Zhang Yan is dead, but the news spreads much slower than expected, the news in the mountainous area is closed, and some people with ulterior motives cover up and delay, so even if it has been several days since Zhang Yan's death, Zhou Ping in the Puban ravine is still living his peaceful life.

The days were indeed peaceful, and after occupying the territory of the other three bandits, Zhou Ping needed some time to deal with the problems caused by the rapid expansion. The surrendered troops needed to be reorganized and digested, the occupied villages and towns needed to be pacified, and the new Taiping army also needed to be taught and reorganized.

However, it is only a slowdown, not a complete stagnation, the coercion of the big forces is like this, even if Zhou Ping does not send troops, some small forces around him will take the initiative to surrender to Zhou Ping. For example, now, in the conference hall, Zhou Ping is receiving a visit from a group of villagers.

The village where the villagers visited is called Lijiazhuang, and the name is very common, and there are hundreds of villages with the same name in the world. This Lijiazhuang is the same as Zhu Zhi's Zhujia Village, both of which are villages dominated by clans with the same surname, and the village is either clansmen or tenants, but it is not as powerful as Zhu Zhi's Zhujia Village. The owner's name is Li Quan, who looks like he is forty years old, and his pampered belly proves that he is indeed living a good life.

Although it does not belong to the mountainous area south of Pusaka, Lijiazhuang is only less than ten miles away from Zhouping's territory, and is completely within the radiation range of Zhouping's forces.

Someone came to worship the dock Zhou Ping was naturally welcomed, and after a banquet of the host and guest, many agreements also completed the final bargaining between the cups and the lamps.

The monthly money that Li Jiazhuang originally paid directly to Pusaka was paid to Zhou Ping first, and then Zhou Ping handed it over on his behalf. After such a toss, the amount of money handed over by Li Jiazhuang can be discounted, and in exchange, Li Jiazhuang's own clan Xiang Yong must be disbanded, and all security matters of Li Jiazhuang will be handed over to Zhou Ping, and Zhou Ping can also recruit troops in Lijiazhuang.

For either party, it's a win-for-nothing deal. For Li Jiazhuang, they not only had a sum of money left, but also saved an expense for organizing the clan Xiangyong, whether it was their own land or their own, and most of the people sent to the conscription were tenants in Zhuangzi, which did not harm the interests of the clan.

As far as Zhou Ping is concerned, although Li Jiazhuang has paid less money, he has a relationship with Niu Hong, except for what was really handed over to Zhang Yan and distributed to Niu Hong, he still has to earn. In addition, he also had a stable conscription village - unlike those villages in the mountains, Lijiazhuang was surrounded by flat and fertile land, and the tenants who settled in the villages were not much more than the villages in the mountains, and even if he only levied one percent, it was not a number that could be counted on one hand.

Even if the tenants in the Zhuangzi are also a good thing, if they change to normal times, they can't afford to rent the land rent and can only continue to work profitably, and now they have another choice, the harvest is not good, it is a big deal to go directly to Zhou Ping to serve as a soldier, although it is inevitable that it is dangerous, but at least there are people to solve the problem of food and housing, and the family has less mouth to eat, and it is more likely to survive the difficult days.

Although this agreement seems to be a win-win situation, Zhou Ping is still somewhat dissatisfied in his heart, due to the influence of his previous life, he has never had a good impression of the landlord, but as far as the current situation is concerned, he can only sign this agreement.

On the one hand, if you oppose the landlord clan, then it will inevitably affect your future communication with other landlord clans, and now in this world, even if the princes are disputed, the territory has its own owner, but in fact, it is these landlord clans who really rule this land, and the relationship with the landlord clan is not handled well, then in the future, the name of "virtuous teacher" must be realized-like like the Yellow Turban Army, it was wiped out in the strangulation of many forces.

On the other hand, there is the limitation of productivity in this era. Without the integration of these landlord clans, the peasants would not have been able to give full play to their due productive forces by giving priority to the cultivation methods that satisfied their own needs.

And it was not only the Li Jiazhuang family who signed this agreement, but several villages around the mountainous area where Zhou Ping was entrenched sent people to sign a similar agreement, although these villages were only a few small black dots on the map, but with their incorporation, a large area of land between them was also incorporated into Zhou Ping's sphere of influence. Without a single soldier, Zhou Ping's territory actually expanded again.

And with the addition of these flat plots that are not mountainous areas, Zhou Ping gradually came up with new ideas.

"How can we make good use of this land......

In the meeting hall of only Zhou Ping and Diao Chan, Zhou Ping seemed to be talking to himself, and it was also like saying it to Diao Chan.

"I want to think about ......"

Facing the map, Diao Chandai, who was sitting in the chair in charge, frowned, looking preoccupied, as if she didn't care about Zhou Ping's two paws on her shoulders at all.

"You say, what if you move some villages with not very good land and let them cultivate land here?"

With the increase of his territory and manpower, the grain and grass plan that was originally half dependent on Tongguan and half self-sufficiency has been more challenged, although it is not enough to cut down on food and clothing, but the storage that can be leveled still makes Zhou Ping feel very unsteady, if Tongguan has changed or the harvest is not good, there must be a large area of hungry stomach.

"This method ......"

Diao Chan also understands what the situation is like in the mountainous area of Zhouping, although it is convenient for bandits to hide, but from the perspective of recuperation, it is really not a good place. She seriously thought about the possibilities of Zhou Ping's plan, and finally slowly put forward her own proposal.

“…… It's good, but if the villagers are allowed to reclaim the land by themselves and don't have ready-made land, they won't necessarily agree. ”

"It does ......"

It's not that the villagers are greedy, but when they can't see the specific reward, not taking risks is indeed their way to survive in this troubled world, and now the most basic pacification of the people on Zhou Ping's side is still in progress, and it is not easy to rely on credibility and prestige to let the villagers move.

"So if you want them to move out honestly, you have to do it yourself."

"Not only that, although their fields are barren now, many people's ancestral graves and ancestral houses are there, even if we help to reclaim them, there must be many people who don't want to move away."

"That's a real problem...... By the way, Liu Dunton is not back today. ”

"Hmm...... Indeed, today he came back for a night's rest, and tomorrow he was to leave. ”

Glancing at the small wooden board that had been used to take notes, Diao Chan replied. Liu Dunton's job is to appease the villagers, and these villages are dotted around, and it is normal to pass by the village on the road.

"Okay, then call him over and discuss this matter too."

Liu Dunton has been pacifying the people for a while, and he must have accumulated some useful experience, even if he doesn't, it's good to have one more person to think about the problem.