The soldiers and horses of the Tang State took a short time to pacify several small forces around the city under their control, among which the mountain bandits were the most, and Li Jiancheng's method was only one way to encircle and suppress.

Li Yuan's meaning was to let them completely control the area under their control to eliminate the threat, and in the process, the area under the control of the Tang State expanded again.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that their purpose is to increase the security of the Tang Kingdom.

After Li Shimin recruited soldiers and horses in Taiyuan Mansion, he also began to move troops near Taiyuan Mansion, and finally chose to have further plans.

Compared with Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, he has no advantage, but the great thing is that he not only has 300,000 soldiers and horses, but also brings Li Yuanba by the way.

With Li Yuanba, it became easier to exterminate the mountain bandits.

In Chang'an, Li Yuan received a message sent by Li Shimin, which listed the forces he pacified during this time.

The southwest direction of Taiyuan Mansion is the direction that Li Shimin wants to attack, and he did not dare to go to the northeast, which is the sphere of influence of Youzhou.

When they were fighting for merit, they did not forget their senses, and they always knew who could move and who could not be provoked.

The sons of the Li family did this, which put a lot of pressure on many small forces, and several cities and counties of the Sui State near Youzhou finally made up their minds to return to Youzhou.

Li De was really surprised by this, and people who didn't have anything to do in Youzhou were willing to toss and watch.

Unexpectedly, such a toss would add two cities and counties to Youzhou in vain, and there would be more forces in charge in the future.

To be honest, it is only a matter of time before he expands his power, but Li De also doesn't want it to be too fast, because managing a city is not that simple.

The newly incorporated cities and counties have already divided a lot of resources from Youzhou, and everything is too hasty and easy to go wrong.

Li De likes to move forward step by step, if all of a sudden there is half of the country, unless it has been planned for a long time, it will be trouble.

The newly regulated cities and counties could not be left uncollected, so in the flagships of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin's suppression of bandits everywhere, the various city guards within the Youzhou forces once again dispatched a group of personnel to start managing the newly incorporated cities and counties.

The original officials were all dismissed, and it took some time for the development of these newly incorporated cities and counties to start from the very beginning.

After counting the new population, after a few months of statistics, it can be determined that the population within Youzhou's influence has reached nearly four million people.

The birth rate of newborn babies has increased a lot, and the size of maternity hospitals has always been at the level of coverage within the force.

Relatively large-scale medical centers with a relatively systematic system have spread to counties and counties, and medical centers have been set up near individual villages.

Because it takes time to train doctors and nurses, the popularity of medical care is far from achieving the desired effect.

However, we have been working hard to develop human resources.

After this census statistics, Li De had a comprehensive understanding of the forces he was in charge of, and compared to nearly four million, nearly a quarter of them belonged to soldiers and horses.

It is a bit of a waste of resources, and if he can, he would prefer to let these people do productive labor.

Reality does not allow this, so Li De can only invest more in the research and development of new weapons to protect so many people.

Youzhou didn't pay much attention to the affairs of the Li family, and they were quite lively, but it didn't have any practical effect.

If they had replaced their fight against the bandits with attacking the city, the situation would have been different.

However, the affairs of the Li family have also attracted the attention of some forces, and at this time, they have even begun to expand their troops.

Among them, the biggest disturbance is Li Mi in Wagang City, and after a year, the cities and counties around Wagang City have been fully controlled by Li Mi.

The tax revenue received throughout the year has greatly increased the financial resources of Wagang City, and the previous iron ore reserves are planned to be taken out in exchange for materials with Youzhou.

Xu Maogong just arrived in Youzhou two days ago and was in charge of talking about procurement.

I have heard that Youzhou's power has expanded two more cities and counties, and they are still taking the initiative to take refuge, and those city guards are willing to give up taking charge of the cities and counties, and they are all ready to become merchants.

Many things surprised him, and said that it was really so attractive to give up and be a businessman.

After thinking about it, he slowly figured out that the strength of the two cities and counties was not too big, and it was not easy to manage the cities and counties, and he had to deal with various things in the city to supply the soldiers and horses defending the city.

There was pressure outside, and the city was full of pressure from the people, and catching up with the Li family's strength had to make such a decision.

Besides, the benefits of handing over the city and county to Youzhou can be saved by the city guards and used as their savings.

He knows a little about the handling of the surrender, and the Youzhou side does not pursue the affairs of the officials during their tenure, provided that they cannot go too far and must maintain the basic situation.

If it doesn't meet the requirements, it can't even meet the standard of surrender, and even if it is sent to the city and county, it will not be accepted.

Then there is living in Youzhou's sphere of influence, if you are talented and capable, you can give full play, if you want to do business, you can still do it with your savings to invest in wealth.

The most important thing is not to worry, let alone worry about safety.

The more Xu Maogong thought about it, the more envious he became, and then looked at his life situation, the first half of his life was quite good, and when he was in Erxianzhuang, it can be said that everyone obeyed the high staff, and now the Wagang City he runs has been established, and his treatment is not as good as a year.

I don't feel as good as those city guards who can see it, the more I think about it, the worse my mood becomes, what to do if I'm not happy in the half-city inn, so I go to the tavern to relax.

Inside the half-city inn is a very large mountain villa, the scale is not much different from a city, there are many shops, whether it is day or night, there will be no shortage of people.

There are taverns everywhere, but the taverns in Youzhou are only available in Youzhou.

Xu Maogong asked the waiter at the inn and was recommended to the novel tavern he was coming to now, and as soon as he entered the tavern, he was attracted by the sound of the band and the singer.

The unique style of music makes you want to pay attention to it inadvertently, and it will feel like a dream when combined with the fantastic decoration style of the tavern.

"Guest officer, please, is it alone?"

The waiter takes the person to the bar, which is set up in the middle of the bar, and you can see the performance from the front.

"What's the drink?"

The bartenders in the tavern are more rigorous, and they are all self-ordered inquiries that are very ordinary.

Xu Maogong knows so much about wine, it should be said that there are only so many people who want to say that they usually drink a good Sanle pulp when asked.

When he sat down and looked down, he noticed that there was a list of drinks on the bar, and when he saw the names on it, he was confused.

Various colored names, red zest, ice red......