When Shen Zhezi returned to Liang County, it was already completely dark, but there were still many Huainan vassals waiting in the county mansion.

After entering the room and changing into his clothes, Shen Zhezi turned out to meet everyone. Most of the people present at this moment are Huainan political officials, and as for the generals who followed the capital earlier, they have already returned to Shouchun one step ahead of others, reorganized the army and marched to southern Henan.

Shen Zhezi had already left the capital and crossed the river in early May, but he did not continue to go north, but stayed in Liang County. Of course, it is one thing to look at the disputes in the capital nearby, and we are also waiting for the latest news from Jingzhou. In addition, it is necessary to readjust the government affairs structure of Liangjun and other places to cope with the next variables.

Although Liang County has also been established for two years, the mode of operation and management has been extensive and simple, and has not been put on track. On the one hand, it is naturally because of the war, which makes people unable to calm down and seriously manage the place, and on the other hand, the foundation of Liang County is too weak, and now it finally has some scale.

In the future, Liang County will inevitably be a key point for Taicheng to intervene in Huainan affairs. And Shen Zhezi also intends to build this area as a buffer zone, so while King Wuling has not yet entered the county, he will carry out some institutional reforms to accumulate experience in related aspects. The Huainan government officials were transferred here with the intention of growing together.

In the final analysis, he did not believe that he could rule the local government by reading the scriptures and righteousness at all, and he valued more technical administrative officials. As for the rule of virtue and education, he will form a propaganda team independent of the administrative system and will not interfere with each other.

Although the central center and Fang Zhen have different positions and visions, if they implement local control, what they need to fight for is nothing more than money, food, people and land.

While Shen Zhezi was inspecting the local garrison, these subordinate officials in Huainan were not idle, and made a relatively thorough statistics and compiled a book of various resources in Liang County. Today's Liang County has nominally five counties under its jurisdiction, but this is only a literal number, in fact, the effective ruling area of Liang County is still limited to the two counties of Quanjiao and Fuling, where Liang County is located. As for the rest of the place, it's not that it's unmanageable, it's that it's too desolate to be built.

After Shen Zhezi sat down, Ji You handed over the statistical books that he had sorted out recently. The format of this register is the kind of form used in the early years of the Shen family's business operation, firstly, it is Shen Zhezi's reading habit, and wherever he is employed, this recording method is implemented, and secondly, whether the form is registered and filled in or audited, it is clear and unambiguous, and it is not easy to smear.

Money and grain show that Liang County's income and expenditure have been in surplus. Although the amount is not large, it is undoubtedly a remarkable achievement. You must know that Liang County has only been established for more than two years, from a land of ruins, not only to build a large number of buildings, but also to recruit and resettle wandering people, but also to reclaim the famine and prepare for war, it is possible to have a surplus in such a short period of time, even if Ji You and others personally calculate such a result, it is as unbelievable as a dream.

Liang County's income is varied, the largest of which is private rent. Previously, Shen Zhezi had been promoting the development of handicraft workshops, especially around Tushui and near the river, where the land was either directly confined or exchanged with the villagers, and all these lands were collected for centralized development.

In ancient times, the most important reason for restricting the development of commerce was the cost of logistics, followed by the output of goods. Liang County has two successive officials, whether it is Shen Zhezi or Yu Tiao, they have a deep understanding of this. Liangjun is close to several major commercial markets in Jiangdong, whether it is Beijing or Jiankang, there are waterways directly connected, so it is naturally the most suitable production area for many commodities.

Because of such superior geographical conditions, coupled with the appeal and influence of the Shen family in the Jiangdong Economic Circle, of course, a large number of businessmen will pour in. The goods are close to the place of origin, and the logistics costs saved alone exceed the value of the goods themselves by several times or even dozens of times.

Of course, the most important thing is the improvement of the production environment, after the victory of Huaishang, Liang County completely did not have the hidden danger of military disasters. Therefore, before and after the victory in Huainan, the rent of these workshops in Liang County soared more than ten times. Of course, the barren land of Liangjun is continuous, and if you want to enclose land for production in private, it is really simple.

However, the water and land passages between Liang County and Jiangdong were almost all under the control of the Huainan Governor's Office. If it can't be shipped out of production, it still can't be realized for profit. And even if it can be smuggled across the river on a small scale, it still has to face market supervision. Whether it is the Dingcang in the capital or the business alliance in the capital, they have a certain degree of control over the source of goods. It is extremely difficult for goods of unknown origin to reach the market.

This is the monitoring of a whole line from production to sales, and even if it can be eliminated completely, the cost of the need to pay is far greater than the cost of the right path.

Therefore, no matter how much economic organization is structured, no matter how noble it is, its core purpose is only one, that is, to bully and dominate the market. This is the same in ancient and modern times. Even if it is some trade union organizations in the name of democracy and welfare in later generations, the essence is also here, control the productive forces, control the source of votes, as long as you have resources, you have the right to speak, and with the right to speak, you can realize it into interests. Even some pure welfare organizations need to compete for beneficiary groups and compete for the right to raise donations.

The power of the business system that Shen Zhezi painstakingly built has gradually been revealed, and it is not reflected through political power. Of course, the premise and guarantee of its existence is still the power position and army that the Shen family has. Otherwise, it would not have developed into such a large-scale at all, and I don't know how many times it has been slaughtered.

With the formation of the scale of Liangjun's commodity production base, there is already a relatively stable process for the entry of merchants. First of all, if you want to qualify, you must be a member of the business alliance or the Hidden Lord, the business alliance is a way to connect, and the Hidden Lord is to pay a reserve. Secondly, if you want to produce normally, you must rent half of the Huainan Governor's Mansion residents.

Shen Zhezi also knew that these businessmen dared to leave their hometowns to run industries, so naturally they could not be ordinary people, and there would inevitably be a large number of shady people. He also doesn't expect these people to use all Huainan nationals, half and half is also a mutually acceptable ratio. Moreover, for merchants, if they are willing to convert their households into residents, they also have a number of benefits, such as reducing or reducing land rent, or providing transportation services, etc., which can be regarded as buying people with money.

Such a model is very attractive to some businessmen who want to test the waters. They didn't even need to prepare anything, they only needed to bring enough money to produce in Liang County, with craftsmen, venues, materials, transportation, and even sales channels. Moreover, with the operation and development of Huainan, as well as the most important border trade market, Huaishang will be a larger market than Jiangdong in the future.

Liang County's financial revenue is not only this, because there are few private canals and private dais, and the storage warehouses and the like also belong to the county government and the governor's office, as long as there is a product output, whether it is stored in the warehouse, or floating on the water, there will be a steady stream of profit output.

Although the income is high, the expenses are also large. The largest military expenditure is not mentioned for the time being, and the various infrastructure construction in the realm, especially the maintenance and repair of waterways, is a bottomless pit that cannot be continuously invested.

Water conservancy has been a major problem that cannot be overemphasized since ancient times, and many prosperous unified dynasties have fallen behind in this regard. The reason why Huainan can maintain its business today is because only the Huainan Army is the only one who profits, so the cost can be effectively controlled.

It can also be seen from the financial situation of Liang County that the income mainly comes from the influx of foreign assets. This is also one of the reasons why Shen Zhezi is eager to pull Dingcang to Jiangbei, many more profound decrees, it is inconvenient to do it from the position of the Huainan Governor's Office, but with the help of Dingcang, there is no such problem. Dingcang is a private capital base, but the official operation, mutual constraints, is a very suitable bond underwriting agency, can greatly enhance the scale and efficiency of private financial fundraising.

Moreover, once Dingcang was able to cross the river, Shen Zhezi could merge many economic resources controlled by the Liang county government into Dingcang, weakening the county government's intervention in the market. At that time, no matter who serves as the Taishou of Liang County, then he will enjoy peace and prosperity. Even if some people want to use the old methods of Jiangdong to encroach on land and people, if they want to make a real profit, they still need to be restricted in many ways.

The future Liang County was a buffer between Huainan and the Jiangdong Imperial Court, so Shen Zhezi committed to building it into a special zone jointly operated by the government and the people. As for the Huainan town and southern Henan and other places further north, he will no longer share the benefits with the people, but will have the Governor's Mansion completely occupy the leading Xianjun base. So from this point of view, Liangjun is also a trap with sweet packaging, once people and capital are confused to continue to go north, it is impossible to come and go, and you will deeply feel the iron-blooded style in troubled times.

The current situation in Huainan was discussed a lot by Shen Zhezi and a group of subordinate officials, mainly focusing on the institutionalization of management. On the premise of not stinging Taichung, some commercial and civil affairs regulations were promulgated and established in the form of military orders of the Huainan Governor's Office. After this, whoever wants to violate the ban in the future will really have to try Shen Zhezi's magic sword or disadvantage!

For the creation of laws and regulations, Shen Zhezi now also has talents, that is, Jiangxia Li Chong, who accompanied him across the river this time. Li Chong is a person whose interests are contrary to the world's customs, and he is an out-and-out criminal. As for the current term of punishment, it does not completely refer to people who believe in the righteousness and principles of the Legalists, but refers to the rules and laws in everything, not following human feelings, and less than being flexible, so it is a rather dejoratory word.

In fact, anyone who has been influenced by the modern life of later generations, in the era of liberalization such as the Wei and Jin dynasties, can be called a criminal name and the like. Especially Shen Zhezi's pragmatic style, he is an out-and-out criminal. Therefore, many people who don't like him privately criticize him, saying that he is also like Yu Liang, who is elegant on the outside, mean on the inside, and different on the outside.