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"Oh? So the county magistrate is pitting the tenant farmers against you?"
Chu Qiguang knew that He Wenyan was making his first move.
"That's right," Hao Xiangtong said with a sigh. "In the past, many tenant farmers willingly handed their land over to our clan to avoid taxes. We even paid to acquire some of the land, but now, all of them are turning against us for their own benefit."
The Hao Clan had undoubtedly used many questionable methods to acquire their land. If the county office were to conduct a thorough investigation, they would surely discover a lot of undisclosed land.
These wealthy clans are used to doing whatever they want. Trying to make them return what they've taken will be extremely difficult. There's no way they will back down so easily.
In his opinion, none of this would truly change anything. Even if the land reforms were successful,...
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