After Pang Tong sent Liu Qi away, he immediately announced the news that the military was going to build a plough for the people, and for a while, all the people ran to shout, and worshiped Liu Qi, the general of Fenwu, as a god, and at the same time sincerely supported the county commander Pang Tong, which made Pang Tong, who had never been loved by so many people, a little satisfied.

After the news spread, many people cooperated surprisingly, and many people volunteered to go to Leiyang Iron Mine and joined the ranks of mining and ironmaking.

The blacksmiths of all sizes in the county also came to the county government with iron-striking tools, asking to join the ranks of building ploughs for free, and many blacksmiths from other counties also heard the news and asked to make a little contribution to their hometown.

He has been in politics for nearly 20 years, and he has only been in the county lieutenant for nearly ten years. Although under normal circumstances, the people do not dare to resist, but if they resist, it must be on a huge scale, and as the person directly in charge, even if they will not be killed by the rebels, they will be removed from office by the peak.

Fortunately, he has been cautious in the past few years and has not provoked any popular uprising, but he is still scared, for fear that one day his head will be inexplicably gone.

But there had never been a single case of tens of thousands of people in the city voluntarily joining the ranks of the conscripts on a large scale and without making any demands, and even in the entire Han Dynasty for decades, he had never heard of such a thing.

"It's no wonder that General Fenwu can take charge on his own at a young age, just from the fact that he can get the people to voluntarily respond to the government's requisition, it can be seen that he is extraordinary. It can also be proved from this incident that as long as you are sincere for the good of the people, they will definitely repay the favor. ”

Niu Li sighed with emotion in his heart, and decided to work hard in the future and try his best to do good things for the people, so that he no longer had to worry about the problem of recruiting people day and night.

After Niu Li made up his mind, he was really conscientious and conscientious, thinking about the people everywhere, and as a result, he never made a mistake in recruiting people, and was later hired by Taishou Sima Zhi as a captain.

However, it was said that after Liu Qi returned to Chenxian, he immediately issued a requisition order, which was sent to Wuling as soon as possible, and Liao Li was requisitioned as the lieutenant of the Diannong Prefecture, specifically responsible for the agricultural affairs of Jingnan Prefecture.

After half a month, Liao Li, who was full of exhaustion, ran all the way from Yuanling and finally arrived in Chenxian.

"The last general, Liao Li, see the general." Liao Li ignored his fatigue and hurriedly saluted Liu Qi respectfully.

Liu Qi glanced up at Liao Li, and found that after only a few months, the arrogant look on Liao Li's original face had all been subdued, and the whole person stood there quietly, looking much calmer and more mature.

"You may be seated. Hehe, I heard that a month ago, when you performed the crown ceremony, Pei Junshi took the word Gongyuan for you, to show that you have a deep knowledge, and you should be humble and studious, which is really gratifying. Hehe, Gongyuan, I haven't seen you for a few months, and I really became calm and capable, so I can rest assured. Ben is going to order you to be the captain of the pawn farmer, and order you to be in charge of the agricultural affairs of the counties, I don't know if you are willing to take office? ”

Liu Qi ordered Liao to sit down, affectionately shouted Pei Qian's new words for him, and said with a smile on his face.

Liao Li immediately stood up, looked at Liu Qi deeply, and said respectfully: "If it wasn't for the general's guidance, I'm afraid that you would have followed in the footsteps of the madness, the general has the grace of reinvention for the last general, and the last general will not be rewarded even if he is broken to pieces, not to mention that the general's promotion of the last general is out of trust in the last general. General Qiyu, the last general is willing to be the captain of the farmer, and the last general will be self-denying, conscientious, and strive to do his job well, so that my Jingnan area will become a thousand miles of fertile fields. ”

"Okay, haha, Gongyuan can be like this, Ben will be very relieved, come and come, it's getting late today, Gongyuan has been dusty all the way, and he is extremely tired, so don't go back, talk with Ben Jiang by candle and night, and sleep on his feet, but?"

Liao Li was overjoyed when he heard this: "The last general is really flattered to receive this honor." ”

Seeing that Liao Li agreed so happily, and with a grateful look on his face, Liu Qi couldn't help but think of the strange Huang Shuo, who was the only character he had met who refused to sleep with him.

"I really don't know what this guy thinks? Alas, such a talented figure is so closed in thought, if it were not for him in the manufacture of equipment, he would have been transferred to the county to experience and experience. ”

That night, Liu Qi and Liao Li talked freely about the world's major affairs, and found that this Liao Li was very good at handling internal affairs and financial management, but he was very ordinary in military strategy, and he felt that it was a wise choice for him to be placed in the administrative aspect.

The next day, Liao Li respectfully bid farewell to Liu Qi and happily assumed the post of lieutenant of Diannong.

Liu Qi allocated 1,000 sergeants from the army and handed them to Liao Li, and said: "After you take office, you can go to Leiyang first, and after General Huang Shuo has cast 10,000 ploughs, these plows will be distributed to the counties according to the number, and no longer make any demands on them during the period, only to order them to pay taxes according to the regulations, but there are two things to keep in mind, one is not to favor the big households, because even if the big households get benefits, they will definitely try their best to hide their income, from evading taxes, and those big households are all grange operations, the scale is huge, We are fully capable of casting agricultural tools, we only need to pass on the plough casting technology to them, at most only provide a few samples, no need to provide additional ploughs; Second, it is forbidden to excessively squeeze ordinary peasant households, which is tantamount to killing chickens to take eggs and fishing for the water. ”

When Liao Li heard this, he was shocked, deeply impressed by Liu Qi's vision, and hurriedly respectfully accepted the order, then wiped the cold sweat on his head, said goodbye to Liu Qi, and then led the thousand soldiers to Leiyang.

To Liao Li's surprise, he had only been in Leiyang for a month, when he saw Huang Shuo, the captain of Si Jin, inform him that 10,000 ploughs had been cast.

Liao Li hurriedly and respectfully said yes, counted the 10,000 ploughs, and handed over the 3,000 ploughs to Ling Pang Tong of Leiyang County in accordance with the regulations, and then ordered the soldiers to send the remaining ploughs to Wuling Pei Qian and Lingling Pan Jun respectively.

Since Liu Qi's own purpose was to help the common people in order to fight for taxes, those big families did not covet the Jingzhou plough that Liu Qi gave to the people, but most of them showed a natural attitude, of course, there were also some ignorant families who openly snatched the Jingzhou plow, but were ruthlessly suppressed by the army led by Liao Li. Although these families also have guards, how can these ordinary guards be the opponents of the 1,000 Jingzhou elite soldiers under Liao Li? Therefore, those looting landlords were decisively suppressed by Liao Li with strong means.

Because Liao Li showed a tough hand, those families who were originally ready to move also reined in, and they were not worth turning their faces with the government for a few broken plows, so they were all very peaceful for a while.

But Liao Li then found a serious problem, that is, the number of cattle is relatively small, and finally he gritted his teeth, so he decided to set up a large cattle farm by the official, and rent out the cattle during the farming period, so that not only can earn a lot of money, but also help the people solve the problem of difficult agricultural production.

Liao Li reported this idea to Liu Qi, and Liu Qi immediately agreed. What made Liao Li even more excited was that Liu Qi not only allowed himself to build a large-scale cattle farm, but also built a large cattle farm Liao Li currently negotiated with large households to allow farmers to pay a certain amount of rent and rent farming cattle directly from large households.

In addition, he also received a letter from Liu Qi: "When the cattle farm grows in the future, don't waste the highly nutritious milk, you need to boil it and give it to the frail sergeants and the children who lack breastfeeding." ”

Liao Li is now absolutely convinced of Liu Qi, so he agreed without hesitation.

And at this moment, Liu Qi, who was garrisoning Chenxian, suddenly got a piece of good news, it turned out that Zhang Jin had died, and Jiang Wan took advantage of the situation to occupy Panyu.

It turned out that Jiang Wan was in danger of passing Weipu and resolutely defended it, but as a result, he not only repelled several crazy attacks by Zhang Jin, but also shot Zhang Jin and wounded him when he defended the city for the last time.

Then Jiang Wan took the opportunity to lead the army to rob the enemy camp at night, and as a result, Zhang Jin was defeated, and nearly 3,000 soldiers were captured, and there were countless weapons, grain and grass.

Zhang Jin had no choice but to retreat to Panyu, but he immediately ordered the counties to recruit troops, and did not hesitate to attack the Xupu Pass with a single force, vowing to kill Jiang Wan, but he did not expect to be killed by his subordinate Ou Jing.

After Jiang Wan heard the news, he immediately led 5,000 elite soldiers and rushed to Panyu City in the starry night. And Pan Jun also took advantage of the death of the original Cangwu Taishou Shi Huang and the chaos in the county, directly sent troops to occupy Cangwu County, and immediately reported the news to Liu Qi's account.

Liu Qi received two good news successively, and he was overjoyed, and immediately expressed Jiang Wan as the Taishou of the South China Sea, ordering him to recover all counties in the South China Sea, and defend against the forces of Yangzhou, no matter how the enemy called for battle, it was strictly forbidden to fight. He also expressed Wang Cang's guard for Cangwu, and ordered to echo Pan Jun and Jiang Wan to jointly prevent the counterattack of other counties in Jiaozhou.

Liu Qi thought about it, and immediately wrote a personal letter to his father Liu Biao, on the one hand, proposing that Jingzhou send additional reinforcements, and ordering Jiangxia Taishou Huang Zu to cooperate with him to attack Changsha at any time, and on the other hand, recommending Pei Qian to be the new candidate for Jiaozhou assassination to control the entire Jiaozhou.

But Liu Qi didn't expect that after his letter arrived in Xiangyang, it would cause an extremely fierce competition.