Stepping on the moonlight, under the escort of the Mo brothers, Shouhan rode a pony, wandering aimlessly throughout the port area, and Xu Huanshan kept a distance of a horse's head from Shouhan on the side.

"Brother Mo family, you two must be dedicated, the lord will never treat his subordinates badly, especially the people around him. Just look at me and Zuo Tianpeng. ”

The atmosphere at night is not as formal as during the day, and Xu Huanshan is completely teaching the juniors as a former relative of Shouhan. The two juniors, the elder brother Mo Jin showed a little shyness and longing on his face, and the younger brother Mo Yu replied to Xu Huanshan with a smile, "Lord Xu, this is troublesome, in case our brother is released, and he is promoted more than you if he is not careful, you see us, don't you still have to salute?" ”

According to the military discipline of the Southern Chinese Army, there is a strict hierarchy between the upper and lower levels, but the relationship between them is very harmonious. This is the result of Shouhan's painstaking attempt to reproduce the relationship between superiors and subordinates in the PLA in his own troops. At least it seems that it is relatively successful now.

"Hey, hey! It depends on the opportunity given to you by the lord, whether you can catch it! ”

The sound of hooves clicked, and in the joking of several people, most of the entire port area was walked.

"Huzi, I left these tens of thousands of people to you, I have added a burden and burden to you, these people, newly attached to our army, their hearts are undecided, you want to be gracious and powerful, you should be rewarded, you should be killed, don't be soft. Also, How much food do you need? ”

Gather people and make money. This is a summary of the life experience of Hu Linyi, the leader of the Hunan army, and Shouhan is also very aware of this, but he has studied philosophy, and he has raised this point to a philosophical level.

"You have to spend a lot of money and food to build houses, ports, gun emplacements, berths, and roads. Not to mention the placement of those new annexed armies and tribal soldiers, these places add up, how much money is about to be paid, you can take a total number of them, and everyone will discuss them at the salary meeting in the second half of the year. During this time, the money and food you need will first be spent from the inner treasury. ”

Spending from the inner treasury, this is to ask Li Shouhan to pay out of his own pocket to feed this port, these people.

"Lord, money and food, I don't really care about it here at the moment. You should use the money and food for the northern and western expeditions! ”

Xu Huanshan's words not only surprised Shouhan, but even the Mo brothers were also surprised.

"There is no joke in the army, what are you kidding?! With tens of thousands of mouths out of thin air, where are you looking for this abundance of food to feed them? Shouhan was a little anxious.

"My lord, when you arrived at Pingba Port today, you were in a hurry to inspect the defense here and check the armaments, but you forgot that I had another mission. The reclamation of the Jiulong River is also under my control. ”

I almost forgot about it! Shouhan tapped his thigh with some annoyance, so that the pony under the crotch thought that the master was about to speed up, and was about to run in small steps, but Shouhan tightly pulled the reins.

"If you don't say it, I'll almost forget about it. The first person who went to the Jiulong River to survey the terrain was you. There is still a distance from the Jiulong River here, and you have worked hard in the past few years. ”

Pingba Port or Cam Ranh Bay, located in Nha Trang, is still dozens of kilometers away from Nha Trang city, if you want to know how far the Kowloon River is from Cam Ranh Bay, look at the distance from Nha Trang to Ho Chi Minh City on the map. In the case of imperfect roads, no cars, only two legs or horses, or by boat, from Nha Trang to Vung Tau and Phan Thiet at the mouth of the Kowloon River, it takes more than a day to take a boat.

And Xu Huanshan is to run back and forth in two places!

"Huzi, it's hard for you!"

Shouhan said this sentence from the bottom of his heart.

Several people found a wide place on the top of the mountain, Xu Huanshan jumped off the horse, tied the horse, and then, took off his saddle, took off the mattress, and spread it on the ground, "My lord, please!" ”

After sitting down, Shouhan began to ask Xu Huanshan how he didn't want money and food.

"Lord, now in the Jiulong River area, there are hundreds of large and small tunken village forts, where tens of thousands of people cultivate, and at least three crops of rice can be harvested every year. Moreover, after I organized these people according to the armor, I led them to conquer the nearby natives during the slack season and the rainy season to obtain population and land. In the past three years, more than one million acres of land have been seized from these natives alone. It's a pity that these natives don't know how to handle the land, and the grain production is so low that it's so low! ”

"What do you do with the land after you grab it?"

"It's very simple, the soldiers who go to the war, the meritorious people, can be given priority to the right to distribute, who doesn't want to be familiar with the field?! However, I also have the condition, that is, after paying taxes and public grain, the harvest of these lands must be paid as a provident fund by 10% to 1/2. Either as a memorial for the war dead, or for other purposes. This condition is for a period of five years. This part of the accumulated rice has more than 300,000 stones. This year's second crop of rice has not yet been harvested, and after the harvest, the number will increase a little. ”

"So you say, you can solve the rations of these tens of thousands of people?"

"Exactly!"

Looking at the two brothers of the Mo family under the moonlight, with a few personal soldiers patrolling around, Shouhan's mind was spinning rapidly: Xu Huanshan's character is calm, solid, meticulous and meticulous, if he comes as a general of the sailor fleet, it is a kind of torture for him, the fleet, asking for an attack, and Xu Huanshan's character is good at management and defense.

Perhaps, it's time to divide the Xuanwu Battalion and the Sailor Division! Divide the naval division into three fleets, and the practice fleet is trained by the Spanish mercenaries of Gonzalez's class of sailors and gunners for themselves, and by the way they learn their seafaring skills. The other two fleets are led by Zhang Xiaohu and Zuo Tianpeng, two guys who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic!

"As for the money, my lord, even less so. Not far from here, there is Manraka, and the merchant ships shuttle back and forth, and the standard and others will lead the sailors and gunboats to ......"

"This guy!" Shouhan was shocked, could it really be a leopard? This guy went to rob the merchant ships that came and went? Robbing Zhang Xiaohu's original pirate, a promising career?

“…… Toll fees, or protection fees, were collected to escort them through the pirate-infested seas, and in some cases, in the name of the Ming sailors, taxes were collected. These revenues are recorded in detail in the detailed accounts of income and expenditure of the government office. ”

Shouhan slapped himself hard in his heart!

In the past few years, I have patronized farming and steelmaking, guarding a natural harbor like Cam Ranh Bay, and not far away is the golden waterway Manraka, but there will be a shortage of money? At present, Manraka and later Lijiapo are under the control of the Sultan and the Tuwang, and the Portuguese only control the main points of the strait and build several fortresses and forts to protect their trading posts. Their kind of fortress was, in the eyes of Shouhan and his officers, not worth mentioning.

Is there a need to adjust the strategic priorities?

Shouhan's brain is like a pot of boiling water, and all kinds of thoughts come and go:

Will the occupation of Manchuria cause a siege by many surrounding forces, and will the Spaniards, the British, the Portuguese, and the local natives accept a change of conqueror? Will it be mired in a protracted war? Can the existing troops, weapons, and ships sustain such a long front?

If Manraka is conquered, how to defend it, how to collect taxes and fees? What is the appropriate tax rate? If it is besieged by many maritime forces because of the collection of taxes, will its military forces be able to cope with it?

He kicked out hard, and it happened that there was a rock there, and the pain immediately spread from the tip of his toe to his brain, and he couldn't help but grin and gasp.

"Lord!" Mo Jin hurriedly rushed over, "Lao Tzu is fine!" Get out of here! Shouhan yelled in a low voice in annoyance. Mo Jin turned around and wanted to leave, "Wait! Go! Ask them who has a cigarette on their body, Lao Tzu wants to smoke a bag! ”

Several people hurriedly found a pipe, filled the tobacco for Shouhan, lit it with flint, and handed it to him.

Cigarettes, this is the first time in his life to smoke, if it weren't for the heavy problem of adjusting the strategic focus, it is estimated that Shouhan would not have remembered to smoke. A puff of smoke was slammed into his mouth, and the spicy taste brought great stimulation to his body, choking him with a violent cough and choking out tears.

With a burst of pain in his feet, Shouhan continued to turn over the river and sea in his mind, and several people on the side looked at him without blinking through the pale blue smoke rising from time to time, for fear that something would be flawed. However, the few people around him are people who have been around him for a long time, and they all know the habits of Shouhan better, and know that he is communicating with the gods at the moment, and maybe something new will come out after a while.

The double stimulation of tobacco and pain made Shouhan sober up a little, "Why do I only count the pros and cons, why don't I count the benefits that can be obtained at once?!" Is this battle worth fighting, and what will I gain after the battle? ”

He used his pipe to draw a shape on the ground in front of him, somewhat resembling the scabbard of a waist knife, and sketched on it. The Mo family brothers who were watching from the side were a little confused, "Brother, what is the lord painting?" Mo Jin asked his brother with a look in his eyes. Mo Yu also shook his head blankly.

Xu Huanshan, who was on the side, saw some smell a little, and while stopping the somewhat surprised expressions of his soldiers with his eyes, he quietly moved his body, and stretched out his hand to pull down a branch that was leaning out from the side, so that the moonlight could be projected through the gap between the branches, providing a brighter environment for Shouhan to think.

"This is Ha Tinh, here is Hoi An, this is Hue, this is Nha Trang, this is Saigon, this is Chao Phraya River, this is Kim Chau, here is Manraka. After Manraka, it's the Indian Ocean! ”

After Manraka, it's the Indian Ocean! What does this mean?

Manraka is the latch of the western gate of the Pacific Ocean! At the same time, it is also a latch on the Indian Ocean. Occupy this place, you can deal with and do business with the princes of India and the so-called descendants of Genghis Khan, the Mughal Empire's Akbar the Great. India's wheat and long-staple cotton are all needed by the Han Dynasty. In particular, the use of long-staple cotton, Xiu'er machine, caused a shortage of cotton, relying on Jiang Chun and Ye Qi from the mainland to smuggle cotton is not enough at all, and the island cotton seeds bought from Alfonso and others at a high price also need to be improved and adapted to the natural environment such as soil, water, and climate in Nanzhong. Then it can be promoted on a large scale.

And, on the sketchy map in front of you, another problem clearly emerged.

Ha Gyeong, the administrative center of Shouhan, is not only an administrative center, but also a complex of economic, military, industrial, and many other centers. What's even worse is that many reclamation people, whether they are chopping waves from the sea or crossing mountains and mountains on land, their first destination is Hejing. The officials under Shouhan had to divide them separately either to the west or to the south.

Ha Jing, on the other hand, is too far north on the map drawn by Shouhan, almost in a corner of one end of the entire political district.

"Alas!"

Shouhan couldn't help but sigh, the family business left by his ancestors was too remote compared to his own goals! In the days when there were no railways and no telegraphs, it took at least three days to reach the distance from Ha Tinh to Manchuria, even by the ship Fubo. How does this work?

He had only recently killed the bud of a potentially divisive and divisive country, and had already discovered the contradiction between a vast territory and a thin administrative system. Once there is a large army, the generals who command the army are virtually much higher than the officials of these administrative systems, and it is inevitable that the officials of these administrative systems will have to succumb to coercion.

"Now it's a question that begs two questions." Shouhan put the smoking pipe in his hand on the ground, "Originally, I was thinking about whether to beat Manraka." As a result, it was found that there was a problem between the increasing number of sites, the expansion of the administrative area and the geographical location of the administrative center. There is also the question of whether or not to establish an administrative system. ”

"Forget it, I don't want to! Let's go back to Ha Jing and discuss these things with everyone! ”

As soon as I stood up, I had a little spark on my body! But it was the remnants of the tobacco in the pipe that had just been placed on the ground, which led to the mattress cover spread on the ground, and burned a big hole in the mattress cover, not to mention, by the way, the big red shirt of the guard also burned several holes of different sizes.

"Hah! Cigarette butts and soot can't be littered! Otherwise, you'll get burned! A group of pro-soldiers rushed up to help Shouhan pounce on the sparks on his body, but Shouhan didn't think so, and joked with Xu Huanshan.

"The fire burns the prosperous land, my lord, what a sign!"

It was already five days after the tens of thousands of people of the new annex army and tribal soldiers had been settled in Pingba Harbor. According to the meaning of Shouhan, the brigade went north by boat, and he took the soldiers of the two guard battalions to stay and take the land route, preparing to see the scenery of various places along the way, and see the situation of various villages and forts. Well, it's a sightseeing tour? Or is it an in-depth investigation?

During these five days, Li Shouhan adjusted the formation sequence of the water division. The Xuanwu battalion is no longer the battalion number of the sailors. A water master is a water master. At present, the teams of the six battalions of the Xuanwu Battalion stationed in Pingba Port and Jiulongjiang are still called the Xuanwu Battalion, and they continue to be commanded by Xu Huanshan. The main combat mission and method of the Xuanwu Battalion in the future is still to cooperate with the naval division, oh, it is the Nanzhong version of the Marine Corps?

The defense of Pingba Port is in charge of Chu Tianlei, and he is also responsible for commanding the sailors here. For this reason, Shouhan also added a star to Chu Tianlei's sleeve.

In the signing room, Shouhan and Xu Huanshan chatted with the sky and the sky. It's also a job assignment!

"Huzi, take the Xuanwu camp to Lao Tzu, and in the future, you will have to rely on them to attack Manraka. Also, from Cam Ranh Bay to the Kowloon River, the reclamation in this area is still in your hands, you are looking for a suitable place for me to build a house, build an official office, maybe I will go to Chai Stick to deal with daily affairs in the future! ”

"The little ones dare not do their best!" Xu Huanshan also looked relaxed, and unloaded several burdens on his body, for him, the pressure was greatly reduced, and he could finally do what he liked. Lead the troops, farm. But it's much more interesting than going to sea.

"Also, this time I went north by land, I also want to see the reclamation situation everywhere, you are in the Jiulong River area, you also have to carefully explore, we can't always have villages and towns below the general's mansion, now the territory is so large and so big, how can we get it by relying on villages and towns alone? You have to know where you can build a commercial port and where you can build a city. ”

"When I finish fighting the rebels in the north, there will be no hidden dangers in Annan, and we can deal with the affairs of the south with one mind. The Old Port, I must recover it! If we don't recover the old port, we're afraid we won't have any clothes to wear in the future! ”

Shouhan said haha and teased Xu Huanshan a few words.

However, Xu Huanshan reluctantly squeezed out a smile, as if there was something in his heart, and he wanted to stop talking.

"The bones are in the throat, and they don't vomit unpleasantly. My Lord Xu, there is something, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it! Shouhan still has a lot of feelings for this veteran henchman, he asked with a smile. For this group of people, he is a little partial and spoiled, intentionally or unintentionally.

"If you don't have any money, I'll give you money from this seizure, if you want to marry, which girl do you like, I'll go with Fubo to be a matchmaker for you, it doesn't matter if you fall in love with those Siamese beauties, five beauties, I'll leave you three, how about it?" Is it enough? ”

The words were a little joking, and Xu Huanshan's face turned red.

"Lord, no, that's not what I mean!"

He hurriedly shook his hands.

"It's just that you just talked about the reclamation, and the little ones remembered one thing, and some didn't know how to deal with it. So it's a bit of a gaffe. ”

After reading the stack of private letters that Xu Huanshan took out, Shouhan understood a little.

Most of these letters were written by Xu Huanshan's relatives, friends, and old ministers to him, in which they expressed their gratitude for his kind invitation, but they all showed little enthusiasm and even some indifference to the reclamation of the Jiulong River region in the south. It is no wonder that the owner of the letter has been seen by many people, and is more familiar with it, and they are the first batch of old people in the garrison who have been allocated land, first obtained the allocation of fifteen acres of land for each strong man, and then obtained the right to reclaim fifteen acres of nearby land, and after a few years, after hard work, each family's life can be called rich; According to the general mentality of the Chinese people, naturally they will no longer go to the wild land full of thorns and mosquitoes to work hard to reclaim the wasteland, guarding these dozens of acres of dry and dry fields, and at the foot of the General's Mansion, there is no good thing that is indispensable to their own share, why bother?

"According to the provisions of the General's Palace, each of the reclamation people who came to the Jiulong River could get 50 acres of land, so I wrote to them and invited them to go south to reclaim the wasteland, but I wrote dozens of letters, and only a few families came. Lord, you want me to do my best to reclaim the Jiulong River, relying on the newcomers alone seems to be a little weak, and there are many natives in this area, and the killing is incomplete, these people must be given a way out, otherwise, the Jiulong River area is bound to be killed all year round, and those newcomers will be discouraged. ”

"At first, they thought that if they gave up the land in the north and went south to cultivate, each person could get fifty acres of land, so that the money, grain and farming methods they brought would inevitably be like a fire, driving other newcomers, and by the way, they could also hire some natives to come out to work in various villages and towns, and with a little time, they would naturally eliminate the views between each other."

It seems that in practical work, it is indeed able to train people, find the problem level, and solve the problem is the ability. In the past few years, Xu Huanshan's level and ability have greatly improved, but what he lacks is only the support of power.

Shouhan thought to himself.

"What do you think is the crux of the matter?"

"My lord, I think, one, the land is relocated, and the small wealth is safe. It's a heart disease. ”

Ha ha! Sure enough, it is the heart disease and habit of our people.

"Go on."

"Second, there are worries and worries about the way out. This is the fact at hand. Those people are afraid of giving up the land in the north, and after going south, once there is something short of horses, there is no way back, and the family has worked hard for several years, and it is easy to live a stable life, and immediately there is no overnight food at home! ”

"It's stupid to mark it, but it's just to speculate on the thoughts of relatives and relatives from the letters, and the conclusions drawn are not to be laughed at." After speaking, Xu Huanshan grinned, as if a big stone had been removed from his body, and he felt at ease.

He is at ease, but Shouhan is embarrassed!

Nearly 6,000 words will be offered. Did you take out everything you had in your hands?

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