Chapter 291: Fueling the Flames of Farming

"My lord, the military quartermaster who went to get the money and grain came back and said that this time the imperial court allocated still forty percent of the money and grain."

Jiang Feng frowned and took Zhao Xiucai's list, this is already the second time that there is a gap in money and food, although according to the convention, this is not a sign that the imperial court is going to make a move, but it is too abnormal and has to be careful. Jiang Feng thought for a while, then suddenly raised his head and asked Zhao Xiucai in front of him:

"Lao Zhao, have you taken care of the officials who should support the grain and grass?"

Dodging? Zhao Xiucai was stunned for a moment, thinking that it would be good for Jiang Jiajun not to ask these officials in charge of money and grain in Shandong, and to deal with it, these people in Dengzhou also understood in their hearts that these officials in charge of the distribution of grain and grass were so arrogant and domineering in Dengzhou, and they must have resentment in their hearts if they did not act according to the usual practice.

But not afraid at all, resentment, resentment can still be ruthless with a knife?

Today, I actually asked about the usual silver, and Zhao Xiucai reacted and hurriedly replied:

"My lord, you don't have to worry about this, those officials swore that it was definitely not that they deducted money and food, and it had nothing to do with the usual practice of not giving it."

On the side, Liu Twelve understood what Jiang Feng meant, and said to Zhao Xiucai with a smile:

"Uncle Zhao, those officials definitely don't dare to deduct us because of the routine, they don't have the guts, but the routine that should be given still has to be given."

Zhao Xiucai is a real person, and when he heard this, he was a little anxious, and couldn't help but argue:

"Usually, it is a regular practice to give those officials a percent, and it is thirty percent of the money and food that is sent to us, so don't we have to spend more money to make up for it."

After saying this, he saw Jiang Feng nodding with a smile and saying:

"That's right, tell the sons and daughters below that the court will send forty percent, and the officials who handle it will also deduct one percent, and the general will be raising the rest of the money and food for them."

After the news of Sancheng money and grain was conveyed to the ears of the soldiers through the officers, the soldiers no longer had those fears for the imperial court, and many people directly scolded them. Next, naturally some people preached that our Master Jiang said that the Chinese New Year is approaching, so you can't work hard, brothers.

Even if we pay for it ourselves, we have to make up for everyone's food and salary, we are not holding the salary of the imperial court now, but the salary of Lord Jiang!

The people's hearts slowly turned around, but it was just a subtle progress, and the people around them may not notice it, and even some people saw another aspect, feeling that in the barracks under the jurisdiction of Shandong guerrilla Jiangfeng, because of the deduction of military salaries, they began to complain, but secretly rejoiced.

Jason Hogan led the people from the shipyard over on the fifteenth day of the lunar month, and reported to Jiang Feng about the construction of the warship.

"My lord, there is no problem with the construction of our ship now, but I still have to remind my lord that if there is such a ship, the corresponding crew must be trained, otherwise, this ship can only be used as a floating battery in the dock!"

This is what the head of the white craftsmen in the shipyard said, Jiang Feng also knows this problem, now there are sailors of the Lin family working on each ship, and the Lin family has just been relocated to the inland not long ago, according to common sense, it is not so trustworthy, but there is no way, it is because of the shortage of personnel.

And there is a problem, now Jiang Feng's fleet, Monk Li's fleet, and the Lin family's affiliated ships are deservedly the largest maritime power in the sea in the north of the Ming Dynasty, and no one dares to provoke them.

However, these peaceful days have passed for a long time, there is no chance of fighting, and to put it bluntly, there is no training in actual combat, and if you encounter a tough battle in the future, I am afraid it will be a trouble.

Those pirates and private traders on the southern sea, nearly 100 forces large and small on the sea, fight for money and shipping routes every day, and naturally they are also fierce and abnormal, and if the two sides face each other in the future, I really don't know what the victory will be. After Jiang Feng listened to the interpreter finish translating the words, he nodded at the white craftsman leader with a serious expression, and replied:

"I already have an arrangement, thank you for thinking of this, wait a moment to withdraw the bounty of ten taels of silver."

Having thought that he would have money to take for his suggestion, the white man's chief craftsman stood up with joy and said in a language he was already quite proficient in:

"Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Honorable General."

In addition to the need for interpretation in the communication of some professions, those Dutch people can now communicate in Chinese in their daily life, Jason Hogan glanced at his companion enviously, and then began to make his own report, and said loudly:

"Master Jiang, I have now gone through the four military camps in Shandong, these troops are all carried out according to the training of veterans, as long as the officers are responsible for the requirements, their ability will catch up with the veterans, what is lacking is actual combat experience."

Jason Hogan's Chinese is very proficient, he is now the instructor of Jiang Feng's Jiang Jiajun, of course, teaching not only those of the Spanish army, but the training methods formed by the two thousand veterans of the Dengzhou battalion, the combination of firearms, spears, swords and shields, physical training, and so on.

Hearing this, Jiang Feng couldn't help but have a headache, whether it was at sea or on the road, his soldiers saw too little blood?

The room was quiet for a while, Jiang Feng suddenly remembered something, and asked:

"How is the corn in Wisconson now, there are so many things this year that I almost ignored the past."

As soon as he asked this, Jason Hogan over there was also a little embarrassed, originally planned to sacrifice Andrea to Jiang Feng as a concubine, but Jiang Feng later found corn, and saw that Wisconsin and Andrea's status was rising, but then all kinds of things came one after another.

Jiang Feng left this matter behind, except for the guards who were still carrying out the task of sending people to guard closely, the others gradually faded, thinking that Jiang Feng was just a whim, but they didn't expect that Jiang Feng was asking questions today.

I couldn't say anything after a long time there, and Jiang Feng didn't care, so he just took his men out of the council hall of Wubao, you must know that the white people are still too attention-grabbing, and the Yantai Mountain Guard in Dengzhou is tightly guarded, and outsiders can't enter, so it's naturally safe.

Inside the barracks under Yantai Mountain, some of them are very different from the style of the barracks, all of them are surrounded by the barracks, and they are either black smoke or jingling sounds, but there is a rather special courtyard inside, the courtyard is surrounded by the courtyard of the military family, many craftsmen in the workshop are not young, they go up and down the mountain every day are quite hard, Jiang Feng simply arranged for them to live in the barracks under the mountain, and the children of these masters are often the soldiers in the Dengzhou camp.

The military camp and military families live together, which is quite special, you must know that except for the military households in the guard, soldiers like the Jiang family army are not allowed to have such treatment.

When Jiang Feng entered the barracks, the soldiers had just finished their drills, and when they saw their superiors entering, they all bowed their heads and saluted, and when they walked in front of those workshops, as long as the white craftsmen outside were also solemnly saluted with the etiquette they had seen the nobles.

However, Jiang Feng's purpose is the innermost courtyard, the innermost courtyard looks quite beautiful, the wooden fences are made of special wood, and the houses inside are the most Western-style buildings in the entire military camp, with wooden houses with spires.

The courtyard seems to be very wide, this is the best location for the sun, and the water source is brought over alone, and the guards outside still look around vigilantly according to Jiang Feng's orders, but there is one thing that is quite interesting, that is, there is snow in the courtyard. But the snow outside the yard had been cleared.

The guards outside had already told the news to the courtyard, and Wiscom himself had already greeted it first, after all, this was a military camp, and it was quite inconvenient for the female dependents to live here, and Andrea had already moved to the mountains and lived with the few female dependents of the white people.

"My lord, it's really my pleasure to meet you."

Wisconson greeted him at the door quite respectfully, Jiang Feng nodded with satisfaction when he heard this quite proficient Chinese, but he also felt a little interesting, maybe foreigners will have this kind of translation in the end when they learn Chinese. Jiang Feng came up and patted Wisconsin's shoulder quite kindly, he could see that this agronomist was nervous, and in order to ease the atmosphere, he asked:

"Why don't you sweep the snow in the yard, I see that the outside has been cleared."

Wisconson, who was obviously flattered, was even more nervous, but the accompanying guard opened his mouth to explain:

"My lord, Mr. Wei deliberately didn't let us clean the snow in the yard, saying that this snow water would be good for the crops next year......

Jiang Feng suddenly asked a question that seemed rather clueless, and asked:

"Wisconsin, do you know how corn grows in a barren place?"

"My lord, corn does not have high requirements for the environment, but my lord, the land here in Dengzhou is very good, and planting corn should yield a bumper harvest!?"

"This corn may not be planted here, there is a place where he is needed more......

The rumors in Linyi are spreading more and more widely, at first it was just a few village husbands and foolish women who believed in the White Lotus Sect in private, but recently they gradually went to the teahouse and wine shop, and those businessmen and gentry were also whispering, and it would not take too long for King Jing to be arrested and questioned by Ti Cai.

King Jing has been in Linyi for so many years, and most of the people have been favored by him, and they really don't want to watch him be arrested and suffer these trumped-up charges.