Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 876
Wang Tong's team went out to Guihua City. From Wang Tong to the ordinary soldiers below, everyone had revisited their old places and was very familiar with this road to victory.

But after all, more than a year has passed, and there are also strangers in the familiarity. Although the New Year is approaching, after leaving the tiger's mouth, there is no desertedness. The road is very lively, and there are many people and vehicles.

Ma Dong is the commander-in-chief of one party. He returned to Datong Town after receiving Wang Tong with him for a few days. The person he sent was Ma Yong, who followed Wang Tong to conquer Guihua City last year. He is also an acquaintance. He is now the left guard of Datong The deputy general knows the changes in this area very well.

"Master Hou, now that Guihua City is pacified, there are already more than a dozen big villages from Guihua City to Shahukou, and the harvest will definitely not be bad as long as the waterways are reclaimed. The Chinese New Year has become deserted, and after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there will be more people!"

Not only are there too many people, but after coming out of the tiger's mouth, you can already see a clear road. It must be that there are too many people walking, and there are traces of trampling on it. At that time last year, carts and troops were walking on the grassland. Although I also know the approximate route and direction, there are always weeds and ditches under my feet.

Originally, it was a distance of one day. When it got dark, there would be a Mongolian tribe there to receive business travel business, but now it is different. When it is getting dark, you can see a large-scale village. This village There is a very simple big car shop by the side of the road.

"Last year when Lord Hou led the crowd to fight, many people came out to cultivate wasteland. His Majesty's kindness has exempted them from taxes for the past few years. Enough to eat."

The speed of Wang Tong's physical recovery surprised all the accompanying people. After passing the tiger's mouth, Wang Tong was able to perform martial arts on the horse, and his physical condition was no different from before.

As for Datong North, around Guihua City, it turned out to be the core area of ​​the Alda Ministry, which is the territory laid down by the leader of Wang Tong. Wang Tong is very interested in the changes that have taken place here. Ma Yong also understands this and intends to talk more about it. .

"A few days ago, King Zhou and King Yi from Henan sent people over to ask Shanxi and Datong to conduct strict investigations at the checkpoints. Anyone who came from Henan, if they were working in Wangzhuang, should be arrested and sent back. I will pay attention to them, so many people come here with their families, what are they doing with the government in Henan."

What Ma Yong said was straightforward, and Wang Tong laughed it off. There are many princes in Henan, and there are several vassal kings, not to mention county kings. They work hard and endure harsh exploitation. Even if ordinary gentry are mean, sometimes they have to take care of law and reputation, vassals and the like, who are so powerful. Who cares about this? Those tenant farmers are really miserable .

Shanxi and Datong are different. The land here is not suitable for farming, and industry and commerce are relatively prosperous. When Guihua City is taken down, a huge amount of land can be reclaimed and people need to be cultivated. On the contrary, there are not many local recruits in Shanxi. In the past, Henan was adjacent to Shanxi and had a large population, so it naturally became one of the sources of recruiting farmers.

As for whether this farmer wanted to go there by himself, or whether Shanxi sent someone to recruit him, Ma Yong didn't say anything, and Wang Tong didn't bother to pay attention.

The Wangzhuang Real Estate in Henan occupies a vast area. The tenant farmers on it are treated like livestock. They don’t value it at all, and the management is not strict. It would be difficult to say that the gentry and rich businessmen in Datong, Shanxi did not reach out to them.

The vassal king sent people to put pressure on him, but no one would pay any attention to it. When Ma Yong said that, his face was full of disdainful smiles. What is the vassal king? But it can only be done in the city, Guihua City, how many business opportunities there are, how many fertile fields are there, and these fertile lands in Shanxi, from the officialdom to the private sector, all gentry and rich merchants have participated in it.

How much labor, how many farmers, and how many guards are needed for these businesses, these people who come here now will become incalculable wealth and even power in a year or two. With this relationship, who Those royal officials who will come from Henan are probably more likely to stumble secretly.

When it comes to stakes, even the Son of Heaven has people vying with him, not to mention those rich and powerful vassals in Henan.

"These newly cultivated fields along the road, no one puts them under their own name?"

Wang Tong asked this question. The 10,000+ hectares of fertile land around Guihua City have already been counted as the fiefdoms of Huangzhuang and Wang Tong, but the fields reclaimed along the way have nothing to do with them. If a powerful and wealthy person says it is his own land, I am afraid that the common people will also obey.

But if you want to be tenants for the wealthy landlords in the Fortress, if you go out of the Fortress to be tenants, then there is no need. These people will go back sooner or later.

"At that time, Master Hou explained everything, saying that he wanted to keep people at the beginning, and he couldn't do that. My commander-in-chief kept a close eye on him according to what Lord Hou said. Whoever dares to rely on his power to occupy land and exploit it, my commander-in-chief's knife will not agree."

What Ma Yong said was categorical, seeing Wang Tong nodding, Ma Yong smiled and said:

"Hou Ye really sees it clearly. The shopkeepers under the commander-in-chief have calculated that when the people in these villages stand firm, they will definitely need the protection of soldiers, and they will be willing to pay taxes and taxes at that time. The village buys special products and sells salt and other special products, which is another big income. They must also buy and sell food. O hen with golden eggs!"

In the Battle of Guihua City, Ma Yong also led the cavalry of Datong and Wang Tong through life and death. This friendship is the most important thing among warriors, and their words are much more casual. Many of them were originally said by their own family members, and Ma Yong didn't care. out.

What Ma Yong said was consistent with what Sanjiang Commercial Bank in Shanxi reported to Wang Tong, and this was similar to Wang Tong's prior arrangement.

However, for those people who brought their families to the grasslands, where they brought their farm tools, their houses, or even the seeds they planted, Guihua City will give a batch, but most of them are from Shanxi. The Ma family must be the big one among the loans from wealthy merchants everywhere.

With such a loan relationship, one must first earn some money during the repayment process. Afterwards, these people have taken root here, and the dependency relationship already exists. Now make small money first, and then slowly make big money.

Wang Tong is not opposed to exploiting and making money, but in the early stage of developing the naturalization area, he can't do too much, otherwise, without the Han people who came from everywhere, the area of ​​Guihua City will still be unstable and unable to stand. Hold your feet.

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Compared with the revisiting of Wang Tong's old place, Zhai Xiuer and Lu Ruomei from the south are not used to this kind of bitter cold and dryness. When they first arrived in the grassland, they felt a little fresh when they saw the boundless surroundings, but their hands were chapped. Cracked, his face ached from the cold, he hurriedly hid in the carriage.

The carriage drawn by four horses has a special charcoal stove inside. It is plastered with clay, and the ventilation duct is designed with a chimney, which is indeed warm and comfortable.

The road is smooth, and there are residential areas along the way to supplement rest, and the ground is frozen hard in winter, the journey of Wang Tong and his party is much faster than the march at that time, and there will be no Tartars on the way to stop them. It turned out that they could enter Guihua City on New Year's Eve.

New Year's Eve and Spring Festival are nothing to Wang Tong's side, but Yiying's family members and the guards below are still fancy. Guihua City is a big city with a population of over 20, and this year's Spring Festival is the first since the Ming Dynasty occupied A Spring Festival must be very lively.

Along the way, I saw about [-] villages, all along the two sides of the road between Guihua City and Datong Town. It is said that there are settlements on both sides of the road from east to west, but the scale and prosperity are not as good as those on both sides of the road. That's right, this is also understandable. Caravans travel frequently on the main road, so it is convenient to transport supplies, and the rescue by the officers and soldiers can be done quickly. If they go deeper, it will not be so convenient for them.

According to Ma Yong, there are also small groups of horse thieves and horse bandits who dare not touch the caravans with firearms in Guihua City, but these villages have become targets. After several times of suppression, there is no effect. They all doubt whether they are villages The collusion between the people in the village and the horse thieves is just a disease of scabies, and it can't make a big deal.

The Han people were not the only ones on the road and in the villages. Wang Tong also saw Mongols raising livestock, but they were not tribal, they were also family-based.

The Han people also needed livestock, cattle and horses to plow and ride, and meat to raise livestock on a large scale. Naturally, they were not as good as the Mongols who had lived on the grassland for a long time, and the Mongols had food and various goods. Supplies, of course, are not willing to wander nomadicly, and the two sides are also complementary.

However, Wang Tong learned one thing from Ma Yong's introduction, and he was very concerned about it, that is, each village also organized a team of village braves according to Wang Tong's statement, but most of the people participating in this team were Mongolians. At that time, it is better to go to farming and work, why bother.

"It must be enforced, and people are drawn according to the Dingkou. If the Mongolians are willing to do it, but the Han people are not willing to do it, what will happen in the long run? These villages will become the territories of the Mongolians, and they will protect them. I will naturalize this matter. Cheng wants to tell General Tan, you also go back and explain to your commander-in-chief, don't ignore it."

What Wang Tong said was extremely cautious, and Ma Yong did not dare to be negligent, and solemnly agreed. On the third day, General Tan led the cavalry team from Guihua City to greet him. On the morning of the fifth day, Guihua City had already appeared on the horizon.
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