March of the third year of Taichu.
The news that Wang Jing was crowned king had spread all over the country. Yang Xingmi, Xiang Jiajun, Deng Qiang and Yingbu from the south all sent people to inquire about it.
Yingbu and Deng Qiang were fighting fiercely, and they couldn't react when they heard the news.
Yang Xingmi and Sihong are separated by Hongze Lake. He cannot develop westward without solving the surrounding forces.
As for the Xiang Jiajun, their development is to the west, and they are only partial divisions to the east.
So even though these forces knew that Wang Jing was a huge threat, they were unable to suppress him.
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Late March.
In a village outside Baize City, many people began to be busy in the fields.
There are also willow trees planted on the edge of the fields outside the village and town. Just as spring returns to the earth, the green branches of the willow trees droop and sway in the wind.
There are many children playing under the willow tree not far from the village.
Others head to the large rivers to the east to fish.
When Bai Ze was under Yuan Shu's governance, it cannot be said that the people were in dire straits, but even with food growing at five times the rate, the people would still often go hungry.
In normal times, they had to endure corvee labor and were conscripted into being a master who transported grain.
After this city fell into Wang Jing's hands.
Sihong sent many civil servants, promulgated various laws, and gave all the fields outside the city to many people. After the fields were divided, all the people in Baize County were grateful to Wang Jing.
Baize City became Baize County, and there were several hundred-household offices and a thousand-household office outside the city.
There are military towns, and there are villages and towns formed by people gathering together!
These villages, towns and counties are undergoing rapid changes as they recuperate.
At this time, the three men were looking at the scene of the village and town by the river in the distance. After seeing the farmers plowing the fields and the children laughing happily, the three men all showed smiles on their faces.
"I didn't expect that the county magistrate and the county magistrate have such powerful political methods. The people of Baize County have rosy complexions and no worries about hunger and cold. This place is like a paradise in troubled times!"
One of the men admired.
He was Bu Jing who led the Bu clan people northward.
After Sihong was busy making a home for his tribe, he passed the assessment of the Talent Recruitment Hall and was appointed as the Hucao of Baize County.
According to King Huai's rules, all civil servants must start from the grassroots level. The six official positions in the county are also regular official positions, and they can be promoted through continuous meritorious service.
"Brother Bu overestimates the county magistrate and county magistrate by saying this! Their abilities are indeed good, otherwise they would not be promoted to the center, but to say how strong their abilities are is a bit too much!"
The companion next to him shook his head.
This man was a civil servant who followed Yuan Shu. After he switched to Wang Jing, he stayed in the post after inspection. He was considered an old man in Baize County.
He was very familiar with Baize County, so when Bu Jing and another person came to take up the post, he took them to familiarize themselves with the environment in the county.
"Baize County has six townships and three towns. After some of the people have been relocated, there are still 170,000 people! The decree issued by the king has protected the 170,000 people from the war and allowed them to recuperate..."
"As long as the county magistrate and county magistrate follow the king's decree and don't need to do anything extra, they can make Baize County develop rapidly! The reason why Baize is what it is today is all thanks to the king!"
This civil servant didn't care much about the county magistrate and the county magistrate.
But I have great respect for Wang Jing.
Bu Jing smiled awkwardly and was a little surprised to see many young men carrying tools to repair the road. "Didn't it say that the engineers under the Construction Department were building the Chi Road from East Lake to Wuhe? Why did Bai Ze start building the road too?" Already?"
The civil servant said: "Brother Bu has misunderstood. These people are not engineers from the Construction Department, but militiamen recruited by the county magistrate. They are not building Chidao, but roads in various villages and towns and Baize City!"
Bu Jing suddenly understood.
He understands the importance of roads. Roads are like blood vessels that run through the county. Only when the roads are clear and can they be connected up and down, can the king and the county magistrate command the whole territory.
Bu Jing asked a lot of things and felt that I had learned a lot.
He saw that his companion who had gone with him to Bai Ze's appointment had not spoken and asked, "Brother Hu, don't you have anything to ask?"
The person who came to Baize with him was Hu Weiyong.
After he defected to Wang Jing through the recruitment hall, he was quickly summoned.
Wang Jing indeed did not turn him away because of his bad reputation. After all, someone who could replace Li Shanchang and who had been prime minister under an emperor like Zhu Yuanzhang for ten years would definitely be very capable.
Moreover, the situation in China Continent at this time was very different from that in the Source World.
As long as Wang Jing controls the destiny of the country, maintains his own strength, and seizes military power, no powerful officials can shake his foundation.
So Wang Jing simply took Hu Weiyong under his command.
According to the rules he formulated, Hu Weiyong was sent to Baize County to serve as the chief of Cang Cao.
When talking to people in Bujing.
His eyes were always on the river next to him.
"Baize County has Baiyangshui leading to Suining, and there is a canal to the east. If we cross the river to the east in the future, this place will be a strategic location for food and grass in the rear of the army..."
Hu Weiyong was thinking about how he would do meritorious service in Baize County if he were the county magistrate.
The sound of walking brought him back to his senses.
He immediately smiled and said: "Brother Bu has already asked in detail, there is no need to say more!"
The three of them walked around various villages and towns, checking out the local customs and customs, and waited until dusk before returning to the city.
night.
On the canal east of Baize City, a dozen small boats bypassed the Sihong Army Water Village and landed at a river bend downstream. About two to three hundred soldiers wearing light armor quickly gathered on the shore.
Then their eyes showed a ruthless look, and they quickly rushed in the direction they had explored in advance.
Shortly after.
A village suddenly burst into flames, and screams were heard.
The militiamen in the village, led by the security chief and armor chief, kept shouting and shouting, gathered together, and fought together with the soldiers who unexpectedly raided the village.
Although they looked fearful and had average strength, they did not retreat in the face of the enemy's sword.
Cries of killing and screams rose into the sky.
The sound alarmed a nearby household unit. When they saw the fire in the sky in the distance, their expressions changed and they immediately sent people to the county town to report the news.
Then he took a hundred soldiers under his command and ran quickly towards the direction of the village.
"Quick! Quick!"
In the darkness, Baihu kept urging his soldiers to hurry up. At this time, he could already hear the shouts of killing coming from the village in the distance.
I don’t know where the thieves came from, but they dared to attack the village?
If he could arrive in time and kill the thief, he would be able to make a contribution and have the possibility of promotion.
After Bai Ze surrendered to Wang Jing.
There was no more fighting nearby. At this time, hundreds of households thought that the thieves in the mountains finally couldn't bear it and wanted to go down the mountain to rob the village.
In the mountains and forests near Baize, food is scarce and thieves are becoming fewer and fewer.
This situation of people descending from the mountains to attack villages due to hunger has happened two or three times. Each time, the thieves were wiped out and collected as soon as they came down from the mountains.
This was the first time that a fight broke out after we invaded the village.
When arriving near the village.
Suddenly, a whistling sound came from the darkness around him, and a hail of arrows covered both sides, immediately killing hundreds of households and the guardsmen under his command.
"Is there an ambush? And a strong bow?"
Baihu was hit by several arrows, groaned twice, and rolled to the ground.
He is a warrior at the peak of the first level. His vitality is stronger than that of ordinary people, and he will not die for a while.
He was extremely shocked at this time.
How could a thief in the mountains have a strong bow and ambush hundreds of households in his guardhouse?
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