Flying Clouds in Another World

Chapter 352: Finish the mess first

Although Liu Feiyun returned home, he did not have free time. Instead, he became busier and busier.

First, he had to organize the people to take over his territory.

Previously, because of his father Liu Shihao's meritorious service in resisting and destroying the invading barbarians from the northern wilderness, his territory had expanded to 60% of the total area of ​​Anping County, and the number of households under his control had reached 7,000.

Now Liu Feiyun's territory occupies another 20%, with 2,000 households.

It can be said that now the entire Anping County, except for a small area around the county seat and in the southeast, has become the property of the Liu family.

The number of households controlled by the father and son together was almost as many as the next marquisate could control.

Secondly, the local militia was expanded. According to the emperor's order, the local militia of a county could be expanded from one battalion to a brigade at most.

The situation in Anping County is easy to handle. They can directly convert the original civilian militia into regular soldiers.

The key is that he wants to place his confidants in the other five counties that he actually controls, and use the opportunity of "helping" the five counties to reorganize their militias to further strengthen his control so as to undermine the newly sent officials of the court.

Third, the resettlement of the rebellious troops and civilians. Although these hundreds of thousands of people have surrendered and been reduced to slaves, it will take a lot of effort to truly annex them.

After all, Anping County is just a county. Under the management of the Liu family, it has absorbed a large number of outsiders. The total population has already exceeded 200,000 and 40,000 households. It is already difficult to ensure self-sufficiency in food.

Now there are more than 100,000 people, and food has become a big problem. If the Liu family did not have the habit of storing grain, Liu Feiyun would not dare to accept and annex these hundreds of thousands of people.

But it’s not okay to keep eating stored food!

We have to find a way to let these people support themselves!

There are solutions. One is to immigrate to the northern wilderness and herd sheep and horses in the upper reaches of the Lin River. Another is to develop the mountainous areas and hills in Anping County. The other is to develop the other five counties that are under actual control.

However, these methods require a large number of manpower, especially those with experience in civil affairs management, that is, civil servants or literati!

But the Liu family has no shortage of warriors or businessmen, but lacks literati!

Finally, there is the direct force that he himself cultivated: Fantasy Valley.

Because Zhou Banxia really didn't like the name Ming Gu, he repeatedly advised Liu Feiyun to change his name before Liu Feiyun went to Changluo, but Liu Feiyun did not agree.

But as soon as Liu Feiyun arrived in Changluo, he changed the name of Huanming Valley to Huanming Valley.

Now, what Liu Feiyun wanted to know most was how far the Fantasy Valley had developed! However, the first three things were enough to keep him busy, so he had no time to go to the Fantasy Valley for a while.

Anyway, I'm back, so I can go there anytime!

As for the Yuan Yan family, although the hatred is deep, if they want to take revenge, they still have to be strong themselves.

Now that the chaos has arrived, if the two families fight again, it will not be a private fight between a few martial artists.

It was not until half a month after returning home that Liu Feiyun was able to sort out all the complicated things.

The takeover of the territory was most smooth, and the expansion and control of the local militia was also completed. The Anping County Local Militia Brigade was fully staffed with 4,000 people, and the other five counties had between 2,000 and 3,000 people. The six counties had a total of 17,000 local militia.

Officers at all levels were selected from the private armies of the Yunhu and Huwei camps and the local soldiers of Anpingyuan.

As for the soldiers, in addition to the militia of Anping County, there were slaves selected from the prisoners of the rebellion, and the number had expanded from 6,000 to more than 10,000. Because most of the hundreds of thousands of rebellious troops were originally from Anya County, there were naturally many people from the five counties.

For these slaves, it was nothing more than a change of identity:

First they were common people who could not survive, then they became rebellious civilians and rebels, then they became captured slaves, then they became fighting soldiers among the slaves, and finally they became the government army.

I have to say, life is really unpredictable!

Especially the leaders like Gongsun Yian, who were transformed from bandit leaders into military officers, which made them sigh.

The resettlement of hundreds of thousands of rebellious soldiers and civilians has also begun to take shape.

Now that Liu Feiyun has the title of a disciple of the great scholar Chang Xianzhi, it is not easy for him to recruit some literati, especially those from the lower classes.

In addition, the vacancies caused by the transfer of a large number of personnel from the Yunhuhuwei Second Battalion were quickly filled.

What remains is the integration of the various factions under the Liu family, which cannot be accomplished overnight.

On this day, Liu Feiyun finally felt that there was nothing important at school that needed his attention, so he came to the Fantasy Valley that he had been longing for.

It can be said that Fantasy Valley is his biggest trump card to gain a foothold in this alien world.

However, when he arrived at the Fantasy Valley, he discovered that the scope of the Fantasy Valley had already expanded so much that it was almost connected to the Earl's Palace, only a few miles away.

The former Calling Name Valley has become the core area of ​​the Fantasy Valley.

The small river that flows through the Calling Name Valley and into the Linshui River, the small river that Zhou Banxia shamelessly named the Styx, is now lined with buildings on its banks that should not appear in this alien world.

"At this time, the entire Fantasy Valley has 30,000 people, while the Earl's Mansion has only 50,000 people, and the county town has no more than 60,000 people. It can be said that in terms of population alone, the Fantasy Valley alone is equivalent to half of the county town."

Lu Qun led the way in front, talking as he walked.

At this time, Liu Feiyun's earliest team, except for Si Mingrui, Song Tao, Wu Xin who were far away in Changluo, Qin Jiu and Tuo Dajun who were training troops, and Liu Shihu who went east to Jinzhou for revenge, had all arrived.

Liu Feiyun was also a little surprised:

"How come this Fantasy Valley is expanding so fast?"

Lu Qun smiled bitterly and said:

"Originally, there were only more than 10,000 people in Huanming Valley, but since you asked Commander Tiger to come back last year, Mr. Zhou has gone completely crazy. He has been going to the Earl and his wife every few days to ask for people, land, and money!"

"Finally, the Earl and his wife were fed up with his tricks, so they just let him pick the people and the land on his own. As for the money, they just gave him whatever he wanted, completely letting him go and not asking any more questions!"

"In this way, Mr. Zhou is still the one who is in charge! That's why the Fantasy Valley has become like this!"

"In the current Fantasy Valley, except for Mr. Zhou, no one knows the real situation, not even us!"

Liu Feiyun was also speechless:

There are so many secrets in my Fantasy Valley! I don't know what Zhou Banxia has done.

This is just the periphery. The huge waterwheel by the river connects to houses of varying sizes. Some of the houses have chimneys emitting thick smoke.

As you go further in, you will see more and more houses with chimneys, until they disappear deep in the core.

"The factory area outside is mainly used to produce various simple bulk products. The inside is for fine processing, and the core area is the production area for research and development and top-secret items."

Lu Qun continued to introduce.