Chapter 108 Disarmament

In the fifth year of Chunyou (1245 AD), Jia Rudao took Baozhangge as the deputy envoy of the Yangtze River system (that is, the deputy commander-in-chief of the theater along the Yangtze River), and the pacification envoy of Zhijiang Prefecture and Jiangxi Road (that is, the head of Jiangxi's military affairs and security)

This news surprised Shi Bin too much, Chunyou added the household servant (1243 AD) in three years, and in less than two years, he became the deputy envoy of the system, Zhijiang Prefecture and Jiangxi Road pacification envoy, and I really can't underestimate this "pillow wind".

After Wang San learned the news, he immediately ran to Shi Bin's study with great interest, and opened his mouth to ask, "Big brother, what do you think of us going to Jiafu again?" ”

Seeing that his brother was like that again, he knew that it was his heart to drill the camp again, and the problem was that he didn't want to rely entirely on nepotism like Na Jia Yidao. Although he didn't completely rely on Jia Nidao to get the county order, he would definitely not be able to "move" so smoothly without him. You must know that there are some people who have no one in the DPRK or who have lost the power of the township party, even if there is a real shortage, they may not have their share.

He is a little afraid of seeing Jia Yidao now, after all, he has just married Jia Ling, and he will take a concubine before the child is born, and no father-in-law will spare such a son-in-law. It's a fantasy to want to get benefits from that.

"Brother Xian, don't you know how difficult it is to be a brother now? Now go to Jiafu and won't be torn by him? Even if she just wants to take Jia Ling to be a shield, now she can't stand this bump! Shi Bin complained.

"Big brother, little brother knows, but you don't know how tight the current military spending is... Wang San also complained of bitterness.

Tight on military spending? These words can make Shi Bin is second monk puzzled. Wasn't it just a bumper harvest? Why is military spending tight?

Knowing that his eldest brother has only lived a single life for a few days, he has fed the whole family without hunger, and he has never been a housekeeper. After he developed, he became a shopkeeper, and he was either Jia Ling or he was worried about asking for money and food, so naturally he didn't know how troublesome it was to raise soldiers.

"Does the eldest brother think it's good to send rice? We can use rice to pay for military salaries, but we can't go on forever, food is life-saving, and few people are willing to use it to exchange for firewood, rice, oil and salt. Moreover, some unscrupulous businessmen monopolized the market and deliberately lowered the price of grain and raised the price of oil and salt, which made our soldiers suffer a big loss. ”

It seems that this hand-off shopkeeper is really undeserved, you have to check the accounts on time and engage in market research, otherwise you will really forget that there are price fluctuations and shopping mall monopolies.

"What then? Money and food can no longer be asked, but there are thousands of troops to be raised, and it is not cost-effective to only distribute food, and if the soldiers lose, their morale will drop, and we will suffer in the end. At this time, Shi Bin realized how serious the matter was, and said worriedly.

"In my younger brother's opinion, it's better for us to disarm." Wang San sighed and said.

Disarmament? This is not like what Wang San said, he, Zhi Duoxing, almost didn't sigh.

"Brother Xian, it's not that the eldest brother doesn't agree, but the people we finally pulled up were sent home like this... It's really unwilling to be a brother. Shi Bin said very painfully, "Why don't we find a compromise and try it?" ”

Wang San just shook his head vigorously, indicating that he was a clever woman who could not cook without rice, and got five battalions of materials from Jia Rudao's face, and an additional five battalions in the name of suppressing bandits, while the Song Dynasty was really in Shi Bin's hands with a total of less than eight battalions of supplies. But Shi Bin has fifteen battalions under his command, and even if ordinary people can still get about one battalion, the gap in the materials of these six battalions is really too big.

Although these soldiers will go to the fields to work for a while, they are still training the rest of the time, saying that "raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while", but also saying that "soldiers are fine, not too many".

After all, raising troops costs a lot of food, and although they can barely make ends meet, they have no surplus to develop other things.

Looking at Shi Bin's bitter face, the more Wang San looked at him, the less he looked like an official, but more like a tenant with a lot of debts.

"Big brother, little brother has another way, this method is also related to your father-in-law Jia Yidao, and it can make him not hold a grudge against us." Wang San said confidently.

"What does it have to do with him? I haven't given a gift yet when he was promoted, do you still want to be a Pixiu, and you can only get in and out? Shi Bin lost his rationality a little and said angrily.

Wang San didn't speak this time, just pointed to Shi Bin's stomach. With this action, Shi Bin completely understood, it seems that this guy with a bad stomach wants to take advantage of Jia Ling's mother, so that he can knock him another favor.

Indeed, this is a matter of course, depending on how much you want.

However, this can only solve the urgent need for a while, no one sends a red envelope once a month, at most, it is a big pen when they give birth to a child and go back to Jia's house.

Speaking of which, it is still a symptom rather than a cure, which makes the two brothers melancholy.

Knowing that he couldn't think of any perfect plan for a while, he didn't want to rest and didn't want Wang San to be too tired, so he simply didn't leave him to eat and went to the restaurant by himself.

As soon as she entered the restaurant, Jia Ling said with a smile: "Did Wang San come to let me help you be a 'debt collector' again?" As soon as this guy came, I knew nothing good was going on, so let me tell you, don't think about it this time. ”

can only sigh Jia Ling's intelligence and meticulousness, Shi Bin admitted that Wang Sanlai was indeed to take advantage of Jia Ling's pregnancy to ask for money and food, but he vetoed it.

I thought that Shi Bin would come to "save the country with a curve" and make a fuss about the child in his belly, but he didn't expect that this time he didn't want to go to his mother's house to seek support, which surprised Jia Ling too much.

However, Shi Bin had not yet cultivated to the point where his mood was invisible, and Jia Ling obviously saw that even if she asked her father for support, it would be of little use.

"Don't pretend, are you afraid that I will see that you are unhappy and I will be uncomfortable, affecting the child in the belly? I'm not that vulnerable, and if I talk about it, maybe I'll be able to figure it out. Jia Ling said confidently.

It's just that, even if you can't ask Jia Yidao for food, it's always okay to ask for help from a smart wife, not to mention that this is a smart and atmospheric woman.

"Actually, it's not a big problem, our revenue and expenditure are basically balanced, but these thousands of soldiers and horses account for a large part of the military spending, so that we can't engage in other construction and further enhance the combat effectiveness of the army." Shi Bin explained.

Jia Ling also agrees with the view that "soldiers are not more expensive", Shi Bin said that Wang San had already said this view, but what he wanted was the best of both worlds without consuming too much grain and grass to feed the soldiers, and not taking the road of disarmament.

Shi Bin, a soldier who had been trained with great difficulty, didn't want to just let them degenerate into farmers again. After all, they are all qualified soldiers who have undergone formal training and can already go to the battlefield to fight against the Yuan people.

Jia Ling thought about it carefully, and also agreed with Shi Bin's opinion. It was a waste to spend so much food and pay to train thousands of elite soldiers, only to be dismissed due to lack of funds, and let these soldiers become civilians again.

"There will be a way for everything, but I didn't expect it for the time being, don't worry, at least we now have a piece of our own territory and thousands of our own army, even if we cut it, we will keep one or two thousand, anyway, no one dares to underestimate us, right?" Jia Ling said with a smile.

Knowing that this was Jia Ling comforting himself, he would not be stupid enough to provoke her kindness, so he nodded with a smile. And changed the subject, saying, "Ling'er, when can I see our children?" ”

"Only now do you think of your own flesh and blood? Hmph, why tell you! Jia Ling played with the young lady's temper and feigned anger.

It was Jia Ling who coaxed him just now, but now Shi Bin also laughed and coaxed Jia Ling, saying that he was too busy, and he was a white-eyed wolf, and he didn't expect his child to make Jia Ling suffer alone。。。。。。

said a lot of greasy words, so that Jia Ling finally couldn't stand it, and feigned anger again: "Okay, forgive you." I really shouldn't let you hand over Wang San's brother, I didn't learn it with him, but I learned to flamboyance! ”

Shi Bin laughed at Jia Ling, who was also a lie, if she didn't love herself, she would definitely be tricked.

When Jia Ling heard this, she laughed and said, "It's good to understand, it's better to be honest, don't think about bad ideas." ”

Of course, this was expected a long time ago, Shi Bin would not make such a joke at this time, only said that he would never have crooked thoughts.

After a few more days, they still didn't come up with any good solutions, and Wang San and Liu Xiancheng both said that if they didn't come up with a solution, the county's plans would have to be forced to stop.

This forced Shi Bin to have no way out, so he only said that he would hold another collective meeting, and if he still did not come up with a solution, he would decide on disarmament.

In fact, no one likes to have meetings, the morning meeting and evening meeting are already very tired, and now there are occasional special meetings, which makes everyone a little resentful.

As soon as he entered the door of the conference hall, Zhao Gang, a horse breeder, said: "Big brother, you have too many meetings, and the brothers don't have time to do business." ”

"Of course I do, but this time it has to be a group meeting." Shi Bin said very seriously.

When everyone saw Shi Bin's serious appearance, they knew that the matter must be small, and it might be directly related to their interests.

"You all know we're building our own territory, right? But now our finances are a little beyond our means, of which food and salary account for a large part, which makes it very difficult for people to choose. ”

As soon as these words came out, the hall immediately fell silent, and the word "disarmament" flashed in everyone's minds.

This is not good news, without the soldiers, even if he hangs the waist card of this commander, he is still a weak commander of the light pole, which is too boring.

Knowing that everyone must be this reaction, after all, no one is willing to hand over the power in their hands, no matter how big the reason is.

"Brothers, those who win the hearts of the people win the world, so we must first let the people in the county be fed and clothed."

Everyone understands this, but everyone would rather not understand it.

Liu Xiancheng came out to ease the atmosphere and said, "Commanders, the old man is not your brother, but he also understands that the county commander has great ambitions, so we must let the people live well and hide the wealth from the people." ”

Hiding the wealth of the people? These words immediately reminded Shi Bin of the township soldiers, but they were not his current fake "township soldiers", but real township soldiers.

"Why don't we make a way to hide soldiers from the people?" Shi Bin looked at Liu Xiancheng and said.

Everyone was immediately overjoyed, and the atmosphere in the hall was lively. He said that he would simply send those who were not good enough among the trained soldiers to be delegated, not professional soldiers, but militiamen who only received part of their salaries, and even worse, they should only be trained and trained to use weapons, and not receive salaries.

In the end, it was decided to reduce the number of men in the first battalion from 500 to 300, and the number of men and horses in the fifteenth battalion to eight battalions, so that the actual number of professional soldiers was only 2,400. And the two battalions of Zhao Gang and Li Ergou were temporarily commanded by Shi Bin.

In this way, the eight battalions of food and salary obtained from Jia Rudao can still have a surplus, which naturally makes Wang San and Liu Xiancheng very happy, and everyone is even happier that the military power has not been cut, and the happiest is Shi Bin, although most of his army has become a militia, but they all have a foundation, as long as they have a little training and training, they can go to the battlefield again.