Win the Ding 1617

() Stepping on the moonlight, under the protection of the Mo family brothers, Shou Han rode a pony, wandering aimlessly in the entire port area, Xu Huanshan kept a horse's head away from Shou Han.

"Brothers of the Mo family, you two must do your best. My lord will never treat my subordinates badly, especially those around you. Just look at Zuo Tianpeng and me."

The atmosphere in the evening was not as formal as in the daytime. Xu Huanshan was teaching the younger generation entirely as the former follower of Shou Han.The two juniors, the elder brother Mo Jin showed a little shyness and longing on his face, while the younger brother Mo Yu replied to Xu Huanshan with a smile, "Master Xu, this is troublesome, if our brothers are released, if we don't pay attention The one who got promoted is older than you, wouldn't you still have to salute when you saw us?"

According to the military discipline of the Southern Central Army, there is a strict hierarchy between the superior and the subordinate, but the relationship with each other is very harmonious.This is the result of Shou Han's painstaking efforts to reproduce the superior-subordinate relationship in the People's Liberation Army in his own troops.At least it seems that it is still relatively successful.

"Hey! That depends on the opportunity the lord gives you, can you catch it!"

The sound of hoofbeats, amidst the banter and jokes of several people, walked most of the entire port area.

"Huzi, I have left these tens of thousands of people to you to add burden and burden to you. These people are newly attached to our army, and their hearts are uncertain. If you want to show both kindness and power, you will be rewarded when you deserve it, and you will be killed when you want it. Don't be soft. Also, how much food do you need?"

Gathering people is called wealth.This is the summary of the life experience of Hu Linyi, the leader of the Hunan Army. Shou Han is also very aware of this point, but he has studied philosophy, and he has raised this point to a philosophical level.

"You have to spend a lot of money and food to build houses, ports, artillery positions, berths, and roads here. Not to mention the placement of those new attached troops and tribal soldiers. How much food and food do you need as soon as possible? Come up with a total and discuss it with everyone at the salary meeting in the second half of the year. During this period, the money and food you need will be spent from the inner treasury first."

Expenditures from the inner treasury meant that Li Shouhan had to pay for this port and these people out of his own pocket.

"My lord, money and food, it's not too important for me right now. You should use those money and food for the northern and western expeditions!"

Xu Huanshan's words not only surprised Shou Han, but also surprised the Mo family brothers.

"There is no joke in the army, what are you joking about?! There are tens of thousands of mouths out of thin air, where are you going to find so much food to feed them?" Shou Han was a little anxious.

"My lord, when you arrived at Pingba Port today, you were anxious to inspect the defense here and check the armaments, but you forgot that I have another errand. The reclamation of the Jiulong River is also under my management."

Almost forgot!The guard tapped his thigh annoyedly, making the pony under his crotch think that the owner was about to speed up, and was about to trot, but the guard held the rein tightly.

"If you don't tell me, I almost forgot. You were the one who first went to Jiulongjiang to survey the terrain. There is still a distance from Jiulongjiang. You have worked hard these few years."

Binh Ba Port or Cam Ranh Bay is located in Nha Trang, tens of kilometers away from downtown Nha Trang. If you want to know how far Jiulong River is from Cam Ranh Bay, you can check the distance from Nha Trang to Ho Chi Minh City on the map. It can be roughly estimated.In the case of imperfect roads and no cars, you can only rely on two legs or take a horse, or take a boat. From Nha Trang to Vung Tau and Phan Thiet at the mouth of the Jiulong River, it takes more than a day to take a boat. .

And Xu Huanshan wanted to run back and forth between the two places!

"Tiger, it's hard for you!"

Shou Han said these words from the bottom of his heart.

Several people found a spacious place on the top of the mountain, Xu Huanshan jumped off the horse, tied the horse, and then took off his saddle, took off the mattress cover, and spread it on the ground, "Please, my lord!"

After sitting down, Shou Han began to ask Xu Huanshan why he didn't want money or food.

"My lord, there are hundreds of villages and forts in the Jiulongjiang area. Tens of thousands of people cultivate there, and at least three rice crops can be harvested every year. Moreover, after I organize these people according to Baojia, I will use them during the slack season. During the rainy season, lead them to conquer the nearby natives to obtain population and land. After three years, the land of these natives alone has seized more than one million mu of land. It is a pity that these natives do not know how to manage the land , the food production is extremely low!"

"After you snatched these lands, how will you deal with them?"

"It's very simple. Soldiers and men of meritorious deeds can get priority in distribution rights. Who wouldn't want to cultivate land?! However, I also have a condition, that is, after paying taxes and public grain, the harvest of these lands must be [-]% to [-]%. Half of it is turned over as a provident fund. Either it is used as a pension for the war dead, or it is reserved for other purposes. This condition lasts for five years. There are already more than [-] shi of this part of the rice. There is no harvest, and after the harvest, this number will increase a bit.”

"So you said, you can solve the rations for these tens of thousands of people?"

"Exactly!"

Looking at the figures of the two brothers of the Mo family patrolling around with a few personal soldiers under the moonlight, Shou Han's mind was spinning rapidly: Xu Huanshan's character is calm, down-to-earth, and meticulous in his work. If the general of the division fleet came, it would be a kind of torture for him. The fleet wanted to attack, but Xu Huanshan's character was good at management and defense.

Perhaps, it's time to divide the Xuanwu Camp and the Navy Division!The navy was divided into three fleets, and the practice fleet was trained by the Spanish mercenaries of Gonzalez to train sailors and gunners, and learn their sailing skills by the way.The other two fleets are led by Zhang Xiaohu and Zuo Tianpeng, two guys who are afraid of chaos in the world!

"As for money, my lord, it's not a problem. It's not far from here, and it's Manjika, where merchant ships shuttle like weaving, and I will lead the naval gunboat to go there..."

"This guy!" Shou Han was startled, could it be that a leopard was born from a listless man?Is this guy going to rob merchant ships?To snatch Zhang Xiaohu's original promising career as a pirate?

"...to collect tolls or protection fees, and escort them through the seas where pirates are often seen. Sometimes, they also collect taxes in the name of the Daming Navy. These incomes are recorded in the income and expenditure ledger of the government office. It's all detailed."

Shou Han slapped himself hard in his heart!

In the past few years, I have been patronizing farming and steelmaking, guarding a natural harbor like Cam Ranh Bay, not far from the golden waterways, and still short of money?The current Manaja and later Lijiapo are under the control of the Sultan and the Tuwang. The Portuguese only controlled the main points of the strait and built several forts and forts to protect their trading posts.Fortresses of their kind were not worth mentioning in the eyes of the Warden and his officers.

Is it necessary to adjust the strategic focus?

Shou Han's mind is like a pot of boiling water, with various thoughts coming and going:

Occupying Managa will cause siege by many surrounding forces. Can the Spaniards, British, Portuguese, and local aborigines accept another conqueror?Will it fall into the quagmire of protracted war?Can the existing troops, weapons, and ships maintain such a long front?

If you conquer Manlajia, how will you defend it, and how will you collect taxes and fees?What is the appropriate tax rate?If because of taxation, many ocean forces are besieged, can their own military forces handle it?

He kicked it out fiercely, and there happened to be a stone there, and the pain immediately spread from his toes to his brain, and he couldn't help grinning his teeth and gasping for breath.

"My lord!" Mo Jin hurried over, "I'm fine! Get away!" Shou Han growled in a very irritated low voice.Mo Jin turned around and wanted to leave, "Wait! Go! Ask them who has a cigarette on their body, I want to smoke a bag!"

A few people frantically found a pipe, filled the pipe with shredded tobacco for Shou Han, lit it with a flint, and handed it to Shou Han.

It was the first time in his life that he smoked cigarettes. If he hadn't faced such a major problem as adjusting his strategic focus, Shou Han probably wouldn't have thought of smoking.A puff of cigarette was sucked into his mouth suddenly, the pungent taste brought great stimulation to his body, choking him so violently that he coughed violently, even tears came out.

Accompanied by bursts of pain from his feet, Shou Han continued to toss in his mind, and the few people on the side looked at him without blinking through the light blue smoke rising from time to time, for fear that something might be wrong.However, the few people around him are people who have been around him for a long time, and they all know Shou Han's habits better. They know that he is communicating with the gods at the moment, and maybe something new will come out after a while.

The double stimulation of tobacco and pain made Shou Han sober up, "Why do I only count the pros and cons, why don't I count the benefits I can get?! Is this battle worth fighting? What will you get?"

He used the pipe to draw a shape somewhat similar to the sheath of a waist knife on the ground in front of him, and began to draw on it.The Mo family brothers who were watching from the side were a little confused, "Brother, what is the master painting?" Mo Jin asked his younger brother with his eyes.Mo Yu also shook her head blankly.

On the other hand, Xu Huanshan, who was at the side, noticed something a little bit. While using his eyes to stop the surprised expressions of the guards, he moved his body quietly, stretched out his hand and pulled down a branch that slanted out from the side. Let the moonlight cast down from the gaps between the branches, providing Shou Han with a brighter thinking environment.

"Here is Ha Tinh, this is Hoi An, this is Hue, this is Nha Trang, this is Saigon, this is the Chao Phraya River, this is Golden Island, and this is Man Raja. After Man Raja, you will find the Indian Ocean. !"

After Malawi, there is the Indian Ocean!what does that mean?

Manraga, the bolt on the western gate of the Pacific Ocean!At the same time, it is also the latch on the Indian Ocean.Occupying here, you can deal with and do business with those Indian lords and the so-called descendants of Genghis Khan and Akbar of the Mughal Empire.India's wheat and long-staple cotton are all needed by Shou Han.Especially for long-staple cotton, the use of the Xiuer machine has caused a shortage of cotton. The cotton that Jiang Chun and Ye Qi trafficked from the mainland is not enough for use, and the sea-island cotton bought at a high price from Alfonso and others Seeds also need to be improved and adapted to the natural environment such as soil, water, and climate in Nanzhong.Then it can be widely promoted.

Moreover, another problem clearly appeared on the simple map in front of him.

Ha Tinh Mansion, the administrative center of Shou Han, is not only an administrative center, but also a complex of economic, military, industrial and many other centers.What's more terrible is that the first destination of many settlers, whether they are cutting waves from the sea or crossing mountains and mountains on land, is Hejing.The officials under Shou Han had no choice but to go west or south for distribution.

And He Jing, on the map drawn by Shou Han, is too far to the north, almost at a corner of one end of the entire administrative district.

"Ugh!"

Shou Han couldn't help but let out a long sigh. Compared with his own goal, the family property left by his ancestors is too remote!In the era without railways and telegraphs, it took at least three days to get there from Ha Tinh to Malaga even by taking the ship Fubo.How does this work?

Not long ago, he just killed a bud that might cause division and form a separatist regime, and he has already discovered the contradiction between the huge territory and the weak administrative system.There are village and town chiefs everywhere, and they just watch and help each other. Once a large army passes by, the generals in command will be much higher than the officials of these administrative systems, which will inevitably cause the officials of these administrative systems to succumb to coercion.

"Now there is one problem, which leads to two problems." Shou Han put the smoking pipe in his hand on the ground, "I was thinking about whether to take down Manlajia, but it turned out that there were more and more territories. There is a problem between the expansion of the administrative area and the geographical location of the administrative center. Also, is it necessary to establish an administrative system.”

"Forget it, don't think about it! These things, go back to Hejing and discuss with everyone!"

As soon as he stood up, his body was full of sparks!It was the shredded tobacco left in the pipe that had just been placed on the ground, which attracted the mattress cover on the ground, and burned a big hole in the mattress cover. By the way, it also burned the guard's red coat into several pieces of different sizes. a hole,

"Ha! Don't throw cigarette butts and ash around! Otherwise, you will burn yourself!" A group of guards rushed up to help Shou Han fight the sparks on his body, Shou Han didn't take it seriously, and joked with Xu Huanshan.

"The fire is burning, my lord, it's a good omen!"

It has been five days since the tens of thousands of new attached troops and tribal soldiers settled down in Pingba Port.According to Shou Han's wishes, the brigade went north by boat, and he took the soldiers of the two sentinel guard battalions to stay on the road, planning to see the scenery of various places along the way and the situation of various villages and forts.Hmm, is it a tour of mountains and rivers?Or dig deeper?

During these five days, Li Shouhan adjusted the organizational order of the navy.Xuanwu Camp is no longer the battalion number of the navy.A sailor is a sailor.The six battalions of the Xuanwu Battalion currently stationed in Pingba Port, Jiulongjiang, etc. are still called the Xuanwu Battalion, and Xu Huanshan continues to lead them.The main combat mission and method of the Xuanwu Battalion in the future will still be to cooperate with the Navy. Oh, it is the Marine Corps of the Nanzhong version?

Chu Tianlei is responsible for the defense of Pingba Port, and is also responsible for commanding the naval ships here.For this reason, Shou Han added a star to Chu Tianlei's sleeve.

In the signing room, Shou Han and Xu Huanshan chatted in a somewhat indistinct manner.It can also be regarded as an account work!

"Huzi, bring the Xuanwu camp to Lao Tzu, and we will rely on them to attack Manlajia in the future. Also, from Jinlan Bay to Jiulongjiang, the reclamation in this area will still be in your charge, and you will give me the firewood stick. Find a suitable place, build a house, build a government office, maybe, I will go to the firewood to handle daily affairs in the future!"

"Don't you dare to do your best!" Xu Huanshan also had a relaxed expression on his face, and relieved a few burdens on his body. For him, the pressure has been greatly relieved, and he can finally do what he likes to do.Lead troops and farm.But it is much more interesting than going to sea.

"Also, I am going north by land this time to see the reclamation situation in various places. If you are in the Jiulongjiang area, you should also investigate carefully. We can't always have villages and towns under the general's mansion. Now there are so many and so big land , How can you rely on villages and towns alone? Where can you build commercial ports and where can you build cities? You have to know it well."

"When I finish fighting the traitors in the north, Annan will have no more hidden dangers, and we can focus on dealing with the affairs in the south. I will definitely recover the old port! If we don't recover the old port, we may have no clothes to wear in the future!"

Shou Han typed a haha, and made fun of Xu Huanshan.

However, Xu Huanshan forced out a smile, as if he had something in his heart and stopped talking.

"The bone is stuck in the throat, so I can't spit it out. My lord Xu, what's the matter, but it's okay to talk about it!" For this veteran confidant, Shou Han still has a lot of affection, he asked with a smile.For this group of people, he intentionally or unintentionally favors and spoils them.

"If you don't have any money, I'll pay you out of this seizure. If you want to get married, which girl do you like? Uncle Fu and I will go matchmaking for you. Even if you fall in love with those Siamese beauties Relationship, five beauties, I will leave you three, how about it? Is it enough?"

The words were a little joking, and Xu Huanshan's face turned red when he said it.

"My lord, no, that's not what I meant!"

He shook his hands hastily.

"It's just that you just mentioned the matter of reclamation, and I remembered something, and I didn't know how to deal with it. So I lost my composure."

After reading the stack of personal letters that Xu Huanshan took out, Shou Han understood a little.

Most of these letters are replies from Xu Huanshan's relatives, friends, and the old ministry. In the letter, they express their gratitude for his kind invitation. However, they coincidentally showed little enthusiasm for going south to the Jiulongjiang area to reclaim wasteland. , even a little indifferent.It's no wonder that many of the owners of the letter have met Shou Han and are familiar with them. They are the first group of elders in the Shou Han who were allocated land. After a few years of hard work, each family's life can be called rich; according to the general mentality of Chinese people, naturally they will not work hard to reclaim wasteland in the wilderness where thorns are overgrown and mosquitoes are everywhere. With dozens of acres of dry and flooded land, and at the foot of the General's Mansion, there is no good thing I can do without my share, why bother?

"According to the provisions of the General's Mansion, the reclaimers who come to Jiulongjiang can get [-] acres of land each. I wrote to them and invited them to go south to reclaim the wasteland. However, after writing dozens of letters, only My lord, you want me to start the reclamation of Jiulongjiang as soon as possible. Relying on the newcomers alone seems to be a bit weak, and there are so many natives in this area, it is impossible to kill them all. We must give these people a way out, otherwise, The Jiulongjiang area is bound to be slaughtered all year round, and those newcomers will also be discouraged."

"Biaoxia originally thought this way, let them give up the land in the north and go south to reclaim it, and each person can get [-] acres of land. In this way, the money, food and farming methods they brought will surely drive other people like fire. Newcomers, by the way, can also hire some natives to work in various villages and towns, and after a little time, the differences between each other will naturally be eliminated."

It seems that in actual work, it is indeed possible to train people, discovering problems is the level, and solving problems is the ability.In the past few years, Xu Huanshan has greatly improved his level and ability, but what he lacks is the support of power.

Shou Han thought to himself.

"What do you think is the sticking point?"

"My lord, I think, first, if the land is settled and the land is relocated, the little rich will be safe. This is a heart disease."

Ha ha!Sure enough, it is the heart disease and habit of the Chinese people.

"go on."

"Second, I have worries and worries about retreating. This is the fact in front of me. Those people are afraid that they will give up the land in the north. After going south, if something happens, they will have no way out. The whole family has worked hard. After [-] years, it was easy to live a stable life, and immediately the family had no food for the night again!"

"The mark is stupid. I just speculate on the thoughts of my relatives from the letters and draw conclusions. Please don't laugh at me." After finishing speaking, Xu Huanshan grinned, as if a big stone had been removed from his body, feeling at ease .

He is at ease, but Shou Han is in trouble!

Continue to offer nearly [-] words.Did everyone take out all the things in their hands?