After the generals received the order, Liu Cong left Li Yan alone. Zigui is the first territory controlled by Liu Cong, although it is only a county, but Liu Cong values it very much, so he naturally wants to ask Li Yan to do it, and I also hope that Li Yan can understand his hard work.

Li Yan faced Liu Cong alone, and he was also anxious to confess his thoughts and doubts to Liu Cong.

"Lord, this reclamation is indeed a major event to consolidate the foundation and cultivate the yuan, and it must be carried out immediately, but it is just ......"

"It's not a whim for me to mention you to be the Zigui County Commander, and in terms of internal affairs, you are definitely better than me. Reclamation and farming require manpower, what do you need to plough cattle, you have to find a way, even if it is to avoid forced labor, rent the land to the local people first, anyway, what I want is the result, as for money and food, I think it will be solved soon.

If you look at the necessary yamen, you can hand over the list to me if there are suitable candidates. Reclamation, water conservancy and irrigation, and horse breeding must have special personnel in charge! Although Liu Cong understands that if he calms down and governs a county, he will not necessarily lose to Li Yan, but he still has more missions, and he must not be trapped in this small Zigui.

"The minister understands!"

Liu Cong asked himself, his skills are better than Li Yan, maybe the training of recruits is also a little stronger, but the internal affairs must be Li Yan, first of all, the most basic thing is that Liu Cong still needs to slowly understand the customs and customs of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and Liu Cong still needs to slowly understand and digest many conventions and rules. At this time, the best way is to leave the work to capable people to do, and this Li Yan is undoubtedly the best candidate.

Three days later, the sixty mountain bandits with their lives in their hands were shown to the public, and Huang Quan and the others once again felt the changes in the second son. The reward for meritorious people is unambiguous, and the treatment of thieves can be regarded as decisive, and he is becoming more and more general-like.

Of course, Huang Quan did not disappoint Liu Cong, and really found out that there were people in Zigui County who had colluded with the mountain bandits, and the families of two of them were the ones who responded when the mountain bandits attacked the city.

In addition, according to the confession of the mountain bandits, Yiling County ordered a relative who was one of the bandit leaders, and the concubine of Yiling County was suspected of reporting to the mountain bandits.

When it comes to the Yiling County Order, Liu Cong carefully questioned Huang Quan, not that he made it up, but that it was true, and Liu Cong even personally asked a few mountain bandits who confessed. Liu Cong was afraid that Huang Quan would make meritorious contributions, and then made up a few crimes, so that although he could overturn the county order with his identity as a son-in-law, but in that case, he would have a real mouth in the hands of everyone.

As for what to do with the Yiling County Order, we can only wait for the whole territory to be cleared before making plans. During this period, Liu Biao also sent a few handwritten letters, to the effect that he would return to Xiangyang as soon as the matter of Zigui was almost over. Liu Biao probably didn't want anything to go wrong, otherwise he wouldn't be able to think of his wife Cai's explanation.

Liu Cong felt that Xiangyang was going back, after all, it was the ruling center of Jingzhou, but now was not the time, Zigui was undecided, Yiling was still in suspense, and Jiangling Wuju was that bastard...... In short, time waits for no one, and it is a day to be able to seize it.

To say that Li Yan's efficiency is high, on the third day after Huang Quan provided clues, the gangster case was closed, Li Yan personally led people to raid three houses, killed more than 20 people, and copied more than 3,000 gold, more than 1 million money, and 100,000 stone of grain. Four pairs of armor, more than 50 sets of leather armor, and more than 100 weapons.

The big clan is really richer than the mountain bandits, these 3,000 gold, a total of 30 million yuan, a soldier's annual living expenses are about 8,000 yuan, if this money is simply used to support the army, it can support 4,000 people.

100,000 stone of grain, that is the annual ration of nearly 5,000 people, finally solved Liu Cong's urgent need. With the example of the three families who were raided, the other major clans of the masses also expressed their support for the new county order and the recruitment of soldiers by Lord Duwei, and each family sent three or five families to make up the number. Liu Cong is the one who comes, and he does not refuse.

There was also good news from Wei Yan's side, perhaps because Liu Cong's reward for this battle was too tempting, and there were nearly 1,500 people who signed up for the army in just seven days.

Liu Cong thought about it again and again, and asked Wei Yan to select 500 people from them to be included in the team, and selected 200 to be handed over to Li Yan as county soldiers, and Zigui County made up 500. The rest were sent home, Liu Cong couldn't afford to raise so many soldiers for the time being, and he couldn't empty Zigui County all at once, and Li Yan would definitely need manpower in the future. Moreover, he has not yet become a party commander, and the household registration of the soldiers is also a trouble.

In addition, Gan Ning has gained a lot of harvest these days, destroying several small mountain bandit dens, and the people in Zigui applauded. It's just that the harvest is not big, and these mountain bandits still don't seem to be as good as the big families, having said that, if they are very rich, they are basically whitewashed, who wants to be a mountain bandit and live a life in fear. However, it is very good for the training team, and the combination of the old and the new is just right to deal with the mountain bandits. It's like taking a newcomer to fight mobs in the game to earn experience upgrades.

Seeing that everything was almost over, after specifically instructing Li Yan on some things, the point was to ask Li Yan to collect the grain he had collected these days, and according to Liu Cong's plan, the grain might be used soon!

Liu Cong set off with Gan Ning and Wei Yan towards Yiling. After all, Zigui is only a small county town, and Jiangling is where the southern county is located.

If Li Yan can't even manage a small county town, then I'm sorry for Liu Cong's trust. And Li Yan is also very confident and even a little conceited, too many people are pointing fingers at the side, which is not good.

On the way, Gan Ning and Wei Yan's attitude towards Liu Cong was obviously much more respectful than when they set off from Xiangyang, especially Gan Ning's subordinates, after the battle of Yiling, most of them became army commanders, even chiefs, which is still secondary.

The main reason is that they finally have a feeling that they have met the Ming Lord, Liu Cong gave them full trust, so that they can also hold their heads high like those Xiangyang soldiers, and others no longer underestimate these former Jiang * bandits, after all, it is these people who rob them of their credit.

Because it is triumphant, the atmosphere along the way is relatively relaxed, starting from Zigui early in the morning, and arriving at Yiling County in the evening.

Zhang Bo, the county commander of Yiling County, had already led a cadre of officials in the county to greet him at the gate of the city. looked at Huang Quan with a suspicious face, Huang Quan didn't squint, not like he was ashamed.

This Zhang Bo was also taken aback when he saw Liu Cong, and said that the second son was weak, but now the person standing in front of him was completely unrelated to the weakness. It's even a little mighty!

What surprised Zhang Bo even more was that Liu Gongzi was 2,000 people when he left Yiling, and he was ambushed on the first day and lost several hundred, and this time there were 2,500 people who returned to Yiling after all the mountain bandits were annihilated, which was more than the defenders in Jiangling City.

Without waiting for Liu Cong to dismount, Zhang Bo greeted him with a smile, walked to Liu Cong's war horse, and followed Liu Cong carefully.

Seeing Zhang Bo like this, Liu Cong compared him with Wu Juliang, and he was in a much better mood at the moment. Liu Cong was not polite when he got off the horse, he flicked his clothes and said, "Master Zhang has worked hard." ”

"Where is it, the son has been tired all the way, and the lower official has ordered someone to set up a banquet in the county office to pick up the wind and wash the dust for the son."

"Oh, then you're welcome."

Liu Cong knew that the reason why this Zhang Bo was so respectful was half because of his identity as the second son, and half because of the two thousand five hundred people behind him.

Zhang Bo was very happy to see that Liu Cong did not refuse.

But Liu Cong did not immediately follow Zhang Bo to the banquet, but turned around and explained to the generals: "Wei Yan, you lead the people of your headquarters into the city, and the Ganning Department is camped outside the city. Gan Ning, Wei Yan, Huang Quan, you go to the county government with me! Although Yiling is a county seat, it is not easy to arrange 2,500 people in a hurry, so Liu Cong let more than 1,500 people such as Gan Ning stay outside the city. After all, what is the relationship between Wu Ju and Zhang Bo? And are those mountain bandits related to Zhang Bo?

"No!" The three of them returned to the sonorous and powerful, which made Zhang Bo startled, and then cracked his mouth and smiled: "Gongzi really has a way of governing the army." ”

Liu Cong didn't pay attention to it, no matter who knew that the next words of this county order were flattering and patting. The soldiers were busy camping and settling down, and several generals were not idle, striding behind Zhang Bo and going straight to the county office.

Coming to the county government with everyone was Liu Cong's personal guards, a hundred or so people, half of whom were cavalry, which was really majestic.

After everyone entered the county office, the pro-guards stayed outside the county ya, and only a group of pro-soldiers followed behind Liu Cong.

After a day's journey, everyone was hungry, and the dinner prepared by Zhang Bo was very rich.