Chapter 6483: Over-annexation

Of course I was happy. In fact, to be honest, Chen Xi felt that he was too happy. In fact, many of the current problems on the front line were actually caused by the direct enfeoffment in the core area of ​​Kushan, which led to excessive happiness.

However, it was just like the problem faced when studying how to solve the problem of the Kushan Essence Zone at that time - it would not be stable no matter who it was given. If it was given to the noble families, there would be no problem of rebellion in the future. Just giving so many benefits to the other party would make Chen Xi feel guilty. So after much thought, he decided to keep it simple and just give it to the old brothers who followed him.

As for his old brothers who got this outrageous fiefdom, it is difficult to manage and it is easy for them to get too excited, and other people will be jealous or something, Chen Xi's idea is to just ignore it. Since it has come to this, who cares whether you are happy or not!

Putting aside other things, even if the enfeoffment was based on the standard of marquises, at least you guys have received it. No matter how much better the things I enfeoff later are than before, just tell me whether you have received it before. There is a saying that goes "buy early and enjoy early, buy late and enjoy discounts", and it still applies at this time!
The fiefs in Central Asia were the land of the Parthian Empire after all. Were you not very happy when you divided them? Now we brothers divided them a little late, so we found some relatively good land as compensation. In fact, you can see that everyone's fiefs are almost the same, all of them are the land of the empire, right?

As for the fact that some people were granted fiefdoms equivalent to Shanghai and some were granted fiefdoms equivalent to the Qinghai-Tibet region, this is a question of the development of the times. After all, what a founding general could obtain with the rank of general in the 1960s and what an ordinary general could obtain with the rank of general in the 1990s are two different things. This is called progress of the times!
In short, Chen Xi can find a lot of excuses, and the major families and the powerful marquises can't really say anything. After all, the basic welfare of the marquises drawn by Chen Xi is really the same. The problem is that now that they have been promoted to the rank of marquis, who would still live on the standard!
No one would think that the purpose of becoming a marquis is to obtain the basic welfare of one or two thousand stones per year and the social status shared by all marquises. That is nonsense. Although these basic welfare benefits are already out of reach for most people, for the only two hundred or so marquises left in the world, to plant their own flag in the world and paint their own colors is the real meaning of their existence.

What are the basic benefits of a marquis?

After getting to this point, they are only asking for basic benefits. Did the three idiots lead the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to die for basic benefits? It was for the sake of legitimacy. Otherwise, once the three brothers died, everything they had gained would fall apart, and their descendants would have to start over as civilians.

So how to divide is very important, and how to shut people up is also very important.

At least in the current situation, Liu Bei and Chen Xi have divided the entire Kushan essence area among their own people, and no one can say anything. Even if someone says certain facts that are almost disrespectful, Liu Bei and Chen Xi can still seal the Ganges essence area.

Just as Chen Xi estimated, if the fiefdom was directly sealed, there would be chaos at most, but if it was not directly sealed, many problems would arise. The fact that the generals and soldiers on the front line were too happy was only one aspect of the phenomenon. In fact, Chen Xi could even think of the outrageous things that could be done because of the fiefdom.

Chen Xi believed that the major families had advantages in intelligence, and he also believed that the major families had advantages in operation and management. But it was nonsense to say that the major families could accurately grasp the mentality of their sons-in-law. Not to mention the major families, even Fa Zheng couldn't do it. Fa Zheng studied human thoughts when he had nothing to do, but the more he studied, the more he felt that humans were actually a black box.

In short, it sounds a bit outrageous that the superiors will take your head off, but the veterans can really do it. Even though the Central Asian families now have some defensive forces, you see that your son-in-law is not ready to go to war, how many people can he bring? If this guy fails...

As for where the battlefield is, of course anywhere where swords are drawn is considered a battlefield, so it is normal for bloodshed to occur, so we must keep an eye on it.

"I hope everything goes well. There shouldn't be any problems in Central Asia recently. If these people go over to study, there shouldn't be any trouble." Chen Xi muttered to himself with a thoughtful look. However, since things have come to this point, there is no point in saying anything else.

"Xiaozhi and I will keep an eye on it, and nothing too outrageous will happen." Guo Jia waved his hand and said, although he also wanted to have fun, he really wouldn't watch everything. Not to mention the aristocratic families, every bit of fun represented a trouble for his brothers, so forget it, he was not that big beast like Li You, who would be too outrageous in some aspects.

"Staring, staring." Li You understood Chen Xi's thoughts immediately, but Li You's answer seemed a bit perfunctory from Chen Xi's point of view. How to put it, Chen Xi felt that Li You seemed to want to have fun, which was not advisable!

In Central Asia, the large stockade built by Bi Laoliu in the radiation zone of Er Cui and Yang has recently received many veterans. After all, Laoliu performed very well in Ganges, and he had been working for Liu Bei for a long time and had some acquaintances. Therefore, when these veterans of Ganges came to Central Asia to study, when they saw that one of their brothers had built a town, they would come to take a look even if they had to take a detour.

What does it mean to come from the army? When they get really angry, you can forget about resolving the issue through negotiation. They will directly choose to get everything that belongs to them on the battlefield.

"Wenru, you have to keep an eye on this matter and don't let them do anything too outrageous in Central Asia. The fact that interests move people's hearts applies not only to the major families, but also to us. After all, we are all human beings. Moreover, compared to the major families, we are sometimes more cautious, like our brothers." Chen Xi said with a sigh.

"Fengxiao, you should also keep an eye on it. Although some actions are inevitable at this point, don't make it too outrageous. We are all one family." Chen Xi turned to Guo Jia and warned him. Li You's behavior was really unbelievable in some aspects!

After all, going to my father-in-law's house to learn technology is a bit difficult to adapt to, but going to my old brother's house to learn technology, damn, isn't that just like going back home?

Although the old brother's technology is not advanced, is that a problem? Even if it is pure garbage technology, it is more advanced than theirs without garbage.

"Sixth brother, Sixth brother, are you going to suppress bandits here? I am an expert in suppressing bandits. I eat and drink your food here, and I also learn your skills in setting up and operating a town. I feel a little guilty about this. How about this, I will help you suppress bandits. There should be bandit troubles here." The young Qian Xin had been studying with Lao Liu for half a month. He felt a little guilty about eating and living with others, and felt that he needed to help Lao Liu with some personnel matters, so he patted his chest and suggested. "But there is nothing else. The brothers who came before have suppressed the bandits. This is the cleanest suppression of bandits I have seen in all these years. Even the village was turned into a wasteland, and the people were brought back to me." Bi Lao Liu said helplessly. He reached an agreement with the Anxi bandits near his home. Although the agreement can be torn up, the efficiency of tearing it up after his brothers came was too high.

The local people in the Parthian territory who have not yet surrendered to the Han Dynasty are basically considered bandits, because they are just like the Taishan bandits of the past. When they are busy, they work as farmers, and when they are slack, they turn into bandits to see if they can rob something, and the targets of their looting include but are not limited to other bandits.

The Cui and Yang families have been somewhat laissez-faire towards these bandits. After all, they have limited manpower. After occupying the core area, the remaining corners can be occupied by the Parthian bandits. As long as the bandits do not make trouble, the Cui and Yang families are too lazy to care.

After all, there are still millions of local people in Parthia, and they can't kill them all. Even if the Cui and Yang families are capable of doing such beastly things, there are not enough benefits, so they just let these bandits linger in the corners.

This is also the reason why when people like Bi Laoliu came to the local noble families with fief documents to sign, the local noble families basically would not refuse - giving it to these old soldiers would at least be giving it to their own people. If they didn't give it to these old soldiers, those corners would be occupied by the local bandits of Anxi.

Even though those bandits had been dealt with over the years and had developed some awareness of who the real locals were, and would not provoke the Han families in Central Asia, there were always some strange actions by those who were not locals, causing the Central Asian families to be annoyed over certain trivial matters.

Therefore, when an old soldier with a rank of ninth level or above comes running with a fiefdom document, saying that he is planning to find a fiefdom of dozens or hundreds of square kilometers in the local area, the local noble families will basically agree. Those bandits hiding in those corners, prepare to die!
This marginal area, which is not worth the effort of the major families to clear out, is still of great benefit to middle-level officers like Lao Liu.

This is the advantage of having a large territory. If the bandits can occupy and take root in corners that the major families look down upon, it means that those places are at least suitable for farming and have groundwater to draw on. The fact that there are thousands of Central Asian bandits camping there also means that if you take over that place and cultivate it carefully, you can at least create a village with a thousand people.

A village that can support thousands of people is enough for an ordinary veteran of the twelfth level who has no ambition like Lao Liu. If he is lucky, he can even open a mine. After all, if bandits want to survive, they need some weapons, and those who can stay for a long time also have some channels to obtain junk weapons. These are useless to the aristocratic families, but for Lao Liu's level, they are all good things like fragrant pork ribs.

The large village of more than 2,000 people that Lao Liu built was the result of his leading a team to investigate and survey the area for a long time. They finally found a bandit stronghold that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and then they took it over and built a village.

When Lao Liu just took it down, there were other bandits causing trouble nearby. Fortunately, Lao Liu was a professional scout and brought some old brothers with him. He also used to be a caravan guard in Central Asia and had some connections. Relying on the thirty rented war horses and the fighting power of his brothers, he wiped out the enemies, occupied the area, and then negotiated with the local bandits and established his position.

After all, they have a backer and their own strength is also good. The only two Parthian bandits who still have the spirit to fight back are Laguerre and his companions. The rest are basically struggling in the tide of the times.

So when Lao Liu was willing to trade with them, and he did have the strength, the surrounding bandits sat down and talked to Lao Liu. However, less than a year later, Lao Liu's Ganges brothers came, ate and drank Lao Liu's food, and felt sorry for Lao Liu after they were done. So the day before the first wave of Lao Liu's brothers ate and took away, they helped Lao Liu destroy a neighboring bandit village and helped Lao Liu expand his territory by thirty miles. Then Lao Liu's fiefdom absorbed the bandits and grew.

When this happened for the first time, Lao Liu thought it was great and was very grateful for his brothers' help. However, after three waves of guys came over and did the same thing, Lao Liu could no longer control his own village. After all, every time he annexed a group of bandits, it meant an increase in the difficulty of management. With Lao Liu's level, it was okay for him to control 2,000 to 3,000 people with a group of brothers and the militia...

But now, because the number of villages to be annexed has reached four, the old soldiers who went to do this are not good at killing. They all kill the main culprits and then let Lao Liu annex the other ones. As a result, there are so many annexations that Lao Liu is now full, so he has firmly refused the help of these brothers. If they continue to annex villages like this, his village will be ruined.

"With my level of ability, I can rely on my brothers to form a militia and manage a town of two to three thousand people. I can also do some farming, water power and so on. Now, because the brothers in front of me are always suppressing bandits, I now have more than 11,000 people. Do you know what more than 11,000 people look like?" Bi Laoliu said somewhat collapsed.

"I know." Qian Xin scratched his head and said, let alone 11,000 people, he had seen hundreds of thousands of them.

"Just managing where they poop is enough to kill me!" Bi Laoliu said in a state of despair. "I worked so hard to create a clean and tidy village, but now there's shit all over the road. I can't hold back my murderous intent any more!"

Qian Xin looked at Bi Laoliu awkwardly. If he didn't manage it well, would such a thing happen? Thinking carefully, when he was young, it seemed that the roads were like this too. Later, after Chen Xi took office, there were no such things on the roads. Sure enough, this is also something to learn!

"In short, if the problem cannot be resolved, I will have to expel some of the people." Bi Laoliu said with a grim expression.

Going to work is so painful. I can't get up in the morning, and I feel really cold.