The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 164 A good horse grows on its legs, and a good man grows on its mouth

It’s better to be a small county with a high mountain and far away from the emperor. For some reason, such an idea suddenly came to the warrior Xun’s heart.

But thinking about it, if he was really asked to give up his life in Chang'an City, Lao Wu would be a little bit reluctant. After all, Chang'an is the most prosperous capital of the Tang Dynasty, and it is not comparable to ordinary small places.

Just like now, the big county outside is completely pitch black, and you can’t even hear a dog barking. This is enough to show that the nightlife in Shanyin County is backward. If it is in Chang’an, this is the time to go out to brothels and drink flower wine. Good time.

Thinking about what was there and what was not, the warrior Xun asked casually: "Nephew, how many people do you have in Shanyin County now?"

"Probably less than [-] households." Li Muyun stuffed a mouthful of vegetables into his mouth and said casually.

"Pfft...", Lao Wu spit out a mouthful of old wine, and asked with wide-eyed eyes, "How much did you say?"

"Uh, oh, nine thousand, about nine thousand households." Before Li Muyun could answer, he saw Sun Liang, who was sitting beside him and hadn't spoken, make a nine sign, so he quickly changed his words.

"..." The warrior looked at Li Muyun speechlessly. If I remember correctly, it seems that Shuozhou Prefecture has a total population of only about [-] households, right?How can there be [-] households in Shanyin County?Isn't Shanyin County under the jurisdiction of Shuozhou government?
Li Muyun naturally knew why Lao Wu was in a daze, but pretending to be a kid has almost become his innate instinct, so he pretended to be very strange and asked, "What's wrong, Uncle? But what's wrong?"

"Of course not. The old man passed through Shuozhou when he came here. The assassin Han Fu said that there are more than [-] households in Shuozhou. Why do you have [-] households in Shanyin County? Why is your county more populous than the entire Fucheng?" How many?" The samurai Xun had a strange expression on his face, thought for a while and said, "Nephew, you must never boast about such things, you must know that the Ministry of Households will collect taxes based on your total population."

"Well, this matter is actually my nephew's fault." Li Muyun sighed pretendingly: "You also know that some time ago in Chang'an, I asked the emperor for a letter to recruit fugitives."

"Yeah." The warrior Xun nodded.

"As a result, after my nephew came back, he let go and recruited the former fugitives. As a result, he didn't want more and more people. At the beginning, there were only one household and two households. Later, there were ten households and eight households. Now it is almost hundreds of households every day. Hundreds of households came in, and my nephew didn't know how to report the number of people." Although Li Muyun was sighing, even a blind man could hear the satisfaction in his tone.

That's right, it's an anecdote that the total population of this county surpasses that of the entire state capital, and it happened in just half a year.

If the entire Dieci tribe of Khitan moved here in the second half of the year, it is estimated that the total population of Shanyin County will be three to four times that of the entire Shuozhou Prefecture.

In other words, Li Muyun forced the population to reach the level of a central state by virtue of his own county.

You must know that the states and counties of Datang are divided into upper, middle and lower. Among them, states with less than [-] households are Xiazhou, more than [-] are Zhongzhou, and Shangzhou has a population of more than [-] households.

Shuozhou Mansion used to have a population of more than [-] households, so it was a lower state, but after Li Muyun filled the population, immediately remember that the population of Shanyin County will reach [-] households.

This is completely ruining the existence of the Three Views of People. Samurai Xun would never have imagined that this guy Li Muyun has only been seen for half a year, and he has developed a county to the present level. If you don’t consider that this guy has just worked hard for more than 50 years. No. [-] person, just relying on the credit of recruiting people is enough to make him promoted to three ranks.

However, with a large population, problems naturally arise. The warrior Xun quickly realized a serious problem, so he asked in a deep voice: "Nephew, you have suddenly increased your population. How do you distribute the land? In terms of farming How to solve the problem? If there is not enough food in autumn... ".

"Uncle, don't worry, my nephew has already considered this matter. In terms of farming, my nephew adopts the collective farming method. I specially borrowed [-] cattle from Han Shishi, and then borrowed about [-] cattle from the Mobei grassland. With these hundreds of cattle, thousands of mu of land can be plowed in a day, and after continuous land reclamation, the land that has been cultivated now is only a lot more than the number of people."

"The other is the issue of what to plant. This is because some fugitives were naturalized later and missed the spring planting time, so our county arranged for them to plant some bean products. In autumn, they can exchange those bean products for food. .”

"You must also know that the most important thing my nephew needs now is food, so I don't have to worry about whether I can't feed them."

Of course the warrior Xun knew that Li Muyun was not short of food, if it wasn't for the food, he wouldn't have turned against that old fellow Han Ai.

And just when the warrior Xun nodded to show that he understood, Li Muyun said again: "Originally, my nephew thought that there was a black stone mine in the county. In fact, those fugitives did not have time to farm, so they went to the mine to dig some. Black stone, my nephew may also give them food according to how many black stones they dug."

"But I never expected that the Black Rock Mine would be taken over by bandits, so my nephew made the decision to exterminate them out of a moment of urgency. Although my nephew was reckless, my nephew was also afraid of causing a civil commotion Ah, after all, those people need to eat, if the mines they rely on for survival are occupied and the county doesn’t express anything, if those people make a fuss, it will be worse than killing those bandits.”

It has to be said that Li Muyun has already fooled Lao Wu into a bit of a bewilderment with just this mouth, and kept nodding his head while listening to him. At this moment, he even felt that those 'bandits' should indeed be killed, and not killing them would not be enough for civilians to be angry. , although those bandits knew they were sent by the Wang family as long as they were individuals.

But what does it matter?After all, Li Muyun has to support tens of thousands of people. Is it wrong to kill a few shabby households for the sake of the anger of the common people?If he didn't want it, and the Wang family didn't return the mine to him, wouldn't they let him wait for the people to make trouble?

Thinking of this, the samurai Xun already knew how to explain this matter to Li Shimin after returning to the capital. He even dared to guarantee that if he explained the situation in Shanyin County to the emperor, not only would Li Muyun not be punished, but he might even be rewarded. .

As for those who said that the Wang family died, they should die if they die, they should not be important people anyway.

Moreover, anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that this incident was purely deliberately framed by someone, and had nothing to do with Li Muyun at all.

(End of this chapter)