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Chapter 528 Zhang Liang: Ah Xin, long time no see(1/3)

The establishment of the Resolution Council marked a new chapter in the Qin Dynasty's transition from imperial autocracy to a parliamentary system.

The members of the resolution committee are also changed every five years.

After the term expires, re-recommendation is required.

There are six places recommended by the courtiers, occupying important seats.

All the courtiers who realized this couldn't help but be excited.

Just when the resolution meeting was just established in Xianyang, Han Xin followed Zhao Kun's order and had already arrived in Kuaiji County.

Because of Zhang Han's previous actions, Zhao Kun was a little unsure about the situation in South Vietnam, so he mobilized the army just in case.

But now that Guangnan City is to be built, Han Xin's mission has changed.

That is, as a forerunner, to prepare for the construction of Guangnan City, it was transferred from Kuaiji County to Changsha County.

Guangnan City is located in Guangning, where central Fujian meets Changsha County. The governor of Changsha County is responsible for assisting Han Xin.

After Han Xin got the tiger talisman, he immediately went to Changsha County to mobilize troops.

The 30,000-strong army rushed to Guangning, the original site of Guangnan City, without stopping for a moment.

After arriving in Guangning, Han Xin seemed a little disappointed.

I originally thought that the place chosen by Zhao Kun as the site for building the city should at least be relatively prosperous.

However, after arriving in Guangning, Han Xin only saw endless hills, wasteland, and dense forests that stretched for unknown miles.

This kind of ghost place is completely deserted!

Cutting trees and paving roads while marching.

The army marched for nearly a month before barely opening a road through the forest to Guangnan New City.

Fortunately, winter is about to begin and the weather is getting cooler, so mosquitoes, rats, and ants are not rampant here, and there is no miasma.

Otherwise, just by opening up this road, the 30,000 people would have to be reduced by an unknown amount.

Later, Han Xin went to Changsha County, waved a bank draft, and bought 100,000 labor services from the county governor.

Labor service in Da Qin was not abolished.

It's just that in a place like Changsha County, if there is no large-scale nationwide recruitment, the daily labor service is basically to build the county and city infrastructure.

Han Xin's request naturally received strong support from Changsha Governor Zhou Geng.

Being able to sit in the position of a county magistrate certainly means you have good taste.

Although it is not known whether Guangnan City, which will be built in the future, will be under the jurisdiction of Changsha County.

However, as long as that majestic city is built, Changsha County will definitely develop accordingly.

Zhou Geng does not expect Changsha County to reach the level of Guanzhong, but as long as it does not maintain the status quo, it will be fine.

There is no way, as the hometown of Chu State, Changsha County was in Da Qin before, almost like a stepmother.

Anyway, dirty work and tiring work can't be escaped.

But there are no benefits at all.

Not to mention Han Xin returning the money, even if he doesn't pay, Zhou Geng is willing to cooperate fully!

The season that is about to enter winter is basically a slack time for farming.

The governor of the county, Zhou Geng, issued an order and mobilized more than 100,000 laborers.

A group of people poured into Minzhong, which had rarely been visited before.

Within half a month, nearly a hundred miles of flat land had been reclaimed around central Fujian.

Han Xin has also planned dozens of cement roads, which are under intense construction.

Construction of Guangnan City will begin after the Spring Festival next year.

At this time, Fan Hui's construction company in Changsha County had begun to recruit workers.

Just when the construction activities were in full swing, the county governor Zhou Geng hurried to see Han Xin and said that there was not enough food!

Nearly 200,000 people eat horse chews, and their daily expenses are definitely not a small number.

Especially with the bank behind it, Han Xin is extremely generous in this regard.

When he first heard the news, Han Xin didn't take it seriously.

But as Zhou Geng explained, Han Xin's face couldn't help but become serious. In the past, when the Qin Dynasty recruited civilians, there was no saying that they were in charge of the food.

However, now as people's pockets bulge, people have become more noble.

In Guanzhong, the practice of paying people to serve on their behalf has been adopted.

In this case, Qin Law has no restrictions at all.

After all, everyone was miserable in the past, who could afford to hire whom?

It's different now. Those who have two children in their pockets have basically read books.

Naturally, they can figure out whether the time cost of serving in the military is worth it.

Even if you spend money to hire someone, you are still making money, so why not do it.

Some people simply pay money to offset their service, which is legally allowed.

As time goes by, the people in Guanzhong are becoming increasingly insufficient.

As a result, the conditions for service are constantly improving.

When you go to serve, you don't need to prepare your own food. The government takes care of the food. You can have fist-sized white flour buns, vegetables, oil and water pipes.

In the past, this was something that was unthinkable.

But even so, there is still a shortage of civilian service in Guanzhong.

When necessary, civilian husbands will be seconded from other counties.

Now, the other counties had no choice but to add these conditions.

With the establishment of banks, even in remote places like Changsha County, finances are extremely relaxed.

Han Xin seconded a civilian husband and gave him money with a clearly stated price.

However, the problem they faced at this time was not lack of money.

Rather, even if you have money, you cannot buy food.

Affected by the price of grain in Guanzhong some time ago, grain merchants in Changsha County also began to collect grain at reduced prices, and the people were unwilling to sell grain.

On the other hand, after the start of the first five-year plan, Zhao Kun consciously restricted local economic control rights and allowed the market economy to develop freely.

One important point to emphasize is that local governments must not forcefully interfere with commodity prices.

Under this situation, even Zhou Geng, who was the governor of Changsha, did not have the courage to purchase grain from the people at the previous grain price.

Even if he knew it would be good for the people, he would not dare to do it.

In just a few days, the construction army of nearly 200,000 people fell into a food shortage dilemma.

As an old-school official, Zhou Geng had no choice but to approach Han Xin, a general.

After hearing the cause and effect of the incident, Han Xin couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

He is very good at fighting, but he cannot solve political problems.

Regarding the issue of grain prices, he knew very well that Zhao Kun would not sit idly by and ignore it.

Even if Zhao Kun reacts quickly, it will take time to solve this problem.

After all, information transmission now relies entirely on legs.

Even if Zhou Geng gets authorization from the court, it will be at least half a month later.

What Han Xin wants to solve is the difficulty in this half month.

Han Xin prided himself on having great strategies, but after all, he was not a god and could not conjure food out of thin air.

There is nothing we can do about this matter.

The construction deadline was tight, and he couldn't send the civilian workers away and let them go home.

In this way, even he will be severely punished.

At this time, an announcement came from outside, saying that Zhang Liang was here.

"Haha, Ashin, long time no see!"

Before anyone arrived, Zhang Liang's laughter could be heard.

Han Xin hurried out to greet him: "Zifang, you are finally here!"

Zhang Liang's presence in Zhao Kun's small group has never been very high.

However, he has outstanding talents and is highly valued by Ying Zheng and Zhao Kun, so he can occupy a high position.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhang Liang saw Han Xin looking uninterested and couldn't help but ask questions.
To be continued...
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