This battle completely made those who still want to be a grass on the wall or wait and see understand Zhang Ruoming's strength, one by one, they bowed their heads one by one, and the speed of surrender simply exceeded Zhang Ruoming's imagination, which is actually not difficult to understand, these city-states have lived together with each other for hundreds of years, and it is very common for each other to join forces.

And these city-states, most of them have a population of more than 100,000, and as little as 70,000 or 80,000 people, in this kind of place, as long as there is a powerful Skywalker, it can instantly change the combat power of a city-state, so as to make it rise, which is different from the Survival League and the Holy Alliance, both of which have a population of more than seven million, and the number of Skywalkers under the tent is hundreds, in this case, unless it is a particularly anti-sky Skywalker, it is impossible to change the situation of the battle at all, but in this land, it is completely different, only a little increase in strength, It will bring earth-shaking changes to the political situation in the region, and it is precisely because of this that the people here have long been accustomed to surrendering, today this family is strong, they will take refuge in the past, and the status of the hegemon will change, and when the other family is strong tomorrow, they will not hesitate to betray, which is a common thing in their eyes.

Although Zhang Ruoming is an outsider, but for them, the psychological burden is not too big, after all, Zhang Ruoming is also a person, and after coming to this land, he did not massacre, smashed and defeated Instantshui, Leshui and the other two city-states and occupied the local area, not only did he kill on a large scale, but also pacified the people and pacified the people, and promoted the development of local people's livelihood, it can be said that he did a very good job, in this state, surrender is even less psychologically burdensome, so Zhang Ruoming's army began to expand rapidly, The thousands of people who were originally lost because of the war with Leshui were now supplemented by the addition of these forces, but also recruited more than 20,000 troops to follow, making Zhang Ruoming's army expand to 50,000.

For these newly recruited troops, Zhang Ruoming also gave them good treatment, and gave them the weapons brought from Joaquin City, so that they could instantly enter the era of firearms, of course, these firearms are ordinary muskets, not rifles, but for the locals, it is already a rare weapon, and at the same time, they also changed the standard equipment, each person is equipped with three grenades, it can be said that although people are still the original people, but the combat effectiveness has improved by leaps and bounds.

As for the remaining city-states that originally wanted to rebel, they finally changed their attitude at this time, after all, Zhang Ruoming's combat power was already in front of him, which obviously surpassed their level, but he surrendered like this, as the overlord of the region, he obviously couldn't pull his face, but he also sent an envoy, hoping to talk to Zhang Ruoming and see how the situation was, for these people, Zhang Ruoming's attitude was very simple, that is, to surrender unconditionally, accept the rule of the Survival Alliance, and all the Skywalkers moved to Joaquin City, The local administration will then be handed over, and the Survival League will guarantee their wealth and right to life.

Such harsh conditions obviously will not be agreed to by these people, Zhang Ruoming does not care about this, at this time he already has the most powerful combat power in the region, why negotiate with these people, if they are willing to talk, then things are easy to do, but if they are not willing to talk, then Zhang Ruoming has 100% confidence, these people are willing to talk to him, and even their wealth is deprived.

Zhang Ruoming's plan was carried out in an orderly manner, after capturing Leshui City, Zhang Ruoming led the army to rest in the local area for three days, which was also to allow the logistics troops in the rear to replenish supplies for their own army, and also to give these local city-states some time to react.

In addition, it is also waiting for the army of those city-states that have surrendered, Zhang Ruoming does not want his army to suffer too many casualties, in this kind of war, it is better to let the locals die, and this is also something that the locals can't ask for, after all, they join the survival alliance like this, their hearts are actually bottomless, if they can make contributions to the survival alliance and open up a territory, then at least there is a merit in the survival alliance, and they are more able to stand on the same boat with Zhang Ruoming, Therefore, they have no objection to being a pioneer, and they feel a bit like a leading party.

Three days later, Zhang Ruoming led the army to continue to advance, and in a week's time, he conquered five cities in a row, captured tens of thousands of square kilometers of land, and more than a million or so people, at this time the entire water and land plain had more than half of the land and population, the situation of the war was clear, and by this time, the rest of the people also knew that there was no point in resisting.

Now surrendered, although you will lose the right to rule, and you will be sent to Joaquin City, far away from your homeland, but at least you can guarantee your life and wealth, if you continue to resist, then everything will not be left, choose between the two, as long as you are smart people know what to do, therefore, in a month's time, the entire water and land plain was surrendered to Zhang Ruoming's hands, the news reached the Black Iron City, Shu Han was very happy, according to the local household registration statistics, The entire waterland plain and the surrounding mountains and rivers total more than 50,000 square kilometers of land and more than 2 million people, which is undoubtedly a huge subsidy for Black Iron City.

Shu Han immediately ordered Zhang Ruoming to integrate the entire Waterland Plain, make fuller use of its resources and manpower, and build a railway to connect Huajin City with the city-states of the Waterland Plain to facilitate future communication and exchanges, and at the same time appointed Zhang Ruoming as the governor of the Waterland Plain to manage everything in the Waterland Plain.

At this time, the management system of the Survival League is not the same as that of modern times, this is also a matter of no way, the unevenness of the road and the backwardness of the communication system make it impossible for the Survival League to directly command the entire Survival Alliance, at the very beginning, there is no problem, but with the expansion of the Survival Alliance, the centrifugal force of the entire Survival League is getting bigger and bigger, living in Black Iron City, wanting to manage the entire Survival Alliance, it is becoming more and more powerless.

Of course, this is not the key, the centrifugal force of the Holy Alliance under Qiao Xuan's hands is heavier, but Qiao Xuan still holds the entire Holy Alliance in his hands, not to mention that the transportation system and communication system have made great progress in the past few years, and they already have the conditions for centralizing power.

But helplessly, Shu Han himself is an ordinary person, not a Skywalker, and he also does not have the ability to say everything like Qiao Xuan, so under his control, the Skywalkers naturally have a lot of dissatisfaction, they want to gain more local power, and at the same time can have more privileges in their hometown, Shu Han has no way to do this, after all, he is just an ordinary person, if he loses the support of Skywalker, then he is no different from any citizen.

This is his congenital disadvantage, no matter how dissatisfied Shu Han is, he can't change the fact, therefore, he must take more into account the thoughts of these Skywalkers and meat eaters, so today's survival alliance except for the Black Iron City, Joaquin City and Asakusa City and other affiliated central cities are directly under the jurisdiction of Black Iron City, the rest of the cities have set up a total of two governors, one is Zhang Ruoming, who manages the Water and Land Plain, with a population of more than two million, and the other is Lin Bida, who manages the Guangyuan region, with a population of more than four million, Both of these governors had the right to recruit troops on their own and to administer the localities, except for the obligation to provide assistance and pay taxes when the central government needed them.

This is also the result of a compromise between the two sides after negotiations, the two governors must be trustworthy people of Shu Han, but the staff and generals below are a large number of people from the Black Iron City, as well as the old ministries such as the Guangyuan Kingdom and the Shuidi Plain, and the central government has a large proportion of law, economy and diplomacy, as for the local administration, internal affairs and military management are in the hands of the local government.

It can be said that there is a delicate balance between the two sides, just like Zhang Ruoming, the 30,000 troops in his hands are allocated by the central government, and their money is also borne by the central government, and the remaining 40,000 troops recruited by Zhang Ruoming in the local area need to be raised by Zhang Ruoming himself, whether it is relying on the Zhang family's family business, or relying on his remaining taxes on the waterland plains, it has nothing to do with the survival alliance, this is Zhang Ruoming's right, which can be said to be equivalent to an independent small kingdom.

Shu Han naturally understands the stakes in this, but there is no way, his authority is not as good as Qiao Xuan, so he can only obtain the support of the Skywalkers through this method, and at the same time, although this damages the interests of the central government, it brings great stability to the Survival Alliance, and will not lose the momentum of external expansion like Guangyuan Kingdom, which can be said to be a not bad situation.

And after Zhang Ruoming determined his rule in the local area, he immediately began to implement Shu Han's plan, first of all, a large number of cities were abolished, and now there are more than thirty cities in the Waterland Plain, which is too many, Zhang Ruoming downgraded some of these cities to towns, and then simply merged some small towns with a population of less than 4,000 people into a small city, and then relocated several large cities, and at the same time transferred part of the population like Black Iron City and Joaquin City, which is also the obligation of the governor, He and his Skywalkers will receive a portion of the local privileges, and Shuhan will receive half of the city's population from the local area, so as to ensure that the development of technology and culture will always be in the hands of the central government.

This is also why Shu Han must use someone he can trust, if it is a person who can't be trusted, then after getting the right, I am afraid that the emperor of Tiangao will be far away, and then it will not seem to be an independent kingdom, but a real independent kingdom, Zhang Ruoming and Lin Bida are colleagues who have been with Shu Han for seven or eight years, so naturally they know each other's thoughts, and they will not change their hexagrams.

These people are about 100,000 people, and after subtracting these 100,000 people, it is necessary to merge some cities, and then the number of remaining cities is about eight, with fifteen small towns and thousands of rural areas, which is the general situation of the water, land and plain.

After dealing with the population problem, the next problem is naturally to reward those who resisted, after confiscating the wealth of those who resisted, Zhang Ruoming now has a large amount of money in his hands, part of which is used to arm new troops, and on the other hand, it is to reward those Skywalkers who have followed him, these Skywalkers will stay in the local area and join Zhang Ruoming's army, as for those who resist, they will naturally go to Joaquin City and join the central army, as for their families, they will be used as slaves, Join the army of railroads to build a railroad to Joaquin City in the waterland plains.

The Governor's Office of the entire Waterland Plain is set up in Leshui City, the city is located in the center of the waterland plain in the eastern, the reason why it is set up here, on the one hand, is to take into account the rule of the entire waterland plain, on the other hand, the area is also a transportation hub, a total of more than four rivers pass here, starting from here, it can cover about seventy percent of the city in the waterland plain, as well as one hundred percent of the eight large cities, and the other is the direction of this place near the Black Iron City, which undoubtedly shows Zhang Ruoming's attitude, As a result, the city became the seat of the plains of the water.

In order to make this place not inferior to others, Zhang Ruoming set up factories in the local area, and at the same time pulled the surrounding farmers into it, so that the population of the city soon exceeded 200,000 people, and it is the largest city in the waterland plain, and in this process, the strong productivity of the survival alliance also convinced the people of the waterland plain, a city, in just one year, has been reborn, and has become more exaggerated than any previous city in the waterland plain, this kind of visible change, It undoubtedly shocked every resident of the Waterland Plains, which made them have a stronger sense of identity and pride in their hearts for the survival alliance.

On the other hand, the popularization of chemical fertilizers has greatly improved the production level of the local people, although the abundance of water and land, so that there is almost no hunger here, but such a large harvest has a great impact on the local area, first of all, the crazy growth of the urban population, the original more than two million people in the water and land plain, the urban population is only about 300,000 people, and now under the governance of Zhang Ruoming, the population has broken through to 500,000 people, which is still the premise of taking away 100,000 people by the Black Iron City, On the other hand, the number and quality of college students have increased rapidly.

Originally, there were more than a dozen colleges in the waterland plain, but the quality of these dozen or so was uneven, it can be said that they were very low, even if there were some good, they were all single subjects, and the dispersion of educational resources made each college not develop too well, and after Zhang Ruoming came here, he integrated all these dozen colleges together in Leshui, established the Shuidi College, concentrated all the teachers and experts here, and gave a lot of funds to support, in just one year, This Leshui Academy has enrolled more than 5,000 students, which is unimaginable together, although there were more than a dozen colleges before, but with their productivity, each college recruits 50 people a year, which is the limit.