Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 77 Zhang Jinyu's Confidence
Zhang Jinyu specially came to Dongyun Building today to greet her mother. Seeing that her mother was still a little sleepy, she asked Lan'er and Yue'er to take care of her to rest.

On the other hand, he left Dongyun Tower, and called Ningbian and the guards to leave the city.

After getting out of the Marquis Mansion and riding a horse, he galloped towards the big camp outside the city. He said that the big camp was actually the camp where the Jurchens had attacked the city before. After Zhang Jinyu saw that the Jurchen had withdrawn, he came to the Jurchen camp to take over the horses. It's so good, in line with the principle of not wasting, I will keep it for raising horses.

Unexpectedly, after Duan Shouyuan came and discussed with Wu Yayu, he took good care of the camp, except that the surrounding walls were a little shorter and narrower, it was just a small guard, so he simply stayed as a camp outside Pingyang City. It's camp.

After tidying up in this way, leaving the school field in the center of the camp and the stables in the west are indeed convenient for training soldiers and raising horses.

Zhang Jinyu brought the guards from Ningbian and the Hou's Mansion to the gate of Daying, checked the warrant and went in. As soon as he entered the gate of Daying, he heard shouts of killing coming from the school grounds. The sound was loud and murderous.

After arriving at the school field, I saw that the team of 2 people was divided into ten square teams, each with 2000 people, each practicing different sports, some practiced horseback riding and archery, some practiced infantry, and some practiced walking. Saber method.

From this point of view, the entire camp was in order, surrounded by soldiers from Duan Shouyuan's command.

No, why is Wu Yayu not here? I asked the guards on duty, and only then did I know that the cavalry training had been handed over to the elite guards of the Wu Yayu tribe for training, and I went to Pingliao City to arrange the relocation of part of the tribe. Yes, it is said that many tribes have come from the Jurchen side.

When Zhang Jinyu heard that, this girl will not evacuate the Jurchen, and it will be difficult to explain to Huang Jitai, so she told Yongbian about it.
"Ningbian, do you want to send someone to tell Wu Yayu to take it easy. If you bring too many Jurchens over here, Jurchen Huang Jitai will turn his back on you."

Hearing Lord Hou's question, Ning Bian also thought about it, and then replied respectfully;

"Your Majesty, don't worry about it. After all, the Jurchens are ruled by tribes, and the Khan doesn't know how many people they have. Besides, the center of Jurchen rule is in the southeast of the Ulan Prairie, which is far away from us. We can't control it. It's voluntary, Madam is really powerful, it's like playing with people."

"Okay, pay attention to Jurchen's actions, and how about the transaction?"

"I have come three times with a large group of people, mainly to transport grain, tea, porcelain, and some coal. They were all brought by the stewards of Helianchen and Fucha's family. Our Hou Mansion traded a large amount of wild ginseng, fur and There are some good mountain products and some war horses."

As soon as Zhang Jinyu heard about the war horses, he was very satisfied. Any horse in the customs would be a huge profit. Basically, it would be bought when it was hanged out. In his own hands, there were 5 war horses originally supported by the imperial court. Although there were many bad horses in it, but I can't stand the internal war in Guan, Shao Ma, can this be traded with the court or the emperor.

Come back and make a good total, and there is a head.

"Ningbian is blowing the rallying call."

"Yes, Lord Hou!"

Zhang Jinyu brought people to the inspection platform of the school grounds, and heard the sound of horns,

"woo woo woo woo!"

The training team on the school field immediately stopped training, and all of them came together. Everyone lined up neatly, quickly and uniformly. Zhang Jinyu said it in his heart. The modern training method was really fast, and the breath of the iron army came over his face.

Then the ten square teams stood up one by one, and the whole team stood in the sun, and the light reflected by the dense iron armor was so dazzling and exciting.

From the time the [-] troops ran from afar to the completion of the assembly, the school grounds were silent except for the sound of footsteps. Zhang Jinyu really did not expect that this kind of discipline is really rare.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Jinyu went down to check the equipment of the old camp. It was indeed very powerful. The armor was thickened and many key parts were double-layered. The lower body was more flexible and practical. Moreover, the helmet with the protective mask was very handsome.

After the inspection, there was a bottom there, so I said something to the team;
"Brothers, you have worked hard!"

"Must win,"

"Must win,"

"Definitely."

The [-] troops shouted together, and everyone looked at this young figure with admiration, the soul of the frontier army.

Pingyang County City,

Dongyun Building of Hou Mansion,
"Ma'am, Master Hou has gone out to inspect the barracks."

Lan Yueer was reporting on the whereabouts of Lord Hou, and Lan Shuer was also reporting on the affairs of the Hou Mansion;
"Ma'am, Mr. Xiao has arrived at the back door, do you want to let him in?"

"Well, let him come in, I haven't seen him for many years and I don't know what happened."

"Yes, ma'am."

After a while, Lan Shu'er walked in with a gentle middle-aged man wearing a scarf and carrying broadband, and obviously had a Confucian temperament.
"See the saint, no, see Mrs. Hou Ye."

"Mr. Xiao, it's so funny after not seeing him for many years, I've learned a lot."

Mrs. Wang looked at Xiao Ziyuan, the military adviser of her Saintess faction, with great interest, and her appearance was even more impressive.

Xiao Ziyuan was free and easy, shaking his fan;

"Thanks to the saintess' care, I have also settled down, married a wife and had children, opened a private school and brought many disciples from the teaching, and I can be regarded as living comfortably."

Wang Shihan nodded;
"That's good, it's not in vain for us to come out of this pass with all our hardships, and you have the faithful followers of the brothers in the church."

"That's right, Holy Maiden, who would have thought that your son would come to this point all of a sudden, the middle-aged and elder brothers in the church can't even think about it, they are all saying that your son is good."

Mrs. Wang couldn't help smiling when she heard the praise of her son, but asked seriously in a moment;
"Old Xiao, your blood is still cold."

Xiao Ziyuan didn't know where, the saint wanted to come out of the arena again, and after hearing this, she was also full of enthusiasm, and nodded firmly;

"No, none of the brothers in the church are there. They are all waiting for the order of the saint. It has been 17 years. It has been 17 years since I came to the customs. The young master is 16. It is time for us to leave the mountain."

"What's the rush, continue eating away step by step. I just want to use your brain when I come to you. Jinyu has always wanted to train cavalry, but as far as money is concerned, the current annual income of the Hou Mansion is only enough for the army. If you add 5 The cavalry is not necessarily enough, if he wants to train more cavalry, he has to use his previous wealth, so he has to find a way."

"Well, this is a matter, but it's easy to handle. Wait a minute, let me think about it. By the way, Holy Maiden, have the taxes from these three cities been used?"

Xiao Ziyuan asked first, Mrs. Wang did not expect this,

"Not at all. Why do you say that?"

"Saint, don't underestimate the three cities outside the customs. With the continuous trade routes, these three cities are very fat. Fortunately, the low-level officials arranged in the early years are all from us. The income of these three cities is locked in the treasury. , It was also our people who watched, except for the ones that were handed over to the court, and the ones that were corrupted by the Pingyao City Governor, the rest are still there."

Mrs. Wang understood the point after hearing it, the tax was used for private use;

"You mean the treasury in the city hasn't been touched in these years?"

"Yes, except for Pingyao City's county guard, there is nothing else, and it is managed by the garrison general. Not to mention Pingyang City, Pingyun City's guard Gu Ning is your nephew, and the whole city has been infiltrated long ago. Pingyang is full of Madam's people, except for the county guard and the garrison general in Pingyao, the other small officials are also old brothers, and those nobles in the pass will not come if they are killed."

"Is this silver settled?"

"Yes, Holy Maiden, the cavalry is mainly expensive for horses, and it is even more expensive to raise horses. A horse costs 80 taels of silver in a batch, and the better ones are more than 100 taels. Even the poorer horses are at least 50 taels. It’s more than raising three soldiers. Therefore, the problem of horses must be solved, and the bulk of the cavalry will be solved.”

"This is easy to handle. There are ready-made horses and someone to raise horses. This is solved. I mean, I want to ask you to be the head of the Marquis Mansion to manage the internal affairs of the three cities. Those masters and scholars in the church, Come out to be an official and manage the three cities, how much do you think the tax revenue will be in a year?"

"Returning to Madam, the difference is not much. Taxes need to be put in place, and the money will come up. According to the imperial court's land tax, Ding Fu, corvee, and commercial tax, the big ones are the big ones. Before, because we evaded taxes ourselves, the tax revenue was not in place. .Pingyun city is a little less than 30 taels a year, Pingyang County is 160 million taels, and Pingyao is also 60 taels.”

"That's why the Hou Mansion doesn't even have a high income."

Mrs. Wang shook her head in distaste when she heard this, what would be left after removing the official salaries that were handed over to the court?
(End of this chapter)