In the second year of Chongzhen, the tenth day of February.

The 60,000 soldiers under Wang Zezhi's command have been assigned and stationed in various places.

Wang Zezhi personally stationed at Qu Yechuan.

The degree of desolation of Qu Yechuan far exceeded Wang Zezhi's estimate.

Only the area where Omubu camped was still a place with abundant water and grass, as for the rest of the place, except for the desert, it was still a desert.

There was no way, Wang Zezhi could only set up camp on Omubu's camp.

After setting up camp, Wang Zezhi began to order his soldiers and horses to build water conservancy, plant trees, and reclaim cultivated land here.

At the same time, he also taught the migrants to raise chickens here.

Chickens can eat insects from the grassland or desert, and chicken manure can fertilize the land.

Desertified grasslands can be restored to grasslands slowly.

Originally, there were not enough people in his hands, but what he didn't expect was.

There are still many herdsmen who remain here, and the total number of these people is in the tens of thousands.

Wang Zezhi ordered people to gather the scattered herdsmen and organize households.

At the beginning, these people were all in a fierce mood, saying that they would fight to the death with the Han people.

But when one of the Tartars in the camp recognized his family, everything changed.

One of the main reasons why these herders want to stay here is because they feel that their men are still alive.

They were afraid that the men in the family would get lost and not find their way home, so they waited here.

Some of these Tartar soldiers were captured by Wang Zezhi from Omubu, and some were captured from Lin Dan Khan.

Many of them were members of the Tumut tribe, and many of them had found their own people at this moment.

These Tartar soldiers found their relatives and began to persuade their relatives one by one to accept the enclosure.

At the same time, they told everything about their experiences.

The main thing is that most of them are paid, and even the newly joined captives are rewarded for their military merits.

These people took out the military salaries and rewards in their hands, bought tea, salt and grain in Wang Zezhi's hands, and brought them to their families.

This time, the herdsmen no longer rejected Wang Zezhi's army.

There is even a meaning of acceptance.

As for the herders who have not found their men, they are not willing to leave.

They think that their men are still alive, and as long as they wait here, the men of the family will eventually come back.

With the introduction of these Tartar soldiers, these herdsmen's attitude towards Wang Zezhi's army has changed, and it has become easier to receive households.

After careful consideration, Wang Zezhi decided to make another arrangement for the sergeants below the third rank.

He organized these people into military meritorious soldiers, and sergeants above the third rank were organized into military merit.

Military meritorious soldiers, usually do not eat, just like their name, they live by eating military merits.

When there is no war, they can go home to work in the fields and help their families with their work.

When there is war, they must answer the call to return.

As for their military exploits, there are two ways to receive them.

The first is to exchange it for silver, and the second is to exchange it for fields.

After converting to a field, their families can cultivate the land for generations.

The most important thing is Wang Zezhi's guarantee that he will not collect land within three years.

In this way, Wang Zezhi not only saved a large amount of military salary, but also obtained the people of Tuntian.

When the sergeants learned of this policy, they all started to think about it.

Even some fourth-class sergeants have the idea of exchanging military merit for fields.

After Wang Zezhi knew their thoughts, he announced in public that once the soldiers exchanged all the military merits in their hands for fields, they could no longer join the army, and could only be military soldiers from now on.

The difference between the establishment of soldiers and the fact that there is no salary for meritorious soldiers determines the nature of the two arms.

The sergeants are not stupid, and the soldiers not only have military salaries, but also military merits in wartime.

Military merit soldiers only have military merit, that is, they respond to the call, and after joining the team, they do not receive military salaries.

Which is more important, you can know the difference when you compare.

Originally, the sergeants thought that no one would be stupid enough to become a military meritorious soldier.

They never imagined that there really would be people willing to do this.

That is, the Tartar soldiers assigned to the battalions, who found their families in the Loop area.

When they saw the skinny appearance of their relatives at home, they resolutely replaced all the military exploits in their hands with cultivated land.

When they reached the grassland, the cultivated land became their pastureland. The first Chinese network

At this moment, in the area of Quye River, there is a hot scene, and there are not only Tartar soldiers but also herdsmen who are busy here.

In addition, there are more than 800 Han people-Epitek households.

These people had been begging for a living here, and even though there were constant wars and frequent looting, they still did not leave.

Because there are wild beasts in the steppe, they can hunt for a living.

Of course, they would do the same with herding, but they were often raided by the Tartars.

However, no matter how bad it is, it is better than starvation, which is why they have stayed here.

When these people drove cattle and sheep to take refuge, the king was overjoyed.

Immediately divided the territory for them and put them together.

Now these people are also working with Wang Zezhi.

The Han people are always industrious, and they have a deep dependence on the land.

Wang Zezhi didn't arrange for them, so they took the initiative to reclaim the farmland.

"Report, Wei Yunzhong, the prefect of Datong, Song Tongyin, the governor of Shanxi, and Wang Chengen, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, came to inspect, my lord, should we go to greet him?"

"Welcome, go."

The herald came to report, and Wang Zezhi picked up his mud-stained trouser legs, washed his hands and feet in the ditch opened on the side, and got dressed and prepared to go to meet him.

"I really didn't expect that in the lifetime of this official, I would be able to set foot on this piece of land."

"yes, I didn't think of it either."

Outside the Hetao camp, Song Tongyin and Wang Chengen walked side by side, escorted by a group of guards, and slowly walked on the grassland.

Wei Yunzhong, the prefect of Datong, followed behind the two of them, and also stroked his beard with emotion.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty were strictly hierarchical, and Wang Chengen was the eunuch who was the master of ceremonies, and he was regarded as the fourth grade according to his official position.

Although his grade is not high, he has the power to criticize Chongzhen, which is on par with the head of the cabinet.

The most important thing is that he is not a magistrate, but an internal official in the palace, so Wang Chengen is naturally able to walk side by side with Song Tongyin, who is the second grade.

Wei Yunzhong can't do it, he is just a simple prefect of the fourth grade.

Therefore, he could only be one step behind the two of them and follow behind them.

"Shanxi General Soldier Wang Zezhi met with the three adults."

The Ming Dynasty was noble and martial, even if Wei Yunzhong's grade was lower than him, he had to give a salute first, otherwise it would cause Song Tongyin's dissatisfaction.

"The king of Shanxi's chief soldier obeys the order."

Wang Chengen remembered Chongzhen's confession and read out the holy decree as soon as possible.

When he took out the holy decree, Song Tongyin and Wei Yunzhong also knelt down.

Although this holy decree was not given to them, seeing that the holy decree was like the emperor's presence in person, they could not lose their courtesy.

"Fengtian transported, the emperor summoned and said, Shanxi General Wang Zezhi recovered the Hetao, which is an immortal achievement.

Mr. Wang was loyal to the country and was very relieved.

I named him the general of the Hussar of the second rank and the commander of the capital of the Erdu Division, and the second product of the second rank, and ordered his governor of Shanxi and the military affairs of the Erdu Division.

In addition, I rewarded the general soldier of Shanxi, Wang Zezhi, with 6 million taels of military salaries and 3 million stone of military rations.

1,000 Lu Mi guns, 3,000 Kaiyuan bows, 1,000 pairs of opposite cloth armor, 1,000 palladium, 1,000 civil and military guns, 1,000 dovetail guns, 1,000 moon knives, 1,000 moon knives, and 1,000 sticks.

I hope that General Wang will live up to the emperor's favor and must wipe out the barbarians outside the Saiwai and recover Liaodong in two years.

Chin this! ”

Wang Zezhi listened to the name of the weapon that Wang Chengen read out, and his face was confused.

He didn't know what these strange weapons were for, what he didn't know was that these weapons were all listed by Wang Chengen after racking his brains.

The weapons can't be bad, so the quality of these weapons is excellent.

But you can't give good weapons, so you can only give unpopular weapons that few people use.

Of course, Wang Zezhi didn't know this, so he was a little confused.

However, when he heard six million taels of military salaries and three million stone military rations, he could no longer hear other sounds.

"It's done, it's done." Wang Zezhi couldn't help but roar in his heart.

Chongzhen finally became generous, but this generosity was conditional, that is, he was asked to recover Liaodong within two years.

Yuan Chong's artillery with 200,000 troops did not dare to say that he would recover Liaodong within two years, and this Chongzhen was too eager to achieve it.

Where is this to ask him to recover Liaodong, this is to kill him.

gave him so many rewards, if he can't recover Liaodong within two years, he will be a bully, and he will be beheaded.

For now, none of this matters.

Wang Zezhidu is already preparing to rebel, who cares if Chongzhen will settle accounts with him in two years.