(I went to have a gastroscopy today, but I didn’t make an appointment with a painless one. For the sake of the expert clinic, I could only do ordinary ones, which made me die. It was so painful. Please comfort me!)

"Yingzhou has been under the control of the Lulong people for many years, and its power has penetrated into all aspects. It seems that it will take time to fully control Yingzhou and continue to bleed." Li Ze shook his head and said, "How many stubborn resistance forces are left?"

"Within fifty miles of the city of Zhou, there is no force that can fight against us." Huang De smiled and said, "When Jishuai came, he probably saw it. I was moving the population around Zhou," he said.

Li Ze nodded and said, "This is a good way. Relying on the state city, it can drive the surrounding economy. Those who have moved to the near state city can quickly gain benefits from it. When their benefits are integrated with the city, their cohesion will naturally increase greatly."

"The clan is wise." Huang De smiled and flattered: "People around the city trust the government more. The further away from the city, the more they are, they have a sense of fear over the government. Moreover, the further away they are, the less they depend on the city. Moreover, they are more self-sufficient and the greater the power of the clan. Often, many things are the elders of the clan and their parents can decide for a word, and there are very few things that they will find the government."

Li Ze looked at Huang De and smiled, "Is this the experience that governor Huang himself has developed?"

"I dare not say it's experience, it's just a small discovery." Huang Dedao: "When his subordinates were county magistrates in Yizhou, many government orders were obviously beneficial to those common people, but they could not be carried out in the countryside. The reason is that the people trust the clans and trust the government more, and the imperial power did not go to the countryside! Many times there were murders. When our government arrived, the clans had already handled it cleanly and we had no way to start. If we conflict with these powerful clan forces, disasters would often arise. Sometimes, the clan leaders of these families only needed small means to get rid of us. In order to ensure that one side was pacified, the state often invited us to leave."

Li Ze did not expect that Huang De in front of him had such a deep understanding of this.

He looked at the official in front of him whom he had not known earlier and sent Huang De to Yingzhou. First, this person was highly appreciated by Cao Xin and was Cao Xin's confidant. Second, it was also to balance the forces of all parties. Third, this person had the experience of governing a county, but now it seems that he had found the right person by chance. Seeing Huang De's angry look when he talked about the local clan forces, Li Ze felt very wonderful.

Because he is now thinking about how to attack the powerful clans.

"So, the powerful clan is a big cancer in the local area." Li Ze said: "I don't care how rich they are, but the money cannot be deprived from the people, nor can it be stolen from us. Most of the money we got was used to benefit the countryside, build roads and bridges, build water conservancy, and build troops to protect the local area. But these people got money, but they basically enjoyed themselves in luxury and even buried the money in the cellar. Even with the money, they even used the money to equip weapons, privately build armor, and not remove these cancers, how can we become stronger?"

Huang Dedao: "I saw Jieshuai's strategy in Wuyi, Xindu, Yizhou and other places, so I knew that Jieshuai wanted to dig out the foundation for these people's survival from the root, but Jieshuai, in this way, will offend many people! There may be internal troubles."

"As long as the army supports it, I don't care about them." Li Ze shook his head. "There is no one who can complete the revolution without bleeding, so I am ready to kill a group of people. Of course, not now."

Huang De nodded and said, "Anyway, if all these people are killed, they won't be wronged."

Li Ze smiled, but it was impossible to tell that Huang De had such resentment towards these people. Perhaps when he was the county magistrate, he was very angry with these people.

"The remaining docking forts are probably not easy to fight?"

"I don't know much about military affairs. But it doesn't seem that difficult. When I watch Liu Biejia act, it seems to be practicing the army." Huang Dedao: "Every time I hit a dock, Liu Biejia will change the army. It looks more like a rotation battle and training."

"I think this is true. No matter how strong the fort is, it is just a powerful local powerhouse. Even if you get some support from the Lu Long people, it will be useless. So, three songs have been rotated?" Li Ze said.

"Yes, this time the one who was taken out was the Naqu soldiers led by the captain of Hou Fangyu." Huang De nodded. "Now there are two qus stationed in the prefecture city, and two qus are scattered in the trapped fort."

"Why are you stationed in the fort?" Li Ze asked.

"Jiangshuai doesn't know. The places occupied by these forts in Yingzhou are mostly major transportation routes, with fertile land and close to water sources. Outside the fort are fertile fields, a fort is almost a small town. We set up the fort and killed those rebels, but these forts cannot be given up. Moreover, the forts are extremely strong. After taking them over, they are used to station troops and control the places. Even if they start a war with the Lulong people again in the future, these forts are the best places to fight."

"Why did Yingzhou form so many forts?" Li Ze was a little puzzled.

"This starts from more than ten years ago." Huang Dedao: "I also began to understand these things after I came here. More than ten years ago, the Khitans had gradually become a sign of a united country. Yelu Abaoji was also a rare hero. At that time, the Khitan cavalry often went south on a large scale. They were maneuverable and flexible, and they could take it away. The Tang border troops were helpless. In order to protect themselves, some such forts were formed. The powerful clans gathered in the village and protected themselves. Although the Khitan cavalry was strong, they were not good at attacking such forts. More importantly, once they delayed too much time under these forts, a large number of Tang troops would come to hear the news."

"So that's it." Li Ze suddenly realized.

"But this strategy was effective at the beginning. After a long time, the Khitans found a solution. They used the forts to set up ambushes many times and defeated the Tang army. There was no Lulong Jiedu at that time, but now the territory under Lulong's jurisdiction was crippled with holes by the Khitans." Huang Dedao: "It was not until Zhang Zhongwu became the Lulong Jiedushi and Mr. Gongsun also arrived here that the form began to gradually improve."

"Speaking of this, Zhang Zhongwu has also made contributions. If it weren't for him, Lulong Jiuzhou would probably have become a horse-rafting ground for the Khitans."

"Who said no?" Huang De smiled and said, "From Yingzhou City to the north, there are more and more such forts, but when we go south and closer to the mainland, there are basically no more. The more fierce the forts you are from north, the more fierce the Lulong people are now. As far as I know, the largest fort can gather thousands of rural soldiers. It is so fierce."

"No wonder Liu Chenglin had to take turns to train troops. He was preparing to pull out the last nails?" Li Ze said with a smile.

Huang De nodded and said, "The Lulong people will never look at us pulling out the forts near Mozhou. There will definitely be a big battle at that time."

"Then let's fight. When we suppress the bandits, the Lulong people can only support them secretly, and cannot help them openly, otherwise we will turn against each other." Li Ze smiled and said, "I have just reached some tacit understanding with Zhang Zhongwen, so they will only secretly attack."

Huang De smiled knowingly.

After seeing Huang De away, Bao Hui walked into Li Ze's room.

Li Ze looked at Bao Hui with a smile: "Bao Changshi, your reputation is at its peak now. I heard that you have brought your sister-in-law and nephew to Yingzhou."

"Yes!" Bao Hui sat half of her butt on the stool, looking extremely restrained. Compared with Huang De's Saran, it was a completely different style. The room was not hot, but there were shiny beads of sweat on his forehead.

"Li Rui told me about you, by the way, Li Rui is Hu Shier." Li Ze looked at Bao Hui's confused look and explained: "I don't want to say more about other things, but since you are pretending, you have to pretend to the end. Some things, as long as you pretend for a lifetime, will come true. Don't let me hear some other bad things."

Bao Hui nodded repeatedly. "I dare not deceive the young master. Now I am in a difficult situation. I can only serve my elder sister-in-law as my mother, even if I am a nephew and nieces, I will treat it seriously as my own children. No, it is better than my own children. After all, people are terrifying. As long as I do not do well, all my previous efforts will be wasted."

"Well, it seems that you are a sensible person, too." Li Ze said: "Actually, I don't care whether you are pretending or real, as long as the facts are as I expected."

"Yes, my subordinates understand."

"Let's talk about your work during this period. I don't need to talk about the affairs of the Changshi. Huang De had already told me just now and he still had a good evaluation of you." Li Ze said.

"Yes, young master, then I will only talk about the intelligence work on Lu Long." Bao Hui nodded and said, "I am mainly focusing on some of the people in the forts now."

"Those forts are local neighbors, so the work is not easy to carry out, right?"

"If it were in the past, it would be difficult. But now it is different. Every time Liu Biejia set up a dock, some people would escape." Bao Hui said. "My target is the middle-level power of those docks."

Li Ze laughed: "You are not using your own personal experience to some people here, right?"

"This is just some of these methods, and there are some other people." Bao Hui said a little.

"Don't tell me the details, just tell me the result!" Li Ze said.

"Yes, after these people escaped, the possibility of being suspicious was very low. I did not ask them to do anything, but just asked them to find opportunities to escape to places like Mozhou or even Youzhou in the future." Bao Hui said: "They don't need to do anything to draw these forts. Liu Bizhu is enough. I want to wait until the future is great. This is to fish for big fish with a long line. You must be patient in order to get a big harvest."

"What did Li Rui teach you?"

"yes!"

"How to control these people?"

"Their family is in our hands." Bao Hui said: "I have sent some of their families to Jingzhou and some to Shenzhou. We have our strength to take care of them. Of course, they all claim to have been killed."
Chapter completed!