Land was the most direct wealth at that time, and with the establishment of the Yuan court, the annexation of land became more and more serious. What Yu Zhilong didn't know was that at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the imperial court still had moderation in rewarding land, such as the Yuan Shizu gave the minister a hundred hectares of good land, but it quickly increased to thousands of hectares and ten thousand hectares later. In the past, most of the fields were given in the north, but later, because there was no idle land in the north, the land granted by the imperial court gradually turned to the Jiangnan and other anointed areas.

In addition, the land rent of the Yuan Dynasty was increasing day by day, and later it completely exceeded the supply capacity of the land, when the Yuan Wuzong, "near luck" asked for 1,230 hectares of land, and collected 500,000 stones of rent every year, with an average of about four stones per mu, and with the real estate capacity at that time, one mu of land was only about two or three stones per mu, such a heavy exploitation, unless the gods helped, otherwise, any farmer who rented land and planted would go bankrupt!

Not only the Mongolian and Semu nobles occupy acres of land, but also the Han landlords are also increasing. There are a total of 450 households with land tax in Chong'an County, Fujian, and 6,000 stones of grain, of which 50 families have paid 5,000 stones, and the proportion of the number of people and the proportion of actual grain is completely inverse, and the gap is so big, it can be seen to what extent the local acres of land have been concentrated!

In addition, in addition to leviing rent from tenants, the landlords also levied silk from tenants at will, forcing tenants to serve on their behalf, and the uneven distribution of labor was very serious.

Yu Zhilong had no intention of continuing to flip through these account books, walked out of the wing, and came to the first courtyard. Chang Zhi and Hou Ying happened to ride in from outside, saw Yu Zhilong, galloped to him, rolled the saddle and dismounted, knelt down on one knee in unison, and arched his hand: "Hexi Lord, the horse is successful!" ”

"Oh, what's the joy of it?"

"Your subordinates, Lord Hexi, this battle is a success, thanks to your master's clever strategy! Listen to Wu Side Baihu said, this battle of the Lord bravely took the lead, blocking all invincible, not only captured a lot, but also our army suffered few casualties, just now there has been a personal message from the army, saying that the Liu family has all been disarmed and captured, our army can be said to be a complete victory! ”

"Get up and speak. It's just a rebel army composed of a group of tenants and domestic slaves, and its combat strength is weak and not worth mentioning. You are a hundred households at the beginning, and after victory, you should restrain your subordinates and strictly abide by military discipline. I have ordered Wu Side to inspect the whole village and arrest all the soldiers who trespassed on the houses, have there ever been people under you who have violated the ban? ”

"Back to the adult's words, the subordinates did not dare to forget the order, previously according to the instructions of the adult, we waited in the periphery to trap and intercept, and also captured dozens of escaped volunteers and villagers, and then was ordered to enter the village, set up posts at the corners of the streets, pickets and soldiers entered the house without authorization, and also cooperated with Wu Side 100 households to arrest a few people who violated the order, and after interrogation, they were all subordinates of Mu Chun 100 households and Huang 200 households. Now all the arrested prisoners are being held on the long street outside, just waiting for the adults to decide! ”

"Okay, I guess the meal is about to be ready, you can bring your subordinates to eat."

"No!" The two got up and ordered their subordinates to go to the side courtyard to rest and arrange for food.

Soon, after seeing that the meal was ready, each hundred household teams opened the meal in turn, and Yu Zhilong asked people to prepare a meal, which was specially sent to the captured volunteers and the men, women and children of the Liu family, as well as miscellaneous servants and maids.

After Mu Chun arranged for his subordinates to eat, he saw Yu Zhilong sitting alone on the cloister steps of the courtyard eating alone, and several personal soldiers were eating bread with him around, so he quietly came to Yu Zhilong's side alone, knelt down on his knees, bowed his head and pleaded guilty, and did not dare to speak.

Yu Zhilong put down the bread in his hand, sighed, he was in no mood to eat, and the good mood of beating Liujiazhuang just now gradually dissipated.

After a long time, Yu Zhilong spoke: "Brother Mu, please get up, you can't be blamed for this matter, I am the chief official, and I should be responsible!" ”

"My lord, the villain is not strictly restrained, and now he is guilty, please punish the adult!"

"Before our army attacked, military orders had been issued, all actions were under command, cowardice to death, flight to death, disobedience to death! Conquer the stockade and do not plunder, do not commit adultery, and if you violate it, the death penalty will not be forgiven! You take care of the old feelings, and you can't strictly implement the military order, and finally lead to some subordinates wantonly looting, and even insulting women, so that our army's military discipline is gone, and the military appearance and military discipline are no longer in front of the villagers of Liujiazhuang, and the loss can be described as great! If you don't punish the whole army, you can't punish the villagers! The more Yu Zhilong spoke, the more stern his tone became, and he glanced behind the pillar, "You can't hide it, come out!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a man came out from behind, it was Huang Er. This time, Huang Er was brave and brave with the battle, but there were also many soldiers in his troop who violated the order and plundered privately, and he naturally heard about these things after the war, but he and Yu Zhilong knew each other very early, and he had a good face, so he was embarrassed to come over with Mu Chun to ask for guilt, so he followed behind and quietly took a look at the situation first.

"Lord Qianhu, Brother Mu Chun and I were both focused on attacking Liu Laocai at the time, and we really didn't notice that some bastard guys violated the order, if I wasn't in a hurry to take down Liu Laocai, I would definitely have all the military law with Brother Mu Chun, these rabbit cubs!" Seeing that his body was exposed, Huang Er turned out a little shyly, and said with a smile while saluting Zhilong. Yu Zhilong glared at him, they were all old brothers in the scout team, how Huang Er was a person, everyone knew that if Huang Er was punished harshly, I was afraid that other old brothers would have thoughts in their hearts.

"You'll talk about it later, and stand aside!" Huang Er heard this, and hurriedly stood aside honestly, now there are many soldiers around, Mu Chun is also here to plead guilty, of course Huang Er can't ignore Yu Zhilong's order in public.

Yu Zhilong said in front of Mu Chun: "The main responsibility for this crime lies with me, and I am not waiting for you." Our army has only been established for one day, and the soldiers are all quarry drives, and they used to be people who have no tomorrow today, they have never been trained, and they have not been on the battlefield. Although most of the soldiers in it are good people, there are also some treacherous and greedy villains mixed in. It is indeed difficult for everyone to rely on a few of our leaders to restrain them. ”

"It is normal for people to see money and be happy, and without long-term strict military discipline, it is inevitable that this situation will occur among soldiers. You get up, in this battle, you are brave in the first place, it is obvious to all, meritorious service will naturally be rewarded, and the guilty must be punished, and the rewards and punishments will be clear to govern the army! ”

"This robbery and insult to women, Huang Er's subordinates also participated, Wu Baihu and Qian Baihu led the team to fight with me all the time, Chang Zhi and Hou Ying Baihu were blocked outside the village at the beginning, and their subordinates did not have the opportunity to enter the village, presumably there are inevitably some people in these troops who are thoughtful, but they don't have a chance. You will never commit the crime of lax restraint in the future, so I will write it down for the time being! ”

"After all the departments have eaten tonight, they will rest for the time being, and we will reason again tomorrow. If you go and arrange it, your department will be responsible for the detention and guarding of the Liu family tonight, and at the same time be responsible for the patrol of the whole village, so as not to let anyone seek an opportunity to take risks. ”

"No!" After listening to Yu Zhilong's words, Mu Chun's heart finally relaxed and he took the order. Seeing Mu Chunru relieved, Huang Er came over with a shy face and asked, "What about me?" ”

"Thirty lashes!" Yu Zhilong said expressionlessly.

"Huh?" Huang Er never thought that he would wait for a whipping sentence, and his face immediately turned bitter. Mu Chun was just given a punishment, how could he become like this? "My lord, this, how is this different from Brother Mu Chun? Can you also write it down temporarily, if your subordinates commit it again, you can punish it together! ”

Yu Zhilong didn't speak first, just looked at Huang Er quietly. Huang Erchu was strange, and seeing that Yu Zhilong had not spoken, he gradually felt a little apprehensive in his heart. This little brother has obviously become resourceful and decisive in the past half a year, brave and resolute, and has become more and more like a leader, these few times with the Yuan army and the volunteers, because of the strategy and achievements of the command, he gradually won the recognition of the old brother's leadership status, and unconsciously Huang Er's admiration for him gradually deepened. Because of respect, there is a trace of awe.

Yu Zhilong finally sighed: "Second brother, you and I have been friends for many days, and I don't know how many bloody battles I have experienced, and the depth of affection has long been like flesh and blood, and it is difficult to distinguish each other." It's just that your troops have violated military orders in front of the army, and this commander must not be relieved. Brother Mu Chun is a newcomer, the friendship is still shallow, how he is still to be seen in the future, far from you and my brother comparable, if the whipping is applied to you, how is it different from being applied to me? What's more, as I said earlier, our army was newly built, and the non-commissioned officers were not strictly trained, and this time there was such a result, it was really not the fault of you and Mu Chun, since I was the main general, this whipping should be received by me! ”

Huang Er was shocked, but Yu Zhilong's final decision turned out to be so. "How can this be done? Wouldn't you be ashamed to kill Huang Er! Never! Seeing that Yu Zhilong ordered the guards to step forward and carry out the whip, Huang Er's repeated persuasion, he simply knelt down, hugged Yu Zhilong's legs, and urged loudly, and the other guards saw such a scene, and they all knelt down on one knee and asked to withdraw the execution order. Yu Zhilong saw that everyone was resolute, so he reluctantly nodded and agreed to take back his fate, but said that if Huang Er committed it again in the future, this responsibility would be executed together. At that time, both of them will be inevitable. Huang Er nodded vigorously in agreement, and Yu Zhilong helped him up and ordered him to quickly go and collect the trilogy and strictly check the military discipline.

Seeing that Huang Er also went, Yu Zhilong also gasped for breath, and this bitter meat trick was also performed successfully. The old brothers of the scout team in the past have been difficult to tame because of favors and military exploits, and today's events must have a good effect on Zhilong's army. If it weren't for the urgency of time now, Yu Zhilong would really be willing to punish himself in public to encourage the army.

Yu Zhilong continued to nibble on the bread and drank water from time to time. Finally, a pot of broth was stewed, and it was brought out, the aroma was overflowing, and a pro-soldier served a bowl to Yu Zhilong in a big bowl. When Yu Zhilong saw the broth, he suddenly remembered those injured soldiers, and immediately asked, "Where are the injured soldiers this time?" Can someone send the broth? ”

"Back to my lord, Qian Baihu gathered the wounded brothers in the wing room in the front yard, and there were already brothers looking for medicine in the village, and the broth had just been stewed, and it had not been delivered."

"Go and fill another bucket and send it with me."

The soldier agreed, and turned away. Yu Zhilong remembered that there was a flying general in the previous dynasty who loved soldiers like sons, and the soldiers did not drink all the water, and he was not close to the water's edge; The soldier does not eat it all, he does not taste the food. The way to govern the army, it is advisable to reward and punish clearly, and to combine rigidity and softness, if you want to lead your own army in the future, you should learn more.

In the process of condolences to the wounded soldiers, Yu Zhilong anxiously waited for news from Zhao Shi.