It Starts With A Mountain

Chapter 355

Naturally, this is not a perfect system, but it is much better than what the empire is currently doing.

This is Cheng Dalei's reference to many things in his previous life, and then discussed and summarized by everyone, and the final result came out, even Heshen couldn't help but admire it.

Many entry points are refreshing, but they can bring a lot of thinking to people like Heshen.

"These are all things that the big boss came up with?" He Shen asked in disbelief.

"Isn't it possible?" Cheng Dalei lowered his voice: "I tell you quietly, this is what the fairy told me in a dream."

"Uh……"

Heshen was inevitably speechless. It was okay to confuse ordinary people with ghosts and gods, but for a smart person like Heshen, he naturally didn't believe a word.

In this way, he can only think that the big boss is too low-key, and even re-evaluates Cheng Dalei's wisdom in his heart. There was even a feeling of "as expected of a man I value".

During this process, the negotiation between Toad Village and Liangzhou City was still going on, and Heshen was solely responsible for this matter.

In order to deal with this person, Liangzhou City took out an entire negotiating team, led by Song Bokang himself. But even then, he was defeated by Heshen, the first traitorous official of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Liangzhou City sent five ransoms in succession, each time more than once, each time with greater hope, and felt that Song Youqu and others could be picked up.

The result was the same disappointment.

He and the adults used the dragging tactics to the limit, squeezing the bottom line of Liangzhou again and again. In the end, he was tossed to death, and he didn't even know how to accept the conditions proposed by Heshen.

Song Youqu, Xue Wenting and others were placed under house arrest at Qinchuan Pass as hostages. Toad Village guaranteed their normal life and would not be bullied. Liangzhou can send people to visit once a month. Of course, they don’t live here for nothing. Liangzhou has to provide a living allowance to Toad Village.

But Cheng Dalei was stunned for a while after seeing the final negotiated conditions, and finally looked at He Shen with unbelievable eyes.

"They agreed?"

"Well, happily agreed, they are very satisfied with the current result."

"How could they agree and still be happy?" Cheng Dalei was a little unbelievable.

"Because this is the result they worked hard to achieve." Seeing that Cheng Dalei still didn't understand, He Shen explained: "We must lower their expectations first. At first, they planned to bring people back safely. How can there be such a good thing in the world? As soon as I said I would throw these people into the mines as coolies, they immediately agreed."

Cheng Dalei couldn't stop licking his tongue. He Shen is indeed a talent. This kind of wisdom can't be learned no matter how many books you read and how many roads you walk. People are born to do this.

"By the way, there is one more thing. Liangzhou wants to order a batch of weapons from us. The quantity is very large. Do we want to sell them?"

"Sell, why not sell, give as much as you want."

"What about the price?"

"What is the price to sell to the Rong family, and what is the price to sell to Liangzhou City, we must be fair and honest."

Cheng Dalei is very satisfied with the existence of Heshen. Since he joined the cottage, everything in the cottage has become orderly and developed in an orderly manner.

Under the auspices of Heshen, Toad Village maintained a friendly relationship with Liangzhou City. At least, friendly on the surface. Liangzhou City ordered a large number of weapons from Cheng Dalei, Cheng Dalei guaranteed quality and quantity, and the two sides cooperated quite happily.

One after another, refugees moved in from other places. They settled down outside Qinchuan Pass, felling trees to build houses, and reclaiming wasteland. Qinchuan Pass gradually gained popularity.

Some people have needs, and needs promote the development of business. Caravans, large and small, came from far and wide, bringing products such as porcelain, silk and satin, tea and other special products of the empire, in exchange for animal skins, horses, herbs and other items on the grassland.

Even Song Bokang had to admit that Qin Chuan in the hands of Cheng Dalei was a hundred times stronger than when he was in the hands of Mo Mingmi.

Of course, Cheng Dalei was not confused by the prosperity in front of him. While developing commerce, agriculture and manufacturing, Cheng Dalei did not forget the military.

At present, there are more than 10,000 troops stationed at Qinchuan Pass alone. Cheng Dalei is not in a hurry to expand the troops, although he is not without this strength. For this unit, Cheng Dalei has repeatedly tempered, which can be called a thousand tempers. The purpose is to train them into an elite soldier who is invincible and invincible.

The villages and towns outside of Guan selected middle-aged men to form a militia, and Guan Yu personally sent people to train. With the quality of soldiers in this era, I am afraid that the combat effectiveness of these militiamen can surpass that of the city defense forces in various places.

Qin Chuanguan said that there are only 10,000 soldiers at present, but if it really enters a state of war, the actual number of people that can be activated is far more than this number.

Time is like a white horse, twisting fingers disappears, and in a blink of an eye, it is the autumn of this year.

This year in Qinchuan was good, there was no war, and there was no famine. The tens of thousands of acres of wasteland reclaimed in Qinchuan were all harvested.

Rice, sorghum, and soybeans fill the granaries of every household. Qin Chuanguan had to collect 20% of the tax, which was levied according to the amount of land in each household. Compared with the various extortionate and miscellaneous taxes in the empire today, this tax was simply too light.

At the same time, Qinchuanguan purchased the food in everyone's hands at a fixed price, and the money in exchange was to purchase meat, silk and tea, which also promoted the commercial development of Toad Village.

Once you have money, people will get better and better. This kind of thing is the same when it is placed on a person, and it is the same when it is placed on a family. Cheng Dalei maintained a good relationship with the surrounding cities and borders.

They trade materials with each other and get what they need. In business, Qinchuanguan has a good reputation.

Everyone took the initiative to ignore the fact that Cheng Dalei was a bandit, and Cheng Dalei was indeed a border guard appointed by the imperial court. Everyone knows how to act confused when it comes to things like this.

Even with Liangzhou City, Cheng Dalei did not fall out. Song Bokang purchased weapons, horses, and a large amount of food from Qinchuanguan after the harvest. If you don't think about it, Song Bokang's own son is still held hostage at Qinchuan Pass, and the cooperation between the two parties is quite pleasant.

And every month, Song Bokang also sent people to visit Song Youqu. According to the people who went there, Song Youqu did not receive any discrimination or abuse at Qinchuan Pass, and enjoyed all the rights of a basic resident, except that he could not leave Qinchuan Pass. .

In the past year, according to people who went there, Song Gongzi has changed a lot. Originally, he was a character who did not touch the spring water with ten fingers. He looked humble and polite, but he was actually arrogant. But under the tempering of Cheng Dalei, people have become more and more solid, and their knowledge and knowledge have grown a lot.

Sometimes Song Bokang even thinks that maybe his son's training in Cheng Dalei's hands is a blessing rather than a curse for him.