After Xiao Jiu returned to Hare Mountain, he asked Zhang Ben to go to Lingshui County with a few soldiers on the second day and sent the appointment notice.

Liu Hong, the county magistrate, should have received the news from the state and county early, and was ready to leave Lingshui County before seeing the letter of appointment.

Three days later, Xiao Jiu took more than 100 Xiao Zi battalion soldiers from Hare Mountain to Lingshui County.

When he arrived at the county office, Xiao Jiu ordered the soldiers to wait outside, and he walked into the gate with Jinzi, Zhang Ben and Lao Ma.

As soon as he entered, the county commander Liu Hong, his master, and the county lieutenant had been waiting for a long time, and they clasped their fists and saluted Xiao Jiusi.

After some greetings, the tax administration of Lingshui County began to be handed over.

Liu Hong has been operating in Lingshui County for many years, and he is somewhat reluctant to leave at this time.

But the state government's order has come down, and he definitely doesn't dare to disobey.

Especially when Qingzhou's Qinwang army passed through Lingshui County, Lu Yaoliang also saw Liu Hong alone.

During the period, part of the process of the trip to Kyoto was revealed, and some subsequent arrangements were made.

In fact, after Liu Hong was transferred from Lingshui County to Yang County, his position was still promoted.

From now on, he can't continue to be his own soil emperor in Lingshui County, which also makes Liu Hong feel a little regretful.

The handover process is very fast, and most of them are the account books of the government when collecting grain and paying taxes, and the share arrangement of subsequent grain collection.

As a county magistrate, he is obliged to complete the task of requisitioning grain issued by the prefecture and county.

Every time there is a harvest, we have to go to various villages and towns to collect enough grain taxes.

According to the current laws of Bactria today, the taxes that the people need to pay are collected according to the head of each household.

The more people you have, the heavier the amount of tax you pay.

However, most of the land in the townships and towns is concentrated in the hands of those landlords and wealthy households, resulting in the phenomenon that the poor get poorer and the rich get richer.

Therefore, every year, people in the townships and towns under the jurisdiction of the county will become displaced people or go up to the mountains to become bandits.

For the displaced people, the county government needs to allocate a part of the money and grain for resettlement and processing.

However, when a large-scale bandit gang is formed in a region, it is necessary for those landlords and old fortunes to contribute money and grain to recruit troops to suppress the bandits.

The bandits are serious, and they are the ones who suffer the most.

Xiao Jiu took the thick account book handed over by Master Yang, took a slight look at it, and handed it to the old horse on the side.

The above content is not much different from what I have known before.

After the handover, Xiao Jiu left the county office, only waiting for Liu Hong's family to move out of the county government and go to Yang County to take up his post.

Three days later, Xiao Jiu and his entourage came to the county government again, and Liu Hong's family had already left Lingshui County, and by the way, they also took Master Yang with them.

At this time, only the county lieutenant Daniel Zhang was waiting for him in Yali.

"Lord Xiao, you and I will work together in the future."

Daniel Zhang was followed by dozens of servants, holding his fist and saluting Xiao Jiu and his party who came to take up their posts.

I saw that Zhang Ben, Jin Zi and other soldiers of the Xiao Ziying camp who came here did not say a word in the face of Daniel Zhang's salute, and the atmosphere instantly became a little embarrassing.

In the end, it was Xiao Jiu who stepped forward with a smile to break the deadlock.

"County Lieutenant Zhang, Wen Junshou is my nobleman."

"Some of the things I did with Lord Lu had nothing to do with Wen Junshou before."

"In the future, Xiao will need the cooperation of County Captain Zhang."

When County Captain Daniel Zhang heard this, his face softened slightly, and he understood the deep meaning of Xiao Jiu's words.

He heard some things about his previous trip to Kyoto, and he was also instructed to explain.

At this time, Xiao Jiu's words were more about taking the opportunity to say to Wen Jie, which meant turning over the past.

However, this Daniel Zhang was under Xiao Jiu's hands at this time, and he didn't know if the other party would really take care of Wen Jie's face as he said.

In this way, Xiao Jiu officially took office in Lingshui County and served as the county commander.

As a county commander, he naturally wants to enter the county, but Xiao Jiu will not use this Daniel Zhang again.

Twenty elites from the Xiao Zi Battalion were directly transferred to serve as government officials, and the original batch of county officials were directly dismissed.

In this regard, Daniel Zhang did not dare to complain, and could only watch himself being set aside.

The news of Xiao Jiu's appointment as the magistrate of Lingshui County soon spread in Yang County and even in the entire Qingzhou.

Many people are curious about what kind of ability this Xiao Jiu has, and he can actually do the county order of a county as a mountain bandit.

No matter how many dignitaries and dignitaries Xiao Jiu was shocked, the jaws of the dignitaries dropped.

At this time, in the entire Lingshui County, there are also a few happy and a few worried.

Many ordinary people and villagers in the townships and towns under its jurisdiction who have joined the proletarian guild are excitedly shouting that God has eyes.

And many of the landlords who had been bullied by Xiao Jiu before were frightened by the news.

They didn't know what to do with this living Hades in the future.

Now that Xiao Jiu has become the commander of Lingshui County, the entire Lingshui County is under his management, and if you want to control them, you can't catch them?

Just when the entire Lingshui County was stirred up by the news of Xiao Jiu's appointment, Xiao Jiu, who had moved to the county office, received a letter from Kyoto.

This letter is from Wang Meng, whom he has not seen since returning from Huya Pass.

Wang Meng has now been separated from the military and political system in Qingzhou and served as a commander of the forbidden army in the Zhili region, stationed at Huya Pass.

The other contents of the letter also made Xiao Jiu's eyes shine.

It turned out that after Wang Meng had seen the power of the Xiaoziying military crossbow in Hare Mountain before, he had already said that he was ready to purchase a batch of ordnance from him to fill the military defense.

The price given is also quite encouraging.

In addition, the emperor of Kyoto also intended to cultivate himself.

Wang Meng even directly stated in the letter that he wanted Xiao Jiu to expand the Xiao Zi battalion.

The money and grain used in the expansion of the army will be donated to him by Jizhou and Yuzhou respectively.

After reading the letter, Xiao Jiu touched his chin thoughtfully, and a smile hung on the corner of his mouth.

His Lingshui County is adjacent to Jizhou and Yuzhou, and belongs to a triangle.

Although he nominally belongs to Qingzhou, he is already incompatible with Lu Yaoliang, the governor of Qingzhou.

If the Xiao Zi battalion is expanded into an army of sufficient size, it will definitely be able to move between the three states with ease.

Not to mention that the emperor is happy to see an army in the middle of the three states, but Jizhou and Yuzhou are also happy to see this.

An army of bandits with their elbows turned outward will inevitably become a natural barrier between them and the Qingzhou army.

Subsequently, the first thing Xiao Jiu did when he took office was to recruit soldiers.

What is different from the past is that as soon as the recruitment notice was posted, the majority of the militia responded to it.

They have already tasted the sweetness of working for Xiao Jiu, and at this time, Xiao Jiu served as the commander of Lingshui County, and he had already justified the name of Xiao Ziying.

Almost without hesitation, these militiamen from poor backgrounds joined Xiao Jiu's army one after another.

The number of people in the Xiao Zi Camp has doubled, and it has directly expanded to more than 600 people.

Seeing this, Xiao Jiu began to learn from the reserve system of his previous life, and called on the members of the proletarian guild to actively join the militia in various towns and villages.

The recruitment of soldiers in the Xiao Zi battalion will also be carried out in the militia ranks in various places.

The conscription operation in the entire Lingshui County was in full swing, but Xiao Jiu, who had already served as the county commander, made a new discovery.