After talking about the rewards and bereavements, Wang Rong began to ask about the situation in the city during this time, he looked at Chu Kun's increasingly thinning hair, and said apologetically: "During this time, Mr. Chu has worked hard, and there are a lot of affairs in the city." ”

Chu Kun didn't reply, but took out a piece of paper, which said some relatively large projects that had been completed. Wang Wei took the paper and looked at it carefully, he really didn't expect that in just a few months, Chu Kun would be able to accomplish so many things.

Wang Rong looked at the piece of paper, looked up and asked, "Mr. Chu, is the wooden wall you see today prepared for the expansion of the city in the future?" ”

Chu Kun nodded and said, "That's right, the future scale of the city, after calculation, the limit will be there, widening ten miles from east to west, six or seven miles to the south, and widening to the north to the vicinity of Tu Shenze." ”

Wang Wei gestured to Wang Wei with his eyes, and the latter hurriedly found a map of the situation in and around the city from the side. Wang Rong placed the picture on the table and made a gesture with his fingers.

Wang Rong said while looking at the picture: "Mr. Chu, according to this plan, the population that can be accommodated in the future will be no less than 200,000. However, there is not so much arable land in the surrounding area. How can you feed such a large number of people? ”

Chu Kun looked at Wang Bian with admiration and said, "Duwei, this matter is thanks to you." The officials of the two prefectures mobilized the idle people in the city to diligently dig up the sand for a month in the desert in the south of the city, and opened up 5,000 acres of arable land. It's not much, but it's a testament to the captain's foresight. ”

Wang Wei was praised by Chu Kun and blushed, what kind of foresight and wisdom is just that the geographical location of the city is special. It is located at the fork of a great river, and after years of river washing, it should be like the Nile Valley in Egypt, full of fertile soil.

However, due to the lack of vegetation cover, especially the reinforcement of the soil by trees, a large amount of fertile soil was swept away by the river, resulting in a scene of mud and sand. Then there is the desertification of the soil, where a large amount of sandy soil will cover the fertile land. Day after day, year after year, the cultivable area around the city is shrinking day by day.

The land next to the big river, Wang Bian has no way to reclaim it for the time being, but it is still possible to plant trees and strengthen the soil.

At the edge of the desert to the south of the city, the surface layer of sand is relatively thin, and when the surface sand is excavated, the lower layer of soil suitable for cultivation can be exposed. As for how to protect these newly opened farmland, Wang Rong's method is to plant trees. Forests are used to block sand dunes from the south to the north, and new farmland is constantly being opened up to the south.

Wang Bian suggested to Chu Kun: "Since you want to plant trees, you can't plant one in the east and one in the west, and you must have a plan for planting them indiscriminately." Since we still need to cultivate, we can use these trees as a dividing line to divide the plots for each family. This not only reduces the invasion of wind and sand, but also reduces the disputes of the people. ”

Chu Kun recorded it carefully and said: "This is a good idea, and as a boundary tree, you can plant more fruit trees and mulberry trees, so that the people will have another income, even if they can't sell it, they can still eat it themselves." ”

Wang Rong turned his head to look at Li Qian, and said in a sincere tone: "Uncle Li, if you want to expand the city, you need a population, and the inflow of population will inevitably bring about public security problems. I hope that the county government will be able to study the development plan for the next five years, and incorporate the expansion of the city, the growth of the population, and the management of law and order. In the future, I hope that the city will be a city where the people live and work in peace and contentment, the officials are loyal to their duties, the city is clean and tidy, and the neighborhood layout is standardized. ”

Li Qian stood up, bowed and saluted: "The humble post will live up to the trust of the captain, and what the captain expects is also what our county government expects." ”

After Wang Rong finished suggesting in the general direction, he then said to Li Sujie: "Sujie, the soldiers of the Governor's Mansion need to rest and recuperate, but it is not that they do not train, the training must continue, and the food of the soldiers cannot be bad. After three months of training and after passing the assessment of the government soldiers, all the township soldiers who pass the assessment will be included in the government soldiers. You have to preside over this matter personally, and you can't slacken. ”

Li Sujie nodded and wrote it down on the paper. Wang Rong looked at Chu Kun and Li Qian, who wanted to speak and stopped, smiled and said: "Mr. Chu, Mr. Li, please relax, whether it is a government soldier or a township soldier, they all train when they are slack and cultivate when they are busy. It will not delay agricultural production. ”

Hearing Wang Rong's words, the two of them were relieved. Wang Rong's age limit for regular soldiers has been significantly broadened, and in his mind, the young and strong people who are only seen between the ages of eighteen and thirty are the soldiers who fight. Men between the ages of 30 and 40 will become auxiliaries, helping the soldiers to fight and do what they can.

After arranging both military and political affairs, Wang Rong said to everyone in the hall: "This time I will return to the city and rest for one night, and I will set off with my personal guards tomorrow." ”

In addition to the people accompanying the army, the officials of the two prefectures were shocked when they heard this, they thought that Wang Rong would stay in the city, but they didn't expect him to leave so soon.

Chu Kun asked directly: "Where is the Captain going?" Still with the personal guards? ”

Wang Rong replied: "This time I came back to have a mission in itself, and the general of Zhengbei and the county guard of Shuofang have both received a holy decree from Xuxi. The former Shuofang County Commander Meng Ao collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, and his crime was unforgivable, and after being escorted to Yulu for trial, he was beheaded for public display. And the task of escorting this person falls on our Western Governor's Mansion. This is to go to Xushan, accompanied by the second son of Shuofang County who guards the Marquis of Jin and 3,000 gold, and it is easy to provoke impeachment by using government soldiers, so only bring personal guards. ”

Chu Kun nodded, indicating that he understood. Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Wang Rong said: "Since there is nothing else to do, let's disperse, the hour is not early, except for the people on duty, the others should go home." ”

Everyone in the hall got up, bowed, and left the hall. After everyone dispersed, Wang Mao came to Wang Rong and saluted: "Duwei, the fifth marquis asks to see you." ”

Wang Rong put down the water bowl and swallowed the water in his mouth, and his throat, which had been thirsty for a long time, instantly became comfortable. Clearing his throat, Wang Rong said, "Let him in." ”

The fifth marquis was still the same, and he bowed respectfully. Wang Rong waved his hand and said with a smile: "They are all their own people, there are so many etiquettes, are you tired?" ”

The Fifth Hou thought about it seriously and said, "Tired! But the courtesy must not be abolished, Captain. ”