Regardless of the many things that happened during this period, Father Jin presided over the meeting of the parliament as usual.
"The second topic is the issue of the collection areas. Regarding the disposal of the lord's mansion's collection areas and the redivision of the noble collection areas."
The sex scene is coming!
All the nobles immediately perked up.
Since the disaster of the corpse demon, there are no more fiefs, and the gathering area has become the new "fiefdom" of the nobles. All their food, medicinal materials, etc. in the water village are produced in the gathering area.
Even if you don't have it in your own collection area, you can use the things you have collected in your collection area to exchange with other nobles or lords' mansions.
The collection area was not formed all at once. When we first arrived at the water village, we went ashore to collect fish in order to make a living.
At the time, it was chaotic, and many lawsuits arose. The old lord presided over many adjustments, and finally a default collection area system was established, where everyone was responsible for their own areas. However, because it was a default system, there were no legal provisions, and there were also disputes. The collection areas changed every year.
After Gu Qing came to power, he began to legalize the default collection areas, turning them into private territories, similar to fiefdoms that could be passed down from generation to generation.
Smart people like Wu Zheng and Jin's father naturally understood that this was a gift from the old lord to the new lord to win over the hearts of the nobles.
Gu Qing really used this trick to win the hearts of the nobles and secure his position as lord.
Gu Yan hurried onto the stage, but left before he could do anything.
Now, finally, Father Jin has started to move on this.
Now, although only two years have passed, there have still been many changes.
Some noble families' warriors died, and without warriors, the nobles naturally could not be considered nobles anymore.
Some families have war lieutenants, their strength has increased, and the collection area should also be appropriately enhanced.
Some families originally had war lieutenants, but now they have none, so they also need adjustments.
What is even more exaggerated is that the former lord has now become a noble, which is the biggest change.
Therefore, the most important gathering areas for the nobles and subjects must be redistributed. Everyone has no objection to this, but the key is how to distribute them.
What does this have to do with the people? The main job of the people is to go ashore to the gathering area for the nobles or lords, collect supplies in exchange for a day's rations.
Do you think the gathering area has anything to do with the people? It's a big deal, even bigger than the nobles. A noble can go a day without gathering, but if the people don't, they might starve.
Therefore, although the allocation of collection areas has nothing to do with the people, it is closely related to their lives.
After discussing for a while, Father Jin signaled for silence. After silence, he said, "Here's what I think: if the family remains unchanged, the division of the collection area will not be changed. If the family is in trouble, the collection area will also be adjusted accordingly."
No one has any objection to this.
The family that had not changed was finally relieved after receiving the accurate news.
Although I knew that things would not change, I was still worried and anxious because no new leader had been confirmed. Now that it's finally confirmed, I can finally sleep soundly.
After there were no objections to this part, Mr. Jin began to talk about the next key point.
"Fang Yuan's family and Ruan Qi's family need to obtain a collection area commensurate with their strength. The Wu family and our Jin family now have war lieutenants, so we also need to expand our collection areas. What I mean is, the greater the strength, the greater the collection, but also the greater the responsibility. We should be pioneering and enterprising, branching out to expand in new areas, rather than just asking for what we already have."
Everyone looked at Father Jin with surprise. The current collection area had naturally been opened up bit by bit, but why hadn't anyone expanded it later? It was because the corpse demons were gathering, making it too difficult to expand, and so they began to fight over the already safe collection areas.
The Gu family and the Lord's Mansion's collection area accounted for half of the total collection area. Why? Because they had the strength to occupy the best land and develop it.
Father Jin's words were absolutely correct. But that was when the Water Fort was first established. At that time, everything was in ruins and the nobles had to forge ahead in order to survive.
However, now, more than ten years have passed, and development has become increasingly difficult, and the nobles no longer have the pioneering and enterprising spirit they had at the beginning.
Therefore, everyone was very surprised, thinking that the collection area would be divided between Gu's and the Lord's Mansion?!
Unexpectedly, Father Jin actually brought up the development order again, encouraging the emerging nobles to carry out development.
Everyone agreed with this. This would expand the living space of the Water Stronghold, benefiting everyone. How could anyone disagree?!
As long as there are no problems with the emerging nobles, it's fine.
So this one was passed, and no one had any objections.
Fang Yuan, Ruan Qi, and Jin Chen naturally had no objections. Seeing that the other three families had no objections, the Wu family didn't dare to raise any opinions! The situation is stronger than people!
Moreover, it's not that we won't give you a larger collection area that matches your strength. If you've been given a development order and you have the strength, you can go and develop it yourself! If you have the strength but don't develop it, your collection area deserves to be small, and you can't blame others for that.
Wu Zheng thought more, "Is this the prelude to recovering lost territory? Indeed, it's impossible to recover lost territory all at once; it needs to be done slowly. This method is not bad. Those who are capable should go ahead and explore, eliminate the corpse demons, and recover lost territory. This way, you will gain benefits, with a larger gathering area, and the water stronghold as a whole will have a larger living space, which will bring us one step closer to recovering lost territory. It really kills several birds with one stone. And it uses an open strategy. It also has the moral right. It's really amazing!"
Wu Zheng reflected, if he were in power, could he achieve this level?
Although Wu Zheng was unwilling to accept it, he did find that Father Jin did a good job! He also took it step by step and was very methodical, which made Wu Zheng feel inferior.
However, Wu Zheng still did not give up and took power. He still believed that he would be the one to complete his dream of regaining the lost territory.
Seeing that no one objected, Father Jin continued, "Finally, regarding the Gu family and the families of the deceased warriors, the collection areas that need to be reduced. The Lord's Mansion also has a special collection area that needs to be dealt with."
After a pause, Father Jin said solemnly, "My opinion is that Gu's should only retain half of the original Gu's collection area and hand over the other half. Gu Xing, what is your opinion?"
Gu Xing and Jin's father had already discussed this, so naturally they had no objections.
"For families without warriors, we will hand over 90% of our gathering areas. The remaining 10% will be used to support your livelihood. What are your opinions?"
This time, Mr. Jin did not discuss it with the parties involved, so the parties in the conference hall all had expressions of surprise and joy on their faces.
I originally thought that the collection area would be confiscated like before, but unexpectedly, I could retain 10% of the collection area. These, together with the original savings, are enough to live on.
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