Ning Ze sent a letter to He Qi, saying that he had seen through Lu Cong's strategy and would not be provoked by him. Bozhou and Jinzhou are neighbors, and the two sides should maintain good relations for the benefit of the people. He also said that there was only a small friction between him and Yuetai County, and the culprit Yang Ran had been eliminated and he didn't take it to heart.

He Qi was still quite worried, after all, it was not clear what was false and real. If he says one thing to his face, he will do one thing behind his back, Ning Ze is really not interested in Yuetai County?

After receiving the letter, he sent spies to continue to observe.

Later, it was found that there was no sign of troop movement in Jinzhou, and the seven county towns, including all the counties under its jurisdiction, were focused on internal affairs, and Ning Ze often took Princess Yuanxi to different county towns to observe the people's feelings.

After a long time, He Qi was finally relieved.

Lu Cong was unhappy when he learned that Ning Ze had not been hit.

Zhou Jie also got the news, and after waiting for a while, he found that Ning Ze really only paid attention to the internal affairs of Golden State.

He Qi really had an idea, and he wanted to take revenge on Lu Cong for provoking Ning Ze and letting him attack Yuetai County. It just so happened that Zhou Xuan and Lu Cong were stationed in Mizhang and Bashui respectively, and Hexi County was on guard against each other in the middle. So he revised a letter to jointly attack Chizhou with Zhou Yi and flank Lu Cong.

Zhou Kui was overjoyed, so he ordered Tang Niu to be the main general and command 50,000 troops to fight against Bashui County.

He Qi sent 30,000 troops to attack Kamu County from the flank.

Lu Cong took Fu Lizhe as the main general, and the military advisor Guang Yixi walked together, leading 60,000 troops to meet Tang Niu. At the same time, he personally led 20,000 troops to Kamu County to meet Heqi.

Tang Niu led his troops to storm Bashui County, and Guang Yixi improved catapults and ballistas, making Bashui County impregnable, and the onslaught was fruitless several times.

Later, he set up a four-way ambush around Longxu Mountain near Bashui County, let Fu Lizhe fight, and lured Tang Niu to retreat to Longxu Mountain, and the ambush was exhausted.

Zhou Yi's army was defeated, and Tang Niu was surrounded.

thought that Tang Niu could be eradicated, who would have thought that the world's number one military general would be powerful?

Tang Niu faced a heavy siege, led 3,000 elite cavalry to rush left and right, killed the seventeen generals of Lu Cong's army, and successfully broke the game with incredible combat effectiveness, but instead killed Fu Lizhe and fled defeated, returning to Bashui County City and closing the door.

In this battle, Zhou's army lost thousands of soldiers and horses, and Lu Cong's army also suffered countless losses.

At the same time, Lu Cong and He Qi fought fiercely in Kamu County.

The two sides fought for more than half a month across the city, and Lu Cong defeated He Qi with fire.

He Qi retreated forty miles, mobilized troops and horses from Bozhou, and attacked Kamu County again.

There was a lively fight, but Golden State was exceptionally quiet.

There are more and more paper-making workshops, not only in Huajun, but also in the other six counties and even in Binaqiu country, which are taught by the first batch of trained and successful professionals, and the paper suppliers will produce in large quantities and sell them to the sixteen states of Dacheng.

At present, the paper only has high-grade rice paper, and the cost is actually very low, and it is sold at a fairly expensive price to the dignitaries and wealthy merchants and gentry in the sixteen states. However, demand outstripped supply, and high-grade rice paper became extremely popular after its launch.

The Chamber of Commerce made a lot of money, and Ning Ze, as the boss behind the scenes, also received huge funds, all of which were used for the internal affairs of the seven counties of Jinzhou. Exempting some taxes and appropriately reducing the pressure on the people has been well received.

Of course, this credit lies with Liu Yuanxiang. Although it was Ning Ze who made the decision, he claimed to the outside world that it was Liu Yuanxiang who tried his best to fight for the people.

As a result, the people of Jinzhou loved Liu Yuanxiang even more, and they were particularly convinced of his name of benevolence and righteousness.

Not only that, but all the internal affairs of benefiting the people that are withdrawn from Jinzhou are Liu Yuanxiang's "striving" to further shape her benevolence and righteousness.

The rise of the paper industry has led to the great development of the Golden State's economy, attracting an influx of businessmen from all over the world. At the same time, the internal development of the seven counties of Jinzhou, the expansion of the city, the reclamation of land, and the maintenance of law and order enabled the people to live and work in peace and contentment.

The policy of displacement is still in place, and displaced people who have nowhere to go due to the war in various states can settle down in Golden State and get help from the government to obtain the most basic survival needs.

The thieves and rogues in the territory were all exterminated by Ning Ze, and the official spent money to build roads and bridges, which was a new atmosphere.

Many people from other places decided to settle in Golden State, which made the population of Golden State increase rapidly, and the seven county towns gradually became lively.

At this moment, there are two factions in Jinzhou, one is to support Liu Yuanxiang and the other is to support Ning Ze.

Ning Ze portrayed himself as a powerful minister, and there must be such a situation.

The two forces are controlled in a state of equilibrium, counterbalancing each other.

And in private, only Ning Ze, Liu Yuanxiang, Liang Teng, and the most important officials in Huajun know that this is an illusion on the surface.

Regarding Ning Ze's voluntary infamy, Liu Yuanxiang was actually unwilling. Although it is beneficial to her to do this, she can always hear the people's grievances, hoping that she will try to get rid of Ning Ze and regain power, and she feels uncomfortable every time.

But I can't make this matter public, I can only bury it in my heart.

She knew that if she made it public, it would lead to even more trouble. When the people feel that they have been deceived, the situation will be even worse. At that time, Ning Ze's efforts will be in vain and his own camp will be pulled into the quagmire.

She also knew that as the two forces grew stronger, the confrontation would become more intense until they were incompatible.

mentioned it to Ning Ze in person, but Ning Ze just reassured her, saying that everything was under control.

On this day, as usual, the official office was deliberating, and a flying pigeon sent a letter to it, saying that Tang Niu and He Qi had the advantage of attacking Lu Cong, and Xizhou Thorn Shi Chubai suddenly attacked Longshou County in Mizhou, and successfully captured the city under the surprise attack, and 40,000 soldiers and horses arrived in Daliang County and launched a fierce attack.

Mizhou Assassin Shi Wei Hui hurriedly asked for help, Tang Niu divided troops to rescue, and Lu Cong's pressure suddenly decreased.

Guang Yixi designed a surprise attack, resulting in a great defeat for He Qi's soldiers and horses.

Lu Cong's army reversed the situation, and the pressure on Tang Niu and He Qi's armies increased greatly, and they confronted each other fiercely.

Guang Yixi offered another strategy of false soldiers, successfully concealed Tang Niu, and enabled Fu Lizhe to break through the granary of the rear of Zhou Yi's army and seize the military rations.

Zhou Yi's army was in chaos, morale declined, and the soldiers had no fighting spirit.

There was no way to fight hungry, and no matter how strong Tang Niu was, he couldn't hold on, so he could only temporarily retreat to Mizhou and ask Wei Hui to provide military rations.

In this way, He Qi was under more pressure, and he faced Lu Cong's army alone and suffered defeats, and wanted to retreat but was entangled, so he had to order the mobilization of Bozhou soldiers and horses for reinforcements again.

Seeing this news, Ning Ze immediately smiled and said: "The time has come, at this moment, only a surprise army can be attacked to take Yuetai County, and He Qi has no choice!"

"In this case, this officer will lead the troops to go!" Liang Teng immediately asked for his life.

"Lord!" a general stood up and asked Liu Yuanxiang for his life, "The last general will come to Huajun, and Cun Gong will be an example." There is no need for Liang Zhonglang to go to this battle, and the last general will definitely be able to take Yuetai County!"

It turned out to be Mi Yuansheng, Mi Yan's father.

After taking refuge, he received high-level courtesy in Huajun, and his daughter was promoted to the general of the guard by Princess Yuanxi, and he protected the princess closely, which made him full of gratitude, and he always wanted to repay the kindness of his acquaintance. Now I see an opportunity, of course, I rush to play.

Liu Yuanxiang turned to Ning Ze and asked for his opinion with his eyes.

Ning Ze nodded slightly, and said to Mi Yuansheng: "General Mi will lead the troops forward, and it will not be a problem to take Yuetai County." ”

So Mi Yuansheng took over the task and immediately led the troops to the battle.

Deliberations continued in the government office to discuss the internal affairs of the counties.

Xie Zong sat in the civil official queue, in fact, he was quite depressed.

I thought I could take over the Golden State, gain huge power, and show my strengths. Who would have thought that sitting here now could only listen to their talk.

For so long, he couldn't interfere in a single official business, Ning Ze arranged for his subordinates to be responsible for everything, and he was a complete puppet, he could only interject a few words in the meeting, and the other party would choose to ignore it.

Now I don't even have the idea of interjecting, knowing that it is completely impossible to touch the power of Jinzhou, I want to resign and return to Beijing several times to resume my life, but the other party does not allow it, so I send people to monitor it closely, and I can't escape.

During this time, watching Jinzhou continue to change, it gradually became stronger under Ning Ze's planning, and his mentality also changed faintly.

Especially seeing the emergence of papermaking, as well as the development of supporting printing, as well as the Chamber of Commerce, flying pigeon transmission and other shocking secret weapons, the transmission of information in the Golden State has been unimaginably fast, and it is definitely not something that other forces can understand.

The news from thousands of miles away, at least more than a month, can be successfully conveyed by pigeons in just a few days.

There are countless chamber of commerce strongholds in the sixteen major states of the country, and each stronghold has carrier pigeons, which can quickly transmit content between strongholds, one after another, which is unimaginably efficient.

The most terrifying thing is that they have begun to convey Ning Ze's instructions through carrier pigeons, and through the detailed work within the Chamber of Commerce, they have begun to cooperate with the dissemination of news, publicize the people's livelihood policy of Jinzhou, talent policy and various content to benefit the people, and focus on attracting people from all states to come.

Plundering the population is simply a desperate strategy, it's terrible!

Information is transmitted so quickly that it is not easy to block it. By the time the major forces found out that something was wrong, the people who were trying to escape the war, as well as the homeless homeless people, had rushed to Jinzhou, making the population of Jinzhou continue to swell.

When the population of the Golden State reaches a certain level, agriculture and commercial development will accelerate and become more and more prosperous. And as the population increases, the difficulty of recruiting in the Golden State will gradually decrease, while it will become more and more difficult for other states and counties to recruit soldiers.

At that time, the soldiers of Jinzhou were strong and the food was abundant, while the other princes were scarce in population and had insufficient soldiers......

Thinking of this, Xie Zong's gaze at Ning Ze was full of awe.

This man was young, but he was frighteningly smart!

In fact, I can see it for a while here.

Liu Yuanxiang is not a puppet, just an illusion created by Ning Ze. Jinzhou is still under the control of Liu Yuanxiang, but Ning Ze is powerful enough and completely trusted by her.

On the one hand, Liu Yuanxiang's reputation for benevolence and righteousness was not affected, and even because of various policies, he continued to gain recognition from the people; on the other hand, Ning Ze's stigma caused most of the eyes to fall on him, resulting in the ineffectiveness of the means to deal with Liu Yuanxiang. It also weakened the influence of Liu Yuanxiang's women's power and attracted a large number of talents who came to Ningze and became the mainstay of various counties in Jinzhou.

It is admirable to be able to do this step for Liu Yuanxiang.

What's in it for him to just do that?

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