Wei Yan and Gan Ning, the two of you, select some of the captives who have no criminal record, fill them in the headquarters, complete the establishment as soon as possible, and give some compensation to the head of the family if they were from a certain clan in the county before.

Huang Quan, you gather all the cavalry, match the captured horses with soldiers, leave 2 horses for each of the three adults as personal soldiers, and gather the rest together, I have other uses! ”

"No!"

After everyone received the order, Liu Cong entered the back hall of the county government to rest. The mind is about how to deal with the future situation. Although he was in Zigui, Liu Cong had to plan well for his future return to Nanjun and Jiangling.

The next day was a sunny day, Liu Cong, accompanied by Huang Quan and a cadre of guards, first inspected Zigui County, and then came to the county seat, because Zigui County still has half of its jurisdiction on the south bank of the Yangtze River, Huang Quan and others were worried about the mountain bandits, so they did not let Liu Cong cross the river.

The group walked around Jiangbei, and the more they looked at Liu Cong, the more uneasy they felt in their hearts.

Although Jingzhou was relatively calm under Liu Biao's rule, and there had been no large-scale war for more than ten years, Liu Biao himself did not like to use military force. However, the rural areas of Zigui County are still in a dilapidated state, and the population is relatively sparse. A large number of fields are deserted. Although the county town is a little better, the gap is too big compared to the harmonious future generations. However, the dilapidated depression provided an advantageous condition for Liu Cong's to implement the tuntian, that is, there was a lot of ready-made wasteland available.

The next day, Liu Cong visited several big clans accompanied by Li Yan, Liu Cong was nothing more than on behalf of his father to apologize for the losses suffered by the families, and promised not to happen again, and some people also put forward the hope that they could be exempted from taxes for a year, Liu Cong did not agree, now it is only three years before Cao Cao's southern expedition is full of calculations, and he still doesn't know where to find money to train his troops, how can he say that the taxes are exempt, fortunately, the looting of the mountain bandits is not very serious, and several big clans also expressed their understanding.

Three days later, Liu Cong gathered a cadre of his subordinates again, and the Zigui county lord Bo and Hu Cao were also present.

Gan Ning and Wei Yan have already completed the task assigned by Liu Cong, in fact, there is no need for Liu Cong to explain, as long as the establishment is in place, the two of them are the actual Simas of other departments, and they can only be appointed by Xiangyang, that is, the generals of Qianshi.

What made Liu Cong even happier was that a messenger from Xiangyang came over in the morning, praised Liu Cong, and allowed Li Yan to be appointed to Zigui County, which was a great trust and made Liu Cong very face-saving in front of the generals.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the appointment of the Li County Order has come down, this is the official robe and seal!"

Li Yan hurriedly stepped out to take the official robe and seal, with an undisguised smile on his face, and the rest of the people hurriedly stepped forward to congratulate him. Liu Cong looked at Gan Ning and Wei Yan again and said slowly: "You two don't have to worry, first train the people in Zigui, and the meritorious service of killing the enemy in this battle will be carried out according to what I announced. ”

"No!" The two naturally knew that the position in the army was not as good as that of the local governor, although the county order was also a thousand stones, but Zigui had just experienced turmoil and continued to be the local governor, and Li Yan was indeed the right person. And the position in the army is relatively unhurried, of course, Gan Ning and others also believe that Liu Cong will try his best to fight for it.

Don't look at Liu Cong, who is only a rank of 2,000 stone captains, but he also has an identity as the second son.

Gan Ning had thought about leaving Liu Biao countless times before this battle, but after such a battle, he seemed to see the hope of Jingzhou again, if the second son could take charge of Jingzhou one day in the future, he would definitely be the overlord.

But then, Gan Ning knew that he was wrong, and he completely underestimated the ambition of the second son. With such a second son, there will definitely be a place for his talents to be displayed.

I saw Liu Cong slowly say to everyone: "I think you also know that this Zigui county is basically stable, and the displaced people have basically been resettled. The mountain bandits who surrendered also recruited more than 500 people into our army, but there were still 700 people who had nowhere to go, and my opinion was that if someone had a life on his hands, he would be beheaded in three days. The remaining more than 600 people reclaimed camps in the city and opened up wasteland near the county seat of Zigui.

At least 3,000 mu of rice must be driven out, and if it cannot catch up, wheat will be planted in the autumn, and 10,000 mu must be planted in the autumn. If there is not enough manpower, the county will recruit migrant workers, and the yamen will pay for it, or use taxes to offset the workers' wages.

The field allowance I promised for the fallen soldiers needs to be paid as soon as possible. This matter was led by Li Yan, Zigui faced the Yangtze River, and it was necessary to make more water trucks to increase the irrigation area. The family members who previously followed you to control the county were officially turned into county soldiers, and in the future, Zigui County will maintain the scale of 500 county soldiers, one is used to defend against enemy attacks, and the other is to supervise those mountain bandits who do not obey discipline.

If any of them dare to be lazy or run away, there will be no mercy! I have already given my father the upfront expenses of reclamation, and I will transfer some of them first, and the rest will be deducted from Zigui County's taxes this year. ”

"No!" Li Yan didn't expect Liu Cong to take Huang Quan to inspect outside the city in the past two days, but he came to open up the wasteland. However, the geographical conditions of Zigui County are to reclaim 13,000 acres of fertile land before the winter comes, and it really has to start immediately and cannot relax, and this county order is not good.

Wei Yan next to him stuck out his tongue even more, fortunately with this Li Yan, otherwise this Zigui county order, the prince is afraid that he will let himself be, and it is absolutely no problem to let Wei Yan lead the troops to fight, if he is allowed to take a group of old men to open up the wasteland......

Liu Cong ignored everyone's expressions, and continued: "This big victory, thirty horses have been captured, I have already checked, fortunately there are some stallions that have not been castrated, there are about five or six, I plan to build a small horse farm in Zigui." This matter is no less important than reclamation, Li Yan, you have to pay attention to me! ”

"No!"

Now even Gan Ning stuck out his tongue, this county order is indeed a heavy task, and the lord is not so easy to call.

"Next, we will stay in Zigui for a few days, and Gan Ning is responsible for clearing out bandits from all over Zigui. The Zigui County Government has already reported some information, and it is necessary to cut off the contact between these people and Yizhou as soon as possible. Pursue by boat if necessary! ”

"No!"

Gan Ning is a local snake, and he has the experience of Jiang * bandits, so it is more appropriate to hand over this errand to him.

"Wei Yan, in addition to continuing to clean up the law and order in the county these days, you immediately began to recruit new soldiers, I want to take them to Jiangling, the more the better!" According to Liu Cong's estimates, Wei Yan and Gan Ning had previously incorporated nearly 1,000 mountain bandits and family members of the big clans in the county, and if they could recruit a few hundred more recruits, basically there would be a corner for the meritorious service this time.

"Lord, there are so many projects to be carried out at the same time, I am afraid that there will not be enough money and food in the city......" Looking at Liu Cong, Li Yan was already sweating profusely, although he could deduct it from taxes, it was absolutely impossible to recruit soldiers without money, and he had to eat when he raised them. You have to hand out weapons!

"After the mountain bandits occupied Zigui County, they moved the nest over, and no one escaped from this big victory, what did you guys gain?"

"Lord Qiyu, the villain has been sorting out the treasury these days and found that there are 1,500 more gold and about 5,000 stone more grain than before." Finally, it was the turn of the little officials on the side, and everyone understood that Liu Cong was prepared.

In fact, Liu Cong is also helpless, although Liu Biao has a heart, but he is unwilling to take action, he always thinks that the poor army is not the master of the Ming Dynasty, but Liu Cong knows that this troubled era cannot solve many problems by benevolence and righteousness, and when the princes fight, it still depends on whose fist is hard, although Zigui is not as rich as Xiangyang, but fortunately, he has just experienced turmoil, Liu Cong has the opportunity to install his own people, and Li Yan is a good candidate.

First stabilize Zigui, and then go to Gangneung to farm and train troops. This was Liu Cong's initial idea. There is still a Yiling between Zigui and Jiangling, how can Yiling be moved?

"Huang Quan, you don't have to follow me these days, I'll give you a team of people, you can investigate whether there are other people who are helping to abuse the city this time the mountain bandits, whether the big clans in Zigui County are involved, and how we can send troops from Yiling to be mastered by the thieves, whether there is a problem with the Yiling County Ya, you must seriously check for me!"

"No!" Huang Quan is a person who understands, before Liu Cong said that Wei Yan would recruit new soldiers to be brought to Yiling, and Hu Cao in the county reminded Liu Cong that there was not enough money and food, and he guessed what Liu Cong wanted to do. As the most trusted person around Liu Cong, cleverness is the basic element!