Chapter 169: Planning for Illinois

"What is Yizhou like, the county guard should have an intuitive image, until the subordinates have memory, the imperial court has sent the county guard many times, either they can't bear the hardships and leave by themselves, or they die in battle, they die of illness, and the longest is not more than a year.

The current Chen Zhubo, is a businessman in the middle of the road, the main official in the city taxes, the rest is currently managed by the city defenders, in addition to Sima, the main Bo, there are six captains, today there are three people, and one person is responsible for Tuntian, one person patrols, and one person guards the city. Zhao Guangren carefully introduced.

"So that's the case, if you want to make some changes, you still need a lot of support from Guangren!" Situ Changfeng nodded and said.

"Tell me, county guard! As long as it is beneficial to Illinois, the subordinates will definitely cooperate! Zhao Guangren arched his hand.

"Yizhou has not been able to develop, it is nothing more than a population and security problem, so I want to recruit elites, clean up the nearby horse thieves, and send people and horses to escort the caravan, so as to drive the economy of Yizhou!" Situ Changfeng explained.

"But whether it is training soldiers or suppressing bandits, they need money and food, which is the most lacking in Yizhou, and even weapons are not sufficient!" Zhao Guangren said embarrassedly.

"This thing is easy to do, a certain from Luoyang, brought some of it, and the rest, find a way!" Situ Changfeng said confidently.

"Can the county guard make it clear?" Zhao Guangren asked curiously.

"Although Yizhou is barren and poor, there are indeed two good things, and it is located on a key road, so it is difficult to get rich." Before Situ Changfeng came, he had done a lot of homework and made some plans, which would naturally be confident.

"Oh! Can the county guard make Illino rich? Zhao Guangren's eyes lit up and he asked excitedly.

"Of course, the wind and sand here are extremely windy, if you just farm, I'm afraid you won't even be able to feed people, so you naturally have to find another way.

And the two major ores in Illinois are a huge wealth. Situ Changfeng explained.

"Is there ore in Illinois? Generations of people have lived here, and they have never heard of it. Zhao Guangren thought about it stiffly, and then stared at Situ Changfeng suspiciously and asked.

"Nature is something unexpected, otherwise it would have been taken up by others." Situ Changfeng said with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Good! What do you need to do with your subordinates? Please give the county watch's order! Zhao Guangren stood up excitedly and said with his fists clenched.

"First, gather together the merchants of the city, great and small, and see them one night; Second, recruit elite soldiers, tentatively 3,000 elites. Situ Changfeng commanded.

"Yes! The subordinates understand, so let's do it! ”

Not to mention that Zhao Guangren left excitedly, Situ Changfeng took his personal guards and also went to the outside of the city to investigate.

It wasn't until the sun set that Situ Changfeng returned to the city, and more than 20 merchants in the city were already waiting in the county guard's mansion.

"The grass people see the county guard!"

Seeing Situ Changfeng, everyone stood up and saluted respectfully, and was not rude because of his young age, after all, the people do not fight with officials.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please be seated! A certain military general, speaking straightforwardly, said straight to the point! Situ Changfeng glanced at it and raised his hand to signal.

"Please give instructions to the county guard, if the grass people and others can do it, you will do it." A wealthy middle-aged businessman struggled to stand up, bent slightly, and bowed his hand to make a gesture of listening.

"I want to collect wool! No matter how much you get wool, you will give two copper coins a catty! Situ Changfeng picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, put down the cup, and said lightly.

"What? The county guard, you want wool! Everyone raised their heads in disbelief and stared at Situ Changfeng with wide eyes, thinking that they had heard it wrong.

You must know that wool is a useless thing, and every year a lot of sheep are replaced and fall into the sheepfold, which can only be burned.

In the summer, I am afraid that the sheep will be too hot, so I must cut some of the long ones.

"Yes, it's wool, you don't have to worry about the official not giving money, as long as it arrives, one hand will deliver the goods and the other hand will pay, and this year is tentatively set at one million catties!" For everyone's performance, Situ Changfeng had already expected it, and stared at the following like a play.

"This matter should be decided by the grass people, and immediately go and buy it for you as the county guard!" A fur merchant was going to travel back and forth to the grassland, and immediately rushed to agree.

In his mind, it's just a matter of a little effort, and as for money, he can't talk about two, since Situ Changfeng said it in public, naturally there will be no fake.

"Excellent! I know that many of you have masters behind you, and tell them that the official needs food, and a large amount of it, as long as the price is reasonable, it will be delivered. In addition, the intention of the official is to spread that from now on, all goods that pass through Yizhou will not be taxed, but those traded in the city must pay taxes. Situ Changfeng nodded and continued.

"Yes, the grass people and others will do it!" All the businessmen replied happily with a smile, their good impression of Situ Changfeng was simply sloppy and up, looking at Situ Changfeng was like seeing a fortune boy.

"Brother Situ, do you want wool? You can receive it with a little money, why bother letting those vampires earn it, it's really not okay Zhao took his brothers to rob it for you. Zhao Guangren said puzzled.

"Hehe, thank you Guangren for your kindness, it's just something that can be done for a little money, why let the brothers risk their lives." Situ Changfeng said disapprerovingly.

"I wonder what you're doing with wool?" Lord Bo Chen Shouru asked.

"This matter is also troublesome, first, the wool received needs to be stacked, and second, a group of people are gathered to build a workshop by the river outside the city, and then the wool will come in handy." Situ Changfeng commanded.

"Subordinates take orders!" Chen Shouru saw that Situ Changfeng did not explain, so he had to suppress the doubts in his heart.

"Mitsuhito! Here, here, you take people to occupy them, gather the people to mine the ore, and give the people a penny a day and three meals. Situ Changfeng took out the simple map he had drawn, pointed to it and continued to command, and then took out the samples he had brought back during the day and showed them them.

"It's carbon! Although it can be burned, the smell is extremely strong, and it is not easy to burn, and people die of carbon poisoning every year. Chen Shouru glanced at it and said.

"Not bad! However, there is a way to make it easy to burn, and as for carbon poison, as long as it is ventilated.

The other kind is that the place where there is no grass, this ore is called alkali, and it is collected first, and the alkali ore can be mined less, how much charcoal is there, how much is needed, mined down, piled up at the foot of the mountain, and after it is made, it is transported back. Situ Changfeng continued to command.

"My subordinates understand! I'll do it tomorrow! Zhao Guangren nodded vigorously and said, seeing Situ Changfeng's planning for Yizhou, he felt more passionate.

After all, Situ Changfeng is real money, so much money came out, he didn't believe that it was just a simple good deed.