Chapter 451: June, a Bumper Harvest of Grain!

After the grievance conference,.

Due to the repulsion of Zhu Dadian's attack, the two sides also reached a secret agreement, and the west of Laizhou Mansion was not in danger of war for the time being. The current Qingzhou Mansion is actually a tacit undefended area. Song Degang led the Ming army to be stationed in Qingzhou City, and the actual strength was less than 5,000 people. As for the Tiger Army, there is no garrison in Qingzhou Mansion.

The threat from the east of Laizhou has not appeared for the time being. The Smelling Fragrance Sect in Laiyang in the east has been making a lot of noise recently, and there are constantly followers gathering in Laiyang from all over the world. According to the report of the Intelligence Department, the incident of the Wenxiang Sect in Laiyang is a foregone conclusion, and the rest is only a matter of time.

There was no war in the Tiger Army for the time being, so Zhang Zhun launched a three-month large-scale military training campaign to improve the combat effectiveness of the Tiger Army. The ten infantry battalions of the Tiger Army, as well as three cavalry battalions, as well as the navy, all had a lot of recruits. The combat skills of these new guests are not yet fully mature. Just use these three months to improve the skills of the recruits.

Zhang Zhun called on the vast number of soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army to raise their combat level to a higher level in three months. Otherwise, it is impossible to deliver an effective blow to the Tartars. If you don't have real skills, you risk dying at the hands of the Tartars in a brutal battle!

At the same time, Zhang Zhun also used this time to carry out a comprehensive brainwashing of the thoughts of the Tiger Benjun and strengthen his hatred of the Tartars. With the help of Gao Hongtu, Zhang Zhun set up special cultural instructors in each battalion, each association, and each squad of the Tiger Army.

In addition to helping the soldiers understand Chinese characters, the task of this cultural instructor is also to be responsible for the ideological education of the soldiers. In layman's terms, it is the role of the political commissar of later generations. Based on the experience of his previous life, Zhang Zhun specially formulated a set of effective methods for repeated ideological indoctrination, personally organized these cultural instructors to carry out training courses, and asked them to implement this set of methods in their daily life and imperceptibly change the thinking of each soldier.

"All for the sake of killing the Tartars!"

"It's all about being a top!"

Zhang Zhun issued a call in a sonorous tone.

The large-scale military training campaign was immediately launched.

The Tiger Army does have a lot of recruits. They have the enthusiasm to fight, the determination to fight, and the courage to fight. What is lacking now is the skill to fight. As long as there are people in charge of teaching and there are good training conditions, in three months, it should be possible to forge a basically qualified soldier.

There is basically no problem with the training of infantry, and Zhang Zhun himself is from an infantry background. However, there was a slight problem with the cavalry troops. Until now, the cavalry units have not formed a complete and scientific training system. Zhang Zhun himself does not know much about the training of cavalry. In the end, this heavy responsibility still fell on Xie Youzhi.

Xie Youzhi lived up to expectations and combined his previous experience in the Liaodong Ming Army with everyone's suggestions to create a set of effective training methods. There is actually no trick to this training method, it is just hard work and sweat. Keep exercising every day, keep beating until you are exhausted.

In the wilderness of Pingdu Prefecture, you can often see the soldiers of the cavalry of the Tiger Army, constantly galloping back and forth, the people on horseback are exhausted, and the war horses under the crotch are constantly steaming, as if they have run hundreds of miles. This is the cavalry unit seizing the time, training day and night.

The training of the Tiger Ben Navy is also in full swing. The last battle with the Japanese further confirmed the effectiveness of artillery artillery. Therefore, all the captains, as well as the various gunners, were practicing their artillery skills. The whole army promoted the artillery bombardment mode of quasi-salvo. Huang Shijun and others are racing against time to practice artillery skills. Their original foundation was relatively poor, and if they didn't work hard, it would never work.

On the eighth day of April, Zhang Zhun made minor adjustments to the "Military Field Order".

The main content is to abolish the stipulation that military personnel should be granted military fields. From now on, when you join the army, you will no longer be given military land, and you will be replaced by a settlement allowance of twelve taels of silver. In terms of meritorious service awards, two options have also been added: silver taels and mintian. However, there is no rule to cancel the reward of military fields. In other words, when making meritorious contributions, you can freely choose between silver taels, civilian fields, or military fields.

Since Laizhou has attracted a large number of immigrants, many people have brought their families here, and it is impossible to make a profit from the fields allocated to them in a short period of time. Therefore, if they want to live, they have to go to work and earn wages. However, not everyone likes to work. It is true that there is a salary and income for work, but it is also very tiring and tedious.

Many of the refugees prefer to join the army. It's a pity that when I joined the army in the past, I was given military fields. Juntian is good, but unfortunately, in the short term, there is also no profit. The family still has to go hungry. If the fields are not cultivated, how can they be profitable? Now the reward of the military field has been abolished, and the settling-in allowance of 12 taels of silver has been issued, which has attracted some young and middle-aged people from outside who have excellent physical fitness.

For them, as long as they join the army, they can get a settling-in allowance of twelve taels of silver, which can be used to buy food and supplies immediately to settle their families. Therefore, the attraction of the Tiger Army to new recruits has not diminished. It's just that there are slight differences in the composition of the troops. It's just that there are more immigrants.

The most obvious example is that after the implementation of the new "Military Field Order," the number of fugitive military households from Da Songwei and even Jing Haiwei has greatly increased. After they came to Laizhou Mansion, as long as they passed the test and joined the Tiger Ben Army, they would have twelve taels of silver. At the same time, every family member who qualifies, including themselves, will receive five acres of land. Joining the army by yourself and farming at home is the best choice.

At the same time, Zhang Zhun ordered a conscious propaganda to defend his field. The current fields are all snatched from the enemy, and everyone wants to make their fields so that no one can take them back, so they can only take up arms and fight hard. The people who have benefited from it are naturally enthusiastic about joining the army. Originally, the Tiger Ben Army was very strict in the selection of soldiers, but now it is even stricter. No way, there are too many people who have signed up to join the army.

"My lord, the Smelling Fragrance Sect has officially moved."

On the tenth day of the fourth month, the day of the great evil, everything is not appropriate. Zhang Zhun received information that it was the Wenxiang Sect that officially started an incident in Laiyang. The mighty Wenxiang Sect army occupied Laiyang County, and then advanced to the surrounding Qixia, Zhaoyuan and other places. Due to the large number of people coerced by the Smelling Fragrance Sect and the large number of weapons obtained from Zhang Zhun, the development momentum at the beginning was indeed very fierce. In a very short period of time, the Wenxiang Sect conquered Zhaoyuan, Qixia and other places, and then gathered towards Dengzhou City.

"Master, won't the Smelling Incense Church wait for Dengzhou City?"

Liu Ru frowned lightly and said with some worry.

Zhang Zhun's plan was to smell the Xiangjiao and the Ming army in Dongjiang Town, both of them would be defeated, and it was best to die together, and then reap the benefits of the fisherman. If the Wenxiang Sect occupies Dengzhou City and becomes the new master of Dengzhou Mansion, Zhang Zhun's plan will fail.

As a military advisor, she actually doesn't know much about military affairs, and she doesn't have a clear concept of the combat effectiveness of both sides of the war. After all, it's people who have never really been exposed to combat. In fact, she, the military advisor, is also Zhang Zhun self-appointed. The various armies of the Ming Dynasty did not have such a thing as a military division. The vast number of soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army did not know the existence of this female military division. She just faced Zhang Zhun.

"Impossible."

Zhang Zhun said disapprerovingly.

Regarding the Wenxiang Sect's siege of Dengzhou City, Zhang Zhun was not optimistic at all. Dengzhou City has always been an important coastal defense town in Shandong, with strong walls and many garrisons. Unless there is heavy artillery, or if you know how to blast it, you don't want to attack Dengzhou City. There is no Wenxiang Sect with both, and it is absolutely impossible to fill it with human lives. The will to fight of the Wenxiang Sect has not yet been strong enough to go forward without hesitation. As soon as the casualties reached a certain level, they had to retreat.

In addition, Dengzhou City also has a feature that other cities do not have, that is, it is close to the sea and can be reinforced by Dongjiang Town at any time. The north gate of Dengzhou City is the harbor, and there are Dengzhou sailors stationed here. Reinforcements from Dongjiang Town can land here in a steady stream. The Wenxiang Sect did not have a naval army, and it was impossible to cut off the reinforcements of Dengzhou City, which meant that they would have to face the Ming army in the entire Dongjiang Town.

Therefore, even if Wen Xiangjiao had some weapons in his hands, due to the lack of strict organization and scientific training, he would definitely not be the opponent of the Ming army. The Wenxiang Sect's attack on Dengzhou City lasted for a few days at most, and once reinforcements from Dongjiang Town arrived, they had to retreat.

Of course, the uprising of the Wenxiang Sect was also a great shock to the world. Needless to say, the imperial court of course ordered a strict purge. Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong, and Ruan Dacheng, the governor of Denglai, both received strict orders to completely eradicate the Wenxiang Sect and not allow anyone to slip through the net. Even Gao Hongtu and Zhang Shenyan also expressed a high degree of concern about the uproar of the Wenxiang Sect.

In fact, both of them were quite disgusted with the Smelling Fragrance Sect. Wenxiangjiao is not engaged in production, and full-time sabotage, which is what the two of them hate the most. At the same time, the Wenxiang Sect once killed the descendants of Mencius and became the target of the world's scholars, which is also an important reason. Both of them are scholars, and what they read is the way of Confucius and Mencius, and now, the Wenxiang Sect has even killed the descendants of Yasheng, how can they have a good impression of the Wenxiang Sect? It was also for this reason that the imperial court did not dare to have any appeasement actions with the Wenxiang Sect, and every time the Wenxiang Sect had an incident, it would inevitably demand a strict order to kill them.

Denglai Governor Ruan Dacheng's fear of the Smelling Fragrance Sect is obviously above Zhang Zhun. When he got the news of the Wenxiangjiao incident, he panicked and hurriedly mobilized troops to encircle and suppress Laiyang. Shen Shikui, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent soldiers into Dengzhou City to cooperate with Ruan Dacheng to kill the Wenxiang Sect.

There are three main forces of the Wenxiang Sect, namely the red-clothed divine soldiers, the white-clothed divine soldiers, and the blue-clothed divine soldiers. The red-clothed divine soldiers belong to the command of the sect leader Wang Yilun, but the white-clothed divine soldiers belong to the command of the White Lotus Holy Mother Xu Qingluan, as for the blue-clothed divine soldiers, the two of them are under the command of a part, and some of the blue-clothed divine soldiers are **. According to relevant information, the backbone of the Wenxiang Sect is about 50,000 people. Of course, these so-called backbones are still far from the real army.

Sure enough, in the next few days, the soldiers of Dengzhou Mansion successfully blocked the Wenxiang Sect's attack on Dengzhou City. After paying a certain price for casualties, the Smelling Fragrance Sect had to consider retreating. The Ming army in Dengzhou City immediately came out of the city and tried to counterattack the Wenxiang Sect and annihilate it in one fell swoop. However, the plan of the Ming army was also unsuccessful.

The Wenxiang Sect, which was supported by Zhang Zhun with a large number of weapons, did not flinch, and fought fiercely with the Ming army outside Dengzhou City. In terms of numbers alone, the number of people in the Wenxiang Sect was incomparably much more than that of the Ming army. It is a pity that the Wenxiang Sect only got weapons, and did not have scientific organization and training, and could not completely confront the officers and soldiers, so they had to gradually retreat.

In the same way, the soldiers of the Ming army wanted to suppress the Wenxiang Sect at once, but they couldn't. The soldiers in Dengzhou Mansion had already been evacuated, and now they are all soldiers from Dongjiang Town. Dongjiang Town also had to prevent the Tartars from harassing it, and it was impossible to dispatch all the soldiers. Therefore, the war between the two sides was entangled in the triangle between the three counties of Laiyang, Qixia and Zhaoyuan, and it was protracted.

Zhang Zhun was naturally a cold bystander and indifferent. The more Wenxiang Sect and Dongjiang Town fought hard, and the more power they consumed, the less resistance he would have to enter the Dengzhou Mansion in the future, so why should he interfere? The more enthusiastic the two families are, the better!

In the blink of an eye, May has passed.

Zhang Shenyan's private visit to Laizhou Mansion was finally over, and he quietly left Laizhou Mansion. When he left, the old man didn't come to see Zhang Zhun, and he didn't know what the old man thought. However, Zhang Zhun didn't expect the old man to change his court and take refuge under his command, but he didn't care very much. The contest between him and Zhang Shenyan is just the beginning.

At the end of May, news came from the imperial court that Wu Zongda, a scholar, was a scholar. Wu Zongda and Wen Tiren were in June of the third year of Chongzhen (1630) and joined the aircraft service as a scholar of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of Dongge University. When Wen Tiren was in the cabinet, he only helped Zhou Yanru and did not agree with others. However, Wu Zongda was able to do it, so he was in the cabinet for six years, and he had a good relationship with Wen Tiren, and he was just a disciple.

In "Begging for Rape" drafted by Gao Hongtu, this scholar of Wu University is also on the list. His dedication marks that Wen Tiren Group is beginning to be unable to bear the pressure. There are Tartars in Liaodong, the chaotic army in Shaanxi in the Central Plains, Zhang Zhun and Wenxiangjiao in Shandong, and the only relatively quiet place in the entire Ming Dynasty is probably Jiangnan. However, who can guarantee that next time there will be no madman like Zhang Zhun who will go to Jiangnan to make waves?

At the beginning of June, 18 Cangshan ships were launched in the Huben Navy.

In this way, the number of Cangshan ships owned by the Navy increased to thirty. With the addition of captured pirate ships, the current Tiger Warrior Navy already has thirty-eight warships, large and small. That's a good number. On the coast of Shandong, there is no one who is Zhang Zhun's opponent. The only regret is that these Cangshan ships are all offshore warships and cannot go on expeditions.

However, there are a large number of Cangshan boats, which is still very beneficial. The density of patrols between the East China Sea and Mawan has become more frequent. A large number of warships appeared in the vicinity of the East China Sea, which effectively deterred some people who wanted to be unfavorable to the East China Sea. If you want to do anything in the East China Sea, first ask the artillery of the Tiger Ben Navy if you agree, right?

Due to the large increase in the number of warships, Zhang Zhun also added a marine patrol route, which was from Mawan to Huangdao near the Haiyang Institute of Dasongwei. In this way, the entire coastline south of Laizhou Province is under the surveillance of naval patrol ships, and it is impossible for the enemy to sneak attack.

With more ships, the training of naval soldiers can be more varied and more strategic tasks can be carried out at the same time. Mao Huihui and others even drove the Cangshan boat along the southern coast of Shandong, bypassing the sharp corners of Chengshanwei and sailing northward to the vicinity of Weihaiwei. They collected hydrological data on this route in advance to facilitate their future journey north. For the navy, the best seaport in Shandong, in addition to Mawan, is Liugong Island in Weihaiwei.

In fact, Dongjiang Town itself does not have a good port. The port of Dengzhou City is not the best, only because it is the closest to Dongjiang Town and the closest to Tartar, the Dengzhou Naval Division will choose Dengzhou City as a base. In fact, no matter from which aspect, the port of Weihaiwei is much better than Dengzhou City. In the future, the Beiyang Navy Division was based on the seaport near Liugong Island in Weihaiwei.

In mid-June, Zhang Zhun came to Lingshanwei.

The winter wheat harvest is about to be harvested, and he wants to go to Lingshanwei to see in person how much winter wheat can be harvested in the twenty big farms in Lingshanwei. Lingshanwei's big farm has always been the focus of attention of Liu Hang, Liu Baoyu, Yang Liren and others, and Zhang Zhun has also invested a lot of silver here, of course, hoping for high returns. This new production model, how much food will be brought to the Tiger Army, the Tiger Army is very much looking forward to it.

"Your Excellency!"

"Your Excellency!"

Dai Yu, Wang Dingjia and others all went to the outside of Lingshan City to greet Zhang Zhun.

"Everyone's worked hard."

Zhang Zhun said with a smile.

After a simple greeting, Zhang Zhun came directly to Lingshanwei No. 1 Farm.

The sown area of winter wheat in the first farm is about 11,000 mu. The wasteland that was later reclaimed did not have time to be sown because of the season. Otherwise, the number would be more than 20,000 acres. In the past few months, Tunding of the First Farm has cultivated a total of more than 10,000 acres of fields, which is basically equivalent to doubling the number of fields in the farm.

After several days of busyness, all the wheat has been returned to the warehouse. After careful statistics, the total amount of wheat harvested by the first farm is 3.52 million catties. The yield per mu is about 320 catties, which is not high. The reason for the low yield was that the water conservancy facilities at that time were not all in place, and the amount of farm fertilizer was not enough.

There are a total of 1,000 tunding in the first farm, according to the distribution standard of two catties of grain per day for each tunding, about 730,000 catties of grain need to be consumed in a year, plus the reward at the time of harvest, it is about 1 million catties. In other words, after deducting all the consumption, there are still 2.52 million catties of wheat to be handed over.

"2.5 million jin ......"

Zhang Zhun, Liu Hang, Liu Baoyu and others all had bright eyes.

One farm has 2.5 million catties of wheat, and 20 farms have about 50 million catties (about 260,000 stones). The current price of grain is about one stone of grain and one tael of silver. Two hundred and sixty thousand stones is two hundred and sixty thousand taels of silver. A Lingshanwei has an income of 260,000 taels of silver a year, which is really high input and high output. Only Zhang Zhun has such a big deal, and others may not be able to do it.

Sure enough, when the other nineteen farms were all harvested, after careful statistics, the Tiger Benjun collected a total of 54 million catties of winter wheat from these twenty large farms, which was 4 million catties more than expected. Because there was so much grain turned in, all the warehouses were full, but they were still not finished. Liu Baoyu happily looked around for a free warehouse.

After getting the news, even Gao Hongtu couldn't help but put down his work and came to Lingshanwei to take a look. Gao Hongtu naturally knows the importance of grain to the country and the stability of the regime. Since the late Wanli period, the imperial court has been constantly suffering from the problem of money and food. This problem has never been resolved. Now, it is unbelievable that a small Lingshan guard can hand over so much grain.

The army on the nine sides of the imperial court, the food consumed per person per year is only two stones. 260,000 stone of grain is enough to supply the needs of 100,000 troops for a year. It's just a guard! A guard only! And the Ming Dynasty had dozens of such guards! There are also hundreds of ** thousands of households!

Note that this is a surrender, not a total grain production. Someone has calculated that the total grain output of Lingshanwei, including the area in front of Xiahe Village, is more than 80 million catties, which is about 420,000 stones. If Emperor Chongzhen learned that Yiwei produced 420,000 stone of grain a year, he would have laughed in a dream. It's a pity that this grain has nothing to do with him.

"Oh my God!"

"So much!"

"It's incredible!"

In the face of such huge numbers. Wang Mingyu, Liu Hang, Liu Baoyu and others are all crazy. Fifty million pounds of grain! Even if 100,000 people eat it, each person can eat two catties a day, and he can eat it for two hundred and fifty days. In fact, the number of people the Tiger Ben Army needs to consume public food is not so large at all. With so much wheat reserves, the original grain pressure of the Tiger Ben Army was basically completely eliminated.

Four months later, in October, it will be the rice harvest season, and there will be another rice tax. According to rough estimates, from now on, the food income of the Tiger Ben Army will begin to exceed the expenditure. In other words, from now on, Zhang Zhun no longer needs to buy grain from Jiangnan. He can save a lot of money and put it elsewhere. Even, when needed, he can also export part of the food.