Volume II, Chapter 27, The Harsh State of the Present

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In this battle, the price paid by Sanyin County was even too heavy for Sanyin County to bear.

Of the 500 soldiers in Sanyin County, only one hundred and twenty-seven remained.

There are less than 200 of the 500 people in Sanyin County.

On this day, every household in Shanyin County wore filial piety.

There are also many people who stand at the gate of the county government, hoping to become soldiers.

Looking at the children who were not even on his waist, Zhang Chip burst into tears.

This is Shanyin County, the population has long reached the limit of removing the county, but because of the strategic position of Shanyin County, it has to be supported by struggling.

Zhang Chip didn't even know if San'in County would be able to block the next attack.

The face of the main bookkeeper Huang Shi is also very ugly.

Although the scholar is angry, although he is a little awkward with Zhang Chip, he is just not convinced by Zhang Chip, and feels that Zhang Chip has become the imperial edict by relying on the relationship between his wife and the Yue family. However, Huang Shi also knows very well that Zhang Chip can stay in the position of the imperial edict for ten years, which is a skill in itself.

Huang Shi was just not convinced, but he could only hold back.

Who made this world a world of faces?

After pacifying these children and returning to the county office, Zhang Chip frowned.

Gu Qiqiniang, who was sitting in the hall drinking tea, stood up and gave Zhang Chip a salute: "Brother-in-law." ā€

Zhang Chip smiled bitterly: "Qiqi lady, you are wrong again." ā€

Gu Qiqi Niang said: "Hengzhu, you didn't marry a bride, and when you marry a bride, it's not too late for me to change my words." As he spoke, he paused again and said, "Now that Shanyin County is like this, we can only help each other in the same boat." ā€

Along the way, Zhang Chip had already packed up his mood, and seeing this, he hurriedly said to Gu Qiqi Niang: "How about the loss of the Gu family?" ā€

Gu Qiqiniang turned her head to look at Jin Ban'er.

Jin Ban'er had already knelt down, kowtowed on the ground, and said, "If you go back to your lordship, the Gu family's own soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, and less than half of them still have combat effectiveness. ā€

Less than half!

In the past, the Gu family's troops were only about 2,500 people, if less than half of them had combat effectiveness at the moment, that is to say, the Gu family currently only had 1,000 combat effectiveness!

How can such a small number of people defend the city!

Zhang Chip and Huang Shi's faces turned white.

Gu Qiqi Niang said: "You just came from home, and I haven't asked you yet." Can the trap be checked? ā€

Jin Ban'er replied, "If you go back to the girl, only a dozen or so sharpened bamboo poles have been pulled out of the northwest corner. Today, the bamboo poles have been rearranged. ā€

Gu Qiqi Niang said: "At present, I don't know how many people on the grassland know about our trap. However, there is a trap in the horse, which is more or less a consolation. It's just this person, how can the population of Sanyin County grow by a few thousand in a short period of time? ā€

Huang Shi said: "Zhao'an ......"

"No way!"

"No way!"

"No way!"

Zhang Chip, Gu Qiqiniang and Jin Ban'er spoke in unison.

Zhang Chip looked at Gu Qiqi Niang and Jin Ban'er, and said, "These barbarian wolf ambitions have always regarded my Huaxia as a hunting ground and my Huaxia people as two-legged sheep. I didn't believe that they would accept our offer, and I was even more afraid that they would stab us in the back. ā€

Jin Ban'er nodded again and again in the back.

Huang Shi said: "So, what can you do?" Who doesn't know the sinister nature of the border gates? Even if there are homeless people, they also go to Shenjing. ā€

A road was blocked.

Is it necessary to rely on the imperial court to order the relocation of the inland people? When and what month will it be?

Gu Qiqi Niang suddenly said: "What if you buy someone?" ā€

"Buying people?"

Huang Shi was stunned.

"Yes. Buy people from the tooth shop. You should be able to buy it, right? ā€

"If you buy someone from the dental store, you will naturally be able to buy a clean history. It's just that the price is not small. Now the total population of San'in County is only that small, and the tax revenue is even less. How to buy ......"

Gu Qiqiniang asked Jin Ban'er: "How much property can I get this time?" ā€

Jin Ban'er hurriedly said: "This time, the girl is a real knife and a real arrow to fight the barbarian, plus the girl's crossbow arrows, firewood knives, are all attacks at the vital point, so the girl can take fifty percent of the beheading skill and seventy percent of the booty." This time it was the Di tribe that came, there were not many people, only one or two thousand small and medium-sized tribes, but there were many horses. When those Di people fled, they didn't take the horses away, and at this time, Uncle Bai and the others had already driven the horses back, just over the barracks and the martial arts arena. ā€

As an important military town, the barracks in Sanyin County occupy a large area, and the barracks and martial arts arenas in the northeast of Sanyin County occupy one-fifth of the entire area of Shanyin County. The Gu family doesn't have so many places to place these horses for the time being, and there must be one over there in the barracks and martial arts arena.

Gu Qiqi Niang said: "If I use a war horse to exchange a veteran with a guard elsewhere, it is a foot soldier." You say, will they be willing to change? ā€

Jin Ban'er was stunned.

Zhang Chou's eyes lit up: "I remember that fifty miles to the east is General Cao's soldiers, and General Cao has written several times that there are not enough war horses. If there are a thousand horses...... But it's your spoils. ā€

Public is public, private is private.

In Zhang Chip's view, the thousand war horses were Gu Qiqiniang's personal property. No matter what name is used, Gu Qiqiniang's personal property is exchanged for soldiers for Shanyin County, is this soldier considered the state or Gu Qiqiniang's private soldier?

This is a matter of principle.

Gu Qiqi Niang said: "Then act as a tax." Our family is such a big land......"

"That's the hero of the country's grandfather, and he didn't have to pay taxes in the first place."

"That's the human tax. It's supposed to be called this, right? ā€

Zhang Chip said: "The Gu family is loyal to the country and forgets to die, and the Gu family's troops don't have to pay taxes. ā€

"That ......"

"It's the spoils of war, and everyone deserves it?"

Gu Qiqi Niang was stunned. He never expected that Zhang Chip would say it so categorically.

But

Gu Qiqiniang tilted her head and said in confusion: "Since there is no land tax and no human tax, what does Shanyin County rely on to sustain it?" Don't you need money and food for the operation of the yamen? ā€

Zhang Chip was stunned for a moment, and finally said lightly: "The court has money and food." ā€

"Is that so?"

Zhang Chip blushed.

Originally, important border military towns like Shanyin County were all supported by the imperial court. It has become a common practice for the imperial court to ignore Shanyin County, and even the money and grain in Shanyin County have not been given for some years.

The treasury is empty, and it is San'in County.

Gu Qiqi Niang said: "Then the treasury of Shanyin County, can you buy the war horse I have now?" ā€

Zhang Chip's face turned red and he didn't speak.

Huang Shi said: "If the girl wants to donate ......"

Gu Qiqiniang nodded first.

donated part of her property in exchange for the safety of her remaining property and her own life, but thinking of her mother and her mother's eyes that lit up when she saw the money, Gu Qiqiniang hesitated again: "No, no." I haven't told A-Niang yet. ā€