The Dingzhou army once again broke the grassland barbarians, beheaded the barbarian chief Haning Shou, and broke the news of the camp of the Qingbu Department as early as a few days ago back to Dingzhou City, the capital of Dingzhou, Dingzhou City was full of joy, many residents on the streets, merchants hung up red lanterns to express joy, the happiest is those wine shops and restaurants, the business is skyrocketing these days, so that the master in the kitchen and the little two who run the hall are bitter, so that the bosses are all red.

The people of Dingzhou have never had such a sense of security as now, in the past, there were times, it was simply a few surprises, like a frightened bird, always worried that the barbarians would kill the city, but since Li Shuai took charge, the front has advanced to the direction of the grassland again and again, and now the city of Dingzhou has almost not heard the sound of soldiers, and a scene of singing and dancing has risen to peace.

A large number of people poured into Dingzhou, in recent times, especially from Fuzhou to Dingzhou more and more people, Fuzhou is richer than Dingzhou, but since the troubles, but not as good as Dingzhou, the rich run to Dingzhou City, do a small business, penniless can also run here, anyway, Dingzhou encourages people to vote, with a special resettlement department to deal with these affairs, you only need to register in the register, immediately for you to settle the place, grant land, send furniture, seeds, before next year's harvest, It will also provide you with basic living expenses, of course, these are to be repaid, but you can repay them in batches over three years, and you don't have to pay interest. Under such a favorable policy, the population of Dingzhou is getting bigger and bigger, and it has begun to have a bit of a prosperous state.

When Li Qing's army appeared outside the city of Dingzhou, countless people had already gathered to welcome them. When the bleak horn sounded in the city, the noisy crowd immediately quieted down, most of the people bowed their heads in silence, some knelt on the ground, and some people who had been prepared had prepared a furnace of green incense, lit it, and the green smoke curled up, and went straight up.

"The Soul is back!" The voice of the conjuring sounded again under the city, and from Li Qing downward, all the cavalry dismounted, bowed their flags, and watched the ashes of ninety-nine warriors enter the city.

Immediately afterwards, it was the one-armed Guan Shaolong riding on the horse, and Li Qing walked in, Li Qing actually personally held the reins of the horse for him, Guan Shaolong's excited face was red, his lips trembled, and the one-armed hand dragged the flag of the wolf running army that was handed over, and when he walked to the city gate with Li Qing, he threw the flag to the ground and trampled on the horse from above.

Behind him, the cavalry rumbled forward and trampled over that banner.

"The Dingzhou Army is mighty!"

"Mighty and mighty!"

Up and down the city, bursts of cheers rang out.

In the evening, the marshal's mansion held a banquet to celebrate this big victory, but the people invited by Li Qing to the banquet were not only his own high-ranking officials and generals, but also invited the wealthy gentry and nobles in the entire Dingzhou City, which made this group of people feel worried, after Li Qing took charge, a series of policies made them break out in a cold sweat, most of these policies were aimed at them, quite a bit of the meaning of fighting local tyrants and dividing the land, but in front of Li Qing's powerful forces, these people could only knock out their teeth and swallow them in their stomachs, no one dared to have a second word, take a look at the Fang family, right? Even if there is such a powerful backstage, the current official is not as good as the current management, and in front of Li Qing's sword soldiers, it quickly came to naught. Li Qing has never had any dealings with them in Dingzhou, so what does it mean to be specially invited today? Everyone was speculating in their hearts, and some were ready to hemorrhage.

In addition to those officials in the field, there was only one person who sat down according to the case, and many Dingzhou officials and generals did not forget to give him a salute when they passed by his table, and a young man in a five-grade official uniform was standing respectfully on his side, this person, of course, was the Great Chu Divine Doctor Huan Xi, and the young official beside him was Huan Qiu, the supreme head of the Dingzhou Medical Battalion.

Huan Qiu is no longer the young boy he was back then, two years of experience has made him obviously more capable, the current medical camp is no longer what it was back then, it has been renamed Dingzhou Medical and Health Department, Huan Qiu is the first director, in addition to Li Qing's strong support and promotion, in addition to the army, Dingzhou now begins to set up a government-run medical center in each county, where to see a doctor, there is no need to pay additional medical fees, just pay for medicine, because the doctors in this medical hall are all paid by Dingzhou. Huan Qiu is now more engaged in management duties, rarely personally diagnose and prescribe diseases, has transitioned from a simple doctor to the role of an official, now his subordinates alone have thousands of doctors, each battalion in the army is equipped with a medical team, the name is Li Qingqi, and the wing under the battalion is also equipped with doctors who can do some treatment, this is a huge system, the annual budget is 100,000 taels of silver.

Li Qing from later generations knew that in the war, a large part of the casualties of the soldiers came from the infection caused by the untimely treatment after the injury, as long as the treatment was timely, a large part of the soldiers could survive at that time, and these surviving soldiers experienced the war and had the experience of being injured, and they could soon become the backbone of the army after returning to the team.

As for the private clinic, it is purely a measure to benefit the people, so that more people who have not yet gotten rid of poverty can also see a doctor and take medicine.

"Handsome!" With the loud shouts of the guards, the hall immediately fell silent, and the officials who had been wandering around and chatting immediately returned to their seats, and the restless gentry also stood up.

Lu Yiming, Lu Dabing, Qingfeng, Shang Haibo and others rushed out, and behind them, Li Qing, who was dressed in civilian clothes, walked out with a smile on his face.

"Hello handsome!" Everyone in the hall bowed in unison.

Li Qing pressed his hands weakly, "Everyone, please sit, please sit, you don't have to be formal." ”

Lu Yiming and the others took the lead in sitting down, and everyone bowed slightly to them to show their respect, with the sound of dragging the table and pulling the stool, everyone sat down, the hall of the marshal's mansion is very large, and dozens of eight immortal tables have been placed today, the influential gentry and nobles in Dingzhou have basically been invited, and the hall that has sat hundreds of people is now very quiet, everyone is looking at Li Qing, of course everyone knows that the marshal must have something to say.

"Everyone!" Li Qing picked up the wine glass and said: "I Dingzhou has been a border state for hundreds of years, and every year we will welcome the barbarian Dongkou, but our Dingzhou has never succumbed, never feared, never stopped fighting, these hundreds of years, we Dingzhou countless sons and daughters have gone to the battlefield, I believe that among all of you here, there must be many relatives who have fought and sacrificed with the barbarians, this first glass of wine let us pay tribute to those martyrs who died bravely in order to defend Dingzhou!" ”

Everyone stood up again, raised the wine glass above their heads, followed Li Qing once, and slowly poured the wine on the ground.

"These two glasses of wine, but I want to salute you!" Li Qing said with a smile.

"Don't dare!" The crowd said one after another.

"Gentlemen, at the time of the most danger in my Dingzhou, you have contributed money and efforts to help people, without hesitation, such righteous deeds show the determination of my Dingzhou people to work together to fight against the barbarians, so this second glass of wine, you deserve it!" Li Qing raised his head and drank it all.

Most of the gentry in the big seat smiled helplessly in their hearts, do you dare to have money and strength, if you don't come out, I'm afraid that the knife will force over.

Li Qing put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "Many righteous gentry must be very worried today, right?" Think I, Li Qing, am a night owl and enter the house, nothing good? What are you paying attention to again? ”

Everyone's faces did not change color, what about this flip book, why is it so fast? There was a commotion in the hall for a while, "Don't dare!" ”

"That's okay!"

"The handsome banquet is our blessing!"

Li Qing waved his hand, signaled everyone to be quiet, and said with a smile: "You don't have to doubt, Li invited everyone to come today, just to solve everyone's doubts and let everyone settle down." ”

"Previously, Li Qing imposed military law on some unruly rich businessmen and gentry, cut off their heads, and confiscated their property, because they broke the rules and discipline and violated military law, so they had to do it, and for those law-abiding and courteous gentlemen, how could Li Qing ever touch them a single hair?"

"Everyone may think that some of Li's policies in Dingzhou endanger the interests of the family, this Li does not deny, it is true that everyone's interests have been lost to a certain extent, but everyone looks back and thinks about it, if it were not for the smooth implementation of these policies, where did we come from Dingzhou These brave and warlike soldiers, without these soldiers, how can we protect everyone's interests, your land, your property, your family, which can be kept, last year the four cities of Fuyuan were broken, Isn't the tragic experience there a wake-up call? ”

Everyone couldn't help but be surprised.

"Those who have constant property have perseverance, can you expect some soldiers who have no property and no roots like duckweed to fight for us? No, but when these soldiers, they also have a family business here, they will fight hard, which has been fully proven in several battles this year, so these big victories are not because of my Li Qing's clever plan, but because the soldiers are fighting bravely to protect their property. ”

"However, these policies do make everyone suffer, so what can we do? The big guys are all good gentlemen and righteous people, how can I, Li Qing, let you go without seeing you suffer losses? Therefore, after discussing with Master Lu, I decided to make some compensation to everyone. ”

Compensate? Everyone in the hall was stunned for a while, could there be such a good thing? How is this possible? I've never heard of anything like this!

Li Qing said with a smile: "Don't get me wrong, I think I, Li Qing, will take out the silver to compensate everyone, but now I'm also short of silver and wow wow scream." I can't wait to find a silver mine in Dingzhou, I just take a hoe and dig it, it is white flowers, shining silver. ”

There was laughter in the hall, and Li Qing's words just now made the hearts of the big guys relax.

"As we all know, we have two other divisions in Dingzhou, the Department of Statistics and Survey, and the Department of Medical and Health, but tomorrow, there will be a third department, the Department of Commerce and Trade. As soon as you hear his name, you will know what this division does. ”

"As the name suggests, this division is of course doing business." Li Qing said with a smile, "However, the Department of Commerce and Trade does not have special officials in Dingzhou, but it is up to everyone, everyone here to elect the director and one of the officials, so that the people you believe in will lead you to do business in the name of our Dingzhou government." Of course, the elected director is also an official of my Dingzhou, and he must accept my jurisdiction in Dingzhou. ”

As soon as Li Qing said this, the hall was suddenly chaotic, and everyone began to discuss, what Li Qing was talking about, it was official, and he handed over this power to these businessmen, how much interest there was in it, and it can be imagined with his feet, and now the power of Dingzhou is getting bigger and bigger, and with the expansion of Li Qing's strength, the benefits that this department can get will be bigger and bigger.

"Everyone!" Li Qing raised his voice, "The specific regulations, everyone will ask Lu Tongzhi tomorrow, and Lu Tongzhi will explain them to you one by one." ”

"Now, let's invite everyone to drink and eat, and if you don't get drunk, you won't go home!" Li Qing said loudly.

(To be continued)