A few days later, Lu Ning and Dian Wei led nearly five of the "Yeyan" and more than 200 Xianxian women to Yanmen County. Zhang He, Ergou, Wen Hui and others welcomed Lu Ning into the city at the gate. Now Yanmen is a relatively prosperous town within the jurisdiction of Lu Ning. The county has a population of more than 500,000 and more than 100,000 households, various labor and commerce are very developed, and the lives of the people have greatly improved.

The people in the city heard from somewhere that after Lu Ning came back, they all rushed out of their houses and welcomed them on both sides of the street. When the people saw Lu Ning, they were very happy and all knelt down to thank Lu Ning.

After Lu Ning helped them up, he said, "Friends, you all have risen up. I can't stand your great rituals. As long as you live well, I am very happy. I just hope that you all must abide by our various laws and regulations. Everyone must unite and help each other. If there are difficulties, they must resolve them together. When encountering foreign enemies invasion, they must obey commands and rise up to resist. This is our home. We must protect them well and not let the enemy trample on you. You should all resolutely resist the things and people that are brave enough to act wild on you and use laws and justice to protect your own interests. Of course, everyone must not do things that violate the law. They must also have moral norms, love and understanding each other. They must be faithful in production and life, so that we all will live a better life and our home will become more and more beautiful and prosperous."

It took more than an hour and a lot of effort to arrive at the county government. After sitting down, Lu Ning listened to everyone's work report.

Wen Hui said to Lu Ning: "My lord, last year, the tax revenue in Yanmen reached 1.3 billion, and the grain reserves are now nearly 150,000 dan. After the end of this year, the situation will change even more, and the grain reserves will be more, and the tax revenue will increase a lot."

After hearing this, Lu Ning smiled and said, "Manki, our country's grain is not allowed to be exported, so you have to buy all the surplus grains in the hands of the people. The price should be moderate. Never let the people suffer losses. If there are any foreign merchants who have transported them, you should also buy them vigorously. If your grain storage warehouse is not enough, you should build it as soon as possible. Yanmen County needs a storage warehouse of 5 million dans of grain. In the past two years, you must also store 5 million dans of grain. As for the victims and refugees who come to Yanmen in the future, you can place them in Yunzhong and Jiuyuan. This year, the second brother must recover all Yunzhong, Jiuyuan, Shuofang and other places to facilitate the resettlement of disaster victims and refugees in the future. Otherwise, we will not have too many territory to resettle the people."

Zhang He and Wen Hui said, "It's the lord (big brother)."

Zhang He said: "Brother, it is not a big problem to recover these places. The key is that once it is recovered, our army must have a large army to guard it, but our army's strength is currently tight."

After hearing this, Lu Ning said, "Yes, the second brother is right. You only have 10,000 troops in Yanmen now, so that's definitely not possible. Otherwise, what if you recruit 20,000 or 30,000 new soldiers? As long as you train the soldiers as soon as possible, there will be 30,000 troops and 40,000 troops in Yanmen, Yunzhong, Jiuyuan, Shuofang and other places. It should be fine if there is no problem with garrisoning the Tartars in a few years. In the past few years, we will eliminate the Tartars and then withdraw the troops and horses."

Zhang He said: "Don't worry, brother, there are 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses. I keep these places as stable as Mount Tai."

After hearing this, Lu Ning said, "Second brother, you can't be careless either. Ergou wants to follow me. You must defend well in Yanmen and other places. Of course, guarding alone is not enough. You must have the idea of ​​attacking instead of defense. Being blindly guarding is a stupid way. You must hold the initiative of war tightly in our own hands. In Dai County and Shanggu, you must cooperate with each other and coordinate the battle at any time."

Zhang He said: "I know, brother."

Lu Ning said: "I will stay here for a few more days. Do whatever you should do. Don't worry about me. I want to walk around alone and learn about the people's sentiments."

After hearing this, Zhang He said, "Brother, there is one more thing you have to agree."

After hearing this, Lu Ning said, "Second brother, what's the matter? Tell me. There is no problem with what can be promised to you. Why don't we be polite brother?"

Zhang He said: "Brother, those three little foals have grown very big, and are now bigger than ordinary war horses. You can ride them in about half a year. Brother, should I take them back and raise them first? I can also communicate more with them."

After hearing this, Ergou said, "Lord, those three mares are pregnant with foals again. In the past, the lord and Zilong and Wenyuan's three stallions have grown taller with other horses. Although they cannot catch up with the kind of purebred horses, they are also taller and thicker than ordinary war horses. Their height is not much different from the original stallions. They are not very pure in terms of fur color, but they are also rare excellent war horses. Lord, are you giving this kind of horse to me, Sha'er, Zhang Chuang, Heizi to wait until the people have to settle it?"

After hearing this, Lu Ning said, "Ergou, how many such hybrid horses are there?"

Ergou said, "Master, I checked it out, I'm afraid there are about twenty horses."

After hearing this, Lu Ning smiled and said, "There will be no problem. Did the war horses be prepared for you? You can choose them yourself. When you lead them away, you should say hello to me."

Zhang He said: "Brother, what about mine?"

Lu Ning smiled and said, "Second brother, didn't yours just say last year? Are those three horses all stallions? What color is it? Why don't we all go and visit it together."

Zhang He stood up and took everyone to the stables, and said as he walked, "Brother, those three foals are all stallions, and their fur is the same as your three stallions, and they are all without any variegated colors. I see them once a day."

When Lu Ning and his friends walked to the stable, they saw that they were exactly the same as Lu Ning and their original three stallions. I wonder if they could tell them clearly when they grew up. Lu Ning said, "Second brother, which one do you like?"

Zhang He said: "I still like the brown-red one."

Lu Ning said: "Ziman, you can choose one too."

Dian Wei walked over and looked at it, touched the other two horses with his hands and said, "Lord, I'd better have black ones. When I'm with my lord, the two peerless war horses that are exactly the same will definitely make others envious."

Lu Ning said: "Okay, let's give Li You the white one. This kid wanted to get the Zilong one last year. I spoke in advance and he didn't say anything."

Zhang He was very happy and hurriedly said, "Brother, please name the three war horses."

Lu Ning thought for a while and said, "The second brother's horse is brown and red, just like the Wen Yuan's horse. The second brother's horse is called 'Shooting the Sun', and the second brother's horse is called 'Pengyue'; Ziman's one is as black as mine, so it is called 'Ancient Evil'; Li You's white horse is called 'Piaoxue'.
Chapter completed!