Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1206 The Power of the Criminal Order
The more than [-] soldiers sent by the Hongwu Army freed the Xiagu County Office from the embarrassment of lack of available personnel.

More than 200 of them are craftsmen conscripted from Hongnong, Hedong and other places, each with their own skills, and they cannot be regarded as ordinary forced labor.The other [-] or so people were captured by the Hongwu army when they broke through the surrounding walls.

Although the size of Zhaishiwu is quite large in Zuojin Township, it is difficult to accommodate such a large population in a hurry.Moreover, Zhai Ci couldn't feel at ease for a while about accepting so many foreigners.Wang Meng simply took advantage of the situation and proposed to move the county office out of the dock and build another county government on Jinshibei.

There are hundreds of craftsmen and strong people available, and together with the wild food collected before, the number of registered officials in the county office will soon reach more than [-].And most of them are young and strong, and this force has even approached the original Zhaishiwu.

After all, there are thousands of people in Wubi, but after many years of fighting and fatigue, the real young labor is not enough, and the many women, children, old and weak have increased the burden on the whole Wubi.

Next, Wang Meng took advantage of the situation and proposed to ration the widowed and weak women in the dock to those soldiers as wives, so that each of them could have a family to stabilize people's hearts and reproduce and develop.

Zhai Ci didn't hesitate for a long time, then nodded and agreed. With the arrival of Wang Xue's battalion of Hongwu troops and many soldiers, his original intention to evade Wang Meng failed. It is really limited and gradually marginalized in specific affairs.In addition, the county office moved out of its own dock wall, which made its own sense of existence weaker and weaker.

Although after these women and children are married, they will be classified as county officials and people, and they will no longer be the population of his Wubi.But the existence of these people in Wubi is a burden. After they are dispatched, on the one hand, it will weaken the support burden of the family itself, and on the other hand, it will also strengthen his influence on the entire county office.

Moreover, seeing that the county office is becoming more and more decent, Zhai Ci's consciousness as a county magistrate is also getting stronger and stronger. Not only is he enthusiastic about organizing the marriage of widows in his own Wubi, he even personally visited several nearby villages and persuaded these villagers to join in. .In order to win over these township parties, the subordinate officials he originally appointed were gradually abolished and replaced by those township people.

In this way, the influence of the Xiagui County Office is no longer limited to Zhai's Wu, but gradually has influence in the entire Jinshibei.

Wang Meng was not surprised by Zhai Ci's change of attitude.Although he was indeed not lacking in inducements in the process of transformation, the desire for rules and regulations is in everyone's heart.Especially when he is sure that he can become a beneficiary of the system, his enthusiasm will soon surpass that of Wang Meng, the initiator.

In nearly half a month, the number of registered official households in Xiagu County reached nearly [-]. Even without considering the Hongwu Army stationed nearby, these official households alone cannot be ignored by any Wubi master in the surrounding area. the power of.

Being able to gather so many people in such a short period of time, the supplies provided by the Hongwu Army, especially the food, were of great help.

Speaking of this point, Wang Meng couldn't help feeling that the Hongwu army was worthy of being one of the elite of the Xingtai Fourth Army, regardless of its combat effectiveness, the ability to feed on the wild because of the food provided by the enemy is really too strong.

When the army goes deep into the enemy's rear, the biggest difficulty is not that there are enemies everywhere, but that there is no stable logistical supplement.Before going west from Hongnong, although they carried nearly a thousand dendrobiums of grain, they consumed a lot along the way. After entering the country, they had to satisfy the thousands of soldiers of the Hongwu Army and a large number of captives. Generally speaking, this grain is basically A drop in the bucket.

But this time Xiao Yuandong sent Wang Meng a total of [-] hu of grain with a wave of his hand. With these grains as a foundation, Wang Meng could naturally recruit wandering food freely, which caused a surge in officials and people.

He was also curious about how the Hongwu army met their own needs, but after seeing that battalion of Hongwu troops entering the country, they quickly fell into pieces and scattered around for fishing and hunting operations. In a very short period of time, all kinds of hunting were piled up. camp.

Although the soldier, Wang Xue, was old, his field hunting skills were more exquisite than the most skilled hunters, and he also had the ability to process various kinds of smoked and roasted ingredients.

Wang Meng even suspected for a while that the battalion leader Wang might have only meager fighting skills, and he became the commander of the battalion purely by relying on these survival skills.It's just that this idea is too disrespectful, and Wang Meng only dared to mutter it in his heart, and dared not ask in person.

Of course, these methods of foraging in the wild are just icing on the cake, the most important thing is that the Hongwu army is extremely powerful. It is said that Xiao Yuandong alone conquered several dock walls in Jingzhao suburban county, and the grain and goods he obtained amounted to more than two thousand dendrobium.Although Guanzhong is in turmoil, those dock masters are on their own side, and some powerful ones have quite a lot of savings.

Of course, the subsidies for the goods sent by Xiao Yuandong were not for nothing, and there was another specific task, which was to let Wang Meng organize production as soon as possible to provide Hongwu Army with arrows, repair equipment, and so on.

Naturally, Wang Meng didn't dare to neglect this. When a considerable amount of manpower was available, he immediately organized manpower to cut bamboo and prepare materials in the surrounding areas, and offered extremely high rewards to recruit such craftsmen.Of course, the so-called rewards are only relative terms, and there are many applicants for the daily food fight, and there are even many shady households near the wall who fled privately to apply.

This incident naturally aroused dissatisfaction among some of the wall masters around. Some people themselves were not very satisfied with this so-called county office, and it was inevitable that they would use this to correct the public.

But soon, Wang Meng included tea, sugar and other in-demand goods in his salary. Although it was only a small amount, these were undoubtedly high-end goods in Guanzhong, and the key was that he couldn't produce them at all.In addition, these rural households live deep in the countryside, and usually seldom go out of the dock, even if they want to sell it long distance, they don't have the strength and channels.

Therefore, soon those who made troubles became enthusiastic workers, and they had a lot of people, and there was no shortage of manpower.In the lazy dock wall, the daily harvest of woodcutters and farming is slightly poor, or sending people out to work in exchange for those goods that have a price but no market, this is an account that a fool can understand.

Even Zhai Ci was so heartbroken that he almost had an argument with Wang Meng when he saw this. It was Wang Xue who came forward to persuade Zhai Ci to be entangled and endure, saying that the military needs were the most urgent and that there was no slack.

But originally he was dispensable to the county magistrate's salary. When he knew that the salary also included these scarce goods, he became full of enthusiasm and responded promptly every day. Although he didn't know what to do, his attitude was Become perfectly upright.

In the countryside, there are many docks and walls, each forming an isolated island. If they are not close to each other, they also lack communication.However, because of the circulation of these treasures, it actually broke the barriers between those dock walls.

Taking advantage of this momentum, Wang Meng also repeatedly issued administrative orders, although they were all trivial matters that did not affect the respective interests of the township and clan, such as ordering each family to set up a ritual gate outside the Wubi gate in accordance with the regulations of the county office. If it is not set up, it is a violation of households; in addition, it is to divide the borders of the township, and let the township households report to each other. If there is a conflict, each representative will come to the county office to request arbitration.

Although these regulations are only voluntary, even if they should not be forced, they have also set off a wave in the countryside.Soon the entire Xiabi County was surveyed, and there were nine townships in Hede, and there were hundreds of Shun households. Of course, these hundred households could not all be high-walled and deep-built docks, and there were also a considerable number of small households from poor families. .

After more than a month, in mid-April, the county government of Xiagui, which was built from a poor and a blank, gradually began to look good.There is an independent county office, covering an area of ​​more than an hectare, with a total of seventeen houses, surrounded by a simple county town composed of fences and shantytowns, covering an area of ​​about five hectares.

The entire county office, including the county magistrate Zhai Ci, has a total of more than [-] officials. Although only half of them are actually in charge, they can ensure that all affairs can be divided into operations.

There are 96 rural households with a total of more than 730 people. There are [-] hectares of cultivated land and more than [-] hectares of barren land.From this point, it can also be seen that these Guanzhong villagers are not very sensitive to the land. Basically, as long as they exceed a certain distance from their own dock wall, they will be delineated and recorded by the county office.

But the number of people is definitely one of their bottom lines. Even the county magistrate Zhai Ci himself has thousands of people, but the only people who are really willing to be naturalized are the immediate family members, wives and children.

However, the number of registered official households is not small, reaching nearly [-] households.Official households are different from rural households in that their personal and property are absolutely under the control of the county office. This is also deeply influenced by Wang Meng's administrative style. Household servants will never be exempted.

In addition, the county also set up a patrol village training, a total of more than [-] village soldiers, among which the young and strong such as Zhai Hu in Zhai's Wuzhong accounted for almost half of them.It can be seen that although Zhai Ci has little understanding of the rules and regulations, he also knows that military power is the most reliable means of consolidating power, and he will never hand over these rural powers to others.

These township trainees are mainly patrolling the properties of the county office, including a small market, three canals and ponds, two ferries, five lumberyards, one mine and one pottery and one smelter, water reels, There are also more than ten scattered industries such as retting and milling.

These industries still have no or very little income at the moment, because the main labor force is official households that do not need labor, so the expenditure is not much.

The most important expenditure is food. The food supported by Xiao Yuandong has been exhausted very early, and the rest is mainly replenished by Shiyi.The tea, caramel, silk and other goods distributed by the county office were also exhausted during this period.

Seeing the empty warehouse, Zhai Ci felt like crying without tears. Although these goods are public money and not his personal wealth, seeing a little bit of them being transported out and being consumed invisible makes him really heartbroken. Incomparable.

If it weren't for the fact that there was a battalion of Hongwu troops watching, and that the county magistrate was doing more and more serious things, he really couldn't tolerate Wang Meng's excessive consumption!

But soon Wang Meng's proposal made him forget the heartache of dissipating his huge wealth: "The Ming Dynasty was ordered to take charge of the rural environment, and the construction and laying have been completed. Next, punishment and rewards will be used. Praise for meritorious deeds, and punishment If the crime is punished, if the rope and the weapon are not used, the law will not exist!"

"Jing Lue's words are very kind! For example, the evil family You family in the village, the county has repeatedly ordered them to move into the house, but his family dares to refuse to return it for a long time. If this disobedient family is not severely punished, there is really no way to gain authority and credibility!"

Hearing this, Zhai Ci's old eyes also shined, looked at Wang Meng and asked: "If I punish You by criminal order, will the Hongwu Army help me?"

After Wang Meng heard the words, he said with a smile: "The power of the punishment order was not revealed before, because the rules and regulations did not exist. Now that the order is complete, how can we be patient anymore! How can you be the only one who rebelled against households in the village? Its minions are attached to it, and those who have repeatedly taught them to be bad will be under the command, and then the master will punish them with light and severe punishments!"

(End of this chapter)