the grain output per mu in Xuzhou will now be greatly increased, and in many places it can even increase several times!

This allows the same land to accommodate more people.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a family of five would need at least a hundred acres of land to support themselves, pay taxes, etc.

Although agricultural technology increased, by the end of the Han Dynasty the area had been reduced to fifty acres.

Now, after improvements by Zheng Xiaoming, this number has been reduced by half again. About twenty or thirty acres of land can support a family of five.

There is still a lot of potential to be tapped. In later generations, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were really not many families with twenty or thirty acres of land... In the south of the Yangtze River, a family with two or three acres of land was already pretty good.

Got it!

In fact, what really changed Zheng Xiaoming's reputation and made scholars look upon him with new eyes was his agricultural technological reforms.

In this day and age, there is no such thing as fancy skills. Being able to double the yield per acre of land is something that only a saint can do!

In addition, Zheng Xiaoming is good at fighting, has good rules for employing people, and is also a future relative. Therefore, more and more people are optimistic about Zheng Xiaoming.

Especially in Qingzhou next door, because of the raging Yellow Turbans, many people fled to the peaceful and safe Xuzhou.

For example, Hua Xin, Guan Ning, Wang Lie, etc. from Qingzhou.

These are all famous celebrities. Since they took the initiative to send them to his door, Zheng Xiaoming would certainly not be polite and directly recruited these celebrities who came to Qingzhou to expand his empire again.

The only pity is that Chen Gong was too attached to his family and stayed in Qingzhou. Otherwise, with his reputation and talent, he would have made a lot of money if he joined us!

In addition to these big celebrities, more minor celebrities, some not-so-famous scholars, etc. also came to seek refuge.

Not only that, even in his hometown of Nanyang, more and more people are coming to seek refuge.

After all, my relatives got rich!

Originally, although various Nanyang families with the surname Yin and Deng were optimistic about Zheng Xiaoming and made some investments in him, they did not really spend any money, at least they did not fully support it.

Those who followed Zheng Xiaoming were all juniors from different families. Now, the real talkers of various families in Nanyang began to invest the real talents within the family.

Zheng Xiaoming began to feel that he had too many talents, his official position as Xuzhou Mu was a bit small, and there were too few officials to be placed in the government.

However, a living person cannot be suffocated to death. Anyway, there is no quota for the official positions under Zhou Mu. As long as he can pay the starting salary, then naturally he can set it as much as he wants.

With so many talented people, Zheng Xiaoming will naturally not let them idle, but will spread his rule to the lower levels.

Try to go deep below the county level and truly take control of the township directly!

At this moment, three people suddenly came to see Zheng Xiaoming.

I asked about Liu Bei and Liu Xuande's names, about Guan Yunchang, Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide.

Zheng Xiaoming originally did not intend to meet this kind of unknown person in person.

At this time, those who came to see him were naturally seeking refuge and official positions. It was just a matter of arranging a small official position to occupy them.

However, Liu Bei and Liu Xuande claimed to be members of the Han clan, which made Zheng Xiaoming chuckle.

At this time, Chen Qun, who was sitting next to Zheng Xiaoming, asked: "Why is Uncle Fang laughing? There are so many clans in the world. Since Liu Bei is not well-known, then it is better not to see him!"

He was discussing military affairs with Zheng Xiaoming and said disapprovingly at this moment.

The other celebrities present all agreed and nodded.

Don't think that the name of a mere clan will have much deterrent effect on these people. Just kidding, the Han Dynasty has been multiplying for nearly four hundred years, and there are so many people with the surname Liu in the world?
Chapter completed!