Wu Li was a little surprised by the choice of Village Chief Zhang, because the ranger seemed to be more stable. After all, the court gave him a monthly salary, but in fact, most people would not choose this option because they lost the most important thing. Something - land.
But Zhangjiacun made this choice. Although it was chosen by the village chief, Wu Li knew that in these villages named after a single surname, the village chiefs were almost always very prestigious.
Since the village chief said so, there must be no problem.
However, Wu Li still said what needed to be said.
"Village Chief Zhang, His Highness has said that we must do these tasks on a voluntary basis. If no one is willing, we security guards will send some personnel to take turns in the future. But it cannot be forced under any circumstances."
"I believe that Village Chief Zhang, you must be true to your word in the village. As long as you let the whole village stay, they will definitely stay, but I think Village Chief, you should still let them make a choice." Wu Li said seriously .
"Prosecutor Wu, don't worry, I will let them make their own decision. After all, we dare not forget His Highness's words." Village Chief Zhang said seriously.
Next, Wu Li did not leave, but followed Village Chief Zhang to summon all the villagers in Zhangjia Village, and then Village Chief Zhang told all the villagers everything again.
Just like what Village Chief Zhang said, he allowed them to do so on a voluntary basis without forcing them, but all the people here made their choice. They were all willing to stay here, become forest rangers, and protect this forest for His Highness.
Wu Li carefully recorded this incident and made an evaluation of the people in the entire village. The report here may eventually reach His Highness's desk and be known to His Highness and His Majesty.
In the words of the people of Zhangjia Village, His Highness has paid so much for them, and they have only done the most trivial things.
Wu Li was a little silent after leaving Zhangjiacun. Although he was a member of the Public Security Army and the Ministry of Public Security, Wu Li actually wanted to join the army. If his wife hadn't been left unattended at home, he shouldn't have been here. .
But the scene in front of him made Wu Li understand that there are too many people in the world to protect His Highness. Although he cannot join the army to fight for His Highness, he believes that there are many colleagues in the world who will fulfill this wish for him.
And he also wants to protect this land for His Highness like Zhangjiacun. I believe that there are too many people in the entire Tang Dynasty who will make the same choice as him.
Just like what Wu Li said, Jiannan Road, the land of Shu, is now renamed Sichuan Prefecture, and its administrative seat is Yizhou Prefecture.
To the south of Sichuan Prefecture, close to Guizhou, according to His Highness's re-division of state jurisdictions, the entire northern part of Guizhou has actually been under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty.
However, the southern side of Guizhou has always been an area controlled by countless Shanyue people. It is composed of countless tribes from Shiwanda Mountain. Although the population of these Shanyue people is not large, they have no way to clean up, and Guizhou There are many mountains and canyons, and many places can be called almost deserted.
If there is no outsider to lead the way, even a hundred thousand troops coming here may not be able to affect the mountain people here.
But since last year, the situation here has been gradually changing. First of all, the measures taken by His Highness's medicinal material factory have allowed more and more Shanyue people here to gradually come out of the mountains.
The subsidies given to them by the Tang Dynasty and the most sincere strategies were implemented towards them, which made the mountain people gradually realize that the Tang Dynasty was good to them, so mountain tribes continued to respond to the call of the Tang Dynasty court.
After leaving the mountains, they were willing to move to the plains under the mountains and live according to the land allocated by the Tang Dynasty to grow crops.
And similarly, because more and more mountain people are coming out of the mountains, and with these mountain people constantly rushing into the Tang Dynasty soldiers and security forces, Datang has more and more control over the surrounding mountains, and its intelligence is getting better and better. The more detailed.
After the "Barefoot Doctor's Handbook" solved the threat of miasma all over Shiwanda Mountain, Datang's security army and the soldiers here became even more powerful, and continued to expand Datang's influence.
Until the influence of the Tang Dynasty expanded to the land of Liuzhao, there was another name for this place on the map given by His Highness, Dali, South of Caiyun.
The policies of the Tang Dynasty were transmitted here very slowly, but this time a lot of news was transmitted immediately.
When many mountain people who had been hesitating learned about Datang's latest policy, they made a decisive choice.
Migrate!
Although the mountain people are accustomed to living in the mountains, they do not really live in the mountains voluntarily. Many of them either fled into the mountains, or their ancestors were people in the mountains.
The production conditions in the mountains are always backward, and there is little arable land in the mountains, making life very difficult. Although there is a saying that people rely on the mountains to live in the mountains, in fact, in addition to hunting, the mountain people still have to farm.
Farmland has been reclaimed on many mountains. As early as the Han Dynasty, there were many mountain tribes on the mountains here who cultivated terraced fields to make a living.
It’s not that they don’t want to live at the foot of the mountain, or in a place more suitable for planting fields, it’s because the land is always under the control of the court. This is one, and the other is that their life is too hard, and if they go down the mountain, they need to pay taxes. .
They were afraid that they would not be able to support themselves. After all, the ability of these mountain people to farm was far inferior to that of the people in the Central Plains.
But now His Highness the Tang Dynasty has not only brought better-used plowshares and columbuses, but also higher-yielding grain seeds. Although their place is not suitable for growing wheat, it is more suitable for growing rice.
But this kind of agricultural tax subsidy...who wouldn't want it?
What's more, if they are willing to move down the mountain, they will be exempt from tax for a longer period of time, and the Tang Dynasty court will also be responsible for all their food for the first year.
They will even help them build new villages and new houses in places suitable for farming at the foot of the mountains.
So when the news reached the Liuzhao land, they had already made decisive choices for the several small countries in the Liuzhao that were ready to belong to the Tang Dynasty.
They had no choice but to do so, because the mountain people in their name continued to migrate to the Tang Dynasty.
Although this is a place where hundreds of thousands of mountains gather, there are also some plains suitable for farming among the mountains, not to mention that the entire population of Liuzhao, Yunnan and Guizhou and other places combined may not be able to fill the plains in central Sichuan.
So the people here don't have to worry about having no farmland to cultivate. Under such circumstances, what need do they have to persist?
Of course, they directly submitted a letter to surrender, and they were all knowledgeable. The Tang Dynasty began to encroach on this land from various directions such as Jiannan Road, Lingnan Road, Linyi, and Qinghai-Tibet Road.
Even if they are unwilling, it is only a matter of time before the mountain people under their command are cannibalized.
