Xu Chen saw Wu Xianling's puzzled look, so he guessed that he might have remembered the previous incident with He Chang and the fish market, so he took the initiative to say: "The kid once visited He Fangzheng in Chongrenfang, thinking that he could run a fish market for the fishermen in the fang, and also do something for the neighbors. ”

"Oh...... It turns out that the young man he often talked about is you!" Wu Xianling finally remembered, and he remembered that he seemed to have inscribed a pair of words on him.

"I'm worried about the people, he's really a good boy! Brother Xu has such a good apprentice, and there will definitely be successors to this body in the future. Wu Xian Ling said carefully, it can also be said that he weighed every word, saying that Xu Chen is a young hero, and a little too much, saying something about the concern of the elders for the younger generations, and a little intimate, which is not in line with his original intention.

After Wu Xianling praised Xu Chen, he looked at Xu Fan with a smile, the meaning was obvious, this person also praised it, and the words were picked out, if there is anything, you can just say it.

Seeing this, Xu Fan had no choice but to speak, the time had come, and it would be a waste of time to delay it any longer.

"Lord Wu, Xia Guan came here this time to discuss with your lord on a business matter. "Since we are going to talk about business, we naturally have to follow the rules of officialdom.

"It's about the gang of water bandits on Changshan Island on Poyang Lake, and the apprentice has some shallow views on how to quell this gang of bandits, so it's better for Master Wu to give him a chance to talk about it. ”

"Oh?" Wu Xian Ling thought about a lot of possibilities, guessing whether Xu Fan's visit this time was for the things in the county a few days ago, but he really didn't expect that he came this time for the water bandits on Changshan Island.

For that gang of water bandits, Wu County Commander naturally knows very well, that gang of bandits who come to the shore to rob once a year, but the county commanders around Poyang Lake are very distressed, but the officials and troops in the county have little combat power, and they have been killed several times and returned defeated. What can these county officials do if the army can't quell the troubles? Every time the water bandits loot, they collectively run to the temple to pray to the gods and worship the Buddha, praying that the water bandits will not come to patronize their own counties, and as long as they survive this year's calamity, they will at most sigh verbally at the other counties that have been affected by the disaster. Even some states and counties will do some things to secretly bribe the bandits for peace.

Wu County Ling usually listens to the affairs of this group of people when he gets together with his friends, such as a certain county was looted again, and the losses were heavy, and the county ordered the dismissal of officials to the post has not been heard less. Usually after hearing it, I feel sad, and I feel some sadness about the death of rabbits and foxes, and at the same time I am glad that I was not sent to those places in the first place. Looking back, I still have to do what I should do, and I never thought about what I had to do with them.

It's just that I didn't expect this Xu Fan to give him such an intersection today. After listening to Xu Fan's words, Wu Xianling didn't say much, he didn't quite believe that the young man in front of him could say anything useful, and it was estimated that he would be able to educate the king and so on, and if the king law worked, would there still be bandits? This group of young people just read the words of some sages, and they were full of enthusiasm to think that they could rule the country and level the world with their families, which was really naïve! If the sage's trick had worked, he would not have been so miserable. Young people just need to be sharpened!

He guessed that Xu Fan's visit this time may be to let this young man show his face in front of him, so that he can say a few good words for him in front of Taishou, and in order to occupy a place in the county's scientific examination selection presided over by Taishou this autumn. It's just that I heard that this Xu Fan doesn't have a good relationship with Wang Taishou? Why did he come to beg himself? Could it be that the rumors are wrong?

Wu Xianling thought a lot in his heart, but he was still calm on the surface, and said "Okay!" and listened to Xu Chen with the intention of watching the excitement.

After receiving tacit consent, Xu Chen stood up, bowed to Wu County's order, and said the plan he had been thinking about for a long time.

"The water bandits fell into the grass, saying that they did not obey the king's teachings, but in fact, it was just because the income from robbery was much higher than that of honest farming. After Xu Chen finished speaking, he raised his head, and saw that Wu County's face did not show any displeasure because of Xu Chen's words that violated the teachings of the sage, so he continued to speak, thinking that this person surnamed Wu was really a practical person, so it was better.

But I didn't know that his words made Wu Xianling a little interested, and he was interested in listening to it.

"Although the risk of robbery is great, the benefits are much higher than farming, and there are no taxes. In addition, most of these people are reckless men with some kung fu in their hands, and they always think that they are different, so they should drink wine in a big bowl, eat meat in large pieces, and divide gold and silver in large scales, so why should they eat in the ground with this group of mud legs. People with this kind of thinking are naturally prone to smell like each other and get together, and the water bandits on Changshan Island have repelled several attacks by officials and troops over the years, and more and more reckless people have gathered like crucians crossing the river. ”

"The big boss on Changshan Island also let them come to take refuge, but in this way, there are more bandits on the island, and the income from each robbery is only so much, far from enough, and the county officials along the coast have begun to consciously move the people from the shore to the interior, and the risk that the water bandits have to pay for each robbery is also greater, the harvest is less, the share is less, and the risk is getting bigger and bigger, and the life of the water bandits is naturally not easy. After Xu Chen finished speaking, he paused, signaled to Wu County Order, and after receiving the reply, he took a sip of tea and moistened his throat, and at the same time gave Wu County Order some time to think.

After listening to the order of Wu County, he also recalled a major case cracked by the county government not long ago, which seemed to be a group of water bandits who came to the city to steal and was finally killed. I thought, it seems that this group of bandits is really like what this young man said, it is difficult to survive, otherwise how dare they go deep into the mainland and come to this Yuzhang City to steal.

"Actually, it is not difficult to quell this gang of bandits, it is nothing more than that they can get the same income as robbery, after all, there is only a pot to cook white rice, how can there be a pot to cook the truth. Xu Chen concluded.

"Boy, I have an idea here to solve this. After speaking, he looked at Wu County Order.

Wu Xianling listened to it, what Xu Chen said was very true, reasonable, Wu Xianling couldn't help nodding, and after a while, there was no sound, only to realize that Xu Chen was looking at him.

"Oh, what is the clever plan of Xu Xian's nephew, you might as well tell me about it!" Even the title has been changed, and it seems that Wu Xianling is indeed interested.

"Xu Chen, don't sell it, say it quickly!" Xu Fan also interjected in a timely manner.

"Yes. After speaking, Xu Chen walked straight to the case of Wu County Order.

Xu Chen dipped it in the tea cup on the desk, and then drew it on the desk, and Wu County's order didn't care about Xu Chen's rudeness.

After a while, a map of the water surface of Poyang Lake and nearby states and counties jumped on the table, although the hydrological landform is different from that of later generations, but Xu Chen also made corresponding adjustments according to what he had learned in the history books, and it can be said that the accuracy is still very large, at least much better than the map at that time.

As soon as this picture came out, not only Wu Xianling was shocked and inexplicable, but even Xu Fan was speechless in surprise.

The two of them looked at the map on the desk, they were all officials who had read poetry and books and had been officials for many years, whether it was the county map issued by the Ministry of Officials when the officials were out to serve as officials, or the detailed maps of the counties in the county, they were not as fine as the map in front of them. Compared to this map, those things are embarrassed to be called maps, and they are simply doll's graffiti.

Even Xu Fan was sure that this map was more detailed than the combat map used by the military, and even Wu County ordered him to subconsciously take a pen and paper to record it. You must know that there are no satellites in these days, and the drawing of maps depends entirely on manual work, relying on feeling, and what accuracy can the drawn maps have. Fortunately, I realized that the author was next to me and didn't do this rude thing.

The two of them did not doubt the authenticity of this map, Xu Chen could take out the map in person, naturally there would be no fake, with Xu Fan's presence guarantee, Wu Xianling naturally would not doubt it, and Xu Fan was even more interested in the origin of his apprentice.

As the saying goes, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, with such a map in front, no matter what Xu Chen says later, the effect is definitely twice the result with half the effort, which is also Xu Chen's original intention to show such a hand in front of the two.

"My lord, please look!" Summoning the distracted Wu County Order, Xu Chen continued to tell his plan.

"The geographical location of Changshan Island is very superior, deep in the middle of the lake, which ensures that they have enough time to prepare when facing the crusade of the official army, and it is difficult for the official army to play the role of a surprise attack. The distance between the offshore states and counties is about the same, and every time they raid, the states and counties on the shore cannot be warned at all, and they can quickly flee after they succeed. Xu Chen pointed to the map and said for the two of them.

"However, such a geographical location is also an excellent distribution center for commercial goods, I checked the records of the government over the years from the teacher, and found that before the appearance of this gang of bandits, there were many merchants on Changshan Island to stay on it, and there were also transactions, and the government could also collect a lot of taxes and fees. However, after the appearance of the bandits, the trade routes were cut off, which is also the reason why the bandits began to go ashore to rob, and the merchants changed the land route to transport goods into and out of Jiangxi, which took time not to mention, and the cost was even greater. This affected the commercial development of the county to a certain extent, and the commercial tax was naturally less. Xu Chen continued.

"That's right, what you said is also the heart disease of the previous Taishou. Wu County Decree said, no way, the land is fixed for a certain period of time, coupled with the storage of land annexation, the taxes that can be collected on the land will inevitably be less and less, and if you want to be able to evaluate a good score when the officials are assessed, the magistrates will often do their best to increase taxes. Yuzhang is a county with developed commerce and trade, and commercial taxes have always been the most important, but there is such a nail stuck in the throat of the waterway, which cannot be pulled out and destroyed, and it can not be destroyed and destroyed, but the successive Taishou have boiled their heads.