In April of the third year of Hanzhong Ping (186 AD), it has been half a year since Chen Lin pacified Hanzhong County, and it was also half a year after the death of his mentor Yang Ci, Chen Lin could not return to Luoyang to Yang Ci Dai Xiao because he was a minister, so he could only endure his grief, and he was benevolent and loved the people in Hanzhong, and he was assisted by Yan Pu.

On this day, Chen Lin and several county officials were discussing in the county government, all of whom were Chen Lin's cronies, including the lord Bo Jiaxu, the county prince Yan Pu, and the governor Gao Shun. I saw the county Cheng Yan Pu said with a smile: "Lord, since half a year ago after the pacification of Hanzhong County, overhaul civil affairs, external recruitment, internal diligence and love for the people, now Hanzhong County is full of laughter, Hanzhong overturned is to make this year's grain grow well, this year's harvest is quite attractive, this is the virtue of the lord." ”

Everyone in the room was also smiling, and even Gao Shun, who had always been uninhibited, was deeply infected, and he smiled rarely. Chen Lin: "This is also the work of everyone helping each other, 400,000 people in Hanzhong can live and work in peace and contentment, not the work of one person, everyone must make persistent efforts and encourage each other." The people hurriedly shouted, "May I help the lord." ”

At this time, Jia Xu said again: "Because the lord treats the foreign people and the local people equally, and does not take sides, so now tens of thousands of people who have migrated from abroad get along well with the local people, which is a good sign." In addition, because the lord of the Hanzhong county does not ignore his interests, the Han sergeant clan also supports the lord, but Xu suggests that the lord increase support for a group of new families to compete with him, so as not to be coerced by him in the future. "After more than half a year, the current Hanzhong County scholars saw that Chen Lin did not infringe on their interests too much, so they also supported Chen Lin very much. However, Jia Xu thought farther, fearing that one day these local scholars would become an obstacle to Chen Lin, so he hoped that another group of people would restrain the local scholars.

Chen Lin: "Well, Wenhe's words are reasonable, and this is exactly the reason why merchants were encouraged to reduce business taxes half a year ago. Nowadays, there are many merchant families who have settled in Hanzhong, presumably in a few years this will be a new generation of families, and at the same time, a certain reduction in commercial tax is also because it is difficult to increase the land of the scholars, and the interests are damaged, so they can only be compensated to these scholars from the business route. The commercial tax can be reduced, but the land can no longer be endlessly annexed by the scholars, and now they have enough land in their hands, if it is not restricted, Hanzhong County will be left to the people without farming. Chen Lin repeatedly emphasized the need to measure land, and the registration of the population was psychologically so that the scholars would no longer dare to merge land and conceal the population. In this way, the scholars could not develop on the land, and Chen Lin had to open up another way of wealth for these scholars in order to settle down, that is, to engage in business.

Gao Shun, the military leader, said again: "My lord, it is a blessing that Hanzhong County is stable now, but Shun has recently reported that the Yi of Bashan in the south may have the intention of plundering Baozhong County, and it must be guarded against." Gao Shun immediately stood back as soon as he said the situation, waiting for Chen Lin to speak. When Chen Lin heard this, his brows frowned, it was difficult to make it impossible to fight again, so he looked at Jia Xu, who had been established for half a year. Jia Xu saw Chen Lin looking at him, so he said: "My lord, the Yi people harass Yizhou every year, but they will not invade on a large scale, and the Yi people in Bashan just want some food, where will they be like the Yellow Turban Thieves and others who want to subvert the Han family." The lord, in fact, if it is handled truthfully and properly, not only can it not worry about the people of Bashan, but it is even possible to accept it for the lord's use, which is not impossible. "In fact, not only Yizhou, no matter where it is, as long as there are barbarians, Yi, and Hu, it is always indispensable to be harassed.

When Chen Lin heard Jia Xu say this, his curiosity arose, Hanzhong was in need of recuperation at this time, and he could only move if he could not use the sword soldiers, so Chen Lin hurriedly asked Jia Xu: "Oh, Wenhe might as well be more detailed." "It's not just Chen Lin, but everyone wants to know what Jia Xu has to do to deal with the Bashan Yi people, and he doesn't need to use swords.

Jia Xu saw that everyone was looking at him, sorted it out a little, and said: "Actually, Xu just has a general idea, when he was in Xiliang, he saw that there was a way to ease the plundering of the Han people by the Qiang people, and he thought that the Qiang people and the Bashanyi people were also average. This law is to set up a mutual market on the border between Bashan and the Han people, where the Yi people and the Han people can exchange materials, and at the same time put the strict management of the Ming and Qing officials, so that the Han people cannot oppress the Yi people, and the Yi people cannot oppress the Han people. In the long run, the Bashanyi people may be attributed to the lord. ”

Chen Lin listened to what Jia Xu said, and thought about it in his heart, feeling that according to what Jia Xu said, if the Han people and the Yi people became friends, would the Yi people still go down the mountain to loot, definitely not. According to Chen Lin, the number of Bashan Yi people is between 30,000 and 40,000, and the Yi people living in the deep mountains live in poverty, but the young and strong people in the tribe are all good at mountain warfare, running in the jungle like tigers, so over the years, there are few Han people who have successfully entered the mountains to defeat the Yi people.

After Jia Xu finished speaking, Chen Lin was still thinking about what to do to make the "mutual market" mentioned by Jia Xu achieve the greatest effect. So Chen Lin said: "Okay, according to Wenhe's plan, set up a mutual market outside Baozhong County, and Zhizhi selected the right candidate, and I wanted to go to Baozhong in person." "Anyway, now that there is nothing to do in the county, this Bashan Yi people has become the biggest thing, which is also for the stability of the rear, so Chen Lin decided to go to Baozhong County in person, and even enter Bashan in person to communicate with the Yi people.

On the second day, Chen Lin took a few guards to fly to Baozhong County with Jia Xu's fast horse, and the green grain on both sides of the road made Chen Lin feel happy, and the people who were working in the fields were all busy. Many of them recognized Chen Lin, hurriedly ran out of the avenue, stopped Chen Lin, and wanted to give Chen Lin a bowl of tea, it turned out that these people who saw Chen Lin's identity were all tenant farmers of the Chen family in Anyang, Runan, and now they have their own fields in Han, and they love Chen Lin even more.

After starting from the new horse, Jia Xu smiled and said to Chen Lin: "Lord, I'm afraid that today, only the lord can make the people support him so much." Huang Yan and the others were all proud, this was their own eldest young master, and the group was in a good mood and ran into Baozhong County. went straight to the mansion of a scholar surnamed Liu in Baozhong County, because Chen Lin had already found out that this Liu Mansion was relatively close to the Bashan Yi people, so Chen Lin didn't even go to the county mansion, and came directly to detain the gate of Liu's mansion.

The gate of Liu's mansion babbled out and looked at several people outside the mansion, all of whom were riding tall horses, and they didn't know each other, and said quite proudly: "What are you doing?" Zhou Cang was furious: "Dog minion, Lord Taishou is here, ask your master to come out to greet him." The family didn't know if he was frightened by Zhou Cang or Chen Lin's name, but he hurriedly ran back in a trembling manner. Chen Lin scolded Zhou Cang with a smile angrily, and after a while, the gate of Liu's Mansion opened left and right, and a person stood out in the middle, near the middle of the year, he saw Chen Lin at a glance, and hurriedly knelt down, and a group of family members behind him also knelt down together, Chen Lin hurriedly dismounted and helped the master. This person is Liu Hua, Liu Zixia, the head of the Liu Mansion, Liu Hua hurriedly welcomed Chen Lin and others into the mansion, and after sitting down, Liu Hua asked Chen Lin worriedly: "I don't know if the Lord Taishou has arrived, and I can't welcome him from afar, I hope the Lord will forgive me." At this time, Liu Hua thought that Chen Lin was here to ask about the crime, so Liu Hua was extremely uneasy, because he really couldn't figure out why Taishou wanted to visit him as a small scholar, and Liu Hua was just an ordinary civil official in Baozhong County.

Chen Lin understood Liu Hua's mood, but he didn't explain much, and asked: "This county is here today for this Bashanyi people, and the people who know it know a lot about this Bashanyi people, so they came to ask for advice." Liu Hua only understood Chen Lin's purpose after Chen Lin's explanation, so he put his mind at ease and told him everything he knew.

It turned out that the reason why Liu Hua was close to the Bashanyi people was because the Liu family had a daughter who was captured in Bashan, and had several children with the leader of the Bashanyi people, and the Yang family had to admit it, so they slowly had more contact in the future. According to Liu Hua, the Bashan Yi people have seventeen villages, each village has a population of 1,000 or 3,000, each village has its own leader, all of whom are held by the strong people in the clan, and there is no blood inheritance among the Yi people, they only respect the strong, so the son of the leader is not necessarily the leader. In these years, the seventeen villages of the Yiren people in Bashan were led by three tribes, and the leaders of these three tribes were also the leaders of the relatively powerful Yiren tribes in Bashan, and they subdued other tribes through annexation and subjugation, forming a tribal alliance unique to ethnic minorities. These three leaders are called the leader of Du Hao, the leader of Pu Hu, and the leader of Yuan Yue.

After listening to what Liu Hua said, Chen Lin just wanted to set up a mutual market in Baozhong, isn't this Liu Hua the best candidate in front of him, Liu Hua has interacted with the Yi people for many years, and many Yi people are convinced that Liu Hua is very suitable to preside over the management of the mutual market. At the same time, there must be a lot of benefits in managing the mutual market, if Chen Lin personally appoints Liu Hua to do it, Liu Hua will be grateful to Chen Lin if he gets the benefits, after all, the current Liu family is just a small clan.

So Chen Lin talked to Liu Hua about the idea of opening a mutual market outside Baozhong City, hoping that Liu Hua would take the lead and persuade the people of Bashan Zhongyi to go down the mountain to trade. When Liu Hua heard this, he was overjoyed, Liu Hua personally knew the benefits of this for many years, although it was impossible for the Liu family to trade in the mutual market, but if it was managed by Liu Hua, then at least the Liu family would have a lot of convenience. Liu Hua hurriedly stood up and knelt down, and said to Chen Lin: "Xiaguan is valued by Taishou, how dare you not do your best, Xiaguan is better than not letting Lord Taishou down." ”

Chen Lin and Liu Hua talked a lot about the mutual market, and the two discussed it together until nightfall. Chen Lin is quite satisfied with this Liu Hua, this person is good at business, and is familiar with the habits of the Yi people, and finally Chen Lin: "This county is not to open this mutual market mainly for profit, but to appease the Yi people, it is best to persuade the Yi people in the mountains to move out of the mountains and live and cultivate land in my Hanzhong." This county does not allow anyone to seek personal gain in the name of the mutual market, if this phenomenon occurs, the county will punish it severely, and I hope that Lord Liu will help the county. ”

Liu Hua was shocked in his heart, his heart was so strong that he was so angry that he couldn't breathe, and he couldn't bear to kneel down and hurriedly express his loyalty. Chen Lin nodded his satisfaction and said, "This county wants to meet the leaders of these three seventeen villages for a while, I don't know if it will?" ”