Hou Zhen was naturally very happy about Li Ze's long-term plan to build a port in Cangzhou and build it into a foreign trade city in the future. Think about the fact that merchant ships from various overseas regions gather in Haixing, and it has become a place for a large number of goods to handle and distribute, which should be a great boost to the local economy.

Hou Zhen is a person who has seen the world, he has been to Luoyang and Chang'an when he was young, and he will never forget the kind of commercial prosperity in Luoyang, only you can't think of it, and there is no scene that you can't buy.

"Jieshuai, we in Cangzhou absolutely support this matter, we will dispatch as many people as we want, and if we ask for money, we can also squeeze out some." Hou Zhen swore authentically.

Li Ze looked at the other party's excited face and said with a smile: "Don't be too happy too early, even if the port is completed, even if it can attract merchant ships from all over the world, Jiezhen will also set up an independent city department here, which has little to do with your Cangzhou!" ”

Hou Zhen also smiled and said: "I naturally know this, but the port is in our Haixing, but it can't be moved, the wharf has developed, and it always has to be employed, right?" When the goods go ashore, you always have to use warehousing, right? If you want to sell goods, you always have to sell them, right? Since there are warehouses and shops, then of course we can collect taxes. It is prosperous and developed here, businessmen from all over the world will come here to buy goods, and the restaurants, inns, etc. will inevitably develop, and a large number of people will gather here, which will be of great benefit to us in Cangzhou! ”

Li Ze gave a thumbs up to Hou Zhen: "This is the thinking of a landlord." ”

"I've been following the festival commander for a long time, and I naturally learned something about the overall situation and foresight of the festival marshal." Hou Zhen smiled slightly.

For Hou Zhen's blatant sycophancy, Li Ze laughed out loud and suffered, for Hou Zhen, the second largest man in the past eight Texas families, Li Ze is still quite satisfied, whether it is serving as the commander of Wuyi County, or now serving as the assassin of Cangzhou, he has spared no effort to implement Li Ze's policy.

"Hou Fangyu has performed very well in the right guard, and after two years of training, he will almost be able to take charge of the army alone."

Hearing Li Ze's words, Hou Zhen suddenly smiled, there is nothing more happier than his son having a future. "This is all the cultivation of the festival handsome, the care of Liu Dudu, there are several sons of the Hou family, but except for the boss, the rest are some wine bags and rice bags, the boss has a chance, and I don't have to worry about the remaining bastards starving to death in the future."

Li Ze also laughed, Hou Fangyu's performance in the army is indeed far beyond ordinary people, but the other sons of the Hou family are not the wine bags and rice bags in Hou Zhen's mouth, even if they are not as good as Hou Fangyu, but they are not bad. Now the second child follows Hou Zhen as an official in Cangzhou, the third child takes care of the family business in Wuyi, and the fourth child is still a child, just enlightened, Hou Zhen invited him to invite a famous teacher to set up a museum at home, it seems that he is going to be a civil official.

Of course, the premise is that you can win in this great battle, so that these wings attached to your family can follow you step by step.

Hou Zhen reported to Li Zeyu about the governance of Cangzhou along the way, this time Li Ze passed through Cangzhou from Dizhou, and he was in a hurry, and he would not stay for a long time, and Hou Zhen was also very busy, because of the rebellion in Dizhou, Li Ze went on a killing spree in Dizhou, and the heads of the rebels fell to the ground one after another, and the rebels were sent to Texas to serve hard labor, and the family members of the rebel leaders were sent to the front line to serve in the army, and the end can be imagined.

When the news came out, Cangzhou shook.

You must know that when Cangzhou was led by Li Ze to go down, several counties under his rule were also rumored to surrender to Li Ze, for these places, Li Ze took a gentle policy, but this also made the entire Dutian plan be obstructed by the open or covert, and after the Dizhou incident, the landlords who resisted at the beginning immediately took the initiative to find the government in fear and asked Dutian to clean up Dingkou.

After all, the government still left them a certain amount of land, and as long as the acres of land that were cleared out were legally revived, the government would still give them a certain amount of compensation.

In this way, Cangzhou, in this winter, is a little busier than usual, and in the past two years, it has been extremely difficult to push forward, and in this winter, it is suddenly several times several times to run forward.

"Wu Jin is very busy, and he can't turn into a few clones. Specially asked me to confess to the festival marshal, I can't come to the festival marshal to say goodbye, it's him, it's not him, and when the New Year comes, he will definitely come to the door to apologize! After Hou Zhen finished talking about the current progress of Dutian, he said with a smile.

"Thanks!" Li Ze waved his hand: "This state is what I like!" What's the concern about seeing me? Doing a good job is the best thing, and if I don't see me, can't I remember their exploits? ”

"It is precisely because Jie Shuai is so open-minded that Wu Jin will do this!" Hou Zhen said with a smile.

"How is the Cangzhou garrison?" Li Ze asked: "I am still very satisfied with the three thousand armor soldiers trained by Li Hao in Dizhou. The order is forbidden, as stable as Mount Tai, as off as a rabbit, and it is already quite a strong army. ”

"The Cangzhou garrison is by no means worse than Dizhou!" Hou Zhen said with a smile: "This time the Dizhou rebellion, our Cangzhou is actually on high alert, General Chen Changan is well under the rule, and Cangzhou is calm, thanks to his contributions." Now that the situation has calmed down, many people in the army have been borrowed by Wu Jin to help Dutian and clean up Dingkou. ”

"In this way, military discipline is still very good."

"Naturally, if this were not the case, how would Wu Jin dare to let these big-headed soldiers go to the countryside?" Hou Zhen nodded.

Talking all the way, I finally arrived at my destination, Gaowan Township, Haixing County. Here, it is the largest salt drying base in Haixing, and it is also the place where salt workers are most concentrated.

On the side of the road in the distance, there were many people standing densely, obviously the local officials came to greet them with the people, and they could also see Li Kang, who had arrived on guard in advance, and a group of pro-guards and servants were waiting on the side of the road.

"Now that a large amount of salt from the south has poured into the north, it should have a great impact on the salt industry here, right?" Li Ze asked.

"It's fine." Hou Zhen said: "Salt is the unified purchase and sale of supply and marketing cooperatives, although the current purchase price has been reduced a lot, but the impact is not very great. The southern snowflake salt is of better quality, and we don't have much to say on our side. ”

"We must find ways to improve quality, rather than relying on the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy and get by." Li Ze said with some seriousness: "What if the supply and marketing cooperatives are released in the future?" Do you still have a competitive view of Southern Snowflake Salt here? ”

Hou Zhen was shocked and arched his hand: "Jie Shuai, my subordinates remember." ”

"As long as you are willing to use your brains to improve the quality of sea salt, it is not too much of a problem." Li Ze continued: "By the way, we must also beware of the outflow of illicit salt, now that the purchase price has been reduced, there may not be no one who takes risks and does these murderous transactions." ”

"This kind of thing can't be completely eradicated, and the left and right can only be severely punished, arrest one, and kill another." Hou Zhen said murderously, "Salt and iron are the great plan of the country, how can these people be allowed to worship it." ”

"Now that it's impossible to dry salt in winter, what do these salt workers do for a living?" Li Ze pointed to the deserted salt pan in the distance.

"There's nothing wrong with making a living." Hou Zhen said: "Every season when salt can't be dried, most of the men go to sea to fish, and the women and children cook salt at home. ”

"You still have to think about it." Li Zedao: "The way to put an end to smuggling and smuggling salt is to let them have enough income, so that they can understand that smuggling is really more than gain." The place where salt workers gather in large numbers is also the most unstable place and prone to accidents. ”

"Rest assured, now we are drying salt here, has implemented a new method of taxation, each person per day is a ration, after the completion of the ration, the surplus will be purchased at a higher price, which has increased their income a lot, like this season, they go out to sea to fish, the government is not taxed. The fish they catch are salted and sold out, and the tax is halved, and if you look at the houses around the salt works, they have been newly built in the past two years, and they used to be some thatched sheds, but now they are all rammed earth roofs, and those blue brick houses are some of the best of them. "Hou Zhen is very proud." For such a place, the government has always given priority to stability, and as long as the most basic tasks can be completed, he does not care. ”

"Stability is paramount!" Li Zehaha laughed: "Haixing's county order is doing a good job, it's your guidance for the assassin!" ”

"Not really. Zhang Runzhang County Order only came at the beginning of this year, young, with ideas, these methods are all come up with by himself, I think it is very good, and now in many places in Cangzhou, we have begun to promote. It not only improves efficiency, but also allows the people to get benefits, which is a good way to get both. ”

Lema looked at the rows of houses in the distance that were obviously newly built in the past two years, and Li Ze said with emotion: "Our people are undoubtedly the best group of people to fool, as long as they can eat a bite of food safely, they will be grateful to you." ”

"It's not just about a bite to eat now." Hou Zhen said with a smile: "Haixing's first medical hall was opened here in Gaowan, and now it is no longer a problem to see a doctor and take medicine here. ”

"Let's go, we'll see." Li Ze excitedly rode forward, these salt workers may also become his first batch of seafarers in the future!