When Xiao Cheng entered Dushan, of course, he brought more than just his own majesty. Such intimidation would indeed make the local natives fearful, but such fear would eventually be offset in the face of reality.

So with Xiao Cheng coming in, there was also a large amount of funds, food, and various materials.

The war in Dushan, Sanshui, Xunzhou, and Nanping Prefecture, which started in autumn and lasted until winter, made the already poor places worse. The people were so poor that even eating became a problem.

If Xiao Cheng doesn't come again, Yang Wanfu and others may not be able to steadily control the situation, even if they now have absolute force in their hands.

Because people need to eat.

Once you can't even fill your stomach, no matter how much you talk about it, it's all in vain.

Xiao Cheng came at just the right time.

Carloads of grain came in, which suddenly brought down the rising grain prices.

"It's impossible to starve the people." Xiao Cheng looked at the people in the room and said: "This year there have been endless wars in the four places, and the livelihood of the people has been greatly affected. So after returning, we will do this to help the poor and those in need."

Everyone must pay close attention to the relief matters. If someone in the area actually dies of hunger, then I will definitely check and find out where all the food I allocated has gone. This

Don't even touch this kind of thing. If you touch it, your head will definitely fall off."

Everyone was awed and nodded in agreement.

Tian Yi said with a smile: "Everyone, it's not easy for Xiao to raise this food. Of course, the food brought in by the caravan must be profitable. It's freezing and snowy, so we're grateful to God for being willing to transport the food. The state government has allocated it to you.

The food provided is used to help those in need. I know that many people have reached out for such food in the past. Among these people, I am afraid that all of you here are included. However, Xiao Dianping has said that bygones are bygones. If things like this happen this year

It also happened that Tian joined the army as the manager of Qianzhou and had to enforce the law."

Everyone felt a little cold in their hearts.

In the past, it was nothing in their eyes for the manager of Qianzhou to join the army. If he wanted to enforce the law on their territory, it would be a joke. Even if he arrested a commoner on their territory, it would not work without their nod.

But this time is also the other time!

Now the situation has changed drastically. This manager who joined the army really has the ability to arrest everyone and put them in prison in Qianzhou.

In this area, whoever is stronger will speak with reason.

And there is no doubt that the most powerful person right now is naturally the Xiao Dianyan in front of him.

Just looking at Yang Wanfu and Jia Gui's respectful looks in front of him, Bai Xing, Wei Fu and others can judge the strength of the person in front of them. Who is Yang Wanfu and Jia Gui? Needless to say?

At present, they have controlled the armed forces in these four places and have received strong support from the government. With the Tian family and the Yang family standing, whoever dares to take the lead will be immediately risked.

Xiao Cheng has now regarded this land as his own private land.

If he worked hard in the northwest for the sake of his eldest brother's foundation and the future of the Xiao family, now he wants to really start from here and develop his own strength.

Xiao Cheng is not short of money. Because of the existence of many Tianzihao industries such as Tianxiang Pavilion, Xiao Cheng is quite strong in financial resources, but money alone is obviously not enough. The development of these Tianzihao industries to this day actually has a lot of people behind them.

Without the support of power.

What's more, Xiao Cheng is really that kind of traditional figure who can only take care of himself when he is poor, but can help the world when he is prosperous.

When he had this strength, he also wanted to help the world.

At this time, having money cannot help the world, you must have power.

This was Xiao Cheng's original intention to make this place the starting point of his official career and climb up step by step. Everyone thought that this place was a barbaric land, and only Xiao Cheng would come here to do hard work for the officials.

This kind of person is very happy.

A piece of white paper is easy to draw on!

Xiao Cheng didn't pay attention to the indigenous forces on this land at all. These people can only help him move forward. Anyone who wants to be an obstacle must lie down.

There are more than forty Jisi prefectures, with a total area of ​​nearly 300,000 square kilometers. What a tempting piece of fat this is!

poverty?

What's so scary about this.

What Xiao Cheng is best at is making money.

What he likes most is to make a poor place rich.

Of course, during construction, these areas must be effectively integrated, so that they can become your own boost and your powerful fist. When you let them hit, they will swing it out without hesitation.

This is also the reason why Xiao Cheng likes these Jizhou states.

Because the people here are not as loyal to the Song Dynasty as people in other places. If you want to do these things in Hebei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places, you can only live impatiently.

Those places that have been fully developed are actually the places where the Song Dynasty's rule was the most powerful. It was rich, but very stubborn.

In the past few days, Xiao Cheng has had some in-depth exchanges with Bai Xing, Wei Fu, Wei Xun and his son, Sun Jing, Huang Rui, Huang An and others. These people are naturally restless.

Think about it, when problems arise in Dushan County, people like Bai Xing, Wei Fu, etc. jump out and want to get a share of the pie and take advantage. How can they be peaceful people? They only want to take advantage of themselves.

Becoming bigger and stronger!

It's just that they were unlucky. Before they could become bigger and stronger, they themselves became the nourishment of others.

But sometimes a person's luck is really hard to describe, so there is an allusion about losing a horse in a race, but it is not a blessing. People like Bai Xing and Wei Fu lost the right to rule their original territories, but in exchange they gained

There is a possibility of greater wealth. For people like them, hope is the biggest motivation.

Therefore, they looked forward to the future scene described by Xiao Cheng with great anticipation.

"Now it is easy to connect these four places to form a military state." Xiao Cheng said to everyone in the room: "As long as there is one fold, the imperial court will be eager to do it. But similarly, in this way, here

It has become the center of everyone's attention. Although Junzhou is just a lower state, there must be a lot of people who want to come here to spend money. Don't let us go through all the trouble, but it will be an advantage for others. "

Everyone nodded.

"So, on the surface, we still maintain the previous structure, but on the inside, we have to coordinate the arrangements and follow the rules of a military state." Xiao Cheng said: "Yang Wanfu is in charge of the military and political affairs of the four places.

Jia Guizhi, deputy commander, Bai Xing, Wei Fu, Sun Jing and Huang An divided the towns in all directions."

Those whose names were called by Xiao Cheng immediately stood up and bowed to take orders.

"Now the four places are very poor and need blood transfusions, so in the first year, the revenue and expenditure will be unified. After one year, we will discuss the next plan based on the development of the four places. Everyone, this is to show your abilities.

At that time, within one year, the support we give to the four places will be the same, but after one year, the four places will definitely be divided into one with higher development. The one with better development will have a better future.

Naturally, it will be more ambitious." Xiao Cheng's lips curled up.

The four people who were named and divided looked at each other, and their competitive spirit was instantly ignited.

"Of course the army must be organized and trained in a unified manner. In the past, each family maintained an army, which was completely unnecessary!" Xiao Cheng waved his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down: "Besides, there is no need to maintain too many standing armies. A team of three

A standing army of a thousand men is enough to run rampant here. Of course, the three thousand men I mentioned were established according to my standards. Wanfu, do you have any questions?"

Yang Wanfu bowed and said: "There is no problem with the signing. Right now, we are considered elite. We have an army of about a thousand or so that can compete with the Forbidden Army. As long as we have enough soldiers and armor and no shortage of pay and silver, in a year's time, Yang

You can guarantee that you will develop a three thousand strong army that can sweep across this region."

"The first phase of investment will naturally come from the state government." Xiao Cheng laughed. He really has money in his hands now. "But after one year, you will have to rely on yourselves."

Everyone in the room couldn't help but look a little embarrassed. They now knew Xiao Cheng's standards for a strong army. Compared with Xiao Cheng's standards, their previous armies could only be regarded as beggars.

But such a standing army with equipment is also a gold-eating beast, and none of you here are confident that you can afford it.

"Making money is not difficult!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "Today I will tell you about this matter. We now have people, land, hills, resources, and a start-up capital.

With an army, there’s nothing that can’t be accomplished!”

Jia Gui stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Please sign the contract to teach us. If we just want everyone to have a full stomach, Jia Gui thinks it is not difficult, but to achieve what the contract requires, Jia only has to

It’s so difficult!”

Xiao Cheng nodded: "What is the most basic thing for a place to be stable?"

"Of course I can eat enough." Jia Gui said without hesitation.

"Yes, that is to say, the basis of a place's stability is agriculture. Without agriculture, it will be unstable!" Xiao Cheng said: "Farming is the first thing we have to do. First, we have to grow food to feed this place.

But this only meets the most basic needs. If we want to develop, we have to find another way. So we have to have manpower to do things other than farming. How to free up manpower?

?”

Xiao Cheng looked at everyone, everyone was stunned.

"Suppose ten people farmed in the past, and they could feed the people in our house." Xiao Cheng continued: "If we have better seeds, better farm tools, and enough livestock, five people will farm in one year.

If we can support these people in our house, does that mean we have five extra people to do other things? For example, these five people can go into business or work as craftsmen. Will they be able to make a profit?

Come with more money!"

Everyone seems to have realized something.

"There are tens of thousands of people under your rule. How to use them rationally to create more wealth will test everyone's ability to govern the place! How to get fewer people to do more

This is a science. And the extra people can do other things." Xiao Cheng said with a smile. "No one is redundant. We only think there are few people, not too many people."

To be honest, in Xiao Cheng's eyes, the population living in this vast area is really pitifully small. The total population of the forty-odd Jisi Prefectures is only one million. Even if it doubles again, Xiao Cheng

Cheng also feels that he can make a living. Working hard to produce food, working hard to increase wealth, and working hard to increase the population are what Xiao Cheng wants to do most now.

If he wants to speak louder, these are his strengths.

If he doesn't twist all these Jizhou states into one, and doesn't make these places rich, why should he go to the temple to rule the world in the future?

Nowadays, for a small prefect of Qianzhou, no one in Bianliang knows his surname. He is not as famous as the head of the Tian family in Sizhou and the Yang family in Bozhou!
To be continued...