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Chapter 78 Taking over Anyang

The imperial capital has been very lively these days, with unprecedented great victory. The ears of those cars after car are the best proof; and the information from Cai State proves that this information is true... I heard that the two counties in the southeast of Cai State are crying, which can be called mourning in every family.

The Li family became completely popular. Li Yulong was the first-rank master; the eldest son Li Liang was a local official of the second-rank master; the third son Li Xian was even more dazzling.

Only the Wang family was very annoyed, and it was a waste of water. Wang Chuan had killed several maids and servants in the past few days, which made everyone in the Wang family tremble and did not dare to take a breath.

In the south of Wuyang City, on a road leading to the south, Kong Xiang quietly waited at the Sancha Road intersection.

"Why didn't the master leave?" the housekeeper was puzzled.

"Wait for someone!" Kong Xiang's tone was not very happy, and the butler dared not ask. Soon, the sound of a creaking carriage came from a distance, and a group of carriages slowly walked towards him.

Beichen Yuqing jumped out of the carriage, "Mr. Kong, all 500 corpses are here. I'm leaving."

After saying that, he immediately took people away.

Kong Xiang lifted the carriage and looked at it. The corpse had been frozen with spells. He sighed: "Let's go."

The guards of the Kong family drove the carriage again and walked towards the south. The atmosphere was very depressing.

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In Anyang, Li Xian's face turned green. His elder brother left too casually. He waved his hand and did not take away any trouble. All the troubles were left to Li Xian.

Li Liang left with five thousand personal soldiers, Zou Hui, his wife and nearly six thousand people, and left the rest to Li Xian.

Including 30,000 elite soldiers, rewards that have not been issued yet, post-war comfort, broken city walls, and... all troubles!

The only thing that was relieved was that Li Liang wanted to leave Zhang Hongtao and ten people, but Zhang Hongtao refused to follow him; he could not, so Li Liang had to take away 10 guns and thousands of bullets.

"Young master, the statistics have been made. All the bonuses, comforting, etc. are combined, it requires 27,600 taels of gold!" Fang Shijing placed the detailed information table in front of Li Xian.

"How could it be so much? If you add other expenses, you will not have to charge 30,000 taels of gold!"

Fang Shijing said calmly: "The eldest son's military pay this month has not been paid."

"I..." Li Xian didn't breathe a sigh of relief, "When will your Majesty's reward be received?"

"Your Majesty's reward has arrived." Fang Shijing was helpless.

"Has arrived? Why didn't I see it?"

"Anyang County has been exempted for fifty years."

"I¥*&..." Li Xian was so angry that he shivered.

Xu Ren sighed slightly, "Young Master, don't you know that all parts of the Daxia Kingdom have been responsible for themselves for a long time. It is said that some counties have been exempted from taxes for hundreds of years, such as Nanyang County where the Kong family is located.

Nowadays, there are only four counties that can be directly controlled by His Majesty.”

Li Xian was stunned for a long time and finally sighed, "Sir, the Kingdom of Daxia can't hold on for a few years. Even if His Majesty attaches importance to industry now, it will only last for three or five years at most."

"Five years are no problem." Xu Ren smiled confidently, "This war has given Daxia Kingdom at least three years of respite."

"Yeah." Li Xian looked at the things in his hands and finally pointed out a very critical one. "Sir, the purchase of refugees and food that we discussed with various places before can begin. Now Anyang is ours, and Anyang has a small population, and it is expected that it can accommodate 300,000 to 500,000 people."

"It's OK." Xu Ren nodded.

Then, the task was handed over to Fang Shijing. This time it was Fang Shijing's turn to look bitter: the post-war work has not been completed yet, and another task was suppressed; Fang Shijing looked at Li Xian and Xu Ren with a resentful look.

Xu Ren smiled proudly: "Lao Fang, I am a strategist, you are a scholar, you should do this. If you can't do it, can you find someone by yourself? Wouldn't I just find you? If anyone can't invite anyone, the young master can come forward in person.

In addition, all refugees should be classified according to their specialties. Also, when purchasing refugees, try to ensure that one family is complete."

Fang Shijing looked bitter, "Young Master, we only have 14,000 taels of gold now. Not to mention purchasing refugees and food, even the soldiers are not rewarded enough."

"Why isn't it enough? Didn't Wei Zhe send 200,000 taels of gold before?" Li Xian was really surprised. There was no shortage of gold in the sea, and Wei Zhe almost immediately made up 200,000 taels of gold.

Fang Shijing took out a small book, "The cement factory was expanded to a large scale, and a total of 20,000 taels of gold was paid. The locomotive factory was expanded to a large scale, and a total of 20,000 taels of gold was paid. The research department, the factory's internal reward was as high as 20,000 taels. The black iron smelting paid a total of 40,000 taels. There were also chemical and explosives factories and arsenals, which paid a total of 30,000 taels. The rest were expanded to smelting branches to create a trident.

The remaining 14,000 taels of gold is still accumulated in the past.

Master, according to the generous reward rules you set, this will cost 14,000 taels of gold, which is only enough to pay the rewards and salary in the factory next month.

Nowadays, whether it is textile, electricity, etc., there are a large number of new inventions in almost all factories every day. Now, we are in a big explosion stage.”

"Oh..." Li Xian rubbed his eyebrows and felt an abnormal headache.

This fairyland is not short of smart people or skilled craftsmen. Every practitioner is a talent. Now, under the guidance of Li Xian, after the initial introductory stage of the group, everything is in a state of blowout; naturally, the rewards are sprinkled out like flowing water.

Everyone was a little silent for a moment. How to run the group and how to obtain money depends on Li Xian's attitude.

"Bang!" Li Xian slapped the table and looked at Xu Ren: "Sir, we are going to ask Cai State for war compensation!"

Xu Ren had a good plan in his mind and finally nodded: "It's feasible. But it's time to operate it, get permission from His Majesty, and we will come in to negotiate, and the compensation we receive must be left in Anyang."

"Leave it to my father!" Li Xian immediately picked up his pen and wrote a letter.

The next thing was a mess, and Li Xian and others were busy without touching the ground. Disabled soldiers had to be comforted, and dead soldiers had to be buried. When there was not enough money, Li Xian had to give priority to taking care of the dead and injured soldiers; as for the rewards of the other soldiers, they could only be temporarily owe them. Fortunately, Li Xian has a little prestige now, and the soldiers can still forgive them, but they are inevitably dissatisfied.

In order to compensate the soldiers for their dissatisfaction, Li Xian ordered each person to issue a stainless steel sword, which slightly relieved the soldiers' dissatisfaction for a while.

In addition, the broken border Great Wall needs to be repaired, and the bloody ground needs to be dealt with to prevent plague, etc.

Then, Li Xian also came out to attend the funeral. The funeral of seven or eight thousand people made Li Xian look solemn and feel heavy. This funeral made Li Xian determined to seek justice from Cai State; of course, the Kong family could not let it go easily.

After six days of busyness, I finally straightened out the matter clearly. Then Li Xian's first order was to separate the textile branch and move it out of Qingyun Valley and near Anyang.
Chapter completed!
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