Chapter 413 Three Axe
Chen Rong calculated for a moment and said, "There will be another batch before the Chinese New Year."
Originally, he wanted to keep this batch until the Chinese New Year, since it was not long before the Chinese New Year. Who let him encounter such a happy event as Lord Lu's promotion?
It was just right to take advantage of this time to release a batch of affordable meat and eggs to the market to celebrate Lord Lu's promotion to the governor of Pingzhou. This is called sharing happiness with the people.
Lu Songli understood and laughed. The people below were too good at handling things.
"Prepare this batch of meat and eggs first and wait for official notification." It is not time to release it yet.
"Okay."
The reason why Lu Songli asked him to wait was because Liaoxi County, Xuantu County and Lelang County had not completed the work of suppressing bandits.
The governance of the other three counties will be based on Houcheng as a template.
First, three tricks, first arrange the Liaodong Army to suppress bandits, then organize the people to build roads, and then the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce will follow up to stabilize grain prices.
Subsequent breeding workshops, planting workshops, clothing workshops, papermaking workshops, soap making workshops, etc. will send people to inspect and select suitable places to build workshops, provide jobs for local people, boost the local economy, and improve people's living standards. Education will also follow up.
These are all things for next year. The most urgent task is to help the people build a kang.
The winter in the Northeast is very cold. Because there is no effective heating method, it is not uncommon for people to freeze to death in winter. What they have to do is to help the people save their lives first.
After reporting the matter, Chen Rong was ready to leave.
Lu Songli called him, "By the way, Manager Chen, congratulations, you will be promoted to the position of Assistant Warehouse Officer soon."
Chen Rong was stunned at first, then overjoyed. After he came to his senses, he immediately expressed his attitude, "Chen Rong will not disappoint Lord Lu and the second lady!"
"Okay, my father and I are waiting for your performance."
The anti-bandit operations in the other three counties that Lu Songli was concerned about were also in full swing.
On this day, several military settlement leaders in Liaodong County received an order to take away several people.
Without saying a word, they asked their subordinates to call the people and personally sent them to the Houcheng Military Settlement.
On the way, these former mountain stronghold owners who were detained looked at each other.
"What are you doing?" Gao Lei, the head of the Black Bear Village, was puzzled.
"You didn't commit any crime?" asked Chen Jinlong, the leader of the Black Dragon Village.
Gao Lei was wronged by him, and he cursed rudely, "Bullshit, I'm working and serving, what can I do wrong?"
"That's strange, you didn't do anything wrong, and I didn't do anything wrong, what's wrong?"
As these people were muttering, several waves of them were sent.
When these people met, you looked at me, I looked at you, everyone was once a famous bandit leader in Liaodong County, and they were familiar with each other.
Before they greeted each other, they were taken into a hall.
There, the captured leaders of the major mountain strongholds met Qin Sheng, the nemesis.
"Sixth Master, you are looking for us?" Chen Jinlong, the leader of the Black Dragon Stronghold, asked cautiously.
Qin Sheng glanced at the other party, "Master Chen, sit down."
"Sixth Master, just call me by my name, I'm no longer a big boss." Chen Jinlong said embarrassedly.
Others did not say anything. Most of those present were caught by Qin Sheng, the evil star. This guy's fighting power is so high that they dare not act recklessly in front of him, even though he is very young.
Qin Sheng said, "Please take a seat, everyone. I invited you here today because there is a chance for you to atone for your sins. Do you want it?"
Hearing this, these former mountain stronghold owners asked all at once.
"What opportunity?"
"Is it difficult?"
"Is it dangerous?"
"Will the function of establishing it reduce our labor service?" Working every day is too hard and tiring.
Qin Sheng said lightly, "The Liaodong Army is preparing to clean up the bandits in the other three counties of Pingzhou."
Hearing this news, these stronghold owners were stunned at first, and then they felt sympathetic.
They used to think that they were unlucky and had to settle down in Liaodong County. Now when they heard that the bandits in the other three counties would follow their footsteps, they suddenly felt that it was really too difficult to be a bandit in Pingzhou.
"Sixth Master, what can we do to atone for our crimes?"
"You are all in the same business, so you must know some bandits from the other three counties, right? What I need you to do is to persuade them to surrender. As for how much merit you can get, it depends on your connections and abilities."
"I can do this job. I know the boss of Jiulongzhai in Liaoxi County. I will persuade him!"
"I know him too..."
These former mountain stronghold owners scrambled for the opportunity.
As the saying goes, it is better to die than to die. For Chen Jinlong and others, these bandits are destined to be eliminated anyway, and they have no guilt at all to use these people to reduce their corvée.
"Very good, it depends on your performance next."
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Shi Tao stepped down, and Lv Desheng became the new governor of Pingzhou. For the bandits in Liaoxi County, Xuantu County, and Lelang County, it was like a drop of water falling into hot oil.
They cursed Shi Tao, saying that he was a bad person and that he fell at the wrong time. Couldn't they at least survive this winter?
Some of them moved overnight. For example, the bandits in the west of Liaoxi County near Youbeiping County moved to Youbeiping County overnight to live with their fellow mountain strongholds.
Lelang County also packed up all night and went to Sanhan to choose a piece of land, and the land became king.
The natives of Sanhan dare to be angry but dare not speak out.
The worst situation is Xuantu County, which is connected to the vast grassland in the northeast, the sea in the southeast, Liaodong County in the west, and Lelang County in the south. The bandits in Xuantu County don't know where to retreat even if they want to retreat.
They have no choice but to retreat. Didn't you see that the copycats in Liaodong County were blooming everywhere before? What happened in the end? Every one of them was plucked clean.
Now that Qin Heng is stationed at the border of Juju County with his troops, the movements of these bandits cannot be concealed from the scouts they sent.
"Heimuzhai and others in Lelang County have all retreated to Sanhan." Hu Guangcong said to Qin Heng with a smile.
Qin Heng: "Ignore them." First clean up the bandits in Xuantu County and Lelang County. Later, when the time is right, they will clean up Sanhan, hunt rabbits in the grass, and occupy Sanhan in one fell swoop.
At this time, a subordinate came to report, "Master, the Sixth Master sent someone to send Chen Jinlong and several other village leaders over."
Qin Heng immediately understood the intention of Qin Sheng's move. After all, these bandits are all compatriots. If they can be recruited, they can be recruited. It is best to solve the problem without bloodshed.