"I am very sorry to have troubled you all for so long. I'll be the host today to apologize to everyone."
"The Provincial Governor is too polite. It is already a great honor for this humble servant to wait for your arrival here. We've already booked a banquet in the city's Ten Thousand Flower Pavilion to welcome you. Please!”
Not bad, this Kuai Liang knew how to conduct himself.
At the banquet, Kuai Liang introduced everyone present.
The result was disappointing. The only ones who were more famous were Cai Mao and Huang Zu, these two trash traitors.
Huang Zhong and Wei Yan didn't see him. They were probably still low-level officers and weren't qualified to attend.
As for Gan Ning, he might still be a thief.
After the banquet ended, he called Kuai Liang alone to the Provincial Governor's Manor.
"Zirou, I already knew of your good name before I arrived in Jiangnan. I hope you can give me more guidance in the future and help the people!”
"Lord Provincial Governor is too modest. It is Kuai Liang's duty to share Lord's worries. I will not disappoint Lord.”
"Good, good. I heard that Mister's younger brother Kuai Yidu is also very talented. I wonder if he is willing to be an official and seek happiness for the people?”
"Thank you for your kindness, sir. I'll bring him to see you tomorrow.”
After Kuai Liang left, Chu Huan fell into deep thought.
He planned to first divide the power of the Jiangnan aristocratic families, rope in some aristocratic families that were close to the imperial court, use benefits to lure neutral forces, and establish new forces that were on his side.
To achieve this goal, he had to control the economy and military of Jing State.
After thinking about it, he decided to make use of Ou Yegang first.
Build the largest ironware workshop in Jingzhou and control the military equipment in Jingzhou.
He remembered that there was a Junshan Island on Dongting Lake. He would build a winery and a tea farm on Junshan Island. He would use retorting to obtain high-grade liquor and stir-frying tea to obtain high-grade tea. As a result, the economy was under control.
The most important person was Huang Zhong. He was now in his prime, but he could not be put in an important position when he was full of lofty aspirations. If he was given a chance, he would definitely be grateful.
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The next day, Kuai Liang brought Kuai Yue to the Provincial Governor's Mansion.
Kuai Yue and Kuai Yidu were not simple characters. In history, Liu Biao had relied on him to conquer Jingzhou.
Cao Cao went to Jiangnan and said that he did not like Jingzhou, but Kuai Yidu. It could be seen that Kuai Yue's talent was also rare in the world.
However, this person had very high standards and would not easily submit to others. He Jin had once recruited him to the capital as an official, but he had not stayed in the capital for long before discovering that He Jin was useless.
At first, Chu Huan was testing the two brothers to see what kind of willpower they had, but who would have thought that the two of them would ignore the main topic.
"The scenery in Jiangnan is indeed beautiful, but the people of the mountains are disobedient and often cause trouble."
"The water path is unhindered, but the water bandits are everywhere.”"There is plenty of money and food, but it is all in the hands of the despots. The commoners are not clothed or fed. How could the four borders of the Jing State be safe? How do the people live and work in peace and contentment?"
After a few words, the Kuai brothers completely understood Chu Huan's ambition and bowed in unison.
"We are already extremely disappointed in the Imperial Court, but my brother is worried about the Jiangnan people, so he has no choice but to temporarily take on the position of Lord and do his best to take care of the people. Today, after listening to your words, I know your ambition. We brothers are not talented, but we are willing to do our best to help you.”
Then, the three of them decided on a strategy to firmly control the Jing State in the Provincial Governor's Office.
The first was to appease the despotic forces, the second was to incite conflicts of interest between the despotic forces and profit from them, and the third was to completely eradicate the local tyrants and evil gentry who were sucking the people's fat when the time was ripe.
The next day, Chu Huan informed Kuai Liang to explain the usefulness of the island in Dongting Lake.
"Sir, you may not be familiar with the situation when you first came to Jiangnan. This island is the gathering place of the Jing State water bandits, so"
Water bandits? The carefully chosen place was actually the lair of the water bandits?
"Since we know that the pirates are gathered here, why didn't the Jing State navy go and surround them?”
"The officers of the Jing state navy are all paid protection fees. Moreover, the Jing state navy is now made up of old and weak people. They haven't been trained for a long time and have no combat strength to speak of.”
Only then did Chu Huan realize that the waters of Jingzhou were deeper than he had imagined.
"How many troops do I have? How many Internet trolls are there?"
" Your Excellency is also the Pingnan General. He has 50,000 troops under him, including 20,000 navy troops. However…"
Chu Huan wanted to strangle Kuai Liang to death now. Why did he always say half of his words? Furthermore, the latter half of his words definitely didn't have any good words.
He even suspected that Liu Biao in history was angered to death by these two brothers.
"The phenomenon of empty posts for officers is serious. The navy is nominally 20,000, but in reality, there are only 12,000 at most.”
Chu Huan thought to himself. On the surface, the problem looked very serious, but on careful thought, this was also an excuse to catch all those vermin in one fell swoop.
The most important thing was to rob the homes of these bastards and use them as military supplies.
You go and secretly collect evidence of the crimes of all the officers in Jingzhou. We'll find an opportunity to catch them all in one fell swoop. The personal guards I brought with me have gone through life and death with me. They have rich combat experience and are absolutely loyal. They can supplement the middle and low-level officers of the army.”
"As for the navy, select a group of low-level officers from the low-level soldiers, and select a portion of Sir's personal guards as middle-level officers to temporarily control the soldiers to prevent a mutiny. At the same time, we will recruit talented people to control the army.”
After instructing Kuai Liang, he pulled Kuai Yue to the side.
"Yidu, do you have the confidence to secretly investigate the military officers?”
"I will not disappoint you."
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