Although Lei Yuan was named Dong Governor Jiaozhou, the only territory that he could directly manage was Cangwu County. He, the prefect of Cangwu, was unable to do anything, so the one who actually was responsible for Cangwu's government affairs for several months was the Jiaozhou Zhengzhong who was engaged in Yan Pu.

Lei Yuan knew very well that the success of a group is not only due to the outstanding leader, but also whether many executors in the group are effective. Therefore, he always pays attention to cultivating talents and pays more attention to absorbing talents from the outside world.

He trained his soldiers in various forms and encouraged the continuous selection of meritorious soldiers to serve as entourages next to him, so as to create opportunities for soldiers to learn from each other, exchange experiences, and broaden their horizons.

In terms of civil officials, he selected Confucian scholars to train social officials and grassroots officials, and also focused on promoting talents from the management and book assistants. For example, Zhou Hu, Huang Xian, Song Shui, Cen Peng, Fan Xun and others, all of which were promoted by him. However, as his territory grew larger and more subordinates became more and more, these people had their strengths and weaknesses, and they were not all suitable for the new situation.

When he was the prefect of Yidu, Lei Yuan deliberately strengthened his ties with the scholars in Jingzhou, trying to use the scholars in Jingzhou to enrich his shogunate.

Unfortunately, the efforts in this regard were not successful. The local interests of the scholars in Jingzhou were involved too much. The Lei family in Lujiang was limited by the clan family and it was difficult to attract particularly outstanding talents. Finally, the affairs of Mi Fang and the Wen family in Zigui almost involved a group of scholars in Jingzhou, including the county magistrate Xiang Lang.

So far, the most powerful subordinates around Lei Yuan are Ma Zhong, a Brazilian from Yizhou, and Yan Pu, a Liangzhou man who lived in Hanzhong for many years. Although their talents are sufficient, more importantly, they are not involved in the local area and the various divisions under Lei Yuan's command, so Lei Yuan can let go and grant great power.

Yan Pu was originally an important assistant to Zhang Lu. Zhang Lu was in chaos and was able to protect the sphere of influence of Hanzhong and Ba County, allowing the people to survive and have no trouble in the territory. Many of them were Yan Pu's contributions.

Since Lei Yuan controlled Cangwu, Yan Pu became the de facto prefect of Cangwu. From May to now, he has successively approved the household registration of the 11 counties under Cangwu County, organized workshops and villages, and promoted spring planting and autumn harvest as usual, and restored the three elders at all levels of county, township and pavilion, including orderly, slaughter, and gown, to ensure daily management.

After several months, local people's hearts gradually stabilized, farming gradually stabilized, and tax collection gradually returned to normal. Although the real numbers cannot be compared with Wu Ju's account records at the time, Yan Pu solemnly stated that it will definitely be surpassed by next year.

If Lei Yuan is the lord of Yinxun, if Yan Pu is the lord of Yinxun, it would be enough to achieve this level. The subsequent reproduction of household registration and the recovery of grain production are all natural. But Yan Pu certainly knew that Lei Yuan was definitely not the lord of Yinxun, and his requirements for local officials were much higher.

Only with higher requirements can there be more results, and of course, there will be more problems that need to be solved.

In this way, the following are the few listed by Yan Pu in the Notice.

"The city in Guangxin City has been completely destroyed by war? Most of the surrounding counties, cities and towns have been destroyed. Merchants may be killed or injured or fled, and it is impossible to recover in the short term?" Lei Yuan frowned.

Since Lei Yuan arrived in Jingzhou, he has relied heavily on the profits brought by business transactions. He is considered half an expert in this regard, and he knows that the article written by Yan Pu actually represents two problems.

"The market problem in Guangxin City is not big. Haven't we already defined a new market area before? When the weather is dry in autumn, we will start construction. At the same time, we will follow the old rules of Lexiang City, let the business and travelers pay and rent the land they want. The money is over, and Huang Qing will send a message to Lexiang, and it will be solved immediately. Wenmiao, you just need to remember to remind me that you should leave extra land for Huo Zhongmiao and Feibinbo."

Although Lei Yuan went south, the Lujiang Lei family still had a seat in Lexiang City. The ones responsible for managing the city are still the original staff. It is still easy to mobilize resources through Lexiang City.

What's more, luxury goods produced in Jiaozhou are very popular in Central Plains, Hebei and other places. The great families in Jingzhou were able to make a fortune as second-dea dealers. Now they have the opportunity to acquire them directly from their place of origin. Who would miss this opportunity? It is not difficult to make the market in Cangwu flourish.

Yan Pu specially put this section in front, actually reminding Lei Yuan that the construction projects organized by General Zuo’s Mansion, such as roads, docks, etc., are all spending money like flowing water, and it is time to arrange the money-making matters.

Making money is not difficult for Lei Yuan at all.

The second point is the more difficult one.

It is impossible for surrounding counties, cities and townships to recover in the short term?

interesting.

It is indeed as Lei Yuan initially expected that not only Yulin County has people like Qujing, Yiliao, and Qian Bo, but also Cangwu County, but the scales are different and the courage is big or small.

Since the Yellow Turbans started in the late Guanghe period, the world was in chaos, and the local economic form of the Han family began to change continuously. A large number of ordinary farmers with demand for commodity circulation went bankrupt, fled or even died. The following are landlords and powerful people who are based on agriculture and build commerce.

These landlords and powerful people are based on their own manors, and everything is self-sufficient, and they can even use the output of the manor to carry around small farmers. Every chaos in the local area is an opportunity for these landlords and powerful people to eliminate the influence of the imperial court at the grassroots level and then expand their own strength.

One sign of whether local tyrants are ready to move is whether the counties, cities, towns, cities, and cities in various places still exist and whether they are still operating.

Generally speaking, counties and cities are institutions directly under the jurisdiction of county and temples, while townships and li cities are more similar to later "markets" and are the result of merchants traveling to the villages. These small-scale "markets" in these places are not important to the powerful people who have manor output and can easily buy from the county; at best, they are just sales channels for excess materials in the manor.

But they are important ways to meet the commodity needs of ordinary farmers.

Therefore, Lei Yuan specifically instructed Yan Pu to restore counties, cities and towns to use the power of the Cangwu Prefecture to ensure the circulation of goods and materials, and to ensure the economic connection between the court and the self-cultivated farmers and the small landlord class.

If counties, townships, townships and townships are no longer needed, it means that local tyrants are directly holding the needs of farmers into their own hands by relying on their manors to cross the county and township institutions.

With this as the beginning, the manors are controlled more and more, and the imperial courts are controlled less and less. A large number of self-cultivated farmers and even small landlords will gradually be annexed into the manor economy. The strong clan and tyrants are facing Gu Que’s wealth and profits, and the lower courts are invading the people, and both ends take advantage of them.

Yan Pu smiled bitterly and said, "If this situation continues, I'm afraid that next year, there will be insufficient people in the household registration book... General, you must understand the reason."

Lei Yuan was about to laugh out loud.

Of course he understood the truth. Because in Jianghuai, the huge resources and influence of the Lujiang Lei family were swallowed up in this way. The managers of his subordinates were all good players. The Lujiang Lei family is in Lexiang and Yidu, and is also active members of the markets in various places.

However, the Lei family of Lujiang is just a tool for Lei Yuan, and Lei Yuan knows where its boundaries are. He has been in Jingzhou for several years, and although he is powerful, he does not act beyond the rules. Under Lei Yuan's management, the Lexiang City has always been a subordinate organization of the lieutenant of the Hujingman School; and the Lei family of Lujiang is just one of the powerful merchants in the Lexiang City, and the target of its business dealings has always been aimed at Jingman, and rarely involves other things.

Now Lei Yuan has arrived in Jiaozhou. He is very sure that under his rule, he does not need a second clan with outstanding influence, nor does he allow local tyrants to have the idea of ​​seizing unwarranted benefits.

Although these powerful people did nothing on the surface and Yan Pu could not catch a few thorns to deal with it, Lei Yuan had some solutions.

"This matter is easy to solve." Lei Yuan gently tapped the case: "But, at the county temple level, most officials at the level of the local tribes have close ties and cannot count on them."

"Then, what's the best way?"

"I will draw personnel and set up an institution under the prefect of Cangwu Prefecture to call it a supply and marketing cooperative." He thought, and said: "In the future, the people of the counties need salt, cloth, iron products and all other products will be purchased by the supply and marketing cooperative in the market of Cangwu County, and a dedicated person will be assigned to patrol the counties and sell them regularly at a fair price. The supply and marketing cooperative temporarily only needs to obtain the cost of the market procurement and supply and marketing cooperative operation, without high profits."

Lei Yuan smiled and said, "After this operation, someone will beg us to restore the county, city and township and city!"

The materials in the market of Cangwu County come from Lexiang City. Lexiang City is the most important material distribution center in Jingzhou. The goods are sourced throughout Jingzhou, Yizhou and Yangzhou. The transportation from Lexiang to Cangwu is fully guaranteed by the Zuo General's Mansion, and the local manor output is definitely unable to compete with it.

Yan Pu was also from a big family. After thinking about it, he immediately realized that this was the force of the court to force the market, allocate materials across regions, and dump them at low prices. It was just that he jumped away from the grassroots of counties and townships and directly allocated manpower and material resources from the county and state level.

"However, the supply and marketing cooperative..." The name is a bit difficult to pronounce. Yan Pu paused and continued: "The supply and marketing cooperative has become a thorn in the eyes of the powerful people in various places. If a caravan to patrol the counties must be led by capable people."

"Not only should a capable person lead, but also sufficient military preparations." Lei Yuan poked out his hands: "One hand is goods and money, and the other hand is swords and guns. What is needed depends on your choice."

Ma Zhong, who was standing beside him, said at this time: "You might as well send people to Yulin County. If you need it, you can also let Qu Jing and others choose one."
Chapter completed!