Chastity Layman

The Blood Shield Golden Lion flag fluttered.

In Weigong Castle, the atmosphere is not that solemn and serious, on the contrary, there is a kind of chaotic noise, just like a market.

But Qin Lang liked this kind of atmosphere, if it was really like the Chang'an court meeting, with strict hierarchy, it would be uncomfortable.

There are small meetings for big things, and small things are discussed in big meetings.

The more people there are, the less likely it is to really study something, so today is a tea party between the Patriarch of Wu'an Prefecture and his vassals, drink tea and chat, don't worry, chat casually.

In general, Wu'an Prefecture has developed rapidly in recent years, and all the vassals are actually living a good life. Originally, Wu'an Prefecture was considered a wild land, remote and wild, but due to the boom in maritime trade in recent years, Wu'an Prefecture There is also Taiping Port, a large trading port of its own, and there are many hot-selling specialties, so in fact, none of the vassals are landlords in remote countryside.

Everyone is a new aristocrat, enfeoffing fiefdoms in various places, pioneering and colonizing at the same time, they are also busy opening mines, burning kilns, setting up workshops, or organizing fleets of merchants to run business, or go out to sea to hunt whaling and fishing. In short, there is a Taiping Port , and backed by Jiaozhou Port, everyone does not worry about business not booming.

Business and trade made money, buying slaves to buy equipment, and then training soldiers and conscripting barbarians, robbing slaves from barbarians, and expanding plantations later, adding serfs, miners, workshops, and slaves, and the scale of the industry expanded again.

Building castles, building manors, running schools, fiefdoms and fortresses are completed, and the recruitment of immigrants is also much stronger. The more people there are, the more prosperous it will be.

This time when I came to Taiping City to meet Lord Weigong, each family made special preparations. Each family brought a team, holding high the banner of their respective coat of arms. Hundreds of people are embarrassed to say hello to people.

It's not that everyone likes to show off their wealth, it's just that they really want to show off.

I don't want others to compare themselves to others, and no one wants to lose their status in front of Wei Gong.

Thousands of people gathered in one courtyard.

Accompanied by Qin Yong, Huang Biao, Anong and several other family elders, Qin Lang came all the way to greet these vassals. He could call most of them by name, and those whose names were called felt deeply. pleasure.

After all, Duke Wei's Wu'an territory is so large today that many businessmen who come and go now directly call it Wu'an State. According to the convention, it should actually be called Wei State. After all, Qin Lang's title is Duke Wei.

From the initial 300 territorial knights and 500 territorial warriors, it has now officially evolved into 1,800 territorial knights. The original titles of warriors were cancelled, and they were all promoted to knights.

1,800 knights, that is, 1,800 lords, one person and one village benefice, is actually quite amazing, but Wu'an Prefecture is also a large territory, so many lords have helped Qin Lang develop and manage him very well. fief.

Forcibly seized the control of Wu'an from the original barbarians and southerners here.

There are a large number of knights here, all of whom were canonized by Qin Langxin after the Pingman Rebellion. Many of them were actually former Qin family vassals who seized Qiujiang, Wu'e, Xin'an, Gaoping, Guangyuan, etc. Land, pioneered and colonized there, and the fiefdom that he built privately did not have the name of the lord, but he also paid tribute to the Qin family in Wu'an Prefecture like a knight of the Qin family's retainers.

After the imperial court confiscated several lands in Gaoping, Qin Lang took the initiative to compensate these vassals, conferring knight titles on their children in Beijiang, Qixi, and the Beibu Gulf Islands that still belonged to Wu'an Prefecture, and entrusted them with knight fiefdoms.

Most of these people are the children of the old retainers, and they have new titles and titles, but most of them have not yet formally established villages on the fiefs they conferred.

There are also some original slang barbarians and southerners who have completely belonged to the Qin family in recent years, so Qin Lang has also given them favor and distribution.

For Qin Lang, this kind of enfeoffment is actually cutting his own flesh, but he believes that this kind of deduction will help the Qin family really control the situation in Wu'an Prefecture, and proper sharing of benefits is actually beneficial.

If you want everyone to follow the Qin family, you must first become a group of people with connected interests. Otherwise, why should everyone listen to you and work hard for you?

Only by creating a enfeoffment system in Wu'an Prefecture can the Qin family control this land.

The emperor entrusted Qin Lang to Wu'an Prefecture as the governor, and Qin Lang entrusted his own members as county magistrates, and then entrusted a large number of knights, and established fiefs and villages everywhere, with distinct levels.

We are all shareholders, so of course we are more motivated to work.

The emperor is actually a major shareholder, but Qin Lang is both a major shareholder and an executive, and the management of Wu'an Prefecture is still run by the Qin family.

Regardless of whether these knights were the bastards of Changan Xunqi's wealthy family who first accompanied Qin Lang to the south, or the offshoots of military upstarts, or were born from humble backgrounds, after several years of struggle, everyone was under the banner of the Qin family. Under the leadership, the life is not bad.

Even many of those scumbags, barbarians, or southern tyrants who used to occupy the mountains as kings and dominate one side have basically surrendered to the Qin family.

In the final analysis, the Qin family has been sharing the benefits. In the past, the barbarians actually had a very ordinary life, especially the barbarians in the mountains and islands. It was a hardship, and they didn't even have enough meals. Now, under the leadership of the Qin family, the living standards of the barbarians in all tribes have improved a lot, especially the leaders of the tribes and villages. They were the first group of people to get rich.

Opening mines, running caravans, and opening workshops, anyway, they went out to wait. After earning the first pot of gold, they earned the second pot of gold, fully enjoying the benefits of stepping on the Qin family boat.

So now some barbarian chieftains are also following the Qin family with all their hearts. If anyone talks about opposing the Qin family, they will be the first to refuse. What was so good about the old days? The tribes often fought with weapons for hunting grounds and water sources. Don't die a bunch of years.

Human life is like grass, even if you are a chieftain, your life is extremely bad. Many tribes used to have no stove, no furniture, a thatched hut, barely sheltered from wind and rain, and a set of tattered clothes, barely covered up. Body, such as bed, table, chair, or couch, they don’t exist.

Apart from some salt, what condiments are there in life.

It's different now, the chiefs also built wooden buildings with several floors, even wore silk, used porcelain, drank tea and wine, and even replaced the salt with snow-white high-grade salt without impurities.

Not to mention, you can still buy and sell slaves, so life is not to mention how comfortable it is.

What's more, now they still have a mansion in another courtyard in Taiping City.

There are plenty of refreshments on the table.

Tea and snacks from all over the world can appear on the table.

The lively tea party went on for more than an hour, until the sun came in and the temperature rose, so the tea party ended.

night,

A grand bonfire dinner was specially prepared.

It will be held directly in the Wei Park forest outside the north gate of Weigong Fort, with bonfires lit, outdoor barbecues, and some singing and dancing to add to the fun.

Watching songs and dances while having a self-service barbecue, and drinking some wine, it is really beautiful.

Qin Lang kept chatting with people throughout the night, but those who could come to chat with him were generally the retainers with relatively high status in the territory. There is a title in the Duke's Mansion, so he is respected as the elder of the family.

With Qin Yong and Qin Yong, Qin Lang's righteous brothers, Ah Huang, Qin Lang's confidant and old follower, plus Anong, a concubine, and Qian Dexing, who has been brave and powerful in recent years, etc., Qin Lang is in Wu'an Prefecture. This old team is still very loyal and strong.

"Our Wu'an Prefecture is really getting more and more lively and prosperous!"

Qin Yong said with a smile, this man led the horse for Qin Qiong from a young age, and later became the general of Qin Qiong's adoptive son. He also fought with Qin Qiong for many years and charged into battle. He never thought that he would follow Qin Lang to Tiannan later. Then I stayed for several years, and I have already settled here to buy a house, and the roots have sprouted.

"Well, indeed." Qin Lang smiled by the campfire while holding a wine glass. Wu'an Prefecture was very prosperous, and even the prosperity was beyond expectations and control. He heard a secret message from Chang'an that the emperor intends to upgrade Wu'an prefecture to the central governor's mansion. The reason is that Wu'an prefecture has a large population and a vast state, so it can be promoted to the central governor's mansion.

Right now, the imperial court is busy preparing for war in the north. It is not easy to hear such rumors at this time.

Qin Lang is a well-informed person. He heard that the rapid expansion of Wu'an Prefecture has made the emperor feel a little out of control, so he is planning to split Wu'an Prefecture into Wu'an Prefecture, Wuning Prefecture, Wuyi, Wuping, and Wulong. The five prefectures and five prefectures belonged to the Zhongdu Dufu of Wu'an Prefecture, and still belonged to Guangnan Road, which belonged to the Zhennan Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

One state becomes five states.

The original mountainous area was divided into Wuning and Wuyi. Mostly the area around the original Qixi was designated as Wuyi, and the area around Kuangshan and Zhennanguan was designated as Wuning.

The southern part of the plain, the Beijiang area in the northwest, is set as Wuping, the coastal part in the east is set as Wu'an, and the coastal mountainous area where Hongji Carboniferous in the northeast is located, including the islands in the sea, is newly set as Wulong. .

Qin Lang's four sons who were originally entrusted with the enfeoffment were all enfeoffed as governors of the world, and each enfeoffed a prefecture. Qin Lang and Anong's newborn son was also enfeoffed as a Marquis and enfeoffed one prefecture.

So Qin Lang became the governor of Wu'an Prefecture, and the five sons served as governors of Wu'an Prefecture.

However, the emperor will use the reason that Qin Lang's sons are young and Qin Lang is busy with official duties in Guangzhou, and will send a Wu'an prefectural inspector and governor from Chang'an to Taiping Port. The other four prefectures will also send other officials .

At the same time, the readjusted 15 counties of Wu'an Mansion, county magistrates, magistrates, magistrates, county officials, etc. will also select and send officials to come. In fact, the imperial court will really take over the administrative power of Wu'an Mansion this time. up.

The status of Qin Lang's feudal lords has not changed, but Qin Lang and his son will only be called governors and governors in the future, and will not actually be in charge of specific affairs of prefectures and counties, but will be governed by officials selected by the court. With the tax revenue from this third of the land, he can continue to retain his guards and continue to retain his power to found a country, but it is obvious that his power has been further restricted.

No wind, no wave.

Qin Lang believed that once the wind blows, it will definitely blow to Wu'an Prefecture eventually.

Now these singing and dancing knights and vassals basically hold great power in the local area, but according to this momentum, the imperial court will eventually take away the administrative, judicial, military, and taxation rights in the fief, and what can be left to them is some economic privileges.

For this result, Qin Lang has long been psychologically prepared, but he just doesn't know whether these vassals who are happy now will agree to it then?

Qin Lang didn't know where the Wu'an Group he had created would end up in the end!