Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 519
Lushun.

Dalian port.

Lushun prefect Luo Cunxiao brought a group of generals to greet him.

"I heard that you actually recruited Wang Bo?"

"Well, not only did I recruit Wang Bo, but I also recruited those elite fighters from the exiled rebels to join the army."

"You are too courageous. These people are rebels. They were going to be executed. It was you who saved them and let them be exiled to Liaodong. Now you are about to recruit them into your army. You are not afraid of someone Impeach you?"

Luo Cheng patted his brother on the shoulder.

"Fourth, don't you look at what's going on now. Although His Majesty has issued an imperial edict to conquer Goguryeo three times, in my opinion, these three conquers may not be possible. Look at the Central Plains now. Although Yang Xuangan and Liu Yuanjin both It was calmed down, but the place was not peaceful, on the contrary, it became more and more violent."

The emperor said the three signs, but if the world doesn't follow, the emperor can't do anything.

But he, Luo Cheng, in Liaodong, may have to bear the pressure of Goguryeo alone, and it may even be that the emperor Zhongyuan could not send an army in the end, and instead asked him to fight alone.

"It's better to make some plans early."

"Originally, after the turmoil in Jiangdu was pacified, tens of thousands of people would be exiled to Liaodong, but I learned that Wang Shichong was doing things in Jiangnan. .”

The entire Liaodong now has quite a few soldiers and horses.

Lushun had [-] soldiers, and Jian'an had [-] soldiers. In Liaodong, there was an army left by Luo Yi, and Xincheng was guarded by an army led by Li Yuan. In addition, Qu Tutong guarded Liucheng, and Wang Rengong guarded Liaoxi.

The six counties add up to more than [-] soldiers, but the two towns of Liaoxi and Liucheng are west of the Liaohe River.

Li Yuan was stationed in Xincheng to unite the army, Song Laosheng was stationed in Jian'an with four thousand troops, and Luo Cunxiao was stationed in Lvshun with six thousand troops.

Luo Cheng, a member of the Liaodong and Liaoxi military forces, controls the soldiers and horses of the six counties, but except for the two armies of Song Laosheng and Luo Cunxiao, it is estimated that the others are not very restrained.

In fact, there are not too few soldiers in Liaodong and Liaoxi, but the problem is that supplies are completely dependent on the customs, and the localities cannot support themselves at all.

Once the turmoil in the Central Plains continues, the supply will be very difficult. Even if there are [-] soldiers, they will not be able to sustain it, and it is very likely that some troops will be withdrawn at that time.

He now has two plans for recruiting exiles from the rebel army. One is to increase his strength as much as possible, and the other is to appease those who have not been exiled. After all, many exiles are exiled by the whole family, and some people are in the army Being a soldier can always bring the relationship closer, rather than completely confronting each other.

"Cunxiao, what is the population of Lushun now?"

Hearing this, the fourth child shook his head.

"There is no population, that is, our [-] garrison, and then there are about [-] Goguryeo prisoners, and there are about a few thousand fishermen and merchants, but they are only here to fish and do business."

Those [-] captives were left behind to build the city and fort last time.

Luo Cheng thought for a while, "What about the people who were exiled before?"

"It's still in the port of Lushun. There are several groups, about [-] people. I don't know how to arrange them. Let them build the castle together for the time being."

Now at this time, it is already autumn, and winter wheat can still be planted at this time.

"I brought about [-] refugees this time. Including yours here, there are a total of [-] refugees and [-] Goguryeo captives. Now this season, you can still plant winter wheat. You have to stop building cities and grab the wheat. Sow it, and you will have a harvest next spring."

"We have food now, and it has been transported from Donglai."

"It won't be long before Donglai Port will be frozen, and sailing will be suspended. Besides, what is sent over there is only military rations. What about the rations of these captives and refugees? Will they starve to death in winter? It has to be done Prepare for the long term, and hurry up to plant in autumn now."

"How?" The fourth child was not interested in these things, and he didn't know how to start.

Luo Cheng had already thought about this issue when he came, and had a plan in mind.

"In this way, for the [-] soldiers stationed in Lushun, you will allocate [-] acres of land to each of them, and the refugees and prisoners will also be allocated [-] acres of land for each. The soldiers' land will be collectively cultivated and harvested by the soldiers. The agricultural tools and so on are all provided by your Lushun yamen, and half of the harvested food will be distributed to the soldiers, and the other half will be returned to the government as military rations."

"The land cultivated by refugees and criminal prisoners, farm tools, cattle, seeds, etc. are leased to them by the yamen, and the harvested grain is rented for [-]% of the seeds, farm tools, cattle, etc., [-]% for the refugees and criminal prisoners, and the remaining [-]%. yamen."

This is considered a semi-military settlement. The military settlement is farmed by soldiers, and all the proceeds go to the barracks. However, Luo Cheng was able to stimulate everyone's enthusiasm and benefit everyone, so the Yamen only received half of the income in the end.

"Then do you have to charge the rent?"

"Of course not, this is a military settlement, and the income from the military settlement is needed by the frontier army."

"If there is any remaining land, it can be used as public land or official land, and let people rent it out. Half of the income will go to the tenants, and half will go to the public land or official income."

[-] captives plus [-] refugees, of which one-third are estimated to be young and strong. Calculated on the basis of [-] mu, they can cultivate about [-] hectares of land, and the [-] garrison and [-] hectares will be less than [-] hectares in total. .

There is still plenty of land.

"The rest of the land will be distributed to the officers and soldiers as Xuntian Yongyetian. Each soldier will first give [-] acres as Yongye Tian, ​​and the rest will be given to those who have honors as Xuntian."

"The rest are public land and official land."

"There are so many lands, and only so few people, they can't be planted."

Luo Cheng didn't care if he planted or not. If there was no division, it was a wasteland.

But if it is divided, it will belong to the soldiers. For these soldiers who live in the Central Plains and come to the sea, this will undoubtedly strengthen their feelings for this land.

"I can't grow it now, but I can grow it in the future. I will also find a way to continue to immigrate from the Central Plains. At that time, if I have a field in my hand, I can rent it out to those refugees for farming, and just wait for the rent to be collected. This is good for the brothers. , isn't it a good thing?"

Now many people have not really regarded the land of Liaodong as belonging to the Central Plains, and Goguryeo is still alive. No one knows what kind of repetitions Liaodong will have.

So whether it's the court or the nobles, they haven't reached out their hands yet.Luo Cheng is going to make this time difference now, since he came first, he has to come first.

Divide the land first, and distribute it to the soldiers under your command. Regardless of whether you can plant it now, the land is yours if you divide it.

"By the way, there is one more thing you need to do. There are also many women among those captives. You pick out the unmarried ones among them, and then arrange for the brothers stationed here to take a concubine here."

"Take a concubine?" The fourth child couldn't figure out what was going on in Luo Cheng's mind.

"Well, let the garrison brothers take Goguryeo women as concubines, have land and women, and have children in the future, so they will station here with all their heart, understand?"

The fourth child was amazed, "Are you planning not to go back in the future?"

"Just in case!"

(End of this chapter)