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

Chapter 258 Renting population from Hexi!
It was originally a joyful liberation banquet, but was interrupted by an ignorant village elder. The atmosphere of the banquet that night was very embarrassing.

Song Yingkui didn't care about the attitude of the village elders. People who managed to survive several turmoils were not that good of character. He didn't have the qualifications to want the Yungu Army to treat them as one of their own.

What is really worrying is that there is no manpower for the reconstruction of Wazhou, and only the few thousand people who survived are relied on. Not to mention rebuilding a big city like Wazhou, even the population of a small town is not enough.

Wazhou is not an isolated city. In the entire Wazhou Valley, in addition to Wazhou City, there are several small castles similar to towns. These castles are the acropolis and security barrier of Wazhou and cannot be abandoned.However, the total population of the entire valley is less than [-], and if it is divided up, it is not much different from the wilderness.

The reconstruction work in Wazhou cannot be carried out slowly. If the speed is too slow, the consumption will only increase.The population in Yungu is not very prosperous, and most of them are new households that have only settled down in the past few years. It is neither humane nor feasible to allow them to move to Wazhou at this time.

Song Yingkui, who was helpless, had to do what he could do first, and then slowly think about where to get some people.

As the Chinese New Year was approaching, my second uncle rushed to Wazhou from Taoyang City to discuss the matter of rebuilding the Wazhou administrative office.

"The tragedy in the city is unbearable! The city lord and Wazhou may have no hope of recovery in a short time, right?" When they arrived at Wazhou City, the second uncle couldn't help but sigh.He has a family in Wazhou City, and he has a more direct impression of the city's decline.At the same time, we can also judge how difficult it is to restore and rebuild Wazhou City.

"There is a shortage of people now. As long as there are people, Wazhou City will be as prosperous as before in a few years. Uncle, have there been many refugees flowing into Yungu recently? Can you raise 8000 yuan for Wazhou City before spring? People?" The most promising way to fill the gap is to recruit refugees.Seeing that his second uncle was about to say something discouraging, Song Yingkui quickly asked about the number of refugees who had recently flowed into the country.

"We can't collect that many. The total number of registered refugees, men, women, old and weak, totals between 3000 and [-]. The New Year is about to come, and it's hard for people who can't live to live here to come to us. At the beginning of spring, I see that in Wazhou The most we can fill here is three to four thousand."

"Is this the only number of people? It's really too few! If we can't think of a way, the reconstruction of Wazhou will have to slow down. I hope that next year, many people can be recruited to Wazhou. Uncle "Master, let's talk about the establishment of administrative offices during the reconstruction of Wazhou! I think with the current situation in Wazhou, we can only downgrade it to a county government." No one can do anything, and the reconstruction work will not be slowed down.When it comes to the administrative structure of Wazhou, the current population is too high to establish counties. At most, the population size is the size of a township.

"The population is thin, and it will be easier to reduce it to a county government. I also thought about coming here to see if the center of the city lord's palace can be moved to Wazhou. But looking at the situation, the current Wazhou City is far inferior to Taoyang City! "After the liberation of Wazhou, the second uncle had been thinking about moving the administrative center of Yungu Army here.After coming here this time and seeing the miserable state of Wazhou City, I decided to give up.

"In three to five years, I am afraid that it will be difficult for Wazhou City to catch up with Taoyang City. However, Wazhou has a better foundation than Taoyang. It is not a bad idea to become the administrative center of Yungu in the future. After Wazhou is established as a county, Yuyuan City will What kind of organizational system should be established? Logically speaking, county governance should be restored. But it is difficult to say whether Yuyuan can raise three to five thousand registered residents. It is really beyond our ability to establish a county." After the recovery of Wazhou, the two to three hundred people guarding Yuyuan City Xiang Jun fled to Huizhou, and Yuyuan County was recovered. This place cannot be left alone.

"There are indeed no conditions for the restoration of Yuyuan City as a county. How about setting up a town first?" "We may not even have the conditions for setting up a town! Let's set up three townships in the original Yuyuan County except Wuying first. These three The township is managed by the Wazhou County government. There are too many people but too little land, which is now the biggest problem under Yungu's rule. The current situation in Taohe and Huangshui is relatively good. No matter how big the government offices are in Wazhou and Huangshui, they can't hide it. The problem of driving a big horse-drawn cart. Uncle, do you think there is any way to bring 6 to 6 people to our territory next year? As long as we have [-] to [-] people next year, we can turn the situation around." Go, and finally return to the core issue of lack of people.Song Yingkui, who couldn't think of a solution for the moment, wanted to hear if his second uncle had any good ideas.

"Speaking of people, the only people around us now are Qinzhou, Hexi and Yinzhou. The people in Dazheng can earn some people by adding oil, but the scale will not be too big. There are two or three people every year. Wan is already good. The Xiang people are very strict with the people who farm the land, and it is difficult to recruit people through normal channels. How about you find a way from the Guining army and ask them to move some people over? After all, the two families are related. We got married, and we helped them a lot this time, maybe we can achieve something!" As the second uncle spoke, he came up with the bad idea to ask Song Yingkui to go to his cheap uncle Gao Cunhu to ask for someone.

Can the population be obtained from the Guining Army?I'm afraid it's quite difficult.In today's world, everyone knows the value of population.The population in Hexi is larger, but it is far from overcrowded. How could they give away such important strategic resources?

Moreover, since the Yungu Army occupied Wazhou, the relationship between the two families has become much more subtle than before. It is difficult for the Guining Army to treat the Yungu Army as close comrades, and they may become defensive!

However, it seems that the only one that can be counted on is the Ning Army, and they still have to fight!

"I'm afraid it's not possible to ask for people directly from the Gao family, but we can borrow people from them! Uncle, let the administrative department draft a document to the Guining Army. Just say that I, the Yungu Army, want to borrow three thousand households from them Common people. After these three thousand households come under my rule in Yungu, we will return all the grain taxes on the fields they cultivate every year to the Guining Army. Each household will be calculated as the grain tax on ten acres of paddy fields. In addition, there will be another tax every year. Pay a rental fee of two silver dollars for the population. After five years, all the households borrowed will be returned to Guining Army, including the new population during this period."

After much deliberation, Song Yingkui came up with a genius idea.The Gao family may be reluctant to ask for people directly, but we can always rent people, right?If the Gao family continues to refuse to agree to such conditions, then what is the need to maintain the relationship between the two allies?

"Borrowing people? City Lord, if you have to pay them both money and grain taxes, what are we borrowing people for? Aren't we doing a loss-making business!" The second uncle couldn't keep up with Song Yingkui's genius thinking and couldn't figure it out. What exactly is he doing this for?

"Uncle, the borrowed people produced more than what we paid to the Guining army. Apart from the money and food we paid them, isn't the rest our benefit?"

"The rest? Didn't the rest fall into the hands of the people who borrowed it? When the time comes, they will all be taken back to Hexi!"

The second uncle's answer almost made Song Yingkui laugh out loud. The old man's eye sockets were still too shallow.Even if these people are returned at that time, they will only take away some money and food at most.Can the fields they cultivated, the roads they built, and the houses they built be taken away?After they arrive in Wazhou, will they not consume, work, or participate in construction?
(End of this chapter)