Now that the workshop has been completed, Li Yanzhi went to the county government again, and asked the county government to buy a batch of pig iron with the previous confiscation of the treasures of Fan's shopkeeper's house, which cost more than 30,000 yuan in exchange for more than 2,000 catties of pig iron. Li Yanzhi saw that there was only so much pig iron that he could exchange, and he wanted to take out the goods and exchange them for another batch, but the county government clerk was also embarrassed, so he had to give up. Anyway, as the first batch of materials in the county government's workshop, these pig iron are enough for the craftsmen in the workshop to work for a while.

The main use of this pig iron is also to make agricultural tools for those new immigrants to reclaim the wasteland. In the upper reaches of Lingju County to Guangwu County, and in the lower reaches of the river, there are still a lot of wasteland that can be developed into fertile land. Now that there are so many displaced people in the county, it is time to reclaim these wastelands for their own use. Now those displaced people live in the north of the city, and more than 2,000 people need to consume more than 30 stone of grain and rice a day. I don't think there is anything in the short term, but in the long run, it will be the mountain of grain that Li Yanzhi contributed with his back against the shopkeeper Fan, and it will be eaten sooner or later.

When Liu Jiwu was in Guanzhong before, he had seen his father deal with various issues in civil affairs, and he could also be regarded as experienced. Li Yanzhi asked him to take a team of 100 foot soldiers to various places in the county to investigate, measure the area of land that can be cultivated, record it in detail, and compile it into a book. In order to provide reference for the next step of resettlement and reclamation. Liu Jiwu was not ambiguous, and immediately led people on the road and began to visit the surrounding areas of the county, as well as those places downstream of the reverse water, which are convenient for dredging canals for irrigation.

Li Yanzhi counted the remaining assets again, except for those jewels, jade, silk and cloth, the rest was only a hundred thousand yuan. The joy of the first seizure of this huge amount of goods was now gone. In its place, there is deep apprehension.

This period of time can be described as a lot of money. After becoming this family in Lingju County, Li Yanzhi was shocked to realize that there were so many places that needed to spend money. Shopkeeper Fan has accumulated half his life, although he has long become the richest man in Lingju County, but if you really want to put it from the perspective of the county government, with Li Yanzhi's idea to build the county government, such a huge amount of assets is also stretched. Not enough.

At present, food production is also a top priority in the county. After the completion of the workshop, Li Yanzhi devoted himself to the resettlement of displaced people to reclaim wasteland. He gave Xin Yan a detailed introduction to the various situations in Lingju County. Later, he pointed out that the resettlement of these displaced people still needs to allocate a huge amount of material support such as grain seeds, ploughing cattle, and farm tools. After the pig iron is returned, it has been handed over to the workshop to make agricultural tools. And there is no need to worry about the grain planting, only the ploughing cattle have not yet been prepared.

Li Yanzhi informed Xin Yan, so he took Tao Heng and his subordinates, and took 50,000 yuan from the remaining more than 100,000 yuan, and went to settle in the bald Xianbei department near the left side of Xiping, to purchase farming cattle for the subsequent reclamation, and to buy a batch of military horses for the army.

Since the last time the bald department was defeated, the past two years can be described as a lot of honesty. In accordance with the decree of the state administration, the Xiping County Government now always mobilizes county soldiers to prepare for possible uprisings in the bald department every winter. On the other hand, officials should also be sent to check the living conditions of the tribe, so that when there is no way to continue, they can give some support and relief, so as to nip possible chaos in the bud.

With the concerted efforts of many parties, although the baldness department is not thriving, it is more than enough to survive, so there is really no need to cause chaos to disrupt this hard-won stable life.

Li Yanzhi and Tao Heng's subordinates rode military horses, first went up along the river to the county capital, and then turned westward from the county government, crossing various steep and difficult mountain valleys, spending four or five days, and finally arrived at the boundary of Xiping.

When they arrived at the Xiping Realm, they didn't know anything about where the Bald Hair Department was currently living. In order to find this tribe, Li Yanzhi led everyone to Xiping County first, hoping to get the news he wanted from the county town. The soldiers crossed the Huangshui from the pontoon bridge outside the city, and then went to the east gate of Xiping County. Xiping has a large population, and the gate of the county town is also bustling before, which is like a cloud of mud with the slightly deserted Guangwu County.

Li Yanzhi and Tao Heng waited for a while, and then they had already walked to the east gate of the county town. The gatekeeper saw that they were in leather armor, but they stretched out their hands and stopped them. The soldier asked, "What are you doing?" Where did it come from? ”

Li Yanzhi arched his hand with a smile and said, "We are from Lingju County, and we are about to go to the city to rest, and then inquire about the grazing place of the bald department, and then we want to go to the tribe to purchase some cattle and sheep to prepare for the wasteland." ”

The gatekeeper frowned and looked at Li Yanzhi for a while, and then said a little unceremoniously: "You can't be a spy, right?" ”

When Tao Heng heard this, a look of anger suddenly appeared on his face, and he stepped forward and said angrily: "You are nonsense! ”

Li Yanzhi stretched out his hand to stop the angry Tao Heng, and then groped in his arms, took out a small cloth bag, he looked pious, slowly opened the small cloth bag, and then took out an official seal from it, handed it to the gatekeeper, and asked, "Do you know this thing?" ”

The gatekeeper took the official seal and looked at the seal engraved at the bottom, but shook his head and said, "The villain is illiterate." Please wait a moment. Then he took the official seal and turned to look for the doorman behind the city gate. Although he was illiterate, he knew that it was an official seal. Therefore, after seeing it, his attitude towards Li Yanzhi and others was also a little respectful.

After a while, the gatekeeper returned, and then handed back the official seal to Li Yanzhi, clenched his fists and said, "The villain is so offended, I hope Sima will not blame him." After saying that, he beckoned to let him go, and Li Yanzhi and his party entered the county town with them.

Turning the city gate and entering the street, Li Yanzhi was about to ask the street vendors to find an inn for his people to settle in, but suddenly saw a familiar figure appear in front of him, and a general with a helmet and armor was calling loudly: "Li Sima! After many years of absence, don't come unharmed! ”

Li Yanzhi raised his head in surprise, but his eyes were catching up on a striking scar on the man's face. He was surprised and delighted and said, "Liao Du! Unexpectedly, we met again here. Let me find a restaurant, how about you and I talk about wine? ”

The general was none other than Liao Hu, the governor of Xiping. At this time, when he heard Li Yanzhi's warm invitation, he waved his hand again and again: "It's not appropriate, it's not appropriate." Today I should be on duty, in charge of the defense of the city. Do not leave your post without permission. If not, please ask Li Sima to move, and how about we talk about the old days on the city tower? ”

When Li Yanzhi heard this, he said with a smile: "I am very honored to be invited by Liao Du!" After that, he looked back at Tao Heng and said, "Tao team rate, this is the Liao Qianren Governor of Xiping County." Two years ago, we rushed to Xiping to help suppress the rebellion, and we were also old with Liao Du. ”

Tao Heng clenched his fists and knocked on the ground: "Tao Heng, a subordinate of Li Sima, has seen Liao Du!" ”

After saluting each other, Liao Hu stepped forward, held Li Yanzhi with one hand and Tao Heng with the other, and said with a smile: "If you come today, you will be guests!" Please deign to follow me to the castle tower to catch up on the old days, and then the two of you will go to work on official business. ”

"Liao Du invited, dare not obey his fate!" As he spoke, Li Yanzhi had already stepped on the steps to the city tower.