The people of Wuwei County were easy to resettle, but the chaos caused a large amount of arable land to be barren, and the surplus population was resettled in Anbei County.

The people of Jiuquan County are also easy to resettle, and the recovery of most of the land of Wuwei's vassal state, plus the resumption of the Huang family's cultivated land, is enough to resettle the local people.

Dunhuang County was peacefully received, and all the local tyrants surrendered to the government, so their cultivated land could not be confiscated and distributed to the local people.

And Xu Rong's goal was the Western Regions, and if Dunhuang was unstable, he would not dare to march; If the local landless people are not resettled, Dunhuang County will not be stable, and if those local tyrants are suppressed, it will also cause instability in Dunhuang County, and Xu Rong is very conflicted about this.

There are so many desert oases suitable for agriculture in Dunhuang County, all of which are occupied by local tyrants; Those local tyrants oppressed the people in peacetime and caused instability; In the war years, they raised troops and horses, divided one side, and became a cancer in the border counties, and could not play a role in stabilizing the border counties at all.

In order to follow, Xu Rong approached Cheng Wu alone to negotiate the matter. Cheng Wu took the initiative to give up the position of Liangzhou pastor, and Cheng Wu's father was in a high position in Gao Shun's strength, and he was very trusted by Gao Shun, so Xu Rong respected Cheng Wu very much, and when he encountered major events, he negotiated with Cheng Wu in a tone of asking for advice.

Since Cheng Wu took the initiative to give up the position of state pastor, he did not have nostalgia for this official position, and they were responsible for Gao Shun's kindness, loyal to Gao Shun, and would never embarrass the people sent by Gao Shun, so they also tried their best to support Xu Rong.

Cheng Wu first suggested: "The first task of the military advisor is to recruit soldiers, recruit all those who are suitable for the army, and one person joining the army can stabilize a family; As long as one member of the family joins the military, their family is our strong supporter. ”

Xu Rong said: "How to solve those who don't have family members to join the army?" If the land problem is not solved, Dunhuang County will not be stable, and I dare not rest assured that I will march to the Western Regions. ”

Cheng Wudao: "Military Division, for the time being, we have not received an order to march into the Western Regions, it is the best policy to run Liangzhou first and stabilize the rear; According to my investigation, there are more than 10,000 households in Dunhuang County, less than 100,000 people, and as long as 10,000 soldiers are conscripted, all families will be basically covered; And almost every family in the local area has a family suitable for the military, we should act as soon as possible, so as not to be preempted by those local tyrants. ”

Xu Rong still insisted on the land issue, but Cheng Wu couldn't get around it, so he had to say: "Xu Junshi, after the conscription is completed and the people are stabilized, the military division can announce that in order to safeguard the interests of the local tyrants, the cultivated land will be audited, and the cultivated land that is confirmed to be the local tyrant will be protected, and the land without a title deed can be confiscated as owned by the county." ”

Cheng Wu is from a down-and-out clan, and he understands some of the drawbacks and greasy things in the land, and he believes that in order to evade taxes, any local tyrant and scholar clan hides a large amount of arable land, and as long as the government audits it, it can be revealed.

Moreover, Cheng Wu had already been instructed by his father, and the lord Gao Shun had always had the idea of suppressing the scholars and local tyrants, so he began to suppress the local clans as early as when he was in Wuwei County; Xu Rong has little contact with this, so although his military ability surpasses Cheng Wu, he is inexperienced in suppressing local tyrants and scholars, and he is much lower than Cheng Wu.

Xu Rong felt that this method was good, and continued to ask, "What other good plan is there?" ”

Cheng Wudao: "If you develop Dunhuang and enter the Western Regions, commerce is indispensable, you can vigorously develop commerce, and you can employ many people; And these local tyrants and big clans, on the surface, disdain to engage in business, they can only make trouble behind their backs, if they seize the handle and just take the opportunity to deal with a few, they can recover a large amount of land. ”

These two measures are enough for Xu Rong, implement them first to see the effect and then find a good solution.

Xu Rong issued a conscription notice, and sure enough, as Cheng Wu said, a large number of qualified people enthusiastically joined the army, and thousands of officers and soldiers were recruited in each county, with a total of more than 12,000 people, and two people from some families were selected together.

The settling-in allowance was paid first, which stabilized the hearts of the local people.

Large quantities of supplies were brought in by the army's baggage convoys, which enlivened the local market, first of all, to meet the people's needs for grain, salt, and cloth, and at low prices, so that the people must have been encouraged to feel that it was better for the government to manage them.

Of course, Xu Rong and Cheng Wu also earned a lot of profits for the Liangzhou government, which was enough for their expenses.

According to the traditional practice of Gao Shun, the officers and soldiers under the jurisdiction of General Zhonglang and Sima of other departments are field armies, and the expenses are paid by the general's office; In the newly occupied territory, the salaries of officials, county soldiers, county soldiers, and expenses incurred to stabilize the local area in the first two years were paid by the general's office, and after two years, the local government was responsible for it.

Liangzhou is vast and sparsely populated, and the number of soldiers in each county is indispensable, so Cheng Wu and Xu Rong are under great economic pressure, so they firmly control the trade in their hands, and the profits they earn belong to the government; Because Gao Shun implemented a very low price for the materials he provided, even if the sales price was relatively low, Cheng Wu and Xu Rong still made a lot of profits.

Such a low price was nearly half lower than the sales price of the original local tyrants, which made several local tyrants in Dunhuang County unable to continue their business, which dealt a great blow to agriculture, and they had a resentment towards Cheng Wu and Xu Rong.

Transporting grain from the mainland, long journeys, and high freight costs, the local people feel cheap, which shows the high price of local grain before. If he couldn't achieve local food self-sufficiency, Xu Rong would not dare to rush west.

Taking away people's money is equivalent to killing their parents, they have a hatred for Cheng Wu and Xu Rong, but the official soldiers are strong and strong, and they are helpless.

Cheng Wu and Xu Rong have a large army in hand, backed by the powerful Zhou Fei and Gao Shun, and have won the support of the local people.

Subsequently, Xu Rong, in accordance with Cheng Wu's suggestion, announced that the whole county would review the cultivated land, and that the unowned land or the land that did not match the name would be taken over by the government, and that the government would protect the legal cultivated land with land deeds.

Xu Rong's name is to protect the interests of the local tyrants, the reason is justified, they can neither refute, but also unable to resist, have to endure, if they can't bear it, they can only move to the mainland, but the entire Central Plains is within the scope of Gao Shun's rule, all the scholars and local tyrants are suppressed by Gao Shun, where can they go?

Subsequently, Cheng Wu and Xu Rong took advantage of Gao Shun's policy of financial support within two years to build a large number of roads, build irrigation facilities, plant trees, build castles, and renovate the city walls and the Great Wall, etc., bringing a lot of extra income to the local people, gradually improving their lives, and making them very supportive of the government.

Two months later, Zhou Fei sent county officials from Chang'an City to the two counties, and at the same time approved Xu Rong's application, setting Juyan County as a Qiang humane, and placing the Qiang people in the two counties under the custody of the Liangzhou Thorn History; Also approved was Yang Aruo's appointment as the governor of the western part of Jiuquan County.

The Qiang were very happy that they finally had their own legal territory, and began to move from the Nanshan to the north; There are also a large number of Qiang people who are stranded in the areas where Han people live, and are unwilling to live in Juyan Road.

After another month, Gao Shun's order came, ordering Xu Rong and Cheng Wuke to send people to contact the countries of the Western Regions to grasp the information in advance, but forbidding officers and soldiers to enter the Western Regions, and be sure to manage the four counties of Liangzhou.

It's not that Gao Shun doesn't trust Xu Rong and others, but that something big has happened in the Central Plains, and he must ensure the stability of his jurisdiction; This made Xu Rong very disappointed, so he had to calm down and develop the four counties of Liangzhou with Cheng Wu.