Recently, Huo Lingzhi often heard Luo Zining complaining that bandits outside the city were rampant, and they even started collecting tolls from passing caravans, which is too rampant.

Huo Lingzhi heard that he was worried about this matter, and thought that those bandits had robbed a lot of money. If those bandits were wiped out, the money the bandits had robbed over the years would also help Luo Zining.

After Luo Zining learned that Huo Lingzhi wanted to suppress the bandits, and had to send some of his own people and let the prefect send some people to suppress the bandits, he immediately said no.

He has read the original text and knows that the bandits are related to the prefect. In the past, the bandits not only robbed money, but also killed people. But the prefect knows that the commercial street in Luozining is about to open. The restaurants, inns and some products sold on the commercial street are from LuoziNing's major source of income.

The magistrate felt that Luo Zining would keep asking him for money if he lost money in opening a brick factory. If Luo Zining made money from those foreign businessmen, he would ask him for less money.

So he told those bandits that in the future they will only steal money and never hurt people.

Moreover, this dynasty was not a peaceful dynasty. Bandits robbed money everywhere. For those businessmen, every time they went to business, there was a certain risk. They were used to it. Bandits in other places robbed money and killed people.The bandits just rob money. Some people met those bandits and negotiated with them and gave them tolls. The bandits felt that this was also a long-term deal. Every time they passed by, they could receive tolls, which was better than killing them.Killing them is just a one-shot deal, and it will scare other people from coming over. It is more cost-effective to only charge tolls and not hurt anyone, and you can receive a steady stream of money.

So the bandits have already started to clearly mark the price, set up sheds on the road that the merchants must pass, and come to a caravan to collect tolls for a caravan.

The toll fee is also calculated according to the size of the caravan. For small caravans, it is 50 to 100 taels each time, for those in the middle, it is about 1,000 taels each time, and for large caravans, it is 3,000 taels each time.

There is an endless stream of people who come here to buy wine every month, and the bandits can earn more than 100,000 taels a month. It is not a dream to earn a million dollars a year.

The merchants don't think the tolls are expensive either. After all, the price of the drinks is cheap. After buying them back, they can add the price of the tolls to the price of the drinks so that consumers can pay the bill.

Both the bandits and the merchants made money, and both parties were very happy, and the magistrate would also get a share from the bandits.

Luo Zining felt that if Huo Lingzhi cooperated with the magistrate, the magistrate would not oppose the prince on the surface, but he would secretly inform the bandits secretly.

"Why not? Are you afraid that the king will be injured? I can't go out in this situation. I'm directing behind the scenes. It's time for Huo Dalang and the others to try their hand. I think back then, I went to the battlefield at the age of thirteen. Now Huo Dalang is ten years old.He is four years old, although he is not as intelligent as this king, but the opposite is just a group of low-level bandits, and this king will teach him, I believe he will be able to complete the task smoothly." Huo Lingzhi did not read the original text, because his legs are not good enough.The reason for going out is convenient, and the news is not well-informed, so I don't know the collusion between the magistrate and the bandits.

But even if Luo Zining didn't say anything, Huo Lingzhi would be able to tell from the clues that Huo Lingzhi actually did it.

But Luo Zining didn't want Huo Lingzhi to suffer, not even once.

"I'm not saying you can't do things to suppress bandits, I mean you can't cooperate with the magistrate. Although he did a good job last time when he went to the countryside, the situation is different these two times." Luo Zining wanted to convince Huo LingzhiHis words fabricated what he heard that the magistrate colluded with the bandits.

"Is this source reliable?" Huo Lingzhi asked him.

"I've heard a lot of people say that, whether it's reliable or not, I'd rather believe it or not. It's better for us to secretly suppress the bandits and pass the magistrate." Luo Zining counted the guards at home, only a few dozenAlthough they were brought out by Huo Lingzhi himself, there were less than a hundred of them. There was no chance of winning against bandits with hundreds of people. Even if they did win, they would suffer serious casualties.

"I have to recruit some soldiers for you." Luo Zining should have recruited soldiers a long time ago, but he has no experience, and there were not enough workers in the fief last year, so it is even more impossible to recruit soldiers.

Half of this year has passed, and it is now June. Erniu and the others went out twice, once with 10,000 people, and once with 8,000 people.

In addition to the people they brought back, there are places farther away in Lincheng. heard that there are many job opportunities here, the wages are high, and houses can be allocated, so many people spontaneously came here.

In the beginning, just came here alone, but later heard that apart from group dormitories and double dormitories, there are also larger dormitories. Although they are not single-family homes, many people need to be crowded in a large yard, but each room can accommodate at least one family.If you don't pursue too much personal space for a family of four or five, some people even have a family of seven or eight people come here, and some even use the floor.

It's a bit crowded, but the whole family can find jobs from the old to the young. After finding a job, the younger people can move to the collective dormitory, and the couple can also move to the double dormitory to live a life of two.

After working here for two or three months, many people felt that the benefits here were good, so they called their families and relatives in the neighborhood.

There were more and more people, so Luo Zining opened another brick factory and asked them to build vermicelli factories, paper factories and cement factories.

More and more factories were opened, and more people were recruited. The population of the city changed from 10,000 people when they first came here to 100,000 people in the city alone.

And he also sent people out to publicize, saying that there are many unowned wastelands in their fiefdoms, and the outsiders will be given the land when they come over, and let them open up wasteland by themselves. Both men and women will be given a certain amount of land, and the houses will be returned.Base to build a house.

And in the first year, they were given food seeds.

After such a publicity, many foreigners who couldn't survive and sold their fields and houses to be tenant farmers were attracted by Luo Zining's conditions, and a large number of people came running.

Luo Zining asked the village chief to arrange for them, and they had to be screened. Not everyone can get this kind of treatment, it depends on their character.to drive away.

In the past six months, the village chief reported to him that there were four or five thousand more people in the village.

Now that there are more people in the fief, it will not be a problem for him to recruit troops.

But for the time being, he can't say publicly that he wants to recruit troops and go to suppress the bandits. After the bandits are suppressed, he will stay as Huo Lingzhi's soldiers and rebel with him in the future.

He came up with an idea and asked people to publicize it, saying that there have been wild beasts in the city at night, and there have been thieves and some troublemakers in the city. The government servants in the city are not enough, and the palace wants to form another patrol team.Manage security issues in the city.

The specific number of people recruited has not been said, but the benefits are very good.

The salary is three times higher than that of the workers, and there are other benefits.

These benefits have attracted many people, not to mention the welfare benefits. heard that the patrol team is similar to those arresting yamen servants. People in those yamen usually get paid for strolling on the street. Not only are there few things, but everyone is afraidHe is so beautiful, and the princess also said that even factory workers can sign up, and the house allocated in the factory will be kept. If he is promoted in the patrol team in the future, he can change to a bigger house.

Huo Lingzhi sent Huo Dalang and Erlang over to supervise the registration. Although they were young, the ancients also worked at a young age. Thirteen or fourteen years old were no longer children, but adults who could get married.

Huo Lingzhi said to train them, let them pick people, and record the situation of these people, and report back to him and the princess.

Huo Dalang and Huo Erlang not only practice martial arts, but also learn to write. They also read a lot of military tactics taught by Huo Lingzhi. They are indeed smarter than their peers.

And they also listened to Huo Lingzhi's orders very much. Huo Lingzhi gave them tasks, and they completed them conscientiously, without slacking off at all.

On the first day, the number of applicants reached 300.

Because the space for queuing is limited, no one will be allowed in if the space is full, otherwise there will be more than 300 people.

Huo Dalang and Erlang selected the conditions of the three hundred people, not those who were too old, those who were weak, not those who were too short, and those who were timid.

Three hundred people picked and picked, and finally selected 130 people, and then continued on the second day. The rumors of the strictness of the first day had already spread, scaring some people away, but many people still signed up enthusiastically.

The next day another 300 people came and let Huo Dalang and Erlang choose.

Huo Lingzhi said that the conditions can be relaxed in the future, but the first batch must be strict.

After all, he wanted to suppress the bandits as soon as possible, and he didn't have so much time to train weak chickens to be strong.

For three days in a row, 500 people were recruited. In fact, they still want to recruit more people, but the first step should not be too big, and they should try it out first.

He also set up a special training camp, but he only said it was a patrol training ground.

The fence on his side is very high, and ordinary people cannot come in and out casually. Huo Lingzhi goes back to train them every morning, and in the afternoon they actually divide into several teams to patrol the city.

This city is quite big. In the past, there were few people, and many places were wasteland. Now there are many factories, dormitory buildings and factory areas. With more people, the city looks less barren.

Patrol teams take turns to patrol the streets, and those who don't patrol the streets train their physical fitness in the camp.

Although the training is very tiring, many people feel that it is much better than moving bricks, and they eat better. When they go out to patrol, they feel that they are superior to others.

But after the princess gave them several meetings, they didn't think so.

The princess said that their task is to protect the people in the city, and they must treat the people in the city as their own relatives, and they must not intentionally oppress the people.

They listened to Luo Zining's meeting several times, and their mentality changed, and they felt that it was very honorable for them to help the people in the city.

Huo Lingzhi decided to train them for a while first, train their loyalty, and increase their force value before going to suppress the bandits.

During this period, Fang Luoyu's cement was also developed. Luo Zining wanted to experiment first, so he asked people to paint the ground of the palace with cement first.

When it first hit the concrete floor, the servants in the palace didn't understand.

Especially Uncle Chen, he thought that the original stone bricks would be very good, beautiful and lined, what kind of cement floor was it, it was dusty and soft, he even secretly poked it with his fingerA small hole was poked out in the wet concrete floor.

He couldn't help shaking his head. Ever since that Fang Luoyu lived in the palace, the princess seemed to be fascinated by him, just like the prince was fascinated by the concubine back then. She listened to him for everything..

The ground was originally good, but as soon as Fang Luoyu said that it was going to be replaced with this soft and ugly thing to pave the ground, the princess immediately went to do it, and he couldn't help but want to make a small report to the prince, saying that Fang LuoyuCan't stay, kill it quickly to avoid future troubles.

But his past experience told him that he should not make small reports casually, so he waited for two more days before speaking.

Then he saw that the concrete floor was completely dry. It was not only hard, but also smooth and smooth. It was more convenient for the prince's wheelchair to walk on it. He couldn't believe his eyes, and found the place he had secretly poked out before.The cement hole took a look, the hole was still there, he had poked it out before.

The concrete floor, which was soft before, is now extremely hard, which is unbelievable. Fortunately, he didn't complain to the prince, otherwise he would be ashamed and thrown home.

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