But Prime Minister Song Yuan continued to ramble, "Your Majesty, General Wei said he encountered many bandits along the way, but they only knew the bandit leaders and not the Great Yan court. This is extremely disrespectful, and they should be treated as traitors."

The Empress of Great Yan nodded. She believed Wei Wuji. Thinking of what Wei Wuji said, the Empress looked at Lao Lin.

"Speaking of those self-proclaimed bandits, it seems that Lord Lin has lived in a county town controlled by bandits. Could you please share your thoughts?"

When the Empress asked this question, everyone looked at him, and Lao Lin had no choice but to step out.

"Then let's talk about Yunzhou's experience. My colleagues, just treat it as anecdotes!" Lao Lin said modestly. Having experienced some things, Lao Lin didn't want to show off too much.

So he described how his family followed the refugees, experienced many crises, and finally met a group of rogue soldiers who were distributing porridge on the side of the road, and then entered Taoyuan City. He then watched how the rogues restored the people's life to food and clothing within a few months, and finally created their own currency.

The Empress and the ministers present had fluctuating moods and expressions as they listened.

After Lao Lin finished speaking, Song Yuan was the first to jump out: "This is proclaiming yourself king, this is a traitor. Lao Lin, you are confused! You are an official of Dayan. Alas~"

"Yes, Lord Lin, you are helping the evil." He Chongyi looked disappointed.

"I think this thug is quite talented. He actually thought of first offering work-for-relief, then using work points to motivate the refugees, then issuing currency, and finally distributing the houses the refugees built themselves to give them a sense of belonging. He also let the people watch military exercises to give them a sense of security. Although issuing currency and privately raising the army was an overreach, it was also a last resort."

Huang Zongxi listed them one by one, and even the empress's eyes lit up. This was a good method.

"By the way, did Lord Lin bring back any of Taoyuan County's currency? I'd like to see it."

Finance Minister Shen Wangshen spoke at this time.

Lao Lin looked at the empress and saw that she was also interested, so he took out two silver coins, several copper coins and cents.

For some reason, he suddenly remembered the stingy look of a certain gangster, grinned, and said:

"I could have received a month's salary, but when they saw I was leaving, they deducted 80% of my salary for various reasons, including the accommodation expenses for Wei Zongguan and others."

hiss~

"Your Majesty, this currency is truly exquisite."

Shen Wangshen took it and looked at it, then he hissed in surprise.

The empress also took it and took a look. It was indeed beautiful and exquisite.

"He is a talented person. Since Lord Huang has taken a liking to him, let him hand over Taoyuan County before coming to Beijing!" The empress said casually.

But when Lao Lin and Manager Wei heard this, they looked at each other, not knowing how to start.

Old Lin gritted his teeth and said hesitantly, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult."

Seeing that the empress was puzzled, Chief Steward Wei whispered in her ear and told her everything.

"Asshole, you actually dare to defy the imperial court. In this case, we must reorganize the army. Everyone, please discuss a good solution."

The final result of the discussion among the ministers was to appease the people first and then use military force, which was to follow Liu Mang's example and appease the people and use military force at the same time.

Although Lao Lin felt sorry for Liu Mang, he had to stand on the side of the Great Yan Empire for the sake of justice.

Of course, he also wondered if the imperial army could really defeat Liu Mang's army. But since things had already come to this, he might as well just let things take their course.

From that day on, the whole Dayan became busy.

And Yunzhou Taoyuan City.

Liu Mang didn't know why he had learned to get up early during this period of time. He would check the progress of the Taoyuan City project every day. The Taoyuan Army that went out would bring back thousands of people every few days. As long as there was no shortage of people, all plans would be carried out according to Liu Mang's ideas.

The entire city was wired, and electric lights and electric stoves were installed, allowing the people to experience what a convenient life was like.

Two months later.

In the City Lord's Mansion, in the large conference room, Liu Mang looked at the results of the recent period.

He praised the people present: "Very good, everyone is very good."

After the city wall was completed, the population reached 150,000, and 19 battalions and a company of over 10,000 soldiers had been recruited and trained.

The three phases of the inner city, east, south, west and north, have been completed, and they are planning to build an outer city area on the large open space outside the east city gate.

"By the way, what can be produced in Lao Zhao Industrial Zone now?" After putting down the report, the old rogue looked at Zhao Junxi, the director of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.

"Reporting to the Lord City Lord, we can now produce perfume, soap, and glass mirrors, but we are short of workers. The current production volume is far from enough for merchants from Jiangnan to pick up the goods."

When talking about Jiangnan merchants, Lao Bai also complained: "My Lord, the merchants in Jiangnan are almost exchanging all the currency of Taoyuan Bank."

"Yes, sir, these businessmen are clamoring for us to open up our properties every day. They want to buy houses."

"Uh! And boss, many wholesale stores are out of cigarettes now. They have all been cleared out." Zhao Junxi said with a bitter face.

Liu Mang was speechless. This was all good news, okay? Those currencies were just some alloy metals. Yunbao could help him produce the GDP of Taoyuan City in a day.

Those businessmen exchanged real money for some junk metals from us, so we made a lot of money, okay?

And those Jiangnan merchants are our porters. If they buy our goods, our factories will recruit workers, and the people will have jobs and not lose them, isn’t that good?

There is also the issue of real estate. How much land will it take to build a city wall in the east, west, south and north?

"Ahem! These are all minor matters. Old Wang, just speed up the construction. And as for the currency exchange, just give them as much as they want. As for the cigarettes and other goods, they'll be replenished soon. As for the real estate, Old Zhao, just make a regulation and add a 20% tax on foreign buyers."

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