After nearly half a month of recruitment, the required soldiers of the three battalions in Shenzhou have been completed.

However, although there are enough manpower, the ordnance still needs to be transferred from the military department, and it will take some time for the full amount to arrive. As a result, many of the recruits in the battalion were in an embarrassing situation where they had no ordnance or even could only be empty-handed.

Ordnance can wait, but people cannot be idle. At Lin Fan's request, even if the peeled wood was temporarily used as a spear and other weapons, the battalion also carried out daily training.

An Ning and the three have now become official flag officers, serving in the battalion led by Lin Fan.

In order to train a few of them, Lin Fan also handed over almost all the affairs of this camp to a few of them, and rarely interfered himself.

Before this Zhang Feng'er thief rebellion, Huainan Province had not known soldiers for a long time. Moreover, the former staff generals did not pay attention to training, and eight points of the battalion's strength were used in Tuntian, and the original combat strength of the battalions in Shenzhou can be imagined.

Insufficient training and weak combat strength were also the reasons why the Shenzhou soldiers were defeated without a fight in this thief rebellion.

Lin Fan still trained according to the old routine when he was in the inspection department, so compared to the original casualness, the training intensity of each battalion is now harsh, especially for those veterans who remained.

Many veterans complained bitterly and inevitably complained in private. And Lin Fan's attitude towards this is very clear, if anyone can't stand it, he can leave immediately, and he will never force him to stay.

Not to mention the rest, Lin Fan did one thing very well, that is, he would never deduct the rations of his brothers.

How can it be so easy to eat a full meal in troubled times, those people also know that if you really leave, you will never find such a good place to eat.

So most people just talk about it, except for some old and weak people who can't stand the intensity of training, no one will really want to quit.

Lin Fan handed over the training to An Ning and the other two generals, and he took Zhou Yuanzhi, He Fang, Li Qingshan and others to wander around in the past few days.

Because they have no official status, several of them cannot be officials yet. Zhou Yuanzhi and He Fang have now become Lin Fan's personal guards, and Li Qingshan continues to be his secretary.

said that he was wandering around, but Lin Fan actually had his own purpose, but others didn't know it yet.

On this day, Lin Fan, who had inspected the acres of land in the camp, returned to the camp. No sooner had he washed off the dirt from his hands than a scribe followed.

"My lord, this is the file you asked for yesterday, and the lowly job sent it to you." The scribe held a stack of things similar to account books and respectfully placed them on Lin Fan's bookcase.

Lin Fan nodded, dried his hands, opened the book and looked through it carefully.

Focusing on the accounts of the past few years, Lin Fan raised his head and asked the scribe, "Are you sure that this is all the documents I want?" ”

The scribe shuddered slightly when he heard this, and replied, "Yes, my lord, it's all here." ”

Seeing that the scribe refused to speak, Lin Fan continued to ask: "Okay, since this is the case, then let me ask you, how many acres of land should be in the battalion?" ”

The scribe replied: "The quota of the three battalions in Shenzhou is three thousand six hundred, and according to the practice of the imperial court, according to the different fertility of the land, each soldier should be granted a grain field for the army

From 15 acres to 50 acres, the land in Huainan Province is not barren, and each sergeant can be granted 20 acres of land. ”

Lin Fan said again: "That is to say, the total grain mu of Shenzhou Tuntian should be 72,000 mu, a total of 720 hectares. Am I right? ”

The scribe replied: "My lord is right, the grain field under the name of the battalion is 720 hectares. ”

"According to the regulations, each soldier should pay twelve stone of grain to the court every year for the purpose of raising the army, and three thousand six hundred people are forty-three thousand two hundred stone. But in fact, the battalion pays less than 20,000 stone of grain every year, even if this year is because of the disaster, there is no food. But every year like this, things can't be shirked by a natural disaster, right? Tell me, where is the rest of the food? Lin Fan's tone froze.

"My lord, the accounts of the past years are here, and there is absolutely no concealment in the slightest, please be aware of it!" The scribe's words were tinged with a hint of panic, and sweat broke out on his forehead.

"You said there was no problem with the accounts, so you mean there was a problem elsewhere, right?" Lin Fan began to be aggressive.

"This, this, lowly duty doesn't mean that!" The scribe became more and more panicked.

"Why, don't you dare to say? Still reluctant to say? Lin Fan questioned him again.

"Adult Mingjian, the humble position is just a small official, and he can only do his job well, and the villain really doesn't know the inside story!" The scribe excused himself.

Lin Fan said everything to this point, and seeing that the scribe was still unwilling to tell the truth, his patience was also wearing: "You said you don't know? As the scribe of the books, can you hide these things from your eyes? The books are there, and you won't even be able to see the problems in them? It seems that the official has been too good at talking for a while, and you people really treat the official as a fool to coax. ”

"The villain doesn't dare!" Lin Fan killed his boss in the first place, and now who in the camp doesn't know? He is notorious, how can a scribe have such courage.

"I don't care if you dare or not, but you should always know what the crime of embezzling the army's food and salary should be, right? I know that you have just been transferred, and this matter has nothing to do with you, so I will tell you so much, otherwise you would have thought that I would still be here to talk to you, and I would have arrested you a long time ago. But if you don't tell the truth, that is, if you voluntarily apologize for others, the official will not be able to save you, so you can only be punished by military law. Lin Fan continued to persuade the scribe, but his words revealed a murderous aura.

The scribe collapsed to the ground all of a sudden, kowtowing desperately: "My lord spare my life, my lord spare my life!" ”

"If you don't want to die, then say it!" Lin Fan said condescendingly.

"This, this!" The scribe didn't know what to do for a while.

The scribe was already shaken, and Lin Fan struck while the iron was hot: "The reason why I found you is not only because you are in charge of the account books in the army, but also because the officials in the camp are all locals, and many things are impossible to hide from you." Therefore, if you say that you do not know anything about this matter, the official will not believe it. If you want to get away with it, hurry up and answer the truth, don't be afraid of retaliation from others, and the official will ensure that you are safe and sound. Besides, do you think that if you take their sins, they will thank you? I'm afraid not! ”

The scribe also knew that it was impossible to hide it this time, so he said: "Although I was no longer in the army before my humble position, I have occasionally heard of things in the army. I heard that it was before

Several generals were greedy for the grain, and they had only heard about it, but they didn't know whether it was true or not. It was also after I was transferred that I saw these account books and found that the previous rumors were true. ”

Lin Fan saw that things had come to this point, and this person was not honest, he said: "Why, do you think it's okay to push everything on the dead people?" ”

"Don't dare to be humble, please be aware of it!" The scribe said tremblingly.

"Don't dare? Tell me, then, how many acres of land are left in the camp? Lin Fan asked again?

When the scribe heard this, his face turned pale.

"What, can't tell?" Lin Fan snorted coldly. Then he said to Li Qingshan on the side: "Qingshan, you come and tell him." ”

"Yes, sir." Li Qingshan replied.

Li Qingshan looked at the scribe and said: "According to the personal measurements I have personally measured with my lord in the past few days, we have roughly calculated the number of tuntian fields in the army, and we can know that the military fields are less than 400 hectares, and the rest are occupied by the big households in Shenzhou. ”

The scribe was speechless, and his reserve was already soaked with sweat. He didn't expect Lin Fan to find out to this point, it turned out that he had been going to measure the acres of land these days?

Lin Fan didn't bother to hide his purpose, and said bluntly to the scribe: "I don't know how much you have received from them, and I don't know how many interest entanglements there are between you, so I sealed your mouth and made you unwilling to tell the truth until you are still unwilling." You now know I'm going to deal with the big ones, and once I start doing it, the big ones will soon know. You've been with me for so long today, so many people have seen it, do you think they're going to believe you didn't say anything after you're out of this door? ”

"You have to make one thing clear, if you want to protect yourself and your family, you have to be on my side completely. As long as I let it go, whether you take refuge in me or not, it is impossible for that side to let you go again. And if you are really obsessed, I can now correct you on the spot in the name of military law, and your family will also be affected, which I think none of us want to see. ”

"And think about it, you are not the only one in the army who knows the inside story, and this matter is not necessary for you, I can find someone else to do this."

At this point, the scribe was a little desperate, and he no longer insisted on denying it, because he knew that it was meaningless, and it would only make Lin Fan look down on himself even more.

He simply asked directly, "Then why did the adults find me?" If finding someone else is the same result, why should you trap me in injustice? ”

The scribe's attitude had softened, and Lin Fan didn't mind saying some confidant words: "You don't want to think about it, if I really found someone else, after the incident, how should you, the scribe in charge of the account books in the camp, deal with yourself?" At that time, a hidden sin will be firmly attached to your head, and now you only need to tell the truth, not only will you not be guilty, but you will also have the merit of reporting. At that time, I spared you from offending, and I said it in public and private. It is said that the new official has three fires when he takes office, and I don't want the first fire to burn on my own brother. ”

At this point, the scribe also knew that there was no room for his refusal, so he could only be ruthless, gritted his teeth, and said to Lin Fan: "My lord, I know everything!" ”

The scribe expressed his attitude, and Lin Fan also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. With the scribe out of the way, the rest is much simpler.