Chapter 1051 Everyone Has a Bright Future

It has been a long time since Panlong Desert held such a grand celebration.

Since the water bandits have become history, Yuheng City has begun to dismantle and clean up the water forts in Longchuan, and make the water surface clear and flat.

As long as the monsters in the water area who once helped the Xiqie puppet army surrender voluntarily, Yuheng City will forgive them.

Because of decades of self-determination and division, Longchuan people still resist the official, which requires time to slowly run in.

In view of Longchuan’s vast area and sparse population, Yuheng City reduced rent and taxes here, and moved civilians into Longchuan water twice to open up wasteland and open fields. On the one hand, it increased grain production and income, and on the other hand, it promoted internal and external integration and broke the stubborn and closed environment of Longchuan villages and towns.

At the same time, Yuheng Academy also opened a school in Longchuan to teach and educate the people.

The water and soil environment of the entire Maohe Plain is many times better than that of the barren Panlong Desert. Yuheng City also opened canals and built embankments to divert the water of Longchuan to the plain, improve hydrology, and irrigate farmland.

This was unthinkable in the past, but now it has slowly become a reality.

The Panlong Wasteland has weak soil fertility, with the exception of the Chiba Plateau, but its products are only enough to support Panlong City. Other cities in the wasteland have always been underdeveloped due to the limitations of water and food.

Panlong City usually has a hard time supporting them, but it has to do it.

Baling and Xianyou have been harassing the Panlong Wasteland for many years, attacking various cities in turn, which is to use a blunt knife to cut meat and consume the power of Panlong City.

But with the Maohe Plain, the situation has changed since then.

This rich land is likely to become the main artery of Panlong City, which will continuously import food, talents, and soldiers for it, and obtain materials and help from the outside world through the Southern Free Port.

Apart from other things, after the Longchuan trade route was unblocked and peaceful, the grain price in Panlong City quickly dropped by one third, and there was sufficient goods in the north and south, with both supply and demand booming.

The original intention of Zhong Shengguang and General Hong to conquer Xiqi State is finally coming true.

Originally, Jin Yao State assisted Fu Shanlie and lied that it was the bandits and refugees who crossed the border on their own. But this time, Cai Qiyong captured a general of Jin Yao State, which was considered a pretext.

Before the spring flood, Yuheng City sent troops to cross the Jin Yao border to the east. Jin Yao hurriedly sent troops to fight, but was defeated twice.

Seeing that the Yuheng Army was advancing all the way, the Jin Yao court finally panicked. Beijia was far away and could not quench his thirst, and Xiluo was busy with internal strife and could not take care of them. Jin Yao had to send envoys to Panlong City to seek peace.

Panlong City originally intended to teach a lesson to the small country that did not know fear. Since it had demanded a large amount of compensation, it would also take advantage of the situation.

Zhong Shengguang did not take Jin Yao, and he had his own considerations.

When the Longchuan bandits became a thing of the past, Beijia's hand reaching out to the Maohe Plain had been cut off, and Jin Yao, after being beaten by Yuheng City, also became honest and dared not to disturb again in the short term.

With both internal and external troubles eliminated, the entire Maohe Plain entered a period of peace. With a much superior geographical environment than the Panlong Wasteland, this rich plain can finally focus on development and economy.

The feedback came quickly.

In summer and autumn, the Maohe Plain had a bumper harvest.

On both sides of the Longchuan Trade Road, golden fields, isolated lakes and ponds, and flocks of thousands of ducks were often seen.

In the following year, the world actually welcomed seven imperial streams!

Another big news in the Maohe Plain was that the Longchuan Trade Road Guard, nicknamed "Road Management" by businessmen, suddenly exposed a major corruption inside story.

A large number of high-level road management officials, including Tao Lin, were internally reported for misappropriating road funds and embezzling public funds for personal gain. After Yuheng City verified that everything was correct, they were dismissed and investigated, and some Yuheng officials were sent to take up new posts.

Tao Lin tried to incite his former subordinates to rebel with him, but few responded. It was easy for Yuheng City to catch him!

He woke up from his dream and cursed in the direction of Panlong Desert, "He Xiaoer, you are killing the donkey after you have done your job", but it was too late.

He was no longer the leader of the water bandits in the past, but just a township official who collected road taxes.

His subordinates were no longer bandits who killed people and robbed money, but grassroots officials who were responsible for customs clearance with waist badges.

Everyone has his own position and everyone has his own livelihood.

Everyone has his own superior.

Just as He Lingchuan said that year, all of them will eventually understand that their immediate superior is no longer the leader of the water bandits, but Yuheng City!

Their salary comes from Yuheng City.

Their livelihood comes from Yuheng City.

They have become part of this huge system and can no longer get out of it.

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The harvest season finally ended in the busyness of Yangshan Islands.

He Lingchuan and his men, who had just taken over the islands, were in a hurry and finally managed to deal with the palm harvest season.

Because the Daofeng Port Maritime Customs and Bailiequ City not only stopped making things difficult, but also opened the door to convenience, the products of Yangshan Islands opened up sales before the winter came.

Not only did the oil sell well, but the special supply of cave spiders from Pansi Island also became a hot commodity. The merchants who came late were not able to get fluorescent spores and aphid sugar, and were a little disappointed.

Fang Canran kept his word and introduced not only the three major chambers of commerce of Mou State to Yangshan Islands, but also the compradors and representatives of many surrounding forces.

At the most intensive time, He Lingchuan could have five meetings a day, working non-stop from morning to night.

On the day of the winter solstice, He Lingchuan was eating glutinous rice balls, and Ding Zuodong came to report again.

The sales of palm oil in Yangshan Islands far exceeded everyone's expectations, and the inventory was sold by more than 80%.

After looking at the account book and deducting various expenses such as labor, equipment, freight, packaging, distribution, and entertainment, there was still a balance of 23,000 taels of silver.

The most expensive part is labor.

Of course, these costs do not include the money for buying the island.

Mirror could not help but complain: "Only 23,000?"

Thousands of people worked hard for two months without sleep, and the profit was only 23,000?

"Or, let's go back and kill people and set fire to things!" Only businesses with no capital can make money quickly.

But He Lingchuan and Ding Zuodong were quite satisfied.

Ding Zuodong was full of joy: "The future is promising!"

"This money is considered extra income. From beginning to end, I was so busy that it was like forcing a duck to climb a tree. It's very good to be able to make a profit." He Lingchuan smiled, "I bought experience with money, but I didn't lose money. It's beyond my expectations!"

Although he served as the commander-in-chief of Yuheng City in Panlong World, he was in charge of military affairs, and Wen Daolun basically took care of internal affairs. He had no experience in running a business from scratch.

Yangshan Islands was his first show. He gave himself an eight for being able to do this, and it couldn't be less.

Who would not lose money for three months before opening a business?

What's more, only a dozen islands in the Yangshan Archipelago have been initially developed. Due to insufficient manpower and tight farming seasons, the initial products are monotonous and extensive. The tourist business of Soding Island has just started. Logically speaking, the output should not be proportional to the input.