The original capital of Liangzhou was in Hanyang County.

However, because the emperor felt that it was too far away from the four counties of Hexi, which was not conducive to the development of the four counties of Hexi, he ordered the capital of Liangzhou to be moved to Guzang County, Wuwei County.

In this way, it is convenient for Liangzhou Thorn History to supervise the construction of the four counties in Hexi nearby.

It just so happens that Zhuge Liang can also run a little less.

As the new capital, Guzang County has naturally received strong support for its development and construction, so when Zhuge Liang, who has been in a small place for a while, saw Guzang County, he couldn't help but imagine when he could build Dunhuang County the same as Guzang County.

Anyway, it's also the capital of a county, isn't it?

After entering Dunhuang County from Yumen Pass and Yangguan, the place where you must come must be Dunhuang County.

Merchants from all countries in the Western Regions had to pass through Dunhuang County, and then they could enter Guanzhong to do business, and Dunhuang County was also the western gate of the Han Empire in a sense.

Zhuge Liang has only been in office for a few months, but he is already silently thinking about how to build Dunhuang County into a moderately developed county seat, so as to serve as the façade of Dunhuang County.

After entering Guzang County, Zhuge Liang was quickly arranged to enter the official post station of Guzang County, and was entertained with delicious food and drink, saying that Mao Jue was a little busy and would summon him soon.

Zhuge Liang waited for a day and a night, but he didn't wait for the news of Mao Jue, he was a little anxious, and after repeated inquiries, a person who claimed to be an official next to Mao Jue came.

He said that Mao Jue was arranging the distribution of a new batch of supplies, and asked Zhuge Liang to wait a little longer, and Mao Jue would soon find time to see him.

"Dare to ask Your Excellency, why did Mao Envoy Jun see me? I'm just a Dunhuang county magistrate, and Mao Envoy Jun wants to summon me, is there anything special and important to explain? ”

Zhuge Liang stopped the official and didn't let him go.

The official looked helpless.

"Mao Envoy Jun wants to see Your Excellency, that is not something that those of us around us can ask, Your Excellency can wait a while, look at the books, Mao Envoy Jun will summon Your Excellency soon."

So Zhuge Liang could only continue to look at the pile of bamboo slips that were specially sent, which were part of the "Analects", which seemed to Zhuge Liang to be quite boring.

He prefers to read some works on agriculture and hydraulic science to help him enrich his professional skills as an administrative official.

Or to stay on the land and watch the peasants under its jurisdiction work hard to reclaim the wasteland, which is better than reading the Analects of Rausch here.

His family doesn't have any family classics, what books to read, this is the case in Jingzhou, and even more so after joining Guo Wei Group in Jizhou.

Now there is only one volume of the Analects, which is really boring.

But he really can't leave, and he really doesn't know what to do.

After waiting anxiously, waiting, waiting for another two days, I finally got an audience with Mao Jue.

Zhuge Liang couldn't wait to go to the Thorn Mansion, but he sat in the hall of the Thorn Mansion for a whole morning, and was entertained with a free lunch, and Zhuge Liang was very depressed.

In the afternoon, Zhuge Liang, who was about to collapse after drinking water, was finally notified that Mao Jue was going to officially meet Zhuge Liang, so he took Zhuge Liang to Mao Jue's location as if he had been amnestied, so that Zhuge Liang lasted more than ten days and finally met Mao Jue.

"Xiaguan Zhuge Liang, meet Mao Envoy."

Zhuge Liang hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, showing his respect for Shangguan.

When he saw Mao Jue, Zhuge Liang found that Mao Jue was bowing his head and writing hard.

It looks like he's really busy.

Seeing Zhuge Liang coming, Mao Jue put down his pen and raised his head, and then smiled.

"Zhuge Kongming, hahaha, I'm really embarrassed, I have too many things to do, so I delayed your time, I hope you don't blame me."

Mao Jue stood up and walked in front of Zhuge Liang and helped Zhuge Liang up with his own hands.

"Xia Guan doesn't dare, Xia Guan is just puzzled, Xia Guan is just a county magistrate, and he hasn't done anything earth-shattering, how can he let Mao Zhijun take time out of his busy schedule to meet him?"

Zhuge Liang straightened up and asked softly.

Mao Jue laughed and asked Zhuge Liang to sit down first, and then sit down himself.

"I have this habit, for some more important places, I don't ask the county guard, only ask the county order, and even some township and village chiefs I will summon to ask them about their duties, so as to determine whether they are competent and whether there are illegal things."

Mao Jue made an explanation, and Zhuge Liang felt that this was quite interesting.

"Therefore, Mao Envoy Jun summoned the subordinate to come, not for anything else, but to test the subordinate and see if the subordinate is competent?"

"Yes, that's it."

Mao Jue nodded: "Before you, I have tested more than a hundred local officials in this way, from the head of a village to the head of a county, I have asked, you are not a special case."

Some competent officials were promoted by me, and some incompetent officials were dismissed by me, and even held accountable, which is a means for me to govern the state and county. ”

"I see, does the Mao envoy have anything to test the lower officials? Although the subordinate officials are talentless, they consider themselves conscientious. ”

Zhuge Liang has strong confidence in this, and believes that he can definitely pass Mao Jue's test.

And he doesn't want to spend too much time here, not only does he have normal government affairs to do, but there are also many things to investigate, Zhuge Liang is really busy.

Mao Jue smiled and began to ask questions slowly.

For example, the number of hukou in Dunhuang County, how many households, how many people, how many men, how many women, how many strong men, how many strong women, how much land there is, how much land is planned to be reclaimed, and so on.

Zhuge Liang answered this fluently, without any jerkiness, it seems that all the data is in his head, and now it is just retelling, and there is no problem at all.

Mao Jue asked him how he planned to govern Dunhuang County in the future, and how to use the limited manpower, material and financial resources to develop Dunhuang County, and Zhuge Liang also had some methods.

He did not stick to the traditional way of increasing the population and reclaiming wasteland to increase productivity, but actively sought various other ways to develop Dunhuang County better.

"Agriculture is the foundation of the country, to develop a land, agriculture must be the most important, persuade farmers to cultivate mulberry, help peasant households to reclaim wasteland, build water conservancy projects, increase grain production, increase grain reserves, and at the same time increase the population, reclaim more land, this is inevitable.

However, it is not enough to just develop agriculture, Dunhuang is located in the borderland, the climate is bitter and cold, no matter how to develop agriculture, it will not exceed the rich land of the Central Plains, if you want to make the people's life better and relatively rich, you must take advantage of the special situation of Dunhuang County to develop. ”

Feeling that Zhuge Liang had a lot of ideas for governing places, Mao Jue became a little interested, so he continued to ask.

"Tell me, what's the special situation?"

"Dunhuang County is located in the borderland, close to Yumen Pass and Yangguan, is the Western Regions countries business travel and Wei business travel to the Western Regions must pass through, there are a lot of people, if you can make full use of this, you can develop Dunhuang County."

"Go on."

"Yes, the idea of Xia Guan is to take advantage of the advantageous geographical location of Dunhuang County, in the process of road construction, along with the process of road construction, to build hotels and wine stores in Dunhuang County, to provide sufficient accommodation and food conditions for business travel.

When the lower officials heard that the Ministry of Finance had been edicted to provide a certain amount of interest-free or low-interest loans to the ordinary people of Li who wanted to run businesses, the lower officials wanted to apply to the Ministry of Finance to assist the people in the county in applying for these loans to build hotels and liquor stores.

In this way, they can be willing to stay and stay in Dunhuang County temporarily, and be willing to spend money in Dunhuang County, the more people who come, the longer they stay, the more money they spend, so that Dunhuang County can get more taxes.

With this tax revenue, Dunhuang County can continue to build the county, expand the county seat, and build it wider and taller, and if this can be done, then more and more people are willing to come to Dunhuang County.

If there are more people, Dunhuang County will prosper, and its human, material and financial resources will be greatly increased, and it may even become a centralized trading place for business travelers in the Western Regions and Wei Kingdom, so that Dunhuang County can be completely developed. ”

Zhuge Liang excitedly told the blueprint for his construction and development of Dunhuang County, which surprised Mao Jue.