The two great victories allowed Wang Lanling to capture many imperial soldiers.

All of them were men.

The captives of more than 100,000 people have seriously hindered Wang Lanling's development plan.

If these people are not digested, the cost of care will drag Lanling County down.

"The people of Heishui County are responsible for guiding the surrendered Shanzhou soldiers, and the Muzhou soldiers who returned to Shun before will unleash and guide the Muzhou soldiers this time."

"Tell everyone that we are all victims of war, and hope that these people who have turned to the dark will realize how much harm they have done to us."

"Count those who are prominent, and usually work with the rest of the captives, and tell them that we will go to the people in the Muzhou Mansion of Tongzhou, and as long as someone is willing to pay the ransom, we will release them."

"For those soldiers whose families are poor, we must continue to carry out ideological work, and at the same time, we must also collect some evidence and crimes of officials from the soldiers who have been surrendered, so as to break their morale!"

Wang Lanling explained the policy towards prisoners, and those soldiers who were captured last winter have not been able to go back after more than half a year of reform.

Shanhainan listened carefully to Wang Lanling's teachings, and after Wang Lanling finished speaking, he expressed his opinion.

"It's useless for us to ask for money now, and there are a lot of high-ranking officers and nobles we have caught, isn't it a pity to let them go?"

Wang Lanling explained: "It's a pity, this kind of people are all people with families and jobs, and unlike those poor soldiers, there are people in the family who enjoy it. ”

"They won't be at ease with us, and they will definitely try their best to go back."

"Supervising this kind of person will only waste our few police forces, and this kind of aristocratic figure still goes to us, which is easier to be reused."

"In any case, these people are all members of the aristocratic system, and we have caught too much, which will provoke the hostility of some nobles to us."

"Of course I'm not afraid of this, but don't you think it's more powerful than thousands of elites to let these wastes go back and continue to occupy the pit and not shit, or to embezzle oil and water and squeeze out heretics?"

Shanhainan didn't understand this statement.

Gong Yueman next to him was mixed in the imperial officialdom, and said at this time: "I don't agree with the opinion of the adults, no matter what time it is, it is impossible for this kind of surrendered person to be reused, and he will not be reinstated." ”

Wang Lanling smiled and said: "I said that they would rather die than surrender, then they would rather die than surrender, of course, this kind of thing can't be hidden from the spies outside." ”

"Still, of course, one general will be humiliated when he returns, but what about a hundred? If I let a thousand decent people, big and small, go back, their families or colleagues, do they dare to say cool things in front of others? ”

"Although these people are not as good at fighting as me, they are squeezing out heretics, and how to be a common man and a nobleman with no lower limit on how to do things, they are clear."

Gong Yueman felt that Wang Lanling was a little whimsical, these people would surrender because they lost the war, let them go back, these people were ashamed and brave, it was not a good thing for Lanling County.

Hu Santu asked: "My lord, you want us to kill some people, report some people's incriminating evidence, and release some people, how do you measure this?" ”

Wang Lanling said: "Let the nobles write a report on their own, and give them enough time to think and discuss." ”

"Then ask the soldiers to write a report and a recommendation form to promote the meritocracy."

"The candidate for release, if he is the kind of person who can speak well and travel widely, this kind of person will be more active, and the family's money will not be less, and he must be in a hurry to go home to protect the family woman, and he is the most motivated."

"By the way, if someone can provide important technology or intelligence, they can also be released early and let them go home."

At present, the captives are being dragged to work in lumberyards, quarries, sand fishing boats, canals, power plants, etc.

Although the daily work is hard, most of the people eat much better than in the barracks, and they are said to be paid for a month's work.

It is not easy for the empire to train a cadre, and Wang Lanling is not so stingy.

Lin Zunian said: "Although many people have been selected to farm and work this year, there is still a gap in food, mainly because there are more than 100,000 people, and it is impossible to continue to maintain the current level of treatment." ”

Wang Lanling quickly said: "I will find a way to do this, the problem of eating cannot be planned indiscriminately, and the people take this kind of thing more seriously." ”

"At present, productivity is constantly improving, the machinery of arable land and large-scale farm land have been divided, and the fertilizer can already be produced, as long as it sticks to this year, next year will be no problem."

Gong Yueman said: "My lord, you have bought a lot of grain from other places before, and you have not called on the people's inventory in the past two years, in my opinion, now is the time to use it." ”

Wang Lanling showed a thoughtful look and considered some questions.

He did purchase a lot of food on a large scale, because he knew that he didn't have enough food here.

Most of the labor force is invested in industry, and agriculture can only rely on the outside.

However, when buying grain, Wang Lanling has always bought it from Yanshan County and Jinshan County, in order to let the people of Shanhai County save rations and not move the basic plate.

Just as Wang Lanling was thinking about something, a person quickly walked in outside the door.

Zhu Wenyang quickly said: "My lord! The Lanzhou Navy set up a formation outside the Giant Whale Island to surround the island, and also sent people to attack the villages on land! ”

Wang Lanling frowned: "When did this happen?" ”

Zhu Wenyang quickly said: "I rushed around the clock, ran for four days and five nights, and changed five horses and two bicycles halfway!" ”

It is now May 12th, and it has been half a month since Wang Lanling defeated the Imperial Legion.

Muzhou is a big place, and Wang Lanling is indeed fast, but it cannot be used as a unit of measurement.

Normally, from Muzhou Prefecture to Shanhai County, it takes a normal time of a month, and people and horses need to rest.

It takes more than 20 days to get from Shanhai County to Giant Whale Island, and it takes almost a month to go back and forth to Dumu County.

There is a large lake on the way to Whale Island, and the road to the lake takes several days, and when it is close to the sea, the road is rough, only people can walk, and horses and vehicles need a lot of effort to get through.

The territory here is large enough, the traffic is also very inconvenient, and all kinds of news are very delayed.

Wang Lanling asked, "Does the Giant Whale Island know about our side defeating the imperial army?" ”

Zhu Wenyang said: "I should know, when I came over, I met the person you sent over. ”

Wang Lanling had already sent someone to tell the news to Dumu County and Giant Whale Island, as well as Hu Guiqiao, Chitie and others who were going west to suppress bandits.

"I'll go over there." Wang Lanling stood up.

"The matter here will continue according to the current situation for the time being, and the Muzhou side will not be able to organize a large-scale army for the time being, but you should be careful."

Wang Lanling wants to settle the affairs of the navy in the past, and the future trade and various material replenishments will basically rely on maritime trade.

Suddenly thinking of something, Wang Lanling added: "If there is also a war on the side of Dumu County after I leave, let the soldiers who surrendered last year go to fight, and those who have made meritorious contributions can get the household registration of Lanling County and all the basic benefits included." ”

Whether it is Shanzhou or Sands, it is a group of small minions who play a role in interference.

Because of the communication technology, Wang Lanling can't be idle now, and he has to deal with these late enemies.

On the imperial side, because of the lack of understanding of the actual size of Shazhou and Shanhai County, and the lack of understanding of geography, coupled with the special impression that Wang Lanling ran fast several times, everyone felt that the empire was small and the troops were fast.

At this point, the old emperor's geography is the worst, and he can issue the kind of nonsense order to catch Wang Lanling in half a month.

For example, most of the people in Lanling County only know one mountain state, and they don't know that there are several places next to Muzhou, such as Shazhou, Tongzhou, and Tangzhou.

How many counties are there in the next county, and the person who asks this question just has nothing to do, does this kind of thing need to be known?

The people of Sarazhou only know that Shanhai County is not easy to mess with, and as for the location of Shanhai County, they only know that it is in the north.

After the people of Shanzhou went to sea, they completely lost contact with the headquarters, and they had no channels to learn about Shanhai County and the imperial army.

At this time of war, information backwardness is a terrible thing......