Chapter 310

Although he was in an adversarial relationship with Lin Yang!

Zhou Yu still highly recognized Lin Yang!

The latter's strength and ability to recognize talent were those of a hero of the age!

Now, hearing that he was actually slaughtering noble families as if seeking his own death, Zhou Yu couldn't help but feel astonished!

Even if Lin Yang had taken most of Yangzhou, he shouldn't be arrogant to this extent!

After slaughtering the Jiangdong noble families, wasn't Lin Yang afraid that the Jiangdong noble families would rebel?

Even the Tiger of Jiangdong, Sun Jian!

When suppressing noble families, he wouldn't dare to raise the butcher's knife like this!

"As smart as Gongjin is, you should understand the harm of the noble families!"

Lin Yang looked at him and said calmly, not responding to the other party's words at all!

And seeing Lin Yang so calm, Zhou Yu also recovered his composure!

Lin Yang was not a fool!

How could the person who defeated him, Zhou Yu, not know the harm of slaughtering noble families!

"Are you so confident that you can handle the Jiangdong noble families?"

With a suspicious gaze examining Lin Yang, Zhou Yu wanted to know what Lin Yang's reliance actually was!

In this world, even the Son of Heaven of the Great Han could not suppress the noble families!

What did Lin Yang have to be so confident!

"Gongjin is wrong; it is not the Jiangdong noble families, but all the noble families of the thirteen provinces of the Great Han!"

With calm words spoken, the corners of Lin Yang's mouth lifted into a smile!

Like a thunderbolt striking down, it left Zhou Yu, Han Dang, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, and others stunned!

The thirteen provinces of the Great Han!

All the noble families?

A joke!

It was simply a huge joke!

All the noble families of the thirteen provinces of the Great Han were enough to crush Lin Yang!

Overestimating his own strength!

If Lin Yang had said he was opposing the Jiangdong noble families, Zhou Yu would have believed it!

After all!

Lin Yang controlled the land of Xuzhou, and by relying on the troops under his command, he could indeed suppress the Jiangdong noble families!

But wanting to oppose the noble families of the thirteen provinces of the Great Han was impossible!

"Since Gongjin thinks it is impossible, why not see for yourself?"

Lin Yang was very clear about Zhou Yu's arrogance!

To make such a person interested, only such a major event would do!

"Lin Ziyuan, this is just a gimmick to recruit us; you want to trick me with such a small trick?"

Shaking his head in disdain, as soon as Lin Yang said this, Zhou Yu felt that the other party was trying to provoke him!

Trying to fool him with such a small trick was simply impossible!

"Gongjin, you must have heard that I grow rice in Xuzhou, which can reach a yield of over a thousand catties per mu!"

Examining Zhou Yu with interest, Lin Yang asked in return!

"I have heard of it, but what of it?" Zhou Yu frowned, a bit confused!

"In this Great Han world, there are only about ten million households; the grain consumed by each household per year is only a mere two thousand catties of grain!"

Two thousand catties of grain—in Lin Yang's eyes, this was only the yield of two mu of land!

To feed ten million households, the land required would only be twenty million mu!

It seems like a lot!

But divided among Xuzhou, Yangzhou, and the two commanderies of Qingzhou, it really isn't much!

In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, even if Lin Yang allowed for intensive cultivation, a household could only farm about five to ten mu of land!

These twenty million mu of land would only require two million people!

Now that Lin Yang occupied Yangzhou, Xuzhou, and two commanderies of Qingzhou, the number of people under his rule already exceeded nine million!

It would only require two million people to farm twenty million mu of land to satisfy the grain needs of the people of the world!

Of course, the actual requirement would certainly be higher than this, but there was no doubt that Lin Yang, relying solely on the land of two provinces and two commanderies, could almost feed the people of the world!

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"

Zhou Yu was stunned; Lin Yang's calculation made him almost unable to believe it!

If it were true!

Then in this world, who would be Lin Yang's opponent!

He wouldn't even need to conquer the world!

He would only need to occupy Yangzhou, use the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, grow grain on a large scale in the province of Yangzhou, and develop the population!

In less than twenty years, the population of Yangzhou would exceed ten million!

The troops under Lin Yang's command would exceed one million!

What kind of concept was that!

"If Gongjin doesn't believe it, you can go to the wasteland outside the city to see later!"

"Calculating the time, their late rice should be almost harvested!"

At this time, the harvesting of rice in the wasteland around Wuxian was almost finished!

However!

There were still some places where, because the sowing was too late and the season was missed, one could still see it!

"Why would I need to deceive Gongjin about something that can be easily debunked!"

The light laughter was like thunderbolts striking Zhou Yu's head!

At this moment!

He understood!

He understood Lin Yang's reliance!

Just the land of two provinces could feed the people of the world!

What if Lin Yang occupied Yuzhou and Jingzhou later?

Yuzhou and Jingzhou were fertile and suitable for large-scale planting!

Once occupied by Lin Yang!

I am afraid the entire population of the Great Han could double!

No matter how strong the noble families were, without a grain advantage, they could not suppress the people of the world!

"I actually thought that by my own strength, I could contend with you, Lin Ziyuan!"

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly; with Lin Yang's rice plan revealed, Zhou Yu suddenly felt as ridiculous as a mayfly trying to shake a tree!

It turned out the ridiculous one was himself!

To think that he actually harbored the delusion of defeating an existence like Lin Yang!

In the current world, unless Yuan Benchu, Yuan Gonglu, and others came together to raise an army!

Otherwise!

This world would inevitably belong to Lin Yang!

The longer time dragged on, the greater the advantage for Lin Yang!

"Can this kind of scene really be realized?"

Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin to the side, although they didn't think as deeply as Zhou Yu!

But the two also understood one principle!

As long as Lin Yang occupied the land of two provinces, then the people of the world would all have food!

What a beautiful scene this was!

Especially Han Dang, who had experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion and seen the tragic sights of the world!

If everyone really had food, would this world be so beautiful!

It was unimaginable!