Chapter 98 Do you want to be a good citizen or a bad citizen?

The capital of Yuzhang County was Nanchang County, and the city was built with its back to the mountain.

During the reign of Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, a city wall of more than 4000 meters was built, and the South Gate, Songyang Gate, Gao Gate, Chang Gate, East Gate and North Gate were set up on the city wall. The six gates are interconnected, and the urban area covers an area of ​​ square kilometers.

It is a fairly large city in the south, and only Shanyin County in Kuaiji County can be compared with it.

Nanchang County is bordered by Pengze Lake to the north, Ganjiang River on its side, and Gongshui River and Zhangshui River nearby. It has a dense water network, flat terrain, and a dense population.

The county has a population of more than 160 million, and the seven counties of Nanchang, Haihun, Xiaoyang, Poyang, Liling, Pengze and Yuhan contribute half of the population.

The average population of each county is over 100,000!

Especially in Nanchang County, the county’s population is close to 200,000!

The population of one county far exceeds that of the six counties in southern Kuaiji that Jinmao originally governed!

It would be a lie to say that I wasn't envious, but the previous governor has proved that this land is not so easy to conquer.

If it weren't for the young master of the Luo family, Jin Mao would really have no reason to interfere in the affairs of the county.

Sheriff's Mansion.

Jinmao convened the first plenary meeting of Yuzhang County.

Of the 23 officials under the county governor, eleven were present; the remaining twelve were said to have official duties and had asked for leave.

Jin Mao recruited Luo Yong, a military officer from Yuzhang County, who was currently the person with the highest status in the Luo family.

"Who are the people who didn't come?"

Luo Yong’s name contains the word “Yong”, so he is actually very timid. He immediately kowtowed before lying on the ground and daring to answer.

"Reporting to the county court, those who did not come are Gongcao Xiong Da, Zhubu Lei Ze, Duyou Hu Jin..."

There were twelve of them in a row, all holding important positions, and judging by their surnames, they were all from prominent and powerful families in Nanchang.

"It's so busy, Yuzhang County is indeed not peaceful. The previous governor is responsible, and they are also responsible!"

Jin Mao didn't tolerate these people and ordered: "All these twelve people are dismissed and they should study and farm at home in the future."

There was some commotion in the lobby.

Outside the door, Dong Xi rushed in with a knife drawn and shouted, "Who's making noise?"

Suddenly, the whole room was silent.

“Yuan Dai, who let you in?”

Jin Mao was happy in his heart, but on the surface he scolded: "Go down and lead the army stick."

Dong Xi clasped his fists and asked honestly, "My Lord, how many sticks do you want?"

Jin Mao was stunned and pretended to be angry: "Drag this guy away! Drag him away!"

He Qi immediately rushed in with his men and dragged Dong Xi out.

After the farce ended, Jin Mao turned around and looked around: "Do you have any questions?"

The ten people sitting there dared not say anything more, and each of them stood still like a wooden chicken.

Jin Mao nodded with satisfaction and said, "Everything in this county still depends on your concerted efforts."

"I will hold a banquet in Nanchang tonight. I hope you will pass on a message to the prominent families in the city."

"I hope that everyone who should come will come, and anyone who shouldn't come must be a traitor's accomplice!"

All the eleven people present were terrified, as they had heard that this murderer killed people without blinking an eye.

After seeing him today, I realized that he is not a vicious person, but a vicious god!

No one dared not to respond.

That night.

The leaders of various ethnic groups who were originally "busy with official duties" came to attend the dinner one after another, and each of them brought valuable gifts, for fear of making Jinmao unhappy again.

Jinmao is now "famous". Except for the Luo family, other prominent families in Yuzhang County are not as powerful as the Jiao family in Kuaiji County.

When almost everyone was present, Jin Mao raised his wine jar and stood up, saying, "Yuzhang and Kuaiji were originally one family, but we are all looked down upon by the world."

"Why do we have to keep fighting among ourselves?"

“I invite everyone here today for no other reason than unity.”

“Drink together for unity!”

No matter what everyone present thought in their hearts, they had to drink the wine on the surface, and no one dared to get angry.

"That means you don't understand me."

Jin Mao began to brag about himself and talked about the achievements of Kuaiji County.

"As long as you have land at home and you are willing to bend down and plant the crops, you will have food and oil!"

"In the future, I will return the power of harvest to you!"

"Think about it, you are now the 'River People' who are looked down upon by others. Will it be the same in the future?"

"Your descendants will surely surpass all others!"

No matter how much you brag, these people just won't be moved.

Jin Mao was helpless. On his way here, he discovered that the people of Yuzhang County were very different from those of Kuaiji County.

The people here have many and good fields, so they don't have to work as hard as the people in Kuaiji County and can get many times the returns.

As a result, the entire county became lazy and had no motivation at all.

No wonder the former prefect failed. Even Jin Mao didn’t have the confidence to lead such a county.

After performing the monologue for a long time, Jin Mao finally got angry.

He returned to his seat of honor and slammed the wine jug down heavily.

There was a loud "bang", and everyone was startled.

"I have 6,000 men under my command. The amount of food and grass consumed by the men and horses every day is an astronomical figure!" Jin Mao said angrily, "Is the matter of Yuzhang County just my business?"

"Don't you have any responsibility?"

There was still silence on the field, and Jin Mao looked at Luo Yong angrily.

The latter was so frightened that he trembled, rolled out of his seat, bowed and said: "Jun Chao is right, we also have a responsibility."

Jin Mao nodded and pointed at Luo Yong and said, "See? This is the famous family of Yuzhang."

"Today, the Luo family donated 5,000 stones of grain and 500 sets of armor to me! Countless weapons of all kinds!"

"And what about you?"

Jin Mao slammed the table again, "Where is your sincerity?"

Tell me earlier!
Everyone suddenly realized what was happening and started to "donate grain" in groups of 1,000 shi and 500 shi.

In a short while, the twelve families donated ten thousand stones of grain.

Jin Mao nodded with satisfaction and said, "I am not an unreasonable person."

Everyone agreed cautiously.

Jin Mao waved his hand and sent a bamboo slip over, saying, "This is a lease agreement. Starting next year, I will rent your land and pay you 2 shi of grain per mu per year or 2% of the harvest."

"The term is two years, and the rent is paid annually."

"Take it and have a look. Do you have any questions?"

No one dared to say no, so they pushed Luo Yong to be their representative and asked, "How much land does the county want?"

"Not much, two hundred thousand acres of land is enough."

Isn't that enough? Everyone's eyes widened.

The entire Nanchang County doesn't have this much land.

A group of people looked at each other, but no one dared to ask any questions.

Jin Mao couldn't bear it and said, "How about this, I will rent half of the land you have, but I have one request, these lands must be connected into one piece!"

"How about giving you two days to discuss it?"

...

Two days later.

Jinmao left with the local specialties.

Twelve thousand shi of grain, eight hundred sets of full iron armor, three hundred bows, one hundred crossbows, fifteen thousand long and short weapons, and ten thousand acres of farmland.

These local specialties are quite good and make up for the losses a little.

In this way, nearly half of Jin Mao's men have full armor. Not to mention the surrounding counties, even Danyang County, which specializes in producing elite troops, has the confidence to challenge them.

As for the 10,000 acres of land, that is Jinmao's experimental field. When the people of Yuzhang see the actual results, they will naturally follow Jinmao for win-win cooperation.

In this era, information is not well developed, and people are more willing to believe what they see with their own eyes rather than just legends.

December 8th.

After several days of trekking, Jin Mao returned to the Shanyue gathering place.

Sure enough, it was just as Jinmao expected.

During this period, the Shanyue people continued to gather and now number more than 40,000.

What is even more unexpected is that Lanzhi is still alive!

More than half of the female soldiers were killed or wounded. The strangest thing is that these female soldiers did not disintegrate. This is the fighting power that only death squads can possess!
For a moment, Jin Mao thought that he had taken the wrong instruction manual for the female soldier.

He immediately issued an order, ordering the female soldiers to disarm and no longer serve as standing troops.

Lanzhi still wanted to fight for it, but Jinmao decisively rejected her: "There is no joking in the army!"

"At first, I agreed to you because I had done something good! Now, it's my fault!"

"Reward those who have made contributions, and punish those who have made mistakes!"

In the end, the female soldier took off her armor with tears in her eyes and handed it over reluctantly.

After the transfer of armed forces was completed, Jin Mao said: "I will give you a chance."

"In the future, the female soldiers will serve as garrison troops. They will go to the fields during the busy farming season, and during the slack season, they will be able to practice with weapons as needed."

"Forget about the armor."

"The salary is the same as that of the county soldiers, and the number of soldiers is tentatively set at 500."

Lanzhi and others cried with joy. They believed that sooner or later, the female army would have their chance to shine.

Jin Mao didn't think so much about it. Nowadays, female soldiers are becoming more and more useless. It's good enough that they can be in charge of public security.

Then, Jin Mao called He Qi, first praised He Qi's merits, and then promoted him four levels in a row, and He Qi jumped into the ranks of lieutenant.

At this time, He Qi was very excited, as if he had a premonition of something.

Jin Mao did not hide anything and called Yang Lin and Huang Xing over.

"For the next two years, you two will assist He Qi in staying here."

"You can select one thousand men to stay in the new recruit camp. If there is any action to be taken, the three of you can discuss and decide. Afterwards, just give me a report."

He Qi immediately knelt on one knee and clasped his fists: "I am willing to serve you till my death!"

Before Jin Mao left, he left behind 6,000 dan of grain and told He Qi: "Times are different now. You have to use this grain to support yourself until the early rice harvest next year."

"I don't care what you come up with. Anyway, I don't want to see any more accidents."

He Qi said seriously: "Yes!"

(End of this chapter)