After Zhang Rui announced the rent of the land, many tenant farmers who could not rent the land and were severely suppressed by the landlords seemed to see a new hope in life and joined their families.

Although the local squires complained, it did not affect them much at present, but it only made the hearts of the tenant farmers who had signed contracts with them bleed.

Although the nearby magistrates were wary of Zhang Rui's general trend of inhaling displaced people, when Zhang Rui collected the grain of the surrounding ordinary people at the price of one tael of silver per stone to complete the summer tax for them, the county lords who had never felt that the summer tax was so simple felt that all this was not bad.

You must know that in this dry weather, those squires gave only six pieces of silver. And Zhang Rui swallowed 20,000 stone of grain alone, and cleaned up all the taxes, grains and silver to be paid around.

Originally, the squires still complained about Zhang Rui's approach, but when Zhang Rui finished harvesting the grain. It was raining heavily. So, instead, they burst out laughing. On the contrary, I felt that God would not let Zhang Rui feel better.

If it rains, then the price of grain can be collected at the price of four dollars a load.

They just walked a long way to collect it elsewhere, and some of the squires who did not sell grain to Zhang Rui even regretted it. I knew that it would rain so quickly this day, and I should have given all the food in my hand to Zhang Rui as soon as possible.

Poor and landless displaced households have been a headache for the government since ancient times, and it is good to be able to find land for them to rent. However, some landlords and squires oppressed too much, such as some even demanded 28 shares, resulting in them having land and not renting it. This creates problems for the county administration.

When Zhang Rui absorbed those landless homeless households, although the county lord knew that this was against the laws and regulations of the Qing Dynasty, he still ignored it and did not report it. After all, Zhang Rui did not rebel, and the prefect still intended to ask for an official for him.

There are fewer poor households in the surrounding area, and the county is easier to manage. Zhang Rui also organized these people to open up wasteland and kill bandits. After this land reclamation, tax revenue can be increased, and the killing of bandits can protect the village and the people. These are all great feats for the county lord.

Therefore, the county not only did not stop it, but also let its subordinates hunt fast and other propaganda to let those who had no land to cultivate go to Zhang Ruina to work.

Due to the connivance and propaganda of the government, the population of Zhilianshan rose rapidly to more than 10,000 at this time, which was comparable to the population of the county seat in this era.

As a result of the inflow of a large number of people and the purchase of a large number of materials, the bank bank of Zhilian Mountain has decreased rapidly. At this time, there were only more than 10,000 silver left in the Zhilian Mountain Silver Treasury. And a month and a half ago, there were 2,460 taels of gold and more than 50,000 taels of silver in the treasury. The 2,460 taels of gold can be exchanged for 35,000 taels of silver in the Guangzhou Mansion.

Nearly 70,000 taels of silver were lost in a month, and in exchange for the landless poor who were useless. And these poor people still have to be more or less. Liu Muxiu, who looked at the accounts, couldn't help but sigh, this Zhang Liu is too capable of losing.

Not only Liu Muxiu sighed, but even Li Ming, who was managing the wasteland reclamation team at this time, also sighed. Oh no, it shouldn't be called Li Ming, it's called Li Xiude.

"It's just a wasteland, where can you use such a good tool? How much does it cost to plough so many cattle! “

Li Chao caused Li Decai to lose a large amount of money because of Zhang Rui's affairs. According to Li Decai's meaning, he should be sunk in order to calm his anger. But because Zhang Rui spent two hundred taels of important people, Li Decai also accepted it when he saw it, which allowed Li Chao to survive. At the same time, he also changed his name, Li Xiude.

Li Xiude is grateful to Zhang Rui from the bottom of his heart, and he thinks that even if it is not the fifty acres of land that Zhang Rui promised him, he will be dead to Zhang Rui.

At the same time, with Zhang Rui's continuous growth, Li Xiude couldn't help but feel lucky in his heart.

A large amount of silver was used mainly to buy grain, oil, homespun cloth, salt, and iron ingots. Due to the low purchase price of minerals, saltpeter and sulfur in the surrounding area, there are not so many of these two things.

In terms of food, at this time, the cottage has more than 20,000 stone of grain, which is barely enough for 10,000 people to eat for a year. According to Liu Muxiu's meaning, there is no need to stock up on grain again. After all, after this field is cleared, as long as there is one kind of food, there will be income, but at that time, these civilians will no longer have to be fed by Zhang Rui.

Zhang Rui did not agree with Liu Muxiu's suggestion, but once again took out 20,000 taels of silver tickets to Liu Muxiu, and asked him to buy 20,000 stones again at a price of five yuan.

Salt and oil were hoarded at this standard, but the amount of cloth was reduced and the number of iron ingots increased.

Regarding the steps that Zhang Rui was about to take, Liu Muxiu was excited and scared at the same time. At this time, he felt that he was no longer a copycat bandit, but a real county lord.

For the first time, he felt the meaning of his reading.

…

Faced with the arrival of a large population and the reduction of the bank. Increasing revenue and reducing expenditure has become the first problem. Otherwise, Zhang Rui didn't know how long the more than 50,000 taels of silver on his body would last.

So, Zhang Rui took the bandit suppression team that had just been trained for less than half a month to go out to suppress the bandits.

Forty miles outside the mountain, in Wuzhou, Goutou Mountain.

After many villagers who had suffered greatly came to plead, Zhang Rui decided to attack it first.

Under the guidance of the surrounding villagers, Zhang Rui's scout team quickly explored this bandit den of only more than 50 people.

To say that bandits are bandits, it is okay to deal with civilians, but to deal with regular teams is only to send them to death.

At this time, the scout team had been trained by experienced scouts that Zhang Rui had poached from the Manchu Green Camp at a high price. Its combat effectiveness is that before Zhang Rui led his troops to the bandits' den, more than 30 scouts attacked the bandits' den with zero casualties, and captured all the masters of this cottage alive.

Looking at this speechless result, Zhang Rui thought of the concept of special forces for the first time, and decided to increase the recruitment of scouts after going back.

The other team members looked at the scout team and gritted their teeth, didn't we show our faces? Nothing to do with us?

As a result, in the next week or so, the three bandit dens within a hundred miles of Zhilian Mountain were all harmed. Even the bandits who had received news of the bandit squad for two hundred miles nearby fled from the range of Zhilian Mountain.

After the money and the team obtained from going out to suppress the bandits this time, Zhang Rui still had 178,678 taels of silver left. With this silver, the financial pressure faced by the direct mountain cottage will be reduced again.

Originally, according to what he said when recruiting, Zhang Rui could not divide the money of the team members, but there is no interest in this world, where is there motivation? Therefore, Zhang Rui made it easy for them to agree that in the future, all the bandits would be handed over to the public, and then the public would distribute 30% to the captured team.

This regulation was cheered by the bandits, and only in this way did they have the motivation to fight hard.

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After Zhang Rui returned to Zhilian Mountain with the team, the population of Zhilian Mountain at this time was close to 20,000. Many of these people are from Guangdong, and many are from Hunan, Guizhou, and other places.

And all this is thanks to the propaganda of the old beggars who look useless.

At this time, it is not the flowers that are all over the mountains, but the houses. Standing on the mountain and looking down, you can see that a neat and orderly house is so pleasing to the eye.

"I wish the world could continue to be so good." At this time, Liu Muxiu, who was standing beside Zhang Rui, couldn't help but sigh.

"yes..."

"Even the imperial court has not done better than the sixth brother..."

…

Liu Muxiu's words were also echoed by everyone who followed Zhang Rui. And these people also include Zhang Zhishan, the general manager of the green camp stationed in Cangwu County, Wuzhou.

In the Qing Dynasty, the green battalion and the flag battalion were both a kind of world soldier system, the soldiers were all the world's business, the sergeants were soldiers to eat food, and the family had to rely on salaries to survive, because the salary was limited, and they were not allowed to engage in other occupations, it was naturally difficult to make a living, and life was increasingly embarrassing.

But the flag camp is slightly better to have the care of the Qing Dynasty, and no matter how bad it is, the elderly and children in their families can be put in to eat more food. But the green camp is left to fend for itself, not only that, but the upper position is constantly encroached upon by the banner people.

So, when Zhang Rui was making his career, Zhang Zhishan, the commander of the Green Battalion, who had only sixty soldiers under his command, came to find Zhang Rui.

There is no way, there are civil officials and people pressing above, and below are the squires who can't move, and the poor people who can move really can't press a trace of oil and water. He was surrounded by hungry soldiers who had no strength, and the bandits couldn't do it. I went to rob and was afraid of being reported.

There is no land at home, and there is a large family to support. The family of a thousand chief officials was forced to work as tenant farmers for the landlord's family. And the soldiers under his command are no better.

This time, when he heard the news of Zhang Rui's recruitment in the field, he went to participate in the assessment like his brother and other soldiers. Originally, he was still a little embarrassed, but he saw that the three green battalion commanders stationed in the Wuzhou Prefecture also came to the assessment.

It can be said that in addition to the garrison, nearly 200 of the more than 300 green battalion soldiers stationed in the Wuzhou Prefecture are in Zhang Rui's bandit suppression team, and the rest who have not come in are waiting for Zhang Rui's next recruitment.

In the end, the three brothers of Zhang Zhishan's family joined the bandit team, and he was appointed as the general manager of the three hundred musketeers because of his outstanding achievements. One of the other three served as the general flag under him, and the other two served as the general flag under Li Niushi.

Originally, Zhang Zhishan thought that his three brothers would wait for 60 acres of land after three years of coming in. As a result, I learned that according to the conditions given by Zhang Rui: ordinary team members quit after three years and gave 20 acres of land, Xiaoqi gave 40 acres of land, total flag gave 70 acres of land, 100 total gave 120 acres of land, and 100 total gave 200 acres of land...

Happiness came too suddenly, Zhang Zhishan never dreamed that after three years of withdrawal, the family could wait for 160 acres of land. I can't imagine that I have this land and pay that rent, and it is precisely because of the abundance of the land that the other three thousand presidents chose to stay.

But according to the meaning of the sixth brother, people will be recruited and assessed later, and those who are unqualified will be demoted, and those who are seriously unqualified will be expelled and the fields will be recovered.

Everyone here trains hard every day without being urged, according to the sixth brother: sweat more in peacetime, and bleed less in wartime.

Zhang Zhishan found that there was no easier way to lead than to lead soldiers.

After all, no one wants to be eliminated, as long as they survive for three years, the land is their own. It's been half a month now.

The atmosphere is so nice that you can eat a full meal every day and you have meat almost every day, which was almost unimaginable before.

Every soldier here should not be punished casually, and if he is wronged, he can find a team. Every small flag has a team, and they are all lined up by the sixth brother to take care of everyone's life, and they are very enlightened.

If you are injured, you will be taken care of by the female doctors of the medical team, although sometimes you will feel red when you are taken care of by them, but their skills are very good. The important thing is that they look good in the clothes issued by the team, which makes many young people who have not married a family excited.

Who would want to leave such a team? Sometimes Zhang Zhishan feels that the team of the sixth brother is better than the imperial court.

Finally, the sixth brother announced that he was recruiting again