Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 548 Recruiting the Tuntian Army

Li Jing nodded: "You are doing the right thing."

With a smile, Chen Dahu said: "But brother, don't worry about the grain produced this year. There is not much harvest this year. The main reason is that I can't recruit farmers to plant the land. If you want to blame, you can blame yourself. Who told you to distribute the land to those farmer.

Next year, next year I will have 500 soldiers in my hands, and the land will be planted. If the year is good, I will hand over at least [-] million shi of grain to you. "

Li Jing was shocked when he heard this: "How much idle land do you have?"

Chen Dahu said: "There are about 3 hectares of land in Nanzhili, more than 1 hectares in Jiangsu, and more than [-] hectares in Zhejiang. Because there are not many guards in these two places."

Li Jing nodded silently upon hearing this.

With so much idle land in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one can imagine how much land will be idle in Shaanxi and other places.

After thinking about it, Li Jing said: "If there are [-] hectares of land, then there is no problem in raising [-] soldiers. All right, I agree to this matter."

As he said that, Li Jing suddenly smiled: "Brother Dahu, this time you have solved the boss' problem for me.

When I was in Fujian, Lao Sun suggested that I conscript, and I was worried that Ming’s finances would not be able to support so many soldiers.

Now it seems that there is no problem for the court to raise another 100 million soldiers, and while we raise soldiers, we can also hand over a large amount of food to the court. "

After pondering for a while, Li Jing continued: "The only difficulty now is that if it is a military reclamation, the people in charge of the various places need to think carefully about it. With you in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I am not worried about any problems. Shandong has Tiger Zhou, and there is nothing wrong with it. It will be fine, there is Cao Wenzhao in Liaodong, so don’t worry, the key is the candidates from Shaanxi, Henan, and Anhui. Please help me figure out who can take on this important task in these places.”

Chen Dahu was taken aback, didn't Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng sit in Shaanxi and Henan?Could it be that the eldest brother is worried about these two people?But even if you don't trust these two people, you can't talk about it in front of Wen Qing. This will reach the ears of Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng. Isn't this going to cause them to disagree?
Turning his head to look at Wen Qing, seeing that Wen Qing didn't seem to have heard what Li Jing said, Chen Dahu suddenly realized something in his heart.

There are only elder brother, Wen Qing and himself in this room. If this news leaks out, it will undoubtedly be Wen Qing who leaked it. No matter how stupid Wen Qing is, he would never do such a stupid thing.

Presumably Li Jing also knew that Wen Qing would not do such a stupid thing, and Wen Qing was working beside Li Jing, if he couldn't keep his mouth shut, how could Li Jing use him?

Seeing Chen Dahu looking at Wen Qing, with a dazed expression at last, Li Jing raised his hand and slapped Chen Dahu: "What are you thinking about? You're just distracted. I think you've been a magistrate for a long time, and you've begun to learn how to think about people. "

With a smile, Li Jing continued: "It's not what you think, Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng are of great use to me, I can't let them waste their energy on military reclamation, they also know what I plan to let them do, not much heart."

"Brother, what do you want the two of them to do?" Chen Dahu wondered.

Li Jing smiled and said: "It seems that you have been a magistrate for a long time, and you have long forgotten the goals we set before."

Chen Dahu was pleasantly surprised when he heard the words: "Brother, is he going to use troops abroad?"

Li Jing smiled and shook his head: "It's not that fast, but the preparations are about to start now."

Chen Dahu said anxiously: "If you want to fight, you can fight, what else do you need to prepare?"

Li Jing glared at Chen Dahu: "What do you plan to do? You don't think that Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng's existing troops can sweep Moxi, do you? Let me tell you, to sweep Moxi, at least 20 combat troops are needed. In addition to the logistics and supply troops, there will be no army of [-]. After the fight is over, we have to arrange local officials, local garrisons, etc., you don’t think you’ll be fine after the fight, do you?”

"That's the preparation." Chen Dahu nodded hastily and said.

Li Jing sighed and said, "Brother Big Tiger, you are not a commander-in-chief. You will be the end of your life if you become a general in this life."

"Hehe, Lao Chen knows how capable he is, and being a general is already a high profile in his previous life." Chen Dahu said with a smile.

Li Jing waved his hand: "Now that Shaanxi and Henan are basically pacified, Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng have to turn their energies to Moxi. They have a lot to do, not only to understand the geography and human conditions of Moxi, but also to recruit and train soldiers. How can they spare time to care about military cultivation?"

Smiling, Li Jing said: "Actually, let them start preparations now, thanks to your suggestion just now. The military household system in the guard house has too many disadvantages, but the military farm system in the guard house is good. Let the army garrison the fields , can indeed solve the food problem.

However, it is necessary to distinguish the garrison army from the regular army. These people can only be regarded as the civilian army and local garrisons. Under normal circumstances, they do not need to participate in combat missions. "

"Then these people don't need to train like the regular army?" Chen Dahu said.

"Training, you must train like a regular army while farming, and let these people enjoy the same treatment as a regular army." Li Jing said seriously.

Chen Dahu wondered: "If you don't need them to fight, why do you train like a regular army?"

Li Jing smiled: "Anything can happen when a country grows up. The purpose of training these militias is to be prepared."

"Then how many garrison troops are you going to recruit?" Chen Dahu said.

Li Jing said with a smile: "I did the math just now. If there are more than 4 hectares of military farmland in a prosperous place like Jiangsu and Zhejiang, then the entire Ming Dynasty can have at least 40 hectares of military farmland. At least 100 million people must be recruited to farm."

"Then how much will our regular army recruit?" Chen Dahu asked.

Li Jing smiled and said: "The 40 hectares of military land are thrown away to the soldiers who garrison the fields to eat horses and their military pay. As long as one mu of land can have a surplus of one shi of grain a year, it will be 4000 million shi of grain in a year. Do the math, 4000 How many troops can Wanshi grain support?"

Chen Dahu slapped his thigh: "Damn it, it's no problem raising a million troops."

Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile, "If you only count military pay, you can support 100 million soldiers, but we know that we can't actually support so many soldiers."

Chen Dahu nodded. Raising soldiers is not just about paying the salary. Food and clothing may cost more than the military salary.

After thinking about it, Chen Dahu smiled and said, "Even if you can't raise 100 million, you can raise 50."

Li Jing said with a smile: "I think so too. But the food needs to be eaten bite by bite. The first step is to recruit the army of the field. Only after the effect of the field can we proceed to the second step."

After a pause, Li Jing continued: "Besides, after all, farming is not immediately effective, and it will take at least half a year to see the return. That is to say, in the first half of the year, we have to pay the military salary of 100 million people and enough money for so many people." Food for food, and farm tools, cattle, horses, seeds, etc. are also quite expensive, and next year our financial pressure will still be very heavy."

Chen Dahu nodded silently.

At this time, old man Chen walked into the room with a smile and said, "Are you still chatting? The food is ready, let's eat."

When Li Jing saw it, he hurriedly got up and walked over, supported the old man Chen and said, "Uncle, why did you personally come to inform us to serve dinner? Where are the servants?"

Old man Chen patted Li Jing's hand with a smile and said, "I didn't let the servants come, Jimin! The old man is very happy that you are here, he is so busy, he is even happier."

Li Jing nodded slightly, feeling inexplicable for a moment, old man Chen treats himself like a son, for his son to eat happily, no matter how busy the old man is, he is happy in his heart.

Helping old man Chen, Li Jing and others came to the back hall, saw several maids standing by the dining table, but Cui Er and Xiao Zhu were not there, Li Jing smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, I am not an outsider, why don't you eat with me?" ?”

Old man Chen said with a smile: "Women, how can you have dinner with us at the same table?"

Li Jing smiled and said: "Uncle, you always pay attention to this with me? Could it be that you always think that if I become a big official, I will change?"

"Father, Jimin is from my own family, so don't be so particular about it. It's not like I never had dinner with Cui'er at our house." Chen Dahu continued.

Old man Chen glared at Chen Dahu: "You called Jimin? There are no rules."

Li Jing helped old man Chen to sit down on the main seat, and then said with a smile: "Brother Dahu and I are brothers. He is older than me. What does it matter if he calls me by my name? Uncle, we are not outsiders. When you come to the capital, let Yinger and the others respect and honor your old man, I dare not take you to the capital if you are always so particular about it, wouldn’t that be a crime for you?”

Old man Chen patted Li Jing's hand lightly and said: "Jimin, if you have this heart, the old man will be satisfied. If you are busy, I won't come to the capital to trouble you again."

Li Jing smiled and said: "It depends on who it is. If you are an old man, then there is no trouble at all."

The old man Chen shook his head: "Actually, I want to go back to my hometown. I'm old and haven't had a good life for a few years, so I want to return to my roots. Jimin, I beg you to do something."

Li Jing hurriedly said: "Uncle, if you have something to ask, just ask, what do you want to do, nephew will do it for you."

The old man Chen sighed and said: "The old man has taken a fancy to the land in Xishan. After I die, I want to be buried in Xishan, with Huzi and his mother."

Li Jingzhong nodded emphatically and said: "Uncle, don't worry, I will have someone buy Xishan later, and Xishan will belong to the Chen family in the future."

After finishing speaking, Li Jing gently stroked old man Chen's back and said, "Uncle, don't think about it too much, you still have decades of good life. When my nephew gets old, he will accompany you back home." Chen Zhuang's hometown, when the time comes, my nephew will honor you well."

Old man Chen laughed and said, "If you live for a few more decades, you won't be a fairy anymore."

Li Jing smiled and said: "My nephew hopes that you will live a long life, and my nephew wants to honor you for decades."

Old man Chen shook his head with a smile.

Li Jing smiled, turned his head and said to the maid beside him: "Go and invite the wife and the child, just tell me what I said, my family doesn't have so many rules."

Hearing this, the servant girl looked at Old Man Chen, Old Man Chen sighed, waved his hand and said, "Go and call me."

The servant girl nodded and walked quickly to the back hall.

(End of this chapter)