After staying in Wuwei for a few days, Zhang Lang and his entourage continued westward, passing through Zhangye County and Jiuquan County, and finally arrived in Dunhuang County. Along the way, Zhang Lang learned that the situation was similar to what he had said and heard before, the problem of the nobles in various places, the problem of the homeless, and the problem of banditry, there were many problems, which made Zhang Lang feel a lot of pressure, Zhang Lang hoped that there would be no internal problems so that he could concentrate on dealing with the enemy outside, but this was obviously impossible. Fortunately, there is finally good news, since the announcement of Zhao'an was posted, there have been bandits in various counties who have come to the local government to surrender, and the number of people is increasing every day, although the problem of bandits cannot be solved overnight, and it is not enough This is a good start after all.

Zhang Lang stood on the city wall of Yumen Pass, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, only to see the yellow sand for thousands of miles, the wind blowing, the world was dim, which made people shocked and suffocated! On the sand dunes in the distance, in the yellow sand, under the slanting sun, a caravan was slowly coming, and the sound of camel bells was faintly heard in the wind.

Zhang Lang asked the Dunhuang Taishou Mu Shun on the side: "How many business travelers enter and leave Yumen Pass every day?" "This Mu Shun is short in stature, dark-skinned, known as Mu Heizi, born in horse bandits, and later became a member of Lu Bu's pro-army, after Zhang Lang's crusade against Ganliang, Mu Shun left the army to serve in the Wuwei County Government, and since then he has shown outstanding administrative skills, a month ago, Mu Shun was promoted to Dunhuang County Taishou, for Zhang Lang to handle this key county with the Western Regions!

Mu Shun hugged his fists at Zhang Lang and said: "General Hui, in the past month, there have been more than a hundred caravans entering and leaving Yumen Pass every day. Zhang Lang was taken aback, "So many?" ”

Mu Shun nodded and continued: "The daily tariff revenue is millions of dollars! "It should be explained here that Zhang Lang basically exempted the domestic customs duties in order to deal with the commercial activities under his jurisdiction, but the Yumen Pass is an exception, and all incoming caravans must pay taxes at the Yumen Pass, which is somewhat similar to today's customs duties.

Zhang Lang looked into the distance and said excitedly: "I didn't expect the tariffs here to be so abundant!" Nodding, "Okay!" ”

Mu Shun hugged his fists and said: "With the observation of his subordinates, the trade through Yumen Pass has not yet reached the time of real development, if the bandits in the entire Ganliang region are solved, I believe that the trade will show explosive growth!" ”

Zhang Lang nodded and asked, "How do you think the problem of banditry should be solved?" ”

Mu Shun hugged his fists and said: "The lord's current measures just hit the weakness of those bandits, but this method, with all due respect to his subordinates, can cure the symptoms but not the root cause!" The root cause of the banditry is that there are too many displaced people, but there is no land to settle down. These displaced people, if they do not care, will inevitably become bandits for their livelihood, and if they are in charge, they will be a heavy burden, so in order to make the local stability and prosperity, it is necessary to effectively solve the problem of displaced people! ”

Zhang Lang was a little surprised, he heard Zhuge Liang, Huang Yueying and Jia Xu say Mu Shun's point of view, he didn't expect Mu Shun, who was born in the military and was not well known, to have such an opinion, it is really commendable!

Mu Shun saw that Zhang Lang was silent for a long time, thinking that there was something wrong with his words, and hurriedly asked, "Did the subordinates say something wrong?" ”

Zhang Lang smiled and shook his head, "No, what you said is very good!" I've seen what you're talking about, so I'm going to try to get land from the gentry. ”

Mu Shun nodded and frowned: "Most of the land in the world is in the hands of these scholars, but the populous civilians have no land!" What an injustice! It will also inevitably become a source of turmoil! ”

Zhang Lang pondered and asked, "Wen He proposed a proposal to me, I want to hear your opinion on the Dunhuang Taishou." ”

Mu Shun hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "Please show the general." ”

Zhang Lang looked at the vast desert in the distance, at this time the caravan had come to the front not far away, more than 100 camels and camels were full of goods, dozens of merchants followed on foot, some rode camels, everyone was Han face but all wore fox fur, the face was full of dust but could not hide the smile of joy.

Zhang Lang said: "The Western Regions are vast and sparsely populated, which can accommodate countless people. Wen He Jian yì could move those landless displaced people to the Western Regions, first, to solve the problem of land scarcity and resettle the displaced people, and secondly, to firmly control the entire Western Regions. Turning around, "What do you think of this plan?" ”

Mu Shun exclaimed: "This plan is brilliant, killing two birds with one stone!" ”

Zhang Lang smiled and asked, "Is there any problem?" ”

Mu Shun thought for a while, shook his head and said, "My subordinates are ignorant, and I can't think of any problems. ”

Zhang Lang turned his head to look into the distance, "Although this plan is wonderful, Wen He has found a problem. Our Han people have a strong sense of locality, unless they can't live, no one will want to leave their hometown, let alone go to the unpredictable exotic wilderness! ”

Mu Shun thought of this question at this time, nodded and said, "This is indeed a problem. At this time, the caravan had arrived at the city gate, and was negotiating with the tax collector at the city gate.

Zhang Lang turned around, "This is a big problem!" But Wen He has already thought of a method, and this method needs you to execute. ”

Mu Shun hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "Please give the general's orders." ”

Zhang Lang said with a smile: "Every day, so many caravans enter our Han from the outside world, and then go to various places. What you need to do is very simple, that is, tell those caravans to promote the wealth and beauty of the Western Regions everywhere they go, and the more exaggerated the better! Tell those merchants, if they can attract a hundred exiles to the Western Regions, the customs clearance duties can be exempted from one layer, if they attract a thousand exiles, the Dunhuang County Taishou Mansion can send city guards to escort the merchants out of the customs until the Green Ridge Fortress! The more displaced people you attract, the more priority you will have to do business in the newly opened land in the future! ”

Mu Shun exclaimed: "This method is really wonderful! In this way, I believe that it will not be long before the Western Regions will become a paradise in the eyes of people! ”

Zhang Lang smiled slightly, "That's what I want to achieve." ”

Mu Shun suddenly thought of a question, and clenched his fists and said: "Lord, although this method is good, if the Western Regions can't properly accommodate the influx of displaced people, I'm afraid it will cause a big disaster!" ”

Zhang Lang said with a smile: "Don't worry about this, I have already explained to Zhang Jian, he is now urging the countries of the Western Regions to help build three new cities for the influx of displaced people." Glancing at Mu Shun, "Your task is not light, you must know that the displaced people have entered the Western Regions for a long time, you must guarantee me their dry food and fresh water supply, do a good job of guiding, and there must be no chaos." ”

Mu Shun clenched his fists with confidence and said: "The general can rest assured, his subordinates will live up to their trust!" ”