Su Qi'an abolished their status as slaves and restored their freedom. Such a major event was unprecedented. They must follow a figure like Su Qi'an to the death.
In the entire territory of Jiaozhou, Qi'an City is the only one that can do this. Anyone who has no idea or can't think about it will not leave Qi'an City.
If you really leave Qi'an City, don't worry, wherever you go, you will be treated as a slave and reused.
After finally meeting such a famous man of God, how could he just leave at the drop of a hat?
More importantly, Su Qi'an really kept his word. Not only did he execute all those who committed the most heinous crimes in the city, he also sent a large number of Dongshan troops to maintain public order in the city.
Of course, the name Dongshan Army will not be used externally. Even if he escapes from the remote Jiaozhou, Su Qi'an will not expose their identities before his strength is completely strengthened. Including him, he still uses the pseudonym Qi'an to the outside world. Serve as a security force.
In just seven days, the public security in Qi'an City was much better than before.
Moreover, after registering, Su Qi'an divided the four to five thousand people in the city into places to live according to the predetermined divisions.
Of course, for now, Su Qi'an did not let the indigenous people and the Liang people live and coexist with each other. He chose two pieces of land for them to live separately.
The abolition of slavery would be a great thing for the indigenous people, but this system of domestic slavery has existed for too long, even though Su Qi'an has issued an order to live in peace.
But the grievances between the two sides were too deep. The little priests of the previous rule took advantage of the contradictions and grievances between the two to secretly benefit from the rule and rule both parties.
This kind of grudge that lasts for generations cannot be resolved with just a few words from Su Qi'an.
Therefore, for the sake of stability in the city, Su Qi'an temporarily separated the two parties. When he is free, he will discuss with Huang Wenyan and designate a more complete legal system.
Everyone has been very busy these days. Huang Wenyan has been lying on the desk, reading a lot of legal provisions to lay the foundation for the introduction of systems in the future.
Song Biao led his troops and was responsible for public security in the city, while Ermeng was responsible for the external security of Qi'an City.
Tong Zhan is responsible for protecting the personal safety of Su Qi'an and other high-level officials. Su Yong leads the vanguard and becomes the main force of reclamation, working hard with Su Qi'an.
Although busy, it is very fulfilling. The feeling of exerting one's own value is very exciting.
Seeing the busy people, the people in the city naturally couldn't sit still and asked for help one after another, asking for something to be done.
Su Qi'an was not polite this time. With a wave of his hand, he arranged different divisions of labor for men, women, young and old according to their age.
The team that originally only needed more than a thousand people suddenly came to more than 3,000 people. If you look down, you will find that busy figures can be seen everywhere in the barren Qi'an City.
Everyone was working hard and enthusiastically. The sight made Wu Yong sigh.
He has been the county magistrate of Tucheng for so many years, and his appeal in Tucheng is far inferior to Su Qian's.
Su Qi'an was able to get the people in the city to come voluntarily and obey the command, but it was not because of one person's kindness and kindness.
Rather, it is a combination of kindness and power, restoration of freedom, tax reduction and exemption, but there is a premise: one must be obedient. If some people have evil intentions and secretly cause destruction in Qi'an City, Su Qi'an will treat such people without mercy and punish them severely.
Under this combination of kindness and power, Su Qian's words impressed Wu Yong deeply.
"I hope that the people in the city can regard Qi'an City as their home and build Qi'an City into their ideal home for a better tomorrow."
These words may seem a bit pretentious and even a bit ideal, but Su Qi'an was the first to downplay the concept of private territory so that the people could feel like they identified with their homeland.
Based on this alone, Su Qi'an's thoughts were ahead of the times.
After all, in Great Liang, whether they are the high priests of Jiaozhou or the dignitaries of aristocratic families, they treat these low-level people not even as human beings, but as objects.
Once the value is squeezed out, it can be discarded at will. This is a very common thing in Great Liang.
But Su Qi'an is different. He actually wants to treat these low-class people as family members to live together and build a beautiful home together.
This ideal state reminded Wu Yong of the so-called world harmony recorded by the sages of the past dynasties.
Wu Yong saw this kind of idealistic harmony in Su Qi'an.
Although he had not been in contact with Su Qi'an for a long time, he was already deeply impressed by Su Qi'an's personality charm.
He once talked with Su Qi'an about whether the Tucheng under his jurisdiction should be merged into Qi'an City.
But this matter was rejected by Su Qi'an. The reason was very simple. Tucheng was one of the several counties under the jurisdiction of Qingcheng County.
These are not troubled times, even if Tucheng is small, it is still under the jurisdiction of the higher-ups, which represents the symbol of Great Liang's rule in Jiaozhou.
If Su Qi'an merges with Tucheng, the little priest will definitely not miss this good opportunity. He will definitely unite with the priest alliance and file a serious complaint against Su Qi'an at the state pastor.
If he was accused of treason, Su Qi'an would be in trouble. Because of this, the little priest dared not annex Tucheng.
Moreover, keeping the Tucheng now will be of great help to Wu Yong. If the flood control project in Qi'an City is completed, the Tucheng can be copied intact.
This can completely explain why Wu has to worry about not being able to collect taxes this year.
Qi'an City flourished under Su Qi'an's governance, which was only good for Tucheng and had no harm.
The two sides are geographically close and can share many resources. When Wu becomes the county magistrate, his reputation will surely rise.
This is what Su Qi'an wants to see. It doesn't matter if a person is strong. If the people around him are also strong together, then he can be invincible in Great Liang.
Wu Yong nodded, deeply admiring Su Qi'an's long-term vision, and his admiration could not be greater.
Because of the help of the people in the city, the construction period that originally took half a year, according to this enthusiastic atmosphere, is estimated to be completed in about a month at most.
As long as this project is completed, the second and third phases can be launched quickly. By then, the flood disaster that everyone regards as a natural disaster can be turned into treasure.
Having solved the fundamental problem of food planning, it would be difficult not to develop it.
This massive project would not be possible without everyone's help, but more importantly, we must thank Qin Ziyin, Lu Xiaowan and others who persisted silently in Xizhou.
When leaving Xizhou this time, Su Qi'an took away two-thirds of the banknotes left by Su Ji Trading Company.
A full one hundred thousand taels, although compared with the trading firm at its peak, it is not worth mentioning.
But this one hundred thousand tael of silver notes was a very important start-up capital for Su Qi'an to establish his foothold in Jiaozhou.
Everyone in Qi'an City is working enthusiastically, but this project will not be profitable in a short time. Therefore, the rations of these people and the expenses of the Dongshan Army all come from these 100,000 silver notes.
If you just rely on these 100,000 banknotes, you will be in vain sooner or later. Therefore, Su Qi'an's next plan is to cultivate the forest behind and rely on self-reliance. In a word, you can rely on the mountains to rely on the mountains and the water to rely on the water.
Su Qi'an stopped the hoe in his hand and looked at everyone sweating profusely with a smile on his face. He raised his head and looked at the sky that was still raining.
He murmured softly, "I wonder if Ziyin and Xiaowan are okay."
Xizhou, Lingdong County.
On the busiest and busiest street, a shop was grandly opened. This shop was a cloth shop called Wanggui Cloth Shop.
Although the name is a bit strange, the items I bought were all cheap, and there was no high-end silk or anything like that.
Therefore, all the people attracted were civilians, and the wealthy young men in the county were not even interested in looking at it and left directly in a carriage.
The shopkeeper who opened the door to greet guests was a skinny man. Although he was inconspicuous, he was eloquent and observant.
A few words from time to time can attract people to go into the store and make a purchase.
There are not many cheap shops like this in Lingdong County, and they will not attract the attention of wealthy families at all. Without looking, you can guess that they are opened by a wealthy businessman with a little money. Read the book
This will not attract any attention. After three consecutive days of opening, the camp
The prices are pretty good, the main focus is high quality and low price, small profits but quick turnover.
As time passed, the sky gradually became dark, and the Wanggui Buhang was also closed.
The shopkeeper of Ma Gan turned around with a smile and walked into the back hall.
At this time, there were many people sitting around in the back hall, seemingly waiting for him.
The shopkeeper of Ma Gan cupped his hands to the people in front of him and said softly. "Two madams, our preaching did not attract any attention. It can be said that we have taken root in Lingdong County."
If Su Qi'an were here, these people in front of him would all be old acquaintances, and the shopkeeper of Ma Gan would be a thin monkey.
There were several people sitting in the back hall, including Qin Ziyin, Lu Xiaowan, Qin Huai, Ye Zhong and others.
After hearing Shouhou's report, the two of them nodded, and then Qin Ziyin said, "What are the movements of those wealthy and powerful people in Lingdong?"
Shouhou said, "Back to Madam, those wealthy families have not made any moves, but as far as we know, they seem to want to acquire us hostilely at a low price."
"Well, that's how the local wealthy families do. They only do these dirty things. No wonder the big merchants below want to curry favor with them. Everything goes according to plan. If they don't get involved, we're afraid we won't be able to grow." He opened his mouth. It’s Lu Xiaowan.
He knows very well the practices of these local giants, and this is exactly what they want to see.
Since Su Qi'an left Xizhou, those who stayed behind did not waste time and have been quietly lurking in Lingdong County.
Because they have integrated organizations and simplified personnel, their intelligence network, whereabouts, and contacts are all extremely secretive and fast.
With Zhou Qi's secret help, they survived in Lingdong County.
I'm afraid Tang Feng didn't expect that Su Qi'an's departure did not help them take him away.
And they just want to be a sharp blade hidden in the dark under Tang Feng's eyes, silently accumulating strength, waiting for the opportunity, and if they don't take action, they will definitely give a fatal blow.
The destruction of Su Ji Trading Company and Dongshan Village, and the death of a large number of partners, they will never forget this blood debt.
