Fangling. Front yard of the county magistrate’s office, in the Gongcao room.

Sun Gan and his subordinates worked together to deal with all kinds of matters in the county. He was very busy and he was so busy that he didn't touch the ground.

Of course, ordinary counties cannot be so busy. Officials like Gongcao are relatively leisurely. But the key is that in Fangling, the prefect is good at causing trouble.

Plan factories, build markets, and build warships.

To recruit troops, money and grain are calculated every month and fiscal expenditure is required.

To attract mountaineers down the mountain, we need to provide wasteland.

Build waterwheels and plows.

Sun Gan led a group of minor officials from all over the country, so busy that they never touched the ground and had no leisurely days in Xinye again.

You should know that when he was in Xinye, Liu Bei had many civil servants and ruled a county town. Sun Gan and Jian Yong even had time to teach for civil and military children like Guan Ping. Later, Sun Gan became Guan Ping's chief supervisor.

But having something to do is better than having nothing to do.

Although Sun Gan is not as young and energetic as Ma Liang, he is also full of energy. However, continuous work with such high intensity does make Sun Gan unable to hold on anymore.

"Ziyun, look at it. My knees hurt a little. Let's go out for a walk." After sitting for a long time, Sun Gan's knees hurt a little. He knocked on his knees, stood up and said to the words "a minor official".

"No." The minor official replied. Sun Gan walked out, and his knees were painful when he walked. Sun Gan asked someone to bring a bench to sit down and smiled bitterly.

"I'm old."

At this moment, the Death-seeking Gui Guanping came. The prefect Guan ran towards him with his legs, as if he had installed a hot wheel, and the speed was extremely fast.

The scarf on his head floated up.

Guan Ping has already been appointed as the county magistrate, and a prince in the area has long since untied his head and tied his hair.

So I was so fast that I looked like a young man, and I would not be despised.

The prefect Guan held a piece of silk in his hand and looked happy. "Mr. Gongyou, Mr. Gongyou. Good thing, good thing. Ma Jichang did a big thing in Qu County. He took Zhang Bao into Tiezhu Mountain and stabbed Ba Wang Hu Shu to death, recruiting two or three thousand men and three thousand men and women. He received news that there were nearly one hundred thousand men and women in the western mountainous areas. He is currently sitting in Tiezhu Mountain and recruiting these mountain villagers. Please measure the land, make water trucks and crescent plows for use by the mountain villagers."

"If this mountaineering group goes down the mountain, I will have food for harvest next autumn. I can draw strength and increase my troops."

"Is this really the case?" Sun Gan stood up in surprise when he heard this, rushed forward, snatched the silk from Guan Ping's hand, looked carefully, and smiled on his face.

"Ma Jichang is a real courageous person." Sun Gan grabbed his beard with admiration on his face.

What restricts Fangling's development is not the terrain, but the population, population, and population.

With a population, there is everything.

So when Ma Liang heard that there were nearly 100,000 mountain people in the western mountainous areas, his eyes turned red. At this moment, Guan Ping and Sun Gan's eyes were also red, red.

But after a moment, Sun Gan smiled bitterly and said to Guan Ping: "Sir Prefect. At present, there are too many things in the county, and the officials of the various governments have been working hard. If the population suddenly increases by tens of thousands, it is afraid that the staff will be insufficient and the materials will be difficult to operate. Please send a letter to Xinye, allocate more personnel and materials to come."

"I will handle this matter immediately. Three days later, I took Zhou Xiong and Li Fei to lead 4,000 elite soldiers under my command and brought many minor officials to Qu County to help. The tens of thousands of people are extraordinary. If something goes wrong, it will be too late to regret it."

Guan Ping nodded immediately and said.

"Okay." Sun Gan nodded in agreement. Then, Guan Ping separated from both ends to do business. On the one hand, he went to Xinye with letters, and on the other hand, he prepared supplies, soldiers, and officials, and rushed towards Qu County.

This time Ma Liang really did a big deal, which is gratifying.

The prefect of Guan and Sun Gongcao in the rear were very excited, but Ma Liang in the front was still very calm.

On the Iron Pestle Mountain, the sun is shining.

At this moment, half a month has passed since Ma Liang sent someone to Qibu to invite the leader of Qibu mountain people to go down the mountain.

The Zhongshan Road in the mountains and steep mountains takes a long time to go there. Two groups of people have arrived at this moment, and they are currently being arranged by Ma Liang to rest on Tiezhu Mountain.

Today Ma Liang went to greet the third wave of people in person, a group of mountain people dominated by Han people.

At the entrance of the Tiechu Mountain Military Village, Ma Liang and Zhang Bao stood for a moment and saw a group of mountain people coming. The leader was very strong and powerful, but his figure was short.

Dark complexion and ordinary appearance.

This group of mountain people walked quickly on the mountain road and came to the front of the military camp in the blink of an eye.

"But Chen Shuai? I am Ma Liang, Chief Secretary of Fang Ling. This is Zhang Bao, another Sima." Ma Liang took Zhang Bao forward to greet him and said politely.

Chen Shuai is a respectful title. Among these ridges, many mountain people can gather together to form a group, and they will call themselves Qu Shuai, or Wang.

This man was named Chen Zhou, who was an authentic Han mountain citizen. But since he entered the mountains, he followed the customs and became Qushang.

"Here is polite to Shi Ma, I will call me Chen Zhou. The so-called coach Qu is just a nickname for being scattered in this mountain." Chen Zhou was so excited that he replied with a fist.

There are seven large mountain people in this mountain, three of which are mainly Han people, and four are mainly Ba people and Yi people. Some of the Ba people and Yi people can speak Chinese, while others can't.

There is always a gap between the Han government and the Han government. Compared with Chen Zhou, who is also a Han Chinese, is much closer.

After Ma Liang and Chen Zhou were polite, Ma Liang invited Chen Zhou and his group to enter the military camp to live in, and the village had already prepared wine and food.

Ma Liang sat in the main seat, Zhang Bao accompanied him to entertain Chen Zhou.

Chen Zhou saw that he was straightforward. After drinking for three rounds, he asked, "Chief Ma sent someone to tell me that he wanted to discuss major issues, but I don't know what major issues it was?"

"Don't be accused of it, it's not that I'm keeping it. It's that this matter needs to be summoned to gather the seven mountain peoples before we can tell them together. Please stay in the village patiently for a few days." Ma Liang said.

In fact, the mountain leaders who came to the first two groups also had such questions, and Ma Liang answered this way.

"Okay." Chen Zhou had no objection and agreed readily.

Two days later, Ma Liang gathered the leaders of the Qibu Mountain people or representatives of the leaders, and summoned these people to a mountain field near the military camp.

There is a mountain stream next to this mountain field, and the water is clear. Ma Liang brought a water truck in front of everyone, and the curved plow came, and ordered the soldiers to step on the water truck and come out of the water. He also ordered the soldiers to support the plow and cultivate them.

Of course it looks ordinary. Ma Liang explained: "This car is a new water truck, which is improved by skilled craftsmen. It will be much easier to plant rice on the flat ground of Fangling County. This plow is a curved plow, which is light and flexible, and saves human and animal power. Before that, our prefect was a clan farmer in Xinye and was responsible for farming. Without cattle, relying on these two farm tools, each strong man could plant twelve acres of paddy fields."

Those who can understand Chinese immediately understand it, and those who can’t understand it will also understand it.

"Without plowing oxen, can we actually plant twelve acres of paddy fields?"

"How is this possible?"

The mountain people are poor, and even the leader needs to farm. Everyone is a good farmer. He was shocked when he heard this, and some people showed disbelief.

"If you don't believe it, you might as well try it yourself." Ma Liang smiled and said.

The mountain people were straightforward and immediately stepped forward to try. Chen Zhou took the Quyuan Plough as soon as possible, drove the cow to cultivate it, and immediately noticed the wonderful things, and said in surprise: "The plowing field is really much faster and much lighter."

The other mountain leaders could not wait long ago and rushed forward. When he came down, I went up and tried the curved plow one after another.

As for things like water trucks, there are really no one on the mountain. Because the ones planted on the mountain are all dry fields, and a few paddy fields are close to the water source, and water trucks are never used.

There are no suitable craftsmen on the mountain to create such an exquisite waterwheel.

But some of these mountain people ran away from Fangling and hid in the mountains because of the war. Some of them used water trucks and praised them after using them.

But the water truck on the mountain is really useless because there is no water channel to divert water.

The leaders of the mountain people were eyeing the Quyuan Plough.

"I dare to ask Ma Changshi, the purpose of summoning us this time is for this plow? As long as the price is appropriate, I am willing to buy seven hundred pieces of this plow."

Chen Zhou couldn't wait to say.

There were six or seven hundred mountain residents in his ranks. If they bought 700 plows, they would be one plow for each plow.

“I’m willing to buy it, too.”

"I do, too."

The mountain leaders said one after another.

Ma Liang smiled and shook his head and said, "This time I summoned you all for the sake of this plow and water wheel, but it was not."

Before the mountain leaders showed disappointment, Ma Liang said again: "Our Guan prefect stationed troops in Fangling, which requires the people's efforts. There are many deserted acres of land on Fangling. Whoever cultivates these acres will belong to whom. The government only charges 30% of the taxes. This water truck, plow, and the government sells it at a moderate price, without making a penny. If the leaders are willing to lead the mountain people down the mountain, the prefect is willing to give all the leaders and beauties, one million yuan, a hundred pieces of cloth, and five hundred acres of fertile land. What do you think?"

A million yuan in money, a hundred pieces of cloth, a mansion, and five hundred acres of fertile land.

This is of course a big profit.

In the whole world, families who can have such wealth are considered wealthy.

This is the benefit of these leaders, and the benefits to the people are also great. Whoever cultivates the fields they plant will belong to. The curved plow and the new water truck.

In addition, the government only charges 30% of the tax on conscience.

The mountain people will definitely be jealous.

Most people who make a living in the mountains suffer.

I planted many dry fields, and I felt very distressed every year, but because of the fertility of the fields, I could only barely fill my stomach every year. Many mountain people still need to go to the mountains to hunt to subsidize their household income.

And can it be easy to go into the mountains to hunt?

Many mountain people died in the mountains and ridges.

The life of mountain people is really full of tears.

Ma Liang's temptation not only lured the leaders of these mountain people, but also lured ordinary mountain people, which shows sincerity. Ma Liang is very sure of attracting the mountain people down the mountain.

The conditions given are too generous.

Normal people will choose to go down the mountain.
Chapter completed!