Everything here clearly told Han Zheng that in the future, these people will have to run their own one-third of an acre of land from scratch...

Fortunately, a while ago, Han Zhengjun annihilated all the water bandits on the bank of the vortex river, which not only obtained some of the baggage supplies, but also allowed Han Zheng to establish a strong prestige in the entire county, and the security of the entire county gradually returned to normal under the strong presence of Han Zhengjun.

Overall, although the county seat is still deserted, it is much better than when Han Zheng first came, and Han Zheng's troops can be regarded as gaining a foothold here for the first time.

As for the armistice between the north and the south, Han Zheng just glanced at it, and put this news in the back of his mind, those things are still a little far away, and what he has to do at this time is to devote himself to his career.

In the early days of Han Zheng's takeover of this county seat, he decided to implement military management first, and then divide the military and government after the development of this place has improved and his control has been strengthened.

After taking over the civil affairs of the county, Han Zheng's first notice was to exempt the peasants of the county from 80 percent of the tax burden for a year, and only receive some grain to provide the army's needs. And this measure can be implemented, thanks to Jiang Sidao's accumulation of family funds that have almost plowed all the landlords in this area in the past two years, which has cheapened Han Zhengjun. At the same time, the large-scale exodus of landlords has also reduced a lot of resistance for Han Zheng to implement this policy.

Han Zheng who is engaged in industry and commerce attaches more importance to it and enjoys the same treatment as agriculture, and within a year, the commercial tax is reduced by 80 percent, and Han Zheng cannot afford it for a long time.

Because if there is no income, the silver money and food in Han Zheng's army are only enough for the whole army to eat for a year, as for recruiting and expanding the army, don't think about it, so Han Zheng is eager to develop and find more ways to find some money.

Similarly, after one year, Han Zheng will set a rate of 50% of the original tax and will not change it.

While Han Zheng was dealing with these things, another thing also surprised Han Zheng.

What Han Zheng didn't expect was that the shy and strong little girl named Li Ying he saved was really not simple. After the other party woke up for a day, she adjusted her mentality, and even when she was busy reviewing the accounts in the past few days, she was helping by her side, and the few soldiers who were injured in the last battle were able to get better so quickly, thanks to Li Ying's care later.

This made Han Zheng slowly feel a little more good about Li Ying.

Because there are no female soldiers in the army, and naturally there are no women's clothes, Li Ying is wearing a new military uniform these days, and the braid behind her is tied with a silk rope, tied into a neat ponytail and draped on the back of her head, simple and clean.

However, that dress, worn on Li Ying, who was a little petite, was a little wide, but it also added two points of heroism to the other party.

The army is a group of big men, and at this time, an extra red flower suddenly came out, which made Li Ying quite eye-catching in the army, and even the training momentum of the soldiers in the army was much higher than before, especially every time Li Ying walked through the school field, the soldiers would always unconsciously peek at each other, and then hold their heads high, and the posture should be as standard as possible.

Han Zheng has been busy with many things recently, and she can only help her in the army, Han Zheng plans to inquire about the other party's family details after a while, and then send the other party back, she is here for a long time after all, it is not a way, and the other party's family does not know what to be in a hurry about.

However, before this, Han Zheng did not ask the other party's family, and from a few simple conversations, he only knew that the other party was a student of Shanghai Women's Normal School.

However, according to Han Zheng's observation, the other party's way of doing things and speaking, the other party's family should be a rich family, but Han Zheng has no intention of coercing him.

The second thing Han Zheng did was to renovate the place where the bandits went ashore last time into a small wharf after stabilization, and build a few small storage warehouses in the place where he and others had been ambushed in the rear.

At the same time, Han Zheng used the two slightly larger boats that captured the bandits as transport ships, preparing to communicate with the outside world and open up water transportation.

As for the other small local fishing boats, they were of little use to Han Zheng.

And the issue of education in the army, which Han Zheng had thought of before, slowly began to get on the right track, and the main teaching object was the low-level officers in the army.

Because there is no teacher, Han Zheng and Wang Xian also take turns to work, and each time they arrange the time after dinner to attend classes, and now Han Zheng has set a very clear goal for this, and in the early stage, he does not require these officers to know what art of war or the like, but only requires these people to be able to help the soldiers write letters and understand orders, that is to say, the current task is one - literacy.

As for the logistical health problem, the health team has also been established, and some health team members will also participate in some basic training in peacetime, but there is still some gap compared with the returning soldiers, but they can use guns, and they can march faster on the line, there are a few more doctors, and there is officially a Western doctor in the army, although there are fewer medicinal materials.

In their spare time, the health team not only serves in the army, but also goes to the countryside to see some minor illnesses for the villagers.

In a short period of time, Han Zheng has been busy with these things, although it is cumbersome, but after these simple policies are down, they have received a lot of results.

The villagers not only knew that this new young chief had beaten away the water bandits who were causing trouble, but also knew that this chief was really working for the welfare of the local people. Therefore, in a very short period of time, Han Zhengjun received strong support from the villagers, especially the reduction and exemption of taxes, because it was related to their vital interests, and they experienced it more obviously.

Under a series of new policies, people have begun to have hope, and their spiritual outlook is different from the past.

After preparing for nearly a month, today is the day when Han Zheng's two modified merchant ships went out to the water for the first time, Han Zheng arranged nearly 20 people, led by Zheng Rong, each of whom was fully equipped, and a heavy machine gun was erected on one of the ships, and at the same time, it was arranged for water veterans to lead the way, and Han Zheng was relieved to let his subordinates go to Huaishui.

The purpose of these people this time was very simple, it was for two things - to find out the salt channel and to find out the distribution of other forces in the vortex river valley.

Huaiyan's local monopoly rights in Xuyang were officially taken into the bag by Han Zheng, for this reason, Han Zheng even fought several groups of smuggler salt dealers, although there were casualties, but it was also a good way to train soldiers, and most importantly, in this way, Han Zhengjun was officially in control of a more reliable source of income.

Han Zheng gave a brief explanation to his subordinates who went out of the ship for the first time, and after sending off the group, Han Zheng, Wang Xian and others returned to the camp, and the soldiers continued to train under the leadership of their respective commanders.

However, Wang Xian and the others looked a little worried, Han Zheng knew that he was worried about Zheng Rong's side, because Han Zheng had already told the other party the importance of water transportation, so everyone knew that although this departure was to explore the way, but this matter was too much to do, whether the army could develop in a year, and whether the follow-up tasks and plans could be implemented were closely related to this.

Therefore, when everyone was discussing, they repeatedly considered the risks they would face inside, and even thought of several solutions, but everyone was still worried that the plan would not be able to catch up with the changes, and if something happened, everyone would not be able to rescue...

Han Zheng was not worried, Han Zheng had carefully studied the map nearby, and knew that this matter would definitely be done.

The vortex river basin was an important gateway to the outside world in this area, connecting to the county seat of Fuyang to the south (at that time, there was no municipal administrative unit). It is bordered by Su County (now Suzhou City) in the east and Bo County (now Bozhou City) in the north. ) and other areas, with a wide radiation area and a large population.

Since the Vortex River bandits were rampant, after defeating the local garrison of Vortex Yang, the Vortex River has been blocked, affecting the salt supply of the entire local area, and it is also a big loss for the Huaihe government-run salt farm.

Now seeing that Wang Xian and the others were still worried at this time, Han Zheng knew that his persuasion was useless, so he could only arrange for them to step up military training and take turns to teach grassroots officers at night.

After driving these people away, Han Zheng walked back to his dormitory a little tired, he was too tired these days, not only had to consider all aspects in detail, but also went to the countryside to personally understand the rural situation, designate various development measures, and think about some development plans in his head.

At this time, the preliminary things were decided, and Han Zheng could relax and quietly wait for all the arranged things to come to fruition, if everything went well, he would be able to show his strength until the end of next year.

Just as Han Zheng was facing these and was about to arrive at the door of the dormitory, he saw Li Ying standing there waiting for him, not knowing what was going on, but Han Zheng thought that it was time to deal with her affairs, so he let the other party into the house, ready to deal with things as quickly as possible.

After Han Zheng came in, he motioned for Li Ying to find a seat and sit down by herself, the two of them have rarely talked alone recently, and since Han Zheng rescued Li Ying, there has been almost no conversation.

Li Ying sat opposite Han Zheng with some nervousness at this time, and a little blush on her face slowly spread. The usual generous appearance in front of the soldiers is gone.

Li Ying glanced up at Han Zheng, and saw the side face that appeared in her dreams from time to time since she saved herself from the sea of suffering, and quickly lowered her head, the blush became faster and faster, she didn't know when she started, her heart was full of the little officer in front of her, but she knew that in her heart, she would never be able to pretend to be anyone in the future.

Han Zheng saw that the other party was flawless, and his face was flushed with some baby fat, and his eyes were stunned for a moment.

Speaking of which, Han Zheng can't be blamed, in his previous life, Han Zheng had already tasted the forbidden fruit, and he was no longer an ignorant hairy boy.

But since he came to this world, Han Zheng has always felt the dense sense of crisis around him, where does he have the heart to think about this? Even during his stay in Germany, when the beautiful wine hostess Meng Lisi once hinted that she could come to be a dewy couple, Han Zheng was not moved, let alone put his mind on this kind of thing.

Later, after Guderian heard about this, he felt sorry for Han Zheng, I heard that Meng Lisi had rejected many suitors, Han Zheng's refusal this time I don't know how sad it would be for the beautiful Miss Meng Lisi, but Han Zheng had nothing to regret.

But now that he has settled down temporarily, Han Zheng, who has not known the taste of meat for several years, saw the other party so closely, and the virgin body fragrance emanating from the other party constantly stimulated Han Zheng's nose, making him inevitably have some reverie in his heart.

It wasn't until Li Ying noticed Han Zheng's somewhat strange eyes and looked up at Han Zheng shyly that Han Zheng realized his gaffe, smiled bitterly in his heart, and secretly despised it, coughed slightly embarrassed, and covered up the past, then asked, "Do you have anything to do with me?" ”

"Huh? Oh, oh, yes, I'm going to write a letter back to my family, I wonder if there is a way to send it back? I'm afraid my family will be worried if they don't hear from me, and I want to tell them..."

Li Ying was thinking about her daughter's family, and Han Zheng's eyes just now, when she suddenly heard Han Zheng's question, she remembered what happened this time, and replied a little nervously, and after finishing speaking, she secretly blamed herself for what happened today, and she even stumbled when she spoke, I don't know if the other party will not like her because of this.