After Dingyuan Panhuan for two days, Li Qing and others went straight to Shanglinli, and on the day they arrived in Shanglin, Li Qing received a secret letter from Qingfeng and Shang Haibo. After learning the truth of the relevant incidents, Li Qing did not hesitate to issue an order to occupy the two counties of Luofeng and Changqi in Luzhou, since Xu Hongwei in Luzhou has fallen to the Lu clan and lost his role as a buffer zone, then Dingzhou must seize these two strategic towns and occupy the strategic initiative. At the same time, in his reply, he instructed Qingfeng to find a way to quickly convey this intention of the Lu clan to the Dongfang Zeng clan, so that the Zeng clan could have enough time to prepare for this big battle with the Lu clan.

Be more prepared and fight more intensely! Li Qing sneered, the important ministers of Dingzhou have analyzed the various possibilities of the Central Plains War, and Lu Zeng's friendship is also one of them, and everyone generally believes that the strength of the Lu clan is a step higher, if there is no external force to join, the Zeng clan will undoubtedly lose, even if it is a defeat, Li Qing also hopes that they will resist more resolutely.

Luo Daoming is indeed a capable official, from receiving the post of the protector of the Western Regions and the Eastern Capital for just over a month, the appearance of the forest has changed greatly, not far from the main city in the forest, rows of houses have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, although it is not how exquisite, but it can also shelter from the wind and rain, and in order to adapt to the life habits of the barbarians, most of these houses are built in imitation of the pattern of the tents used by the barbarians, and they are also equipped with livestock pens outside, so the area of each household is larger than that of the locals. The most wonderful thing is that these newly built villages are scattered on the vast land around the upper forest, but in the middle are interspersed with villages inhabited by the original upper forest, forming a large mixed settlement.

According to Li Qing's order, these inward migrants will mainly focus on farming, supplemented by animal husbandry, and now it is the spring ploughing season.

Some of the barbarian aborigines near Bayankala City also have a lot of abandonment of grazing for reclamation, these people adapt faster, the difference is only that the crops planted in Bayankala are different from those planted here, and those barbarians who originally lived by grazing are more troublesome, for the farm work in the field, they basically can't, so the officials of the Metropolitan Protectorate have to organize people to plough for them in the spring after allocating the fields for them, at present, they can only be apprentices on the side, whether they are reluctant or not, Right now, people are under the eaves, and they have to bow their heads, if you don't learn, get ready to go hungry!

In just over a month, Shanglin suddenly increased nearly 200,000 people, 200,000, which is nothing for a modern city, but in Dachu at that time, this is definitely a terrifying number, fortunately, Dingzhou is fully prepared, and now there are more materials in Shanglin than before the preparation for the war, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a mountain, and just distributing these materials is a huge project.

Now in Shanglin, is a big construction site, everywhere is starting to build houses, and he is a big bazaar, nearly 200,000 herdsmen come to the east, because of several years of war, the trade route is not passable, they accumulate the fur to trade, surplus livestock to sell, and they need all kinds of necessities, the merchants from all over the country heard the wind, rushed to this place to trade, or buy or sell, in short, each has its own place, Shanglin has also drawn a lot of commercial taxes.

"Luo Duhu, after the grassland tribes moved to the forest, the situation in the forest is much more complicated than Xinyangke, what are your plans for governing the forest?" Accompanied by Luo Daoming, Yang Yidao and others, Li Qing was inspecting the newly completed villages and the immigrants who had just moved in, and Li Qing was quite satisfied with Luo Daoming's early work.

"Dashuai, I think so, if you want to rule in the forest, it will take at least three years, that is to say, I need Dashuai to give me three years." Locke said.

"Oh, three years? Why? Li Qing asked with interest.

"In the first year, all I wanted was stability!" Luo Daoming looked at the starry villages in the distance, "The grassland people have left their hometowns and been forced to give up their accustomed way of life, there must be resentment in their hearts, the customs are different, the Xi surnames are different, there must be friction between them and the local aborigines, in the first year, I can only guarantee that there will be no chaos." ”

"Well, that makes sense, but what about the second year?" Li Qing asked.

"Blendering!" Luo Daoming said: "With the foundation of the first year, the focus of my work in the second year is to make the two sides agree with each other, blend with each other, some of the work has actually been carried out in the first year, but if you want to get results, maybe in the second year, or even after the third year, I will implement the new policy of Dingzhou here, imitate Chongxian, set up an agricultural mutual aid group, animal husbandry mutual aid group, Dashuai, grassland good herdsman, my good farmer, just complement each other." After a few years, they will have a friendship with each other, and with such corresponding measures, I believe that the two races will gradually recognize each other and become one big family. ”

"Well, the next thing is the Daji you want!" Li Qing smiled, "What do you think about this?" ”

Luo Daoming smiled: "Actually, handsome, I was quite scratching my head, but since these days, I have an idea." Three years later, I imagined that Shanglin should be self-sufficient in food and expand its business. ”

"So confident?" Li Qingdao.

"Dashuai, after these barbarian residents came, I found that they sold the most furs, some of them are still nitrate ripe skins, to be honest, these herdsmen are much better than our locals do good skins, but the price is very cheap, I am ready to organize this industry, unified collection, unified sales, so that the price can be raised, there is nothing else in the forest, these livestock skins are very much, not to mention that those tribes who are still nomadic in the grassland in the future will also be because of their tribe here, And choose to trade here, Shanglinli will become the fur trading center of Dingzhou and even the entire Dachu, my lord, this is the source of money! We only need to monopolize this industry in the forest, and it is difficult to get rich without getting rich! Luo Daoming's eyes lit up.

"And the natural conditions in the forest are also excellent, Dashuai, the land here is fertile, a little reclamation, it is a good cooked land, and the river in the forest makes there is no shortage of water here, as long as there is no major natural disaster [***], I dare to say, after three years, the forest will be greatly governed and will be prosperous."

Li Qing looked at Luo Daoming intently, he chose him to come to Shanglin, he really didn't see the wrong person, monopoly is wealth, yes, as long as Shanglin monopolizes this industry, it will inevitably rise rapidly. When Luo Daoming was so busy relocating herdsmen, he had already thought of their livelihood in the future, and this shrewdness was indeed difficult for people to achieve.

It is conceivable that many years later, the fur shops in Shanglin are camped, the original herdsmen abandon herding and do business, even some barbarians who still maintain their nomadic surnames will rely more on Shanglin to obtain wealth, the richer they are, the greater the dependence on Dingzhou, when a person does not need to rely on brute force to obtain a large amount of wealth, who is willing to take a knife and a gun, and risk his life to rob and kill!

Seeing the big handsome looking at him intently, Luo Daoming couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, not knowing if his idea was in line with the big handsome's mind, but he thought about it again and again, and only this method could make Shanglin no longer become a burden on Dingzhou in a short period of time, isn't this exactly what the big boss is looking forward to?

"You've got a good idea!" Hearing Li Qing's conclusion, Luo Daoming couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, which meant that his ruling ideas had been recognized by the supreme commander.

"But there's one thing you have to pay attention to!" Li Qing said thoughtfully.

"Please make it clear!" Locke arched.

"Law!" Li Qing simply spat out a word.

"In the early days of Shanglinli, we can not simply apply the existing laws and regulations of Dingzhou, but should be handled flexibly according to the time and place, and let them slowly accept the laws and regulations of Dingzhou unconsciously. You can formulate some appropriate laws and regulations according to the actual situation, and you don't have to be limited to some of the existing laws and regulations in Dingzhou. ”

Luo Daoming looked at Li Qing with some surprise, in his opinion, the system of laws and regulations should be consistent, even if there are many barbarians in the upper forest, there should be no exceptions.

"I'm going to give Kamirinri a special status!" Li Qingshi said in shock: "In addition to the unified arrangement and management of Dingzhou in the military, other things such as people's livelihood, laws and regulations, commerce, etc., are up to you to decide. The Supreme Commander's Office does not interfere. Well, let's call it autonomy! ”

"This, how can this be?" Luo Daoming was a little panicked, shouldn't this be a test of himself by the marshal, autonomy, what autonomy, could it be that the marshal doubts that he will not be able to stand on his own? "Dashuai, this must not be!"

Li Qing laughed, knowing the panic in the other party's heart, and said with a smile: "Luo Duhu, you don't need to panic, your autonomy, of course, is autonomy under the leadership of the Supreme Commander's Office, and the appointment power of your officials is still in the Supreme Commander's Office, I just give you greater freedom in governing the locality, so that you can be more flexible according to the time and place." As for how to do it, well, I haven't thought about it yet, but you can think about it slowly, if you have any ideas, you can tell me. Li Qing's idea came from a large number of autonomous prefectures, autonomous regions, autonomous counties, and so on in his later years.

Watching Li Qing gallop down to the nearest village, Luo Daoming chased after him while pondering Li Qing's words repeatedly in his heart.

(To be continued)