As the saying goes, the sea is tolerant of all rivers.

The rivers converge and merge into the sea, rushing endlessly, how spectacular.

Guan Ping led his troops to attack Fangling County, unified the nine counties, and appointed himself as the Taishou of Fangling. Kill Haoqiang (Shen family brothers), promote the virtuous and capable, select elite soldiers to crusade against bandits, build cities, roads, build weaving factories, support the elderly and orphans, and persuade the people to plant rice.

Endeb is in nine counties, and his prestige is spread outside. Finally, the people in the state were respected, and the remote mountain people were grateful for their kindness and defected to Guan Taishou.

The mountain people in all directions are like a sea of rivers, and there are many people who throw themselves into the tombs.

Not only the mountain people on Daba Mountain, but also some mountain people north of Hanshui and Qinling Mountains in the north, as well as the mountain people in the deep mountains in Fangling, the county seat of the nine counties of Fangling, was full of people for a while, and it was very lively.

Hearing the news, Guan Ping hurriedly summoned the officials in the Taishou Mansion, Chang Shi Ma Liang, Gong Cao Sun Qian, and the three people of the main book to deal with it in the lobby.

Guan Ping was quite excited: "The remote mountain people are now back to the government. This is the power of you, and the virtue of you. It's just that when it comes to the end, don't make mistakes. The county orders of the counties and counties were ordered to say that the people who came to return to the mountains should be received wholeheartedly regardless of the Han, Ba, and Yi people. He ordered all counties and counties to dispatch officials to prevent young people from taking the opportunity to make trouble and make the people live in peace. If there is a change, the dispatch will go to suppress it. ”

Guan Ping has the merit of size, and he does not dare to claim to himself, and it is all under his subordinates. Not only to appease the people, but also to beware of people among the mountain people who have a heart to take advantage of the chaos to cause chaos.

Turn comedy into tragedy.

Countless mountain people have returned, and they must not ignore it.

"No." Ma Liang, Sun Qian, and Yi were also serious and bowed down to answer the promise.

"Mr. Gongyu. Here the mountain people come and go, and there are many civil affairs, which is quite a test of the counties, and the ability of the Cao officials in the county to do things can be rewarded as appropriate. ”

Guan Ping then said to Sun Qian.

Sun Qiannai Gong Cao, a senior official in the county, not only controls civil affairs, but also masters the promotion path of Cao Xiaoguan, and is a high authority.

Whether the government can maintain a thriving situation is very important, and that is to reward and punish them.

This is no small matter.

"No." Sun Qian bowed down again and promised.

Soon after, Guan Ping ordered the three major officials to go down. After being alone, Guan Ping was happy alone. Clasp your hands together and rub your hands together by the way.

It's like a businessman who has done a big business, and he can't help but be happy.

The population problem has been completely solved, and after the mountain people have settled down and are in order, they can order the generals to recruit soldiers and train them strictly, and after the autumn of next year or the beginning of the day after tomorrow, they can send troops to Hanzhong, which is proper.

When I first entered Fangling, I raised the people and trained elite soldiers, I did everything I should do, and the land of Fangling County is now prosperous.

Only the military question remains.

If you can enter Hanzhong with a small and broad scale, it is really possible to attack and retreat. With the danger of Hanzhong, the town guards the Guanzhong Plain, and enters Bashu, and major events can be expected.

Guan Ping understands that Fangling is just a temporary place to live, and Hanzhong and Bashu are places of long-term peace and stability.

"Look, you're having fun." Zhang Yu walked in from outside with two maidservants, holding a plate in his hand, which contained a bowl of tofu soup and a plate of cooked beef.

This plate of beef is a rarity and a rarity.

It's not Guan Ping who killed, a cow has a price but is also priceless, for the people, it is a life-critical thing, Guan Ping is reluctant to kill a cow to eat.

Whoever kills the cow, Guan Ping is in a hurry.

This cow was a cow from a household outside Fangling County, and it was accidentally injured and killed after no cure. Fangling County ordered to obtain this cow and dedicated it to Guan Ping.

Guan Ping took a little meat and made braised meat, and the rest was distributed to Ma Liang, Sun Qian, Yi and other officials in the county.

"This is a happy event, can An be happy?" Guan Ping smiled and picked up a piece of cooked beef to eat, and nodded while eating: "It's still delicious beef, but it's a pity that this cow can't be killed." If I can send troops to Liangzhou in the future, I can border the Western Regions, and I can get grassland cattle to eat. ”

Speaking of which, the nomads are happier than the Han Chinese.

The other side raises cattle for food, and ours raises cattle for ploughing the fields.

Woohoo woe.

Beef really tastes better than pork, especially in the Han Dynasty, when cooking methods were extremely scarce.

Tsk tsk.

Guan Ping was eating beef and drinking tofu soup at the same time, extremely satisfied.

The eighth day of December in the tenth year of Jian'an.

But because after the autumn harvest, after the mountain people went down the mountain, the nine county orders settled them one after another, and those who thought they should go down the mountain all went down the mountain, and those who did not want to go down the mountain will definitely not go down the mountain again.

So Guan Ping once again summoned the county officials, Chang Shi Ma Liang, Gong Cao Sun Qian, and the chief bookkeeper Yi to discuss in the lobby.

Guan Ping first asked Sun Qian to take out the population roster of the nine counties, and before the spring ploughing, the population of the nine counties was already 2.67 million, and the current wave of mountain people going down the mountain attracted another 780,000 people.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the county order of the nine counties once again checked the population. The names of the dead were cut out, and the people who had just become adults were added, deleted, and subtracted, and it became ten volumes of bamboo slips on the Guan Ping case.

Nine of the bamboo slips are the population of each county, and the tenth is the total population.

"Cao Sun Qian, the official merit, led all the Cao officials to record, until the third day of the twelfth month. The population of Fangling County is 334,635. ”

Guan Ping couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw this last sentence. Population, population.

In this era of rising powers, it is the population problem that restricts an ambitious prince.

At that time, Beibei was trapped in Xinye, with a population of only 120,000 and less than 3,000 soldiers.

Sun Quan was in Jiangdong, thousands of miles wide, because the population was sparse, and Shanyue rebelled from time to time, so it was extremely difficult to send troops to the outside world.

At the beginning of Guan Ping's entry into the population of Fangling, the population was only a hundred thousand. Now, in just a year, the population has doubled.

Now that the granary is sufficient, it is natural to train troops and emphasize martial arts, and to mobilize troops abroad.

Guan Ping put down the population roster and said to Ma Liang: "Ding Feng, Ding Feng, Mi Wei, Zhao Tong, Zhang Bao, Li Zheng, and Liao Hua each recruited soldiers and horses after the year, and expanded the army to four or five thousand people. ”

"A good student trains a soldier, don't slack off."

"No." Ma Liang promised.

"Now that the New Year is approaching, there is nothing to do in the county, so the officials can be ordered to celebrate the New Year with peace of mind, and wait for spring plowing next year, and then carry out spring ploughing. If we can get another year of harvest, the momentum will inevitably be even stronger. ”

Guan Ping said to Sun Qian again.

"No." Sun Qian promised with a smile.

Soon after, the three officials took their leave. Guan Ping stood under the eaves, looking to the north with his hands in his hands, and his face showed an ambitious look.

"In the past, the uncle and nephew of the Xiang family led thousands of Jiangdong children, fought dozens of battles, and finally attacked Xianyang and died in Qin. Now I am governing Fangling, and I am very popular. came to Japan to become an army, and he was also a child of Fangling. ”

"Tens of thousands of Fangling children have left Hanzhong, and the situation is very different."

Ten years of Jian'an have finally passed, and eleven years of Jian'an have appeared.

After last year's bumper harvest, the people in Fangling are quite wealthy at present, even if they are the mountain people who went down the mountain after the harvest last autumn, because of the bumper harvest in the mountains last year, they will not worry about the rations for the coming year.

With money in hand, this New Year is naturally comfortable, buy more meat, and add a new dress to the richer, beaming.

After the Chinese New Year, Fangling County began a vigorous conscription campaign.

Fangling County is in charge of the soldiers and horses by Chang Shi Ma Liang, but the conscription of troops requires the cooperation of the nine county commanders, so it is also related to Sun Qian's merit.

Under Sun Gan's order, the county orders dispatched officials, and the small officials were in the city and outside the city to publicize, which was nothing more than the Taishou recruiting soldiers and horses, and the money and food were abundant.

This conscription, if not for the Rahmanding. Whether or not you can recruit soldiers is too prestigious. Historically, Cao Cao's Hedong was too guarded by Du Ji.

When Cao Cao was on an expedition to Hanzhong, Du Ji dispatched 5,000 strong men in the county to deliver grain. You must know that Hedong goes to Hanzhong, which is thousands of miles.

During the journey, people may also die or be injured due to weather and terrain. In the past, there has always been such a thing as recruiting people's husbands, and some people will inevitably flee.

But none of the 5,000 people recruited by Du Ji were on the run, and they still sang to encourage themselves.

"There is a death in life, and you can't bear the king of my house."

This is the result of being too prestigious. Guan Ping has only been in Fangling for one year, but he has a benevolent government and a prestige. As soon as the conscription list came out, the servants were like clouds.

The rural officials in Fangling County also came to Zhang's house.

This little official is Zhang Bang's top boss, Pavilion Chief Wu Wei. This person's background is similar to Zhang Bang's, he is from a poor family, he is over forty years old, and he is powerful.

Zhang Bangben was recuperating at home, but he was frail and sickly because of his old age. I contracted a cold three days ago, and now I'm getting better. Zhang Bang heard that Wu Wei was coming, so he asked his old wife Wei to help him up and change his clothes to see Wu Wei.

After the two sides met, they sat down. Wu Wei said bluntly: "Fangling is strong, but there are not enough soldiers. Today, I was ordered by the Ming Mansion to come to Guili to recruit soldiers. ”

"Please also ask Pavilion Chief Wu to stay for a while, and the old man will go to gather the middle school disciples to join the army." Zhang Bang said solemnly. Immediately, Zhang Bang ordered his eldest son to gather the children of Lizhong and get twelve strong men.

Among them, Zhang Bang's own family has two grandsons and one great-grandson, and his support is very strong.

Wu Wei was overjoyed when he saw this, and after bowing to Zhang Bang, he said, "Old gentleman Gaoyi." So he led the men and departed with twelve strong men.

Zhang Bang stood at the entrance of the village, and it was not until Wu Wei and the people disappeared from sight that he returned home with the support of his eldest son.

Zhang Bang returned home, but saw his old wife crying.

Zhang Bang naturally knew why his wife was crying, so he came up and sat down to stroke his wife's back, and said: "Life is inherently a death, die for the Ming Mansion, and don't hate." ”

"Why are you so ruthless?" The old wife glared at Zhang Bang fiercely, then got up and walked out. Zhang Bang sighed, shook his head and said, "Only women and villains are difficult to raise." ”

Zhang's family is only thirty or forty households, and they have contributed twelve strong men. Zhang Bang's family has three strong men, two grandsons, and one great-grandson.

Of course, this is because Zhang Bangde is highly respected, and he did not use his power for personal gain, giving away other people's children and grandchildren, not his own.

Second, Zhang Bang also knows one thing.

In today's troubled times, if you are a mountain citizen in the mountains, of course, you don't need to send your children and grandchildren to be soldiers. But now that he has gone down the mountain and is under the command of Fang Ling, because he is too conservative in the Ming Mansion, he has a good life.

It is a hundred times better to die for such a Taishou than to die for an incompetent Taishou.

Again. In troubled times, who is innocent?

The children of Fangling, guarding Fangling, and fighting for the Taishou Ming Mansion, are not only for righteousness, but also for themselves.

Some of my children and grandchildren are fighting outside, and some are plowing the fields with peace of mind.

If you lose, you will gain, you can't have both.

Zhang Bang sighed.

He also feels sorry for his children and grandchildren, but he knows the truth.

Defending Guan Ping and Fang Ling is to defend their home.

Sending children and grandchildren to join the army is inevitable.

Thou shalt not be kind to a woman.