Wei Ran worked hard for several years to annihilate the whole army in just over a month, and he couldn't help but be shocked: This Ran Fei is too powerful! However, what made him wonder was why Ran Fei didn't arrest all the Qin State of Qi and only take care of his northern part? Is it because he doesn't have enough rights? No! It's impossible, because as long as Ran Fei tells King Qi about the details, King Qi will definitely give it his full support, and Ran Fei did not hand over the killer who assassinated King Qi to King Qi, these things can only explain one problem: Ran Fei no longer has a heart to King Qi, and there has been a rift between them!

Thinking of this, Wei Ran thought of something.

Wei Ran's fine works in the northern part of the Qi Kingdom were all secretly executed by Ran Fei, and the only one who survived was the only one who told the news that would make him immortal.

A month later, the northern part of Qi began to prepare for the change of defense, as soon as it was involved in the change of defense, the most feared was the enemy's surprise attack, in order to ensure the smooth change of defense, Ran Fei adopted batches, first went up to one part, replaced the old, weak, sick and disabled first, and then replaced the other part.

Since the people in the north under Ran Fei's jurisdiction have enough food and clothing, and there are very few thieves, Ran Fei doesn't have to worry about the bandits, which is a good thing.

In today's north, equipment is no longer a problem, and the quality of the soldiers is also very good because of the successive battles, and the only flaw is that there are too few people.

Regarding the matter of King Qi's request for armor, Ran Fei knew very well in his heart that this was only the first batch, and the armor of the large army of Qi was indeed not as good as Ran Fei's, but it contained more of King Qi's selfishness, so that Ran Fei selflessly gave the armor to consume his strength, because Ran Fei's Sword Casting Hall had to pay the workers wages every month, which was a big expense, as well as raw material costs, freight, and so on. Handing over to the King of Qi free of charge means that Ran Fei has to use the economy of the north to supply the main force of the Qi State. It was originally a ridiculous thing to supply the main force of the whole country with just one region, but it happened, because the King of Qi was afraid, afraid that Ran Fei's power would be too strong to control.

Ran Fei knew King Qi's thoughts very well in his heart, and he also knew that if he didn't listen, then the position of the northern marshal would also leave him.

For the sake of long-term planning, Ran Fei plans to be obedient for the time being.

Three basic things are needed to fight a war: people, food and grass, and weapons. There is no need to be afraid of the problem of food and grass for the time being, and the problem of weapons has also been forged in the Sword Hall, and the most lacking thing is the population problem, but this problem is urgent, because it takes nearly twenty years for a baby to grow into a strong guy. And Ran Fei didn't want to wait that long.

So, he set his sights on other countries.

The quickest way is to get the people to pour into the northern part of the Qi country.

There are many factors that people will consider when they move to a place, such as war, whether work can ensure that they can support themselves, whether the taxes levied on farming are high, and whether they are politically enlightened. Looking at the rest of the countries, there are more or less problems in politics, the privileges of the nobility are very high and can even kill people without paying for their lives, the taxes are heavy, and wars often occur in the Central Plains. And in the Qi country, these are not available at the moment, but for the people who came to the Qi country, there are only blacksmiths?

Ran Fei thought about it and finally understood, it turned out that the propaganda was not enough, and the people didn't know what was good in the northern part of Qi State.

"It seems that cultural propaganda work is also very important." Ran Fei said.

"Someone!" Ran Fei shouted. Soon, the subordinates came to the front of him: "Marshal! ”

"Where is Wang Cheng now?" Ran Fei asked.

"It's still in Zhao Kingdom." The subordinate replied.

"Uh-oh." Ran Fei immediately wrote a letter by hand, and when the ink was dry, he handed it to him, "Let people send it to Wang Cheng quickly, and they must hand it over to him personally." ”

"Yes." The subordinate respectfully accepted Ran Fei's handwritten letter.

After that, Wang Cheng's focus was on the literati, especially the literati with good literary talents.

Later, Wang Cheng led a group of literati everywhere to publicize how good Ran Fei's north was, with little taxation and high employment wages, and the most important thing was that Ran Fei was jealous and hateful, and ruled the country according to law, never allowing an innocent person to be killed indiscriminately. Gradually, many of the people of Zhao had the desire to go to Qi, and Wang Cheng knew that Qin was very united, because the law of Shang Yang was trusted, and the people obeyed it. Therefore, instead of going from Zhao to Qin, he went south to Korea and Wei.

Three months later, Ran Fei loaded the armor that King Qi wanted and sent it over, on the other hand, due to the propaganda of Wang Cheng and others in the past few months, the number of people in the north has increased by more than 30,000. can guarantee employment.

In this way, the people outside found that the northern part of Qi was prosperous, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, so they all wrote letters to relatives and friends, informing them of everything here, and so, in the next five months, the number of people in the north increased by nearly thirty percent! This caught Ran Fei and other high-level officials a little off guard, there were too many people, but the grain production was there, and the grain was not said to be able to grow at any time, so prices began to rise rapidly.

This can give Lu Zhonglian a headache, and the people go to the yamen every day to ask the government to lower prices, but what can Lu Zhonglian do? After all, if you eat more than you grow, the price will definitely rise, which is the simplest relationship between supply and demand.

At this time, a group of very bad merchants appeared in the north, who hoarded grain and grass to make prices rise faster and make high profits from it. Lu Zhonglian was very angry when he found out, and directly sent someone to arrest these bad guys, and killed them directly if the circumstances were serious.

But this has not had any effect, and on the contrary, prices have risen faster, because it is rumored that after the food is not enough, everyone is hoarding food, and it is impossible to arrest everyone!

Ran Fei quickly came up with a countermeasure. He immediately contacted Tiandan, allocated grain and grass from the central government, and then opened up the road of trade with Zhao in the name of cooperation, and reduced the tax on grain bar trading by half. In this way, the large grain farmers in the south of Zhao and Qi came to the north to do business for the sake of profit, and Ran Fei's measures not only did not reduce taxes, but also increased the total amount of taxes.

Commerce and trade in the north are more developed, there are more taxes, and Ran Fei has an idea again. He gathered all the people who grew grain and high yields in the northern part of Qi and became the Ministry of Grain and Grass Supply.