Mu Meixiao's face changed greatly, the eight of his brothers and sisters were able to gain a foothold in Song County, relying on martial arts, they were killed by seven people in one morning, how to gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes in the future; Mu Meixiao soon found that he was too worried, and four indifferent masters were already standing around him, led by one who spoke a little caught in Chinese: "We challenge you, you choose one of the four of us." ”

Mu Meixiao has no choice, if he walks away in front of everyone's eyes, he will not need to gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes from now on; Mu Meixiao cautiously picked an opponent, and within thirty rounds, he let the opponent's iron hook cut off his wrist and was pierced in the heart by a hook tip. Mu Meixiao's entourage's faces changed, the other party was about to use the methods of the Barberry Sect on the rivers and lakes to destroy the Barberry Sect, and at this moment, lest the other party continue to challenge and kill, they all ran to the county government like crazy.

But the Hundred Cavalry Battalion and the officials blocked the way, and the matter on the rivers and lakes was solved by themselves, and one of Mu Meixiao's apprentices saw the four masters approaching and shouted: "It was Zheng Yuancong who asked us to do this." ”

Zheng Yuancong, the prince of Chenggao County and the general of the right imperial guard, was brought back to Yamen by the barberry faction, this time without witnesses, one by one took the initiative to explain what he knew, Zheng Yuancong and Mu Meixiao were in the same door, and asked Mu Meixiao not to let others enter Song County. This time, even Yang Chong couldn't figure it out, Zheng Yuancong always wanted to do something, otherwise wouldn't he have nothing to look for?

Zheng Shanyuan came in the afternoon, panting and meeting Yang Chong, Yang Chongping retreated left and right, leaving only Yu Xuan and Tianqi present; Zheng Shanyuan bowed again and said: "This matter was mishandled by the younger brother, so as soon as the lower officials heard about the prince's private visit, they rushed to listen to the punishment." There is no purpose, that is, our Zheng family's gold mine is in Song County. ”

It turns out that he can find a gold mine in the west, and it is forgivable that the Zheng family can find a gold mine, Yang Chong thought for a while and said: "Good wishes, to be honest, among the three of you brothers, I am most willing to deal with you." I understand the importance of the gold mine, and the affairs of Song County will be handed over to you, appease the people, choose a good county order, and let the mutual aid society gain a firm foothold; Yu Xuan, go and bring the letter of Lord Zheng Yuanshou to Shanyuan. ”

Zheng Shanyuan bowed down and said, "Thank you, Lord Wang, I will let Yuan Cong resign as the general of the right imperial guard." ”

Zheng Shanyuan is a smart person, and he knows that Yang Chong has no idea about gold mines, but the third Zheng Yuancong must have been put into a separate book, rather than this, it is better to take the initiative and give everyone more room for detours. Yang Chong nodded, waited for Yu Yu to finish handing over the letter, rejected Zheng Shanyuan's retention, and returned to Luoyang.

The friends in Luoyang were really frightened, Yang Chong walked around this circle, and many people died, and the heads of Sheng Yanxiong's family are still hanging on the gate of Bears Ears; This is a signal to those heroes, as long as you dare to cross the line and get killed, Yang Chong will retaliate. Fang Yanzao and the others didn't care, but the pressure on the officials below and the managers of Qian Zhuang increased greatly, and they were worried that if one was not good, there would be chaos.

In fact, the market is different in different places, Li Chunfeng divided the pilot area, Zhang Xingcheng, who is the most successful pilot in Shangluo in Henan, because they are all outsiders, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the armor protection system is implemented the best. Ten households are A, and the first is set up; The top ten are guaranteed, and the chief of the guarantee is established. Each guarantee shall be assigned to the original township boundary site in the area under its jurisdiction, or merge several townships into one guarantee, but shall not divide a part of its own township into the guarantee of other townships.

Because there is a lot of land, even if a large household comes back with a land deed, as long as the grain and vegetables are planted, Zhang Xingcheng will use various means to insist on returning the large fields after harvesting, and arrange other farmers. For this reason, Zhang Xingcheng offended many people and was attacked three times, one of which was injured in the right arm by an arrow.

Yang Chong used Zhang Xingcheng's example to say: "Why do some people oppose this kind of small people's business, because the interests of large households come from the collapse of small households, and they can occupy farmland and population with a profit. The purpose of our meeting is not to oppose the big households, but to change this concept, to put the population and land in the hands of the imperial court and the common people themselves; Guide large households to earn money through industry, handicrafts, and commerce, and do not compete for the last support of the common people from the hands of the common people. ”

The venue was silent, everyone understands this truth, most of the people who come to the meeting are either from big families, or from the field, the harm is even clearer than Yang Chong, but since the Han and Wei dynasties, even the government has been powerless about these things, and all dynasties have made great efforts, but there has never been a result; For Yang Chong, their confidence is also not great.

When Zhu Hongdao and others said that the bank was currently in danger of overdraft and hoped to open up another source of money, Yang Chong denied Fang Yanzao's idea of expanding the scope of use of military tickets, one is that there are not so many suitable officials, and the other is the risk brought by military tickets themselves. The ruffians in the army are all masters who only want to spend money and be happy, and spend their hands on a good job; If they had unlimited access to military tickets at the station, it would have turned into a means of plundering local wealth.

Yu Wenwen also agreed with Yang Chong's point of view, thinking that military spending still depends on the household department, Fang Yanzao shook his head and said: "The household department still needs to be reformed, and the discipline of the people below is good, but to say that the overall situation and the means of finding money are not enough, if it were not for the assistance of the bank and the transfer department, I am afraid that it would not be much different from the Shengtianzi at that time." If you ask them to come up with a solution, it is nothing more than to raise taxes, and the wool is out of the sheep. ”

Zhang Jin heard his head big, no wonder Yang Chong wanted to catch it personally, he was already impatient to change someone, Yang Chong's point of view is not to be in a hurry, continue to advance, and take down a place is a place, since Luoyang is not good, it is still to focus on Shangluo, Hongnong, and Shangqiu, Nanyang Dengzhou is the front line, not reluctantly, especially Nanyang to strengthen the construction of the city.

There is also Caoyun, Yang Chong hopes that the household department will solve it by itself, after all, the current situation of the bank is there, and it can't replace the household department, and it can't complete so many things at all. Fang Yanzao still shook his head, the road from Henan to Guanzhong is difficult and dangerous, the southeast road has been in disrepair for many years, coupled with Li Yuan's threat, the grain transported to Guanzhong by land and water is only about 200,000 stones, if it is not for the increase in production in Hexi and Guanzhong, Chang'an will not be able to maintain it now.

In the face of the helplessness of the household department, Yang Chong asked the Transit Department if they could join hands to establish Caoyun, temporarily manage one party, and the Privy Council would follow up; Considering the terms of reference of the transshipment envoy, Yang Chong proposed the transshipment method, taking Luoyang as a transshipment point, according to the principle that the boat in the south of the Yangtze River does not enter the Yellow River and the boat of the Yellow River does not enter Luokou, and set up warehouses along the river, and the knot-level transshipment, the water potential rises and the shipping begins, and the grain is left in the granary to wait when the water level falls.

Wang Ji agreed, so as to avoid the embarrassment that a ship needs to look at God, and at the same time, these granaries and ships can also solve the resettlement of a large number of retired officers and soldiers, Wang Ji hit the nail on the head to support, whether this plan can succeed depends on the war in the south, whether Li Yuan can be defeated, those separatist forces that are contrary to the yang and the yin are eradicated, so that all areas become the real territory of the Great Sui.

Yang Chong agreed: "I will do these things, you have begun to draw up the dredging plan of the transportation route, storage site, and river, as well as the coordination between the Transshipment Department and the Household Department. ”

(End of chapter)