The state envoy did not pay attention to the worries of his confidants. He waved his hands and said, "It doesn't matter. With the friendship between me and Li Kang for more than ten years, it is not that he doesn't trust me because I speak for Su Qi'an. At most, he is dissatisfied."
"And what I said is not all based on Su Qi'an. I also have realistic plans. Li Kang wants to take action against Su Qi'an at this time. It is very difficult. The plan has reached this point. For the final safety, I will use this for the time being. You can’t leave yet.”
The confidant nodded helplessly and said with some confusion, "I really don't understand. You have been in Jiaozhou for many years, and you have managed to support Li Kang. Seeing that things are going to work, His Highness just gave up on Li Kang and turned to you to assist Su Qi'an. This …”
Before the confidant finished speaking, he was stopped by the governor's look, "If you don't want to die, it's best to say less such things. Your Highness has his reasons for doing this. We just need to do it."
"Our assistance is just assistance. Whether Su Qi'an can finally defeat Li Kang and rise to Jiaozhou depends on his ability. Li Kang has been running Jiaozhou for many years, and many people want to overthrow him. It is not that easy to win him."
"If Su Qi'an loses, we can just adapt to the situation and continue to support Li Kang. If Li Kang loses, Su Qi'an takes over and has an explanation for His Highness. No matter who wins or loses, there is no loss for us."
"Okay, you should keep a low profile during this period, wait for my summons at any time, and wait and see what happens."
The confidants who were so impressed by the state envoy nodded heavily, knowing what they could say and what they couldn't.
The confidant was silent for a while, and then asked the last doubt in his heart, "Sir, let's wait and see what happens. If Su Qi'an doesn't take action and keeps developing silently for four or five years, His Highness may not be able to wait. They will blame me and others."
The state envoy was not at all worried about the worries of his confidants. He said, "Don't worry, we can't wait that long. Based on my understanding of Su Qi'an, it can take a year or half a year. Su Qi'an will definitely take action against Li Kang." Declare war."
"Even if Su Qi'an is forbearing enough, Li Kang will never give him a few years to develop. It is not Li Kang's style to be stubborn. We will act according to the plan."
"I'll understand." The confidants nodded, and the next moment, they followed the state envoy and disappeared into the woods.
Su Qi'an didn't care at all about Li Kang's sudden visit and returned disappointed. The only thing he wanted to do was to give him a warning and prepare the entire Qingcheng County officials.
Soldiers were arranged to patrol in several counties below the county to prevent some disturbances.
As for the borders around Qingcheng County, in addition to patrol soldiers, there are also large numbers of militia patrolling the nearby villages near the border. Communication stations between villages have long been established.
Once there is any disturbance, feedback will be reported immediately. Only by ensuring the safety of the internal environment can we truly achieve long-term peace and stability.
As for cutting off all external connections between Qingcheng County, Su Qi'an had long been prepared.
Su Qi'an had already experienced this kind of severing of contact once when he was managing Tucheng County.
Su Qian relied on self-sufficiency and self-reliance to break this siege.
Now, the entire county is in the hands of Su Qi'an, and the total population of the entire county is at least 500,000 to 600,000.
If these people are used rationally, Qingcheng County will definitely undergo earth-shaking changes.
Almost as soon as I thought of it, I went for it.
As Su Qian's orders were issued, the people in the entire county started to move.
According to the task plan divided layer by layer, road renovation, house construction, wasteland reclamation, water conservancy project construction, various factory areas, and shopping areas have started one after another.
Before, it was just a Tucheng County, or a county town. Now, the people of the entire Qingcheng County have been mobilized.
Viewed from a high altitude, Qingcheng County is a lively scene from the county town to the towns and villages.
This scene has never happened before in the history of Qingcheng County.
Apart from Su Qi'an, I'm afraid there is no one else who can mobilize the enthusiasm of the people in the county.
The reason why they are so obedient is not only due to the leading role of Su Qi'an, the Lord of Qingcheng County, but also more importantly.
The thing is, doing these things is not for the sake of some powerful and wealthy man, but for yourself.
As long as the environment in which they live gets better, the place where they live and where they live will also get better and better.
In this work, model workers are selected every month. Model workers are not only an honor that affirms their own worth, but also a spiritual symbol worshiped by the whole people.
The feeling of satisfaction and respect from the heart cannot be replaced by simple material things. To put it bluntly, if any family in Qingcheng County can be rated as a model worker, it will be the pride of the entire township and county.
Now, the entire Qingcheng County people know how glorious it is to be rated as a model worker.
A type of work that is regarded as a lowly profession by the rich and powerful is the only one that is highly valued in Qingcheng County.
As the reputation of model workers becomes more and more famous, in Qingcheng County, it can even be seen that some children from wealthy families are willing to work at the grassroots level and do jobs that they looked down upon before.
Whether it was for the sake of vanity or sincerity, Su Qi'an would not suppress the ridicule of the wealthy children. On the contrary, he would actively praise them.
Through hard work, the people of the entire county should understand the truth that the construction of Qingcheng County is for themselves, and this is their own home.
Only when his homeland develops well can his life really get better. As for those in the county who have evil intentions, want to cause destruction, and some lazy people, Su Qi'an will not be polite.
First, they concentrated on education. If the education was not good, they were driven out of Qingcheng County.
With the blessing of this sense of belief, officials, big and small, and common people were all infected by this belief, and they devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the work of building Qingcheng County.
Just when the people of Qingcheng County, led by Su Qi'an, were in full swing, Li Kang returned to the city and his revenge came.
Just as Su Qi'an thought, Qingcheng County was directly sealed off in order to repair the official roads leading to other counties, which meant cutting off external contact.
During the road construction period, from time to time some unemployed refugees and even bandits would sneak into Qingcheng County secretly and cause havoc.
Su Qi'an already had a way to deal with these, and everything was done according to his plan.
As long as the stability of Qingcheng County can be stabilized, Su Qi'an will put aside these small fights for the time being.
His current focus is entirely on developing Qingcheng County.
In the days to come, although no large-scale friction broke out, there would always be some small harassment that continued to seep in.
As many as they penetrated were captured, and the two sides went back and forth like this, taking repeated actions. In a flash, spring passed to autumn, winter to summer, and a year passed.
One year is neither long nor short, but for today's Qingcheng County, it is an earth-shaking change.
Throughout Qingcheng County, the completion rate of roads from the county seat to its subordinate counties, towns and townships has reached 80%.
Each of the seven counties it belongs to has a large-scale water conservancy project, and the area of newly reclaimed wasteland has reached the size of two counties.
The grain harvested in the new year will be at least 20,000 dan in each county. This year, the grain harvest in Qingcheng County has reached an astonishing 180,000 dan.
This is the highest harvest in the history of Qingcheng County, exceeding the previous highest harvest year by 80,000 dan.
Yangliu County, a major grain-producing county next door, only has 280,000 shi this year.
There is a big gap between the two sides, but compared with the gap of more than 200,000 in previous years, it has more than doubled in one year.
This is something to be proud of. A year of hard work is now paying off.
The people of Qingcheng County, without exception, were all filled with excitement.
Under the leadership of Su Qi'an, only Su Qi'an promised them that they would be rewarded for their efforts.
This year's hard work has given everyone hope and hope.
Everyone was busy preparing for this year's harvest. As the highest authority, Su Qi'an was listening to Wu Yong's report.
What Wu Yong reported was that one year after Qingcheng County was cut off from the outside world, the border leakage information submitted by each county
A riot breaks out.
Although Su Qi'an has a way to deal with it, this method is just a temporary solution. Over time, something will happen.
Who would have thought that Li Kang's methods this time were so ruthless, and Qingcheng County was sealed off for a full year.
Fortunately, Su Qi'an set an example and led the people in the county to rely on their own efforts. After this year, life has been easy.
But if you want to expand development, you must eventually develop externally, and at this time, something made Wu Yong quite dissatisfied.
On their harvest day in the new year, the prefecture and city sent grain collectors early and issued a message. Each county collected 10,000 shi of grain, and seven counties received 70,000 shi. In addition, the county and city provided an additional 30,000 shi, for a total of 100,000 shi.
Directly occupying more than 60% of this year's grain, if Su Qi'an hadn't stopped him, Wu Yong would have started a fight with the grain collector.
These people really don't want anything, this is called grain requisition, this is called robbing, they were sealed for a year for no reason, and now they have harvested well, they come down to grab grain, how can there be such a good thing in the world?
Regarding Wu Yong's complaints, Su Qi'an said nothing and looked at the political report presented.
Suddenly asked, "How is the training situation of the Dongshan Army? How much have the weapons and equipment of the militia in each county been updated?"
These inexplicable words made Wu Yong a little confused, but he still answered truthfully.
"After one year of training, the strength of the Dongshan Army has basically reached its peak combat capability. The weapons and equipment of the militiamen in each county have been replaced by about 70%."
The weapons and equipment of the militia are not the latest models, but old equipment taken over from the Dongshan Army.
Even the old equipment is much better than the elite of the indigenous army.
Su Qi'an nodded thoughtfully and said softly, "Give them one hundred thousand shi of food, but whether they can transport it back to the city depends on whether they have that fate."
"At the same time, we will inform you and ask the Dongshan Army and county militia to prepare for first-level combat alert."
"Okay, I'll do it right away...what! Sir, first-level combat alert?"
Wu Yong just nodded subconsciously, and suddenly he realized something and raised his head sharply, with shock written on his face.
Level 1 combat alert means that the entire army is dispatched to prepare for a major battle.
This battle is no less than the battle with the 50,000-strong army of the two old men a year ago, or even worse.
Is Su Qi'an doing this to prepare for a war with Li Kang?
Wu Yong's expression changed. He was not afraid, but more excited.
