Others said that Luo Cheng didn't believe it, but Wu Yunzhao said it, and he couldn't help but believe it. His disadvantage is that his arms are too weak, but his gun moves are flexible and fast, which is both an advantage and a disadvantage.

"Brother Xian, don't be discouraged, the so-called mountain is still a mountain high, the strong have their own strong hands, even if he Yuwen Chengdu may be defeated by others. Learn more from General Chengdu and it will definitely help you improve your martial arts. Yang Er smiled and comforted Luo Chengdao.

Two days later, Yang Er and his entourage finally returned to Luzhou. In the greeting of the officials of Luzhou Mansion, he came to the mansion, because of the wind and dust all the way, Yang Er and the others were tired, so they returned to their mansion early to rest. Officials at all levels are scheduled to report on their work on the second day.

The seven giants of Hedong participated in the half-year work report of Hedong County the next day, namely, Pei Shiju, the big Sima in charge of administrative affairs, Pei Yun, the chief bookkeeper, Liu Wenjing, the boss of the Military Intelligence Department, Ma Shumou, the director of the Logistics and Equipment Department, Zheng Fengju, who was in charge of foreign trade and trade, and Yuwen Chengdu, the general in charge of the military affairs of the Hedong Jin Army, and Yin Lu Zhaolin of Zezhou Prefecture. The chief bookkeeper, Pei Yun, handed over the government affairs of Changzhi County to the deputy before March, and returned to Luzhou to assist Pei Shiju in managing the affairs of the entire Hedong and various counties and counties. Lu Zhaolin was transferred back to Luzhou by Yang Er three days ago.

Yang Er sat on the top, and saw that the people sitting on the left and right sides were all his own confidants, and each of them could stand alone, and they all had very outstanding achievements in their respective positions. Hedong County and his newly mastered territory can operate effectively, which makes Yang Er very satisfied.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this king's trip has to be carefully maintained by you, which makes my Hedong County so prosperous. However, this king's trip for half a year has also achieved remarkable results, adding Jizhou, Jianghuai and most of Qi County Shandong. It is also said that Luo Yi, the king of Beiping in Yanshan, took refuge with this king, and built a naval division of our Jin army in Donglai County, and there are two home ports of the naval division, namely Laizhou and Jiaozhou, and an army of 50,000 sailors was established, and hundreds of large sea ships and warships were built, not to mention the huge benefits that the entire Donglai County has gained through foreign sea trade exchanges, and only this naval fleet can sweep Nanchen and overseas countries in the future. This is the biggest gain of this king's trip. If you look at the map of the territory of the Great Sui behind this king, almost half of the land of the Great Sui is now controlled by this king. Yang Er paused, took a sip of tea, the mansion was really a little hot, if there was usually Abeyi behind him to fan himself, but now there is no idler here to serve.

At this time, several of the adults present admired the great achievements made by the lord in the past six months, nodded frequently, and everyone said yes. Yang Er continued: "Of course, these achievements are inseparable from the assistance of all the princes here, and everyone here has made great contributions. In particular, the people of Zezhou Lu took advantage of the chaos to expand the territory around Wagang, and took Liyang as a base to build a river transportation wharf, and actively organized all kinds of materials to cooperate with the development of Donglai; In addition, Mr. Zhaoren of the Military Intelligence Department also played an indispensable role in the development and growth of Donglai, Langya and Jianghuai forces, especially the deputy commander Yu Wenhua and Mr. Yu Wenhua personally deployed to seize Jizhou and serve the battle of Dou Jiande in Hejian, which was particularly brilliant. Of course, I would like to thank Master Sima Pei and the chief bookkeeper Pei Yun, we have won several places among them, and the support of the two Pei is indispensable, and it is with the material support of Luzhou, Hedong, that these new territories have the confidence to develop. The military affairs of Hedong under the command of Yuwen Chengdu, the general of the protector of the country, are also good, sending more than 100,000 soldiers, and sending a number of generals not only firmly occupy Changzhi County, but also coerce Li Yuan of Jinyang with military strength in several directions, so that he does not dare to have the slightest thought about my Hedong, and stabilized the rear of our Hedong, and its contribution cannot be underestimated. Mr. Zheng, who is mainly engaged in commerce and trade, and Mr. Ma, who is in charge of logistics support, are the masters behind the development of Hedong in our country, and the economic development of various places and the renewal of equipment in the army are all due to the merits of the two of you, and they are no worse than everyone in the slightest. This time, Bai Ma Yi raided the Turkic tent from the battalion and was able to return with his whole body, thanks to the latest equipment of Minister Ma, the army of Sha Bo Luo Khan did not dare to pursue our raiding army. Okay, this king will talk about this first, and everyone will talk about it, and tell this king about their respective situations for most of the past six months. Yang Er's mouth was dry for a while, and when he saw that what he said was almost done, he gave up the right to speak to these big people.

"Lord, let Pei speak first!" Da Sima Pei Shiju got up and arched his hand. Yang Er nodded in agreement.

"Actually, it's very simple, it's just a few sets of numbers! First, Hedong County, Changzhi County, Jizhou and the newly established Taihang County have a registered population of 5.1 million and 2.3 million households. Up to now, 450,000 newborns; Second, in accordance with the main plan, to speed up the urbanization construction of various places, four urbanization clusters have been built, namely: Luzhou Jiechi Town Urban Agglomeration; Huayin contains the urban agglomeration of Shaohuashan, which already contains Iron Hammer Village and other places; Jinding urban agglomeration of Taihang Mountain; Jiyuan urban agglomeration in Zezhou. Cities have also been expanded in various places, making the urbanization of half of the total population. Third, the focus is on the construction of the Guangtong Canal Economic Belt, and the Guangtong Canal was successfully opened and released two months ago. Along the way, 25 ports, including the Huayin urban agglomeration, have been built, some of which have become large-scale towns and cities, and the economy is also extremely prosperous. It is more convenient and faster for all kinds of materials to travel to and from the capital, and at present, these wharf towns along the river are under the control of our Hedong forces, and the garrison is also guarded by our Jin army. Fourth, the reserves of various materials in Hedong: grain, there are 8 million stones of grain in Luocang, Guangtong Warehouse and Taihang Jinding, which is expected to reach 12 million stones this autumn; The inventory of salt solution also reached 5 million bags, totaling 25 million catties; The cellar of Wuliangchun wine has reached 2 million catties, and it is now brewed in Huayin City, and the Jingcheng distillery has been severely suppressed by the princelings and is now closed. The only inventory is insufficient is the iron ingot, the day before yesterday at the order of the lord, dumped the library to protect the shipbuilding of Donglai shipyard, the consumption is very large, the original inventory has been exhausted, and now the iron ingots in the library are mostly purchased from outside, fortunately, the military weapons are not used much, and the purchased iron ingots can also be supplied, but the price of iron ingots such as Jinyang, Luoyang, and Nanyang has risen because of this, and I have a lot of iron purchase budget in Hedong. Fifth, the Hedong government has a lot of taxes and monopoly commodities, and at present, all kinds of trade taxes, field harvests, and salt, iron and wine are three franchises, so that the inner government has 50 million silver and 10 million gold. Hehe! Let the old man say so much first! The specific matters of the old man and Pei will have a written text to report to the lord. After Pei Shiju finished speaking, he sat down with a smile, a little panting.

Pei Yun stroked his beard and only nodded on the side, without adding an explanation.

"Yes, there are two people Pei who have bothered. Since the Guangtong Canal has been opened for operation, tolls should be collected for non-Hedong vessels, and a river gate should also be set up to inspect the goods transported by ships coming and going from other places, and if they are transporting military supplies or controlled commodities, they should be confiscated or punished. Tariffs should also be levied on goods that come and go normally, so as to gradually recover the cost of the canal invested in the construction of the canal in the east of the river. Well! Where is Master Li Chun now? ”

Seeing that Yang Er suddenly asked about Li Chun, everyone looked at Ma Shumou. Yang Erjian also looked at him, waiting for an answer.

"Brother, then Li Chun is now my deputy, and I have made him the deputy minister of logistics. This old boy's brain grows somehow, he can understand one point, and he will draw inferences from one another, physics, chemistry, and mechanical manufacturing. Grenades, cannon fuses, these are all things he figured out. Now he is pondering my short fire in the cave of Shaohua Mountain in my Huayin City! I didn't sleep for a few days and nights. Ma Shumou's words, everyone present was confused, then Lu Zhaolin was even more interested, with a very curious expression, look at Ma Shumou and look at Yang Er.

"Don't talk nonsense, you're just a naughty boy in front of Master Li. Is it any wonder you've become so much more relaxed? Be careful not to get him down. Yang Er said with some dissatisfaction, thinking, people in this era don't have a long lifespan, don't let Li Chun, a master of this era, overwork and beg. However, I heard Wu Yunzhao and Lai Hu'er say that the Bombardment Grenade is extremely powerful and extremely easy to use, but the scene is too bloody.

"Lao Ma, don't say it's useless, just tell me what good things you have gotten out, right? This time, Brother Yunzhao made such a great achievement, and 20,000 people didn't lose a single hair. Yuwen Chengdu didn't want to listen to government affairs for a long time, and was sitting uncomfortable, when he saw Uncle Ma talking, he hurriedly asked him to talk about it first.

"Hey, hey! Say. I don't want to say how much it took to open the canal, but the black powder in the caves in my Shaohua Mountain can no longer be filled, and now they are controlling production. However, in wartime, my logistics and equipment department has enough to manage this thing, even if it is enough to open two more large canals. As for the grenade! At present, there are 300,000 pieces in stock, and I don't plan to do more, and I can't use them up for a while, and I'm afraid of the tide. There are 250,000 crossbows in stock, and they are still being manufactured, and the 200,000 crossbows that are ready to be built have also stopped, which is enough. All you need is more special crossbow bolts. Uncle Ma said casually, this tone of speech was only him in the entire Hedong County, and others didn't dare to make a mistake in front of Yang Er, but he didn't care.

"Wait, what special repeater, special crossbow arrow? Let's be clear. Yang Er interrupted Ma Shumou and asked.

"Alas! Isn't this Li Chun's interest in gunpowder? In addition, he also appreciated my repeater, and studied it in the house for a few days, so he combined the repeater and gunpowder to create this special repeater. This crossbow can not only fire ordinary crossbow arrows, but also fire special crossbow arrows, this special crossbow arrow is the arrow is equipped with a small medicine bag, and it will explode when it hits the ground after launching, although the power is not as good as the blasting grenade, but it can also cause enemy soldiers to be injured and lose their combat power. It is also a long-range strike weapon, and it is very lethal to the enemy's group shock and cavalry. This equipment is not available at this time. ”

"Good! Very good! Master Li Chun is really a genius. Just let him stay with you! Chengdu, you come down and select 30,000 elite soldiers to go to Shaohua Mountain to receive equipment and learn to use it. From it, 10,000 were assigned to the White Horse Yicong camp of Yunzhao's brother. And he is preparing to expand the army to 80,000, and you and Brother Yunzhao will watch this matter. Yang Er said to Yuwen Chengdu again.

"Okay, big brother, you have the final say. When I came down, the younger brother went to arrange it. This new repeater sounds like a good thing! Lao Ma, what other good goods do you have? Yuwen Chengdu happily squatted on the chair and hurriedly asked again.

"Then there's the newly developed iron cannon. It has already been sent to part of the Donglai Water Division, including artillery shells. At present, our department is making every effort to build this kind of large iron cannon, and the firing range is now up to 5 miles. However, at present, our army does not have artillery, and there is also a shortage of mules and horses to pull artillery, and these are not under my control. Others, gone! ”

"Yes, the cannon is a good thing! Defending and attacking the city are of great use. In this way, Master Pei, you will go down to Shaohua Mountain with Minister Ma to see how to cooperate? All the necessary mules, horses, and chariots were all at the disposal of the two ministers, Ma and Li. Chengdu, you select 1,000 stable veterans, who must be veterans with the rank of captain or above, and have a family in Luzhou, follow Master Pei to familiarize themselves with the use of this weapon. In addition, General Diao Tonghuan is the commander of the thousand-man artillery team. ”

After Yang Er finished speaking, he saw Pei Yun and Yuwen Chengdu solemnly standing up and agreeing to it.

The meeting continued, and Liu Wenjing of the Military Intelligence Department made a report on the development and construction of the headquarters on behalf of Yu Culture; Lu Zhaolin made a report on the battle of Wagang; Zheng Fengju, the old shopkeeper, made several reports on the business operation of the newly occupied land, focusing on the cooperation of local economic development in Donglai County and Liu Jian and Wang Bo's expansion of the scale of maritime trade. Now his son Zheng Xu is still in Donglai as Liu Jian's deputy, focusing on Donglai County's internal and maritime trade. Finally, Pei Yun, the chief bookkeeper, supplemented the construction and development plans of the Royal Luzhou Academy and the Royal Luzhou Lecture Hall. By the way, he also made a brief statement on the assignment of the first two batches of graduated officers in the lecture hall, and many of them involved the content of Yuwen Chengdu's report. After Pei Yun finished speaking, Yuwen Chengdu simply reported the situation of the reserve army in Hedong.

In the eyes of Pei Shiju and others, such a meeting is very novel, and it is completely different from the current time when the imperial court is discussing politics. What is even more unexpected is that this mode of political discussion will become the prototype of the Golden Palace of the Great Sui Dynasty in the future.

Among the important ministers of Luzhou, Zhang Heng's role is very special, he does not participate in government affairs, military affairs, business, etc., but he exists as Yang Er's special confidant. That night, Yang Er met alone with this extremely heavy confidant in the study of the mansion.

"Lord Zhang, how is the operation of your Supervision Department? Did you find anything? Yang Er asked.

"The Lord, the minister's Ministry of Supervision has now set up secret agents in various prefectures at all levels, including the henchmen of the ministers newly sent to Jizhou, Donglai and Jianghuai. So far, more than 200 corruption cases of various types have been detected, involving more than 500 officials at all levels. Here are the full cases and a list of the officials involved. Shadows have also been planted in the armies of various factions to monitor generals of all levels at any time. Hehe! To say something that the lord doesn't like to hear, your hardcore brother Ma Shumou and General Tong Huan's sister-in-law went there for the first time, and the lower officials know it clearly. However, in the current army of the lord, except for Zhai Rang and a few other people who are lustful and forced several women from good families to be wives and concubines, their loyalty is impeccable. These people, the lower officials all gave warnings in private, and they all restrained their interests. Zhang Heng smiled and replied.