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Chapter 226 Brigadier, My Head is Worth 1 Taels
Shi Xiaolei from Lantian County smiled while holding a reward order issued by Xi'an Mansion: "Hahaha... Interesting, so interesting, brigade commander, take a look, come and take a look, my head is worth 1 taels of silver now."

Shi Xiaolei said with a smile, it was the first time he was rewarded with so much money, he was a little excited, after hearing this Li Chaosheng glanced at him and said: "To be precise, the heads of you and Brother Chaolong are worth 1 yuan Two denarii."

Shi Xiaolei said at this time: "That's not worth it, why don't you report it first, get the 5000 taels of silver, and then go with your own head, so you can earn 5000 taels."

Li Chaosheng laughed loudly when he heard this, and said: "You really are a motherly talent, that's enough, stop talking nonsense, your firearms battalion exposed a lot of problems in this battle, you should go back and take your soldiers to improve it Well, by the way, communicate with Old Sun and the others, your feedback is very important for them to improve their firearms."

Hearing this, Shi Xiaolei said: "I went to find them, but Old Sun ignored me. He seems to be researching some gunpowder formula that you gave us, brigade commander."

Li Chaosheng was very satisfied when he heard this. The old grandson usually doesn't talk too much, but he has always completed the things he explained seriously, and he has never cut corners. This is what Li Chaosheng, the foreman, the old grandson, agrees with.

Shi Xiaolei said while looking at Li Chaosheng: "Brigade Commander, our team has not been expanded for a while, and we now control a population of more than 30. There are only more than 6000 regular troops. Is it a little less?"

After listening to Shi Xiaolei's words, Li Chaosheng said: "It's okay, thirty to one, such a ratio of troops is the least burden on Lantian County's economy. In addition, although we only have 4 regular troops, our townships and towns have enough troops. The militia has reached more than [-] people, although they are not full-time, but their combat effectiveness is not weak, and if they are organized seriously, they will be much stronger than the guards of Ming Dynasty."

Li Chaosheng said, Shi Xiaolei said: "Even if we add the militia, we still have less than 5 people. Wang Jiayin and Hong Chengchou don't have [-] people in their hands. Compared with them, our soldiers are too few."

Hearing Shi Xiaolei's words, Li Chaosheng pondered a little. This is also true. Compared with these people, his own soldiers and horses are a bit too small. Thinking of this, Li Chaosheng pondered a little: "That's right, it seems that we can try to expand the army Yes, at least expand to 1 people."

Li Chaosheng thought about it, then said to Shi Xiaolei: "Go and find Li Chaolong and Liu Airen."

Shi Xiaolei laughed immediately after hearing this: "Okay!"

Immediately after, they ran out to look for Liu Airen and Li Chaolong. Half an hour later, the two arrived at Li Chaosheng's county government office. Some are less, and I am going to expand the army to [-]."

After hearing this, Li Chaolong said excitedly: "Okay, the expansion of the army should have been long ago, and the big guys have already discussed it."

Li Chaosheng said at this time: "However, expanding the army is not blindly expanding the army. Our Lantian County has the rules of Lantian County in expanding the army. In this way, we will start to take in the victims in winter. At present, with the 20 dans of grain we have obtained, we can recruit them this year." Seventy thousand refugees, when these refugees integrate into our Lantian County, they will fill the vacancies in the county's labor force, Liu Airen."

"arrive."

"In your militia team, select 4000 militiamen who meet our county's conscription standards in all aspects and send them to the Lantian camp, and then Li Chaolong will conduct training. After the training is completed, they will be integrated into the major battalions. At that time, Lao Tzu can be promoted to be a teacher."

Li Chaosheng said, looked at the two people in front of him and said, "When the time comes, you can also be promoted."

Both of them laughed when they heard the words, followed by saluting together: "I promise to complete the task."

After sending the two away, Li Chaosheng found Guo Bao and Master Liu to discuss the work of accommodating the victims. In fact, it is very simple, that is, to take in the victims from now on. The work of accommodating the victims is very simple, but precautions must be taken. After the victims entered Lantian territory, the local militia immediately sent them to an isolation point in a village or town.

No one knows whether these people have the virus, whether they are carrying the plague, and they must first undergo a one-month labor isolation.

The isolation points brought by these people are actually the construction sites where the reservoir will be built outside, where they can work and isolate for a month.

Li Chaosheng will use them to build the reservoir in the newly occupied area. After the reservoir is built, it will be considered as a contribution to Lantian County. The victims of the disaster took back to their own villages, and then each person was allowed to lease one mu of land as a ration field. Except for some land rent, the remaining output of this land was all the personal harvest of this person.

And since these victims are promoting the planting of new crops such as corn and sweet potatoes, the output is enough for these people to eat and drink. A canal has been built, and the county magistrate has helped plant some land. As long as they are not too lazy, they will soon be able to live a relatively good life.

And as long as the life is stable, the big guys will support Lantian and have a sense of belonging to Lantian County. Over time, if anyone comes over to prevent them from living like this, they will fight desperately. The foundation of Chaosheng's rule can be said that Li Chaosheng did not expand his territory by force.

Instead, use this method to expand the territory and expand the power, so that every piece of land that is merged into Lantian is real land, and no one can divide it.

This is what Li Chaosheng has mentioned many times, that the best policy is to strengthen the country without the risk of mountains and rivers, and to preside over the world without the benefit of military revolution.

The loss of Fan Yongfa's 20 tans of grain also alarmed many people in Shaanxi. At this time, in a valley in Yulin, Shaanxi, Wang Jiayin looked at a government announcement and said angrily: "Oh, what a deal I missed. , 20 dans of grain, enough for us to eat for several months, this damn Fan family is really rich."

After hearing this, Wang Ziyong said: "Brother, don't be upset. Let's sit here and rest for a while. After resting, we will attack Yulin Mansion. We will have food if we take down Yulin Mansion."

Wang Jiayin frowned and said: "Yulin is not easy to fight, Hong Chengchou and Yang He are not easy to deal with, we can't act blindly."

After hearing this, Wang Ziyong said: "I can control those, they are only one hundred thousand soldiers and horses. If we take down Yulin Mansion and engulf the people in the city, we will have 30 people. It will be better to fight with the surname Hong at that time. Chased and beaten by him."

After hearing this, Wang Jiayin laughed and said: "Don't worry, don't worry, Hong Chengchou is in a hurry now, and his flaws have been exposed, give us some time, defeating him will not be a problem."

After hearing this, Wang Ziyong immediately said excitedly: "Haha, that's good, that's good."

Wang Jiayin looked at Wang Ziyong at this time and said: "But if Hong Chengchou is defeated, we can't stay in northern Shaanxi. We must go to Gansu, Shanxi."

"Ah, why?"

Wang Ziyong asked, and Wang Jiayin said, "Because the whole area in northern Shaanxi can no longer support us."

After hearing this, Wang Ziyong said: "Southern Shaanxi is still very fat. I heard people say that Lantian County in southern Shaanxi is very rich. If we can rob them, we can live a comfortable life."

Wang Jiayin heard this and said: "We can't get through, Xi'an Mansion is heavily guarded, we can't break through the defense line of Xi'an Mansion, we can only watch this piece of fat in Lantian."

Hearing this, Wang Ziyong sighed: "Damn, she's really holding her breath. By the way, big brother, I recently met a good man in Dingbian. His name is Zhang Xianzhong. He is quite powerful. Everyone in the company calls him Huang Hu." , I went to recruit him, and he said to let him go back to his hometown to prepare, and after winter, he gathered brothers from his hometown Shibazhai to join us."

After hearing this, Wang Jiayin laughed and said, "Okay, the more heroes like this the better, if there are more heroes like this, it will be the end of Ming Dynasty, hahaha..."

Wang Jiayin laughed, and Wang Ziyong also smiled happily. Although they had a hard life, they didn't feel it. No matter how hard it was, could they still live in the past?
At the frontier army camp in Shaanxi, Hong Chengchou was playing chess with Yang He at this time. Yang He was kind to Hong Chengchou. Originally, Hong Chengchou was only the governor of Shaanxi and not in charge of the military. However, after Yang He came, because no one was available, he gave it to Hong Chengchou. In terms of military power, Hong Chengchou did a pretty good job. It is considered that Yang He's subordinates are rare talents who can stand alone.

The two were playing chess, when Yang He sighed: "Wang Jiayin and the bandits ran away again."

Hong Chengchou said: "There is no way, these thieves are all connected to each other. If you want to catch Wang Jiayin, then Yichuan Wang Zuogua, Xin'an's Shen Yiyuan, and Heshui's Shen Yikui are all obstacles. If you don't get rid of them first, you want to catch Wang Jiayin. Difficult to reach the sky."

After hearing this, Yang He's expression remained unchanged, but he glanced at Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou lowered his eyes and looked at the chessboard at this moment, as if his words were all unintentional.

The few people Hong Chengchou mentioned just now, especially Shen Yikui and Shen Yiyuan brothers are the benchmarks set up by Yang He. Yang He's attitude towards the Shaanxi rebels is pity, and his idea of ​​​​suppressing bandits is Zhao'an.

In fact, this proposition cannot be wrong, it can only be said to be too kind. Yang He believes that the people rebelled not because they really want to rebel, but because they want to have enough food. Shaanxi can be pacified without a fight.

But Yang He didn't know that the hearts of most people in Shaanxi had changed at this time, and the more important problem was that Yang He couldn't solve the food problem of Shaanxi people. Once he calms down, he will really be the one who turned the tide of Daming.

It's a pity that he is not. He has no way to solve the food problem of Shaanxi people, and he is too kind to the rebels, which leads to his tragic ending. That is, many years later, the brother Shen Yikui, who he set up as a benchmark, rebelled and led to his impeachment , As a result, he was sent to the army and died on the road.

And it was also his soft-hearted policy over the years that raised the Shaanxi bandits, each with a fat head and big ears, with big tails that couldn't fall off, and finally caused the entire empire to be buried with him.

It can be said that Yang He didn't complain about his death, but Yang He didn't think he was wrong, at least not now. They thought they did a good job. In order to subdue Shen Yikui brothers, Yang He even invited Shen Yikui's son-in-law I went to the army tent, ate and lived with him, and I don’t know why Shen Yikui came to surrender, so Yang He pardoned Shen Yikui’s crimes in public, and then he still hasn’t dismissed Shen Yikui’s army , arranged an official position for them, and gave them Ansai City as a place to garrison troops.

The angry general Du Wenhuan yelled and cursed, and finally left with his own people disheartened.

It was precisely because of this that Hong Chengchou came to play chess with Yang He, and wanted to point out his boss by the way.

Yang He looked at Hong Chengchou at this time and said, "Yanyan thinks I shouldn't recruit Shen Yikui?"

At this moment Hong Chengchou hurriedly cupped his fists: "The humble job has absolutely no such intention."

After saying this, Hong Chengchou lowered his head and said: "However, I feel that the thieves and bandits are hard to change. It is better to eradicate them than to recruit them, so as to avoid future troubles."

Hearing this, Yang He looked at Hong Chengchou and said, "Yanyan, these people rebelled only because they had no food to eat and couldn't survive. They are all citizens of Ming Dynasty, how can you and I disregard the life and death of the people as officials?"

Hong Chengchou said: "No matter how pitiful they are, they should not rebel. They should pay the price for their rebellion."

"No, no, they have no choice but to rebel. If they have a mouthful of food, why would they rebel? We can't just kill and suppress the people, otherwise it will only lead to more people rebelling and bring us more enemies. We can't kill all the people then, can we?"

Yang He asked Hong Chengchou back, and Hong Chengchou said: "My lord is right. They rebelled because they couldn't eat. As long as they have enough to eat, they won't rebel. But sir, do we have the ability to make all the people in northern Shaanxi have enough to eat?" ?”

"This……"

Yang He was somewhat at a loss for words when asked by Hong Chengchou, but Yang He thought for a while and continued: "There is always a way. You see, although Shaanxi has disasters, but Lantian County, Lantian County has good weather, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. If all places in Shaanxi Like Lantian County, wouldn’t Shaanxi be pacified?”

After hearing this, Hong Chengchou shook his head with a wry smile and said, "My lord, there is only one Lantian in Shaanxi, and the success of Lantian cannot be replicated."

Yang He frowned, wanted to say something, but sighed helplessly, but said stubbornly: "There will always be a way."

In fact, Yang He knew in his heart that there was no way to learn from Lantian in Shaanxi, and even all places in Ming Dynasty couldn't learn from Lantian. Yang He had investigated Lantian's success. It was actually very simple, and there was nothing surprising about it. There is nothing surprising about the water canals, the repair of reservoirs, and the management of the place, all of which are stipulated by the Great Ming Law.

Even so, officials in other places couldn’t do it. What’s the reason? People become officials to get rich. Everyone wants to get rich, so they can only squeeze the people. As for the construction of water canals, who pays for it?
If everyone is public, who can shake this great tomorrow, what a pity, what a pity.

(End of this chapter)