This place of Jinan, since ancient times, has been the anointed land of China, at the beginning, Cao Cao was appointed as the prime minister of Jinan by the imperial court for his meritorious service in suppressing the Yellow Turban Army. During his three years as prime minister of Jinan, he refused to give gifts and bribes, encouraged farming, and built water conservancy. More than a dozen corrupt officials were exposed to the imperial court, and eight of them were dismissed.

It was about Cao Cao who governed Jinan better, and last year the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army rose up and occupied most of Jinan's territory.

Most of Jinan fell into the hands of the Yellow Turban Army, and after Liu Bei took it back, it was natural that it would not be returned to its original owner. Because Dongpingling was not captured by the Yellow Turban Army, most of the heroes of Jinan took refuge here, so there are still many fields that have original owners.

However, of course, Liu Bei will not return it to them, but it is not a forced come, but that it must be investigated. Then, Liu Bei let them see what bureaucracy is.

First of all, you have to prove that the land is yours, how to prove it, it is not enough to have the title deed, who knows, whether you forged the title deed yourself, therefore, there must be other circumstantial evidence.

For example, if you say that your field was handed down from your ancestors, then you have to prove that your father is your father. After the proof, you still have to prove that your father's father is your father's father, and then you have to prove it...... In the end, no one can prove it clear anyway.

Or, you say that you bought this field, and you have to find out who the seller is. How the seller's field came from must also be proven. Passed down from your ancestors, your proof that your father is your father. After the proof, you still have to prove that your father's father is your father's father......

What, you said that you also bought it, no problem, you have to go to a seller to prove it, if you can find it, you have to find a seller, anyway, in the end, you still don't know how to prove it.

Therefore, most of the land in Jinan was also pocketed by Liu Bei. There are about 10 million acres of land in the entire Jinan country, and if you count it according to one hundred acres of government soldiers, it can accommodate 100,000 government soldiers.

If you want to return the land, you can, Liu Bei asked the powerful people in Dongping County to pay for food as soldiers, and ascend the throne population, and then distribute the land to them according to these.

At this time, Liu Bei even thanked the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, if it weren't for them, where could Liu Bei be able to land so easily.

However, Liu Bei's distribution of land is not evenly distributed, and military exploits must also be considered. Therefore, it is actually impossible to accommodate so many people.

According to the tradition of military rewards not exceeding the month, Liu Bei rewarded the meritorious soldiers of this battle here, even so, the land allocated by each county is only 20%.

Liu Bei reappointed a number of county orders and officials at all levels. Then, two more government soldiers were set up to govern the government soldiers in Jinan. The Yellow Turban Army captured from Jinan was used as Tuntian, and some people were recruited from it to join the army. This is still the old wisdom of dealing with the Wuhuan people, take away the strong people in the Yellow Turban Army, and leave the Yellow Turban Army to rebel again, there will be no strong as the core, these strong people want to rebel, and their families will be punished, and they are hostages of each other.

By the time Liu Bei completed all this, the entire Jinan, except for Dongping County, had no more powerful landlords. In addition, Liu Bei has the prestige of breaking the Yellow Turban Army, and the deterrence of killing Xiangguo and Changshi. Therefore, it is very easy to manipulate.

Of course, Liu Bei dared to kill Jinan's Xiangguo and Changshi, also because he had already investigated clearly, these two goods were eunuch henchmen, and they belonged to Tai Shoudang, who paid 20 million and bought. According to history, the eunuchs should have knelt by now, these two guys who have no backstage, don't kill who they will kill.

However, Liu Bei naturally couldn't just take benefits and not compensate. In that case, you can only rely on force to suppress, and once you fail, I am afraid that Jinan will no longer be owned by Liu Bei. The compensation given by Liu Bei is still the old rule, that is, filial piety and the quota of Maocai.

In this way, everyone is happy. At least, Haoqiang, who lost his land, can only pinch his nose and say that everyone is happy.

After all this was done, Liu Bei began to check the iron ore in Jinan.

During the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, iron officials were set up in the whole country to be used for iron smelting, among which two places were set up in Jinan, namely Dongping Mausoleum and Licheng, which shows that Jinan is an important place for iron production.

Since Licheng was recovered by Liu Bei from the hands of the Yellow Turban thieves, the iron ore in Licheng naturally belonged to Liu Bei.

At the beginning, Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty once gave Shangshu Chen Pet a sword, which was called "Jinan Shicheng". It is produced in Jinan Licheng. This kind of "vertebral" sword has toughness, and it is necessary to master the carburizing method when forging to achieve the effect of combining rigidity and softness.

However, the miners and craftsmen of the Licheng Iron Mine were either taken away by the Yellow Turban Army or killed by the Yellow Turban Army, so everything had to start from scratch.

However, Dongpingling is different, this place is the capital of Jinan, and it has never fallen into the hands of the Yellow Turban Army. As a result, an intact iron-smelting industry is still preserved.

Dongpingling, the city is five miles, of which, at least one-fourth of the area is an ironworks, and three-tenths of the city's population depends on iron smelting for their livelihood. Here, the iron-smelting technology is developed and advanced, and a large number of weapons and agricultural tools and other products can be produced every year.

However, at this time, there was no government-run iron-smelting center in Dongpingling, and it was controlled by local wealthy families.

Today's world is no longer the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, when the country advances and the people retreat, and the salt and iron monopolize. At this time, the operation of salt and iron was the coexistence of government and private affairs, among which the private sector occupied an absolute advantage, and the government was basically negligible. This folk, of course, cannot be run by ordinary people, but by a powerful family. Of course, the imperial court will still appoint personnel to supervise and collect taxes.

But Liu Bei didn't even need to look at the past records, and he knew how difficult it was to collect taxes. Liu Bei casually flipped through the historical records of previous years, and sure enough, the tax money was pitiful, and he knew with his toes that it must be the tax officials and the powerful clans who were in collusion, embarrassed, and stole the property of the court for their own use.

If Liu Bei wants to move their interests, it is to cut off people's money, and cutting off people's money, but it is like killing their parents. In front of money, these heroes are all filial sons.

So, Liu Bei brought Sun Yi over, and tentatively proposed to take back the iron-smelting base in Dongpingling, which immediately scared Sun Yi into his soul, and he said: "My lord, it is really a wise move to want to control the heart of the iron mine. It's just that it's a little too eager. ”

Sun Yi, these days have also been open-minded, while suppressing the strong in the county, providing Liu Bei with grain and grass baggage, planning to hug Liu Bei's thigh in the future, and then change his mouth to call Liu Bei the lord, thinking that he can live too much in the future.

But even so, he also felt that Liu Bei was a little too eager to take the iron-smelting base in Dongpingling. This is different from the land in other counties, those lands were all snatched back by Liu Bei from the Yellow Turban Army, and it can barely be said that it has nothing to do with the previous master. The iron-smelting base of Dongpingling has always been in the hands of these powerful people.

Is it too eager, Liu Bei thought to himself, it is almost October, winter is not a good time to move troops, if it is not good, he will have to become the unlucky ghost of the mustache, invincible on the battlefield, but he was defeated by the ice and snow of the Mao Xiong's family.

Slowly shaking his head, Liu Bei said: "I also know that I am a little anxious, but I can't wait for time!" ”