Baise, an ancient and old city, is a rather rude thing to say that it is a city. It is a messy street, messy buildings, and the unrestrained sewage. Duan Guoxue can't see the appearance of a city. In later generations, such places are even worse than some remote small counties.

Duan Guoxue has been in Baise for several days. The more he understands Duan Guoxue, the more he can understand why Old Man Lu gave him this place so readily. It is almost zero industry, low-productivity agriculture, complex civil forces, and the ubiquitous bandits and smuggling horse gangs. This is simply synonymous with chaos.

"Brother Guiping, see if our appetite is too big. We have taken over so much territory in one go. Now we are a little nervous from the hands of people and financial resources. No, it's not tight, but it's just a drop in the bucket."

"There's nothing to do. Anyway, Old Man Lu just gave it to you all at that time. You agreed immediately without considering it. I couldn't stop it." Yang Guiping answered Duan Guoxue angrily. It seemed that he did not give any advice on Duan Guoxue on this matter.

"At that time, I felt that there was no difference between one area and two areas. I didn't know that the situation would be so bad. But next time, I will definitely listen to Brother Guiping and everyone's opinions and make a decision next time."

"Next time? I will have this opportunity next time when I overcome this difficulty!!"

"Haha, I believe we will definitely survive. But now thinking about it, I think that old man is also a bad person and wants to use this to drag me down."

"Just you know. If you put such a large piece of land in an instant, we are unable to manage and develop even if we are willing..."

"Brother Guiping, I think we can do this. Don't worry about where we are too far away. Anyway, the counties around Pingguo County have always been coveting our new rice species. Relatively speaking, we can use this as a breakthrough point and enter the surrounding counties from the grain field. As for industrial development, Pingguo County is still the main one, and slowly radiate to the surrounding areas."

"Well, this idea is good. The yield of new agricultural rice has always been a trump card in our hands. With it, I believe it is much easier to carry out work in other counties. I agree with the development of industry. After all, I will tell you that there is almost no infrastructure there. Even if you want to build a factory, there is a lack of power and transportation infrastructure. You have to gradually build these things. But..."

"But what?"

"What should I do if the public security and defense are in place? You know, Old Man Lu has also withdrawn the troops stationed there. Now, there are only four battalions of troops in such a large territory, which is a bit uneasy."

"Haha, Brother Guiping, it seems that you also regard this land as ours. I remember someone had an objection to me just now." Duan Guoxue said with a smirk.

"Then, since you have accepted it, you have to manage it well." Yang Guiping found that his words had been caught by Duan Guoxue and hurriedly explained.

"Haha, yes, since we have received it, we must manage it well." Duan Guoxue did not continue to grasp this loophole and entangle. After all, literati like Yang Guiping attaches great importance to face.

"Brother Guiping, I went to investigate. Although Old Man Lu was in charge of this place before, he had never made any contribution to it. Even the garrisons needed local people to support them. Moreover, these garrisons not only did not play their own role, but even colluded with the smuggled horse gangs and bandits to harm the countryside. It would be best to withdraw such an army."

"But once Old Man Lu withdraws his garrison, these counties now have a power vacuum. We do not have such great strength to fill it. Will the bandits and horse bandits easily infiltrate and harm the people?" Yang Guiping said with some concern.

"This is also impossible. Now we have too few troops on hand, but it is a blessing to have a loss of power. Although the withdrawal of Old Man Lu's garrison caused some chaos in these areas, it also brought an unprecedented opportunity to train troops."

"You mean..."

"Suppress the bandits!! Ambushes, assaults and clearing bandits and horse bandits from time to time, which can effectively deter and eliminate safety hazards, and at the same time train our own team. You must know that without the baptism of many actual combat and blood, our team will always be just a baby soldier with advanced weapons."

Although the results of the last battle were very gratifying, Duan Guoxue and several military chiefs still saw some hidden dangers in the army. The most important thing is that they lack practical experience. From soldiers to grassroots non-commissioned officers, they lack sufficient judgment and adventurous spirit of the ever-changing battlefield situation. This is a fatal flaw for future wars. Therefore, Duan Guoxue decided to find a suitable reason and a suitable time to conduct a lot of practical training for the army, and do not be afraid of bleeding. The bleeding is not the same as the future.

"Well... this is not bad. I don't understand military affairs, you can decide, but you should pay attention to the influence during combat, don't pursue the results too much, and at the same time, we must establish military-civilian relations with the locals. I don't want to see our soldiers doing the same things as warlords like Old Man Lu."

"Well, I will make Bi Qiang and the others pay attention to this. Also, Brother Guiping, you organize training for the staff we are going to send to the surrounding counties to have some basic knowledge and skills in handling government affairs. At the same time, it seems that you also need to take charge of the publicity work."

"Yeah, let me leave this matter."

"Let's go back to the agricultural issues I just mentioned. Now it's October. I'm going to carry out some water conservancy projects in several surrounding counties. Brother Guiping, see if we can start work from this area and carry out work while cultivating cadres."

"Can."

“I’m going to build a few roads.”

"Highway? Can our funds still be built by us now?" Yang Guiping was a little surprised.

"Haha, it's not a road that is paved with all cement like the industrial zone. I plan to open some ordinary sand and gravel roads first, mainly laying the foundation for the roadbed. I plan to start from the headquarters of Xingmin Company and the industrial zone as the starting point, and build the primary roads in Nanning and Baise. Then extend to the mining area and other surrounding counties."

"Well, I have no objection to building these two highways first, but building the highway to Nanning increases the chances of Old Man Lu's raid on us?" Although Yang Guiping does not understand military affairs, he does not have any strategic vision.

"Haha, I'm also an attitude. I use this highway to tell them that I don't have many unfavorable intentions. At the same time, this highway is really important to us. The road in the past can no longer bear the huge freight volume of our company. Not only is the low transportation capacity but the transportation cost is too high. Among the products we produce now, only high profits such as cosmetics and even huge profits can withstand this transportation cost. Other products are basically sold out with small profits. As for the rapid invasion of military armed forces using this highway to borrow this highway, haha, I really didn't have the strength to send troops to guard this highway every day, but now our strength is different. It's still okay to send one more and two rows of roads to guard the highway."

"One, two platoons? Is the force a little thin?"

"Enough. If the previous organization and firepower were a little thin, but now the equipment of the new weapons will make up for this defect."

"What new weapon?"

"General machine gun."
Chapter completed!