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Liu Qi quickly came out of the rice fields, and then washed his feet while washing his feet in the field, he said to Ma Kuo: "I wanted to pick you up in person, but unfortunately I have a task, so you can forgive me."

Ma Kuo came to Liu Qi and squatted down and said, "I was surprised. Your Uncle Liu Xin actually planted rice himself."

Liu Qi smiled and said, "What's this? My Grand Governor has been working in the fields for more than ten days."

Ma Kuo was even more surprised. He never expected that Li Yan would go to the fields and work in person!

While surprised, Ma Kuoxin also heard Liu Qi's respect and intimacy towards Li Yan from Liu Qi's tone, and then thought: "My mission this time is probably difficult to complete."

Though I thought so, Ma Bubu asked, "Are you military camp?"

Liu Qi said: "Some of them are, but more of them are farming for the people."

Ma Kuo asked without any use, and Liu Qi then explained: "Didn't we fight with the Liao, Xixia and Mongolian coalition forces some time ago? Zhao Xianggong transferred a lot of civilians to transport supplies. Unfortunately, it happened to be the transplanting period at that time. As a result, due to insufficient manpower, some time was delayed. Therefore, my Grand Governor ordered that, except for the soldiers on duty, the entire army would go to the fields to help the people get back this time."

In fact, the reason why there is insufficient manpower is not entirely because Zhao Ding transferred a lot of civilians during the transplanting period. It is also because Li Yan divided the land and allowed the people of Yundi to obtain a lot of fertile land, regardless of gender, age and young. Large households with a large population can even get 200 mu or even 300 mu of fertile land. Because there are too many fertile land, they are unable to plant some of them.

Ma Kuoxin said: "It seems that Li Yan does not intend to leave here because he wins over the people in this way... It is said that Li Yan wants to rebel, and it seems that it is true."

On the way back, a group of people passed by the tributary of the Sanggan River.

Ma Kuo saw many soldiers walking out of the river neatly arranged, and asked Liu Qi, "What are they?"

Liu Qi said: "They are here to clear the river."

Ma Kuo's deputy Wang Yi said, "You Liangshan Army is really interesting. You farm and dig rivers. You are both soldiers and civilians."

Liu Qi said disrespectfully: "Our Liangshan Army soldiers do not pay attention to the conditions. Everyone is a brick. Wherever they are used and moved, my grand governor will do whatever they ask him to do."

Ma Kuo is not Wang Yi, who does not understand military affairs. He knows that such an army is the most feared, because they are absolutely obedient and unified in their orders. Those arrogant soldiers and generals in the Song army will undoubtedly be defeated when they encounter them.

Ma Kuo finally knew why the Liangshan Army could wipe out the same number of Ma troops with its infantry.

Ma Kuo was deeply afraid: "This army that has not been established for a long time is definitely a strong army in the world. I should remind Xuan Xiang to be careful!"

When we were about to arrive in Huanzhou City, the group passed by another place like a market.

When Ma Kuo saw that many were queuing there, the queue was several miles long, and there were no less than ten thousand people.

Ma Kuo asked Liu Qi: "Where is this? What are they doing?"

Liu Qi said: "This is a cattle and horse market, and they are queuing up to buy cattle."

Ma Kuo is puzzled: "Cow and Horse Market? Queue to buy cows?"

Liu Qi explained: "We seized more than 100,000 cattle from the coalition forces. The general said that it would be a pity to eat these cattle as military rations, so he ordered to sell them to the people one yuan each."

Ma Kuo knew about the Yancoin issued by Shuibo Liangshan, and he had specially studied the Yancoin.

After research, Ma Kuo found that the Yan coins issued by Shuibo Liangshan were much better than the money they had in the Song Dynasty, especially the Yan coins were based on gold and silver, which ensured that the value of the Yan coins would not easily rise and fall.

However, through research, Ma Kuo also found the weakness of Yancoin, that is, it can only be issued on a small scale and cannot be issued in a big country like the Song Dynasty, because there is no such much gold and silver at all. Not only is Li Yan unable to obtain so much gold and silver, but even adding all the gold and silver possessed by the entire Song Dynasty, including the Liao Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom, is definitely not enough for Li Yan to issue Yancoin in the Song Dynasty.

Ma Kuo, who knows so much about Yanbi, naturally knows that one yuan is about the same as a whole.

Nowadays, a cow is worth about ten cents in the Song Dynasty, and even a newborn calf is worth at least two cents.

Therefore, Li Yan sells cattle for one yuan per head, which is indeed beneficial to the people.

Ma Kuo said: "Don't worry about being weak but not being equal. What should I do if someone takes the opportunity to take more of it? What should I do if someone picks up a strong cow to buy?"

Liu Qi smiled and said, "My Grand Governor has long anticipated this, so he issued a purchase restriction order and a lottery order. That is, based on my household registration issued by Shuibo Liangshan, four people can buy a cow. When buying, they rely on luck to buy which one. In addition, we Shuibo Liangshan also collected cows at a price slightly lower than the market price. First, this is to prevent insufficient cows, and second, this is to prevent civilians from causing disputes due to the inability to divide cows. In fact, there are only more than 600,000 people in our Yundi area, and the more than 100,000 cows we seized should be enough, so they don't need to queue up to buy them, but they are worried that the cows will be bought by others, and it is their turn, so they wait in line overnight."

Ma Kuo was a little curious about what the household registration was, but he didn't ask because he couldn't care about asking.

Although I had just arrived in Yundi, Ma Kuo has confirmed that Yundi has stabilized, and the people of Yundi have begun to accept the rule of the water-pooled Liangshan. What's more, the people of Yundi may be willing to rule them by the water-pooled Liangshan.

Ma Kuo is sure that there is no need to be too much. If Shuibou Liangshan ruled in Yundi for one or two years, Yundi would completely become the territory of Shuibou Liangshan.

When he came to Huanzhou City, Liu Qi did not lead his horse to expand into the city because he did not live in the city at all. No, it should be said that except for a small army that maintained public order, all Liangshan troops were stationed outside the city.

Ma Kuo joked: "Is your chief general afraid that you will disturb the people, so he will not let you stay in the city?"

Liu Qi smiled and said, "All the soldiers of our Liangshan Army trade fairly and never disturb the people... The army is not stationed in the city, but just doesn't want to put pressure on the people."

The more I learned about it, the cooler Ma Kuo's heart would be. He felt both cold for the mission to go and the future of the Song Dynasty!

Ma Kuo had a feeling that if Li Yan competed with their official family for the world, the one who lost was their official family!

The food for Liu Qi to entertain Ma Kuo and his group was not good, but the whole army was eating two vegetarian food, one meat, one soup, and there was no wine.

For Wang Yi and others who are used to eating delicacies in the mountains and seas, such a simple meal is really hard for them to swallow. Only Ma Kuo ate very deliciously and actually ate four large bowls of rice.

After Ma Kuo put down the bowls and chopsticks, Liu Qi glanced at Wang Yi and others who were no longer planning to eat, and asked Ma Kuo: "Would you like to take a break or leave now?"

Ma Kuo had actually guessed Liu Qi’s plan, but he still asked with a smile: “Where to go? Are you going to rest?”

Liu Qi smiled and said, "Send you to see my grand governor."

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Chapter completed!