The more than 700 soldiers sent by the Hongwu Army freed the Xiatai County Bureau from the embarrassment of being unavailable.

Among them, more than 200 people are craftsmen requisitioned from Hongnong, Hedong and other places, each with their own skills, and cannot be regarded as ordinary labor. The other more than 500 people were the population captured by the Hongwu army that broke through the surrounding dock walls.

Although the scale of Zhai Shiwu is already quite large in the left township, it is difficult to accept such a large population in a hurry. And for accepting so many outsiders, Zhai Ci couldn't rest assured for a while. Wang Meng simply proposed to move the county office out of the dock wall and build another county on Jin's side.

There are not only 100 craftsmen, but also strong strength to use, plus the suburban food collected before, and soon the number of registered officials in the county office will reach more than 1,400. And most of them are young and strong, and this force is even close to the original Zhai Shiwu.

After all, there are thousands of people in the dock wall, but after years of combat strain, the real young and strong labor force is not sufficient, and many women and children are old and weak, but the burden on the entire dock wall is increased.

Next, Wang Meng took the opportunity to propose that the widows and weak women in the dock wall be assigned to those servants as wives, so that each family could stabilize people's hearts and also achieve reproduction and development.

Zhai Ci didn't hesitate for too long before nodding and agreeing, with the arrival of Wang Xue's battalion of Hongwu Army and many soldiers, his original intention to overthrow Wang Meng failed, but because the ability of the appointed Wubi subordinates was really limited, they were gradually marginalized in specific affairs. In addition, the county office moved out of its own dock wall, which made its own sense of existence weaker and weaker.

Although these women and children will be included in the county government after they are allocated, they will no longer be the population of his dock wall. However, the existence of these people in the dock wall is a burden in the first place, and after matching them, on the one hand, it can weaken the burden of the family itself, and on the other hand, it can also strengthen his influence on the entire county office.

And seeing that the county office is becoming more and more presentable, Zhai Ci's consciousness as a county magistrate is also getting stronger and stronger, not only enthusiastically organizing the marriage of widows in his own dock, but even personally visiting several surrounding townships, saying that these villagers will join here. In order to win over these township parties, the subordinate officials he originally appointed were gradually abolished and replaced by those villagers.

In this way, the influence of this Xiatai County Office is no longer limited to Zhai's dock, but gradually has influence in the entire Jin family.

Wang Meng was not surprised by the change in Zhai Ci's attitude. Although he did have no shortage of inducements in the process of this transformation, the desire for the rule system is something that everyone has in their hearts. Especially when it is certain that he can become a beneficiary of the system, his eagerness will soon surpass that of Wang Meng, the initiator.

In nearly half a month, the number of registered officials in the entire Xiatai County reached nearly 2,000, and even without considering the Hongwu Army stationed nearby, these officials alone were already a force that could not be ignored by any of the surrounding dock owners.

To be able to gather such a large number of people in such a short period of time, the help brought by the materials, especially food, provided by the Hongwu Army is enormous.

Speaking of this, Wang Meng had to sigh again, the Hongwu Army is worthy of being one of the elites of the four armies in Xingtai, regardless of its combat effectiveness for the time being, the ability to feed the enemy and eat in the wild is too strong.

The biggest difficulty for the army to penetrate deep behind enemy lines is not that all fields are enemy, but that there is no stable logistical supplement. Previously, from Hongnong to the west, although carrying nearly a thousand pieces of grain, but along the way the consumption has been extremely much, after entering the country, to meet the Hongwu army thousands of soldiers and a large number of prisoners and service, ordinarily, this grain is a drop in the bucket.

But this time, Xiao Yuandong sent a full 500 pieces of grain to Wang Meng with a wave of his hand, and with these grains as a foundation, Wang Meng could naturally let go of his hands and feet to recruit food, which made the number of officials surge.

He was also curious about how the Hongwu Army met its own provisions, but after seeing that battalion of the Hongwu Army entered, it quickly broke into pieces and scattered around the fishing and hunting operations, and in a very short time, all kinds of hunting were piled up in the camp.

Although the captain Wang Xue was old, this kind of suburban hunting skill was more exquisite than that of the most skilled hunters, and he had the ability to process all kinds of smoked and baked ingredients.

Wang Meng even suspected for a moment that this Wang battalion master might have only sparse combat skills, and he became the commander of the first battalion purely by relying on these livelihood skills. It's just that this idea is too disrespectful, and Wang Meng only dares to talk in his heart, and he doesn't dare to ask in person.

Of course, these foraging methods in the wild are just icing on the cake, the most important thing is that the Hongwu army is extremely strong in combat, it is said that Xiao Yuandong alone conquered several dock walls in Jingzhaojiao County, and the grain obtained amounted to more than 2,000 Hu. Although Guanzhong is turbulent, those dock masters are guarding one side, and some powerful ones are also accumulating savings.

Of course, the subsidy for these goods sent by Xiao Yuandong was not given in vain, and there was also a specific task, that is, to let Wang Meng organize production as soon as possible, provide arrows for the Hongwu Army, repair equipment, and so on.

Wang Meng naturally did not dare to slack off on this, and when a considerable amount of manpower was available, he immediately organized people to cut bamboo and prepare timber in the surrounding area, and offered a very high reward to recruit such craftsmen. Of course, the so-called reward is only relatively speaking, and there are many people who respond to the daily fight, and there is even no shortage of households who have fled from the left and near the dock wall to apply.

This incident naturally caused some of the surrounding dock owners to be quite dissatisfied, and some people were originally not very satisfied with this so-called county office, so it was inevitable to take advantage of this to make trouble.

But soon, Wang Meng included tea, sugar and other in-demand goods in his salary, although it was only a small amount, but these are undoubtedly high-end goods in Guanzhong, and the key is that they can't produce it at all. In addition, these villagers live deep in the countryside, and they usually don't even have the dock wall, even if they want to sell it from a distance, they don't have the strength and way.

Therefore, soon those who were victims became enthusiastic workers, and they each had a lot of people, and there was really no shortage of manpower. In the lazy dock wall, the daily harvesting and cultivation is slightly thin, or the people are sent out to work in exchange for those goods that have no price, this is an account that a fool can understand.

Even Zhai Ci was so heartbroken when he saw this that he almost quarreled with Wang Meng and turned his face, but Wang Xue came forward to persuade him, saying that the military supply was the most urgent and unslack, so that Zhai Ci could be entangled and patient.

However, he was originally dispensable to the county order, and when he knew that these scarce goods were also included in the county, the whole person became enthusiastic, and responded in a timely manner every day, although he didn't know what to do, but his attitude became very upright.

In the countryside, there are many dock walls, each of which is an isolated island, and if they are not close to each other, they also lack much communication. However, because of the circulation of these precious goods, the barriers between the dock walls were broken.

Taking advantage of this momentum, Wang Meng also repeatedly issued administrative orders, although they were all trivial matters that did not touch the respective interests of the township clans, such as ordering each family to erect a door outside the dock wall door in accordance with the regulations of the county office. There is also the demarcation of the township border, allowing the villagers to report to each other, and if there is a conflict, each sends a representative to the county office to ask for arbitration.

Although these regulations were only voluntary, if not imposed, they also set off a wave of wind in the countryside. Soon, the entire Xiatai County was surveyed, and there were nine townships and nine households, and the Shunhu households could be worth a hundred, of course, these hundred villagers could not be all high-walled and deep-built dock walls, and there were also a considerable number of small poor households.

After more than a month, in mid-April, the governance of Xiatai County, which had been built from poverty and whiteness, gradually gained a climate. There is an independent county office, covering an area of more than 17 houses, surrounded by a simple county town composed of fences and shantytowns, covering an area of about 5 hectares.

The entire county office, including the county magistrate Zhai Ci, has a total of more than 30 officials, although only half of them are really in charge, but they can also ensure that all affairs can be managed and operated.

There are 96 registered villagers, with a total of more than 730 people, 18 hectares of cultivated land and more than 1,700 hectares of barren land. From this point, it can also be seen that these Guanzhong villagers are not very sensitive to the land, and basically as long as they are a certain distance beyond the range of their dock walls, they will let the county bureau delineate the register.

But people are definitely one of their bottom lines, and even the county magistrate Zhai Ci himself, although he has thousands of people, only the direct family members, wives and children are only seventeen or eighteen who are really willing to be naturalized.

However, the number of registered officials is not small, reaching nearly 2,000. Unlike the township households, their persons and property are absolutely controlled by the county office, and Wang Meng is also deeply influenced by the style of administration of the government.

In addition, the county also set up patrol township training, a total of more than 1,000 villagers, of which the main Zhai Hu and other young people in Zhai's dock, accounting for almost half. It can be seen that although Zhai Ci has little understanding of the rule system, he also knows that military power is the most reliable means to consolidate his power, and he will never give up these rural forces to others.

These township practitioners mainly patrol the industries of the county office, including one small city, three canals, two ferries, five lumber yards, one mine and one pottery and smelting, and more than a dozen fragmentary industries such as water mills, hemp and mills.

At present, these industries have little or no income, because the main labor force is the household that does not need to be consumed, so the expenditure is not much.

The most important expenditure is food, and the food supported by Xiao Yuandong has been exhausted very early, and the rest is mainly replenished by Shiyi. The tea, starch syrup, silk and other goods distributed by the county office were also exhausted during this time.

Seeing the empty warehouse, Zhai Ci felt like crying without tears, although these goods were public funds and not his private property, but he was really heartbroken to see a little bit being carried out and consumed invisibly.

If it weren't for the fact that there was a battalion of Hongwu Army watching next to him, and because he was doing more and more hard work as a county order, he really couldn't tolerate Wang Meng's excessive consumption!

But soon Wang Meng's proposal made him forget the heartache of the huge wealth scattered: "The Ming Mansion was ordered to take charge of the countryside, and the construction and paving have been completed, and the next step is to punish and reward." Praise and reward, punishment and punishment, rope and equipment are not used, then there is no law! ”

"Jing Luo's words are very good! For example, the You family, a villain in the township, has been repeatedly ordered to enter the house in the county, and his family dares not to return it for a long time. If you don't punish this rebellious door, you really can't stand your way! ”

Hearing this, Zhai Ci's old eyes also lit up, and he looked at Wang Meng and asked, "If I order the punishment of the You family, will Hongwu Jun help me?" ”

After Wang Meng heard this, he said with a smile: "The power of the punishment order was not displayed before, just because the rules and regulations are not there. Now that order is complete, how can we endure again! In the township, if you are a disobedient household, how can you be alone, and all those who are attached to their minions and teeth and repeatedly teach bad people will be signed, and then punished with a light punishment from the master! ”