That night, Fang Yuan and Princess Kunxing and his party spent the Mid-Autumn Festival together.

They set up a big fire in the big open space in front of the dormitory, and the group surrounded the fire, admiring the moon and eating the moon cakes made by themselves, and several palace maids also danced the palace dance, and everyone was happy.

At the end of the song, it's time for everyone to go back to rest.

Mama Liang asked knowingly, "Donkey, the princess is going back to the dormitory to rest, so let's go find a place to sleep elsewhere tonight!" ”

When Princess Kunxing heard this, she smiled, lowered her head and remained silent.

According to royal etiquette, before the princess of the Ming Dynasty had sex with the concubine, she had to go through the consent of Mama Liang. Of course, if Princess Kunxing herself was willing to live in Fang Yuan's bedroom, Fang Yuan could also ignore any royal etiquette.

But Princess Kunxing's attitude was to acquiesce to Mama Liang's statement, Fang Yuan was thick-skinned, and he couldn't forcibly live in the princess's bedroom.

Fang Yuan suddenly realized that he had nowhere to go at this moment, and smiled awkwardly, "Then the princess rested earlier, I'll go find a vacant barracks." ”

Princess Kunxing smiled and said, "It's such a night, where can the horses go to find the barracks?" Let's make do with it in the hall next to it! ”

It is better to have a hall house than not to have a hall house, and Fang Yuan was also very helpless, so he could only build a simple floor shop in the hall and settle down.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Fang Yuan also stayed at the Taihu Lake base for ten days to prepare for the celebration banquet of Zhejiang's great victory.

The celebration banquet was held on a grand scale and was held over two days. The sergeants who stayed at the Taihu base were divided into two groups, one group was on duty every day, and one group participated in the celebration banquet.

After a tour of wine, Fang Yuan announced in public the rewards of the two sacrifices.

One is to distribute the Mid-Autumn Festival silver, as well as the 100,000 taels of silver to reward the soldiers of the three armies for conquering Zhejiang this time and winning a complete victory.

According to the old rules, this silver was distributed according to the size of the rank, and each sergeant could also receive at least two taels of silver.

The second is the highlight of this army, which was confiscated in Shaoxing Mansion and rewarded with 100,000 acres of land for officers and sergeants of the Xuanjia Army.

The distribution plan of 100,000 mu of fertile land has been discussed by Fang Yuan with Jing Jie, Chigutai, and the commanders of each battalion in the past few days.

The specific distribution plan is: coach Jingjie 500 acres of land; Deputy Marshal Chigutai, Shi Lang, who enjoys the treatment of Deputy Marshal, has 300 acres of land per person; Cavalry, infantry, artillery, logistics, and drone battalions command 100 acres of land; Thirty acres of land for 1,000 households, 10 acres of land for 100 households, two acres of land for veterans, and one acre of land for recruits.

To have one or two acres of fertile land in Shaoxing Mansion, and to plant hybrid rice with an annual output of more than 800 catties, the fixed income per mu of land is six or seven taels of silver, this reward is not not rich, it can be regarded as Fang Yuan sent a Wangwang gift package to the soldiers of the three armies.

Fang Yuan even promised in public that in the future, as long as he conquered a province, he would take out 100,000 mu of land in that province and reward the officers and men of the three armies. Moreover, although the military fields of these rewards cannot be traded, they can be hereditary, and even if they die in battle, they will be inherited by their descendants.

But there is a reward and there is a punishment, once the sergeant Xuanjia is punished by military discipline, according to the size of the punishment, the amount of land owned by the name will be deducted. If there is a betrayal of the Xuanjia Army for non-war reasons, all the land under his name will be confiscated.

This plan to reward land on a large scale was the result of Fang Yuan's careful consideration. In this troubled era, the barrel of the gun is the most important, and stabilizing the morale of the army is the top priority.

The sergeants of the Xuanjia Army are basically mercenaries and homeless people, and they came to Fang Yuan for two reasons.

One is that it is easy to win a battle when participating in the Xuanjia Army, and the risk of losing one's life is smaller than that of being a mercenary or a homeless; The second is that the Xuanjia Army has rich rewards, and the rewards and punishments are relatively fair, and they can win a wife and a son.

As long as Fang Yuan could meet these needs, he would be able to tie them all to his and the Xuanjia Army's chariots.

Fang Yuan has achieved hegemony, these sergeants are land, silver, women, everything. Any sergeant who loyally worked for Fang Yuan and the Xuanjia Army, and when he conquered the two capitals and thirteen provinces, even if he did not make great achievements, he could become a rich peasant with more than 20 acres of land, or even a small landlord. If Fang Yuan fails, or if he does not take a firm stand and betrays the Xuanjia Army, the distributed land will be reclaimed immediately.

Defending Fang Yuan's hegemony means defending their own land and wealth. They and Fang Yuan are both prosperous and loss-making.

"Governor Fang, Chitose! Chitose! ”

In the entire Taihu Lake base, the officers and men of the whole army are happy, and they are grateful to Fang Yuan, who loves soldiers like children, and praises them more than once.

Fang Yuan finished all this work to appease the morale of the army and improve morale before returning to Suzhou City.

When he returned to Canglang Pavilion, Xiao Yuan was not prepared to greet him because he had not sent anyone in advance, and it was not until he stepped into the dormitory that everyone knew that he had returned.

It has been more than half a year since Fang Yuan went to Zhejiang this time, and although Fang He is not yet one year old, he can already crawl on the bed and babble to learn to speak.

When Xiao Yuan saw him coming back, he was stunned at first, and then threw himself into his arms and cried. Fang Yuan gently hugged her delicate body, and comforted her softly.

Xiao Yuan looked at him with tearful eyes and said, "Commander Hu returned to Suzhou City during the Mid-Autumn Festival, where did the son go, why didn't he come back to celebrate the festival with us?" ”

Fang Yuan didn't expect Hu Qi's mouth to be so strict, and when he returned to Canglang Pavilion, he didn't tell Xiao Yuan that he was going to the Taihu Lake base.

Fang Yuan still felt a little guilty, hugged Fang He and kissed him for a while, and then said, "I went to the Taihu base to inspect military affairs, and I came back a few days late, so I made you wait for a long time." ”

Xiao Yuan is such a smart girl, I immediately heard the insincerity of his words, and said softly, "I don't think Gongzi is going to inspect military affairs, but to inspect the princess!" ”

Fang Yuan put down Fang He, grabbed her hand, and kneaded it in his palm, "Mrs. Yuan! I haven't been close to women for more than half a year, and when you come back, you don't come to serve as a good student, you only know how to find faults? ”

This is an explanation of his change of direction, nothing happened to the princess, Xiao Yuan pursed his lips and chuckled, and glanced at the maids in the dormitory, and the maids hurriedly hugged Fang He out of the dormitory.

Fang Yuan has been really suffocated for more than half a year, and he touched a cold nail at Princess Kunxing's place, stepped forward and hugged Xiao Yuan to the bed in the dormitory.

In the next few days, Fang Yuan did not go to the Suzhou Mansion to deal with government affairs, but ordered Xiaoyuan and the independent accounting team to take the copies of the bills sent by the cabinet for most of the past six months, and Fang Yuan had to review them one by one.

In the past six months, the cabinet has sent a total of 118 votes, of which Xiaoyuan has approved 97 and rejected 21.

Fang Yuan spent a full five days reviewing the one hundred and eighteen cabinet votes one by one, and even read all the votes that were rejected by Xiao Yuan.

Fang Yuan had to admit that Xiao Yuan, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, was already quite skilled in handling government affairs. Whether it is the collection and reduction of land taxes and commercial taxes, or the disaster relief funds in various places, or even the allocation of roads and bridges, the approved amount is very satisfactory to Fang Yuan.

He looked at the votes rejected by Xiao Yuan, most of them were applications from wealthy businessmen in various industries to change the prices of salt, wood lacquer, and porcelain. These wealthy businessmen, once Fang Yuan is not in Suzhou Mansion, he sees the opportunity to prepare to make waves, and Xiao Yuan plans to send these tickets back directly, which is the best.

There are only four votes that can really attract Fang Yuan's attention.

The prefects of Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, and Zhenjiang jointly signed a petition to build an official road connecting Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, and Zhenjiang, and applied for a ticket to allocate 600,000 taels of silver; Jiangnan University Hall applies for a special license for students with household registration in the countryside, or a Baiding family in the city, and the admission fee is reduced by 80%; The "Jiangnan Weekly" presided over by Liu Ru requested that the monthly report be changed to a semi-monthly report, and the application for an increase of 1,000 taels per month was made; Cohen of the Dutch East India Company requested that Zhenhaiwei be opened as a treaty port.