Chapter 138: Post-War Rectification
When Ran Wu returned with the main force of the Left Army, he also escorted more than 10,000 Qing prisoners back together.
All of these captives were imprisoned in the barracks of the Qing army in the north of the city, and Jiang Chuan set up the camp of the Jiang family army next to it.
Three days later, all the remnants of the Qing army in the city had basically been purged. Some Qing soldiers hid in the homes of ordinary people, and they were also reported to Jiang Jiajun by the people.
The last time Jiang Chuan gave porridge and rice in Liaoyang City, the people of Liaoyang still remember the matter of Limu as a letter, and many acquaintances, friends and even clansmen followed Jiang Chuan.
So this time, the people knew that Jiang Chuan led the troops back, although it was not possible to talk about the rice pot pulp to greet each other along the road, but the people's hearts quickly settled down, and there was not much turmoil in the hearts of the people.
Of course, Jiang Chuan still carried forward the old tradition, on the one hand, he arranged for the army to form many patrol squads to patrol the streets and alleys of the city day and night, on the one hand, to exterminate the remnants of the Qing army who were hiding, and on the other hand, to deter those lawbreakers who wanted to take advantage of the turmoil to fish in troubled waters.
At the same time, to restrain military discipline, Jiang Chuan ordered that anyone who dared to harass the people should not only be beheaded immediately, but also his troops from top to bottom.
This point is mainly for those soldiers who have transformed from the Ming army, and there is no problem at all for the soldiers of the fortress base, Jiang Chuan's words are enough. Even if they are allowed to go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, they will not say a word.
In order to picket and supervise military discipline, Jiang Chuan also sent generals at all levels to form picket teams with people to patrol everywhere.
Of course, after several months of boot camp training, the vast majority of these soldiers converted from the Ming army have also changed the bad habits they originally had contaminated in the Ming army, and there are still very few people who dare to defy the wind.
Under these powerful measures, the order of Liaoyang City began to be restored on the second day, and on the third day, it was basically restored, and all merchants and shops were opened one after another, and the people were bold to go to the streets. The sounds of hawkers and the noisy crowds of people all indicate that order has begun to return to the newly recovered city.
Although there are still all kinds of doubts and fears in the hearts of the people, it is a matter of time. After a long time, the people's hearts will completely settle down.
Internally, the people's minds are being stabilized, and external vigilance and defense are also being carried out.
Although Jiang Chuan and Ran Wu discussed it, they thought that it was unlikely that the Tatars would send troops from Gaizhou and Quang Ninh to recapture Liaoyang, but the necessary precautions still had to be taken.
So, hundreds of scouts from the scout battalion took turns scouting in both directions, and the main force had a force of five thousand men on standby every day.
At the same time, Ran Wu was also organizing people to repair the city walls that had been damaged during the siege. The problem of manpower, under the condition that Jiang Jiajun was offered two meals a day and was paid every day, there were many people rushing to sign up, and many fights occurred as a result.
In the past, if the Qing army needed the people to do any work, they would directly use whips and knives and guns to talk to you.
The number of people needed to build the walls was limited, and it was unlikely that so many people would be needed. Jiang Chuan and Ran Wu discussed it, and simply recruited a group of civilians to build a permanent large military camp twenty miles away from the outskirts of the east and south of the city, so as to prepare in advance for the future stationing of more troops.
In Jiang Chuan's vision, since Liaoyang City is in his hands, this will become the new base and political center of Jiang's army in Liaodong for a considerable period of time.
It was necessary to build a large military camp here. Without enough troops stationed, the stability of Liaoyang could not be guaranteed.
Of course, Jiang Chuan did not have to worry about repairing the city wall and building a new military camp, there was Ran Wu to supervise, the engineering battalion took the lead in making specific arrangements, and the technical work was done by the people of the engineering battalion, and these people were also working hard to do some hard work.
By recruiting these people, we can not only speed up the construction, but also free up manpower, and most importantly, quickly reassure these people.
Those all-you-can-eat and get paid people spread by word of mouth, everyone knows that Wu'an Hou is benevolent and righteous and loves the people, and the Jiang family army is a benevolent and mighty army, and will never harass the people, which is comparable to the Yue family army back then, and the doubts and fears in the hearts of the people are also disappearing rapidly, and there are even people who take the initiative to take food and drink food at home to give to the soldiers on patrol.
One thing after another was arranged, and the following generals were supervising the implementation. Jiang Chuan came to the Liaoyang Treasury at this time to check the stock of silver coins in the treasury.
"Back to the marquis, the silver and money in the treasury have been counted, and there are a total of thirteen thousand two hundred and forty-eight taels of silver; In addition, there are 5,613 pieces of Tiancong Tong treasure coins cast by Tartars, as well as a total of 320 pieces of cloth and silk. In addition, there are 5,300 catties of pig iron ingots. ”
Sima Muyi of the Chinese army took a small notebook and reported in front of Jiang Chuan the number of government stocks he counted.
Tiancong Tongbao? Jiang Chuan thought for a while, and remembered that Tiancong was the name of Huang Taiji, but he didn't expect that the Manchu Qing Dynasty had already begun to mint coins and found their own currency.
Issuing currency? This thought suddenly popped into Jiang Chuan's mind. To establish one's own regime, a stable and healthy financial order is also indispensable. The most important part of this is to mint your own coins and then issue them in your ruling area.
However, coinage is a technical job, not something that can be done casually. At least Jiang Chuan is not capable of doing it at the moment. It seems that we can only hope for the system upgrade.
I think there should be a lot of new units after the system upgrade, and I hope that there will be a mint at that time. Liaodong's current currency is very messy, both directly with silver, with silver tickets, with the Ming Jingrun Tongbao, and with the Tartar Tiancong Tongbao, and even the Ming Dynasty emperors issued a small amount of money is still in circulation.
These big coins are of different styles and textures, and there may even be the possibility of counterfeiting by criminals.
I don't know if I can meet the upgrade conditions of the system's 100,000 prestige value and 100,000 gold if I win the three cities in southern Liaoning, I hope it won't disappoint Jiang Chuan thought silently.
"Hou Ye, Hou Ye." It wasn't until he was woken up by Mu Yi that Jiang Chuan came back to his senses, "Oh, you go on. ”
Mu Yi said with a little embarrassment: "Master Hou, my subordinates have finished speaking." ”
"Oh, that's it? Well, you're in charge of the treasury for the time being. All materials in and out of the warehouse need to be registered and checked. Draw up a charter and show it to me. Jiang Chuan nodded.
Mu Yi said: "Subordinates obey orders!" ”
Just as he was about to go to the granary to have a look, Bai Mu walked in with a few people and said, "My lord, the last general has received important news from the captive. ”
Jiang Chuan's heart moved: "Go back to the county government and say." After speaking, he walked out, and Bai Mu followed closely.