Guan Ping is worried, worried about the affairs of the population.

The entire Fangling area is mountainous, and the nine county towns are all standing in the valley and on the small plain. There is very little arable area and there are many mountain people.

The place as a whole is relatively poor.

But the population did not reach its limit. After all, it has also experienced war, and the population of this area used to be 300,000.

Now there are only 150,000 or 60,000 left.

However, Guan Ping brought only more than 1,000 soldiers and horses from Xinye, but he wanted to transfer men here and increase the number of troops to 32,000.

If it is really implemented, then it will really be empty of men from the people.

The Great Demon King was born.

That's obviously impossible. And how to increase the population and increase the number of folk males has become a top priority.

But it's also more difficult to do.

Previous plans to increase the population are no longer viable. Because slaves, maidservants, and servants are important assets of the family, in the current situation of withering population and many wilderness, population is equivalent to property.

Xinye's population increase plan has concentrated the slaves and maids in Jingchu, Bashu, and Wuyue in Xinye, so Guan Ping planned to give wives to the 5,000 Cao army, but he had to buy women from all ethnic groups without relying on the power of northern merchants.

Population is not created out of thin air, the most reliable is to work hard to govern the Fangling area, so that the people's living standards rise, so that the population grows naturally.

But that was too slow, Guan Ping couldn't wait.

Guan Ping pondered and meditated for many days, but he was at a loss. Finally, Guan Ping decided not to think about it, and let it be.

First of all, the number of troops will be increased to 16,000 next year, and after reaching the limit, we will consider how to increase the population and increase the number of soldiers and horses.

It's really not possible to do without soldiers.

Without soldiers, it is impossible to defend the Fangling area and expand the land at the same time.

At this moment, news came from Shangyong's side.

Fangling County Shou Yamen has begun to operate, Chang Shi Ma Liang, Gong Cao Sun Qian, the chief bookkeeper Yi and other big officials, led all Cao Xiaoguan together, in the front yard of the county guard mansion.

This area will be coordinated under the Fangling Taishou. Therefore, after Gan Ning's official document came up, it first arrived in the hands of the main bookkeeper.

This leading general killed Shangyong Taishou Shen Tan and Shen Yi, which is of course a great event. Yi did not dare to delay, and immediately presented the official document to Guan Ping.

After Guan Ping learned of this, he immediately led Zhou Xiong, Li Fei, Ma Yan, and Li Chao, the commander of Shangyong County, and several small officials to Shangyong together.

Guan Ping didn't discuss with the three officials in the Taishou Mansion how to deal with it, so he left in a hurry. Yi Ji thought about it, so he talked about it with Ma Liang and Sun Gan.

In the evening, after work. In a public house in the front yard of the Taishou Mansion, Ma Liang, Sun Qian, and Yi sat down separately and drank together.

"I heard that Gan Ning is rough and easy to kill, but in Xinye, Gan Ning is law-abiding and has never been so domineering. Thinking of the fact that the adults did not have any scruples about the Shen family brothers, they annexed Shangyong and established Fangling County to coordinate nine counties. I'm afraid this matter was instigated by adults. ”

Yi picked up the flask and poured the wine, and told his guess.

"It's a bit rough, but it's also a way to prevent future troubles. After all, the Shen family brother is not a dog that can be raised, but an ambitious wolf. ”

Sun Qian picked up a piece of meat and ate it, and took a sip of wine by the way.

"It's rough, but it's also smart. This matter is Gan Ning's suicide, and it has nothing to do with adults. If there is a person who takes the blame, it will not affect the adults too much. ”

Ma Liang shook his head and said.

He used a clever sentence, which affected Guan Ping too much.

The impact is definitely there.

The Shen brothers were killed after surrendering, was Gan Ning rough and easy to kill?

Or is it Guan Ping's unloading and killing of donkeys?

What people think, it is up to the benevolent to see the benevolent and the wise to see the wise.

But in general, the three of them still approved of Guan Ping's actions. The Shen brothers are unpredictable, and no one knows what the brothers think in their hearts, but they are always unconvinced.

If Guan Ping had sent troops outside and the brothers had raised troops in the rear, it could lead to a major rout.

Therefore, the Shen brothers can also be said to have been killed just because they were powerful and powerful.

It's a conspiracy.

Morally speaking, Guan Ping is a bastard, a hooligan, who killed two people for nothing that happened.

But from the perspective of conspiracy, Guan Ping is planning ahead and thoughtful.

Sun Qian felt a little nostalgic, this person who once aspired to be the second ancestor has gradually changed. From a general corner boy who gave advice, he became a county keeper who decided big things.

The eldest son of Guan Yu, the left general of the Marquis of Hanshou, a prince of one side.

Grown.

For the civil and military of the Xinye Group, this matter is of course a good thing and a good change. Because Guan Yu is too strong to get along with.

They need a normal lord.

A lord who is kind, enterprising, and decisive in means leads them to charge into battle and do great things.

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On the other side, Guan Ping took Zhou Xiong, Li Fei, Ma Yan, Li Chao and others, under the protection of more than 200 personal soldiers, and waded through mountains and rivers to the Shangyong area.

Guan Ping has been to this place before, but the last time was completely different from this time.

The last time Guan Ping came, he was not allowed to enter at first. Later, it was all thanks to Gan Ning's courage and skill, and he designed to lure the enemy, so that he could enter Shangyong City.

But even after entering Shangyong City, Guan Ping felt that he was a guest. Because there is only one master, that is the Shen family.

And when Guan Ping came to Shangyong City this time, he really felt that this city belonged to him, and it belonged to one of the nine county towns under the rule of Fangling Taishou.

After Guan Ping entered Shangyong City, he did one thing first. It is to send Li Chao to the county government to take office, divide the Taishou Mansion into several mansions, and sell them after reducing the specifications.

Shen Tan is the Shangyong Taishou who governs the three counties, so there are both Taishou Mansion and County Government in the city.

Just like Guan Ping is the Taishou of Fangling, there are nine cities and nine county orders under his command.

The reason why Guan Ping demolished the mansion of Shangyong Taishou was also to show an attitude, and since then there has been no Shangyong Taishou, only Fangling Taishou.

The second thing Guan Ping did was to send Zhou Xiong, Li Fei, and Ma Jian to the barracks, and remove the thousands of people left by the Shen family brothers, senior officers, people from the Shen family, people close to the Shen family, and old people, leaving only young and strong soldiers.

If there is a shortcoming, the army will be recruited in the upper and lower places. Eight troops, four or five thousand men.

Just like the appointment, Zhou Xiong was ordered, Li Fei was the left and right Sima, Zhou Xiong was the personal soldier, Li Fei coordinated the whole battalion, and Ma Jian joined the army.

When this appointment was issued, Guan Ping said that Zhou Xiong and Li Fei would go to Jiuxian to recruit troops, but in fact, he made up his mind to take his soldiers and horses after annexing the Shen brothers.

The Shen brothers are not Xiahoudun, they can win people's death. After eliminating the officers and the people of the Shen family, Guan Ping can be used with confidence.

That's the second thing.

The third thing is that Guan Ping cried. Guan Ping ordered Shen Tan and Shen Yi's brothers to be buried, Shen Tan was buried with the rites of the princes, and Shen Yi was buried with the rites of the generals.

Because Shen Tan has the title of Marquis certified by the imperial court, he is called a marquis.

In the Western Han Dynasty, the marquis title was very valuable, but it was not worth much when it was passed to the Eastern Han Dynasty, just like paper money, and it was worthless if it was issued too much.

There are really a lot of Hou Ye in the Eastern Han Dynasty, as many as cow hair.

Especially after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, many thieves who were divided were made marquis, for example, Shen Tan was a member of the township, so the marquis was really worthless.

After burying the two brothers, Guan Ping sacrificed with the rites of the young prison, and cried at the end of the funeral, and came to a real cat crying mouse fake mercy.

Political showmanship, of course.

This is to tell everyone that the Shen family brothers were not killed by me, but by the rough and easy to kill Gan Ning.

Guan Ping also said in public that he would treat the orphans of the Shen brothers well and would not be killed. and reprimanded Gan Ning in public, which made Gan Ning very "ashamed".

As soon as he finished speaking, Guan Ping began to move the knife.

Guan Ping started to do something to the Shen family, he first collected all the land, farms, and most of the slaves and maids of the Shen family in the three counties of Shangyong, and allowed the people of the Shen family to keep their property and a little bit of slaves.

Then the Shen family's clansmen were divided into two parts, one part migrated to live in Fangling, and this part was the clansmen who were far away from the Shen Tan brothers.

The other part is the clansmen who are very close to the Shen Tan brothers, such as Shen Ding, and of course, the orphans of the Shen Tan brothers, who were sent to live in Xinye.

If you have nothing to do, you can't go out of the new wilderness.

It's house arrest and surveillance, if these people don't move, it's good, if they move, Guan Ping's knife will fall.

As for the deprivation of the land and slaves, firstly, it was to weaken the financial foundation of the Shen family, and secondly, to take back the slaves and maids and expand the population of Fangling.

To put it simply, it is to fight local tyrants.

Guan Ping always knew that the Shen clan was very strong, and there were countless servants and slaves, but he was startled after beating the local tyrants.

The total number of slaves and servants of the Shen clan was seven or eight thousand, and this was not counting the few slaves and maids that Guan Ping allowed them to keep.

That's probably nearly 10,000 people in total.

The population of the entire Fangling County is only more than 158,000 people.

With the release of these slaves and maids, the population of Fangling suddenly exceeded about 166,000.

It's a pity that only the Shen family has such a big power in the entire Fangling County, and the rest are just small tyrants, not only will they have no oil and water, but they will also have a bad reputation.

Fighting local tyrants is just a meteor, not a stable source of population.

After five days, the matter calmed down, and the huge Shen clan disappeared, but it had little impact on the ordinary officials.

Guan Ping continued to stay in Shangyong, and civilly appointed Li Chao as the county commander, this person was also a helper in Liu Bei's period, a steady civil official, Guan Ping was very relieved about this person, and there was no need to worry about it.

The reason why he stayed was because Li Fei needed a little time to reorganize and recruit eight soldiers.

After making up enough, you also need a little training before you can leave Shangyong and return to Fangling.