In order to show fairness within the Alliance, the distribution of the spoils is decided by the Council of House Heads.

Of course, in this anti-bandit operation, Xu Shiyang sent the most troops, undertook the heaviest tasks, and achieved the most brilliant military exploits, and at the same time, he himself served as the commander of the entire coalition army, so he could naturally get the fattest piece of the spoils.

As a result of the final discussion, Xu Shiyang could pick 300 households, about 1,500 people, but there was an additional requirement that the number of Dingkou should not exceed half.

Xu Shiyang is a little indifferent to this, his favorite population is actually the malleable children, followed by the strong men and women.

As for the old man, hehe, how can there be so many old people alive these years, especially since most of the captives caught this time are still from bandits, even if there are so many, Xu Shiyang doesn't care, and takes them all away.

The old man who can survive in the troubled times until now must have a few unique skills, and maybe he can pick up treasures from them.

These populations will fill Xu Shiyang's three seriously vacant dock forts, and this replenishment is very important for the Xujia 15-tun system, which is short of human resources.

In addition to the population, Xu Shiyang received some bullocks, variegated pack horses, mules and donkeys.

In a sense, these large animals can free up some valuable manpower – such as replacing humans in ploughing the land, pulling carts, pushing and grinding, and so on.

In addition to the previous ones and those captured from the Tartars and bandits, the number of large livestock in Xu Shiyang's hands has far exceeded that of other dock forts, so he plans to pick out the pack horses among them and form a cavalry infantry similar to Luan Tingyu and Sun Li's men.

It is a pity that Xu Shiyang's own riding skills are mediocre, and he is even more half-hung in horseback fighting, and he lacks qualified instructors to train cavalry, even if it is only mounted infantry.

Xu Shiyang's idea was to cooperate with Luan Tingyu and Sun Li within a family, so that they could train cavalry and lead Xu Shiyang's people.

In exchange, Xu Shiyang was willing to provide them with some financial benefits - such as leaving more space for the two of them to carry cargo when his ship went to Jiangnan.

Along with large livestock such as cattle and horses, there are many meat animals such as pigs and sheep, as well as poultry such as chickens, ducks and geese.

Xu Shiyang planned to carry out a production loan experiment in the 15th Tun area - the relatives of the soldiers who participated in the war, as well as the burgers and their relatives who had performed well in industrial and agricultural production, Xu Shiyang would lend them the pigs, sheep and poultry they received this time according to the size of the merit.

In terms of interest, a hen repays an egg every 3 days as the standard, and after half a year, the repayment will be completed, and then the remaining chickens and eggs will be owned by the people of the fort, Xu Shiyang no longer asks.

Pigs and sheep are similar, and the burgers who take out the pigs and sheep on credit need to repay twice as many pigs or sheep within two years, and then pay them off.

As for the remaining little piglets and lambs, how much they can raise, Xu Shiyang doesn't care about this.

Eggs were a kind of hard currency in the hands of the low-level burgers, and the wives of a wealthy burghers would regularly exchange their eggs for various needles, threads, or oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

Pigs and sheep were a symbol of wealth among the lower burghers (especially pigs).

The Han people are the most industrious and intelligent race in the world, and Xu Shiyang firmly believes that as long as the ownership of these livestock is clear, the people of Wubao under his command will be able to take good care of the pigs, sheep and poultry loaned out on credit, and there is no need to worry about not recovering the cost and interest.

Moreover, even if something occasionally goes wrong and you lose some of your loan (and almost certainly if you don't have antibiotics for livestock), he doesn't think it's a big deal. As long as he is not lazy and deliberately damages property, he will not be held responsible.

Even, Xu Shiyang has even thought about how to use the interest he collects - first of all, of course, to encourage childbearing, pregnant and lactating women can get extra eggs on a regular basis, which is very beneficial to improving the physical fitness of the next generation and reducing infant mortality.

Then from time to time, add a meat dish to the recruits, preferably oily braised pork, the kind that is enjoyable to eat in large chunks, which can be used as a training pacesetter or a reward before the big battle, or as a first meal to welcome a new recruit.

Perfect.

In the end, Xu Shiyang received about 1,000 yuan worth of gold and silver money, which could be exchanged for about 2,000 stone of grain in Jiangnan, and Xu Shiyang planned to exchange these treasures and all kinds of furs hunted some time ago for more important materials when the family fleet went south.

On the other hand, his father Xu Muhe was privately dissatisfied with Xu Shiyang's instigation of Xu Shiliu to ask him for Wubao, and he thought that the last rebellion, at most, plus the victory of the two-county bandit war, was enough for Xu Shiliu to get the capital to go to Jiangnan to study.

Xu Muhe hoped that the next time the fleet set out, he would take with him a handwritten letter to several fellow scholars who were now officials in Jiangnan, asking one of them to become Xu Shiliu's teacher.

If everything goes well, when the fleet comes back, you can bring a reply letter by the way, and then when you set off, Xu Shiliu should put down everything here in Qi Province and follow the fleet to Jiangnan to study.

Although he felt that his father was too anxious about this matter, Xu Shiyang was willing to give some support - according to Xu Muhe's plan, Xu Shiliu would leave Qi Province in a year at the earliest, and then Xu Shiliu would leave the ranks of the lord of the dock fort and take the route of the scholar.

And Xu Shiyang is the true heir of most of the forces of the Xu family's second room in Qi Province, and it is not much of a problem to obtain at least 1 or 2 more dock forts.

'Let Daddy write as soon as possible.' Xu Shiyang thought: "By the way, I will publicize Xu Shiliu's exploits in the war against the Japanese and bandits, and in a few months, the summer and autumn typhoon season will pass, and the fleet will almost set off." ’

By then, when the autumn grain is harvested, I should have the strength to move on to the next step. ’

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The night before the distribution of materials and Xu Shiyang was about to return to his dock fort, the two castle masters of the Wang family, Wang An and Wang Ping, came to find Xu Shiyang.

These two are the younger brothers of Xu Shiyang's biological mother, and his maternal uncle is a very close relative in terms of blood.

The Wang family is also a big family in Rizhao, and there are 7 dock forts below, which are not bad.

Through this war against bandits, the Wang brothers, to be precise, all the dock castle owners in the coalition army, were very interested in the new weapons in Xu Shiyang's hands.

In particular, the wooden cannon, which can always make a difference in one hit, is regarded by many dock owners as the core factor in such a smooth battle.

However, due to Xu Shiyang's dominance and the power of the Xu family, they did not dare to steal the teacher, so they could only come to Xu Shiyang in private, hoping to obtain the production skills of wooden cannons through the exchange of interests, and it would be better if they could change a few craftsmen who made wooden cannons.