At this time, Ji Yaoxi poked his head out in the camp, saw Han Qian, and greeted him with a flattery, and asked a little reluctantly: "The newly made 5,000 pieces of fat soap have been sent over, do you really want to send the first batch to the wounded first?" ”

At that time, grease was still a luxury, and the grease soap made of boiling and mixing plant ashes was sold to Jinling and Dacheng, which was a rare thing snapped up by rich and noble people, but Han Qian wanted to give it to the wounded soldiers for free, and Ji Xiyao was still extremely reluctant.

In the traditional battalion, who would use grease and soap as a necessary military supply?

"Why not? Not only do you want to, but also keep an eye on every wounded soldier, and develop the habit of washing your hands and bathing with grease soap! Han Qian said.

In order to reduce the spread of epidemic diseases and further prevent wound infection, the personal hygiene of the general is a real issue that needs to be paid attention to.

Han Qian currently does not have the conditions to make the whole army use grease soap, on the one hand, the materials have not yet been generous to that point, and some concepts may not even be understood by Zheng Hui and Zhang Ping, but on the side of the medical battalion, Han Qian can still call the shots.

After these injuries and illnesses were treated, most of them still had to return to the camp, but Han Qian only needed them to remember this gratitude in their hearts, and to remember how different the medical battalion he had set up in the Wuling Army was......

Therefore, in terms of material supply, Han Qian gave priority to ensuring the medical camp, and also tried every possible way to increase nutrition for these injuries and diseases.

Han Qian took Xi Ying and Ji Xiyao into a tent.

Xiying's fifth son, Xishu Peng, was lying on the sickbed, and when he saw Han Qian walking in, he turned his face away.

Ten days ago, when he led his troops to attack the southern city wall of Yuanling, he was not only hit by several arrows, but his left arm was broken by the enemy's latte.

Washing and shooting Peng is also a big fate, the arrow wound on the body is not tight, the cheek is pierced by the arrow, and it does not hurt the vital point, and the broken arm is also fixed with a plaster cast after the bone, and the injured arm is not seen to heal.

Han Qian called Du Junming to come over, and asked him, who had learned osteopathy from his father, to remove the plaster cast on the broken arm of the washing and shooting Peng, inspect the wound and whether the joint of the broken bones was misplaced, and then put the plaster cast again.

After being busy, Han Qian ordered to come over to take care of the two concubines who washed and shot Peng:

"I use the new method to treat the broken bones of General Baptist, there is a seventy or eighty percent chance of healing, but if I don't take care of it properly, a little neglect, but it may also be left behind. For the next two months, you must guard day and night, and do not let his severed arm collide with hard objects. Of course, if he felt a slight itch in the wound, the broken bone was healing, and there was no need to make a fuss. ”

The Xi family has three sons, who died directly from Han Qian's plan, and this time the camp was forced to take the lead in attacking the city and fighting, and Xi Ying had another son who died in the battle at the head of Yuanling City, and it was impossible for Xi Shupeng to have no resentment towards Han Qian in his heart, but as an invincible general who prides himself on being armed with force, he is afraid of leaving a disability, and he can't help but prick up his ears to listen to Han Qian's wife and concubine......

Han Qian also instructed Ji Yaoxi to use the newly renovated medical ship as soon as possible to send more than 300 seriously injured soldiers to Linjiang County for further treatment.

Emperor Tianyou explicitly ordered that the new policy was limited to Xuzhou and not to be extended to Chenzhou.

This is not that Emperor Tianyou wants to limit the influence of his father and son, after all, if the new policy is to be implemented in Chenzhou, it must be implemented by Zheng Hui, who is the assassin of Chenzhou, and Han Qian guesses that some of the content of the new policy should have caused some panic in the court after it was transmitted to Jinling.

It is okay to have a combination of Turks and Guest, which will cause a strong backlash from the Tujia surname, but it is limited to the Wuling Wuxi area and the prefectures and counties of the ancient county of Qianzhong; And the civil and military generals of the Manchu Dynasty, which family does not have tens of thousands of acres of fields and houses in their hands, and does not have hundreds or thousands of slaves and maids?

The reform of the new policy of Tian tax is really their life.

During the period of cutting the domain of Tanzhou, Xuzhou wanted to integrate a combat force that could contain Tanzhou, and many things could be taken into power, but at this time, it was a big death to try to expand the new policy of land tax outside Xuzhou.

Han Qian also didn't want to do something that made a big mistake and attacked in groups, to stimulate the nerves of Jinling's generals and the world's grandeurs.

Even new facilities such as the infirmary are located in Linjiang County, and he even did not hesitate to ask Ji Xiyao to renovate two medical ships so that the seriously injured soldiers who could not be healed and returned to the camp for the time being could be transported back to Linjiang County for treatment.

At this time, Zheng Hui sent someone over and invited Han Qian into the city to discuss matters.

Ma Rong led the remnants of the defeated army to retreat to Wuling County, and in addition to preparing to continue to use troops along the Yuanjiang River in the direction of Wuling, he also had to start relief for the civilians of Yuanling.

Before he led the remnants of the defeated army to flee, he almost burned all the grain stored in the city to ashes, except for the relatives and dependents of the surnames who could return to their hometowns, there were almost eight or nine thousand civilians in the city who did not have any food in their hands.

In addition, the prefecture and county yamen in Chenzhou had to be put into operation, and the damage to agriculture caused by the war needed to be restored immediately, and Chenzhou needed an additional six or seven thousand stone millet grains every month.

The native surname of Chenzhou, headed by Xiying, has pledged 10,000 stone of millet valley, which can support Chenzhou for a month and a half.

This is the disadvantage of the new land tax policy.

Otherwise, it is just to make up for the autumn grain of the past two years, and Chenzhou can not say that it can collect more than 100,000 stone of grain, not only does it not have to worry about money and grain, but the Wuling army can even continue to recruit and expand.

Of course, don't talk about Emperor Tianyou's will, the Zheng family is a big family in Huangzhou, and there is no critical relationship to the burning brow, and Zheng Hui cannot implement the new policy of land tax in Chenzhou, and even sometimes directly distribute the money and grain, which is far less sensitive than the implementation of the new policy.

When marching and fighting, it is still necessary to raise food on the spot as much as possible; It is also the norm to send troops to rob if they can't raise it.

"My side squeezes out about 3,000 stone of grain every month for relief, but the food should not be sent out directly, or these people in need of relief can participate in the repair of the city and the construction of the dock." Han Qian said.

Han Qian has never advocated cash-for-work, on the one hand, he will not gain much gratitude for such kindness as charity, and on the other hand, he does not want to repair the city and wharf of Yuanling City, and then pay a large amount of extra money and food.

The war lasted until March, and the Wuling army had requisitioned eight or nine thousand men and horses, accumulating more than 3,000 casualties before and after.

Even before the war, Xuzhou prepared 100,000 stone grains and more than 30,000 grains for this year's war expenses, but it may not last long.

After all, the basic food of eight or nine thousand men and horses in the Shuiying Infantry Camp and the Baggage Battalion required fourteen or five thousand stone grains per month to maintain.

Zheng Hui has been fighting in command of the army for many years, so he naturally knows that war is a bottomless pit, but Han Qian can still squeeze out another 3,000 stone grain every month at this time, he is also very surprised, thinking that who will lead the army to fight, there are people like the Han family's father and son to preside over military and political affairs, it can probably be said that it is extremely comfortable.

The main reason for squeezing out so much extra money and grain is to resume trade with Fanzhai in the upper reaches of the Yuanjiang River.

On the one hand, the cloth, ironware, Yandangchun, and tea and medicine purchased from the villagers produced by the craftsmen were continuously sold, in exchange for spices, mules and horses and other things back to Xuzhou, and then exchanged for grain from the villagers.

Together, Xuzhou can provide an additional four or five thousand stone of grain every month.

At present, the entire territory of Chenzhou has been recovered, and the trade with Chenzhou has recovered, and this part of the income can continue to increase.

Discussing the follow-up use of troops in Tanzhou, with Xiying as the representative of the camp generals, hoping that Han Qian could provide more armor for the recruited generals, Han Qian spread his hands and said: "It's not that Han Qian is stingy, but His Majesty doesn't allow it." ”

Xiying's old face turned red, and he couldn't think of anything to refute Han Qian for a while.

Xuzhou abolished conscription, and the Wuling Army implemented a conscription system, and the generals were recruited, not only in addition to the usual rations, but also an additional monthly salary worth one stone of grain, in addition to the armor, all the necessities of life such as military uniforms, shoes and socks, were also rationed in the army.

Chenzhou did not implement the new policy, part of the camp is the private soldiers in the hands of the surnames, part of it is drawn from the fan households who have conscription, and the army is only responsible for supplying a small amount of necessary materials such as necessary rations, not only swords, bows and armor need to be prepared by themselves, and even the tents where they camp have to be shared by a team of generals.

Therefore, although Han Qian was in charge of logistics and baggage, even if the captured armor and weapons were all sent to the baggage battalion for repair, he did not have the obligation to provide excellent armor to the battalion.

Han Qian can hand over the command of the Wuling Army to Zheng Hui, Zheng Hui and even Zhang Ping can't help Xiying speak in this matter, even if he wants to speak, it is not in line with the system.

"Shall I wait for the money to buy it?" Xiying asked in a swallowed voice.

The soldiers fought bravely, which has long been verified by the resurgence, but the disadvantages of being clumsy in armor and the use of weapons have been painful for Xiying in the past few months.

There are nearly 50,000 native Fannmen in Chenzhou, and although there are 14,500 men between the ages of 16 and 45, the most brave of them have closed their eyes forever in the past few months of war.

Next, the battalion will continue to participate in the attack on Wuling and other cities, and at this time, every casualty will make the surnames of Chenzhou weaker.

Xiying didn't want to ask for anything in front of Han Qian, he knew that the surnames of Chenzhou did not have this qualification, but he thought that even if he bought it, he had to make the armor of the generals of the camp ready.

"This is easy to say, as long as it does not violate His Majesty's will, you can buy half and give it away." Han Qian said with a smile.

He also counted on the camp to continue to contribute in the next battle, and he didn't mean to make things difficult.

1,200 sets of leather armor and 200 sets of iron leaf armor were all taken from the corpses of enemy soldiers, and after repairing and replacing the parts that were pierced and cut off on the battlefield, he only wanted to collect 20,000 yuan from the surnames of Chenzhou.

Converted, a set of armor is only 14 yuan a little more, and a large number of straight ridge knives, iron spears, large shields and other weapons are also given away.

As for the more sophisticated armor, the surnames of Chenzhou can also want it.

A stainless steel war spear is worth 10 yuan, a slashing iron knife is 200 yuan, a set of stainless steel armor is 200 yuan, and a wheeled scorpion cannon is 200 yuan; The cyclone cannon is easy to imitate and looks huge, but the complete set of components only needs ten cars; The iron spur car is a hundred dollars.

Other military wound medicines: a bottle of miasma wine for ten yuan; A pack of debridement salt is ten catties and ten dollars, a bottle of pure wine is ten dollars, and a large package of sewing threads is ten dollars; Ten rolls of debridement gauze in a pack, one penny, one hundred catties of elderberry plaster......

As long as the surnames of Chenzhou are in need, the new two-deck oars with ramming angles can also be sold, and one costs 5,000 yuan.

As for other bulk materials, Xuzhou can also supply them cheaply, lime is 500 yuan per kilogram, coal and stone is 1,000 catties and 200 yuan; Crude iron material 100 catties and 800 yuan, fine iron material 100 catties and 800 yuan, if necessary, the surnames of Chenzhou, including cloth, Yandangchun, etc., are definitely three to fifty percent cheaper than the market price.

Even if the surnames of Chenzhou want to build water mills, even drainage mills, wind mills, etc., or build houses more quickly, Han Qian can also provide a team of craftsmen.

Zheng Hui and Zhang Ping looked at each other, not understanding what kind of operation Han Qian was doing, did he want to suppress the improvement of the combat effectiveness of the Fan Battalion, or support the improvement of the combat effectiveness of the Fan Battalion?

In addition to the loss of more than 4,000 elite soldiers, and the materials that were previously concentrated in Jiming Village, Chenyang City and even Yuanling City have fallen into the hands of the Wuling Army and Tanzhou soldiers and horses, Xiying discussed with other chieftains of Chenzhou, and decided to pack and take down 1,400 sets of armor, 1,000 iron spears, 500 shields, two double-decker oars, 20 wheeled scorpion cannons, 20 sets of stainless steel armor, 20,000 catties of fine iron and other materials, a total of more than 40,000 yuan.

The armor that was packaged and sold to the Fan Battalion was the spoils of war captured on the battlefield of Yuanling, and the money and food obtained from the sale of this part of the armor were included in the military funds, which was actually equivalent to the reward received by the Fan Battalion for this battle.

It's just that the generals of the Fan Battalion mainly pushed the scorpion cannon to fight near the city before, and in the later period, the Fan Battalion was almost disabled, and they were unable to enter the city with the main force of the Wuling Army to fight hand-to-hand with the enemy, and the loot collected in the city naturally had nothing to do with them.

Otherwise, they would have stripped the armor from the corpse and would never have turned it in, and now they would have to exchange it for money and food if they wanted to get it.

The additional weapons and other military supplies purchased by the surnames of Chenzhou, including the two war ships, were sold privately by Han Qian, but the money and grain were still advanced in to prepare for the follow-up war......