After taking Qilian County and the entire Qilian County, Ma Shuo's forces once again entered a period of adjustment and development. Because, for Ma Shuo, he needs to digest the gains from this period of time and truly transform them into his own strength.

In troubled times, you need to have soldiers in your hands. However, it costs money to raise soldiers, and it requires all kinds of materials.

Previously, the mining area in Guyang County was taken, and the problem of the source of weapons materials was temporarily solved. However, weapons alone are not enough, so many soldiers need to be fed, clothed, and paid.

Therefore, the basis of military affairs is still civil affairs.

Since Panlong Village, Ma Shuo has actually always attached importance to civil affairs. Now, under Bai Xuan's special responsibility, the wild land in Ma Shuo's sphere of influence is being developed in large quantities, new high-yield grain varieties of potatoes have also begun to be popularized and planted on a large scale, and new agricultural technologies are also being popularized and used at the same time, and good results have been achieved.

The problem of eating will not be a big problem for the time being. However, this is not enough, it is necessary to constantly increase production and increase reserves. It's just that the basis of everything is still the population, and if there is not enough population, not only the supply of troops will be affected, but also the basic production of all kinds will also be affected.

However, the land of Western Xinjiang itself is vast and sparsely populated. According to the data provided by Bai Xuan, at present, including the Qilian County that has just been taken, the total population of Ma Shuo's sphere of influence is only a little more than 520,000.

With a population of this size, supporting 120,000 soldiers and horses is actually very stressful, and it can be regarded as a poor army. It's just that for the time being, Ma Shuo does not rely on collecting taxes from the people under his rule to support the soldiers and horses, and the current soldiers and horses are mainly supported by Ma Shuo's own industry and the seizures in the process of suppressing bandits and fighting with barbarians in the early stage.

However, these are obviously not long-term solutions, and tax collection is destined to be inevitable.

Attracting foreign population, expanding the area of cultivated land, increasing grain production, and appropriately developing commerce, handicrafts, and various manufacturing industries are areas that need to be focused on in the field of internal affairs for a long time.

In terms of internal affairs, although there are Bai Xuan and Fan Zeng now, in Ma Shuo's opinion, there is still a shortage of people. First of all, the two city lords of Qilian County and Huangsha City must be replaced by Ma Shuo's own people. Qilian County was defeated by itself, and the original city lord's mansion in Huangsha City has existed in name only, and now Fan Zeng is actually exercising the power of the city lord.

However, none of this is a long-term solution. It is impossible for Fan Zeng to be locked in Huangsha City for a long time by the position of a city lord, and Qilian County cannot always practice military management. Cultivating human resources is naturally very important, and it is already underway. However, the cycle of cultivating talents is very long, so it is imperative that Ma Shuo also tap more talents from the private sector to help him manage.

It's just that Ma Shuo now has a very embarrassing problem, that is, his identity. His current title, whether it is an official position, especially an official position, is a military position. General Weiwei and the marching history of the Pingxi Army, these are all military positions, and they are purely military positions, and theoretically they have no internal management power.

Therefore, Ma Shuo needs a formal identity, a legitimate identity.

This identity, in fact, Ma Shuo can ask Li Mu for it. However, the Western Xinjiang Protectorate gave it, in fact, in the final analysis, it is still a bit unjustifiable. Therefore, if you can get an appointment from Xianyang, it will be the best.

What Ma Shuo didn't know was that just as he was struggling with this question, the two people in Xianyang thought of him almost at the same time.

"Great Commander, I wonder if there is news of the Ninth Sister recently?" In the Xianyang Palace, Fusu, who had already ascended the throne, had just returned to the study after discussing important matters with Bai Qi and other important ministers on this day, and suddenly remembered something, so he opened his mouth to ask the leader of the Black Dragon Guard who was hidden in the shadows.

During this time, he had been busy stabilizing the political situation, and Fusu didn't even have time to ask for any news about Wan'er. Now, although the situation is not particularly satisfactory, it is still a little more stable than before. Fusu, finally remembered his sister, of course, the reason for thinking of his sister is not just to care.

"Back to the king, the ninth princess is all right now, according to the news heard by the subordinates, the princess is at the general of Weiwei at this time, and she has also become the deputy general of the women's army." The Black Dragon Guard did send someone to find out some news.

Of course, the news that Black Dragon Wei heard was far more than that, and the target was not only Ma Shuo. The object of the Black Dragon Guard's inspection is still the hundred officials of the Great Qin world. Especially in the current situation, this kind of monitoring is even more important, as the so-called knowing oneself and knowing the other, can not be defeated.

"Oh! How is that General Wei now? "Wan'er is fine, Fusu actually pays more attention to Ma Shuo, although he doesn't have much intersection with Ma Shuo, but he always knows that his ninth sister seems to be very close to this surnamed Ma.

It might be a good idea to use the Ninth Sister to tie this guy to her chariot. It's just that Fusu wants to know if the current Ma Shuo is worth wooing.

"This General Wei now has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command, controlling the land of the two counties, and the soldiers are strong and strong."

"More than 100,000 soldiers and horses, really?" Fusu was surprised and delighted.

"Yes, about 120,000." The leader of the Black Dragon Guard gave a relatively accurate number.

"Good! That's great! Summoned, Ma Shuoshang Nine Princesses, as the captain of the horses, gave the lord a young master, led the Yumen county guard, and assisted the Qin general. ”

The horses are all false, good-sounding, and have no real power, but they all directly tied Ma Shuo to the royal chariot.

Shao Shangzao, Qin's twentieth rank is fifteen, which is several levels higher than Ma Shuo's current Zuo Shu.

Yumen County Guard, the highest local real power, the head of a county. However, it would be interesting for Fusu to give Ma Shuo the county guard.

If Ma Shuoruo is the county guard, nominally the thirty-six counties of Yumen are under his rule. But now there are only two and a half counties in Ma Shuo's hands.

In this way, Ma Shuo was directly opposed to the Western Xinjiang Metropolitan Protectorate, the Yumen Army, the Lock Barbarian Army, the Barbarians and other forces.

General Fu Qin, the title general, has been promoted several levels higher than General Weiwei, comparable to Li Lingwei's general of the Zhenbarian Army in the past, and they are all among the three military generals.

In order to win over Ma Shuo, Fusu made a very generous move this time, but the conspiracy was revealed.

However, these are all things that Ma Shuo urgently needs now.

Don't look at the succession for a few days, this Fusu has been reborn, and he has won the way of the king, knows how to guess people's hearts, and performs the balancing power technique.

The times create heroes, and the situation becomes a traitor.

Fusu is also a change that has been forced out, if he does not change, he will have to die, and he will die very miserably. Qin Hai's lesson is unforgettable.

Knowing that it was poisonous, Ma Shuo had to accept this gift happily. It's just that at this moment, Ma Shuo was excited about another happy event.