Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 72 Development Plan
Lin Quan suddenly became serious after listening to Li Yuanji's words.

"My lord, the pirates here are mainly made up of local people. Strictly speaking, some of them are not even pirates. These people do farm work during the day and go out in small boats at night.

They usually choose a place nearby to rob, but rarely hurt people. They basically just take some food and leave other things alone.

But there were also some desperate pirates, consisting of Han people who had been exiled here before, a small number of Liao people, and a small number of people from Linyi, Zhenla, Ryukyu and other countries. These people used a small island as their camp overseas and often appeared around the coast at night.

These people often commit murder for money and even kidnap some people. The year before last, Duke Geng assembled the navy and wiped out most of the pirates in the surrounding areas. The ones that are still appearing now should be the ones who slipped through the net.

The pirates captured this time are almost all from Yazhou, Tangzhou, and Luzhou. I got to know them when I was out there before. They usually stay on Weizhou Island, but they came this time because someone heard that the people here have no shortage of food.

They didn't know about the salt fields, they came from there because it was easier to land there."

Li Yuanji was relieved after hearing this. As long as they were not really coming for the salt field, it would be fine. What he was most afraid of was this. By then, everyone here would probably be in a panic.

Then he felt a little proud in his heart. He had only developed this place for such a short time, but there was already a trend of spreading outward. There was no shortage of food here because there were not many people overall now, and the food and supplies he brought could sustain it. All these changes were brought about by him.

After finding out the reason, Li Yuanji no longer had his previous concerns and spoke slowly.

"These pirates are really useless. You will go find Yuwen Bao later. He is in charge of the navy now. You will serve as his assistant first and teach him how to fight a naval battle. Then lead the navy out. If there are still pirates around, I will wipe them all out.

I don't care about the past, but in the future, there must be no pirates. Once found, they will be killed. If they are pirates formed by provocateurs, they will be captured alive and brought back. Now that this place is developing and reclaiming land, we need manpower, and these people can work to atone for their crimes."

Lin Quan agreed immediately, and then someone took Lin Quan to find Yuwen Bao. Li Yuanji then called Xie Shufang.

"Shufang, have you sent anyone to Luozhou?"

Xie Shufang was stunned for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, I have already sent a large army over there. I have sent 5,000 soldiers and also found a few experienced people to go with them. Your Majesty said that we should open up the wasteland and cultivate it, so we should start early."

Li Yuanji slapped his forehead. He was so busy that he forgot about this matter. He had just arranged for Xie Shufang to do it.

"Okay, that's it. Go call Dahe over. I need to talk to him about something."

Xie Shufang hurried downstairs, and after a while, Ning Chun hurried in.

"Your Majesty, I have something to ask you. There are five cave chieftains around Haikang who want to join the household registration. They want the same treatment as other people before they are willing to join the household registration."

Li Yuanji was delighted. After so much time had passed, those flirtatious people finally couldn't sit still anymore. He thought that those flirtatious people would remain indifferent or do something unspeakable in secret.

In the end, he was attracted here. Seeing the development here getting better and better, he couldn't help it. "Dahe, you have to do your job well. You can join the household registration, but you must abide by the rules here. Those bad things in the past must be abandoned. Explain it clearly to them. Now that you are registered, anyone who dares to make trouble will be killed directly.

If you feel it is too harsh, you can also withdraw from the household registration, but once you withdraw from the household registration, you will never be able to join the household registration again!"

Li Yuanji had a cold look on his face. He needed people now. As long as these people were willing to register as residents, he would welcome them. He knew very well that only with people could development be achieved. But if someone dared to cause trouble or go back on their word after registering as residents, he would not mind helping them.

Now we need people during the development period. When we develop in the future, these people still want to get registered and enjoy the benefits? It's totally wishful thinking!

He thinks he is not a good person, and he just needs to be given a chance once. He will not do anything that is too nice.

Li Yuanji knew very well that when there were too many people, all kinds of people would show up, and he would not be polite at all to those who were restless and kept jumping around.

Ning Chun happily agreed. As for the requirements Li Yuanji mentioned, in his eyes they were not requirements at all. If he couldn't even satisfy these, what was the point of having such a person?
Ning Chun was really happy this time. In the past, if he wanted to register these people as residents, he could only use some tough measures, or only when someone really couldn't survive in Dongqiu would they choose to give it a try.

Now, the cave chiefs began to come to him to register their household registration. How could Ning Chun not be happy? If they were not registered, they were just flirting. If they were registered, they were just common people. If they were not registered, they were barbarians and taxes could not be collected. They were targets of attack. If they were registered, they were citizens of the Tang Dynasty and were protected. They would be able to create stable tax revenue in the future.

"Don't worry, my king. I will take care of this matter. If there are any troublemakers, I will deal with them severely."

Li Yuanji nodded and then talked about something else.

"Okay, I'll leave this to you. I'm relieved. I'm looking for you for another matter this time. Lianzhou was also your responsibility before. When you go there, arrange some people to go there and start with farming, reclaiming wasteland, and building canals.

Just like several other places, food is limited now, so it's okay to go slower. Let's first lay the basics.

After this place is well developed, the focus will be on Luozhou, Lianzhou, and Yazhou. Now we should lay a good foundation so that we can develop faster in the future."

This was also Li Yuanji's plan. The progress of each place was really slow. After the development of the surrounding areas was completed, the development would start from the state instead of the city.

By then, Hikang and Leizhou will become the absolute centers, using business to gradually drive the surrounding areas and begin to radiate to various states. Although the farther away the place is, the later it will take to develop, he has no choice. What he is doing is already speeding up the process.

Now Feng Ang is also starting to do these things, and Guizhou has also sent a few people over to start the process. What we need to do now is to achieve overall prosperity, and then implement comprehensive prosperity.

Ning Chun pondered for a moment after hearing this.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Now that everything is on track, there is no need to monitor the arrangements as before. I will go down and arrange for people to go to Lianzhou for development matters."

(End of this chapter)