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Liu Zhibang also nodded, and said: "I didn't expect Mu Tong to have such ambitions, he has a pure nature, even if he has the talent to govern the world, what chance can he have in this decadent world, these books are all collected and sorted out by him for decades, even if the royal library of the Qingyun Empire may not be more complete than the content in his books, with these books, there will be no more shadows in this world in front of me, haha......"

"Then, husband, do you still want to cooperate with the Hengchang Chamber of Commerce?"

Liu Zhibang nodded and said, "Hmm...... At present, I still have to rely on them to make money for me, after all, our influence is far from enough, and we don't have a mature sales network, lady, I want to go to Xia Yuan City and start a new round of war......"

Aya said a little gloomily when she heard this: "Husband, the people have just rested, and you want to fight again?" ”

Liu Zhibang shook his head and said: "My good lady, of course the common people don't want to be in the war, who doesn't want to live a stable life, but at present, the whole continent has begun to be chaotic, if you don't take the opportunity to become strong, it will be easily swallowed by others." The main reason is the lack of manpower mining, but also the lack of craftsmen and talents in all aspects, and our Han nationality is inconvenient to contact the outside world, which greatly limits the development. We still need ten, a hundred times more labor, and if we don't start a war and rob the population and resources, all plans will be postponed indefinitely, or even aborted, so war is imperative......"

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In Xia Zhuangzhuang's study in Xia Yuan's City Lord's Mansion, Xia Zhuangzhuang handed over a cup of tea to Liu Zhibang and said, "Big brother, why are you back so soon!" ”

Liu Zhibang took the tea and took a sip and said, "What is the current situation in all aspects?" ”

Xia Zhuangzhuang also sat down and continued: "In terms of military affairs, Zhou Handle raided the surrounding three counties, and almost didn't make much effort to capture the three counties, and moved all the population and materials back to Xia Yuan City...... It's just that in this way, the resettlement of the people has become a big problem, many people have nowhere to stay, life is very difficult, I was about to write to you to ask how to deal with it, you came......"

Liu Zhibang nodded and said: "300,000 people are indeed a lot, you send 30,000 people to the Han base camp to help mining, cultivating land and expanding the city there." Another 50,000 people were allocated to build settlements in sections on the road to the Han people, organized the people to open up wasteland and build roads, and established post stations. In addition, another 20,000 people were sent to Hukou Pass, where they cultivated and hoarded fields, and strengthened the Hukou Pass city, allowing them to trade with the Jinguang Empire. Another 100,000 people will be sent to Baishiyuan, where the land is large and all plains, and more fields can be cultivated. There were still 100,000 people, and they managed to recruit another 20,000 reservists from these immigrants, leaving 80,000 people scattered into six market towns. If there is any left, establish a military city in Baiyangdu to guard Umang County and other directions. ”

Xia Zhuangzhuang calculated and continued: "It's just that in this way, the number of officials under our management will be greatly increased, and the public security problem is also very serious, although a lot of materials have been seized from the three counties, but for these hundreds of thousands of people, it is still too few......

Liu Zhibang nodded and said: "Yes, these problems are very serious, what is the result of me asking you to recruit talents?" ”

Xia Zhuangzhuang still said with some sadness: "I have recruited hundreds of people, but there are very few outstanding talents among these people, and there are not many who can serve as local management officials...... Big brother, although the decrees you asked me to issue have been implemented, they have touched the interests of the landlord class, and few of them are willing to come out to be officials, so that there is still a shortage of talents......"

Liu Zhibang thought for a while, and then said: "The election system is implemented in every residential area, and the person who receives the most votes serves as the local management official, and the corresponding policies and decrees are copied to them, and the training course for local governance cadres is held accordingly, and the training is held every ten days for one day. In addition, an additional tax on the rich is levied on the landlord families with an annual income of more than 500 koku, and the tax rate is set at 10 percent, and each landlord's family can deduct the tax of the rich with 500 koku for each educated person who serves as a local management official. In addition, all residential areas above the village level have set up inquiry offices to receive reports from the public and supervise local officials, who are directly assigned by the military department. In addition, schools are expanded in all settlements, all villagers take turns to learn culture, all over the age of six and under the age of sixteen study full-time, and over the age of sixteen for night school, the school construction and related resources are provided by the Xia Yuan City Lord's Mansion, I will give you some corresponding system ......"

Xia Zhuangzhuang was overjoyed when he heard this: "It's great that poor people can also study...... It's just that in this way, the administrative expenses will increase a lot, and our taxes can't support it at all......"

Liu Zhibang sighed slightly and said: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, the most difficult thing is the first few years, it's okay, there will be money soon......"

Xia Zhuangzhuang asked, "Where did the money come from?" ”

Liu Zhibang stretched out two fingers and said: "Two roads, one is to cooperate with the Hengchang Chamber of Commerce, establish an Oriental Company, and sell the goods of our Han nationality to the entire Shenqi Continent, and the other is to plunder, I am ready to launch an expansion war and take Wumang County and Chenxiang County......"

When Xia Zhuangzhuang heard this, he continued: "By the way, big brother, there is one more thing to say about the military......

"Okay, you say!"

Xia Zhuangzhuang continued: "The last time you returned to the Han base camp, you ordered Shanmeng to attack the red rice shop in Wumangcheng, ten days ago, Shanmeng successfully took the red rice shop, and did not encounter decent resistance, and Shanmeng also relied on the local terrain to build fortifications, but the battle report from yesterday said that Wumangcheng sent 30,000 troops to attack the red rice shop, the battle was fierce, and the red rice shop held it, killing and wounding more than 5,000 enemy soldiers, but there were nearly 1,000 casualties......"

Liu Zhibang said with some surprise when he heard this: "Wounding the enemy 5,000 and losing 1,000 yourself, it is a brilliant victory, but, Shanmeng's first division is the most elite and longest-training unit of the Han army, and the equipment is also the best in the Han army. ”

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