Chapter 225: As Expected

225 proceeded as expected

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It's a pity that the White Dragon Army has not come to attack Yongcheng County for a long time, and there is the suppression of the Cai and Liu families in the city, and the people are also powerless.

After all, without the intervention of external forces, it is basically impossible for the people in the city to fight against the county government and the forces of Cai and Liu alone.

And this time, with the attack of the White Dragon Army, there has long been an undercurrent in the city.

Many county government organizations guarded the city, and even Zhuang Ding, who was hired by the Cai and Liu families, secretly hooked up, ready to betray their masters and sacrifice the city for the White Dragon Army.

In this case, it is not easy for the White Dragon Army to take the county seat of Yongcheng.

At this time, the Cai and Liu families, for Li Zixiao, were no longer worthy of being his enemies, and the fate of the two families was also doomed from the moment the White Dragon Army entered Yongcheng County.

Li Zixiao didn't intend to let go of the Cai and Liu families, not just because they had encircled and suppressed the White Dragon Army many times before when it was still weak.

Many soldiers of the White Dragon Army have died at the hands of the two of them, this grudge has been settled, and the cause and effect have long been doomed.

On the other hand, the two almost monopolized most of the land around the county, as well as several major lifeblood industries in the city.

If Li Zixiao keeps them, it will inevitably play a very big obstacle for the White Dragon Army to control Yongcheng County in the future.

In addition, the two families have been exploiting the people for many years, forcibly taking and plundering, I don't know how much wealth they have accumulated, how can Li Zixiao let this go, anyway, they are enemies, and they don't take it for nothing.

Regarding the White Dragon Army's attack on Yongcheng County, Wang Yong, who was the county magistrate, did not feel panicked at all.

He also restrained his clansmen from resisting the White Dragon Army entering the city, and even the only hundred or so county officials under him were not sent out.

When Wang Yong learned that the White Dragon Army had entered the city, he ordered all the clansmen to hide in his mansion and not to come out, while he sat in the county government and waited for Li Zixiao's arrival.

When Li Zixiao saw Wang Yong, who was wearing an official uniform and sitting tall in the county office, he couldn't help but smile and said in a low voice: "Old thing, it's really an old fox." ”

Li Zixiao didn't plan to attack Wang Yong, the magistrate of Yongcheng, even if the White Dragon Army entered the city, he didn't plan to abolish Wang Yong's county order, let alone kill him.

Why kill him, it won't do the White Dragon Army any benefit, just let him continue to sit in the position of this county commander, anyway, it is in name only.

However, as long as Wang Yong, the county commander, does not fall, it means that this place is still under the jurisdiction of the Ming court, but nominally.

According to Li Zixiao's plan, once they really accept the imperial court's recruitment, he will not leave Yongcheng County, and this place will actually be controlled by the White Dragon Army at that time.

In this way, the Yongcheng County Government will become a puppet in the future and become Li Zixiao's microphone.

At that time, if Li Zixiao wanted to implement any policy in Yongcheng County, he still needed to use Wang Yong's county order to issue it, and it would be justified at that time.

Obviously, Wang Yong has lived for most of his life, and he has become old and fine, and he has long been aware of this through the actions of the White Dragon Army.

That's why when the White Dragon Army came, he seemed so calm.

Of course, there is no way to be calm, at this time he can't escape if he wants to, the entire county is surrounded by the White Dragon Army, where else can he escape.

"Lord Wang is a person who understands and knows what to do, so I, Li, am too lazy to say, I can only say that you have made a very wise choice.

Next, the White Dragon Army will not be stationed in the county, and the affairs of the county town still need to be handled by adults.

Anyway, keep the status quo and manage the county for me, and I'll remember your credit. ”

Li Zixiao took a thick notebook from Wang Yong, and it seemed that Wang Yong, who was standing in front of him, bent over his old waist, and looked very respectful, said with a smile.

Li Zixiao still admires Wang Yong, the old fox's fierce eyes, and his courage, this old thing knows how to protect himself.

The booklet that Wang Yong handed to Li Zixiao was the household registration book of the people of the entire Yongcheng County, and it was also the main thing that Li Zixiao took when he came to him this time.

"Xie Da is in charge of the grace of not killing, and the old man knows what to do."

After hearing what Li Zixiao said, Wang Yong's old face was wrinkled like old bark, and he suddenly laughed like a chrysanthemum, he knew that he had made the right bet this time.

"Yes."

Li Zixiao answered, and left the Yongcheng County Government with quartz, and then never sent a single soldier near the gate of the county government.

As for the meager oil and water in the county government, Li Zixiao is not even interested in watching it, with these corrupt officials, it is estimated that the county government warehouse has long been running rats, what else can there be.

When the White Dragon Army invaded the county seat of Yongcheng, it only did two things, confiscating all the property of the Cai and Liu families and several other landlords in the county.

In addition, all the land deeds found from the county landlord's old rich house were burned and notices were issued.

Inform the people of the county town that after the summer harvest is over, all these people who have worked for these landlords will harvest the grain in the fields they have cultivated.

Except for handing over thirty percent to the White Dragon Army, all the rest were left by themselves, and there was no need to hand over the old wealth to those landlords, because they were all dead.

After the summer harvest, the White Dragon Army will redistribute land to the people of the county, and the people will have their own land thereafter.

As soon as this notice came out, the entire county was immediately plunged into a boil.

At this time, Li Zixiao left more than 100 people to continue to deal with the mansions, shops and other real estate left by the Cai and Liu families, which will be auctioned to other businessmen after a while.

Then he led the main force of the White Dragon Army back to the White Snake Village, and he never planned to let his soldiers stay in the city in the flower world.

With Li Zixiao's return to the cottage, Wei Hong, Zhou Dazhu, Luo Chao, Liu Chong, Qi Wei, Li Tianba and others also returned to the White Snake Village one after another, making the White Snake Village very lively.

At this time, at the mountain pass outside the White Snake Village, there were no more displaced people gathered.

After several months of hard work, Li Zixiao asked Qian Guangyuan to complete the resettlement of all the displaced people.

Let these displaced people from Tiannan and Haibei build dozens of new villages according to the scale of 500 people and one village, and also distribute land to them.

In those years, the population of China had not yet reached the terrible number of later generations, and years of famine and war had reduced the number of people, leaving large tracts of land vacant.

In this way, large tracts of arable land have been turned into wasteland.

With the scale of wasteland in Yongcheng County, it is still very easy to easily resettle tens of thousands of displaced people, and it is far from reaching a state of saturation.

After returning to White Snake Village, Li Zixiao began to organize a commendation meeting to award those soldiers who left their exploits in this battle.

However, it all takes time to do, Li Zixiao handed it over to his subordinates to do, and then he was entangled by Qian Guangyuan.

At this time, Qian Guangyuan was a little worried, standing in front of Li Zixiao.

said to Li Zixiao: "Big boss, according to the speed of our expansion during this time, in this more than a month, our territory has more than doubled

In any case, the subordinates could not mobilize so many people to manage the newly occupied territory, let alone carry out new land distribution in these places.

Even if his subordinates have three heads and six arms, I'm afraid they won't be able to keep busy, and the big boss must arrange more manpower for his subordinates as soon as possible.

Also, now that a lot of the newly laid land has already been planted with grain, how should these fields be divided?

In half a month, it will be time for the summer harvest, and we will organize a large number of people to harvest grain. ”

Li Zixiao looked at Qian Guangyuan, who was indeed a little busy, and laughed and said: "In the past, our territory was too small, and you didn't think there were too many people in the land, but now that the territory is big, you are worried again."

I don't believe you have no choice, I don't have anyone, you have to figure it out yourself, as for the matter of dividing the field, you can't be too anxious at the moment!

In this regard, I can only provide you with general ideas, formulate some policies in the general direction, and how to implement the rest needs to be solved by you.

Later, I will hand over to you some of the policy outlines that I have recently written, and you will improve and deal with them according to the above contents, and I will leave all my government affairs to you to deal with.

As for the shortage of manpower you mentioned, it seems to me that it is not difficult to solve, and as far as I know, there are many scholarly families in the Yongcheng area.

There are a lot of poor scholars, and you can recruit all of them to work under you.

It is expected that many of them will come out to do things with you in order to earn a living.

We don't let them work in vain, we can hire them with a high salary, and the money that should be paid still has to be paid, and I am not a stingy person.

In addition, like the county town, as well as those Zhuangbao that belong to us everywhere, there are many literate children, so let them send a batch over.

It can not only solve the problem of talent shortage under you, but also tie these landlords who have no bad deeds with our White Dragon Army.

I have a lot of things to do at hand, and I can't do everything myself, so don't come to me for trouble. Hehe! ”

Qian Guangyuan looked at Li Zixiao's expression that was almost a scoundrel, so he had to shake his head helplessly.

But I am still a little relieved in my heart, Li Zixiao said this, although it is a bit lazy and slippery, but the other side also fully shows Li Zixiao's trust in him.

Although he is a little busy at the moment, this kind of life makes him feel more fulfilling than when he was studying.

In the past, he always wanted to do something for the people, but he couldn't do it, and now Li Zixiao finally gave him a place where he could give full play to his abilities.

So he can be said to be busy, but he enjoys it, and the reason why he came to Li Zixiao to complain is actually to get Li Zixiao's strong support.

Li Zixiao said these methods, in fact, he had thought of it a long time ago, but he still had to report to Li Zixiao, and he dared to carry it out only with Li Zixiao's approval.

After all, Qian Guangyuan knows that as a leader, the most taboo thing is his subordinates, who have power and self-respect, he is not one hot-headed young man, he knows what to do and what not to do.

At this time, he was given full authorization by Li Zixiao, and he could let go of his hands and feet.

Qian Guangyuan shook his head and smiled bitterly, and at the same time took out a document from his sleeve and presented it to Li Zixiao.

Li Zixiao immediately unfolded it and looked at it, nodded, it was Qian Guangyuan's plan for the next period of time, and Li Zixiao agreed with it after reading it.

So Li Zixiao picked up the pen without hesitation, approved the word 'quasi' on it, and then returned it to Qian Guangyuan.

At the same time, he said with a smile: "I already knew that Mr. was already confident, so I implemented it according to your consideration."

Remember, when you divide the fields, you still have the same as before, centralize the distribution, and merge the villages that should be merged.

In the next step, we should consider attracting more displaced people to settle down in our jurisdiction, and now we must lay the foundation for the next step of arranging displaced people. ”

Qian Guangyuan nodded yes and agreed.

"In addition, the big boss, shouldn't we also carry out that thing?" Qian Guangyuan suddenly said to Li Zixiao.

"Well, it's almost, what is the situation now with the group of officers and soldiers surnamed Wu?"

Wu Laiyun and his officers and soldiers were all imprisoned in the dungeon in the back mountain at this time, taking care of two meals a day, and they could not starve to death.

However, the man surnamed Wu has been clamoring to see the big boss, and I have already told the brothers in the dungeon to tell them all what they should hear, according to the instructions of the big boss.

It is estimated that the surnamed Wu must have thought in his heart, and he is ready to persuade the big boss to accept the imperial court's recruitment, and after delaying it for so long, the time is almost up. ”

Qian Guangyuan looked at Li Zixiao with admiration, in this matter, Qian Guangyuan appreciated Li Zixiao's plan very much.

"Well, it's a pity that it's started, I just received a message from Ergouzi from Kaifeng, this time we made too much noise, and it has already alarmed the government and the opposition.

Our old enemy, Kaifeng Governor Yin Tianxing, is said to have almost been dismissed and investigated because of this, and now that old thing is probably dreaming about how to deal with our White Dragon Army.

However, Kaifeng Mansion can't use the troops to encircle and suppress us at this time, and someone has already proposed to Yin Tianxing to recruit us.

Now what we have to do is to put on a play for the surnamed Wu, so that he can build a bridge of communication between us and the government, and only then can we talk to the government about Zhao'an. ”

Li Zixiao said with a smile, his eyes showed a strong confidence, everything was going according to his expectations, I have to say, this is the advantage of the prophet.

"The big boss is far-sighted, once this matter is successful, our White Dragon Army will have a chance to recuperate.

If in a few years, there will really be a big upheaval as the big boss said, then our White Dragon Army will have accumulated enough strength, and hegemony can be expected. ”

Qian Guangyuan also said excitedly, for Li Zixiao's plan, he is also the only person who understands the overall situation at this time.

"Well, the next few steps must be taken well, and this surnamed Wu will be fooled, Lao Tzu will keep him from killing, just to make him come in handy at this time.

It just so happens that you and Da Zhu and Wei Hong will be a play, and they will play a good show for the surnamed Wu, and I have already asked the old master to inform Dazhu about this matter.

Tomorrow, after the commendation meeting is busy and the memorial service is finished, it will begin. ”

"Haha, that old man is also waiting to accompany the boss to perform a play." Qian Guangyuan said with a smile. (To be continued.) )