After being exiled, I led my whole family to rebel.

Unexpectedly, before the natives present could get angry and condemn, Xu Zhenying smiled again, "Of course this is the worst case scenario. I just want to tell you that cooperation must be sincere. If you always think about taking advantage of the other party, it will not be beautiful. I, Xu Zhenying, sincerely want to help you, I want to help the people of Qianzhou Prefecture, and I also want to help you, whether you are Miao people, native people, or Dong people——"

Xu Zhenying's words sounded extremely sincere, "Can't we all live a good life together? You, Qianzhou, have been poor for so many hundreds of years, and you really have never thought about one day being well-dressed and well-fed, and being an upright person? I'm giving it now Your opportunity may be a unique opportunity in the past few hundred years, or even in the next few hundred years. If you still refuse to seize this opportunity for your own selfish desires, then you will only be poor forever, and your children and grandchildren will I will be poor forever!"

Wang Sanniang was excited when she heard it!

What a good thing the city lord said.

Can't we all live a good life together? Do we have to start a war and make the people homeless and separated from their wives?

Wang Sanniang often thinks about the meaning of war.

She had learned from military war courses that war was a struggle for resources, nothing more than land resources, population resources, and class resources. As for the life and death of the people at the bottom, it was the least important consideration in war.

Although this sounds very angry, when you think about it carefully, it makes sense.

Just as these chieftains at this moment always have to consider their own position of power, how many of them can consider the people under them wholeheartedly?

There was silence in the room for a while, but the chieftain of the village sighed, but he made a concession, "Xingyuan Mansion belongs to you. But we natives take care of our own affairs, and you can't interfere with our affairs. And the help you mentioned. , Commercial tax needs to be discussed again.”

This is like talking about things.

Not only the natives in the house, but also the people under Xu Zhenying's hands also breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Zhenying sat down and said with a smile, "Okay, this is natural."

"Also, in order for both parties to act in accordance with the agreement, you have to send your grandmother and sister over as hostages."

Xu Zhenying nodded. She had already expected that if hostages were exchanged, it would probably be either Miao or Xu Meixiao.

After all, everyone in the world despises women. Since they are pledges, they will definitely choose those who look weak.

"Okay, but since there are two people on my side, then there will be eight people on your side. Don't get excited yet, listen to me, our hostage is not so much a hostage, but a witness or auspicious sign of our peaceful exchanges. Things. And you natives are different from us. I can guarantee that I am the only leader here, but the forces on your side are complicated. There may be more than a dozen chieftains in the big and small villages. Do you only let the people from the village give two One hostage, but none of the other chieftains are allowed to come out? How can I suppress the people in the other villages? I think this is unfair to the people in the village."

The village elder was thoughtful.

When other people think about it, this is also the case.

"And don't worry, I will treat your hostages well when they come over. But please also treat my family well. We are originally working together for mutual benefit. Don't let villains take advantage of our cooperation. Talk about being ruined.”

Seeing that several elders had listened, Xu Zhenying continued: "As for the commercial tax matter, it is not that we can't make concessions. We need to make a rough calculation of the specific concessions before we can tell you. I will leave someone to talk to you. Let's talk in detail. In fifteen days, I will send my mother and little sister, and I hope you can fulfill the contract and send the hostages to Jinzhou Mansion."

For a moment, everyone was silent, as if they wanted to speak but stopped.

The chieftain of the village looked around at the frowns of several people, and finally spoke first: "City Lord, there is one more thing."

"Please say."

"Bai Cien led people to kill thousands of our brothers. Yesterday we caught him on the street. After discussion, the sons and daughters decided to kill him to sacrifice to heaven to avenge our dead brothers! If you don't agree to this, Then the previous contract will be invalid and we will not cooperate with you!"

Xu Zhenying raised his eyebrows slightly.

He never expected that at the last moment, Bai Cien would come out.

Didn't you tell that guy two days ago that Gu told him not to run around? It's only been a few days and he was caught.

Xu Zhenying supported his forehead.

Bai Cien's identity is sensitive, and she is not yet ready to break up with the Zhou Dynasty.

What if the first-grade military commander is angered and leads his men to directly attack their Jinzhou Mansion?

She still needs a long period of time to grow up!

The remaining toasts also stood up to express their attitude. When Bai Cien was mentioned, many Miao people in the room also had angry faces.

Xu Zhenying was instantly wrapped up in them.

She sighed slightly, then stared at the village chieftain and said, "How many of you have Bai Cien killed?"

The village chieftain gritted his teeth: "More than eight thousand!"

"That's a lot. But how many of them did you kill?"

The people in the room were silent, and the chieftain of the village said fiercely: "That's different. We are forced by them to live no longer, so we can only kill them!"

"They killed thousands of you, you killed thousands of them, you kill another Bai Cien, and the court sends troops to kill thousands of you. Is this the result you want?"

"So, City Lord Xu has sided with the imperial court?"

"I have rebelled, how can I stand on the side of the imperial court? If the imperial court sends troops to attack, I, Jinzhou Mansion, will bear the brunt. From now on, we will share weal and woe. Naturally, I don't want you to set yourself on fire just to vent your anger."

"But they have killed so many of our brothers, we must not let him go so easily! And we have all been caught. Regardless of whether City Lord Xu agrees or not, we will take him back to the village and kill him to sacrifice to heaven!" "

Xu Zhenying said quickly: "To make a person feel uncomfortable, there is more than one way to kill him. As for you, give me a face and let me be a middleman. I will give you a more reliable idea, you can think about it."

The toasts walked over with calm expressions.

Xu Zhenying then said with a smile: "The Bai family is well-known as a wealthy family in Bianjing City. Instead of killing him with one knife, why don't you capture Bai Cien and write a letter to the military commander and ask him to give you twenty A compensation of 10,000 yuan. When you come back with these 200,000 taels to buy some good seeds, won’t you be able to support your brothers and sisters of hundreds of thousands in the coming year? Isn’t this more cost-effective than killing him?”

Zhai Fang Tusi’s eyes clearly lit up!

"Two hundred thousand taels?!" The Dongmiao chieftain was startled, "The Bai family will give it to him?"

After Xu Zhenying heard this, he knew that the chieftains were still more inclined to her method, so she continued to seduce her step by step: "Two hundred thousand taels, it should be just a drop of rain for the Bai family. How could he not give it? If he If you don’t give it, you will publicize the fact that his son was captured throughout the capital to see if he can afford to shame that person?!”

"But what if the military commander is angered?"

Xu Zhenying glanced at the man and said, "If you kill Bai Cien, will you not anger his father?"

The man looked a little embarrassed.

"Let me tell you, the dead is dead, but the living still need to live well. Killing him will bring out the bad breath, but you also think about it carefully, how many things can be done with these two hundred thousand taels of silver. Not to mention buying seeds. , let’s just say that you have to buy tea trees for this kind of tea, you have to build roads if you want to sell things, the children have to wear clothes to go to school, and you have to buy some salt, otherwise there will only be more and more big-necked people in your village! "

Several chieftains were surprised: "Isn't the big neck the result of a curse from heaven?"

Xu Zhenying held his forehead and said, "No, I just ate too little salt."

Seeing that everyone didn't believe it, Xu Zhenying presented an irrefutable piece of evidence, "Otherwise, why are there so few rich people with big necks, while poor people mostly have big neck diseases. Big necks mean that the body lacks iodine, and it is necessary to supplement salt, or along the coast Sea vegetables are also fine. When the road to Houguan is repaired and the road is opened, I will send people to transport some sea vegetables from the coast! After all, big neck disease is a disease of poverty! Of course, it is not just big neck disease. Most diseases are caused by poverty!”

This "poverty disease" deeply hurt the hearts of the native people present.

Isn’t it? Aren’t these all diseases of poverty?

The natives have been living in the jungle, making a living by fishing, hunting, and selling some seedlings and medicines. The Han people refused to teach them how to farm, so they had to rely on the sky for food, so they were called barbarians by the Han people. But several elders heard another meaning.

Xu Zhenying just talked about road construction and breeding. Does this prove that she has already made plans in her heart?

Thinking of the people in Shunyuan City who had been to Lan County, everyone said that Lan County was so rich that it was like a fairyland on earth, which made several elders feel ready to move.

Can Xu Zhenying really let them all live the same life as the Han people?

However, some people secretly made a note, thinking that they must buy some salt for the people in the village to take back when they come to Shunyuan City this time.

"Okay, I will find someone to share the details with you for other matters. The matter in Qianzhou Prefecture has been settled. If there is anything you are not clear about, you can still ask me now."

Chieftain Demao immediately asked: "Is City Lord Xu anxious to return to Jinzhou Mansion?"

"That's right, we just captured the Golden State and there are still many things to be busy with."

The two sides have become allies, and naturally their attitudes are much closer. Even the chieftain of Zhaifang, who had a cold face at Yixiang, said: "Why don't we take a night's rest? These two companies are cooperating on such a big matter, how to collect business taxes, how to farm and so on." , you have to take care of it."

Xu Zhenying glanced at the village chieftain, as if he had seen through what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "We people in Lan County don't do things like the Zhou Dynasty. We pay attention to efficiency in everything we do. Don't worry, it will be done within a month. Straighten everything out and come up with a charter. It’s only May and June now, so we’re speeding up and trying to plant another wave of sweet potatoes. If it’s as cold as last year this year, people in Qianzhou Prefecture may not be able to cope with it.”

"Sweet potato? What is that?"

Xu Zhenying's mouth went dry when he spoke, and he immediately winked at Wang Sanniang. Wang Sanniang understood and stepped forward to explain: "Sweet potatoes are also a kind of food. They are different from the rice grown today. They are edible anyway! Not only are they edible, but they also do not require much land. , which means that it can be grown on any land. The most important thing is that the yield of sweet potatoes is several times higher than that of rice. One acre of land can yield more than a thousand kilograms. If cultivated well, it can even reach more than two thousand kilograms. !”

"More than two thousand kilograms!" Several chieftains were shocked, and the Miao people in the house were also shocked. You must know that the rice in their fields is only two to three hundred kilograms a year at most, and more than two thousand kilograms is nothing to them. So an astronomical number!

“Can we collect so much from the land here?”

"Is it true? How can one acre of land produce so much grain like this? If it can really produce so much, why have I never heard of it?"

"This is a new variety discovered by our city lord. It has been planted on a large scale in Lan County. The first wave of harvest is about 1,200 kilograms after being weighed. This is still the land in the first year of land reclamation. You guys Bian, I estimate that it shouldn't be difficult to weigh more than a thousand kilograms. It depends on how well you learn from the farming masters. No matter how good this kind of harvest is, it must be maintained by someone."

Almost all the Miao people in the room gathered around Wang Sanniang, and everyone was talking a lot, especially the chieftains from the village. Now they finally knew the beauty of Ming Xiaoshuang's pencils!

What a great thing it would be if I could write it down now!

No one in the house seemed to realize that the protagonist had left in the chaos.

Xu Zhenying finally left the government office and said to Mo Jinchun beside him: "Pack your things and inform the brothers that we will leave in the afternoon."

Everyone also has Jinzhou Mansion in their hearts, and naturally they can't wait to get their wings and go back immediately.

Ming Xiaoshuang was still in disbelief, "City Lord, have we occupied two cities now?"

Seeing that everyone was in high spirits, Xu Zhenying was naturally happy, but she did not forget to remind everyone: "It is not difficult to occupy a city. The difficult thing is how to take root in a city and make the people sincerely submit to us. . We still have a long way to go before we can truly and completely occupy Qianzhou and Jinzhou."

Ming Xiaoshuang nodded quickly, but still smiled proudly, "I know, I know. City Lord, we finally won the battle, let's let the brothers and sisters be happy for a while."

"Okay, I'll allow you to drift for a while." Xu Zhenying said with a smile, and took advantage of this time to ask Ming Xiaoshuang, "Xiaoshuang, are you interested in staying in Qianzhou?"

Ming Xiaoshuang was stunned, with a hint of ecstasy in his eyes.

Does the city lord mean... to make him the governor of Qianzhou Prefecture?

Oh my god...

He knew how could Xiaoshuang have such a time when his ancestral tomb was smoking?

But soon, Ming Xiaoshuang shook his head and refused: "City Lord, I still need time to practice. Qianzhou Mansion is very important. It is our back. There is no room for failure. It needs experienced people to suppress it. I am not good yet, and I also want to practice with the city lord for a few more years."

"That's it." Xu Zhenying looked a little disappointed. The feeling of being stretched when he was making soap came back. He counted the people around him who could use it, but there were really not many people around him.

She had just conquered Jinzhou Prefecture and Qianzhou Prefecture, and she already had such a strong sense of crisis in employment. If she continued to advance in the future, how would she manage such a large undertaking.

Comprehensive education needs to be accelerated.

She really wanted to go back to school to see if there were any freshly cut leeks.

Xu Zhenying mentioned all the people who could be used. After much thought, he couldn't think of a suitable candidate.

Helpless, she had to recruit Zhang Wanjun and Jiang Yongkang into the carriage to discuss.

Xu Zhenying got straight to the point: "Wanjun, I intend to let you temporarily serve as the deputy governor of Qianzhou Prefecture. What are your plans?"

Not to mention Zhang Wanjun, even Jiang Yongkang was stunned!

Although he had been thinking about this issue these days and was generally aware of Xu Zhenying's current employment dilemma, he never expected that Xu Zhenying would boldly hire a new person.

Zhang Wanjun is too young and has no management experience.

The most important thing is that she is still a member of the Guards.

The five-man bodyguard group outside the carriage also heard Xu Zhenying's words, and for the first time there were expressions of shock on their faces.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Wanjun smiled and agreed, "City Lord, I want to give it a try."

Jiang Yongkang immediately scolded: "Qianzhou Prefecture is so important to us, how dare you make such nonsense?"

Zhang Wanjun was a female soldier brought out by Jiang Yongkang, so she was naturally very prestigious in front of Zhang Wanjun. After being reprimanded by Jiang Yongkang, Zhang Wanjun hesitated slightly in her eyes.

Xu Zhenying said: "I have read the Qianzhou Five-Year Plan you wrote. It is very good, very profound and very thorough."

Xu Zhenying took out the thick pamphlet Zhang Wanjun handed over from the carriage, and then handed it to Jiang Yongkang, "Look at it too, this little girl is amazing. Her plan is the best I have ever seen, with detailed data. And combined with the existing local conditions and resources, it has a strong possibility of execution. Wanjun, did you stay up a few all-nighters to write it?"

Zhang Wanjun looked a little shy at this moment.

More than just a few all-nighters.

She barely slept these days.

"You are amazing for being able to write such a detailed and actionable plan on the basis of completing your own work."

Zhang Wanjun's face turned completely red.

Jiang Yongkang was flipping through the planning book aside. Among other things, he said that the thickness of this planning book was incomparable to the homework submitted by others.

Zhang Wanjun's plan is very complete. Starting from the existing cultivated land situation, he took into account the manpower and material resources required for tea planting, grain planting, and citrus planting, how to organize and carry out, and even where to build roads. It is not incomplete. .

In particular, she also mentioned how to combine Qianzhou's products with the business lines they opened south. This is tantamount to finding a market for the products!

Jiang Yongkang had to admire Zhang Wanjun's writing skills. It also shows how hard she worked. She was able to read and write in just a few months and hand in such a satisfactory answer sheet. I don't know how much sweat she put in behind it. .

But even so, Jiang Yongkang did not give in, "I admit that her plan was very well written, even better than some of the top scholars in the imperial court, but there is a gap between theory and practice. After all, she has no management experience." , at most, he has managed dozens of soldiers. Let such a person manage such a large Qianzhou Prefecture. Not to mention that I can’t pass it here, even the natives can’t use it. Now that the joint talks have just begun, if we rashly put Zhang Wanjun in charge If we push it out, will the natives think that we are treating them lightly, or are we trying to fool us?"