The atmosphere in Fangling City is finally no longer as oppressive as before.

Except for the people brought by Li Wuchang and the Qinghuo Society, there are not many remaining aborigines in the city, and most of them have fled, because Li Wuchang is just a thief to Dayan after all, and not everyone has the courage to follow him with their lives.

The property and lives of the remaining residents have not been violated, and they can still live in their own houses and live their own small lives.

Most people who want to make a living in the city rely on business.

Of course, there were many wealthy people who had farms outside the city and lived on rent, but now Fangling County is so chaotic, and the farms everywhere are more or less affected, and they can't sell if they want to.

The pattern of Fangling County is about to change.

In order to prepare for defense in advance, Li Wuchang directly ordered the north gate to be sealed, leaving the south gate alone for the people to enter and exit.

As long as they don't engage in any crooked ways, the soldiers at the city gate will generally not be embarrassed.

The days of doing business are not sad, businessmen have their own channels, as usual, they go out of the city to pull goods into the city to sell, and there is no tax yet, of course there will be in the future, and you need to wait until Fangling City stabilizes.

There are several kinds of business that are good to do now.

Furniture, clothing, and all kinds of daily necessities are very easy to sell, because Li Wuchang brought many people into the city to settle down, they are not short of money, and they buy things for real money, and the silver tickets are gradually no longer used.

The food business is also good, and there are many large and small restaurants in the city, most of which are frequented by people from the rivers and lakes and sergeants.

Wei Xin once said that the most important thing on the rivers and lakes is all kinds of fishing for the wrong door, although Fangling City has changed hands now, but there are still many people in the city, this problem must be solved by a way, Li Wuchang does not want to have a fire in the backyard when defending the city in the future.

Han Dazhi patted Li Wuchang's chest and said that this question could be handed over to him.

As for the sergeant going down to the restaurant, that is nothing new.

Although there is a big stove to eat in the army, it does not prevent everyone from going to the restaurant during the rotation, and they come to the restaurant in groups of three or two, order a few small dishes and call for another pot of turbid wine, and drink wine to talk about the mountains.

Although there is no mention of military salaries yet, Li Wuchang has already rewarded him several times, plus he has searched for some valuable things on the battlefield, and many people have a lot of money in their pockets, so it is natural to improve their food occasionally.

"Platoon commander, I heard that the military department is going to replan in the next few days, have you received any news?"

In a tavern, more than a dozen soldiers who took turns to rest for half a day were drinking and chatting, talking about the major affairs of the military department.

"It's all road news!"

The young man known as the platoon commander chuckled, then took a sip of wine, smashed his mouth, and continued: "Our owner said when he was in Hongnong, after laying down a base area, he will plan well, now that Fangling has been obtained, Qinghuo will join strongly, our strength is further, the situation can be said to be very good, and things will naturally be put on the agenda." I don't think the military department needs to be re-planned, but also the administrative side of things. ”

A squad leader under the platoon commander said excitedly: "Great, so let's say, we can all lead the salary on a monthly basis in the future?"

The platoon commander said: "Of course, the regular army is paid, our owner is a person with great ambitions, Fangling City is just the beginning, although I don't know the next move, but I think the imperial court's troops in Badong and Yiling should not have a good life in the future!"

The little soldier smirked and said: "Squad leader, then you say that after the replanning of the troops, can we be promoted?" If you want me to say, with your strength as a platoon commander, it is more than enough to be a company commander, not to mention that you have just received a bunch of recruits? At present, we are all training with the crowd, and we definitely need a commander, and we happen to have made a small contribution in the siege war. ”

The platoon commander smiled: "I can't see that your kid is an official fan...... Don't worry, our military department has always been capable, not capable, you just need to improve the strength of all aspects, don't worry about no promotion, in addition to practicing martial arts, you can study more when you have time, you just look at our Chief Zhao and Chief Wu, they are not only high in martial arts, but more importantly, they are good at learning and have a sense of the overall situation, so the owner of the village entrusted them with important tasks. ”

The squad leader made a bitter face and said, "Why do the big-headed soldiers need so much knowledge? Isn't it enough to be brave in battle? I don't think Battalion Commander Xiong and Battalion Commander Cao don't seem to have much knowledge, right? They are still reused?"

The platoon commander said: "Can you compare with Battalion Commander Xiong and Battalion Commander Cao? Let's not say that the two of them have been following the owner of the village for a long time, let's just say that their martial arts can be ranked in the entire army, and they are people who fought hard battles when Feng Yi was in the time, and when they exterminated the old thief Xiang Cong, they often followed the owner of the village to lead the team to charge into battle, and specially rushed into formation, otherwise how could they destroy Xiang Cong so easily?"

The squad leader said: "That's what I said, the owner of the village ...... Alas, isn't it time to change the title, the title of the owner is not bad, but in terms of our current strength, the title of the owner is a bit petty. ”

The platoon commander said: "It's not our turn to worry about this kind of thing, someone will mention it...... Don't talk so much, come, drink, let's rest for a long day, relax our nerves, maybe there will be some big tasks tomorrow. ”

......

Castle Lord's Mansion.

Everyone is together, except for Wang Wanhong, who Li Wuchang is looking forward to.

Han Dazhi spoke first and shouted: "Stunned, don't talk about planning things first, I think you should first change your title, and call people the owner of the village, I don't know and think that you are just a mountain king in the mountains!"

As soon as this statement came out, it immediately won the support of everyone.

It really should be called differently.

It's not because it's good, but because it's an attitude to the outside world.

Fat Bear smiled and proposed: "Why don't you directly claim the title of king and beat your fame in one fell swoop, what do you think about King Fangling?...... Well, that title doesn't seem to be very auspicious!"

Everyone chuckled, and they all sounded the King of Fangling from a long time ago.

Cao Hao said: "It's good to be called the king, doesn't that Sikong Sheng call himself the king of Jiujiang?

Han Dazhi said: "King Fangling is unlucky, then he will be called King of Liangzhou directly, which is much more magnificent than King Jiujiang!"

Yang Su frowned and said, "Wouldn't it be too ostentatious to call the king directly?"

Wei Xin agreed: "It's really too ostentatious, we don't have the strength of Sikong Sheng at present, if we rashly claim the king, not only will we become a thorn in the side of the court, but we may also become the target of the public, and then we will be annoyed." ”

Zhao Xun looked at Li Wuchang and asked, "Stunned, seeing that you look calm and calm, do you have any good ideas?"

Li Wuchang said slowly: "I haven't thought about what to call it specifically, but it's really inappropriate to call him king, there is a saying that says...... Building high walls, accumulating grain, and slowly becoming kings, what do you think is suitable for the current situation?"

This should be the strategy for hegemony provided to him by Zhu Sheng, Zhu Yuanzhang's strategist.

Everyone savored that sentence.

After a while, Wu Xun spoke: "It seems that the stunned young man is not in favor of being the king, so how about being called handsome or the city lord?"