Village Chief Zhang's choice surprised Wu Li, because the ranger seemed to be more stable, after all, the imperial court gave him a monthly payment, but in fact, for most of the people, they would not choose this, because they lost the most important thing - land.

But Zhangjiacun made this choice, although it was chosen by the village chief, but Wu Li knew that these villages named after a single surname, the village chief was almost very prestigious.

Since the village chief said so, there must be no problem.

However, what should be said, Wu Li still has to say it in place.

"Village Chief Zhang, Your Highness said, we have to rely on the principle of voluntariness for these tasks, if no one is willing, we will send some personnel to take charge of the rotation in the later stage. But it can't be forced anyway. ”

"I believe that Village Chief Zhang will definitely be true to your word in the village, as long as you let the whole village stay, they will definitely stay, but I think the village chief should still let them make a choice." Wu Li said seriously.

"Don't worry, Officer Wu, I'll let them decide for themselves. After all, the words of His Highness, we dare not forget. Village Chief Zhang said very seriously.

Next, Wu Li did not leave, but followed Village Chief Zhang to gather all the villagers of Zhangjia Village, and then Village Chief Zhang told all the villagers about the matter again.

Just like what Village Chief Zhang said, he let them voluntarily and did not force them, but all the people here made a choice, they were all willing to stay here, become forest rangers, and protect this mountain forest for His Highness.

Wu Li carefully recorded this incident on the side, and made an evaluation of the people of the entire village, and the report here may eventually reach His Highness's desk and be known by His Highness and His Majesty.

And in the words of the people of Zhangjia Village, His Royal Highness has paid so much for them, and they have only done the most insignificant things.

Wu Li, who left Zhangjia Village, was a little silent, although he was a member of the security army and a member of the Ministry of Public Security, but Wu Li actually wanted to join the army, if it weren't for the fact that his wife was left unattended, he shouldn't have been here.

But such a scene in front of him made Wu Li understand that there are too many people in the world guarding His Highness, although he cannot join the army to fight for His Highness, but I believe that there are many colleagues in the world who will fulfill this wish for him.

And he also wants to be like Zhangjiacun, to protect this land for His Royal Highness, I believe that in the entire Tang Dynasty, too many people will make the same choice as himself.

Just like Wu Li said, Jiannan Road in Shudi, and now it has been renamed Sichuan Prefecture, and the governance is Yizhou Mansion.

To the south of Sichuan Prefecture, close to Guizhou, according to the re-division of the prefectures by His Royal Highness, the entire northern part of Guizhou has already been under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty.

But the south side of Guizhou has always been the control area of countless Shanyue people, which is composed of countless tribes of 100,000 mountains, although the population of these Shanyue people is not large, but they have no way to clean up, and Guizhou has many mountains and canyons, and many places can almost be called Jedi.

If there are no outsiders to guide the way, even if an army of 100,000 people comes here, I am afraid that it will not be able to affect the mountain people here.

But since last year, the situation here has been gradually changing, first of all, the measures of His Royal Highness's medicinal herb factory, so that more and more people here have gradually come out of the mountains.

The subsidies given to them by Datang and the implementation of the most sincere strategy for them made the mountain people gradually realize that Datang was good to them, so there were constantly mountain tribes responding to the call of the Tang Dynasty.

Out of the mountains, he was willing to migrate to the plains below the mountains to live, and lived by planting crops according to the land allocated by the Tang Dynasty.

In the same way, because more and more mountain people are coming out of the mountains, and with these mountain people constantly rushing into the Tang Dynasty soldiers and security forces, Datang's control over the surrounding mountains is becoming more and more sufficient, and the intelligence is becoming more and more detailed.

After the "Barefoot Doctor's Manual" solved the threat of miasma spread across the 100,000 mountains, the security army of Datang and the soldiers here were even more powerful, constantly expanding the influence of Datang.

Until the influence of the Tang Dynasty expanded to the land of the Six Edicts, there was another name on the map given by His Royal Highness, the south of Caiyun, Dali.

The speed at which the policies of the Tang Dynasty were transmitted here was very slow, but this time a lot of news was delivered as soon as possible.

When many mountain people who were already hesitant learned about Datang's latest policy, they made a decisive choice.

Migration!

Although the mountain people are accustomed to living in the mountains, they do not really live in the mountains voluntarily, and many of them either fled into the mountains or their ancestors are the people in the mountains.

The production conditions in the mountains are always backward, and the arable land on the mountains is also small, and life is very difficult.

Many mountains have been reclaimed for farmland, as early as the Han Dynasty, there are many mountain tribes here who have reclaimed terraced fields for a living.

It's not that they don't want to live under the mountain, they don't want to live in a place that is more suitable for planting fields, it's because the land is always under the control of the imperial court, which is one thing, and the other is that they live too hard, and if they go down the mountain, they need to pay taxes.

They are afraid that they will not be able to support themselves, after all, the ability of these mountain people to farm is far inferior to that of the people of the Central Plains.

But now His Royal Highness the Tang Dynasty not only brought better ploughshares, cocoon carts, but also higher-yielding grain seeds, although they are not suitable for growing wheat here, but more suitable for growing rice.

But this agricultural tax subsidy ...... Who wouldn't?

What's more, if they are willing to migrate down the mountain, they will be tax-free for a longer time, and the Tang Dynasty will be responsible for all their grain in the first year.

It will even help them to build a new village and build a new house in a suitable place for farming at the bottom of the mountain.

So when the news reached the land of the Six Edicts, the few small countries in the Six Edicts that belonged to the Tang Dynasty had already made a decisive choice.

If they don't choose, they can't do anything, because the mountain people under their names are constantly migrating to the territory of Datang.

Although this is a place where 100,000 mountains gather, there are also some plains suitable for cultivation in the mountains, not to mention, the entire Liuzhao, Yungui and other places together may not be able to fill the Shuzhong Plain.

So the people here don't have to worry about having no arable land to cultivate, and in such a situation, what is the need for them to insist?

Of course, they surrendered directly to the book, and they are all knowledgeable, and the Tang Dynasty began to encroach on this land from various directions such as Jiannan Road, Lingnan Road, Linyi, and Qinghai-Tibet Road.

Even if they were unwilling, it would only be a matter of time before the mountain people under their command were cannibalized.