"Let's talk about the current situation in Taoyuan County!" Qin Feng leaned forward slightly, stared at Ben Kuan, and said: "It has been nearly two years since the Ming Dynasty recovered Taoyuan County, and in the past two years, the imperial court's policy towards Taoyuan County has been tilted a lot, but looking at your appearance, Taoyuan County is still not very optimistic!" ”

Ben Kuan's body leaned back slightly, but between his expressions, he was not afraid of the emperor's persecutive question, but nodded affirmatively: "Your Majesty, I am indeed not optimistic." Taoyuan County has eight counties under its jurisdiction, and there are 50,084 people, including the old people who are dying and the babies who are waiting to be fed, except for these people, Taoyuan County has only 33,057 people left. Almost all of these people are concentrated in the county town and near Zhaoguan, and in other places, it is not an exaggeration to say that there are no people for hundreds of miles. ”

"When the people of Qi retreated back then, this trick was indeed a headache." Qin Feng picked at his hair with some annoyance.

"Your Majesty, Taoyuan is poor, so it can't attract people to go, and even the original people are losing, originally the minister wanted to block the roads in the county and restrict the outflow of the people in the county, but this is contrary to the general strategy of the imperial court, so I can only give up." Ben Kuan was a little annoyed, "The people of my country are reluctant to settle in Taoyuan, so the ministers can only hit the Qin people with their ideas." ”

"There are a lot of barbarians in Taoyuan County now, right?"

"About half." Ben Kuan said: "Originally, the imperial court wanted to disperse these barbarians to various parts of Taoyuan County, but the current situation of Taoyuan County could not do this, according to the previous plan of the imperial court, there might only be one or two families in that village, so how to do it?" Therefore, in the end, the ministers could only be placed in a centralized manner. ”

"The policy of the imperial court is only a general outline, and each place always has its own actual situation, which is understandable." Qin Feng said: "If a large number of Qin people are moved this time, I am afraid that the internal governance of Taoyuan County will be much more troublesome, and the barbarians and Qin people are extremely aggressive." ”

"Your Majesty, this is just a disease of mustard, as long as you put your mind to it, you can always do it well. Previously, the minister and His Majesty also returned, first let them be fed, and then edify, slowly Tuzhi, can always let them naturalize, and now these immigrants, the minister is ready to place them between Zhaoguan and Taoyuan County, first, to enrich the border defense, and secondly, the county town and Zhaoguan have troops stationed, and they can also prevent accidents. ”

"So you've been prepared for this?" Qin Feng asked with a smile.

"Yes, the county already has a plan for this." Ben Kuan nodded vigorously: "Your Majesty, Taoyuan County is the first line of anti-Qi, if the people's livelihood is withered and the strength is weak, there will be many obstacles for my Ming Dynasty to resist Qi." Therefore, the minister also wants to ask His Majesty to increase his assistance to Taoyuan County, and strive to create a prosperous Taoyuan County within a few years, only in this way can Taoyuan County become a powerful guarantee when the army is defeated. ”

Hearing Ben Kuan say this, Qin Feng laughed: "You still think about this?" ”

"Of course, Your Majesty, as the guardian of a county, the minister naturally has to think more." At this time, Ben Kuan went away from his previous fear, and sat in front of Qin Feng and talked eloquently: "If Taoyuan County prospers, and a war breaks out in the future, Taoyuan County has enough food to supply the army, and it can reduce the intensity of transferring military food from other places, and if Taoyuan County has enough people, it can support the forward defense army vigorously, so that even the people will have to be mobilized from other places at that time, and if Taoyuan County is rich, it can also attract those who were absconded by the Qi people to abscond back to China......"

Qin Feng stared at Ben Kuan intently, and saw that in the blink of an eye, he gushed out more than a dozen reasons why Taoyuan County must be rich and had to be rich, not to mention, everything is reasonable. Zhaoguan is the first line of the Ming Dynasty and the Qi State against the enemy, and if the conflict between the two countries breaks out in the future, this will inevitably be the first place to cause trouble.

"The Shafeng Railway has been running for more than half a year, judging from the current situation, the situation is quite good, although it is still in a state of loss in operation, but it is extremely important for the country. Now the railway department is planning a new line, but the competition is fierce......" Qin Feng muttered.

Ben Kuan's face suddenly turned happy, he naturally knew what the Railway Department was planning, but as an uncompetitive county governor, he had never thought about this before. Because of the lack of national financial resources, this kind of railway is jointly built by the imperial court and the local gentry, although the imperial court has more shares, but the operation rights in peacetime are in the hands of the local operation department, but the operation department is the master of the people, only in times of war, the imperial court will temporarily withdraw the right to dispatch and operate.

That is to say, the operation of the railway department is usually run by businessmen, and businessmen are profit-seeking, and now the railway itself is still a loss, but if it is repaired in a prosperous place, at least it can make them lose some money, and if they want to repair the railway in Taoyuan County, they are afraid that they will lose all their money, and no fool will do this. What's more critical is that Taoyuan County now does not have powerful businessmen and gentry, these people were swept away by the Qi people at the beginning.

So on top of this matter, Ben Kuan only shouted a few times at the beginning, and then died down, knowing that he was not competitive, he didn't want to waste this time, he was willing to use this time to do something useful.

But now that His Majesty the Emperor has said this, this matter has taken a turn for the better! Build a railway, regardless of whether he can make money in the future, how much impact it will have on Taoyuan County, at least the benefits now are immediate, requisition land for money, build roadbeds for people, and when the construction really starts, the required manpower and materials will go to the sea, these investments are now nothing in Taoyuan County, that is a long drought and a sweet rain, which can not be drenched, can only let the surface moisten, for Taoyuan County, it is also a major good news, at least you can make yourself struggle less for several years.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this railway must be repaired to Zhaoguan, and when the time comes, there will be a war with the Qi State, and there will be this railway, which will be equivalent to an extra supreme weapon for our Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty, has the court decided? Ben Kuan asked hopefully, his face a little purple with excitement.

"No, isn't this still being fought over everywhere!" Qin Feng said: "You can also fight!" Maybe you can fight for where you go, the key is that the court has no money now, and the investment is limited, so it is better to invest more at the local level. ”

Ben Kuan was deflated when he heard it, the local input, what did he use to invest? He was afraid that his pockets were cleaner than those in the treasury of the imperial court. "How can Taoyuan County be rich? If the court doesn't have money, we can't fight at all. ”

Qin Feng snorted and said, "The method was come up by people, you can't do it yourself, you can go to find allies." You don't have enough energy, you might be able to find a strong ally! ”

Ben Kuan's eyes lit up, "Your Majesty, if you speak, won't this matter be over?" ”

"Don't even think about it!" Qin Feng categorically waved his hand and refused, "I must have a bowl of water, where do you say you are important, isn't it important from Shayang to Zhengyang to Yuejing, this is the core heart of my Daming Kingdom, and Yuejing to Zhongping, Kaiping is not important, each has its own advantages!" ”

"Apart from Your Majesty, where can you find allies? Magong's Changyang County is not having a good time! Ben Kuan frowned, "I can only go to Ma Gong to think about ideas." By the way......" he jumped suddenly, "and an ally, it's really strong." ”

Looking at Ben Kuan's happy face, Qin Feng stroked his forehead and sighed, this county guard finally thought of it, and it was not too stupid.

What is the most in Taoyuan County now besides the wasteland? The military, of course. What does the army want to do most now? Destroy Qin? Jokes, the Qin State is basically already in the bag of the Ming Dynasty, and the guys in the Ministry of War have not taken the Qin State to heart for a long time, what they think about every day is the Qi State, but now the Qi State is still too big and powerful for the Ming Dynasty, but this does not prevent them from planning quietly! The importance of a railway to Zhaoguan for the army is self-evident.

Ben Kuan is not well connected, his strength is insufficient, and the court has no money, but it does not prevent the influence of the army, if they form an alliance with Ben Kuan to compete, the hope of success will be greatly increased.

Now the political forces of the Ming Dynasty, which one is stronger? Of course, the army is the most powerful! Even if the army has its own forces and mountains, but for the matter of Vaqi, it is all one. Cutting Qi, dominating the world, this is a famous thing in the annals of history.

"Your Majesty, the minister, the minister wants to retire first." Ben Kuan is happy to be authentic.

"Want to meet Liu Xingwen?" Qin Feng said with a smile.

Ben Kuan smiled awkwardly: "Your Majesty Shengming, the minister wants to go to the tone of the military department first, and then immediately go back to Yuejing to find the Zhang military department, and then go to Zhaoguan to see General Wu." ”

"Go, go, go! A dignified county guard, he didn't want to take care of some important things, but went to the tiger prison to be a human trafficker, which made people blush when he said it, and made my Ming court lose face. "Qin Feng is yin and yin.

"Yes, yes, the minister is guilty, guilty!" Ben Kuan bowed back again and again. After taking a few steps back, he turned around and wanted to leave, but before he turned around, Qin Fengyin's voice came from behind him.

"That Ben county guard, I actually still want to save face."

Ben Kuan stumbled under his feet, and almost fell to the ground with his head, yes, this stubble, Your Majesty still remembers it, since then there is a small braid firmly pinched by Your Majesty in the palm of your hand, when you think about it, I'm afraid when you will throw it out and pinch yourself.

Walking outside, the more I thought about it, the more I regretted it, and I couldn't help but raise my hand and slap myself: "This broken mouth!" ”

The snapping sound was extremely loud, which not only stopped the surrounding Fire Death Battalion soldiers, but also made the oncoming Yu Chao and Yang Zhi straighten their eyes.