Start with the humble bridegroom

Chapter 190
In the next few days, Zhang Zhe finally knew why the Southern Wu clan resisted Zheng Jun's entry beyond their control.

The Zhuangzi given to him by the emperor has jurisdiction over a total of 530 mu of land and [-] mu of forest in the county government book.

But the people Meng Xiaowan sent to take over Zhuangzi brought back five Zhuangzi the next day.

Jizhuang under the name of the Qi family of the original Xiushan family is actually divided into Dajizhuang, Xiaojizhuang, Qianjizhuang, Houjizhuang and Laojizhuang.There are actually [-] mu of land, and the mountain forest includes [-] mu of forest land on three hills.

The 110 and six slaves on the list are all stewards and their family members, with a hidden population of more than [-]!
Following the five village chiefs who came to pay a visit to Zhang Zhe, they also revealed an extremely important news to the new master.

"Returning to the master, the people in Laojizhuang found Wu Jun in the mountains. It was a team of about a hundred people. Maybe it was broken up. A few days ago, the Wu people even sent someone to secretly meet with Zhao's son, saying that it was If you want to recruit slaves to join the Wu army, you are afraid that you will be disrespectful to the masters. Also, the Qi family has a granddaughter who is now hiding in Xiaojizhuang, and the slaves are under surveillance."

"Good job, Zhuangzi, I think you guys will continue to take care of it, and report to Gu San if you have something to do." Zhang Zhe smiled and pointed to the person Meng Xiaowan sent to accept Zhuangzi, "Gu San, take them with you." Go down and have a drink."

The bosses burst into laughter immediately, and sure enough, if they changed masters, as long as they showed their loyalty, their own interests would remain the same.A few people were planning in their hearts, to pay respect to this Gu San later, everything will not be the same.

After all these people went out, Zhang Zhe's face darkened.

It is not uncommon to have remnants of the Wu army in the mountains, and it is not uncommon for the children of the six families to retaliate against the Zheng people.However, the habits of slaves in Wu made him feel uneasy. Compared with the slaves in Zheng, these people had almost no sense of right and wrong.

If Zheng Jun's battle is unfavorable, these people are afraid that they will be the first to betray themselves.

After dealing with the matter of the remnants of the army, I am afraid that none of these people will be able to stay.

"The registered population in the county is only over 4, but in the past few days, more than [-] hidden slaves have been cleared out!" Yue Tang's face turned livid, "I thought I had guessed enough about these aristocratic families before, but I still underestimated the greed of this person."

"Xiushan is a lower county in the Nanwu book, and the land in the book is only four thousand. But in the past few days, if you don't believe me, in your village, the total number of fields cleared from various places exceeds [-]. This Xiushan is clearly an upper-middle county. "Wei Po's face was rosy, Xiaxian county lieutenant and Zhongxian county lieutenant are not in the same rank, if he reported it, he would be promoted directly to the first rank without waiting for three years.

Zhang Zhe didn't make a sound on the side.

He is not a serious official, his actual status is just a scholar, Yue Tang just invited him to listen politely because of his official rank and poetic talent.

But Wei Po's next sentence made Zhang Zhe know that he was wrong.

"There are about a hundred remnants of the Southern Wu army, hiding in the mountains and forests. If they collude with unruly people, it will definitely be a disaster for Xiushan. Before that, they deliberately showed their traces in Qingzhao Township. According to the signs, there were only nine or ten people. In fact, they wanted to lure me to divide the army. To suppress, so as to defeat a certain 200 people one by one. A certain army (50 people) will lead the way and lead the thieves to attack. The whole army will follow behind and attack both front and back.

The strategy was good, but Zhang Zhe was taken aback, Wei Po's entire army had left the county seat, so who would guard the county seat?
"The county lieutenant can go to battle for as short as two or three days, and as long as ten days. Somebody discussed with the county lieutenant that the county guards would like to ask the people under his command to work hard." Although Yue Tang's words were polite, but he was the big boss in the county at this time, Zhang Zhe Youying Minzhuang, who was recuperating here, was obliged to obey his necessary command, but Zhang Zhe couldn't avoid this errand.

There are four gates in Xiushan County.

After Zhang Zhe gathered 20 beggars, he picked out the [-] oldest and weakest and left them in the private warehouse.

Then Zhang Zhe closed the south gate and the north gate, leaving only the east and west gates.

The weather was damp and cold, so he left a group of ten people at each city head and city gate, and exchanged them every quarter, and kept a fresh force of 200 people in his hand at all times.

On the second day, Yue Tang, who was extremely busy, made an unannounced visit and commented very well on Zhang Zhe's arrangement.

Wei Po's strategy worked at the beginning, but when the encirclement was encircled, the disadvantage that the county soldiers were not as good as the regular army still appeared.Because of the unfamiliar terrain, the outflanking speed of one of the villages was slower, causing more than 60 remnants of the Southern Wu army to escape.

After seven days of chasing and killing, Wei Po's county soldiers had reached their limit.

According to the latest news that came back, the county soldiers are now repairing in Dami Township, and the remaining more than 50 Southern Wu remnants have disappeared.

"It's not good," Yue Tang's face was very haggard, "The six clans were wiped out, and too many private slaves were left to become official servants, and now they are a little unstable."

Zhang Zhe, who was invited to the Xiushan county government office, was a little surprised, because he had received news before coming that the servants of Zhuangzi under him heard that they were very peaceful.

Zhang Zhe's question was quickly answered by Yue Tang.

"Private slaves are mostly attached to the master's fields and properties, and there is little risk of ruin. Even if the master transfers them to other places, most of them can eventually return to their homeland. The official slaves are different. As long as the court needs them, they will be drawn everywhere. Let you go, and you don’t care about the separation of wives and children. Therefore, private slaves are much easier to manage than official slaves. Otherwise, I believe that, why didn’t you immediately take all the extra private slaves under your name as official slaves, but put them in your continue to raise her under the name of her?"

Zhang Zhe just thought about it for a while, and then he thought of the key point.

"Brother Yue wants to solve this matter, either Wei County Lieutenant returns to the army immediately, and there are county soldiers in the city, and the officials and servants inside and outside the city are all afraid; or there is a heavy snow, which cuts off the road and makes it difficult for people to travel. Unless the official servants are not afraid of freezing to death, there will be no chaos; or else, Brother Yue has connected these official servants with the fields that were confiscated, and they have completely stabilized their minds."

"Brother also thought of these points, but Wei Po may not have any results for a while, and expecting a heavy snow is something that cannot be met, so I can only make a fuss about the errands of officials and servants." Yue Tang Handed a piece of paper to Zhang Zhe.

"I've been thinking about it for two days, and I'm going to distribute the harvested land to these officials and maidservants to cultivate, but I haven't thought through the details, so I invite my virtuous brother to discuss it together." Yue Tang actually forgot about the master book. In the end, in his opinion, Zhang Xinzhi was much more credible than that person.

Zhang Zhe just glanced at it and handed the paper back.

"Brother Yue, why do you need to give any details, as long as you pass on this idea, most of the officials and servants will feel at ease. There are still one or two months before leaving Spring, and the details are arranged at this time. Just want to make trouble."

Yue Tang was taken aback for a moment, then smiled: "Xinzhi really woke me up."

(End of this chapter)