Chapter 184: Chapter 180: Clan Council (2)

Tang Zhi smiled airily,turned toward Tang Luo and asked, “Elder please explain.”

In the council, only ranks matter, not names, hence he referred to Tang Luo as Elder.

Tang Luo took a deep breath, took out a stack of papers from his bosom and declared aloud, “This is my proposal for today, please review.”

He summoned a warrior from the legal department to distribute these papers to everyone’s desk.

Tang Cunfu contemptuously took the proposal, refusing to believe that this child could have anything worthwhile to say. He already presumed the act of stealing the proposal was directed by Tang Zhi. It’s a pity the Pride of Xiling is a man of no wisdom, being used as a pawn, it’s truly regrettable.

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He examined the page in his hand, initially full of dismissive suspicion but as he read, his disbelief turned into shock. Unable to contain his surprise, he bellowed, “Ridiculous, you actually want to repeal this ban on tillage?!”

He thought Tang Luo was just a troublemaker pushed forth by Tang Zhi and had no expectations for this proposal. But he didn’t expect that the Pride of Xiling, silent but dumbfoundingly brilliant, was intent on disrupting centuries-old customs.

Tang Luo, with hands clasped behind him, glanced at Tang Cunfu and calmly advised, “Cunfu, don’t panic. Once everyone finishes reading, I’ll explain my proposal. For now, I ask that you refrain from disturbing others.”

with embarrassment. Being criticized directly by a junior left him at a loss for words.

Cunfu, holding grudges, suppressed his rage and read the proposal carefully. From his grimace, one could tell that he

long time, everyone finally understood the proposal written on the paper: To repeal the Ban of Tillage and replace it with a Five Acres

City in Xiling to reclaim uncultivated lands, limited to five acres per

everyone finished reading?, any questions, feel free to

are two requisite steps: determining its feasibility, and deciding

of the authorities in Xiling and then

elders, the clan chief, and a regional elder, the rest had not seen this

Tang Clan and Mi Clan have been developing wasteland into arable land to provide livelihood for the people. This not only ensures the stability of Xiling, but also brings huge income to the clan. To suddenly abolish it and replace it with this, Five Acres Decree, where do you see the benefit?” The first to question was Elder Tang Gaomin. Even though he had already read Tang Luo’s note, he still did not understand the meaning of the Five

million four hundred thousand civilians, equivalent to three hundred thousand households. If

Tang Family’s annual income should be several hundred million gold. Elder, with this

not take into account taxes? Ignoring the low tax rate, the annual yield of Xiling’s grain market alone would bring the Tang Family hundreds of

nodded their heads in agreement after hearing Tang Gaomin’s words. They all thought that swapping the steady income from the tillage for

expression. Smiling, he looked at Tang Cunfu and asked, “May I ask the representative, what

felt disrespected by the sudden change of topic and was about to retort, but he

to ask him a question. However, his anger had not dissipated and he rudely replied, “Of course,

the biggest problem for the Tang Family after it branched out. It was difficult to recruit warriors. Basically every available warrior in Xiling had already been

and said, “Gentlemen, the current number of sub-branches in Tang Family has exceeded two hundred, yet the Battle Hall only trains over four hundred warriors each year, and many

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