"Lord, have you changed the military system?" Cen Tianshi has been busy for the past few days, and he finally appeared in the Assassin's Mansion, but suddenly chased after Li Xuanqing and asked.

"That's right, I have ordered the Tiance Army to be reorganized into three capitals and several independent units, adjust the establishment, reformulate the military ranks, and complete the integration of combat power." Li Xuanqing put down the Tiance Army reorganization report in his hand, and found Cen Tianshi standing in front of him, unkempt and tired, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Sir, what's wrong?" Sick? ”

Cen Tianshi didn't care about these at this time, but said seriously: "Is it too early to announce the banner of the Tiance Army now?" We don't have any money now, do we? In case the Lingwu Army goes north and the Tiande Army attacks us, I'm afraid we won't be able to deal with it. ”

Li Xuanqing stood up and made him a cup of tea, then pressed him to his seat, and said with a smile: "I just reported internally, and I didn't publicly raise the banner." Sir, rest assured, at this time, our first thing is to develop civil affairs and accumulate strength, and the second is to destroy the Tiande army and pocket the entire Houtao area to avoid follow-up troubles. After a pause, he continued: "I have already started to suppress the bandits, and Mr. will arrange for people to dock with Zuo Tiancheng of the logistics department, receive materials and prisoners in time, and arrange follow-up matters." ”

"The lord is thoughtful, admired from time to time, and will arrange for people to dock." Cen Tianshi nodded, suddenly slapped his head, and said with a smile: "I almost forgot about business, the Assassin Mansion arranged for the people who monitored the three major families in Fengzhou to come back and report that the Zhang family and the Li family have been secretly communicating with the Tiande Army in the east recently, and we have to step up our time to take precautions." ”

Li Xuanqing smiled, Xuan Yingwei had already reported this matter, and he had already informed Xu Tianxiang to be on guard, the reason why he didn't move them was just to catch him off guard. But I could do something else.

"Sir, do you have any clue about the land sale and agricultural tax written in my proposal?" Li Xuanqing thought about it and decided to add some blockage to these two families first, so that it would be more realistic. These two families, the Li family is the descendant of Li Jingluo, the founder of the Tiande Army, and the Zhang family is a branch of the Zhang Min family, the commander of the Tiande Army. It is reasonable that these two families do not like Li Xuanqing's arrival.

"Tianshi has already thought about it, and the agricultural tax on the landowner is collected according to the acres of land, which is initially set at 40%, and the specific will be adjusted accordingly according to the annual situation. Outsiders and local people who do not own their own land can apply to the Assassin's Mansion for reclamation, according to the plan of no more than 15 acres per person, the agricultural tax is 40%, plus 10% of the lease fee, after three years of planting, the land belongs to the reclamation person. In addition, the land that has been left unused for more than a year will be reclaimed by the Assassin Mansion and the Yamen of the Three Cities and distributed to the landless or landless people for cultivation. Strict land sales, the Assassin Prefecture organized personnel to conduct a comprehensive inventory of land sales within three years, and forcibly returned all forced purchases and sales, and imposed heavy taxes five times on land sales. Cen Tianshi sorted out his thoughts and said the general outline of what he had sorted out in the past few days.

"Very good, the Assassin Mansion will immediately formulate detailed rules, divide the reclamation area, re-measure the land, focus on investigating and dealing with the land of the Zhang family and the Li family, and teach them a lesson." Li Xuanqing nodded and said with a smile: "What is the reaction of the remaining Murong family of the three major families?" ”

Cen Tianshi originally wanted to say something when he heard Li Xuanqing's words, but after thinking about it, he still didn't ask, since Li Xuanqing was ready to do this, it means that the front line is ready, and Xu Tianxiang has already laid out his pockets and is waiting for the Tiande Army to drill it. For the remnants of the Tiande Army that lost Fengzhou, Cen Tianshi was not optimistic about the fish belly troops of the thousands of people.

However, when he heard Li Xuanqing ask about the Murong family, he suddenly became interested, and said with a smile: "This Murong family is different from the other two families, they are mainly engaged in business, and the legend of the Murong family is that they are the descendants of the Lite people. A few days ago, the third son of the Murong family also came to the Assassin Mansion to find the lord, but he didn't get the lord's instructions, so he was blocked by Tianshi. ”

"Chestnut!" After Li Xuanqing muttered a few words in his mouth, he suddenly frowned and said with a smile: "Since everyone has come to the door to ask to see, wouldn't it be a bit rude for us not to see us?" Besides, we are outsiders, and if we hadn't brought tens of thousands of people, we might have taken sudden measures to suppress these local snakes. I've heard that the Lits weren't very fond of the slave trade? I'll do some business with him. ”

"What do you mean?" Cen Tianshi was taken aback by Li Xuanqing's last sentence, and hurriedly stood up and asked. In the eyes of a scholar like him, the slave trade is a big crime, and it would be good if he didn't suppress it, so why did he still do business with the Lits?

A smile appeared at the corner of Li Xuanqing's mouth, and he said, "Sir, I'm talking about letting the Lite people find a way to send us people from other regions of the Central Plains, how can they harm their own brothers and sisters?" After explaining this, he continued: "You immediately arrange for the announcement of the assassination history for the matter of agricultural taxes and land sales, and I have already arranged for the Xuan Yingwei, the logistics department and the direct team to be concentrated, and then wait for the dispatch of the assassination mansion, this is a major matter, and it is more important than defeating the Tiande army." ”

With Cen Tianshi's hurried pace, after two months of calm in Fengzhou, a major storm officially came. In order to find solid evidence, Li Xuanqing directly used the newly established Xuanyingwei, and in just half a month, the big landlords headed by Zhang Li took advantage of the troubled times to occupy the fertile land that was spit out one by one, and their own property was confiscated, and the person in charge was killed.

All this happened too suddenly, the Assassin Mansion enforced the law with iron and blood before everyone reacted, and for a while, several large military towns in Fengzhou, Feng'an, Jiuyuan and Yongfeng were panicked, and people were arrested and imprisoned every day, and their homes were exterminated, and the Houtao area was shrouded in smoke and clouds in an instant. It was also at this time that the Assassin's Mansion went out again and began to lease and grant land according to the foreign households and local households who were naturalized some time ago to encourage pioneering. Ignite the whole of Toyoshu again. To this end, Li Xuanqing ordered the garrisons in all localities to fully cooperate with the Assassin's Mansion to complete the task of granting land, arranging for households to reclaim land in the designated areas, and making lease letters for granting land, which were distributed to individuals, and once again emphasizing the annual agricultural tax standard. This move completely disrupted the original rumored situation, not only those who had no land were happy, but also those scattered yeoman farmers and small landlords who did not commit crimes found that they could still develop the fields reasonably and legally after accounting, and immediately began to support the decision of the Assassin Mansion. The Assassin's Mansion also took advantage of this to turn the situation around.

And at this time, the eastern front also came with good news, Xu Tianxiang defeated the attack of the Tiande army in Feng'an in one fell swoop, captured 6,000 people, and killed eighteen generals including Zhang Min, the main general of the Tiande army.

The prisoners and captured materials of the brigade were sent to Fengzhou City, which can be regarded as a temporary solution to the shortage of grain and grass in Fengzhou, Cen Tianshi relied on sufficient manpower, while organizing the people's spring ploughing at the same time, began to arrange the second part of the plan, and started to build eight large-scale handicraft workshops in one go, including coal mining, Li Xuanqing's pirated honeycomb coal production, crucible iron smelting, boiling salt, wool weaving, porcelain workshops, etc. This guy is a typical workaholic, if it weren't for Li Xuanqing's repeated reminders, it is estimated that this guy would still want to do things like rebuilding the post road.

In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the captives, Cen Tianshi came up with a trick, as long as they worked hard and did not make mistakes, they would be free after three years and allowed them to settle in Fengzhou as a citizen, and enjoy all the policies promulgated by the Fengzhou Assassin Prefecture. As soon as this method came out, the three logistics prisoner camps that were originally not the slightest angry suddenly became full of energy, who wants to be a slave these days? Besides, they have seen Fengzhou's policy, so these prisoners don't even need to be urged, they took the initiative to speed up the progress, and many of the projects in charge of the prisoner camps were actually completed ahead of schedule, so that Cen Tianshi ran to the logistics department to find Zuo Tiancheng and asked to improve the treatment of prisoners, so that Zuo Tiancheng, the commander of the logistics department, couldn't help but laugh and began to seriously consider the problem of prisoners.

Under the command of the two supreme leaders of Fengzhou, Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi, when industry and agriculture began to flourish, the people of the Murong family, who had been blocked by Cen Tianshi several times, finally met Li Xuanqing.

"Lord Qi, Murong Hanhai, the third son of the Murong family, and Murong Feixue, the son-in-law, ask to meet." Just as Li Xuanqing was looking through the military report sent by Xu Tianxiang, Cen Tianshi suddenly walked in with two people and saluted Li Xuanqing.

Li Xuanqing didn't hear it clearly, so he looked at the military newspaper and said to Cen Tianshi: "Sir, please take a seat, I'll be fine right away." But before he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered, raised his head, but saw a man and a woman in front of him, he was stunned, and then smiled: "Murong Gongzi is here, Xuanqing is busy with military affairs, and it is rude, please don't be surprised." ”

"General Li is a young hero, in the first battle of Chang'an, he can be equal to Li Cunxiao, who is the first in the world, regardless of high or low. Ruling Fengzhou is a powerful Heshuo, and the suppression of dissent is even more iron-fisted and ruthless. Murong Hanhai on the side didn't speak, but Murong Feixue beside him spoke, his voice was crisp, like a yellow warbler coming out of the valley, but what he said was not polite at all.

As soon as this sentence was spoken, the audience was suddenly full of embarrassment, Murong Hanhai secretly glanced at his sister-in-law, today I am here to ask others to do something, you can do it, and you will block it back for others with a word. You all know that people are iron-fisted and ruthless, and you still dare to go to the head of the tiger to pounce on flies? In case this young person in front of him who doesn't talk to him gives the Murong family a hand, will it be the same as the Zhang family and the Li family?

So he hurriedly stood up, bowed to Li Xuanqing, and said, "Sister She, she is young, and she speaks on no occasion, please don't blame the general." The Murong family did not have the slightest objection to the general's command of Fengzhou, and some time ago he had conveyed to the history of the assassination of Tozen that he came to visit today and sent a congratulatory gift, asking the general not to dislike it. After speaking, he took out a gift slip from his sleeve and presented it with both hands.

Li Xuanqing didn't mean to be surprised, he just felt that the Murong Feixue in front of him was a little familiar, but in this life, Li Xuanqing originally lived at the bottom of Lingzhou, and to be honest, he hadn't seen a few women at all, could it be a previous life?

This thought startled Li Xuanqing, and he hurriedly looked at this Murong Feixue carefully, the Lite people were originally of Western Regions blood, although this Murong Feixue was young, but he was very good-looking, and different from the gentleness of women in the Central Plains, but with a trace of fierceness, a little pepper alive.

Cen Tianshi saw that although Li Xuanqing's eyes were staring at Murong Feixue, his face changed uncertainly, and he thought something was wrong? hurriedly walked over and took the gift list in Murong Hanhai's hand, and said with a smile: "The third prince is polite, although my lord is young, he acts in a very orderly manner, whether it is government affairs or military affairs, he is quite insightful. Although the Murong family is tied with Zhang Li, they have no bad deeds, how can my lord blame him. ”

This sentence can be regarded as bringing Li Xuanqing back to reality, and said with a smile: "What Mr. said is that the Murong family still has merit to Fengzhou, and the Assassin Mansion and I will not have any prejudice, and I will also hope that the third prince can contribute more to the construction of Fengzhou." ”

"The general's words seem to mean that you don't have an opinion on what Cen Tingshi praised just now? Hasn't the general heard that the superior should know how to be humble? Or is it that the general is not a child of a family and does not know how to be modest and polite? Before Murong Hanhai could speak, Murong Feixue, who was staring at Li Xuanqing uncomfortably with his eyes just now, spoke again, still the same as before, his words were sharp, and he didn't leave a little affection for Li Xuanqing.

"Miss Murong is prejudiced against Ben General? Or did I offend you before? Ben Jiang is not a child of the family and Miss has nothing to do with it, right? Li Xuanqing is a little inexplicable, this girl seems to be targeting him today.

This sentence is already a bit tough, Murong Hanhai secretly regretted that he brought this sister of his own today, the Li Xuanqing in front of him was too powerful, but he changed his tone slightly, he couldn't hold it at all, so he hurriedly stepped forward to apologize: "The general forgives the sin, the words of the sister are also unintentional, please don't be angry." ”

Cen Tianshi's eyes flashed with a hint of a smile, and he smiled at Li Xuanqing: "The lord just looks at Miss Murong as a woman, don't worry about her." After a pause, he said solemnly to Murong Hanhai: "Third prince, originally the lord planned to discuss with you today to help the Murong family expand their trade routes and business, but now it seems that ......."

"Please forgive the general and Lord Thorn Shi, the Murong family is indeed rude this time, tomorrow the father of the family should personally set up a banquet and apologize to the two, please don't blame the general." Cen Tianshi's words are equivalent to directly making it clear, if Murong Hanhai doesn't know anymore, it is equivalent to being brainless, and he suddenly understands that people want to talk to the head of the family, so he secretly breathes a sigh of relief, and he doesn't blame his sister for her rude behavior.

"In this way, Lord Cen and I will be on time tomorrow." Li Xuanqing stood up and smiled slightly.

"Lord, do you really plan to give up the porcelain business to the Murong family?" Cen Tianshi saw that the Murong brothers and sisters were gone, and asked.

Li Xuanqing knew Cen Tianshi's thoughts, it was really difficult to find a talent who really understood business operations these days, so he smiled and said, "Sir, please rest assured, I won't suffer." And we simply have the manpower to run this part, so instead of reluctantly making it difficult, it is better to hand it over to them, and have a specialization in the art industry. Besides, isn't the commercial code that will be promulgated just for them? Not only the Murong family, but you also have to find some other reliable and powerful businessmen during this time, and there are many things that need to be brought forward by them. ”

"Commercial Code?" Cen Tianshi muttered to himself, and he didn't even notice that Li Xuanqing had left.