The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 140 Xifan implements the tax package system in the abandoned land of Xisu
"With 300 more troops, why can't we support them? You think our tribe is too poor, right? It's just that I'm worried that they won't give up if they give me the regular soldiers from the Dagu tribe as slave soldiers."

Seeing Bai Feiyan wanting benefits but also afraid of trouble, Song Yingkui was a little speechless when he hesitated to refuse.The big basket has been poked, why are you afraid of such a small matter?Can you have some courage! "If they want to find trouble, it's not about whether to return the hundreds of surrendered soldiers. If they can't bear the anger of losing the battle, Otani Yexiong will turn his face immediately after returning. As long as he doesn't respond after returning, the possibility of coming back is not great. !"

After taking a reassurance, Bai Feiyan didn't hesitate anymore, and quickly agreed: "Okay, I'll listen to you! I'll go and pick out three hundred surrendered soldiers who look useful and bring them back."

It is not Song Yingkui's character to only give benefits. Seeing Bai Feiyan's expression of eating honey, Song Yingkui took the opportunity to say: "We have captured a lot of war horses in this battle, and there are still many horses left after we give you two hundred. There are few places to raise horses, so there is no way to raise so many horses. If you bring back so many slaves, you can’t do without war horses. I have a convenient idea, and I will lend you [-] war horses. Usually these war horses It will be stocked by your tribe and also driven by you, if I want to expand the cavalry, I will ask you again, how about this arrangement?"

Raising war horses is really costly. The biggest fortune made in this battle was the capture of over a thousand war horses, but the Fifth Battalion Army did not have the ability to eat all of this benefit.So Song Yingkui turned his idea to the Heisawa tribe. They are a semi-nomadic tribe, so it shouldn't be a big problem to raise a few hundred more horses.

Foster it with them, but the property rights belong to yourself. When you have the strength to expand the cavalry, you can ask them for it.Will it be repudiated by then?Being reprimanded can only show that you are not strong enough. If you are strong enough, no one dares to rely on this debt.

"You have a good idea, let me raise horses for you for nothing?"

Song Yingkui couldn't help but want to laugh when he heard the words, so he agreed, why did he still look at a loss?It would not be a disadvantage for them to foster the war horses in the Kuisawa Department.

"By the way, there is one more thing. In the past few months, these captive soldiers from the Dagu Department have to be raised here. It is not an option to raise them for nothing. It is a waste of food. I plan to use them to build roads from Shiping to Sanchakou. The road is widened to the width that horse-drawn carriages can pass freely, this road mainly crosses the boundary of Yungu, and it needs your approval."

The most important external communication channel of Wuying is now the mountain road from Shipingguan to Sanchakou. It relies on shelf trucks to conduct business, and the transportation volume is too small.Since there are extra manpower available, it is necessary to hurry up and improve the traffic environment.

Use captives to build roads?And it's not repairing in his own territory, this guy can't be trying to swallow the idea of ​​Yungu Mountain, right?Bai Feiyan felt vigilant in her heart, but after thinking about it, she didn't seem to be unacceptable.The Kuishawa Ministry did not establish a governance organization in the Yungu Mountains, but only sent people to the villages to harvest the grass valleys when the grain was harvested, and managed it with the most extensive detention policy.

The cloud valleys are all mountains, and there is no water to irrigate the plains. In the eyes of the vassal tribes, grazing is not a good place.I can't harvest much grass in a year.Let Song Yingkui take care of this fast place, as long as he gives himself the food that is given to him every year, there will be no loss.It's just that such a cheap price can't let him be in vain. After he has repaired the road, let's talk slowly, and he will have to bleed no matter what.Bai Feiyan silently played Xiaojiujiu in her heart.

After deciding on the distribution of spoils after the war, Bai Feiyan returned with a full load of troops, while Song Yingkui hurriedly arranged for the restoration of order after the war.

In the Battle of Zhangwuliang, the Fifth Battalion was not without losses. Nearly a hundred people died in battle, including the village guards.On the surface, it looks very strong, but in fact, it has been strong on the outside.

The sulfur used to produce gunpowder can be found partly from iron ore, and sugar and saltpeter can only be bought from merchants. Due to the limitation of raw material sources, the Fifth Battalion Army does not have the conditions for high-intensity and high-frequency use of gunpowder weapons.Until the problem of large-scale raw material supply is solved, firearms should only be used as a last resort.This is also one of the reasons why Song Yingkui did not dare to produce firearms on a large scale and let his power expand outward.

For the soldiers who died in battle and the members of the village protection team, Song Yingkui planned to use the previous method to solve the casualties of the Volunteer Team to pay for the compensation. "Xiaohu, please arrange for someone to draft an Anmin Bang, stating the town guard's compensation policy for those who were killed or killed in defense of the people of our fifth battalion. The specific policy is that no matter whether it is a soldier or a member of the guard team, as long as they die on the battlefield For those who are not, the tutelary mansion will burn and bury the silver and make up for a mule or a cow.

From next month, their family members will go to the military supply company to receive a pension of [-] cash per month. Until ten years have passed, the family members who receive pensions are first of all wives and children.All villages will pay close attention to statistics and implement this policy starting tomorrow.The father and brother of the dead martyr are exempted from military service for ten years, and each village must organize neighbors to help their families take care of the fields when farming is busy.

For those who were injured in the war, the tutelary mansion paid for medical treatment, and the disabled all went to the tutelary mansion to work. Even those who were really unable to work, the tutelary mansion would send money and food every month to support them.For those who have made meritorious service in our five battalions, the town guard will definitely not treat them badly, and the people of the whole town should also appreciate their meritorious deeds, and should not bully or humiliate the family members of the meritorious men.If there is any act of bullying the family members, once it is verified, the whole family will be punished! "

Compared with before, this time Song Yingkui has further improved the pension benefits.After all, the Fifth Battalion has really become his own territory. If he doesn't treat the families of the dead and injured well, who will fight for himself in the future?No matter what, it's better than Da Zheng's.

While Song Yingkui was busy arranging post-war arrangements, Bai Feiyan who had just left not long ago sent someone back with an unexpected news.The Jiedu Mansion of Wazhou actually appointed itself an official, what is the name of the Lord of the Five Battalions.

In addition to the appointment of officials, there is also a taxation order. The fifth battalion needs to pay a tax of [-] shi of wheat each year to Bai Feiyan, the great lord who governs the fifth battalion, and the Wazhou Jiedu Mansion.

what's up?A few days ago, they were beaten to death, why are they suddenly banned and taxed?Are we that familiar?Is it suitable to talk about this kind of thing?
Song Yingkui, who didn't know the reason, hurriedly sent people to the Heisawa Department and other places to inquire about the news, and after some inquiring.The general situation is understood, and it turns out that it is not only aimed at the Fifth Battalion.The Wazhou Jiedu Mansion of Xifan issued similar decrees to all the forces in the occupied areas, some of which were directly sent to hand, and those who did not have direct contact were entrusted with decrees.It seems that the people of Xifan are preparing to abandon the land of Xisu in Changzhi.

Judging from the content of the decree, they wanted to manage the abandoned land in Xisu by enfeoffing lords and lords and collecting taxes layer by layer.Based on the information from all parties, the tax levied by the people of Xi Fan on Wuying is considered extremely light, and two hundred shi of wheat is only equivalent to one quarter of the regular tax in the Zheng period.In contrast, the minimum tax levied on other places is also the same as the regular tax in the Dazheng period.

(End of this chapter)