In the evening, the princess hotel was lively, Liu Yu introduced Youzhou officials to Liu Ying, Liu Ying knew that her husband wanted to develop here, and he must have a good relationship with these people, so he treated people warmly, regardless of the size of the official position. After a while, the officials of Youzhou had a good impression of the princess.

Liu Yu's heart was beating wildly, there was no fuel-efficient lamp in the palace, a young girl who was so young, and her means of winning people's hearts were very clever, fortunately, these officials couldn't contact her for a long time, otherwise she would be worried.

Li Zhen followed Liu Ying's side without saying much, and said hello with a smile when introducing people, today's officials are all here to meet the princess, and they made a special trip to pick her up.

Liu Yu introduced Liaoxi as too punctual, Guan Yu stood up, and Guan Yu looked more calm in a few years.

Guan Yu bowed unhurriedly and said, "Liaoxi Taishou has seen the princess and the horse. ”

The two brothers didn't rush to recognize each other when they saw each other, and smiled at each other.

Liu Ying didn't know the relationship between Guan Yu and Li Zhen, and like everyone else, she greeted Yifan warmly, and Guan Yu retreated.

Liu Ying and Liu Yu met other officials one by one, and waited for the palace maid to report that the banquet was ready, and then everyone moved to another place.

During this period, Li Zhen also met Gongsun Zhan, the white horse general, and he wanted to ask Gongsun Zhan if the white horse was built now, and if not, if he wanted to invest in his own shares.

The day after the banquet, Li Zhen officially took up the post of Governor of Youzhou, who was mostly a staff official, equivalent to the current secretary general, which was also another way for Emperor Ling to protect Li Zhen.

Li Zhen saw these officials again, sent these people away, and sent his henchmen to the post station, and when these officials returned to their places one by one, Li Zhen took Zhang Fei to the post station where Guan Yu lived.

In the post station, Guan Yu had already arranged for people to wait outside, and when Li Zhen and the others arrived, they would welcome them into the courtyard.

"Big brother......."

"Second brother, third brother."

Guan Yu had been waiting in the hospital for a long time, and as soon as the three of them met, Li Zhen and the others knelt on one knee.

Guan Yu held the hands of the two of them, and said with tears in his eyes: "Okay, okay, it's good to come back, this time our three brothers can finally be together again, get up quickly!" There are still people waiting for you in the house. ”

"My lord......."

"Mr. Tian, Dian Wei, please get up quickly."

Li Zhen didn't expect Tian Feng and Dian Wei to also be at the post station.

"Sit down, everybody."

Everyone sat down separately, and Li Zhen asked, "How is the development of western Liaoning now?" ”

"Liaoxi has been stable recently, and we have been vigorously purchasing horses according to your requirements, and if we want to build cavalry now, we can pull up at least 50,000." Guan Yu replied.

"There are so many horses, what is the situation of the distribution of troops now?"

"We haven't developed much in troops, only 50,000, 10,000 cavalry, 40,000 infantry, and if there is an emergency, these infantry can all be converted into cavalry. After all, there is only one county, and if there are too many troops, I am afraid that people will be suspected. ”

"Well, how about these combat powers?"

"All of them are elite warriors who have gone through bloody battles, we usually pull out to fight with the Wuheng Xianbei tribes, in the past, these barbarians came to Liaoxi to rob every autumn, but in the past two years, we took the initiative to send troops to find small tribes to fight, and the big and small vicious battles have experienced more than a dozen, but the nearby barbarians were frightened, and finally they sent people to Lord Thorn Shi, asking us to stop attacking the tribes, otherwise they will see it as a provocation to the peace of the two tribes, and send troops to the Han Dynasty, and the Thorn Shi will send people over to ask us to focus on the overall situation, and the army will be broken into pieces and flow to other places, Be a bandit and continue to kill the barbarians. ”

Li Zhen knows Liu Yu's soft policy to the outside world, but there is an old saying that is good, if it is not my race, its heart will be different. These white-eyed wolves who are not familiar with it will take refuge when the Han Dynasty is strong, and when the imperial court is weakened, they will come up and bite a few bites, which is really hateful. It's a pity that Liu Yu is an honest man, and he can't show his face when he hates these Yi people. "Okay, the soldiers are fine but not many, I am very relieved that the army has your drills, tell me about the situation of the people."

"Since the third brother asked people to bring back the Yellow Turban captives, I have disrupted them, arranged them in batches, and distributed all the land recovered by the family to the people, there are no houses to live in and we build, there are no seeds to plant and rent from the government, and as long as a little tax is collected every year to protect the food of the county militia, so now every family in Liaoxi can solve the problem of food and clothing, and many families still have surplus food. This can make the people of other counties red-eyed, and they all want to move to Liaoxi, I am afraid that I will be unhappy with other counties, otherwise I will take it all. ”

"Haha, okay, as long as the people have land, food, and a house, then they will be satisfied, if such a request can't be fulfilled, I don't think there is any need for such an official."

"Yes, the people's demands are simple, but there are many officials who can't do it, they pay taxes and taxes to fill their own pockets, and the people have a good life. In fact, in this issue, there is also a great light of the lord, if it is not for the confiscation of the family's land, we have vacant land to distribute to the people. Tian Feng said with emotion.

Li Zhen shook his head and said: "It's all for the sake of the people, but the tax is so small, to protect the county militia, what should the army do if it eats and drinks every year?" And I didn't think about stocking up on some surplus grain, so if there was a war, would it be too late to buy grain? ”

"Hehe, we have considered all of this, if we rely on the population of 300,000 in western Liaoning, we can't support 50,000 cavalry. Third brother, you don't know, as far as the wine in the fairy you invented, let the Zhen family sell it too well, and the transaction sold to the Xiongnu Xianbei and Wuheng every year is enough for a few years of taxes in Liaoxi, so Mr. Fu suggested that these be exchanged for horses, cattle and sheep and the like, and the wine money sold to the Central Plains will be bought into grain, salt, pig iron or other items, and if you want to sell grain in Liaoxi, you must sell it to us, and we will buy it at a higher market price, so the people of Liaoxi are willing to sell grain to us, in short, there is no shortage of grain in Liaoxi now. ”

"Okay, as long as there is food, don't worry."

"So how will we develop in the future?" Tian Feng asked.

"If you want to get rich and build a road first, whether it is an official road or a road leading to the village, you must build a broad road."

"This is very laborious and financial, and if it is not good, it will cause civilians to mutiny." Tian Feng was a little worried, Liaoxi was finally built, and if it was developed according to Li Zhen's road, it would be easily destroyed again.

Li Zhen shook his head and said: "I have thought about it, if the government has surplus money, then the government will pay for the construction of roads, and the people will contribute, and the people will not contribute in vain, we will eat, and pay wages every month, so that they will be released back in the spring sowing and autumn harvest season, so that the people will have nothing to complain about." ”

"Okay, this can be done, I'll write a notice when I get back."

"Road construction is also divided into urgency, official roads are the mainstay, and civil roads are supplemented, but before the roads are built, we must build the schools in each village first."