A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1022: Are our Wu family going to rebel?

Afa stood under the awarding platform,

Due to the attack of malaria, alternating between hot and cold, he was in a trance. He raised his fists and shouted with everyone to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty and to protect Luzon.

Looking at the man with the surname Ji Guo, who was about the same age as him, so beautiful on the awarding stage, his eyes were full of envy. I am a Danmin Ting, but the man on the stage is also a Dongyi barbarian, but he can be so beautiful.

At the fifth rank of military merit, he was awarded the title of Captain of the Cavalry, and was also awarded the title of Knight of the Holy Shield. The land and knight fiefs totaled nearly a thousand acres, as well as a complete set of sophisticated knight equipment, and two war horses.

Ah Fa's eyes were red and his ears were hot.

"Afa,"

The leader of the team next to him pushed him, "Your name has been called, it's your turn, come on stage and receive the honor."

Ah Fa was a little sick and confused, but the team leader pinched his legs hard twice, which cheered him up a bit, and he was pushed onto the stage by the team leader.

"Liang Changfa, the commander of the Luzon Army, meets with the Marquis!"

"Kneel down and listen to the seal," Ye Fashan said loudly next to him.

Ah Fa knelt down on one knee to Wu Chengzhi,

Wu Chengzhi announced Afa's military exploits in public, and surrounded and captured more than 500 people with his captain. Then he led a group of people to escort the prisoners back halfway, and encountered hundreds of enemies. He took the initiative to attack, beheaded two enemy clan leaders with his own hands, and captured the elders alive. One man, three clan leaders, led his group to capture more than 300 enemies...

These achievements earned him the second rank of Pioneer.

After recording the third rank of the honor, he was awarded the title of Flying Cavalry Lieutenant. He was considered to be of the sixth rank and was given eighty acres of Yongye land to the honorary officer.

He was awarded the title of Knight of the Knights of the Holy Lance and was given a fiefdom of 300 acres.
The knight is given nine sets of equipment and two war horses.

Afa was in a daze and felt the young marquis tapping his shoulder three times with a horizontal knife.
Then he took the oath of knighthood.

I thought it was over,

As a result, he was stopped.

The reward is not over yet,

He captured an elder alive and beheaded two clan leaders. This alone was rewarded with four hundred bolts of silk. The other captives who captured so many were all rewarded with his teammates and accomplices. After all, he had I was also given more than a hundred pieces of silk.

In this battle, Afa was undoubtedly one of the luckiest people. As a reward for killing the captives, he received about 500 pieces of silk.

And he also won the second merit of Pioneer,

Awarded the third rank of Flying Cavalry Lieutenant, this is not the end.

Because of his outstanding performance, he was directly awarded the title of deputy lieutenant with the army from the rank of ninth grade, and was given the position of deputy of the team.

From team leader to flying cavalry lieutenant, then from ninth-grade casual rank deputy lieutenant to accompanying the army, and then to actual rank deputy, he has gone through several consecutive ranks in one fell swoop.

After earning a meritorious service, you cannot directly obtain a discharged rank. A decorated officer must accumulate experience for at least five years before he can participate in the selection of the Ministry of War. Only after passing the rank can he obtain a discharged rank.

Low-level casual officials have to go through several years of qualifications before they can get a real job. After completing the qualifications, they have to participate in the selection process like other candidates, and they can only be appointed after passing the selection process. However, the pass rate for the selection process every year is only about 10%. A little more than half.

A gang leader like Afa,
Under normal circumstances, you may not be able to get a real job as a team deputy for ten years.

But now Luzon is in the initial stage, and Afa’s amazing performance, especially his military exploits this time, ranked in the top ten, only then can he have such an exceptional opportunity for promotion.
Conferring honorary officers, conferring casual ranks, conferring practical duties,

Triple jump,
Officially passed that extremely difficult threshold and became a military attaché.
Even though this is a military attache from Luzon and not a military attache from the imperial court, he is still a military attache and can still enjoy all kinds of privileges in Luzon.

For example, when he was originally a team leader and was a second-class sharp soldier, his basic ration was twelve shi of grain per year plus seven bolts of silk, plus five steeds of festival reward, and then sergeant plus three seasons of clothing and rations, plus nine shi of grain and nine bolts of silk. Silk, the treatment is already pretty good.

Can be promoted to the rank of ninth-grade deputy empress of the military attache.

The salary can be directly improved to a higher level. A year's salary is 30 dan, and if you pass the exam, you can get an extra quarter. That adds up to 37 and a half dan.
The military attache also had a salary. The monthly salary plus miscellaneous materials equaled 1,500 yuan, which was 18,000 yuan a year.

There are still 200 acres of official land, and another 200 acres of official Yongye land.

From the Central Plains to the Zhenguan Dynasty, although officials' Yongye fields, Xunguan fields, Jue fields, etc. were not all given at the same time, only the highest was given. However, in Luzon, because there are fewer people and more land, in order to encourage and attract immigrants, the fields are Give generously.

Afa was awarded the title of leader of the team, and he was given 80 acres of land and 200 acres of Yongye land for the officer who accompanied the deputy lieutenant.

The other two hundred acres of farmland were also given to him, which could be rented out as tenants.

What's more, he was awarded the title of Knight of the Knights of the Holy Lance and received three hundred acres of knight's fief land. This land was for life, which was equivalent to dividing the land verbally and retiring the land after death.

But even so, he suddenly got 280 acres of permanent land, 300 acres of subdivided land, and 200 acres of vocational land.

If we add in the 200 acres of land he was granted when he was selected to join the Luzon Army, of which 100 acres were divided between the mouth and the permanent industry.

Ah Fa has become quite a landlord, with 980 acres of various fields under his name.

What he has to consider now is how to cultivate so much land. Even if he rents it out, there is a shortage of people everywhere in Luzon. The best way is to cultivate slaves, but buying slaves and raising them are also very expensive.

Fortunately, he had just made great achievements and was rewarded with more than 500 pieces of silk.

Ah Fa then took the oath,

Be loyal to the Tang Dynasty and the Marquis of Lu Song.

When he walked off the stage, Captain Black Bear and his deputy Agui stared at him with bright eyes, extremely envious of this guy.

What a piece of luck, he actually got the actual teaching as team deputy directly.

"Three hundred and eighty acres of permanent industry, 400 acres of land, and 200 acres of land for rent collection, plus more than 500 bolts of silk as rewards, a third-rank flying cavalry officer, plus a grade nine junior Vice-President of the team,
Oh my god, why am I not so lucky,"

Agui sighed deeply. In the past, he and Afa were similar. They were both Ting people. They joined the Wu family at about the same time, came to Luzon together, and even joined the same team. Afa was the team leader and he was the deputy. But this time Afa soared into the sky,
However, he only received a first-level honor, neither a casual rank nor an investiture officer.
It was obvious that they fought on the battlefield together and even made meritorious deeds together.
"You guys are so enviable," Agui slapped Afa, and Afa fell down.

"Afa?"

"Quick, this kid has a severe attack of malaria and has fainted. He needs to be sent to a medical camp immediately."

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Knights of the Holy Shield, Knights of the Holy Lance,

There are currently no officers of rank six or above, so the Knights of the Holy Sword and the Knights of the Holy Banner have not yet been conferred.

After the investiture ceremony,
Wu Huaiyu and Chengzhi talked alone for a long time.

The third child still doesn't quite understand why Wu Huaiyu wanted to create these four knights.

"We don't record meritorious service and award, and we have given very generous rewards such as land, money and silk, so why do we need to award this knight a title again, and even give the knight a fief, land and other rewards?"

The third child was puzzled.

He felt that the honorary officer and the knight were duplicative rewards.

Even if the land in Luzon is not valuable now, it cannot be squandered like this. Will there be no land to reward in the future?

"It's good that you can consider this. It shows that you have thought carefully and don't pretend to understand. This is a good attitude." Wu Huaiyu first praised his son.

"There is indeed some overlap between the four major knights and the twelfth rank officer, but this is my deliberate decision. Luzon was developed by my Wu family, but we are outsiders.
If we want to open up Luzon, the biggest problem is not the natives on the island, but the Central Plains. "

"But didn't His Majesty give Luzon to our Wu family?"

"Yes, but if you can give it today, can you take it back tomorrow?" Wu Huaiyu asked.

Chengzhi was stunned.

After a long time, he asked another question, "If the imperial court really wants to take back Luzon one day, what can we do?"

Wu Huaiyu poured himself a cup of tea.

What is being discussed now is already very dangerous and must not be heard by a third person. Fortunately, there is no third person here between the two of them.
They are on the beach,

Shi Shouxin led his people to guard him at a long distance, and no third person would approach.

"The imperial court will not touch Luzon for the time being,"

"Luzon will still have a rare period of development, so we must seize the opportunity more and more and find ways to enhance Luzon's strength,"

Chengzhi was a little confused. Could he rebel against the imperial court one day?

He saw what Lao San was thinking and just smiled.

Will the imperial court take back Luzon one day? Wu Huaiyu didn't dare to say whether he would or not, but he knew that if the Lu Song Wu family reached a certain level of strength,
Then the court must think carefully before making certain decisions.

If the Wu family occupies a large area of ​​land in Luzon, owns many mines, and has a large population, but does not have the strength to protect it, then if the imperial court wants to take Luzon away, it is only a matter of words.

But if the Wu family is strong enough and can even establish a solid and reliable alliance of interests in Luzon, then the court will have to think twice before taking action.

It is for this reason that Wu Huaiyu recruited troops in Luzon and built a Luzon army.

But this is not enough.

Although the recruited troops are more effective in combat, the size of Luzon also limits the number of Luzon's troops. They cannot raise too many standing armies. Even if they are full of 10,000, they are nothing compared to the size of the Central Plains.

The Tang Dynasty had 600,000 to 700,000 soldiers.

After the battle on Moyi Island,
Wu Huaiyu launched four major knights, and awarded those decorated officers and soldiers as knights.

What are these knights?
In fact, Wu Huaiyu wanted to create a class of elite non-commissioned officers in the future Luzon. He gave them fiefs, horses, and armor.
We will focus on training these people in the future.

They will gradually become the backbone of Luzon's army, and they will even become Luzon's elite in the future.

Wu Huaiyu did not want to betray the Tang Dynasty, but he still hoped to retain the private territory of Luzon, so he must have enough strength.

"Okay, those things are not what you need to worry about now. Aye, I will plan carefully and clear the thorns for you."

The Panlaka tribe was destroyed and a county was established on Maye Island.

Ships are coming from Luzon one after another, carrying a boatload of people to take over the more than 300 villages left by the Panlaka people.

In order to expand the mining of gold and copper mines on the island, it is also necessary to take over the fields of the Panlacka people.

With the advice of staff,

Wu Huaiyu took the elders and clan chiefs of Panlaka out of the prison camp and assigned them to multiple recruitment teams, asking them to lead the way to other tribes on the island to recruit them.

These elders and clan leaders came forward to speak out.

In the past, it was the most powerful clan on the island, and all the surrounding tribes looked up to them. But now they have been wiped out in one battle, and they have all become slaves of the Luzon Wu Family, leading the way for them to surrender.

When other tribes saw this, they couldn't help but tremble.
But this time the Wu family was quite polite to them. As long as they accepted household registration and paid taxes and served in the military, that would be fine.
When a native tribe sets up a township, the tribal leader will still be appointed as the village head of the township. They will assist in the management of the rural tribe, register household registration, land acres, pay taxes and dispatch labor, etc.

For the native tribes, they were very dissatisfied that the Wu family came to declare their sovereignty and had to collect taxes and send conscripts. However, when they saw that the Panlaka tribe on the island, which used to be so powerful, was directly defeated by the Wu family, those powerful people No one from the weak tribe dared to say no.

The Luzon Wu family envoys were taken to various tribes by the elders and clan leaders of Panlaka.

wherever you go,
They all looked forward to the wind and surrendered, vying to pay tribute.

(End of this chapter)