Chapter 72: A New Situation, a New Beginning (2)

There's something at home, and I'm back in my hometown, and there's only one chapter, I'm sorry

After Liu Renyu finished assigning the task, all kinds of people under him went to work on their own business.

Among them, Ma Tianjun took nearly 100 officials, 20 painters, 20 scribes, and soldiers divided into 4 routes, respectively to the east, west, south, and north of Jingbian Fort to carry out population registration, the collection of appearance information, house registration, and the work of land clearance.

When the above information collection work was carried out, Ma Tianjun, according to Liu Renyu's order, personally took people to Zheng Baihu and Sun Qianzong's homes to carry out work.

When he arrived at the house of these two people, Ma Tianjun put his posture very low, and explained the reasons why he wanted to do these registration work very clearly, hoping that the two indigenous military attachΓ©s of Jingbianbao could understand and cooperate.

Although Zheng Baihu and Sun Qianzong couldn't understand why Liu Renyu did this, they hadn't figured out the details of Liu Renyu yet, and they didn't know if the new garrison was good or not, so they all cooperated with Ma Tianjun's work.

When the painter wanted to paint a portrait, both of them specially burned incense and bathed, and they dressed very formally. The families of the two of them are also following the same example, and they are also taking the census work seriously of the new garrison.

In the end, when they asked about the land situation, the two of them were very troubled, the land under their names was not very right, if they said too much, they were afraid that Liu Renyu would investigate, and if they said less, they were afraid that Liu Renyu would embezzle it, so they would suffer from gains and losses.

However, the two always felt that when Liu Renyu first arrived in Jingbianbao, he still needed to get along with his colleagues, so they should not embarrass them, so they still gritted their teeth and reported the figure of the land they actually occupied.

Hearing those numbers, Ma Tianjun's face did not change at all, he just asked someone to write it down, and then left without saying a word.

Zheng Baihu and Sun Qian always looked at Ma Tianjun's distant figure and thought about the matter of Qingzhang's land, although they both thought that Liu Renyu would not force their land, but they were still a little worried.

After solving these two most important figures, the remaining petty officials and ordinary people don't need to be so polite anymore, Ma Tianjun and his subordinates are knocking on the door and knocking, and then loudly say that they are on official business.

The people of Jingbian Fort had never seen such a battle, and dozens of officials knocked on the door with swords in their hands, and they thought that the new garrison wanted to urge them to pay taxes or send additional conscription.

As a result, people asked these things.

"Who's the head of the household?"

"How many people are in the family?"

"How old?"

"How many of them are there?"

"This house belongs to yours, isn't it? If so, then take the deed, if not, you are limited to move out within 3 days. ”

"Call all the people in your family, let's draw and register."

"How many fields do you have at home, and where is it?"

When all these questions were finished, a public servant handed over a children's book to the head of the household, and then said: "This is your family's household registration book, you must keep it, and you will use it when searching for spies in the future. ”

When the officials had finished speaking, they all retreated outside the house and walked away, leaving the mostly illiterate people in a daze with their books.

However, it is said that the work of registering the household registration and clearing the land is relatively easy to do, so ask questions, write about it, and get it done, but it is a matter of drawing pictures, which is extremely time-consuming.

Therefore, in one day's work, Ma Tianjun led his subordinates to register the population and land of Jingbian Fort, but the painters were almost cramping and only painted one-third of the people.

Ma Tianjun reported the situation to the garrison mansion, and Liu Renyu specially ordered the painters to pay more overtime pay, so that they could work overtime and complete the task quickly.

"My lord, after investigation, the people of Jingbian Fort, including those who live in tents outside the city, have a total of 1,998 households, a total of 7,458 people, of whom 2,260 are adults. Their household registration books have all been prepared, and they keep one copy for themselves, one copy in the yamen, and one copy in the archives office. ”

"What about the land? How much land belongs to our Jingbian Fort, and whose hands are it in? ”

"My lord, we have 20,000 acres of land in Jingbian Fort, of which one percent is in your hands, sixty percent is in the hands of Zheng Baihu, and three percent is in the hands of Sun Qianzong."

"Master Sun has given me all the land, I know this, but there are no yeoman farmers in the entire Jingbian Fort?"

"I heard that there was a few years ago, since the seven years of the Apocalypse, until now, there have been continuous droughts for many years, and the fields of those few yeoman farmers have been cut off, so they have no choice but to ask Zheng Baihu and Sun Qian to borrow grain, and then they can't pay it back, and finally they have to mortgage all the fields."

"No wonder Zheng Baihu is so fat, he is really the big landlord of this place, and that Mr. Sun Qian, he didn't see his ability to fight, but he has a hand in farming."

"How many houses are there in the city? Are there any idle ones? Is there any desolation? ”

"There are nine hundred and fifty-eight houses in the city, seven hundred and twenty-four houses with owners who can get their deeds, and two hundred and thirty-four houses that are idle or borrowed."

"Such a small house is not enough for our people outside the city to come and live. How many households were there outside the city? ”

"According to your rules, my lord, those who are alone cannot start a household, so they form their own ........"

"I don't care what they do, I just ask how many households are there outside the city?"

"Nine hundred."

"It's an integer!?"

"In order to make it easier to make up the Lijia, I asked them to make up a whole number. As you know, most of the homeless people have broken homes, either without mothers-in-law or husbands, and many orphans, so I let them form their own families and become one family. ”

"yes, you really have a way."

"There's no way around it."

"Since there are not enough houses to live in, I don't think you should evict those who occupy other people's houses, give them the deed, and admit that they are the owners."

"What about the people outside the city?"

"What else can I do, tell Daddy Zhao, build a new section of the city wall in the east first, the new one is repaired, and then the old one will be demolished, and the extra land will be built with new houses, and each household will be divided into one acre of land and repair houses for them."

"Yes, my lord, I will do it immediately."

"Well, you have to call all the people in the fort, except for the court officials, of course, and provide them with food and wages, and let them participate in the construction of the walls and houses."

"Yes, sir, what if anyone doesn't want to go?"

"Do you still need me to teach this, what does your servant do, according to Tessie, it is a violent tool of a violent organization, and there is no way to deal with a few lazy people?"

"I understand the lowly position, besides, dare to ask my lord, how to calculate the wages of these people?"

"10 wages per person per day, of course, whether this salary can be received depends on the records of the supervisor, but you can't let the cunning people take advantage of the loopholes, do little work, but you can get the full amount of wages."

"Yes, my lord, the lowly will send people to closely monitor the work of the people, and will never let the treacherous people take their wages in vain."

"Well, you have to remember that if you want honest people to suffer losses, let the treacherous people benefit, and the honest people will no longer work diligently, and the treacherous people are full of them, and it is us who suffer, so we must not be soft on the treacherous, and we must be dealt with strictly."

"Yes, my lord, the lowly duty has been written. By the way, my lord, I would like to ask, when will the fields of our people be allocated? ”

"There is no way to allocate it for the time being, because most of the land is still in the hands of Zheng Baihu and Sun Qianzong, and the land in my hands is too small, so it is not enough to divide it at all, but fortunately, the time for spring plowing has not yet arrived, so there is no need to worry too much, I will solve the land problem before spring ploughing."

"Yes, my lord, let's go and talk to Daddy Zhao."

"Well, there you go."

Ma Tianjun said goodbye, and then walked straight to the garrison mansion, leaving Liu Renyu alone to sit on the chair in a daze.

"Renjie."

"My lord, what do you command?"

"What's going on over there in Danqing?"

"My lord, as you ordered, he is recruiting men for training. In addition, he has also sent people to investigate the background of Zheng Baihu and Sun Qianzong, and whether they have committed adultery. Intelligence is in the process of being assembled. ”

"Well, that's good. Let Danqing continue to monitor. ”

"Yes, sir."

"By the way, Renjie, how are the wives and children of the leaders of Hutou Mountain doing?"

"My lord, they are not much free in Zhenbei Fort, but they are all doing well."

"Oh, yes. Renjie, do you still remember when we cooperated in attacking Zhangjiabao in Hutou Village? ”

"Remember, Zhangjiabao wanted our fertile land and our grain for nothing, so we united with the mountain bandits to slaughter Zhangjiabao."

"Yes, it's a good job, but it's a huge trick after all."

"What do you mean, sir?"

Liu Renyu didn't answer, but continued: "The topographic map of the mountains and rivers of Hutou Village, the real sand table is still there, but the internal staffing, we don't know yet, you asked Chen Danqing to send his right-hand men to Hutou Mountain to investigate intelligence, and I will be of great use at that time." ”

"My lord, do you really want to do that? Can't you recruit An? ”

"They have a handle on me, and they may not listen to me, and if this matter is known to the court, we will definitely be imprisoned unless we become thieves. Therefore, the dead cannot speak. ”

"My lord, there are still old people and children in the cottage, are they!?"

"I don't want to leave so many enemies behind and wait for them to kill me."

"My lord, I know about it, and I will let Danqing handle this matter."

"Well, this matter is actually not very important, you can let Danqing do it slowly, now we have to deal with those two natives first. You go and invite Zheng Baihu now, and use my carriage to pick him up, be polite. ”

"Yes, my lord, I will go now." Liu Renjie agreed, and then turned to leave.

After Liu Renjie left, Liu Renyu sat on a chair and said to himself: "I am now a salute before a soldier, I hope you can obediently hand over the field, otherwise I can only tear my face and fight with you." ”