Fu Song

Chapter 230

When Xiao Cheng entered Dushan, of course he brought more than just his majesty.This kind of deterrence will indeed make the local aborigines feel fearful, but such fear will eventually be offset in the face of reality.

So with Xiao Cheng coming in, there is still a lot of money, food, and various materials.

The battles in Dushan, Sanshui, Xunzhou, and Nanping Prefectures that lasted from autumn to winter made the already poor places worse. The people were so poor that even food became a problem.

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

Because ordinary people want to eat.

Once you can't even fill your stomach, it's useless to talk about other things.

Xiao Cheng came at the right time.

Carloads of grain came in, and the rising grain prices were brought down in one fell swoop.

"It's impossible to let the common people go hungry." 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 common people has been greatly affected. Everyone has to pay close attention to the matter, and the relief matter must be taken to heart. If someone dies of hunger in the local area, then I must investigate and find out where the food I allocated has gone. This Don't even touch this kind of thing, once you touch it, you will definitely lose your head."

Everyone was awe-inspiring and nodded their heads again and again.

Tian Yi smiled and said: "Everyone, it is not easy for Xiao Zhuan to raise these grains. Of course, the grain sent by the caravan is to make money. They are in a world of ice and snow. We are grateful to the gods who are willing to transport the grain. The state government allocated it to you The grain is used to help those in need. I know that in the past, many people have offered their hands for this kind of grain. I am afraid that you are among these people. However, Xiao Zhuan said that the past is not to be blamed. If this year's What happened, Tian joined the army as the manager of Qianzhou, but he is going to enforce the law."

Everyone's heart is slightly cold.

In the past, the Si Li from Qianzhou who joined the army was nothing to them. It would be a joke if they wanted to enforce the law on their territory.

But this moment is also that moment!

Now that the situation has changed drastically, this Si Li joined the army and really has the ability to arrest everyone in the prison in Qianzhou.

In this area, whoever is stronger has a reason to speak.

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

Just looking at the obedient appearance of Yang Wanfu and Jia Gui in front of him, Bai Xingwei Fu and others can judge the strength of the person in front of them. Who are Yang Wanfu and Jia Gui?
Right now, they have already controlled the armed forces in these four places, and they have received strong support from the government, and with Tian's and Yang's platforms, whoever dares to take the lead may die immediately.

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

If it is said that working hard in the northwest in the past was all for the foundation of the eldest brother and for the future of the Xiao family, now, he wants to really start from here to develop his own strength.

Xiao Cheng is not short of money, because of the existence of Tianxiang Pavilion and many other famous industries, Xiao Cheng is quite strong in terms of financial resources, but money alone is obviously not enough.The development of the Tianzihao industry these days is actually inseparable from the support of power behind it.

What's more, Xiao Cheng is really the kind of traditional person who is poor when he is alone, and who is rich when he is rich.

When he has this strength, he still wants to help the world.

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

This is Xiao Cheng's original intention to use this place as the starting point of his official career and climb up step by step.Everyone thought this was a barren land, and only people like Xiao Cheng were happy to come here as a drudgery for officials.

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 be his help to move forward, and those who want to be obstacles have to lie down.

There are more than forty Jimi states, with a combined territory of nearly [-] square kilometers. What an attractive piece of fat!

穷？
What's so scary about that.

What Xiao Cheng is best at is making money.

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

Of course, during construction, these places must also be effectively integrated, so that they can become your own help, your powerful fist, and when you let them hit, they will swing out without hesitation.

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

Because the people here are not as loyal to Huangsong as people in other places. If you want to do these things in Hebei, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it can only be because you are impatient.

Those places that have been fully developed are actually the places where the Song Dynasty ruled most powerfully.Wealthy, but stubborn.

These days, Xiao Cheng 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.

Thinking about it, when something went wrong in Dushan County, people like Bai Xingwei Fu jumped out to get a piece of the pie and take advantage of it. How could they be peaceful people!They just want to make themselves bigger and stronger!

It's just that they are unlucky. Before they become bigger and stronger, they become the nourishment of others.

But a person's luck is sometimes hard to describe in a single word, so there is an allusion that the racer loses the horse, but he knows it is not a blessing.People like Bai Xingwei Fu lost the right to rule over the territory they originally governed, but in exchange for possible greater wealth.For people like them, hope is the greatest motivation.

Therefore, they were extremely looking forward to the future scene that Xiao Cheng depicted.

"Now even if these four places are united to form a military state, it is a breeze." Xiao Cheng said to everyone in the room: "As long as one piece of paper is up, the imperial court may be very happy. But the same, in this way, here It has become the center of everyone's attention. Although Junzhou is only a lower state, there must be a lot of people who want to come here to cross the gold, don't let us spend all our troubles, but it will be cheaper for others."

Everyone nodded.

"So, on the surface, we still maintain the previous pattern, but on the inside, we have to make unified 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 regions, Under Jia Gui's deputy, Bai Xing, Wei Fu, Sun Jing, and Huang An divided the town into four directions."

Those who were named by Xiao Cheng immediately stood up and bowed to accept the order.

"Now the four places are very poor and all need blood transfusions, so in the first year, the income and expenditure will be unified. After one year, we will share the next plan according to the development of the four places. Everyone, this is to show your ability. 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 have a higher level of development. The better the development, the future future will be the same. Naturally, it will be bigger." The corners of Xiao Cheng's mouth curled up.

The four people who were named and assigned to the Quartet looked at each other, and the competition was ignited in an instant.

"The army, of course, needs to be organized and trained in a unified way. In the past, every family had an army, so it was completely unnecessary!" Xiao Cheng waved his hand and motioned everyone to sit down: "Also, there is no need to maintain too many standing troops. A three-man A standing army of [-] people is enough to run rampant here. Of course, the [-] people I mentioned were built according to my standards. Wanfu, is there a problem?"

Yang Wanfu bowed and said: "Signing and judging, there is no problem. Right now we can be called the elite, and the army that can compare with the imperial army is about a thousand. As long as the soldiers are well prepared and the salary is not lacking, a year later, Yang No one can guarantee to train a [-]-strong army that sweeps across the region."

"The investment in the first phase is naturally provided by the state government." Xiao Cheng laughed, he really has money now. "But after a year, it will be up to you."

Everyone in the room couldn't help but look a bit embarrassed, they now knew Xiao Cheng's standard for a strong army, compared with Xiao Cheng's standard, their previous army could only be regarded as beggars.

But such a well-equipped standing army is also a gold-swallowing beast, and everyone present has no confidence that they can afford it.

"It's not difficult to make money!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile, "I'll tell you about it today. You now have people, land, hills, resources, and a sum of start-up capital. With an army, what can't be done!"

Jia Gui stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Please sign the judgment so that you can teach me to wait. If you only want to let everyone eat, Jia feels that it is not difficult, but if you want to meet the requirements of the judgment, Jia only wants to eat it." 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.

"That's right, that is, the foundation of a stable place is agriculture. Without agriculture, it's unstable!" Xiao Cheng said, "Farming is the first thing we need to do. First of all, we need to grow food to feed the land. Local people. But it only meets the most basic needs. If we want to develop, we have to find another way. So we have to have people to do things other than farming. How to free up people? ?”

Xiao Cheng looked at everyone, and everyone was stunned.

"Assuming that ten people farmed before, it could support the people in our house." Xiao Cheng continued: "If we have better seeds, better farm tools, and enough livestock, after a year, five people farm If we can support the people in our house, then do we have five extra people to do other things? For example, these five people can do business, can be craftsmen, will they be able to earn money? Pay more money!"

Everyone seems to realize something.

"There are tens of thousands of people under your rule. How to use them rationally to create more wealth will test the ability of each local government! How to let fewer people do more This is a subject of knowledge. The extra people can do other things." Xiao Cheng said with a smile. "No one is superfluous. We only think there are too 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 more than forty Jimi prefectures is only one million. Even if it is doubled, Xiao Cheng still feels that he can support himself.Working hard to produce food, increase wealth, and increase population, this is what Xiao Cheng wants to do most now.

Want to speak louder, these are his capital.

If he doesn't twist all these Jiji states into a single rope, and doesn't make these places rich, why should he go to the temple to rule the world in the future?
Now a small Zhizhou of Qianzhou, no one in Bianliang knows his surname or name, and he is not as famous as the Patriarch of the Sizhou Tian family and the Bozhou Yang family!
However, when he made these forty or so grass-headed kings disappear, thus forming a truly huge and incomparable Qianzhou, what would Bianliang think?
When that time comes, Li Fang will be able to retire, and he will have to take the position of Kuizhou Road Transit Envoy.

And after this position, there are more things that can be done.

Maybe, I can still take a look at Dali!But Dali is still a country after all, and has always respected Da Song very much. It is not easy to find their faults, but as long as they have this heart, they may not find an excuse!
During the last two days in Dushan, Xiao Cheng finally came to Dushan Iron Mine.

Speaking of which, everything that happened in the past year was caused by the Dushan Iron Mine.

Yang Wanfu, Jia Gui and others came to Dushan for the first time, in fact, they just wanted to win the management right of Dushan Iron Mine, but who knew that in the end, due to a combination of circumstances, a huge incident happened. Of course, the final result, It was also many times better than Xiao Cheng expected.

Tiangong Iron Art, headed by Han Chong, has been stationed here for several months.

Mine production is also slowly recovering.In the valley, blast furnaces are being erected one after another. The new smelting method will improve the efficiency of Dushan Iron Works, and Tiangong Iron Art will also make weapons and armor here, instead of just making small pieces of iron. It's a joke.

"Next year, the main personnel of Tiangong Iron Art will move here!" Xiao Cheng said to Han Chong: "You need to plan early on this matter."

"Bianliang?" Han Chong was a little puzzled.

"Bianliang is just making some playthings, just leave some unimportant people there!" Xiao Cheng said: "From now on, this place will be the foundation of our iron craftsmanship. Han Chong, if we follow the normal progress If so, how much iron can Dushan Iron Mine produce in a year?"

Han Chong thought for a while and said, "Erlang, the manpower for mining in Dushan Iron Mine is still limited. Based on the current capacity, there will be a maximum of [-] catties in a year!"

Xiao Cheng frowned, and turned to look at Yang Wanfu.

Yang Wanfu understood: "Don't worry about signing the verdict, there will be more and more people."

(End of this chapter)