The weather is still as clear as ever, and the people of the old camp in Huluyu are working harder to prepare for the spring ploughing that is about to begin, but every time they straighten up and wipe their sweat, they will see the horses galloping on the mainland leading to the king cave.

The generals from all over the country began to rush back to the old camp one after another, Lu Shi kept coming and going to greet him, and the first to rush back was the spirited third uncle and the calm Mr. Li, Lu Shi and Mr. Li exchanged pleasantries and praised his many deeds.

Then there were Wu Tao and Chen Che brothers, who were full of wind and dust but were full of energy, Wu Tao still stepped forward so calmly, respectfully saluted Lu Shi and Guo Tianxing in accordance with the rules, and then sincerely congratulated the victory of King Chuang.

In the evening, Zheng Hao, who was in charge of the construction planning of Zhiluogou, also hurried back, it was difficult for this once pampered official master, after half a month, he had already become lean, but he looked more robust and capable, it seems that he has paid all his physical strength and energy to the construction of Zhiluogou, which makes Lu Shi relieved and happy.

Next is the captain of the tenth team who is actually in charge of this place in Fuxian, who is the second dog in the original gourd, the famous Zhang Qiang, who rushed back.

Relatively speaking, Zhang Qiang's ability is mediocre, but fortunately, this person is loyal to Wu Tao, that is, he has become a relatively base area, and he is also hardworking, with the brothers of the tenth team, during this period of time, he traveled back and forth throughout Fuxian County, carried out rent reduction and interest reduction, and suppressed not from the landlord Haoqiang, suppressed the unsatisfactory pole cottage, and did not have a helper, it was indeed very difficult, he and his brother did not have great military merits, but worked hard and hard, and did all the things assigned by Lu Shi. He took off his burdens.

At night, the most important leaders of the cottage gathered in Lu Shi's cave with their own water bowls. Who makes the space big enough and the service the best?

The service is good because of Lu Shiganniang's meticulous care, Chunlan's little girl's gag atmosphere, and the casualness of King Chuang, a bachelor, anyway, although everyone is a bachelor, they are willing to talk in the cave of the military division.

Now only Cao Meng is reluctant to leave his cave, he is the last to arrive.

Lu Shi was still sitting behind the table by the window, and everyone was sitting scattered around, and as the number of people at the leadership level of the cottage increased, the cave began to become crowded.

At the beginning, Zheng Hao and Mr. Li were not used to it, they were used to the kind of lobby hall, individuals according to their ranks, had their own fixed seat order rules, and there were maids and servants serving tea and water during the exchange, everyone waited for the superior to ask about themselves, so they could respectfully and cautiously come forward to give a courtesy and talk, but they didn't think that this was really different. Everyone was in the evening, one person with a big bowl, Shi Shiran walked to King Chuang's cave, greeted each other, joked in, came in or cross-legged on the kang or found a stool on the ground, just sat casually, and King Chuang or reported or argued, there was no little respect and humility, then Lu Shi also seemed to prefer such an easy-going scene, laughing with his brothers from time to time, revealing endless joy and peace, which did make Zheng Hao and Mr. Li frown for a while, and what is even more unaccustomed is that The topics at the beginning of the meeting often start to go off topic after a few times, and in the end they don't know what everyone wants to say and what they want to solve.

But now that he has just arrived at the cottage after all, he will not say more, thinking that he will have a good talk with King Chuang in the future, so it will not be possible, the sage said: "The elder and the young are respectful and inferior, there is a difference between the top and bottom, and the order cannot be messed up." ”

Chen Che still sat quietly near the door, with a paperwork, a small table in front of him, a pen and inkstone, and he didn't speak, just waiting for everyone to start recording when they were down to business.

Seeing that everyone was complete, Lu Shi patted the table at the chaotic people and said with a smile: "It's just a brother who hasn't seen you for more than ten days, where is there all those gossip?" Let's talk about the topic from the sea in the east to the plateau in the west, let's stop arguing, now we are holding a meeting here that is not a meeting, and it can be regarded as setting the tone for tomorrow's celebration and summarizing the things at the meeting, which is called a briefing meeting. ”

The name is fresh and straightforward.

"Set the tone for this meeting this time, don't go off topic." Time is tight, and vaccinations need to be given.

Everyone stopped talking nonsense together and calmed down to listen to what Lu Shi said.

Lu Shi sat up straight and said: "The tone of this meeting is that everyone will introduce the situation in various places to each other, find out the advantages of each other, and then implement it in the whole base area in the future, and also look for the faults and correct them. Everyone began to whisper again, and Lu Shi got used to standing up again, picked up his water bowl, walked to the middle of the ground and slowly began to pace, which was the signature action of Lu Shi when he began to make a long speech, and everyone listened carefully with bated breath.

"This time the encirclement and suppression of the official army came fiercely, but we also fought back very successfully, not only achieved an unprecedented victory, pulled out or at least weakened the strength of the officers and troops around the base area, but also did not expect that we have strengthened our own strength in this anti-encirclement and suppression, greatly expanded the area of our base area, expanded our power population, according to the statistics of the Zhao Xing brothers, the current population of our base area is divided into four parts, the first is the people in our old camp, the old man of Mizhi, There are also the people of Huluyu, plus the people of Fuxian County who entered Huluyu, about 70,000, this part is our foundation, but also the most firm support for us, but also the main producer of military industry and materials in our base area, the second is the people of Fuxian, after we carry out the policy of rent reduction and interest reduction, the first batch of people to benefit, there are about 70,000. ”

Mr. Li and Zheng Hao, the two later people, were secretly surprised, and they were so fortunate that the base area had such great strength.

"The third piece is the new people who have joined us in Luochuan, but this is for Wu Tao and Mr. Li to talk about."

When Wu Tao heard this, he didn't stand up, but said to Mr. Li with a smile: "Now the actual population of Luochuan is in the hands of Mr. Li, the largest landlord in Luochuan, let Mr. Li say it." ”

The original method was to use the shell of a gentry to minimize the attention of the base in the imperial court, and it seems to have been very successful.

Mr. Li stood up respectfully, without the bohemian and uninhibited when he was in Luochuan, and said solemnly: "Back to King Chuang, the general and brothers, now his subordinates are temporarily managing the civil affairs of Luochuan under the guidance of Wu Tao's military division, let me first talk about the general situation of Luochuan." ”

Everyone was busy asking the erudite Mr. Li to speak quickly, and Lu Shi was also curiously waiting to learn about the topography of Luochuan in Mr. Li's mouth.

Luochuan is located in the south of Yan'an City, with Fuxian County in the north, Huangling in the west, Yichuan Huanglong in the east, and Yijun, Baishui and other counties in the south. Luochuan County belongs to the Weibei Loess Plateau gully area, is the Loess Plateau area is the largest, the thickest soil layer of the plateau area, the plateau surface is flat, the land is broad, the texture is excellent, the conditions are superior, the development of agriculture has unique conditions, commonly known as Luochuan Plateau, known as the "granary of northern Shaanxi" reputation, there are the north branch of the Luohe River and a number of branches and several other large rivers in the county, so the irrigated land is very much, the population is also quite dense, we won Luochuan is to take the granary of northern Shaanxi, This has laid the most solid foundation for the future development of our base areas. ”

Immediately there were bursts of low cheers in the cave, O granary, what kind of concept it was self-evident.

Mr. Li proudly looked at everyone's excited expressions and said again: "This time with the arrangement of the military division, we have obtained Luochuan, the cornerstone of our future development, and exterminated the thousands of households in Luochuan according to the strategy of the military division, so that the Luochuan decree does not go out of the city gate for half a step, so that Luochuan is truly in the hands of our base area, and at the same time exterminated the Cao family, the largest landlord in northern Shaanxi, for the local people to remove the great harm, get an unexpected amount of gold, silver, food and materials, strengthen ourselves, collect the local people's hearts, and now directly in our hands. and directly feed us, and the people are 150,000 people. ”

Boom, the whole cave is boiling, God, 150,000, this is something I couldn't have thought of at the beginning, if this is according to the convention, a pole with nearly 300,000 people is with nearly 300,000 minions, what kind of scene is that? Originally, the non-sticky mud was only 30,000, so we were afraid of the army, so that the surrounding poles had to be honored as the leader of the alliance, hahaha.

"There are also about 50,000 or so scattered in the hands of other small landlords who are tenants and long-term laborers, and these small landlords are also attached to us and have carried out rent and interest reduction policies." Now everyone is surrendering to the rent and interest reduction policy proposed by the military division at the beginning.

"Those people who are directly under our management cultivate the best fertile land that the Cao family has painstakingly harvested for more than ten generations, and if the windmill invented by King Chuang is matched on a large scale, no matter how dry the sky is, it will be a great harvest year by the end of the year."

Just think about it, in the vast flat fields, the windmills are pumping abundant river water day and night, watering the land that already belongs to the base area, and when the autumn harvest comes, the golden millet and the full wheat, what a scene that makes people wake up with a smile in a dream?

Lu Shi was also excited, but after the excitement, he was sad. "The prospect is good, but the large number of waterwheels is very time-consuming, laborious and costly, although the third uncle told me about the Cao family's seizure, but a lot of money and manpower can't be invested here."

Wu Tao said with a smile: "But don't worry about King Chuang, Mr. Li is talented, and he already has a way to solve it, and he can get a large number of waterwheels without spending a penny of silver, and listen to him and King Chuang." ”

"What's the solution?" Lu Shi is interested, is there really something that can do such a thing without spending a penny?

"Where do I have any great talents, they are all methods that Wu Tao and Brother Chen Che came up with together, but they can only be implemented with the approval of King Chuang."

"As long as it's a good way for the people, why do you need me to give instructions? Brothers, just do it. Lu Shi said with a smile.

Wu Tao said with a smile: "Otherwise, the rules of the base are there, and you can't mess around, if you think that you are doing well, you will do your own thing, then there will be endless troubles in the future." ”

Lu Shi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stepped forward to give Wu Tao a salute and said: "But it's mine, thank you Brother Wu for reminding me, next time everyone will follow this method, there are small things that can be decided on the spot, but big things must be submitted to the base brothers meeting for resolution." ”

Everyone agreed loudly together, Zheng Hao is more optimistic and confident about this king and group who follow the advice.

"Mr. Li told King Chuang about our method, and asked King Chuang to give instructions at his discretion."