Before Fang Yuan left Yangzhou Mansion, he still went to Mao Mansion once and met Mao Bijiang again.

Since he couldn't be the chief of the Yongwang Mansion, the errand that Fang Yuan arranged for Mao Bijiang was to be the chief of the Wuyue Palace, and concentrate on teaching Zhu Cihuan, the king of Wuyue.

Mao Bijiang hesitated for a while, but still accepted Fang Yuan's offer.

Two days later, Fang Yuan led more than 10,000 people to leave Yangzhou Mansion and go to Suzhou Mansion, the base area.

In the territory of Suzhou Prefecture, it is already a scene of spring flowers blooming, and the wind is warming, and everything is recovering. Fang Yuan thought about it, when he left, it was December last year, and now it is April, and he has been away for five months.

Zhu Cihuan had already received the news that Fang Yuan was about to return to Suzhou Mansion, and Qin Zhan and Xiao Yuan, together with three hundred brocade guards, went to the border of Yangzhou Mansion and Suzhou Mansion to greet them.

Fang Yuan was hit by Zhu Cihuan, and when he saw Zhu Cihuan's Ming ceremony, he was a little relieved, and immediately asked Zhu Cihuan to meet the new governor of the palace, Shi Mao Bijiang.

Zhu Cihuan did not disobey the arrangement of his teacher Fang Yuan, and immediately worshipped Mao Bijiang as the governor of the palace, and ordered a large courtyard to be vacated in the palace for Mao Bijiang to live.

After settling Zhu Cihuan and venturing the two of them, Fang Yuan was resting, and Qin Zhan came to ask for merit again, reporting to Fang Yuan the results of the five months of leaving Jinyiwei.

In the past five months, Jinyiwei has recovered eight or nine out of ten of the outstanding land endowments of ordinary gentry and wealthy merchants, and a total of 1,870,000 taels of silver have been recovered. According to the sharing agreement agreed between Fang Yuan and Jin Yiwei, the commission is five points, of which 93,500 taels are used as Jin Yiwei's commission.

Qin Zhan asked again, "Boss, the rest are ordinary farmers, and the tenants have two or three million taels of silver in the arrears of the land, can they still chase it?" ”

Fang Yuan shook his head and said, "Let's let the people take a breath!" Jin Yiwei immediately went to the Letters and Visits Office to release the news, and the work of recovering the land tax was over, and the remaining farmers and tenants owed the land tax was exempted! ”

The pardon of the land endowments of these low-level peasants and tenants can be regarded as Fang Yuan's move to win people's hearts.

Fang Yuan was most concerned about the situation at the petition mailbox.

Of course, Qin Zhan could guess his thoughts, and reported on the progress of the petition mailbox, and a total of 158 cases were received in five months, and the completion rate was 7 and a half, and the one in the middle of the trial was 2 and a half. Under the severe crackdown of Jinyiwei, the number of cases complained about by officials, gentry, and wealthy businessmen showed a downward trend month by month.

Qin Zhan reported the data, patted his chest and promised, "Boss, leave something to me, you put a hundred hearts." ”

Fang Yuan was slightly pleased, and after tossing for more than half a year, he finally curbed the bad atmosphere of oppressing the people in the entire Suzhou Mansion a little, looked at Qin Zhan and said, "Fourth, you have made great contributions, so naturally you should be rewarded, and now you are promoted to Jinyi Wei Qianhu." ”

Qin Zhan said happily, "Thank you, boss!" ”

While the two were talking, Xiao Yuan entered the house with freshen hot water, and seeing that Qin Zhan was still reporting, he said unhappily, "Fourth Brother Qin, haven't you finished talking about Jinyiwei yet?" Childe, he is tired from the journey and needs to rest, you go back first! ”

Fang Yuan was stunned for a moment, he hadn't seen him for a few months, Xiao Yuan, who was originally cautious, was getting more and more bold, and he even scolded and arranged Qin Zhan without authorization.

Qin Zhan knew that she was the woman next to Fang Yuan's pillow, the power of the wind on the pillow, he knew it, and said with a lot of knowledge, "Yes, yes, it's time for the boss to rest, I'm leaving!" ”

Fang Yuan nodded at him, and Qin Zhan hurriedly left.

As soon as Qin Zhan came out of the door, Xiao Yuan closed the door and sat on Fang Yuan's lap like this, and the person also threw himself into Fang Yuan's arms, "Childe, have you been tired these days, and is there anyone who serves food, clothing, shelter and transportation?" ”

Fang Yuan hugged her warm fragrant nephrite, but his face was gloomy, and he said lightly, "Xiao Yuan, in the future, when I talk about business, I am not allowed to interject." Also, although Qin Zhan is my subordinate, he is also my brother, so you should be polite when talking to him. ”

Xiao Yuan was quietly reprimanded by him, and cried loudly with a 'wow', buried his face in his arms, and whimpered, "I also thought that Gongzi was too tired, and I wanted to serve Gongzi to rest earlier, so my tone was heavier." If Childe is angry, I won't say anything next time. ”

A woman's tenderness and tears are indeed the best weapons, after all, she rushed hundreds of miles out of the city to greet her, and it was also to see Fang Yuan earlier.

Fang Yuan's heart gradually softened, and he stroked her hot, still with a tearful face and said, "Xiaoyuan, don't cry, I'm also a little heavier." ”

Xiao Yuan wiped away her tears and asked softly, "Does Childe have other women these days and don't like Xiao Yuan?" Will Childe sell Xiaoyuan? ”

Her gentle words and cranky thoughts aroused Fang Yuan's hidden desires, in the past half a year, she has been busy with military and political affairs, and she has really never touched a woman, a desire gradually rose, and her body also reacted, "In the past six months, I haven't touched other women, you little goblin who is obsessed with death, is my priceless treasure, how can you be willing to sell it?" ”

Xiao Yuan also noticed Fang Yuan's physiological reaction, and said with a smile, "That son is not holding back a lot, Xiao Yuan serves the son to sleep." ”

Fang Yuan couldn't hold back anymore by her bathing fire, hugged her delicate body horizontally, and walked straight to the bed.

It had been two days since Fang Yuan returned to Suzhou Mansion, and in order not to disturb the people, he chose to enter the city at night.

Chigutai, Liang Min and others, as well as thousands of sergeants, did not enter the city at all, and were temporarily placed in the guard post of Suzhou Wei.

The Xuanjia Army was greatly expanded, reaching more than 8,000 people, and the resettlement place became the top priority. Fang Yuan was most concerned about the construction of the military base, and after staying in the mansion for a day, he ordered Jing Jie, Chigutai and other military generals to hold a military meeting at the newly built military base.

Dongting East Mountain, is the ancestral residence of Xi Shen of the Dongting Merchant Gang, the mountain is shaded by green trees, lush, standing on the top of the mountain can have a panoramic view of Taihu Lake.

Fang Yuan did not enjoy the beautiful scenery of Taihu Lake, but the military base built on the edge of Taihu Lake. From a distance, on the boundless Taihu Lake, a large military base has begun to take shape.

Xi Benzhen, who was standing beside him, reported to him the construction process, "The army military base has been completed, there are some military platforms, large school fields, military barracks area, and 20,000 acres of racecourse in the mountains and forests behind, which can train both infantry and cavalry. All were built at the behest of Governor Fang. ”

Fang Yuan asked, "How many troops can this army military base hold?" ”

Shen Xiang said, "The scale of the large campus is comparable to that of the Xuanfu Grand Campus, which can accommodate at least 120,000 sergeants to practice at the same time. ”

The Xuanjia Army implements an elite strategy, if there are 120,000 Xuanjia Army, it is enough to sweep the world, and there is no opponent.

Fang Yuan was quite satisfied with the scale of this army base, nodded, pointed to the navy military base by the lake, and frowned, "How is the progress of the navy base?" ”

Xi Benzhen said, "Because the naval army has to build warships and train sailors, it must first remove the silt in the lake, and this project will take a long time." When the silt is removed, the construction progress will be greatly accelerated. ”

The construction of the water division was not in a hurry for a while, and the completion of the construction of the army base had already solved Fang Yuan's urgent need.

Xi Shen and the others led Fang Yuan down Dongting Dongshan and went directly to the army military base to review the construction results.

Fang Yuan led Jing Jie and other military generals to inspect the army base's large school field, military platform, training ground, firearms field, bow and arrow field, and Hyogo area.

With the professional vision of Jing Jie and others, they are also full of praise for this military base.

Fang Yuan also came to the barracks accommodation area and inspected the conditions of the sergeant's accommodation.

According to Fang Yuan's previous plan, rows of two-story wooden buildings stood on both sides, and according to Jing Jie's estimates, the built military camp could accommodate at least 30,000 soldiers. Behind the barracks there is a large area of at least several thousand acres of vacant land, which can be rebuilt at any time if the army expands.

Fang originally went to the rooms of more than 100 officers, which was one room for one person, and the accommodation specification of 100 households was 20 square meters; The accommodation specification for 1,000 households is 40 square meters; As the commander of the Xuanjia Army, Jing Jie's room is 50 square meters, with two large wooden windows, which is quite airy and transparent.

Jing Jie did not take advantage of his power, and his own accommodation was similar to that of a thousand households, Fang Yuan was very satisfied, and praised him.

Fang Yuan inspected several ordinary sergeants' rooms again, each room was lined with rows of lay couches, and because there were no windows to ventilate, there was a musty smell.

He immediately asked Jing Jie, "How many people are arranged in one room?" ”

Jing Jie said, "In the Suzhou Health Center, a team of ten people is arranged in one room. ”

Fang Yuan pointed to the airtight and airtight room, shook his head and said, "Ten people are too many, and only a team of five people is arranged in one room." ”

The establishment of the Xuanjia Army adopts the construction model of five commanders, ten commanders, 100 households, 1,000 households, battalion commanders, deputy commanders, and commanders.

Fang Yuan called Xi Benzhen and Shen Xiang to explain, "Open a window in each room to ventilate, otherwise, the sergeant will be too depressed to live in." By the way, how much silver does it cost to open the windows? ”

He loves soldiers like a son, and the Xuanjia Army is his lifeblood, as long as he can improve the accommodation conditions, this bit of silver is still willing to spend.

Xi Benzhen hurriedly said, "Governor Fang, this project was not thought about by us before, so there is no need to add silver." ”

Fang Yuan was very satisfied with the construction work of Xi Shen's two families, and thanked the two of them again and again.

After inspecting the army military base, after Fang Yuan sent Xi Benzhen and Shen Xiang away, he immediately summoned Jing Jie and other military generals, as well as Liang Min and other newly joined leaders, to hold a military meeting at the Suzhou Guardhouse.

He is ready to carry out personnel promotions and transfers to the generals of the Xuanjia Army, as well as a drastic reform of the sergeant establishment.