The work of suppressing bandits is steadily advancing, and the ultimate goal is to wipe out all the bandits entrenched in the vicinity of Qingzhou City, at least to ensure that there is no trace of bandits on this section of the road from Qingzhou to Hezhou, and to ensure that the trade route between Qingzhou and Hezhou is smooth and safe.

Qingzhou City has begun to have a shortage of materials, after all, Qingzhou City has to supply the living materials of Qingzhou University Hall to ensure the basic living security of the victims, food is currently sufficient, but materials such as clothing, oil, salt, medicine and so on are currently very scarce.

This kind of materials in Qingzhou City have basically been out of stock, so the traders plan to buy from Hezhou, but because there are bandits on the way, the bulk goods dare not go at all, causing the prices in Qingzhou City to go up.

Fortunately, this problem is not too tricky, Chen Ze discussed it with the Qingzhou Office for a long time, and thought of a solution that was not a solution.

Qingzhou City is about 170 miles away from Hezhou City, that is, more than 80 kilometers away, and there are a total of four post stations in this section of the journey, which is equivalent to the existence of the service area, and each post station is generally equipped with three to five messengers, and these messengers are responsible for protecting the safety of the post station in addition to maintaining the normal operation of the post station.

The current idea is to add post stations and outposts, and put in the vigilance force to maintain order on this official road.

Of course, this method is a relatively stupid method, and the investment must be very large, but there seems to be no better way than this at the moment, after all, the work of cracking down on bandits is just the beginning, and the development of Qingzhou cannot be affected because of bandits, so it is very urgent to increase the vigilance force.

This matter needs to be coordinated between Chen Ze and Qingzhou Daying.

Now that the cement and plastic parts technology is mature, it is not a problem to quickly build a post station, but this matter still needs to be negotiated with Qingzhou Daying.

Patrolling back and forth every day, and standing guard, it was a chore.

But this matter can only be done by the people of the army, after all, ordinary officers may not be able to withstand bandits, and soldiers have deterrent power, and they have received professional training and have combat effectiveness.

Chen Ze had to make a personal trip to this matter, so he set off to the Qingzhou camp again.

As soon as Cao Xiong heard that Chen Ze was coming, he thought with his toes that Chen Ze must have come to ask for someone, and then ...... I was in a very good mood, so I quickly asked someone to invite Chen Ze over.

I have to say that Cao Xiong's attitude towards Chen Ze was scornful at first.

Chen Ze's reputation is not very good in Hanzhou, so Cao Ze basically has a disdainful attitude towards this kind of gentleman, he came to Qingzhou purely because he had to carry out the military order, if it weren't for Chen Ze's identity as the prince of Zhennan, Cao Xiong wouldn't have taken Chen Ze in his eyes at all.

But after coming to Qingzhou for a few months, Cao Xiong saw the changes in Qingzhou City, and he was simply puzzled in his heart.

In fact, Cao Xiong has changed his opinion of Chen Ze to a certain extent, it seems that this prince of Zhennan is not a guy who can only eat and wait for death, and he can make Qingzhou City what it is now, I have to admit that he is a little capable.

But no matter how good Qingzhou City becomes, it has nothing to do with Cao Xiong, after all, it is impossible for Chen Ze to share the benefits of Qingzhou City with him.

What really changed Cao Xiong's attitude towards Chen Ze was the letters from home.

Not only did his father praise Chen Ze, but even his younger brother Cao Yuan admired Chen Ze.

Cao Sheng naturally doesn't need to say, he was the commander to attack Wutong County, this kind of battle is the most difficult to fight, Wutong Pass is a relatively difficult hard bone, and the terrain is extremely dangerous, I don't know how many people will die if I want to capture it, but the soldiers brought out by his Cao family themselves are all his heart, and they are distressed to die, take 10,000 steps back, these soldiers have to give the family a pension when they die, and the palace will pay a part, and the Cao family will also have a part.

And the pension can't be given too little, otherwise how will other soldiers work for the Cao family and the palace in the future?

The most troublesome thing has to be Xu Qianqian in Wutong County, this is the commander of the righteous army leader who was in the middle of the year, and the battle he commanded has not tasted defeat, especially good at mountain warfare, Wutong Pass is already difficult to fight, plus Xu Qianqian's command, it is impossible to fight in the short term.

Anyway, Cao Sheng was originally 10,000 unhappy, but the military order was difficult to disobey, so he could only bite the bullet and follow, but he never expected that Xu Qianfang was persuaded by Chen Ze to surrender, and he took Wutong County down without spending a single soldier!

Cao Sheng didn't know how to express his feelings except for a sentence of bull criticism, you must know that this is already a rebellion, and the rebellion was persuaded by Chen Ze, and even took the initiative to surrender, which is very incredible.

Since beating Chen Ze and persuading Xu Qianfang to surrender, Cao Sheng's attitude towards Chen Ze has undergone earth-shaking changes, he used to be a little bastard when he opened his mouth and closed his mouth, but now he is a mouthful of thick photos, which can be said to be quite liked, otherwise he would not have left Chen Ze at home to drink all night, and finally let the geisha sleep.

The Cao family just a few kabuki to support the cards, without saying a word, they sent Chen Ze and the two directly, Chen Ze also gave a handwritten letter before leaving, and asked Chen Ze to hand it over to Cao Xiong, the content of the letter is a little, you will listen to Chen Ze in the future, follow Chen Ze well, and you will be crowned the king and worship the prime minister in the future.

When Cao Xiong first saw the letter, he felt very outrageous.

Unexpectedly, Chen Ze went to Hanzhou once, and he actually persuaded Xu Qianfang to surrender by relying on his mouth.

It's a bit beyond Cao Xiong's cognition.

Cao Sheng spoke, and asked Cao Xiong to listen to Chen Ze in the future, Cao Xiong must listen, and his attitude will definitely change, and he will be enthusiastic about Chen Ze all of a sudden.

As a result, after this enthusiasm, I found that there are benefits in this life, which is really giving!

Of course, he didn't give Cao Xiong a penny, but directly gave Cao Xiong a promise.

Before the end of this year, let all the soldiers of the Qingzhou battalion live in brick houses, all the mountain roads from the Qingzhou battalion to the official road are paved with cement roads, and the logistics support system will be directly put together.

The most important point is that the soldiers of the Qingzhou battalion have very different foods, they can eat meat every three or five days, and the broth has almost never been broken, and after two or three months, many soldiers have a much stronger body.