Dezhou is a place that Li Ze has always attached great importance to, there are many water systems, especially after the canal is built, it is to communicate the north and the south, not only the transportation is developed, the agriculture is more developed, and the impact of the plain makes the land here extremely fertile, and rarely suffers from drought and flood. Back then, Li Ze wanted to burn down Texas because he didn't want Henghai to use Texas to attack himself who was still very weak.

Now that his rule is extremely solid, Texas certainly needs to be repurposed. An emerging Texas will become a hub for Li Ze to control the north and communicate to the south.

The Texas Thorn History Yamen is located in the very center of the new city, where several avenues converge into a huge square, and the blue brick wall encircles a piece of land as the location of the Thorn History Yamen, but at this time, there are only a few buildings in Liao Liao on this land, which is in sharp contrast with the buildings that have formed a scale in other square areas.

Li Ze is very satisfied with this. Texas Thorn Shi Guo Fengxiao is indeed a very capable person.

Guo Fengxiao, a disciple of Zhang Hui, raised people in the calendar, Jinshi, but because he was good at building and was made up for the general as a prisoner when he was elected as an official, he was promoted to at least a prisoner all the way, and then lost his official position and resigned because of the officialdom, trapped in Chang'an, after Zhang Hui decided to go to Wuyi, Guo Fengxiao followed his family, and immediately after arriving in Wuyi, he was immediately appointed by Li Ze as the history of the Texas Thorn, in charge of the construction of the new city of Texas.

This is Guo Fengxiao's old business, after taking office, he really lived up to Li Ze's expectations and managed the construction of the new city in an orderly manner, on top of this, he was much stronger than Yang Kai.

Yang Kai is unmatched in terms of mobilizing and mobilizing manpower, boosting morale and motivation, and demagoguery, but if it comes to these specific affairs, because of his ability and knowledge, he is full of mistakes and omissions. can only use more manpower and material resources to make up for mistakes, and after Guo Fengxiao arrived, he used his professional knowledge to make up for the shortcomings in this regard, and what made Li Ze more important was that Guo Fengxiao could cooperate with Yixing Society to concentrate all the forces and form a fist.

Zhang Hui's disciples, especially those who have already made a name for themselves, really don't have a waste, even if it is Ding Jian, who has a different opinion on Li Ze's governance, and is a guy with a different opinion in the Wuwei camp, and now he is doing very well in Yizhou. Yizhou is now an official eunuch, a gentry, a family and a Yixing Society get along well, and it is the credit of this guy to be able to work together.

In fact, under the rule of Wuwei Li Ze, a group of civil officials headed by Zhang Hui is quietly being formed, and under Li Ze's deliberate arrangement, these civil officials are gradually occupying prominent positions one after another.

After so many years of turmoil, although the Tang Dynasty has gradually stabilized again, the festival has made the drama, but in fact it has formed a situation in which the martial arts are in charge, and the status of civil officials has declined sharply, and they have become the assistants of the martial arts, which is abnormal in Li Ze's opinion.

Force can always only be the last resort to rule. He can be a minion, a blade, but never a leader. Otherwise, the world will inevitably be in turmoil, and when everyone has formed the most definite means of solving problems by force, it will do more harm than good to govern the world.

Admittedly, this is the simplest means.

Li Ze wants to change all that.

It is up to the civilian officials to decide whether to fight or not, where to fight, and then the military generals decide how to fight.

Balancing has always been a challenge, but Li Ze wanted to challenge it. He doesn't want the martial arts to be in charge, use the knife to reason, and he doesn't want the generals to be completely reduced to tools, think about how rich the Song Dynasty was, the army was equipped with a male armor world, but the foreign war was a fight and a loss, the reason is that the status of the warriors is too low, and the civilian officials who don't know how to fight are blindly commanded, and it's strange if they don't lose?

Although the civil officials under his rule basically know how to fight, thanks to Zhang Hui's effective education, this does not mean that the civil officials will fight in the future, so the current Li Ze is still cautious.

Guo Fengxiao held a rectangular box, put it in front of Li Ze, opened the lid of the box, and inside, more than a dozen yellow copper coins appeared in front of Li Ze.

The four words of Wuwei Tongbao also reflected Li Ze's eyes brightly.

"Marshal, this is the latest coin minted by the Texas Mint." Guo Fengxiao was a little proud.

Li Ze carefully picked up a Wuwei Tongbao from the inside, put it in front of him and looked at it repeatedly, saying that this coinage right, but he took a lot of effort to get the rights and interests from the imperial court, and he owned this coinage, and among all the current festival envoys of the Tang Dynasty, he Wuwei is the first.

Now those Jiedu envoys who are entrenched in various places, I am afraid that they still do not understand what the coinage right he has won at a great price represents, of course, when they understand, there will be no fish in the blue for a long time.

In Texas New City, the most important thing is this mint.

"It's much more beautiful than the common Tang Qian in the past." Li Ze played with this Wuwei Tongbao in the palm of his hand, "What is the ratio of copper to other metals?" ”

Guo Fengxiao shook his head and said: "Jie Shuai, this is only clear to the chief technical department of the mint, in addition, the relevant personnel of the degree branch department are also clear, this is not within the scope of the subordinates' responsibilities, and all the subordinates will naturally not inquire, but the subordinates have heard the chief technician of the mint say that if anyone wants to use these copper coins to melt copper for profit, I am afraid that they will lose so much that they don't even have to wear underwear." ”

"So confident?" Li Ze laughed.

China has always been short of gold, silver, copper coins have always been the main force of trading and circulation, but copper is expensive and cheap, and there are often unscrupulous people who buy a large number of copper coins and then melt them to make copper objects for profit, which makes the circulation of coins on the market tense and causes financial chaos, which is also hated by the rulers of all dynasties.

Making copper coins that last, wear, and are not easily damaged, but which can make these bastards unprofitable, has always been the main headache for the Mint.

"There are more than a dozen kinds of fan money here, just wait for the marshal to circle one, and then you can start manufacturing." Guo Fengxiao said: "When the spring of next year is opened, the rivers are frozen, and a large amount of water power can be used, the manufacturing speed will be greatly accelerated, as long as there is enough copper supply, it will not take two years, Wuwei Tongbao will replace Tang Qian as the main coin in the north." ”

"It's not just the Northlands." Li Ze took out one of the most pleasing to the eye, and said: "It is also necessary to trade through caravans and money deals, so that they can also start to circulate in the south, and Sheng and Qian Zhuang can make a big effort." ”

Guo Fengxiao nodded yes.

Not to mention the huge dividends after the circulation of coins in the future and the occupation of the main market, just talking about this coinage can bring huge profits to Texas New Town.

"You have to take the matter of minting coins to heart." Li Ze put aside the coins he picked out and said to Guo Fengxiao: "This is of great help to our future plans." ”

"My subordinates understand."

"In addition, the plan of the Texas shipyard should also be accelerated." Li Ze walked to the map of Texas hanging on the wall of the house, looked at the many water systems that came and went on it, and said: "Dezhou is extremely rich in water resources, and now there are Tongji Canal to connect several important water systems, water transportation has become the top priority, and Dezhou will become the center of my Wuwei communication between the north and the south in the future." ”

Guo Fengxiao nodded excitedly.

"Those shipbuilders from Chang'an should be treated well." Li Ze suddenly laughed: "It's really a joke to say, these shipbuilding masters with the highest level in the world were actually recruited to Chang'an to waste their years, build dragon boats for the emperor, and then make some inland river warships that cannot be put on the table, and the sea warships that were once invincible in the world in the Tang Dynasty will be extinct." ”

"Is the marshal trying to build a warship?" Guo Fengxiao asked in surprise.

"That's for later." Li Ze waved his hand: "What can you do now just by relying on those masters?" The shipyard is built first, first build some inland boats, make full use of the water system in Texas, in this process, so that these masters can train more shipbuilding technicians for us, within three or five years, I hope that hundreds of shipbuilding technicians will be trained, Wuwei Festival Town has planned a marine terminal and a large shipyard in Haixing, and then you can train the talents here, you can get a big use. I have already ordered the Cangzhou side to collect and store all the timber for the construction of sea ships from now on, and when the technology is mature and the manpower is sufficient, move to Haixing, and immediately build a large ship suitable for sea navigation. ”

"My subordinates understood." Guo Fengxiao was shocked, the shuai in front of him was far from his imagination.

"Some of Lu Long's prisoners of war will be escorted here next." After saying this, Li Ze's tone became cold again: "The road traffic in Texas must be greatly improved, and after these prisoners of war are low, start building roads!" I want its avenue to Yizhou, Cangzhou, Dizhou, Jingzhou, etc., to be able to run two carriages in parallel, without the suffering of mud, rain and snow. It can run well in all weather conditions. The current road conditions are still too bad, at least these roads that communicate all over the world should be the same standard as the roads in your Texas City. ”

"As soon as they arrived, their subordinates organized them to start construction." Guo Fengxiao glanced at the ice and snow outside the window, but still nodded in response.

"The first thing to repair is Yizhou to Texas, and then it is Texas to Dizhou." Li Ze's hand made a heavy stroke on the map.

"My subordinates understood."

Why do you want to fix this article first, naturally because Dizhou is facing Pinglu directly, and Pinglu's hostility to Wuwei is now becoming more and more obvious.

"Pinglu Jiedu envoy Hou Xiyi." Li Ze snorted coldly: "It's a hot fight with Xuanwu Zhu Wen and others, and it will be my martial arts trouble in the future." ”