There is a shortage of people here in Yunzhong County, and it is not a matter of one or two days. As far as the current potential of Yunzhong County is concerned, it is not a big problem to raise another 100,000 people. In particular, recruit a few thousand soldiers, so that it can better defend this place.

It's just that seriously, military spending still seems a bit big like this. Sure enough, if there are conditions, I still have to find a way to destroy the root of the step and the Kebineng......

"Speaking of which......" Thinking of this, Liu Tao seemed to think of something, "The second border trade has already been carried out, right?" On the side of Budugen, didn't you send some slaves? ”

"It is estimated that there is still a reserve of armaments before we can attack the Kebineng Division. As long as you can't fight, then if you want to get prisoners of war, of course, it's not so easy. Lu Yan shook his head and replied.

After thinking about it, he and Xun Yu's concerns were expressed by the way: "If our side continues to prosper, it is estimated that they will give priority to attacking our side." Even if the border trade can bring them more benefits, it does not directly grab the convenience. ”

"That being said, the so-called war is not about looking at interests, but also about costs. If he attacks us, the benefit is greater than the price to be paid for attacking us, then he will not fight us unless there is something wrong with Budugen's head. The only result of attacking us is that even if we can really reap some benefits, we will be snatched away by Kebi in the end. Liu Tao is not worried about this.

It's just that when it's time to fight, he naturally won't be polite. It's just that compared to Budugen or Kebineng, Xihe County and Shangjun, it has more value for strategy.

"It's just a hidden danger to be with evil neighbors, and my brother must not slack off." Lu Yan reminded.

"Of course I know, the problem is just like you said, we have too few people...... Liu Tao sighed, "I can't personally supervise the battle on the front line, and I can't really think that with a few thousand cavalry, I can advance in the grassland?" ”

Seeing that the food problem has basically been solved, and even the problem of weapons and equipment can be solved one after another. In terms of population, you can't rely on Zhang Yan's blood transfusion anymore, right?

After a few days, the harvest season began, and Yunzhong County still had a bumper harvest, and the yield was far higher than before. When they learned about the harvest, the prefectures were very interested and wanted to learn new farming techniques.

"Didn't my brother say in the past that the gentry actually wanted the grain production to be reduced, so they could manipulate the price of grain?" Zhang Fei saw so many gentry coming to visit, and he didn't understand, so he found Liu Tao and asked.

"If the trade routes are closed, and everyone produces about the same amount of food, and can easily control the price of food, of course they want to reduce the grain production; There is also a risk that they will run out of food.

Now that the trade routes are open, and there may be excessive overflow of grain production in the clouds in the future, they know that they can't control the price of food, so the only way is to produce more grain, and then transport it to other places, and make small profits in exchange for profits. Liu Tao probably understood what they were thinking.

Of course, there are risks associated with this, but it is better than smashing grain into your own hands, or harvesting more grain after a year of hard work, and the result is not much more than before.

Of course, in order to avoid risks, then you can also abandon farming and plant hemp and other cash crops instead. By selling high-value cash crops, they can get more money to pay taxes, and the surplus can also be exchanged for food.

It will even use the surplus grain to make wine, which in turn will drive the brewing industry. After all, it is more profitable to sell wine than to sell grain. However, this thing can be taxed to limit the infinite expansion of the brewing industry.

"I didn't expect that there are so many ways to govern this thing. I originally thought that as long as the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, the road would be very good...... "Zhang Fei sighed.

As far as he knows, the county orders of the counties on the other side of Zhuo County are almost like this. Even the county guards are passable, and more often they don't think about how to make Zhuo County develop better and more prosperous, perhaps in their opinion, as long as they take care of public order and collect taxes regularly, the rest can be left to the counties to develop spontaneously.

The so-called shepherding side is actually nothing more than managing the security of one side, and then regularly collecting taxes and levies on the upper side. As for how to improve the breed of livestock, how to make it fatter in winter and not freeze to death...... These were not originally considered by them, and that was what the Lord (His Majesty) needed to consider.

"There'......s no way," Liu Tao patted him on the shoulder, "I run Yunzhong County as my own nest." I don't bother, who's going to bother?! ”

"Oh......" Liu Tao said that, Zhang Fei thought about it and felt that it was too. As the actual controller of Yunzhong County, it is natural for Liu Tao to think about these problems and do these things.

"Besides, for ordinary county officials, when they first take office, they need a certain amount of experience and means to smoothly control power. Otherwise, the county lieutenant, as well as those who are engaged, will be able to put him in the air.

After taking control of the county seat, the feelings of the gentry should also be considered. If something goes wrong, then maybe the official position that you have won so hard may be lost. It is too difficult to get out of office, and the power of the local squire is too strong, not because they don't want to reform, but because it is very difficult to reform, and the failure rate is also very large! Liu Tao thought for a moment and explained further.

Let's just say that the assessment of the Han Dynasty, as long as the people live and work in peace and contentment, the urban and rural areas are prosperous, and the people do not leave no stone unturned and do not close their doors at night, then it is almost excellent.

After so many years, you can be promoted, so convenient, why risk being dismissed and meddling?

In other words, the evaluation system of officials has certain problems in itself. Basically, it's just a general 'appearance', and there is no need for any specific data, or even statistics.

Without data and statistics, the assessment itself is unqualified. It's just that how to create a system that meets his requirements needs to be negotiated with everyone before he can know the outcome.

In fact, if he could, he even planned to include officials in the official system, and then engage in a civil service system. So the question now is, when will Liu Hong die?

Not long ago, Liu Ge wrote a letter, saying that Liu Hong's body seems to have weakened a lot recently, and he even did not participate in the Great Dynasty once. In the end, it is longitudinal It's hard to say if you're overdoing it, or if your body has suddenly become weak.

When Liu Tao saw this letter, he knew that someone had already started to do it, but sometimes he really felt that they were too conservative.

In this way, for another ten days, when the weather began to get hot in July, the reward team of the imperial court came to the clouds, led by an old acquaintance Qian Fu. More than 2,000 palace maids were sent, and more than 5,000 homeless people, most of whom were young and strong.

"General Zhenbei, with a sense of community, took the initiative to go to the front line to quell the rebellion. According to the meritorious service, the Marquis of Fengping, the bounty is 100,000, the cloth is 300 horses, the palace maid is 2,000, and the good horses are 100 horses...... "Qian Fu finished reading it and handed over the holy decree to Liu Tao, "Congratulations to the general on his ascension!" ”