Hearing what Princess Changle said, Sun Rong had no choice but to hold back her anxiety.
"Okay, it's almost noon now, let's go out and bask in the sun, and then we'll be on our way in the afternoon."
Anyway, the guard reported that we were only two hours away from Guanzhou City, and we could make it there if we continued our journey in the afternoon.
Chang Le and Sun Rong were still on the way, while Ma Zhou and officials from the Dudu Mansion had already arrived.
Xu Jingzong was busy receiving the princes and grandsons.
Su Chen set up a banquet at the Governor's Mansion to welcome Ma Zhou and others.
The weather is still very cold now, and everyone has been exhausted after traveling for many days.
After lunch, Su Chen asked Ma Zhou and others to rest separately.
Su Chen himself took his personal guards to meet Chang Le and Sun Rong outside the city.
Not seeing each other for a few days was like three autumns, and the young couple were inseparable from each other.
In the mountainous area of eastern Guanzhou, Chang He was eating roasted sweet potatoes in a tent while listening to reports from his subordinates.
"General, we have chased us from Daheng Mountain to here. The brothers have been sleeping in the open for days. Do you think you should rest for two days first?"
Chang He threw a sweet potato to the captain: "I also know that brothers are working hard, but if we let down our guard and let these bandits escape, how will we report it to the protector of the country?"
Saying that, Chang He sighed: "The elite Qianniu Guards and Zuotun camp have a total of five thousand people. If we can't wipe out even the thousands of bandits, you and I will be waiting to be sent to the frontier!"
"Also, counting the days, those princes, princes and grandsons should also arrive. If we don't completely eradicate the banditry in Guanzhou as soon as possible, if the nobles are frightened, our brothers will not be able to escape the blame!"
The captain said bitterly: "I don't know what's going on in Guanzhou, where are there so many bandits, and the guys in the hands of these bandits are not much worse than those of our brothers."
Chang He said helplessly: "I have already reported these situations to the Lord Protector. We just need to fight hard to kill the enemy."
"Tell brothers, we have worked hard, but the thieves have an even harder time! The Lord Protector has sent a letter, saying that when these thieves are cleaned up, he will personally bring wine and meat to reward everyone!"
Chang He led the army to wipe out bandits everywhere, and Su Chen was not idle either.
Early the next morning, after having breakfast with Chang Le and Sun Rong, Su Chen came to the lobby of the Governor's Mansion.
Ma Zhou, Xu Jingzong and others, officials from the Governor's Office and Guanzhou Governor's Office have gathered together, waiting for Su Chen.
"Colleagues, I also know that you have worked hard in recent days, but the situation in Guanzhou is not optimistic. I hope you will work together."
All the officials promised Su Chen in unison that only the protector of the country would follow his lead.
"I called everyone here today because there is one thing that requires everyone to work together to complete it."
"Please give me the Lord Protector's orders! We will do our best!"
Su Chen took out a stack of cardboard and distributed them to everyone.
Everyone picked up the piece of cardboard with puzzled faces and saw: printed on it:
Name:***
gender:***
date of birth:***
Place of Birth:***
Identity number: ***
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The paper is of good quality, flat and smooth, and has exquisite patterns printed on it. The surface is reflective and seems to be waxed, making it waterproof.
Liu Mo looked at the piece of paper carefully: "Duke Guoguo, what is this?"
"ID card!"
Su Chen said to a group of officials: "This governor is going to re-count the population of Guanzhou, and then issue an ID card to every citizen of Guanzhou according to the pattern of this piece of paper."
"In the future, people in Guanzhou will need to carry this ID card with them when they go out, and all kinds of materials will be distributed in the future only with this ID card."
There was silence in the hall!
"If you have any questions, you can feel free to ask."
All the officials looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't dare to say anything.
Finally, Liu Mo stood up bravely and said, "Guo Guo Gong, your method does have many benefits."
"However, counting the population is a very complicated matter and requires the deployment of a large number of manpower. However, Guanzhou is currently in troubled times, and the Yamen is already extremely short of manpower."
"It is really difficult to allocate enough manpower to carry out this matter at this time. How about waiting a little longer and waiting for the situation in Guanzhou to improve a little, and I will try my best to hire more official servants..."
Su Chen shook his head: "This matter can't wait, Governor Liu, you have to go all out!"
"In fact, most of the people in Guanzhou are now concentrated in steel plants, mines and other places. The population is relatively concentrated. It is a good time to re-count the population."
"The governor can start from the population centers such as steel plants, mines, towns, etc., and gradually advance to the countryside. And now the people are in urgent need of various aid materials from the court. The governor Liu can start from this aspect and try his best to persuade the people to take the initiative to register.
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Seeing that Su Chen told the truth, Liu Mo had no choice but to agree.
"Also, temporary ID cards can be issued to people who are not residents of the state, such as those businessmen."
Guanzhou is now a mixed bag, and there must be many people mixed in, looking for opportunities to cause havoc.
Therefore, it is important to count the population and detect spies.
Su Chen had no choice but to come up with this method.
After arranging the census, Su Chen left the front hall.
A group of officials surrounded the governor Liu Mo: "Master governor, now there is a shortage of manpower everywhere under the yamen. At this time, the governor has arranged such a heavy task, what should we do?"
Liu Mo said: "The Lord Protector has given orders, how dare you disobey me?"
Everyone hurriedly said: "No! We don't have the courage. We are just afraid that if we fail to fulfill the Lord Protector's instructions, we will be blamed by the Lord Protector."
Liu Mo thought for a while: "Actually, it's not as difficult as you think. After the Protector came to Guanzhou, he quickly shocked Xiao Xiao. Now that the situation in Guanzhou has improved, we can also spare some manpower."
"Secondly, we in Guanzhou don't have to be busy with spring plowing and autumn harvest this year, which also saves us a lot of tedious things."
"Also, the Protector is right. The population in Guanzhou is relatively concentrated now, so counting is much easier than usual!"
After everyone heard this, they had to rush to make arrangements.
Su Chen returned to the back hall and called all the gentlemen in the village.
"I just ordered a re-count of the population in Guanzhou. The Yamen does not have enough manpower. You can bring all the young men from the village to the Yamen to help!"
The gentlemen nodded, it was nothing to them.
"By the way, tomorrow we will conduct an assessment on the princes, grandsons and second-generation nobles to see how their mathematical skills are."
"Then I will give them tutoring for a period of time. Since I promised Your Majesty, I cannot break my promise,"
All the gentlemen immediately started to sigh.
"Look at how good each of you are. No matter what happens, they will always get angry at me. You are so scared!"
"I also had people observe me secretly. The characters of those who stayed here are pretty good. They don't have those bastards who bully others, and they are all here to study."
