The county seat of Jiushang County is located on the bank of the Danshui River, is in the middle of Wuguan Road, there are two city gates before and after, and the street facing the city gate is extremely wide, enough for six horses to walk side by side. The whole county is 500 zhang long www.biquge.info the width is more than 200 zhang, and a pavilion is set up before and after the city gate, which is in charge of the city gate. The county government compound is located at the end of the main street in the middle, and there is a wide street in front of the county government compound, which leads to the military camp on one side and the rich household area on the other. There are more than 5,000 people living in the entire county, which is not a small number in a small county.

According to Xu Yin himself, he was born in a fisherman's family in Shang County, and followed his father to fish in Danshui since he was a child. As far as water is concerned, it is said that it is second in Shang County, but no one dares to say first. After the age of twenty, he was favored by the county lieutenant of Shang County and recruited to the county as a thief. But most of the time it is to escort some wealthy families in Shang County to and from Nanyang. On the day of the accident, he happened to go to Nanyang, and only after returning did he know that the county lieutenant, the county order, and the county cheng had all had accidents.

Liu Shi heard that he knew a little martial arts, was good at water, and knew how to walk boats, so he became interested. immediately asked him to go to the backyard of the county government to practice and show him. Liu Shi nodded, I haven't seen this water nature, but in terms of martial arts, he can at least be a hundred generals, and this person is young, and he has a lot of strength, and he can stand alone with a little training, the most important thing is that he has a good water nature, and he is lacking this kind of person in his line. After Liu Shi learned about his situation, he let him leave.

After the guards sorted it out, although the entire county government still looks dilapidated, some places that need to be repaired cannot be dealt with for the time being. But on the whole it seems to have regained some vitality. After the arrangements were made, Liu Shi took Shi Jian to the barracks.

This barracks is not far from the county capital, but it is only thirty or forty zhang away, and there is a gate at the end of the street that is the barracks.

Liu Shi went in to take a look, this barracks is not small, but there are not many houses, most of them are open land, and most of the open space in it is planted with vegetables. After Liu Shi entered, he saw that some tents had been erected in the camp, and when he saw Liu Shi coming in, Liu Zhen greeted him.

"Where's Dian Wei?"

Liu Zhen said: "He took Shi Quan and Liu Cheng to take over the city gate." ”

Liu Shi said: "True brother! What are your thoughts and suggestions for the Protector Camp? ”

Liu Zhen said: "Now we have to think about getting money, otherwise these nearly 2,000 people will not be able to feed, let alone protect the military camp." ”

Liu Shi nodded, the two discussed some things, and then went to the city gate to find Dian Wei and Cao Xing, and discussed carefully before going to sleep.

The next day, Xu Yin, Li Si and a few Cao officials came to the county government together.

Liu Shi inquired about the specific situation of Shangluo County and Shang County: These two counties have a total of 10 townships and two cities, most of which are high mountains, deep streams, and narrow rivers. The widest place is on both sides of the Danshui River, with less than 300,000 acres of fields. There were 35,000 people in the two counties, plus more than 1,000 slaves and maids, for a total of less than 37,000. Now, due to the influence of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, about 4,000 people in Shangluo and Shang counties have become bandits. Most of the land is in the hands of the six powerful families, and a small part is in the hands of the small and medium-sized families, and there are very few yeoman farmers. Some of them make a living by hunting and fishing. There are very few handicraftsmen, and there are only a few medical workers and blacksmiths in each township.

Liu Shi asked strangely: "Aren't there even garment shops in these two counties?" ”

Gong Cao said: "Yes! However, they are all local wealthy households, who raise their own silkworm cocoons, grow their own hemp, draw silk brocade and weave hemp cloth, except for a small number of sales, most of them are used at home. ”

"What about taxes?" Liu Shi asked.

Gong Cao glanced at Li Si and replied: "The taxes of Shang County were paid last year, but they were all robbed by the bandits, but this year's taxes are not. ”

Li Sizheng said: "The tax has not been paid for three years, but it is estimated that it will be difficult to collect it. Because the government did not protect these powerful clans, they all paid the money to the bandits for protection. ”

Liu Shi's face turned dark and said: "Taxes must be collected, and this matter will be explained later." Now the two counties are united, and as I said yesterday, Li Si will be the county governor of the new Shangluo County, and there are two county lieutenants, namely Shi Jian and Cao Xing. I am the new commander of the Son of Heaven and the Protector of Wuguan Dao, and I can form a battalion of at least 1,000 people. The escort battalion will be made up of Dian Wei and Gao Shun as military marquises, with 500 people each. Liu Cheng was replaced by Gao Shun as the county lieutenant of Lantian County, stationed in Lanqiao, Shi Quan was appointed as the chief of the Chengmen Pavilion of Shangluo County, and the county lieutenant temporarily commanded 300 people, and the Wuguan camp would be selected from the people brought.

The existing 200 people in Shang County, except for 20 people, all joined the Huwuguan camp, which was distributed by Dian Wei and Gao Shun. The county soldiers were recruited from the county, and a 100-person escort team was set up, led by Xu Yin.

The recruitment of county soldiers will begin tomorrow, and the notice will be drawn up by Li Xiancheng. Liu Zhen served as the head of the Wuguan battalion, and generally sat in the county seat. In addition, the captured bandit captives, except for the particularly strong ones who were drawn as battalion soldiers, the rest were placed not far in front of the county seat for tuntian. After the specific reconsideration, it will be announced by Li County, and the notice will be transmitted by the county government to the townships, pavilions, and li. ”

The next day, as soon as dawn was pasted at the gate of the east and west cities, and next to this notice stood a person, who read aloud the words on the notice whenever someone approached. The general content of the letter to the county is: Shangluo and Shang County courts have been merged into one, the new county commander surnamed Liu, has arrived, and the Son of Heaven has specially sealed and protected Wuguan Dao, responsible for clearing out the thieves in Wuguan Dao and returning Wuguan Dao to peace. A thousand battalions have been brought to the county.

In order to strengthen public order and ensure tranquility in the county, the county government decided to temporarily appoint two county lieutenants to recruit 300 county soldiers each. In addition, each township will set up a village guard, all those who are 15 to 40 years old and in good health must participate, and the county government will send people to serve as a guerrant to train the township guards to defend against the invasion of bandits.

Those who have entered the mountain to participate in the bandits, and those who have gone down the mountain to become a citizen from the date of the announcement will not be investigated. If someone is willing to go up the mountain to persuade the thief to come down the mountain, whoever persuades one successful person will be rewarded with 100 dollars, and more will be rewarded. Those who have no land can plant the fertile land distributed by the government, and those who have planted for three years can get five acres of their own permanent field, and those who have five years can get ten acres of their own permanent field, and the government will issue a deed as proof.

Those who collude with bandits, from the date of the announcement, those who sever ties will not be held responsible, and those who still do not repent will be severely punished. In addition, the county government will send people to recount the population, measure the land, and those who have not paid or underpaid the taxes must actively pay them without delay, and so on.

Hearing this notice, the people who entered and left the city talked a lot, and some people took a look at it and hurried away.

The notice was posted, because the notice guaranteed to eat a full stomach, but in three days, more than 800 people signed up, because this time it was mainly county soldiers, after Cao Xing's selection: the recruitment office placed a tree weighing 100 pounds, must be able to carry ten laps to enlist, such a test, the entire number of qualified applicants is only more than 500 people.

Cao Xing was born as a hunter, and he paid the most attention to archery, and selected 300 county soldiers based on this standard.

According to Liu Shi's intentions, Shi Jian recruited nearly 100 teenagers between the ages of 13 and 16 from the county, plus nearly 300 from the county to form a team of county soldiers, who were responsible for public security in the city and stayed in the city for training at ordinary times.

Dian Wei and Cao Xing took the Wuguan Dao battalion soldiers and county soldiers out of the city to choose another camp for training.

Xu Yinyin himself is a fisherman, so it is even more convenient to recruit, and he completed the task in ten days.

Liu Shi explained that in addition to some martial arts offensive and defensive training, he was to escort merchant ships, because he had to understand the entire Danshui line to avoid accidents in the process of expanding the guard, and the thieves also had to negotiate with the soldiers of the Wuguan Road Battalion to support each other and reduce losses.

In this way, the number of available soldiers has reached more than 1,800, and the daily consumption of these people is also a staggering figure.

Half a month later, Liu Zhen found Liu Shi. Liu Zhen said: "The wealth accumulated with the current consumption will be exhausted in only ten days, and we must find a way." ”

Liu Shidao: "Fifteen days ago, after we posted the notice, we arranged for all Cao officials, errand servants, and yours stationed in various townships to enter the township to organize the township warriors and collect taxes. ”

Liu Zhendao: "In addition to the persuasion of a part of the donation in this county, only a small number of people in the old Shangluo County have paid, and the rest have not moved. There are also bandits who also issued a warning to the people of the former Shangluo County that they must not pay taxes to the county government, otherwise they will double the collection. ”

Liu Shi had a dark face, "What do they think of us?" Could it be that they have become a government? ”

Liu Zhendao: "This is the case, the taxes of the original Shang County were paid last year, and this year it is not time, but the people who were sent out to persuade the farmers and organize the township warriors reported that 'the entire Shang County and several townships are not enthusiastic about this matter, and they are pushing back and blocking. Another villager said, 'The bandits are better than the government, as long as they hand over their share and keep the township safe, they will not overcharge.' And the government has a lot of taxes, and it is a group of vampires. The people were angry with the government, and even some of the rich had this attitude. ”