Losing his own small treasury, Mu Jing no longer had the heart to rest, he still obediently went to work, and secretly made up his mind that as long as Cai Yong was on the mahjong table in the future, he would never participate.

This old guy is too bad for him.

To say mahjong this thing, counting cards, cards, psychological tactics, he will not lose to anyone, practice makes perfect, he is definitely the best, but no matter how good the technique, it can't resist the luck of the sky.

Can you imagine Cai Yong, a novice, eating him all the way he looks?

So Mu Jing had to believe in his fate.

This old fellow was born to clean him up, and if he hadn't married his precious daughter, he would have to be as far away from him as he was.

The seventh day of the first month.

Minghou Mansion.

On the Zhaoming Hall, Mu Jing convened the civil and military ministers and convened the first meeting of the Ming Marquis Mansion in the third year of the first peace.

The theme of the meeting was to discuss the military and political plans for the coming year.

The beginning of the year begins in spring.

At the beginning, he couldn't make a plan, and he had to go with the flow for the year.

In this troubled world, there is no time that can be fixed to live in peace, such as sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, and the Minghou Mansion will not be able to expand its power, and it will inevitably be swallowed up by the heroes.

Therefore, Mujing's plan for three years in Chuping has only one plan, expansion.

And there is only one goal for the expansion of Mujing.

West direction.

In the western part of central Han is Wudu in Liangzhou, and Guanghan in Yizhou, and among Wudu and Guanghan, there is also a force, the two major tribes of the Qiang tribe, Shenwolf Qiang and Baima Qiang.

"Last year's harvest was okay, but we were too shallow!"

Mu Jing first looked at Liu Jin and said: "Master Liu, Su Taishou, Hou Taishou, the plan of the year lies in the spring, our harvest this year, just look at the spring ploughing, although it is not yet winter, but there are some things to start with!" ”

The three armies did not move, and the grain and grass went first.

Now the Minghou Mansion relies on the bumper harvest in the Han Dynasty last year, and there is still some grain, but the harvest of Nanyang last year is not successful, although it will not make the Minghou Mansion upside down, but in order to maintain the lives of the people, basically there is not much that can be handed over.

This year, whether it is Hanzhong or Nanyang, it has settled down a lot.

Spring ploughing is naturally the most important thing for Mujing.

Nongcao is a yamen that Mujing pays the most attention to, and the matter of farming is not only a problem of the people, but also how the people of the official government guide it, and someone comes forward to guide it, which will inevitably add greater cohesion.

Last year is the best example, because Mu Jing personally presided over the spring ploughing, so that last year's autumn harvest was abundant.

"Yes!"

When the three of them heard this, they hurriedly nodded and took orders.

Hanzhong Taishou Su Xin was recently suppressed by Shi Yeru, the governor of Hanzhong Taishou Mansion, and finally realized some problems, and his personality became a lot more well-behaved, but he took advantage of the situation a lot.

And Nanyang Taishou Hou Cheng, Lao Cheng is calm, there is the wind of a general, he presided over the Nanyang Taishou Mansion Although it has not been established for a long time, it can integrate the resources of various counties in Nanyang to form a system, which is enough to show his strength, he is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year to come to Hanzhong Nanzheng, in fact, he started to set off from last year, but at the end of last year, Nanyang Taishou Mansion was newly built, he simply did not have time to set off in advance, so he entered Hanzhong a lot later, there are many things too late to report, he wants to take this opportunity to report.

The two sides are too guarded, the shepherd guards all the territory of Mujing now, the nine counties of Hanzhong and the eight counties of Nanyang, if the population of the wheel, although Nanyang is a partial temple area, the population of the eight counties is still above Hanzhong, but in terms of influence, it is naturally better in Hanzhong, and now Hanzhong is the center of the Minghou Mansion, which is known all over the world.

"Lord, last year's spring ploughing, you once proposed a seedling method in front of a group of directors of Nongcao, and it was too late to try it last year, but the farmers of Nongcao have been trying this method, they think that they can try it, maybe if this year goes well, it will be better than last year's harvest!"

Liu Jin said.

In this day and age, the planting technology is too backward, and the so-called planting, such as rice, is to throw the planting directly in the paddy field, and then let it sprout and grow.

Although Mujing is not very familiar with modern cultivation methods.

But he is not lonely, and he has also seen people planting now, and people are all let the seeds sprout spontaneously, all of them are gathered, and they are carefully raised into seedlings, which will be transplanted in the paddy field, which is the technology of transplanting seedlings, the interval is clear, and the nutrients in the paddy field are also limited, which makes these rice grow more vigorously.

"Then give it a try!" Mu Jing said in a deep voice: "But be careful, any planting method needs to be tested, verified, and the results are obtained before it is promoted, otherwise it will cause panic!" ”

"Yes!"

Liu Jin nodded, he naturally understood that the people were ignorant, and once the harvest was not good, they would vent their grievances on the officials.

"Hu Changshi, I need to gather a batch of food, is there a way?"

Mu Jing suddenly looked at Hu Zhao and asked.

Hu Zhao was swiping his pen and ink, writing something on the desk, when he heard Mu Jing's words, he stopped writing, thought about it, and asked, "How much does the lord need?" ”

"At least enough for all the Jingping First Army to be dispatched, three months of military rations!"

"This ......"

Hu Zhao smiled bitterly: "It's a little difficult, but I'll do my best!" ”

"Do your best?"

Mu Jing shook his head: "It has to!" ”

"The lord wants to go to war?" Hu Zhao's eyes flashed with a glint of essence.

"I don't understand, the enemy will move, so I have to move first!" Ranch head.

"It's Nanyang?"

Hu Zhao asked.

"No!" It was Xi Zhicai who answered, and he said to Hu Zhao: "Kong Ming, you also know the situation in Nanyang, the three forces are staggered, whoever moves first will die first, although we have an alliance with Jingzhou, but Jingzhou doesn't know when it will insert us, so our Beiwutang's strategy in Nanyang is to be able not to move, try not to move, preserve strength, and Huang Que is behind!" ”

"What the hell is ...... that?"

"West!"

Mu Jing interrupted him, Hu Zhao is a long history, the second person in the Minghou Mansion, many plans are implemented by him personally, and military and political affairs can't bypass him, but recently he has been more focused on the rectification of officials, but he has put all his energy on the military strategy report of the South Study and the North Wutang, and he has not had time to read it.

"West?"

Hu Zhao gasped: "Guanghan is beneficial to the state army, and Wudu is the Xiliang army, how to get out?" ”

"This is the matter of Beiwutang!"

Mu Jing smiled indifferently, looked at Xi Zhicai, looked at so many generals, and said lightly: "It's going to be a war, you are ready!" ”

"Always be ready!"

The generals said in unison.

The various armies began to be reorganized last year, and then they have been training their troops, and the strength that has been lost after the verdict has already been improved from the strength of individual soldiers, and now they are all holding their breath, hoping to make meritorious contributions.

"That's good!"

Mu Jing smiled with satisfaction.

The meeting was intermittent, from military affairs, government affairs, and many things about the development of the Minghou Mansion this year were discussed, and it took three days for the officials and generals of all parties to gradually disperse, and they returned to their stations.

……

January 12th.

Zhaomingtang.

Mu Jing looked at a file in his hand, and after half a ring, he raised his head slightly and looked at Liu Jin, who was standing in front of him and waiting: "Master Liu, how long can Xicao complete this statistics!" ”

"At least half a year!"

Liu Jin thought for a while and said, "If the squire families everywhere block it, it will take longer, and Xicao can't spare so many people at present!" ”

"As soon as possible!"

Mu Jing closed the file and lightly spit out two words.

The so-called statistics are to count the population of the places under the jurisdiction of the Ming Hou Mansion, register the name, and make household registration, and the household registration is only qualified by the imperial court, but the current imperial court, the tentacles can no longer extend into the Ming Hou Mansion, and this matter is naturally under the command of the Ming Hou Mansion.

"Yes!" Liu Jin smiled bitterly, the word "as soon as possible" made him embarrassed, and he also wanted it as soon as possible, but now that the south study itself was too busy to keep his feet on the ground, how could there be so many people free.

"Any idea what this is?" Mu Jing suddenly took out a five-baht coin and handed it to Liu Jin.

"The small money made in Chang'an last year!"

Liu Jin recognized it at a glance.

Last year, the Chang'an court suddenly flowed out some five-baht money, whether it is the amount or the casting process, it is much worse than the five-baht money, in the hearts of the people, this thing has depreciated, even if it is cast by the court, it is not worth much.

However, depreciation is depreciation, but the Chang'an court cast a lot, but it stabilized Chang'an's finances all of a sudden, so that Dong Zhuo sent nearly 100,000 troops in one go and swallowed the annexed state.

Otherwise, he simply does not have the financial resources to send troops.

"It's good to know!" Mu Jing said: "This thing has flowed into our Hanzhong, it is worthless, a five-baht coin can be exchanged for four small coins, I don't want this small money to continue to circulate in Hanzhong, I need my own currency!" ”

"Mint your own coins?" Liu Jin gasped.

"Or else?" Mu Jing asked rhetorically: "The five-baht coin is the most circulating currency in the market today, do we have to rely on the five-baht coin outside to survive, or rely on the small money in Chang'an to stabilize our economy!" ”

Currency is very important, it is related to market circulation, it also affects the economy, and the market price will also suffer.

He must establish a monetary system that belongs to the Ming Marquis Mansion in order to stabilize the economy of Nanyang, Hanzhong, at least not to be held by others.

"There are some copper mines in Hanzhong, but none of them are ours!"

Liu Jin said in a low voice.

"Then make it ours as soon as possible!" Mu Jing's iron fist clenched early, and he was extremely tough: "I don't care what means you use, this power to mint currency can only be in our own hands, whoever dares to touch it, there is no mercy!" ”

"Yes!"

Liu Jin is also aware of the seriousness of this.

"Lord!" Xi Zhicai walked in from outside in a hurry.

"You go down first!"

Mu Jing waved his hand to Liu Jin, now he is busy everywhere, there is nothing important, he will not leave these heads of handling things to himself.

"Subordinates retire!" After Liu Jin saluted, he left quickly.

"What's the matter, so impatient?"

Mu Jing asked at this time.

"The old leader of the wolf Qiang, Lang Huan, is dead!" Xi Zhicai handed over a copy of the 800 miles and sent the urgent performance, and said in a low voice: "It was the morning before yesterday!" ”

"So fast?"

When Mu Jing heard this, he took the case: "Didn't you keep staring at Ginseng Wolf Qiang before, and Min Wu also said that the old guy has at least half a year to live?" ”

"It's expected to be like this, but ......" Xi Zhicai sighed: "That eloquent old leader of the wolf was killed by several of his own sons!" ”

"Coup d'état?"

Mu Jing's eyes lit up.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in the Central Plains, and there are many in the Qiang tribe, the Qiang tribe is originally a wild generation, they pay attention to bravery, and advocate the new wolf king who can eat the old wolf, so this kind of following is a custom.

"Hugu led his troops to rush into the Valley of the Wolves!" Xi Zhicai said: "Ginseng Wolf Valley still has to fight now!" ”

"This is the old chief's son!"

"The third, this mother is from the White Wolf Qiang!" Xi Zhicai reminded: "That's why he has the strength to overwhelm Leze, who is most likely to inherit the leader of the Wolf Qiang!" ”

"Yes!"

Mu Jing sneered: "I kind of understand, the white wolf Qiang also fell in love with the fat meat of the wolf Qiang, right?" ”

Baimaqiang, this is Dong Zhuo's power, among the Qiang tribes, the party that supports Dong Zhuo the most, Dong Zhuo's Qiang soldiers, two or three percent of them are from Baimaqiang, and Baimaqiang also relies on Dong Zhuo's support in the Central Plains, and dominates the strength of the top three Qiang tribes.

"The leader of the White Wolf Qiang, Yue Hu, is one of the giants of Jishi Mountain, and he is also the most popular general of the Qiang tribe today, he and Dong Zhuoke have an in-law relationship, he is ambitious, and he wants to agree with the Qiang tribe, it is not a matter of one or two days!"

Xi Zhicai said analytically: "This time, he is obviously eyeing the wolf Qiang, except for the old leader, the wolf Qiang has no instrument, he wants to change the sky of the wolf Qiang!" ”

"There are some things that he can't think about!"

Mu Jing ordered: "We plan to speed up, I suggest that Beiwutang immediately mobilize Jingping's First Army and prepare for the westward expedition!" ”

"Jingping's First Army defends Hanzhong, if it is mobilized, how can it defend the safety of Hanzhong?"

Xi Zhicai frowned slightly.

"The Yellow Turban Army is in the north, holding Yangping Pass, on the one hand, suppressing the imperial court soldiers and horses, on the other hand, it can balance Zhang Ji in Wudu, and the Jingping Second Army and the Violent Bear Army will jointly mobilize the main force of the two battalions, leave Nanyang, return to Hanzhong, and station in the south to prevent Yizhou, Liu Biao is not confident enough to dare to go north, I am sure that he will not move me, now Hanzhong can be as stable as Mount Tai, and it is the best choice to mobilize the first army!"

"I'm worried about the interior!"

"A lot of things can't worry about so much, I can't be considered to be able to buy people's hearts, but it is undeniable that the Wudou Rice Sect has now been disintegrated by me, and the signboard of Taiping Dao is still used, and now the Wudou Rice Sect is accumulating the hearts of the people for me, and the hearts of the people are in hand, why am I afraid of those squires in the world!"

Mu Jing said confidently.

In the past year, he has done a lot of things, such as the young master of the Five Dou Mi Sect, Zhang Yu, who is a puppet he has raised, who is in charge of the Five Doo Mi Sect on the surface, but is actually Jing Wusi's secret son.

People's hearts are biased towards pastoral landscapes.

As long as the hearts of the people are there, Mujing is not afraid of these so-called wealthy families, at least in Hanzhong, he is not afraid, and Hanzhong is not those Central Plains, which can make those wealthy families deep-rooted to the point of being afraid.

"Since the lord has such faith, then we might as well move!"

Xi Zhicai said: "I will go in person!" ”

"Are you sure?"

Mu Jing thought for a moment and asked.

"Difficult!"

Xi Zhicai shook his head: "The main reason is that the time is too short, Min Wu's influence is insufficient, and now there are not many people to support it, and I am afraid it will be a little difficult to forcibly move in!" ”

"Maybe this is a good opportunity, the wolf that doesn't let people pay attention is a wolf that can pounce!"

Mu Jing squinted, and his eyes were full of ruthlessness: "If Lang Huan's sons are all over, with Lang Huan's influence in Wolf Qiang and those old ministers, will anyone remember that there is also a Min Wu here!" ”