Cultivation begins with expelling corpses

Chapter 72 Stability and Leaving
Three days later, Zhang Shaozong returned to Wuling from Jiu'an. At this time, Zhang Jinzhong, who had captured Taoyuan, also returned with a team of people.

Both Jiu'an and Taoyuan were captured, and the next step is the issue of governance and development.

Zhang Shaozong also planned to completely build Wuling, Taoyuan, and Jiu'an into his base camp, and immediately began a series of governance and development work.

The first step is to expand the army. Now that the territory has become larger, to ensure everything, the army must follow suit. Zhang Shaozong expanded the army from the original one army to three armies, named the first army and the second army respectively. , Third Army.

The first army was expanded from the first regiment originally led by his elder brother Zhang Jizong, and its number was directly expanded from more than 500 people to more than 1 people. It was responsible for sitting in Wuling; the second army was originally led by Zhang Jinzhong. The regiment expanded from the original 500 to more than 5000, and was responsible for taking over Taoyuan; the third army was expanded from the third regiment originally led by Zhang Jiucheng, and its number was the same as that of the second army led by Zhang Jinzhong. The original more than 500 people have been expanded to more than 5000 people, who are responsible for sitting in Jiu'an.

In addition, the number of independent battalions led by Zhang Shaowu expanded from more than 500 people to more than 500 people and became an independent group.

Zhang Shaozong himself was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the army, commanding the three armies and the independent regiment.

So far, Zhang Shaozong's army has directly expanded to more than 2 soldiers, and his strength has also leapt to become the top three warlords in the entire Hunan region. Whether it is the sphere of influence of his subordinates or the army soldiers and horses, they all enter the top three in Hunan.

When the news spread that Zhang Shaozong took down Jiu'an and Taoyuan, the entire Hunan region also caused a huge earthquake, which made many warlords in Hunan region uneasy, but when they got the news, everything had already fallen to the ground.

Zhang Shaozong also ignored the reaction of these warlords. Anyway, now that he has captured Taoyuan and Jiu'an and completed the expansion of the army, even if these warlords want to fight him, he will not be afraid to fight, no matter which warlord in Hunan.

At the same time as the first step of expanding the army, Zhang Shaozong also planned to implement the second step of governing the entire sphere of influence of his subordinates at the same time. The town and village are divided into four levels of administration, and they serve as management officials.

For example, Wuling is Wuling Prefecture, Taoyuan is Taoyuan Prefecture, and Jiu'an is Jiu'an Prefecture. The governor is appointed as the supreme chief executive. There are three states in total. The state is divided into several counties. a town.
It took about half a month for Zhang Shaozong to initially complete the military expansion and administrative management arrangements of his forces.

Then in the third step, Zhang Shaozong implemented his first governance policy, appraised and bought back all the land, especially the land of the landlords and gentry, and then distributed the land to the people by household and household, encouraged farming, and divided the tax according to the harvest. Collecting taxes, collecting [-]% of the tax, this policy made Zhang Shaozong win the hearts of the people at once.

Of course, those landlords and rich merchants are naturally unwilling, but this is the simplest point. After the army moved and directly killed a few dishonest landlords and rich merchants, everything became honest, so Zhang Shaozong got several million more money, so happy .

However, Zhang Shaozong did not completely cut off the livelihood of these landlords and wealthy businessmen. Although they recovered their land, they lowered commercial taxes and encouraged them to do business.

The whole policy can be summed up in four words - emphasizing agriculture and business.

To develop, a road must be built.

Zhang Shaozong also planned the construction of several roads, and planned to use the 1000 million he got from the Huang family to build roads, at least to connect the main roads in Wuling, Taoyuan, and Jiu'an first.

In the end, Zhang Shaozong promulgated a decree to rectify the social atmosphere and rectify the brothels, mainly targeting those local hooligans and gangsters, especially the brothels, which are the focus of rectification. In this era, there are not many brothels that are not involved in gangsters. Powerful, there is a lot of darkness that forces the good into prostitution.

Zhang Shaozong did not prohibit the opening of brothels, as long as it is something you like and I want, he will not interfere. After all, brothels are the current big taxpayers, but if they are forced into prostitution, they must be cracked down.

The effect of this decree is very significant. Once launched, in less than a week, a large number of people were killed after some thunderous means, and the entire social atmosphere under the rule was completely new. Moreover, this decree has another advantage, that is, it generates income After this major rectification, many black and evil forces have been wiped out, and Zhang Shaozong has gained a lot of money and economy again, and the government's treasury has once again been filled.

And after all this, Zhang Shaozong's reputation and prestige in Wuling, Taoyuan, and Jiu'an under the entire rule has been completely established, especially in the hearts of ordinary people, Yan Ran has become a rare good warlord and commander in the world.

Soon, one month passed, time entered November, and before he knew it, Zhang Shaozong himself had transmigrated into this world for more than four months.

In a month's time, under the guarantee of the barrel of a gun, all the policies that Zhang Shaozong has implemented in the past month have been implemented stably. At this moment, Wuling, Taoyuan, and Jiu'an have also entered into a stable development. The new look gives people an indescribable vitality, which is less of the lifelessness of the past, especially for ordinary people, there is a hopeful brilliance in their faces and eyes, instead of the numbness and lifelessness of the past.

The army under him has become more and more like a real army through daily training, with strict discipline.

In addition, the clothing factory has also developed thoroughly, and now stores have opened in every town in Wuling, Taoyuan, and Jiu'an. In addition to the stockings that were launched at the beginning, various other clothing styles that are popular in later generations are also available one by one. Launched, men's clothing is also officially launched, the effect is gratifying.
Everything is on the right track and moving in the desired direction.

At this time, after successfully winning the three places, Zhang Shaozong's practice efficiency has also been greatly improved. Various precious medicinal materials are continuously sent to him every day for his practice. Now his practice in a day is equivalent to the previous two or three days. , This efficiency improvement is simply not a star.

At night, the Marshal's Mansion in Wuling.

"I have seen the commander-in-chief and the deputy commander-in-chief."

Zhang Jinzhong, Zhang Jiucheng, and Zhang Shaowu walked into the door together, and saluted Zhang Shaozong and Zhang Jizong who came one step ahead.

"You're welcome, we're all our own people, sit down and talk, housekeeper, let the kitchen serve the food."

Zhang Shaozong smiled and beckoned the three of them to sit down, and then ordered the housekeeper to let the kitchen serve the food.

Zhang Jinzhong, Zhang Jiucheng, and Zhang Shaowu should have walked to the table with Zhang Shaozong and sat down when they heard the words. Instead of treating them as subordinates, they are treated like relatives.

The five people sat down together, and the food was brought up, Zhang Shaozong said while eating.

"I called you here this time because I have something to tell you. Next, I will leave for a while and go to Sudi. It will take about a month or two. So after I leave, the management will be handed over to you for the time being. Yes, but now the situation has stabilized, so you don't have to worry too much, you just need to continue to perform your duties according to my previous deployment. By the way, the training of the army must not be slack, especially the discipline, remember We are soldiers, not bandits."

"After I left, you mainly pay attention to the movements of other warlords around you, to prevent someone from attacking me while I am away. Although the possibility of this is very small given our current power, it is not ruled out that someone wants to take advantage of the opportunity to do something."

Zhang Shaozong explained directly.

Now that Taoyuan and Jiu'an have been ruled and have completely stabilized and entered the stage of development, Zhang Shaozong also plans to take this time to follow his master back to Maoshan, so that he can officially join Maoshan under the seal.

"Don't worry, Marshal, as long as we are still alive, we will definitely guard Wuling, Jiu'an, and Taoyuan."

Zhang Jinzhong, Zhang Jiucheng, and Zhang Shaowu immediately nodded.

"I trust you."

Zhang Shaozong smiled and nodded.

"After I leave, if you have anything to do, you can discuss it with the deputy commander. What he means is what I mean."

"In addition, during this period of time, I hope you will send some people into Xiangqian, and give me a complete piece of information on Xiangqian's situation before I come back."

"The commander-in-chief is going to attack Xiangqian."

Zhang Jinzhong, Zhang Jiucheng, and Zhang Shaowu couldn't help but their eyes lit up again when they heard the words.

"In Xiangqian, there are high mountains and deep forests, complex terrain, difficult for outsiders to enter, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If there is a chance, it is best to win it. In this way, we can rest easy in the future, but it depends on the opportunity. So during the time I was away, you sent people in to check the information."

"And I heard that Xiangqian has always had a legend about the corpse king, so let's check it out together."

Corpse King, this is a reward for Zhang Shaozong.

"Yes."

After a meal, Zhang Jinzhong, Zhang Jiucheng, and Zhang Shaowu left first, and finally Zhang Shaozong sat down alone with his elder brother, drank tea and chatted for a while, and finally summoned Bai Yuzhen after his elder brother had also left.

"Tomorrow morning, I will leave for Maoshan with my master. This time, I will leave for a short period of one or two months, and a long period of two or three months. If I tell you, the family depends on you."

Zhang Shaozong planned to let Bai Yuzhen stay in the Marshal's Mansion after he left. He had contact means with Bai Yuzhen, so that if anything happened here, Bai Yuzhen could contact him as soon as possible, and with Bai Yuzhen's strength, he could rest assured.

"Well, be careful all the way yourself, and contact me if you need anything."

Bai Yuzhen nodded, and her body was gently nestled in Zhang Shaozong's arms. The longer she was with Zhang Shaozong, the more she liked leaning in Zhang Shaozong's arms when she was free, which made her feel extra at ease.

As for the previously agreed three-month period, the time has already passed.

(End of this chapter)