Huang Guoxin, the governor of Qinghe County, walked into Qin Feng's small study under the guidance of Eunuch Le. This time, the twenty county magistrates from the west went to Beijing to report their duties at one time. Except for a few places such as Hulao, Qingzhou, Xintong, etc., the answers submitted by other places actually did not satisfy the emperor. Although the emperor did not say much in public, the information revealed by the Prime Minister and others in private had clearly shown the emperor's dissatisfaction.

It seems that the emperor is also very anxious. This time, he said that he was asking the county magistrates to come to Beijing to report his duties, but it would be better to say that the emperor personally came to pimp for various places. The participation of the giant merchants and big merchants at yesterday's dinner was a clear proof that whether these people were happy or not, the emperor had already lost face. They must make the emperor happy, and a lot of funds would definitely flow into the west.

The emperor has done this step. If he doesn't do it well, he will probably face the emperor's thunderous anger.

Overall, the emperor's requirements for the West Land are not high now. As long as they can make the people eat and wear well, it will not become a burden to the Ming Dynasty, the peace period in recent years is very important for the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty needs to accumulate wealth to cope with the next battle to dominate the world with Qi, and it is unlikely that it will invest in the West Land to make a big investment.

For Huang Guoxin, the pressure was quite great. The conditions in Qinghe County were good, but when Bian Wushuang surrendered to Chu, he took away hundreds of thousands of people with his troops and civilians. This was a huge blow to Qinghe County. No matter how good the conditions were, it would be useless without people.

Twenty county magistrates came to Beijing and were recruited by the emperor alone. However, only a few people, Huang Guoxin did not expect that he would have won this honor, but he just didn't know whether it was a disaster or a blessing.

After the big ceremony, sitting on the brocade stool brought by Eunuch Le, Huang Guoxin did not dare to take a breath, looking at his nose, looking at his nose, and waiting for Qin Feng to speak with his eyebrows down. He passed the political affairs of Qinghe County in the past six months in his mind, saying that there were many highlights, but he was still mediocre.

"The court will have a 5 million tael of funds to Qinghe County in the near future." Qin Feng's plain voice came from the head, but Huang Guoxin felt as if he was struck by thunder. He raised his head in shock and stared at Qin Feng with wide eyes. Didn't he just say that the court had no money and could not invest heavily in the counties in the west? Why did he give Qinghe County five million taels at once?

Qin Feng crossed his hands and looked at Huang Guoxin's surprised expression, "Are you a little surprised to give you such a large sum of money at such a time?"

Huang Guoxin, who recovered, was both surprised and happy. Such a large amount of funds entered Qinghe County, which would greatly drive the economy and people's livelihood of Qinghe County. It was shocked that the court made such an abnormal move, but I was afraid that there would be another big move in Qinghe County.

This money is naturally hard to get.

"This money is not that easy to get." Sure enough, the next moment, Qin Feng said what he was thinking. "How is the road to Anyang County repaired?"

"Report to Your Majesty, everything goes well. In the past, there was a road from Qinghe County to Zhaoying Gorge, but now all we do is to expand and strengthen it."

"How about the Chu people's exhibition?"

Huang Guoxin suddenly sweated from his forehead. He was only concerned about a section of the Ming Dynasty. He didn't care how well the Chu people had cultivated.

"You don't know, I'll tell you that they have built the Jingzhi Pass." Qin Feng snorted coldly: "Huang Guoxin, there is only one Luoying Mountain Range between Qinghe County and Anyang County, but you don't care too much about this neighbor, right?"

"I am afraid." Huang Guoxin stood up suddenly. "I have been thinking about how to revitalize the entire people's livelihood in Qinghe County again, and ignored these things."

Qin Feng stood up, paced back and forth in the house for a few steps, and finally stopped in front of Huang Guoxin: "You haven't figured out the focus you are paying attention to now. Qinghe County was greatly damaged because Bian Wushuang took away hundreds of thousands of people. The sparse population is the biggest hidden danger. Before this problem is solved, Qinghe County will find it difficult to develop. It is not the past. It can attract people from other places. Now all counties have closed this hole, and they are afraid that the population in their own places will be lost. Even Cai Meng from Cenzhou is unwilling to let go, right?"

"Yes!" Huang Guoxin nodded. He had always wanted to follow the means of attracting Qin people to immigrate in Taoyuan and Wuling in the Ming Dynasty a few years ago, but localities now take the people under their rule very seriously. It is even more difficult to attract the people to settle in Qinghe on a large scale.

"So I said you got the point of attention wrong. Your focus should not be on the people in other parts of the country, but on the Qin people who went to Anyang." Qin Feng turned around and walked back to the big case, sat down, pressed his hand, and signaled Huang Guoxin to sit down.

"Why do we need to build this road?" Qin Feng continued to ask.

"Let the connection between Anyang and our Ming Dynasty to achieve the future." Huang Guoxin said quickly.

"Yes, so the focus of your current work is to quickly build this road for me and open up the thoroughfare of Qinghe to Anyang. Have you forgotten how Yongping County entered the Hulao? A business road made our infiltration of Hulao involve all aspects. In the end, the Hulao was captured without bloodshed, which played a huge role in our ease of suppressing Qin. So, I am also in great hope for the road to Anyang now."

"I am stupid." Huang Guoxin nodded repeatedly: "After going back, I lived on the construction site and would urge this road to be completed as soon as possible."

"Too much is not enough!" Qin Feng glared at him, "I just want you to be more careful with the primary and secondary. You just need to keep your attention to this path."

Huang Guoxin lowered his head again when he was ready.

Qin Feng sighed. Huang Guoxin's talents were nothing but a simple and stable attitude, and had no ability to defend himself, but there were too few talents in the Ming Dynasty who could take charge of one side, so he could only draw generals from the dwarfs.

"The most difficult road to Anyang is actually the section from Zhaoying Gorge to Jingzhiguan. In the past, this was a battlefield for both sides to compete for. Everyone spared no effort to destroy this area. Moreover, the geographical conditions of this section are also the most difficult part of the entire project. The next task is to quickly open up this distance. Don't expect Anyang to have the technical conditions and do not have sufficient financial resources. Now Min Ruoying is squeezing her hair hard on Anyang County."

"Your Majesty, Qinghe County..." Huang Guoxin stopped talking.

"I know what you want to say." Qin Feng interrupted him: "Qinghe County also lacks such technical talents, so I have ordered a large number of such talents from Changyang County. These people are experts in road construction and hole-making. I have asked Ma Xiangnan to stop the construction of some roads in Changyang County and concentrate their efforts to do your place first. Some of the 5 million taels of funding do this."

Huang Guoxin was immediately excited, "Someone, if you have money, you have confidence to do him quickly and well."

"I hope this road will be connected at the beginning of spring next year." Qin Feng said: "So, this winter will be a busy winter for Qinghe County. And while you supervise the construction of this road, you also need to do another task. Do you know what it is?"

Huang Guoxin thought about it and suddenly realized: "People!"

Qin Feng nodded with satisfaction: "To put it more directly, it is the people who Bian Wushuang took away back then. These people are from Qinghe County, and the so-called hometown is hard to leave, and they are not well in Anyang. Anyang is originally a large county with a dense population, and they are quite dismissive of these foreigners. According to the information we have obtained from our investigation, these people are very homesick. They still have many relatives and friends in Qinghe County, so you have to mobilize these people to Anyang and convince these people to return home. Now you have land, as long as they come back, they will build land, build houses, feed livestock, seeds, in short, as long as they come back, they will give whatever they want. So some of the five million taels are resettlement costs."

"I understand." Huang Guoxin nodded vigorously.

"This matter is crucial, not just to increase the number of people in Qinghe County, do you know?" Qin Feng said: "Last year, Min Ruoying wanted to control these Qin people who immigrated to Anyang, so as to further use these people to control Bian Wushuang. However, his movements were too intense and eventually destroyed by us. What we are going to do now is actually the same as what Min Ruoying did, but our movements are softer and more hidden. The construction of this road is not only to trade with Anyang, but also to facilitate the return of these people. As long as these hundreds of thousands of Qin people return to Qinghe County, we will be equivalent to holding Bian Wushuang's soft threat. This is related to our Ming Dynasty's strategic plan and we must never be lazy."

"I must do this!" Huang Guoxin took a deep breath and said loudly.

"The Supervisory Office will set up a branch in Qinghe County to specialize in this work. You must cooperate closely with them. At the beginning of this matter, you must avoid making big fuss. Once Bian Wushuang is alert, there will be trouble. When the large-scale crowd returns, Bian Wushuang will be out of reach if he wants to stop it." Qin Feng reminded.

"It seems that Bian Wushuang has a nephew Bian Wenhao in Anyang, who is specialized in charge of these immigrants." Huang Guoxin said.

"You don't have to worry about Bian Wenhao's place, so there will naturally be someone in the Supervision Bureau to deal with him." Qin Feng smiled, "When you are free, you might as well walk around with Anyang County Magistrate Zhu Yi and general Guan Hongyu, the commander of the army. This is the name, naturally, it is this road and the future trade exchanges between the two sides. These two people are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the Chu court. Do you understand what I mean?"
Chapter completed!