After entering the agrarian society, due to the development of production tools, it will inevitably bring private property, and the marriage system is difficult to ensure that the poor can get the favor of women, so Hong Chengchou is ready to forcibly break the tribe and form an independent small family like the Han people.

To form a new family, there must be a perfect set of laws, but the Buryats do not even have a written language, they maintain tribal order, relying on the inheritance of customs, Hong Chengchou had to follow the way of the Han people, to them to formulate the simplest rules: men over 16 years old, women over 14 years old, must be married, form a new family, men under the age of 16, women under the age of 14 have not been married for the time being, with the mother to live.

Li Zhuang turned out to be the big leader of the tribe, Hong Chengchou allowed him to choose four women, probably considering the relationship between Li Qianqian and Hong Chengchou, Li Qianqian's mother, who was nearly forty years old, was the first to be picked by him, and then he also selected a thirty-year-old mature woman, plus two fifteen or sixteen-year-old beautiful women.

Then there were the five elders, each of whom chose two women.

When they are selected, they will be ordinary tribal men and women.

They temporarily practiced monogamy, and in order of age, the Ming army made a spouse for them.

Since this is the first time that an independent family has been formed, if both the man and the woman agree, the two families can exchange women, but they must go to the county government for the record, and they cannot regret it later.

In this way, more than 500 families were formed, and because of the large number of boys and girls, there were still 230 women who could not be married, and these women were the last left, all of them were young women, and they were temporarily handed over to the Ming army.

The third thing is the distribution of land.

According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, men were given 30 acres of land, young and old, while women had no land and had to rely on their own families to live.

Of the more than 500 households, more than 100 of them live in the city of Beidong, and they all have houses in the city, and the land is in the place closest to the city wall outside the city, and the other 400 households, divided into four villages, are scattered on the east bank of the Segeleng River and the south bank of the Wuda River, and the distance from the city of Beidong is not more than 100 li.

Each village has a head of household, the head of the household in the city is Jiang Qing, and the four heads of households outside the city are the other four elders Zhao Shi, Qian Yang, Sun Gu and Yang Wei, as for the original big leader Li Zhuang, Hong Chengchou is ready to let him serve in the county government in the future.

The thaw began to thaw near Beidong City, and the sowing period was about to begin, although Hong Chengchou had seeds, he had no farming tools, so he had to ask Chita for help.

Shi Kefa transferred Ma Rulai, the commander of Hengjiu County, to Beidong, temporarily took over as the commander of Beidong County, and reappointed Hengjiu County Commander from the school's teachers.

Ma Rulai took 300 sets of farm tools from the Chita herdsmen and rushed to Beidong day and night to take up his post.

The Buryats, no, they should be called Han by now, but they don't know how to use farm tools, and they don't know how to sow seeds, so the Ming soldiers had to teach them by hand.

The county government had a very lenient policy for these newly naturalized Han Chinese, allowing them to fish, hunt and gather freely during the off-season, and these side jobs did not require any taxes.

The law of the Ming Dynasty, which is most closely related to them, is the agricultural tax, which must be paid according to the standard of 15 taxes and 1 tax, Hong Chengchou does not dare to give them tax reductions and exemptions, mainly because it is too far away from Beijing, and there are many inconveniences in grain transportation, and if some grain can be collected from the hands of the people, the pressure on transportation can be reduced.

At the end of April, when spring wheat, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn were planted, except for occasional field management, the people were idle until the autumn harvest, during which time the people continued to engage in their original fishing and hunting to fill the lack of food.

Hong Chengchou also breathed a sigh of relief, as long as there was a bumper harvest in autumn, the people were accustomed to farming, and the grain yield was much higher than that of fishing, hunting and gathering, they would no longer remember their old way of life.

For the two hundred and thirty young women who were temporarily under the control of the Ming army, several regiment commanders approached Hong Chengchou in the name of soldiers.

How could Hong Chengchou not understand their thoughts? But there are more monks and less porridge, and he also has some egg pain.

Finally, according to the advice of the staff officers, Hong Chengchou convened a secret meeting attended by the staff officers and regiment commanders to discuss the disposal of these women.

"Military seat, these women can't marry for the time being, and they will waste our precious food in the barracks, so it's better to let the brothers be happy, it's worth the money."

Hong Chengchou also had such thoughts, so he acquiesced to these women staying in the barracks temporarily, but when they were placed in the barracks, the soldiers would inevitably be greedy, and if they were left for a long time, I was afraid that it would be bad, "Do you all agree with this plan?" ”

Everyone nodded, Hong Chengchou looked at it, and none of the participants objected, surprisingly unanimous, this is the result of full discussion, since they all agree, it should be right.

"But the brethren numbered more than 4,000 ......"

"The military seat, you can limit the number of times a soldier can be used."

Hong Chengchou nodded slightly, this is also a way, "Staff Officer Liu, they all say that you are good at calculation, you can calculate, how many times a month is it appropriate for a soldier?" ”

Staff Officer Liu didn't put pen to paper, he quickly calculated the answer: "Military seat, soldiers once a month." ”

Hong Chengchou was puzzled: "How did you calculate this answer?" ”

Staff Officer Liu's mind really turned fast: "You see, once a month, more than 4,000 soldiers, that is, more than 4,000 people, 230 women, calculated on 30 days a month, close to 6,900 people, deducting the time of their menstrual affairs, it will not be less than 4,000 times, which is exactly the same." ”

"Haha......"

"Staff Officer Liu, how did you calculate the menstrual affairs of these women?"

……

"Don't make trouble, this is a secret military meeting," Hong Chengchou interrupted the officers' ridicule, "Staff Officer Liu, this is too full, what if the woman is injured or sick?" ”

Staff Officer Liu grabbed his hair: "This ...... The subordinates didn't think about it, or let the soldiers twice in three months? ”

"Moreover, this kind of algorithm, each soldier is the same, is not conducive to stimulating the enthusiasm of the soldiers to defend the territory of the Ming Dynasty," Hong Chengchou shook his head, "The soldiers are still once a month, but let these women receive two soldiers every night, so that thousands of times will be vacated." ”

"What do you mean by the military seat, which is vacated thousands of times, and is used to reward soldiers?"

"Yes, to be exact, once a month, a woman may not receive more than two soldiers per night, and it will be decided for the time being, and then it will be adjusted appropriately when there is a change in the number of people in the future."

"The military seat, there are a lot of soldiers, what if they are all in a swarm?"

Hong Chengchou didn't encounter such a thing, he thought for a while: "The soldier is issued a monthly pass every month, and the staff officer arranges a certain order, and then according to the woman's physical condition, determines the number of soldiers who use the monthly pass every day, and tells the soldier that there is only one monthly pass per month, and there is no more after use, and it must wait until next month before it will be reissued." ”

"It's best that way, there will be no conflict."

Hong Chengchou added: "For soldiers who have made special contributions, they can get an additional monthly pass every month." ”

"The military seat is really high, so that the soldiers can be motivated to do national service."

"Commander, do these women need a special barracks?"

"Well, it is to make room for them to make special barracks, and the staff department is responsible for daily management, and outsiders are not allowed to enter at will on weekdays."

"Throne, these women are locked up in the barracks during the day?"

Locked up in the barracks during the day, some of them look like prisoners, they may have feelings of resistance, they do not see the sun all year round, which is not good for their health, and besides, it is a waste to do nothing, "In this way, set out vegetable patches around the barracks, let them grow vegetables and cook for the soldiers during the day, and then receive the soldiers at night." ”

"Aren't they auxiliaries?"

"Auxiliaries?" Hong Chengchou had an idea, "They are indeed like auxiliaries, since they grow fruits and vegetables for the soldiers, let's call it the fruit and vegetable battalion!" It's nice to say. ”

"Fruit and vegetable camp? This name is good, I don't know if Your Majesty Xià will agree? ”

"Your Majesty, I'll be distracted." Hong Chengchou thought of Zhu Youzhen's reply last time, and it is estimated that he can agree that the establishment of a fruit and vegetable battalion now can not only reduce the homesickness of the soldiers, but also stimulate the enthusiasm of the soldiers to defend the territory and open up the territory.

Wu Xiaozhi interjected: "After talking for a long time, will these women agree?" ”

"It's okay if you don't agree, we'll do their ideological work slowly, and besides, do they have a choice?"

"Didn't many of them work in the army last time? What else would you disagree with? ”

"Xiaozhi is right," Hong Chengchou remembered Zhu Youzhen's letter, asking him not to provoke the people's uprising, "The staff officers should first do their ideological work, so that they realize that serving the soldiers is to make meritorious contributions to the Ming Dynasty, and they must not use the strong." ”

The formation of the fruit and vegetable battalion is surprisingly smooth, I don't know what kind of hair the staff officers use, anyway, the female soldiers of the fruit and vegetable battalion are willing to "serve the soldiers and make meritorious contributions to the Ming Dynasty." ”

Since they agree with the Ming Dynasty and are willing to make meritorious contributions to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty cannot treat them badly, Hong Chengchou has repeatedly warned the staff officers that they must take care of their bodies and let the military doctors check them regularly.

Beidong County was officially established, but the entire Beidong County now has only 2,000 residents, and the Ming army stationed 4,000 soldiers here, which is really a waste.

Hong Chengchou left Wu Xiaozhi's regiment to be stationed in Beidong County, and he personally led the remaining three regiments to continue westward.

In order to communicate and contact with the Buryats in the future, he took Li Qianqian and Jiang Qing with the army.

In the evenings before the westward march, the staff officers arranged for the female soldiers of the fruit and vegetable battalion to receive the soldiers of the three regiments of the westward expedition.

Wu Xiaozhi's regiment is not in a hurry, the three regiments will go west, and they will not bring the fruit and vegetable battalion, the number of soldiers will be reduced, and their monthly monthly tickets will definitely increase.

Under the guidance of Jiang Qing, Hong Chengchou followed the direction of the Segeleng River and approached the southwest, and after traveling less than 150 miles, he encountered a river running east-west.

Jiang Qing couldn't tell whether this was the Chika River or the Chikoy River.