Li Rufeng led the cavalry battalion to Gaoshanwei, Wang Hong went to Yang and Wei, Ling Jingyang returned to the city, summoned Mi Shengguang and the heads of the four major families, and discussed with them how to raise grain, grass and military salaries for the stone camp.

He took the patriarchs of the four major families to the courtyard where Ling Jingyang lived, and the five of them behaved in front of Ling Jingyang, just like a child seeing their parents, they didn't dare to take a mouthful, Ling Jingyang looked at them with a gloomy face, and said very politely: "Everyone, when you arrive in Shanxi, are you going to show your powers?" ”

Mi Shengguang has no deep roots, has no power in Shanxi, was confused by Ling Jingyang's words, the Wen family, the Qiao family, the Zhao family, and the Tian family, the four masters, were silent, and his Chinese family not long ago obtained the right to trade grain and salt in Shiying's jurisdiction, and the other three family owners could not figure out what Ling Jingyang meant, and they were all waiting for Ling Jingyang to give them a clear explanation.

Before Ling Jingyang summoned them to come, he deliberately discussed with Wan Liyun, which trade can make money, and which trade must be firmly grasped in the hands of Shiying, Wan Liyun thought for a while with his little head, and only talked to Ling Jingyang, grain, smelting This is the foundation of an army, without these two things, even if it is the reincarnation of a famous general, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Ling Jingyang gave the grain and salt to the Wen family, so the smelting must be operated by Shiying, and he said to Wan Liyun: "I will let the Wen family trade the grain." ”

Wan Liyun's eyes widened, and Ling Jingyang smiled: "Captain Ling, aren't you crazy, how can this food be given to outsiders?" ”

"I just let him go to trade, and I didn't let the Wen family produce and operate, as long as we hold the land and population in our hands, the Wen family is a white glove to help us make money."

Wan Liyun heard that Ling Jingyang had the land and population in his hands, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and talked to Ling Jingyang about the trade of making money, there are tea horses, salt industry, silk weaving, porcelain, and some others, but the north is not like the south, silk weaving and porcelain are slightly inferior, but the tea horse makes money, and transports the Jiangnan tea to the outside of the Saiwai, one and two, you can earn a lot of silver, and you can exchange it for cattle and sheep, but Shiying is in a corner of Shanxi, and it is more difficult to go to the south to transport tea to the north than to ascend to the sky.

Ling Jingyang muttered for a while, and suddenly said: "Shanxi has a grain production area, our strength is not strong enough, this year is mainly grain, about to summer, our army in a short period of time to capture the northeast of Shanxi City, the summer grain planted, with food, you can use grain to recruit troops, use grain for money, but also be able to feed more people." ”

"What about the other three?"

Ling Jingyang has long been confident, let the Qiao family deal in aged vinegar, porcelain and ironware, the Tian family in tea and horses, and the Zhao family in silk weaving.

Wan Liyun didn't think of other trades for a while, he was a martial artist, and he was not good at this, but he just asked Ling Jingyang not to trust these merchants too much, and Ling Jingyang said that he would be measured.

The heads of the four major families bent down and waited for Ling Jingyang to speak, but Ling Jingyang didn't look at them, but said to Mi Shengguang: "Mi Shengguang, Benduwei decided to change Tianchengwei to Tiancheng County, from now on, you are the magistrate of Tiancheng County, and you will be responsible for eating, drinking, and Lazar in this city, and you will be responsible for it in the future, if you do it well, Benduwei will let you go further, if you don't do it well, let Xian do it." ”

Mi Shengguang is very grateful, he wants to be an official and wants to go crazy, to be able to become the magistrate of Tiancheng County, is his lifelong dream, he has repeatedly said that he will not disappoint General Ling's high expectations, and the governance of Tiancheng County will be thriving.

The four masters looked at Mi Shengguang's appearance, full of envy, Ling Jingyang looked at their envious appearance, and then said: "Everyone, our army will soon capture Gaoshan and Yanghe, you can bring business here." ”

The head of the Qiao family asked tentatively: "General, my Qiao family is good at grain, grass and armor, and I also ask the general to let me go back to my old business and contribute to the stone camp." ”

The head of the Wen family immediately jumped out and yelled at him: "Old Qiao, you will be free of grain and grass." ”

Ling Jingyang smiled and said to the Qiao family: "I have asked the Wen family to handle the trade of grain and grass, your Qiao family continues to armor, as well as aged vinegar, porcelain and ironware, you listen to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu's aged vinegar and porcelain here can be bought and sold, but pig iron can only be imported and not produced." ”

The head of the Qiao family was angry at first, the biggest profit point, the grain and grass were snatched away by the Wen family, but Ling Jingyang gave him Chen vinegar and porcelain, these two are not much worse than grain and grass, but this pig iron can only enter and not leave, which makes him a little embarrassed, after all, pig iron can only be sold to the army?

What if the army buys it at a low price, Ling Jingyang smiled with him: "Qiao family, we will collect as much pig iron as you bring in, and we will not lower the price, and we can also provide you with defensive strength, so as not to be robbed of your family property by other forces." ”

This is half a threat, half is a benefit, the Qiao family agreed, the other two are the Tian family and the Zhao family, the two families did not choose to retreat with the stone camp at the beginning, Ling Jingyang did not give them tax incentives, ordered the Tian family to operate tea horses, and the Zhao family to operate silk weaving, but in these other trades, the four major families can compete freely, provided that they are not allowed to sell the country, do not hook up with the Qing army and other forces for a few taels of broken silver, and sell the interests of the stone camp.

Ling Jingyang hated some of the Jin merchants in Shanxi, the Qing army continued to transfuse blood over the years, and when he captured Shanxi, these traitorous Jin merchants must be eliminated, the business vacuum they left behind, filled by the four major families, this information he did not disclose to the four major families, the ghost knows if there are any people among these people who are old acquaintances of the traitorous Jin merchants, if the news is revealed, there is no need for rebels to attack Shiying, Shanxi's local Jin merchant forces will form a strong force, and even lead Qing soldiers into Jin and expel Shiying.

The four major families all got some trade, and Ling Jingyang also told them that no matter how much money he earned, he was not allowed to buy and sell land and people, and the head of the Wen family was a little confused, and he was not allowed to buy and sell land and people, how could he manage food?

Ling Jingyang looked at him sinisterly, and provided him with a small idea, land can be rented, and the population can be employed, but it is absolutely not possible to occupy land and population, this is his bottom line, the head of the Wen family was frightened by Ling Jingyang's murderous tone, and said that he would do his best to do a good job in the food and salt business.

Ling Jingyang announced the dismissal of the meeting, the four masters retired one after another, and Mi Shengguang also withdrew, and after going out for a while, Mi Shengguang was forced to come back by Dong Daqi, he was a little afraid of Dong Daqi, a man who was five big and three rough.

"Mi County Order, don't be afraid, Dong Daqi will be the garrison of Tiancheng County in the future, partner with you, and govern Tiancheng County beautifully."

Mi Shengguang reacted at this time, Dong Daqi will be the chief of the highest armed forces in Tiancheng County in the future, and he is a civilian official, Ling Jingyang let Dong Daqi serve as a garrison, not to abolish martial arts, but to let Dong Daqi recruit and train him in the city, and build Tiancheng County into a dual-purpose city for civilian and military purposes.

Although Dong Daqi was appointed as a garrison, but this garrison is only a county garrison, far less than the level of other flags, Dong Daqi doesn't care about this, he just wants to recruit more soldiers and horses in the city, and then send them to the battlefield and the Qing army for a bloody battle.

The two systems of civil and military affairs began to take shape, and Ling Jingyang next let Mi Shengguang enter the role, the nearby land and population will be stone camps in the future, and when the military struggle is stabilized, it is necessary to formulate taxes and improve the facilities in the city.

Speaking of urban construction, Ling Jingyang thought of Jin Dashou, he asked Mi Shengguang to go to the logistics baggage camp, summoned Jin Dashou, and asked Jin Dashou to serve as the first squire of the urban construction department in Tiancheng County.

Mi Shengguang heard Ling Jingyang talk about the word Shilang, and suddenly understood in his heart that Ling Jingyang was definitely not a thing in the pool, and he refused to look up to people, and one day he would be a blockbuster and soar into the sky.

He suggested that Ling Jingyang requisition Tiancheng County scholars and build the framework of the Tiancheng County administrative team, Ling Jingyang agreed to his request, but every appointment of the squire must be approved by him, and he did not allow the administrative team to get out of his control, Mi Shengguang kept nodding his head, saying that he would do everything according to Ling Duwei's intentions.

Of course, Ling Jingyang is not the kind of character who must do everything, because Shiying is still in the initial stage, and when he reaches a certain scale, he will naturally let go of these things, so that the talents under his command can give full play to their abilities and provide a steady stream of energy for Shiying.

Only at the beginning of May 1644, Ling Jingyang and his subordinates got a rare respite in Tiancheng County, Jiang Xuan in the west was not able to attack the city, and there was a rear battalion stationed in Xuanfu Town in the east, cutting off the road for the Qing army to advance westward, the entire stone camp was recuperating in Tiancheng County, the wounded soldiers were treated, the grain and grass logistics baggage was further improved, the soldiers and horses of all departments were trained in the city, Ling Jingyang was also free, and once again optimized the army, some soldiers who were not suitable for continuing to fight, retired from the army, became a member of the logistics baggage battalion, and the logistics baggage battalion was young and strong to supplement the army.

Qin Lie, Huang Daozhong, and Leng Rutie represent the forces of Shanhaiguan, Miyun Town, and Jizhen Town, which can be regarded as a small hill in the army, but Ling Jingyang doesn't care, the three of their subordinates have lost seventy-seven eighty-eight in several battles, and now most of their subordinates are supplemented later, and the largest number of them is Xuanfu Town, and three-fifths of the troops in each department are surrendered by this part.

However, the supreme general of Xuanfu Town's surrender is only serving as the deputy flag under Zhang Luofu, which is a deputy position specially set up by Ling Jingyang in the army, which is used to share the military pressure for the main position.