Xianyu Infrastructure, I have a lot of troops in my hands

Xie Xian was a little confused when she heard this and looked at Uncle Xie Liu.

It turned out that before Xie Xian left, he thought that when he had enough money, he could send a batch of supplies to Tongguan so that he could have surplus food at home, but he couldn't let his brothers in faraway places go hungry.

But he didn't expect that after he arrived there, Yang Mao actually rejected him on the grounds that there were rules in the military camp that prohibited any special treatment.

He didn't say anything else, but his adjutant came over and hinted at them, both explicitly and implicitly, to transfer the things to them at a low price.

Such a dirty trick immediately annoyed Xie Yun.

He ordered his men to throw the things into Tongguan's shop, and would rather sell them than let those villains get a bargain.

"Huh? There is such a thing? Why can't we contact the people over there?" Xie Xian asked.

"We can get in touch with him, but Tongguan City is small, and there are Yang Mao's people everywhere, keeping a close watch on him." Uncle Xie Liu was a little embarrassed about this matter.

Because the excuse Yang Mao used was military regulations and the rules of the military camp, which were to prevent the armies from being too differentiated. The original intention was that superiors should not discriminate when issuing weapons, food and wages, but if someone from their own army came to deliver supplies, they would generally turn a blind eye.

I didn’t expect that now that they have fallen out, Yang Mao doesn’t even want to pretend.

"Hey, I'd like to go and see how difficult it is." Xie Xian didn't believe it. The military camp was strictly managed, so she just didn't make her fortune there. In such a big city, she could just open a few shops, or even the entire Black Stone Guard franchise store. Who could complain?

"The governor of Tongguan can't cover the sky with one hand." The governor of this period was the highest military commander in the region. However, in the city of Daxia, the military and political affairs were separated. Emperor Qi was such a petty person that he would definitely not let Yang Mao's family dominate the world.

"The governor of Tongguan Province is a man who doesn't care about anything. That place is too remote. The only thing we can rely on is the market, but the trade route has been cut off." If the trade route is cut off, the market cannot be opened, and the governor of Tongguan Province will be in name only, so he has decisively laid down.

Xie Xian was also speechless. Being assigned to be the governor of Tongguan during this period was probably almost like being exiled. Not resigning was already a courtesy.

But no matter how much we lie down, the people's livelihood and economy still need to develop!

Xie Xian was very busy in the next few days. The cotton in the fields was already green. There was a clear difference in the quality of the plants between the plots that were fertilized and those that were not.

Nowadays, people no longer dislike the stench of bird droppings. Although the smell is a bit pungent, it is very effective.

Seeing such good results, Xie Xian waved his hand and approved a large piece of wasteland from County Magistrate Bai. Now that there was no shortage of manpower, it was natural to make use of all the labor.

As for the issue of conscription that the elders were worried about, Xie Xian felt that five thousand Black Stone Guards should be enough. Coincidentally, this matter was referred to Li You, and within a few days, a government order was received that Que County would conscript five thousand soldiers, led by the Viscount of the Xie family.

This was a disguised agreement to Xie Xian's proposal. They were short of people right now. If Xie Xian was willing to provide more troops, there was no way they would refuse.

In this way, Xie Xian used the military service benefits from Bai Tingjing to exchange for money or equivalent supplies.

The military service of the entire Que County was borne solely by the Xie family, and the other families in Que County had to pay actual money to pay off the debt.

In previous years, they would pay someone to take their place in the military service.

This year, Black Stone Guards were offering people, and Xie Xian did not charge much. The price was the same for both the noble families and the common people. Either they offered people or money, five taels per family. In addition, for those who were really in difficulty because they did not have enough money, the Xie family also provided low-mortgage loans.

In this way, there will be money and food for the troops, and new recruits will also be available. Five thousand soldiers will be recruited and one thousand new recruits will be responsible for escorting food and grass. Following the Blackstone Guards, they will be well fed and safe. This is really much better than the previous conscriptions where life and death were unpredictable.

In a blink of an eye, more and more people in Que County set up longevity tablets for Xie Xian.

Time was running out. Xie Xian had to deal with the clan's affairs before going to Tongguan, so all departments began to work overtime frantically.

In addition to hatching chicks and ducklings, the textile factory now also needs space for raising seedlings. The yard is not big enough, so Xie Xian asked someone to draft a plan and started expansion.

The chicken breeds in ancient times were not very good. They were not like the fast-growing chickens that can be slaughtered in March in later generations.

But the number of chickens kept increasing. Now, every household in the villages around Black Stone Guard raises chickens. Peddlers and merchants from nearby towns and villages also go to the textile factory to wholesale chicks and take them to the city to sell.

As earthworm breeding technology becomes more mature, the scale of chicken and duck breeding continues to expand.

Xie Xian reminded that the disinfection work must be done well, and the number of chickens hatched can be maintained at 300 to 500 per month to maintain stability.

The canals in the fields are lined with reeds, making them perfect for raising fish and ducks.

As the diet became increasingly richer, the faces of the people in Que County became more rosy and lustrous, and the population expanded rapidly.

Xie Xian planned the Xie’s residential community on the road outside the city near Black Stone Mountain.

There was really no space in the inner city of Que County, so they had to level a piece of land and build houses.

The newly built community is not far from the refugee camp. The refugee camp built last year has now become a small market. After the refugees left, the dugout, which was warm in winter and cool in summer, has been transformed into a warehouse.

The room can be used for living or storing things. You can set up a stall during the day, lock your things in the room at night, and then go back to the city to sleep peacefully.

Because this place is close to the east of the city, some merchants also rent it as a warehouse.

The security here is good. Next to it is the newly built office building of East Street Property.

A fence has been built outside the refugee camp, and it is now much more tidy.

As Xie Xian invested in several infrastructure projects, more and more people came to Que County to work.

Looking at the already prosperous east city in front of them, Zuo Wei and the others who followed Xie Xian to the north were filled with emotion. Who could have imagined.

Que County is a small county in the north. Although it is such a poor place, the life of the villagers here is better than that in Kuaiji.

They saw with their own eyes that every household raised chickens and hundreds of ducks in the fields whizzed past on the road.

This is a rare sight in Kuaiji. Only the farms of the rich families in the city can afford to raise so many poultry.

The staff dormitories were not completed yet, so Qingdai arranged for them to eat in the canteen with the workers in the mine. At first they thought the big pot meals were tasteless, but they had meat and vegetables for every three days, just like in the Nandi Garden.

Although it is not as exquisite as the one in Kuaiji, the portion is quite large!

Xie Xian gave each of these students from the south a resettlement allowance. If they wanted to bring their families over, they could also enjoy priority purchase rights for newly built houses.

Looking at the smile on his mother's face, Xu Ansheng breathed a sigh of relief. The surrounding environment and the dormitories on the mine were safe and secure, with guards patrolling and entry and exit by badge.