Chu Yan knows his identity very well, he is a big man in the Montenegrin army, but on Liu Jian's side, his Montenegrin identity is useless.

His head can only be regarded as a merit among the officials.

In the annual evaluation of the Han Dynasty, there were also specific requirements for the punishment of thieves.

Although Liu Hong is dead, the general local policy has not changed.

When Liu Hong was alive, the evaluation requirements for the local extermination of thieves were extremely strict.

This is because the official mantle needs to be circulated, and after the officials who fail to pass the evaluation are taken down, so that the emperor can continue to sell officials for vacancies.

Among the evaluation projects in the local counties, the elimination of thieves is the most difficult to complete, because it requires real people to cover the merits.

Although Liu Jian's behavior was very admirable to Chu Yan, Chu Yan never thought that Liu Jian would let him go.

"Is Liu Yuanjun's words true?" Chu Yan asked with a little surprise.

Liu Jian nodded solemnly.

"What I said is true, I came to Jizhou, not to accumulate meritorious deeds, Liu has achieved today's position, and today's prestige is already glorious ancestors, even if he accumulates meritorious deeds, what can he do?"

"I sincerely want to do something practical for the people of Jizhou, so that the people can be stable, have food to eat when they are hungry, and have clothes to wear when they are cold."

Liu Jian's words were sincere, coupled with what he did, Chu Yan couldn't help but believe it.

"If Liu Envoy Junguo can do this. Chu promised the envoy that after returning to Montenegro, he would definitely restrain his subordinates. ”

Liu Jian smiled and nodded: "Not only to restrain me, I also hope that Brother Chu can unify all the tribes of Montenegro, and at the same time, govern the people of Montenegro under your jurisdiction well, and don't let them do the way of plundering again." ”

"As long as Brother Chu is willing, I am willing to provide some food and tools at that time, and help with reclamation, and the people of Montenegro accepted by Brother Chu can find wasteland around Taihang to reclaim,"

"If it is enough to accommodate all the people of the Montenegrin Army in Jizhou Tuntian, I am also willing to exercise Zhao'an to Montenegro on behalf of the imperial court."

No one in this world wants to be born a thief, and Chu Yan is the same.

If he can really be recruited by Liu Jian, and present himself to the Ming court, and change his fate and future, even if the Montenegrin army coercs millions of people, what is the point to Chu Yan?

People need to find a destiny for themselves.

At that moment, I saw Chu Yan take a deep breath.

As Liu Jian, being able to say such things to him is enough to move people very much.

At that moment, I saw Chu Yan arching his hand towards Liu Jian: "Liu Yuanjun can have this heart, how dare Chu?" It's just that I don't have the ability to dominate Montenegro at the moment, and among the various departments of Montenegro, there are many commanders above me, and I am afraid that I will disappoint the good intentions of the envoy. ”

Liu Jian waved his hand and said: "This is indeed the case in recent years, but I think Brother Chu is a heroic man with great righteousness, looking at the world, he is also a first-class hero, and he is a heroic man like Brother Chu, and sooner or later he will be led by Montenegro." ”

"Besides, my Jizhou Tuntian has not yet been completed, but a few years later, Brother Chu will be the leader of Montenegro, and I, Liu Jian, will also be able to spread benevolence in Hebei, and there will be enough land to accommodate all the displaced people.

Liu Jian's words sounded like he was painting a big pie, but in Chu Yan's ears, it didn't sound like that.

As the saying goes, a woman is the one who pleases herself, and a man is a confidant who dies.

Liu Jian's words made Chu Yan feel that she was valued by the other party.

And Chu Yan is confident in her own abilities.

He also felt that with his own ability and charm, he could indeed rank first in Montenegro, and the other Montenegrin army commanders were really much worse than him.

"If Liu Zhijun can trust Chu, I am willing to make a gentleman's alliance with the envoy."

Liu Jian smiled and stretched out a palm.

Chu Yan also immediately stretched out his hand, and the two of them were in front of Zhao Yun, "pop, pop, pop", and swore three palms in a row.

Subsequently, Liu Jian and Chu Yan agreed on a way of communication, if there is a need between each other. It is possible to communicate with each other.

Subsequently, Liu Jian did not delay any longer, and arranged for Zhao Yun to send Chu Yan back to Montenegro.

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In this way, the second year of Zhongping passed quietly, and in a blink of an eye, it came to the first year of Chuping.

And Jizhou, under Liu Jian's rectification, has become completely different from the original.

Resources, wealth, and the strength of all families have all been uniformly allocated by Liu Jian, and the number of displaced people has also been greatly reduced.

Barren fields have been reclaimed, and grain revenues have increased dramatically.

The treasury of Jizhou also gradually became more solid, and the wealth resources that Liu Jian was able to mobilize also began to grow.

So, he expanded the number of recruits in the Jizhou army.

The number was expanded from 5,000 to 20,000.

In fact, Liu Jian could expand the number of soldiers and horses again, but he felt that it was not necessary.

First, now that the imperial court has just changed its new monarch, as a state pastor, excessive recruitment in the local area will definitely arouse the vigilance of the imperial court and be unfavorable to him.

Second, Liu Jian felt that he needed to settle an account.

The cost of a well-trained and fully armed elite army is not the same as that of three soldiers with average combat power and poor equipment.

This elite soldier is completely worth three poorly equipped soldiers, but Liu Jian only needs to spend one person's rations to raise soldiers.

The grain in the Jizhou warehouse is not blown by the wind, and Liu Jian has to spend it carefully.

The construction of waterwheels in various parts of Jizhou has begun to be built one after another, and the construction of these overturned cars, Yellow River cars, and cylinder cars has prompted Jizhou to produce a large number of skilled craftsmen.

For these people, Liu Jianming and Mu Xia have been registered, focusing on protection.

Liu Jian knows that in this era, there is a talent that is the most important, but to a certain extent, it is not valued by all forces.

Most of the local shepherds and taishou only pay attention to the so-called "scholars of the scriptures" and "famous people of the world".

However, as everyone knows, the real driving force for the operation of this society is those skilled talents and inventive talents, and they are the first creators of social productive forces.

Politicians don't need too many to give advice, almost a few are enough.

However, technical talents, craftsman talents, and inventive talents, the more the merrier, and the more cultivated, the better.

Think about why the beautiful countries of later generations have been able to lead the rest of the world?

Of course, during the Han Dynasty, there was no such thing as a scientist.

But in this day and age, there are still many skilled craftsmen in the physical industry.

For example, good at building, good at bridge-building, good at farming, good at salt making, good at medicine, good at smelting... Wait, these people are actually the main force that ensures that a country can flourish.

Like Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, don't those people pay attention to such talents?

They also attach importance to it, but they definitely don't pay as much attention to it as Liu Jian.

Liu Jian decided to build a large number of waterwheels on the north bank of the Yellow River first, vigorously developing agriculture on the one hand, and tapping and developing a part of technical personnel on the other.

At the same time, through a series of protection and preferential treatment for technical talents, it has gradually attracted skilled talents from various states in Dahan to invest.

The construction of the watermill was only the first step in Liu Jian's plan.

The development of agriculture does need waterwheels, and similarly, if we want to achieve the rapid development of the iron smelting industry, water conservancy and energy are also indispensable.

Through the cultivation and training of this group of talents, the next step is to use waterwheels and water conservancy to enhance the production capacity of the iron-smelting industry.

In this era, a strong army is inevitably inseparable from iron.

It seems that Liu Jian still has a long road ahead.

In the first year of Chuping, as soon as the New Year passed, Lu Zhi, who was appointed as the northern pastor of Jizhou, began to travel to Jizhou.

He did not rush to the post first, but went to Wei County, where Liu Jian was located, to investigate.

This investigation is not trivial.

Lu Zhi was also the one who led his troops to defeat Zhang Jiao in Jizhou the year before last.

At that time, Jizhou was full of displaced people and barren fields, and Lu Zhi remembered these things vividly.

But this time I went to the vicinity of Yecheng to take a look.

Everything was different from what he had imagined.

Hearing that the teacher was coming, Liu Jian naturally wanted to greet him in person.

The master and apprentice reunited after a long absence, and Lu Zhi slapped Liu Jian's hand vigorously, with a look of great relief.

Subsequently, Lu Zhi asked Liu Jian about how he governed Jizhou.

Liu Jian did not hide it and told Lu Zhihe everything about it.

In addition to sighing, Lu Zhi also said that after he took office, he would also adopt the same policy as Liu Jian, vigorously carry out tuntian, build waterwheels, and irrigate and rejuvenate agriculture.

Moreover, the implication of Lu Zhi's words is that in Hebei in the future, everything will be done with Liu Jian first.

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