"It's good to be back."

When you arrive in Liaodong, you are your own territory, and everything is easy to do.

Zhang Ming did not rush to deal with government affairs, but asked Tian Feng and Chen Yang to prepare for three days first, and then come to report to him.

Of course, he set up a banquet to entertain Cai Yong, Lu Zhi and others, and introduced them to everyone.

As for the wedding date with Cai Yan, it was also set, just two months later.

Back in Liaodong, in fact, Zhang Ming is about to start getting busy with many things.

It is necessary to establish a port and a shipyard, but fortunately, Zhang Ming brought a lot of money this time, which is enough to support.

Another important thing is to expand the army.

"10,000 troops is still too little."

Now, 10,000 troops in Liaodong is a bit much for a county, but for a force, it is very small.

The next day, Zhang Ming called Guan Zhangzhao and Xi Zhicai and Xu Huang.

"I want to expand the army, how much do you think is appropriate?"

Xi Zhicai was startled, and hurriedly said: "Lord, there are no strong enemies around us, 10,000 is enough." ”

"We are surrounded by tigers and wolves, it's not that there are no enemies, in addition, if it's not peaceful today, as an official of the imperial court, I have outstanding military achievements, I believe that there will be a chance to fight soon, rebellions are still happening in various places, Your Majesty has no one available, no one needs me to use anyone."

"10,000 troops, worthy of defending home, how to fight."

After Zhang Ming finished speaking, Xi Zhicai had nothing to say and agreed to Zhang Ming's army expansion.

And Guan Zhang Zhao has always supported Zhang Ming, and Xu Huang is also supportive.

The subordinates all agreed, and Zhang Ming directly ordered.

"Yun Chang, Gongming."

"The subordinates are here."

"You two are each responsible for commanding an army of five thousand infantry."

"Yide, Zilong."

"The subordinates are here."

"You and the other two, each responsible for 5,000 cavalry."

After Zhang Ming finished the order, he looked at Xi Zhicai again.

Xi Zhicai stood up and saluted with both hands.

"Zhicai, you are temporarily responsible for logistics such as the allocation of grain, grass and equipment in the army, and you are also responsible for intelligence work."

"Whoa."

Zhang Ming finished the arrangement, although he gave the order, and then threw out a lot of money.

Now there are 10,000 troops, of which about 7,000 can be cavalry, and 10,000 troops must be recruited.

10,000 people is not difficult to recruit, and over the past year or so, the small Liaodong has absorbed more than 200,000 people.

Of these, hundreds of thousands were captives of the Yellow Turbans, and the rest were outcasts.

Some of these people are originally in the army, and it is completely possible to select some of them from the crowd to join the army.

The order to expand the army will go down, and soon Liaodong will be busy.

Just after finishing the expansion of the army, Tian Feng and Chen Yang came to report to Zhang Ming.

Tian Feng and Chen Yang gave a detailed introduction to the situation in Liaodong.

population, fiscal revenue, the operation of government at all levels, and so on.

"Lord, now except for the liquor to make money, the rest are invested, if you don't get back a lot of money, I'm afraid I won't be able to support it."

Zhang Ming understands this matter that the entire Liaodong is unable to make ends meet, and the taxes collected are very limited.

Although the restaurant made money, Zhang Ming didn't get the money back, so he continued to invest and open more restaurants.

Paper also began to produce a lot of paper, but now the market is not large, and not much is sold.

"After the two of you first assess the talents you brought back, they will be put in the counties, and all the inputs must be continued, and the expansion of the army is also imperative, and I will solve the matter of money."

Tian Feng and Chen Yang are helpless, and Zhang Ming is a big deal.

Hundreds of thousands of captives were collected before, and if it weren't for Zhang Ming's money outside, Liaodong would have been eaten up in less than a month.

But let them farm, and the harvest is about to begin, and when the grain is harvested, the people they brought back will be able to feed themselves, and they will not have to continue to burden.

After arranging the tasks of Tian Feng and Chen Yang, Zhang Ming himself was also busy.

He was busy translating various textbooks.

This time, a lot of textbooks exploded, and there were many textbooks for elementary and junior high schools.

Zhang Ming wants to translate mathematics, Chinese, and junior high school chemistry and physics, and eliminate those that cannot be understood in this era, and delete some that cannot appear.

The entire Liaodong system is running rapidly, and Zhang Ming seems to have forgotten about tax collection.

In fact, he did not forget, but waited for the opportunity.

At this time, in May, the winter wheat could not be harvested until around June, and Zhang Ming had to wait until that time to harvest.

has been busy for more than ten days, and Zhang Ming has to take time to see Cai Yan every day.

As for Zhang Ning, the two live together, so they don't have to go out of their way to see each other.

Liaodong is developing in full swing.

Zhang Ming specially called Luo Quan.

"Luo Quan, I've given you an important task."

"Taishou-sama, please say, I will definitely complete the task in the future."

Luo Quan has always been very grateful to Zhang Ming, since cooperating with Zhang Ming, his family business has expanded rapidly, and there are already faint signs of becoming a second-rate business family.

"Well, I want you to go to many places in the south to find a few kinds of tea, and open up a tea garden in the local area, and then I will teach you how to make it."

Tea must be grown and produced by itself, but in Liaodong, it is not suitable for growing tea, so you can only go to the south to find it.

Zhang Ming's tea is very limited now, and there is no way to sell it at all, so he can only drink it himself, and give it to the emperor.

"Yes, Lord Taishou, I'll arrange it."

After Zhang Ming returned, he promoted the development of many technologies.

Construction is in full swing, and Zhang Ming often has to train his army.

He is now mainly training those officers, who will train recruits separately.

The army must be firmly in his own hands, government affairs can be taken care of, and he must personally grasp the training of the army.

After being busy for a long time, Zhang Ming finally wanted to do it.

"It's time to collect taxes."

The next day, Zhang Ming directly ordered 5,000 cavalry, which was half of his current strength.

Moreover, Zhang Ming deliberately let Zhang Fei take the lead, and at the same time brought Xu Huang, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun to continue training.

Now, 10,000 troops have been recruited and are training intensively, and Zhang Ming is going to take people to collect taxes.

The 5,000-strong army, which set off from Liaodong, immediately attracted the attention of many people.

Zhang Ming traveled quickly all the way, and arrived at Liaoxi County a few days later.

At this time, Liaoxi County was already boiling.

Zhang Ming publicized the murder of the five families, and the whole Youzhou spread.

This was arranged by Zhang Ming in advance.

Zhang Ming led an army of 5,000 and directly killed the Li family.

This Li family is one of the families who participated in the murder of Zhang Ming.

Zhang Ming led the army and suddenly surrounded the compound.

"Zhang Taishou, what are you doing here?"

Li Tai, accompanied by everyone, came out tremblingly.

As the head of the family, Li Tai had to come out to face Zhang Ming.

"Ordered to collect taxes, all taxes in Youzhou will be handed over to Ben Taishou to dispose of, and your Li family will pay this year's taxes."

Tax?

Li Tai was stunned, didn't Zhang Ming come to kill them? Not here for revenge?

How did you come to collect taxes?

"Our Li family has always paid taxes honestly."