Horse on the World

Chapter 176
The Dingzhou army once again smashed the prairie barbarians, killing the barbarian chief Han Ningshou, and the news of breaking the Qingbu camp was sent back to Dingzhou City, the capital of Dingzhou, a few days ago. Dingzhou City was filled with joy, and the streets Quite a few residents and merchants hung up red lanterns to express festivities. The happiest ones were those wine shops and restaurants. Their business has skyrocketed in the past few days. A red face.

People in Dingzhou have never had such a sense of security as they do now. In the past, sometimes they were frightened every day, like a frightened bird, always worried that the barbarians would kill the city. Moving towards the grassland, now Dingzhou city has hardly heard the sound of war, and there is a scene of singing and dancing.

A large number of people have flooded into Dingzhou. Recently, more and more people have come to Dingzhou from Fuzhou. Fuzhou is richer than Dingzhou, but since the banditry started, it is not as rich as Dingzhou. The rich go to Dingzhou City to start a small business, and the penniless can also go here. Anyway, Dingzhou encourages people to vote, and has a special resettlement department to handle these matters. As long as you register in the register, you will be able to arrange a place for you immediately, grant land, distribute furniture, seeds, and provide you with basic living expenses before the next year's harvest. Of course, these must be paid back, but they can be divided into three parts Years, batches of repayments, and there is no need to pay interest.Under such favorable policies, Dingzhou's population is increasing, and Dingzhou has begun to look like a prosperous state.

When Li Qing's army appeared outside the city of Dingzhou, countless people had already gathered to welcome them.According to the usual practice, the ashes of the fallen soldiers first entered the city. When the desolate horn sounded in the city, the noisy crowd immediately fell silent. It is to prepare a furnace of green incense, light it up, and the green smoke curls up, helping Yao to go straight up.

"The soul is back!" The voice of summoning the soul resounded under the city again. From Li Qing down, all the cavalry dismounted, lowered their flags, and watched the ashes of 99 soldiers enter the city.

Immediately afterwards, the one-armed Guan Shaolong rode on the horse and entered with Li Qing in the bridle. Li Qing actually held the rein for him personally. When Li Qing and Li Qing walked to the city gate, they handed over the flag of the Wolf Running Army, threw the flag to the ground forcefully, and trampled on it with their horses.

The cavalry rumbled in behind and trampled past the flag.

"The Dingzhou army is mighty!"

"The handsome is mighty!"

There were bursts of cheers from above and below the city.

In the evening, the Marshal's Mansion held a large banquet to celebrate this big victory, but the people Li Qing invited to the banquet were not only his senior officials and generals, but also all the wealthy and nobles in Dingzhou City. This group of people felt anxious. After Li Qing came to power, a series of policies made them break out in cold sweat. In the face of military strength, these people can only knock out their teeth and swallow them in their stomachs. No one dares to say anything else. Let's take a look at the Fang family, shall we?Even with such a strong background, the current officials are not as good as the current management, and they quickly disappeared in front of Li Qing's swordsmen.Li Qing has never had any dealings with them in Dingzhou, what does it mean to invite them here today?Everyone was speculating in their hearts, and some of them were ready to bleed heavily.

Apart from those officials in the field, there was only one person who acted as if nothing had happened, and sat according to the case, and when many Dingzhou officials and generals passed by his desk, they did not forget to give him a salute. The young man was standing by his side respectfully with his hands down. This person was, of course, Huan Xi, the great doctor of Chu, and the young official beside him was Huan Qiu, the top leader of the Dingzhou Medical Camp.

Huan Qiu is no longer the youthful boy he was back then. Two years of experience has made him more capable. The current medical camp is no longer what it used to be. It has been renamed Dingzhou Medical and Health Department, and Huan Qiu is the first Director Ren, with Li Qing's strong support and promotion, besides the army, every county in Dingzhou has started to set up government-run medical clinics. There is no need to pay extra fees for medical treatment here, only the payment for the medicine is enough , because all the doctors in this clinic are paid Dingzhou salaries.Huan Qiu is now more engaged in management duties, and has seldom personally diagnosed patients and prescribed prescriptions. He has transitioned from a simple doctor to an official role. Now he has thousands of doctors alone. Each battalion is equipped with a medical team, which was named by Li Qing, and the wings below the battalion are also equipped with doctors who can do some treatment. This is a huge system, and the annual budget is more than 10 taels of silver.

Li Qing, who came from later generations, knew that during the war, a large part of the casualties of soldiers came from infections caused by untimely treatment after injuries. As long as the treatment was timely, a large number of soldiers could survive at that time, and these survivors Soldiers have experienced wars and injuries, and they can quickly become the backbone of the army after returning to the army. Therefore, Li Qing forced this policy to be promoted, and Lu Yiming asked him to allocate the budget.

As for the private medical center, it is purely a measure to benefit the people, so that more people who have not escaped poverty can also see a doctor and take medicine. Here, medicine can be purchased on credit. Of course, you must be from Dingzhou registered persons.

"The Commander is here!" Following the guard's resounding shout, the hall fell silent immediately. The officials who had been wandering around but chatted immediately returned to their seats, and the fidgeting gentry also stood up.

Lu Yiming, Lu Dabing, Qingfeng, Shang Haibo and others filed out, and behind them, Li Qing in plain clothes walked out with a smile on his face.

"Hello, Commander!" Everyone in the hall bowed in unison.

Li Qing pressed his hands empty, "Everyone, please sit down, please sit down, there is no need to be formal."

Lu Yiming and the others sat down first, and everyone bowed slightly to show their respect. Following a sound of dragging tables and stools, everyone sat down. The hall of the Marshal's Mansion is very large. Zhang Baxian table, most of the influential gentry and nobles in Dingzhou have been invited, the hall with hundreds of people is very quiet now, everyone is looking at Li Qing, everyone knows, the commander must have something to say of.

"Everyone!" Li Qing picked up his wine glass and said, "Dingzhou has been a frontier state for hundreds of years, and every year we welcome the barbarian Eastern invaders, but our Dingzhou has never surrendered, never been afraid, and never stopped. Over the past few hundred years, countless sons and daughters of our Dingzhou have gone to the battlefield. I believe that among all of you here, there must be many relatives who have fought and sacrificed with the barbarians. This first glass of wine made us Respect to those martyrs who died heroically in defense of Dingzhou!"

Everyone stood up abruptly again, raised their wine glasses above their heads, followed Li Qing once, and poured the wine slowly on the ground.

"I want to respect you for these two glasses of wine!" Li Qing said with a smile.

"Don't dare!" Everyone said again and again.

"Dear gentry, when our Dingzhou is in the most crisis, you donate money, effort and people without hesitation. Such acts of righteousness demonstrate the determination of our Dingzhou people to work together to resist the barbarians. Therefore, this second glass of wine, you Well deserved!" Li Qing raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

Most of the gentry in the big seat smiled helplessly in their hearts, dare not pay money and power, if they don't come out, I'm afraid they will be forced by knives.

Li Qing put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "A lot of righteous gentry must be very worried today, right? They think that I, Li Qing, come into the house as a night owl, and nothing good will happen? Are you calling everyone's attention again?"

Everyone's faces turned pale. Why is it so fast to turn the pages of the book?There was a moment of commotion in the hall,
"Don't dare!"

"That can!"

"It's a blessing for us to invite you to the banquet!"

Li Qing waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and said with a smile, "Everyone, don't worry, Mr. Li invited everyone here today to resolve everyone's doubts and make everyone feel at ease."

"Previously Li Qing imposed military law on some rich businessmen and evil gentry who did not abide by the rules, cut off their heads, and confiscated their property. Polite gentlemen, has Li Qing ever touched a hair on them?"

"Everyone may think that some of Li's policies in Dingzhou have endangered the interests of the family. This Li does not deny that it has indeed caused everyone's interests to be damaged to a certain extent, but everyone thinks back, if it were not for these policies The smooth implementation of Dingzhou, where did we get these brave and skilled soldiers from Dingzhou? Without these soldiers, how can we protect everyone's interests, your land, your property, and your family, which one can be kept? The city is all broken, can't the painful experience there make everyone vigilant?"

Everyone couldn't help but be wary.

"Those who have permanent property have perseverance. Can you expect some soldiers who have no property and rootless duckweed to fight for us? No, but when these soldiers have a family property here, they will I will fight desperately, which has been fully proved in several battles this year. Therefore, these victories are not due to Li Qing's clever schemes, but to the soldiers fighting in order to protect their property. Fight bravely."

"However, these policies have indeed caused losses to everyone. What should we do? Everyone is a good gentry and a righteous citizen. How can I, Li Qing, see you suffer losses and let it go? So, Master Lu and I are here After discussion, we decided to make some compensation to everyone."

compensate?Everyone in the hall was stunned for a moment, would there be such a good thing?How is this possible?Never heard of such a thing!
Li Qing said with a smile: "Don't misunderstand me, I think that I, Li Qing, will give out a lot of money to compensate everyone. Now I am also short of money and screaming. I wish I could find a silver mine in Dingzhou. When you dig it with a hoe, there will be white flowers, shining silver."

There was laughter in the hall, and what Li Qing said just now made everyone feel relaxed.

"Everyone knows that I have two other departments in Dingzhou, the Statistics and Investigation Department, and the Medical and Health Department, but tomorrow, there will be a third department, the Commerce and Trade Department. Everyone knows what this department does when they hear his name. .”

"This department has its name and meaning, so of course it is for business." Li Qing smiled, "However, we in Dingzhou do not specially arrange officials for the Department of Commerce and Trade. Instead, everyone, everyone sitting here elects the director And one of the officials, let the people you trust lead you to do business in the name of our Dingzhou government. Of course, the elected director is also an official of my Dingzhou, and must accept my jurisdiction of Dingzhou. "

As soon as Li Qing's words came out, the hall suddenly became chaotic, and everyone started to discuss what Li Qing was talking about, it was government-run, and handing over this power to these businessmen, how much benefit would there be? You can also imagine the feet, and now Dingzhou's power is getting bigger and bigger. With the expansion of Li Qing's power, the benefits that this department can get will be bigger and bigger.

"Everyone!" Li Qing raised his voice, "For the specific regulations, everyone will ask Lu Tongzhi tomorrow, and Lu Tongzhi will explain them to everyone one by one."

"Now, let's invite everyone to drink and eat. If you don't get drunk, you won't go home!" Li Qing said loudly.

(End of this chapter)