Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 100 Is there still Wang Fa?
The area of ​​Lingling County is about the same as that of Guiyang County. It has eight counties under its jurisdiction, including Quanling, Lingling, Yingdao, Lingdao, Shi'an, Yingpu, Taoyang, and Xiangxiang, but its population is twice that of Guiyang County. Comparable to Changsha County, the territory is blocked by Yuecheng Ridge, Dupang Ridge, and Mengzhu Ridge, so the traffic is quite inconvenient.

From Linwu to Quanling, Lantian took the same marching route as before. He saw the magnificent mountains and rivers along the way, and thought that if it was a peaceful era, he wondered how many scenic spots would be built.

After everyone came to Quanling, Liu Qi and Gan Ning led the officials out of Guo to welcome them. Lan Tian was flattered by this scene.

When Liu Qi took over the post of prefect for the first time, it was the time when the spring breeze was in full swing. He cupped his fists and said to Lan Tian, ​​"Mr. Ziyu, I will entrust Lingling County to you."

"My lord, you are welcome." Lan Tian bowed his hands and saluted.

Liu Qi prepared a mansion for Lantian in advance, and it was located next to the prefect's mansion. Although there was no plaque hanging at the gate, its status in Lingling was second only to the prefect's mansion.

Liu Qi was born as an aristocrat, and he loved to indulge in sensuality and fun. After he handed over Lingling's military administration to Lantian, he became a shopkeeper himself.

On the second day after Lan Tian took office, the county ministers and chief officials successively came to report on their work. Looking at the elders standing in the main hall, Lan Tian felt like opening a mansion, but the only person he could use at this time was Gao Shun. , Gan Ning.

Lan Tian lacked experience in internal affairs. He had only worked as a secretary in Xiapihu Cao. When he came to Quanling, he asked the county chief Shi to follow the usual practice, but asked Tian Cao of the county to come to see him. He had ample say in farming affairs.

Liu Xian was originally in charge of Lingling's army, and Sima in the county was just a decoration. Lan Tian knew that as long as he controlled the army, he could control the stability of one side, so he wanted to use his own people for this.

Sending away Chang Shi and Sima, Lan Tian told Gan Ning: "Next to Quanling is the Xiangshui River. Xingba now has a place to use it. Lingling's water army can be built, and it will be of great use in the future."

"Wei." Gan Ning responded with cupped fists.

Gan Ning has a rough and violent personality, but in front of Lan Tian, ​​he behaves very obediently.

Looking at Lan Tian's deeds in Linwu these years, Gan Ning knew that this person was definitely not someone in the pool. He admired Lan Tian from the bottom of his heart, and he didn't despise Lan Tian because he was younger than him, and he didn't despise Lan Tian because of his recent meritorious deeds. proud.

Lan Tian continued: "Xingba, your navy, I hope that in addition to combat, you also need to take care of other functions."

"Others?" Gan Ning looked puzzled.

Lan Tian nodded: "Lingling is mountainous and difficult to walk, but rivers run through the whole area, and even follow the Xiang River to reach the Yangtze River. Once there is a war in the future, this waterway will be the most important thing to transport troops and food."

Gan Ning scratched his head and asked, "What exactly do you mean, sir? Please explain clearly."

"I will ask Hu Cao, Shui Cao, and Jiang Zuo Cao to send people to cooperate with you in dredging the river and building more docks. From now on, I hope that whether it is suppressing bandits or bandits, or transporting troops and food, they can arrive in one day."

Lantian also expressed his feelings along the way. Later generations said that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. With the current level of infrastructure and national strength, it is indeed powerless to face these mountains and rivers. However, using waterways to develop water transportation is a good way to adapt to local conditions.

Gan Ning had experienced battles in water for a long time, and he understood the truth that soldiers are precious and fast, so he immediately nodded his head to accept the task. In addition to Gan Ning's own [-] pieces, Lan Tian sent another [-] soldiers from the city to make up enough for him. The number of two thousand.

The land troops in Lingling were naturally taken over by Gao Shun. In addition to the thousands of soldiers brought by Linwu, there were actually only more than [-] soldiers. , which is much stronger than the usual [-] soldiers.

Gao Shun's mentality has changed in the past two years. Originally, he only wanted to protect Lu Lingqi well. Now that Lanyuan was born and Lantian was on the rise again, he decided to fight again while he was in his prime.

A few days later, the county magistrates, magistrates, and Tian Cao from all counties came to Quanling to meet their new boss, but only the people from Lingling and Shi'an counties were missing. Lan Tian thought that there are troubles in this era?
After a brief introduction, Lan Tian ordered the counties to select fifty farmers, and the county officials of Tian Cao led a team to Linwu to learn farming techniques, and then returned to Lingling to promote planting after learning, and asked Li Yang to send a team to each county. Guided by five veterans.

This is Lantian's method of "please come in and send out" borrowed from later generations. After all, with more and more territories, he no longer has the energy to teach his apprentices hand in hand.

Lan Tian still cultivated half an acre of land next to Quanling to cultivate and improve two-line hybrid rice varieties. He must persevere in this endeavor.

For the high-yielding corn seeds, he, Li Yang, has left enough mother seeds. If he has suitable land in the future, he can just spread them on a large scale. However, the staple food in Jingnan is still rice, so he has to work hard.

"Do you know why no one came from Lingling and Shi'an counties?" After explaining his work, Lan Tian asked about the two absent counties.

Everyone was silent, except Zhou Can, Taoyang County Magistrate, who had a strange look on his face.

"What does Magistrate Zhou know?" Lan Tian asked.

Zhou Can arched his hands and bowed his hands: "There are more people in Lingling and Shi'an, and they often raise troops to loot property. The colleagues from the two counties probably couldn't arrive because of this."

Lan Tian frowned, is the Chinese-Vietnamese conflict in Lingling so tense?Without a stable environment, it would be difficult to carry out his planting techniques.

After everyone left, Wei Huan, the magistrate of Lingling County, came to ask for an audience. Officials from other counties brought some local products as gifts when they met their superiors for the first time, but this magistrate came empty-handed.

Seeing this man lying on the ground in a state of distress, Lan Tian couldn't bear to say, "Cheng Wei County, get up and talk."

"Wei." Wei Huan replied and got up and stood aside.

Lan Tian saw that Wei Huan's lips were chapped and his official robes were covered with dust, so he asked someone to fetch water to quench his thirst, and finally asked, "Why is the magistrate of Wei County so late? Where are your magistrate and Tian Cao?"

Wei Huan clasped his hands and replied: "Lingling County is located in a border area, Yue people often go down the mountain to loot, and the county magistrate presides over the overall situation at home."

"What about the garrison in the county?"

"Liu Taishou set a policy of being soft and not letting us take the initiative to fight back. In addition, those Yue people who make trouble come and go like the wind, and most of them are hunters with high martial arts skills in the mountains. Even the garrison can't resist it."

"The situation in Shi'an County is the same?" Lan Tian asked.

Wei Huan nodded: "The situation over there is even more serious. Shi'an County still needs money and food to buy peace. I heard that this time, because of insufficient money and food, they were retaliated by the Yue people. The captain of Shi'an County also died in the line of duty."

Lan Tian frowned and asked again: "Do you also want to buy Ping An?"

"Occasionally. I originally brought some local products, but they were looted by Yue people after leaving the city." Wei Huan lowered his head as he said.

"You two counties don't have a large population, right? The money and food you saved are subsidized to the Yue people. What will you hand over to the county?" Lan Tian asked coldly.

"Prefect Liu made our two counties self-sufficient." Wei Huan replied in a low voice.

Lan Tian patted the case and was furious: "Is there still the law of heaven? Is there still the law of the king?"

(End of this chapter)