When he walked out of Zhuangzi, Xiao Cheng was already holding the seal of the governor of Qianzhou in his hand.

This seal, which controlled fifty Jisuo states, millions of people, and traveled thousands of miles, was tossed up and down in Xiao Cheng's hands like a toy.

Either become a puppet or die.

Ma Liang had no other choice but to agree to Xiao Cheng's request.

The original manpower in Zhuangzi was escorted out of Zhuangzi in batches. The people brought by Xiao Cheng were taking over the guarding work of Zhuangzi. From today on, this place is regarded as the prison of Zhizhou Ma Liang.

He will have no worries about food and clothing, but he will also lose his freedom.

Only when Xiao Cheng needs him, can he temporarily leave this village. After completing his performance, he comes back here to suffer, hoping that one day Xiao Cheng will fulfill his promise and let him leave here.

Lu Ze was half a step behind Xiao Cheng. After a short walk, he finally couldn't help but speak.

"Signing the contract, do you really want your second son to leave with half of your property?"

"Of course." Xiao Cheng said: "Ma Liang still has value. I need his cooperation, so I will naturally reward him."

By this time, Lu Ze naturally understood that Xiao Cheng was definitely not a loyal or pure minister of the Song Dynasty. If he was still loyal to the court, he should report Ma Liang's actions to the court at this moment.

, and then the court will deal with this lawless guy.

But Xiao Cheng, for his own selfish reasons, put a state magistrate under house arrest privately.

To be honest, Xiao Cheng's audacity is even worse than Ma Liang's.

A few years later, when the signer in front of him gained some qualifications and became qualified to be the magistrate of the state, Ma Liang's role also disappeared.

Now, we just let this guy occupy this pit.

He glanced back at Zhuangzi, his eyes full of gloating. When Ma Liang built this Zhuangzi, he probably never thought that this place would become his prison!

"This man is full of evil, but he can still enjoy happiness in such a gorgeous Zhuangzi. It's really an advantage for him!" Lu Ze gritted his teeth and said harshly.

"Then they moved all Ma Liang's family here to live with him, and allocated one hundred guan from the minister's money every month."

"One hundred guan, so much?" Lu Ze was a little dissatisfied.

"This hundred dollars also includes the salary of the person who looks after him, daily needs, etc. In addition, he has a large family." Xiao Cheng smiled and said: "He still has to keep his dignity.

We can't let him live in a bad life. If he is too poor, he won't be able to see anyone when it's time for him to appear, and that won't be beautiful."

This is treating Ma Liang as a pig! Lu Ze shuddered.

Returning to Pengshui again, standing on the city tower, looking down at the entire city, Xiao Cheng felt like his heart was filled with tears. Even though the weather was still gloomy, his heart was bright, even if the wind was still biting, his heart was full of joy.

The blood is surging.

Now, he can finally paint the world with the paintbrush of his hand.

"Yang Quan, what's our harvest this time?" Xiao Cheng looked at Yang Quan, the newly minted Kehu soldier.

Yang's concubine's face was also full of joy at this moment.

"According to the instructions of the signing, Mr. Ma took half of his family property and left. However, this person was panicked and just wanted to leave here early. What he took with him was only some floating wealth. Now, we are

We got a big advantage." Yang Quan said with a smile: "If we count the real estate, farm, village and other belongings, we can save as much as one million yuan. Moreover, these things can continue to make money."

I thought Xiao Cheng was also overjoyed, but Xiao Cheng couldn't see the joy or anger at all. Yang Quan couldn't help but froze. How did he know that Xiao Cheng had seen a lot of money, so he really didn't care about these millions.

In my eyes, the key thing is that most of these are fixed assets and cannot be converted into cash for a while.

"Nearly 200,000 guan were confiscated from Chu Xiang's house, but according to the meaning of the signing and for Wang Wenzheng's face, 50,000 guan worth of property was returned to his family members!" Yang Quan continued:

"In addition, more than 300,000 guan were confiscated from Sihu Junjun Song Jia, and nearly 100 confidants of these people, together they confiscated about 100,000 guan!"

One can almost describe these guys as extremely greedy.

As Xiao Cheng knows, even in the prosperous Bianliang, if a family works hard for a year, they can save dozens to a hundred coins in the end, which is considered to be a very comfortable life. Most people, after a year, can't

You can have a full belly, you can have enough food and clothing, and these guys can easily make a fortune of tens of millions.

"How are you going to divide this money?" Tian Yi on the side said excitedly.

Hearing this, Yang Quan laughed dumbly, Lu Ze was dumbfounded, and Xiao Cheng rolled his eyes.

I bet you haven't turned a corner yet?

Think they are a special group of robbers?

"Brother Tian, ​​don't talk nonsense. The money signed will be of great use." Yang Quan couldn't help but give Tian Yi a few words.

"This money is indeed of great use, but I'm afraid it's not enough!" Xiao Cheng said calmly.

Hearing these words, Lu Ze trembled in his heart again. The officials in Qianzhou City had been almost wiped out by Xiao Cheng, and he was the only one left with respectability.

"But it's enough to be used as start-up capital!" Fortunately, the next words made Lu Ze feel a little more at ease. "The officials in the three places of Qianzhou Prefecture, Pengshui County, and Qianjiang County were purged this time.

There are too many, and we need to replenish the manpower as soon as possible. If there are people in your pocket, you can recommend them to be officials. Although there are officials of high grade, we have to report them to the superiors, but they are only minor positions, and there are no superiors.

They will deliberately make things difficult. As for the officials, they must be in place as soon as possible and cannot slack off in their official duties."

The three of them were all happy. This time, Master Cha could not lose his money, but the vacant position could be used to place his own people, which was another form of sharing the spoils.

"I don't care about the recommended people's background, but they must be able to do things. If they can't do things, don't blame me for not giving you face when the time comes! I will definitely spend the money that should be spent." Xiao Cheng warned, especially

After taking a look at Tian Yi, Yang Quan was honest and steady in his work, and Lu Ze was a veteran official, so it was unlikely that he would make any mistakes. Only this one was a little behind, and I was really afraid that he would bring in some rogues.

"Don't worry about the signing!" the three of them said in succession.

After looking at the three of them, Xiao Cheng continued: "This is just the first thing. The second thing is that I am going to retrain the Xiang army."

The three of them suddenly looked slightly condensed.

"The Tiannan Army stationed in Qianzhou is a forbidden army. If you want to mobilize on a large scale, you must have a military order from the Privy Council. Even the transfer envoys cannot dispatch them at will." Xiao Cheng said: "You said that dozens of people are usually mobilized.

Individually, everyone can pretend not to see it and muddle along, but then, I'm afraid the situation we face requires us to have a good armed force."

Xiao Cheng didn't care about the background of the two people in front of him, Tian Yi and Yang Quan, and said directly: "There are nearly fifty Jisuo states under Qianzhou. Except for a few, most of them are not stable. Today you beat me, tomorrow I will beat you, dog bites dog."

, with a small mouth and a small profit, he still has a lot of fun and feels proud of himself."

Having said this, Xiao Cheng couldn't help but snort a few times: "Don't you know that these behaviors of theirs are exactly what the imperial court wants to see. I am not an official here, so naturally I don't care, but now that I am here, I can't tolerate it."

If something like this happens again. After beatings and beatings, people are beaten to death. How can we run our homes and make a fortune?"

"So we need to organize and train a Xiang army that we can make the decision ourselves to deter the tribal leaders who are in Suozhou?" Lu Ze asked.

"That's right!" Xiao Cheng nodded and said, "When the time comes, whoever dares to disobey the orders of the state government will be punished by me."

Yang Quan and Tian Yi were in a daze.

"I wonder how many Xiang troops are planned to be organized and trained? Who will be the leader?" Yang Quan then asked.

"Tentatively decide on one thousand people!" Xiao Cheng waved his hand and said: "We don't have much money, so we will first train two battalions with one thousand people. Lu Canjun will take the lead in this matter. Well, Han Zu, you

come over."

Following Xiao Cheng's greeting, Han Zuo, who was standing on one side, strode over, raised his hands to everyone and said, "Han Zuo has met all the superior officials."

"Lu Canjun, you are joining the army as a recorder. You are in charge of this matter. The specific military training instructions will be left to Han Quan. I am going to appoint Han Quanquan to send Qianzhou regiment training ambassador."

"I will help Ambassador Han to train the soldiers well." Lu Ze nodded obediently.

Of course he knew that Xiao Cheng only needed his name as a recorder to join the army, and to take care of all related matters for the big man in front of him. As for the training of the Xiang army, if he really dared to reach out, he was afraid that his hand would immediately

was discounted.

"Tian Yi, you are the manager joining the army. What you have to do is to clean up Qianzhou for me. I will arrest those who are not smart. We will do a lot of things next.

It requires a lot of manpower, and if there are some hard labor that doesn't require payment, it can save a lot, right?" Xiao Cheng said with a smile.

Tian Yi, however, was a troublemaker and said with a smile: "What is the scope of the signing? What if the person I want to arrest escapes to those Jisuo states?"

"Why did I ask Han Zuo to organize and train the Xiang army?" Xiao Cheng said coldly: "When such a thing happens, go and ask for people directly. If anyone dares not to hand over, let Han Zuo do it."

"I understand!" Tian Yi was delighted.

"Yang Canjun, you have a lot to do." Xiao Cheng turned to look at Yang Quan.

Yang Quan offered his hand, "Just tell me to sign the verdict!"

"First, redefine the Ding households in the whole state. This is a big thing, and it is also an extremely difficult thing. Let's start with Pengshui and Qianjiang. After you finish these two places, Han Yan's chamber

The army is almost finished training."

Determining Ding households has always been an extremely difficult task, because Ding households have to pay taxes, and many large families hide many Ding households to avoid taxes.

"Secondly, take a good inventory of your family's assets. During this winter, all the roads that should be built, the bridges that should be built, and the canals that should be repaired must be started. It was a mess earlier, so Ma Liang was thinking about how to fix it for me.

All these important things have not been done. Now we must hurry up and get back the lost time. Well, after all, Daxing corvee is a thing that the people hate, but it has to be done, so you have to pay more attention to it. Yes,

How about the government providing meals, let alone eating well, at least enough to eat?"

When the government promotes corvee service, generally speaking, the people who are recruited work for free and have to bring their own food. If the government provides meals, then the problem will be reduced by half.

"The two things that Lu Canjun and Yang Canjun did are related to whether our Qianzhou can go smoothly next year. It will be a lot of hard work for you to coordinate and communicate with everyone!"

Lu Canjun was angry for a while, he thought, he is not in charge of anything, but he can cause trouble for me. This person is trying to catch me now that I have no way out, and I will use myself to my death! And I,

I don't dare to feel dissatisfied at all.

The person in front of me is ruthless!

If he dares to show his teeth, he may end up like Chu Xiang and Song Jia in the next moment. I am afraid he will not be able to enjoy the treatment like Ma Liang, the governor of the state.

"That's it for today. In two days, when all the officials of the prefecture and government offices are in place, we will all meet again. By the way, by then, let Peng Shui, the chief officials of Qianjiang County and the Cao officials also come

Let's all come together." Xiao Cheng smiled and said: "Before we do things, we must unify our thoughts. We must work hard in one place and think in one place to do things well. If we can't do this,

Then there’s no need to be an official anymore, just go home and hold your child!”

"Yes!" The three officials all raised their hands.

After these three people left, only Han Zong and Li Xin were left. Xiao Cheng stretched out easily and relaxed wholeheartedly. During this period of time, he had really worked hard.

But I'm exhausted.

Unlike in the northwest, at that time, he had an army by his side. This time, he was alone, and the two were completely inseparable.

"Hai Zi, next you have to organize and train the Xiang Army. The Xiang Army will be our main army in Qianzhou from now on. Do you know what kind of army is a strong army?" Xiao Cheng asked.

"You know, someone like Guang Rui's army is a strong army!" Han Zuo said loudly.

Xiao Cheng smiled and said, "You are right. If the army is trained like Big Brother's, there will be few opponents in this world. Hammer, do you know what kind of people you need to recruit?"

Li Xin on the side smiled and said: "This is not easy. Of course he is strong and ferocious, right Erlang?"

"Hammer, what do you think?"

Han Zuo shook his head: "I don't know, but as long as you know Erlang, it will be fine. Whatever you say, I will do it!"

"When recruiting soldiers, we need to recruit people who are honest and have families and families. Of course, they must be physically strong. We can't recruit sick people!" Xiao Cheng said.

Li Xin's eyes widened immediately, "Erlang, why is this? When we were in Bianliang, those rangers were so cruel! They often bullied honest people!"

Xiao Cheng smiled and said: "You can figure this out for yourselves! Li Xin, in the past few days, you should also think carefully about what you can do. Once you have thought about it, come and tell me. It's time for you to go out and practice your skills. Look.
Chapter completed!