"Tell me what you think."

"My lord, I think this is a great opportunity."

"Hmm... Gather all the squad leaders, captains, and instructors of the army and navy, and arrange to arrive in Mingzhou within ten days, and I will have a meeting. ”

"No!"

Ten days later......

In Mingzhou City, in Qu Zichen's mansion......

"Now that everyone has arrived, then I'll get straight to the point."

Looking at the henchmen present, Qu Zichen decided to say what he thought.

"Some time ago, Zhang Long told me one thing, the villagers of Liujia Village do not have enough land to cultivate, which leads to the survival of some villagers."

"Our Zhiyuan Island, on the other hand, lacks farmers. I already knew that Liujia Village and Xiaohe Village were places that had been developed and lived in for many years, and the land problem was becoming more and more serious. Zhiyuan Island, on the other hand, is sparsely populated. ”

"I think it's a good option to bring villagers who don't have enough land to the island. Not only Zhiyuan Island, but in the future, we will occupy more islands one after another, and Mingzhou is the most lacking, that is, islands. ”

"At present, a small part of these islands are controlled by various pirates, and most of them are uninhabited."

"Before, I didn't occupy these islands, there are several reasons, first, I have no name, I don't have any identity, I occupy them rashly, in case there is the attention of someone who cares, then everything we do is to make a dowry for others."

"Second, there are not enough manpower, and at that time there were only enough people to control one island, and it was very difficult to do so."

"Now it's not the case, with the official identity of the Song Dynasty, the commander can attack and occupy various islands in the name of exterminating the bandits and maintaining law and order, and Zhang Siyang, the prefect of Mingzhou, also told me about this."

"Moreover, not only Liujia Village and Xiaohe Village, but also displaced people and refugees from all over the country are the targets of our recruitment, so we can work more on them."

"The addition of these people has also made us many more young and strong, and among them we will select the able-bodied ones and recruit them as soldiers, and the rest will be trained in the agricultural slack as militiamen, to maintain law and order, or to carry out various tasks as state soldiers."

"Of course, the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and it is inevitable that there will be no undercover agents from other forces in the army, and the officers and instructors of the army will be served by our people, which can also ensure that there are few accidents."

"However, the navy has artillery and firearms, which is a very important thing, when patrolling or training near Mingzhou, all firearms must be hidden, and no one must let others discover them, and the same is true for the peasants and serfs on Zhiyuan Island, and they must not be allowed to discover it, and the training of firecrackers and artillery is carried out far from the sea."

"Soldiers in the Navy must be recruited by the system."

"Although it has been decided to recruit local personnel as soldiers, this matter must be postponed for a while, our own strength is enough, in order to lead and dominate others, local soldiers, and recruited own people, we must distinguish them, they are mostly used as miscellaneous soldiers, engineers, etc."

"I'll exchange a batch of binoculars for you, and all officers and instructors will have one, but when training native soldiers, they must not be discovered or used. You have to remember that. ”

"When we are not yet strong, people who do not fully trust must be guarded. Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years. ”

"Okay, you can tell the soldiers about the main content of this meeting and the things you decide, and go back."

"No!"

Although it was decided to control the surrounding islands, who is Qu Zichen?

He didn't forget what the prefect Zhang Siyang said before, since he took the initiative to mention it, he must get some benefits. Don't be in vain.

After letting the officers and instructors go back, Qu Zichen began to prepare to go to the prefect Zhang Siyang.

The calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, cultural toys, and treasures collected by the Liu family for several generations were found in Liu Feiyuan's house before, and they can be used now.

Qu Zichen arranged for someone to inquire about what Zhang Siyang liked.

He didn't inquire about any strange things, that is, the ones that the literati liked, and he didn't refuse to give anything to others.

Qu Zichen picked out two pairs of words, a few literary toys, and then prepared a car to take people to the prefect Zhang Siyang's mansion.

Because he had already sent someone to report first, when he arrived at the door, he was not blocked, and Zhang Siyang was already waiting at the door.

"Alas, Lord Qu can still find time to come over in his busy schedule, Xia Guan is really overjoyed, the arrival of Lord Qu really makes the cold house shine."

"What is Lord Zhang talking about, if it weren't for Lord Zhang's help, how could it be so smooth. Besides, isn't it right for the younger brother to come to visit the elder brother? ”

"Hahaha, Brother Xian, please come in, I hope Brother Xian won't think this place is shabby."

"Lord Zhang is modest, the younger brother came this time and brought some things to his brother, but they are just ordinary objects, not worth mentioning."

"Brother Xian will come here, what else do you bring, you must not accept it."

The two shirked each other, and in the end, Zhang Siyang accepted it.

"Since Brother Xian is like this, then Zhang is better to be respectful than to obey his fate."