According to the information in hand, the dry land of the 1,000 households in Ningxiang is only enough to feed more than 5,000 people. Now there are 7,624 people in the institute, and it will be further increased in the future, Sun Yuan feels that Ningxiang can only be regarded as an excess, and after the troops are trained, they will have to be pulled out sooner or later. Otherwise, if you stay here for a few more years, you will have to be trapped to death.

After counting the land and population, let's take a look at what the predecessor left for him.

Looking at this, Sun Yuan didn't feel that he was shaking his head. To be honest, he really admired the Qianhu who had just left office. When this guy left, not only did he take away all the money and clothing in the treasury, but he didn't even leave much ordnance for himself. There were only six bows left in the armory, broken and hollowed out by termites; More than 30 guns were also bored with holes. There were dozens of plowshares and hoes, but they were all rusted away, and when you pinch them with your fingers, they turn into powder.

Seeing the utensils that were moved, the donkey and the others were all full of anger.

Guo Daodao saw that everyone's faces were ugly, and his face turned pale, and he trembled and said something that was not good.

Sun Yuan smiled: "You don't have to be afraid, in fact, this is normal, and you can't blame it." ”

In this way, Guo Daodao's heart can be regarded as more stable.

After completing the handover formalities, he began to read out the letter of appointment of the Nanjing Military Department, which was regarded as a formal assumption of office. However, because the last thousand households had already taken away their own soldiers and the hundred household officers under him. Therefore, Guo Daodao became the only audience.

The thousand households of Ningxiang Thousand Households are naturally Sun Yuan, and Fei Hong is the deputy thousand households, and the two of them need to be appointed by the imperial court because of their high grades, and they can spend a lot of silver to go through the door when they were in Nanjing.

As for the others, it is just to add a note and record the name.

Almost all of the more than 20 men who have followed Sun Yuan since Fengyang have military positions. Wen Laosan and Qiang Donkey respectively went out to pacify the thousands of households, and the others served as the general banners of the hundred households.

Up to now, the officers of the entire Thousand Households are Sun Yuan's people.

After reading out the letter of appointment, Guo Daodao stepped forward and said: "General Sun, the summer harvest has ended, and the autumn harvest will be in another month. ”

"Let's talk about this then, isn't there still a month?" Sun Yuan said casually: "Reason, you have something to do now." ”

Guo Daodao: "Please show the general." ”

Sun Yuan: "In addition to finding someone to repair the barracks as soon as possible, you can select 1,120 people from this roster, aged between 16 and 40, and let them gather in the barracks in five days." All the general banners also followed Guo Daodao to choose people, and by the way, they were familiar with their own hundred households. ”

"Yes." Everyone gave up their hands at the same time.

Guo Daodao was taken aback: "The general has recruited so many people, why is it?" ”

"What else can we do for, we are a thousand households, the army of the imperial court, naturally we have to form a force that can fight."

Guo Daodao's forehead was a little sweaty, and he said: "General, more than 1,000 people are training intensively, this and this...... Even if it is a month, so many people's food can eat up our thousands of households. Moreover, so many people are all trained in one place, and the agricultural time is delayed, isn't it hungry? ”

Sun Yuan smiled and asked: "If you don't train the army, how will you fight in the future." By the way, how did you fight wars before? ”

Guo Daodao was stunned: "How else can we fight, if the imperial court is about to transfer us to the battlefield." When the time comes, the Thousand Households will issue a notice, asking the strong men below to bring their own grain and set off with the personal soldiers of the Thousand Households, anyway, it is to fill the number of people. The villain has been in the institute for so many years, and he hasn't been on the battlefield yet! Besides, the imperial court didn't count on our guards. Master, you don't have to pay for training out of your own pocket! ”

Speaking of this, Guo Daodao felt that this was a good opportunity for him to invite favor in front of Sun Yuan, stepped forward, and said sincerely: "General, although the officers of Qianhu are officers, in fact, everyone does not take themselves seriously. is to help the imperial court manage the military tun, to put it bluntly, he is a landlord. The general has trained his troops here this year, and next year he may be transferred to other guards. Why should you make wedding garments for others? ”

Hearing this, Fei Hong and the others all looked disdainful. I've long heard that the guards are rotten, but I don't want to rot like this. Look at this surnamed Guo, does he still have the breath of a soldier?

It's just a small farmer and a small trader.

Sun Yuan laughed out loud.

Guo Daodao was suffocated by Sun Yuan's laughter, thinking that he had said the wrong thing, and he had offended the official without knowing something, and cold sweat oozed out.

Sun Yuan smiled and said, "Don't be afraid of delaying any agricultural time. Those 1,000 soldiers have to be selected as soon as possible, from now on, they don't have to farm in the future, I, Sun Yuan, will raise them. According to the provisions of the border army, the general is fully covered by food and clothing, and each soldier is ...... per month Two pennies of silver. Sun Yuan originally planned to say that he would give the soldiers one tael of silver every month, but after thinking about it, one tael of silver was too much. The nine-sided elite imperial court allocated a military salary of one or two pieces of silver a month, but after layers of deductions, it finally fell into the hands of the soldiers, and it is estimated that there are not even two pieces of silver.

The ancients lived a simple life, two coins of silver, equivalent to 300 yuan in later generations, enough for an ordinary family to eat. Besides, don't military households still have land to plant?

"Ahh Full-time ...... General, we are guards, not border troops! Guo Daodao was shocked, and cold sweat poured out like spring water.

"Isn't this good, you don't have to work in the fields, you can get military salaries, and you can feed your family." Sun Yuan asked rhetorically and said, "Reason, I don't care what the previous thousand households did. However, Sun Yuan is now a thousand households in Ningxiang, and you, as my subordinate, have to do as I say. Don't forget, we are soldiers, and soldiers are meant to go to war. Our military households in the Ming Dynasty have been farming for too long, and they have already regarded themselves as ordinary farmers in their bones. But have you ever thought about it, after all, we are soldiers. When the country is peaceful, it is okay to plant fields, but once the enemy kills, will it be done with the combat effectiveness of the guards? ”

"But...... Our Yangzhou Mansion, since Jiajing was plagued by the Japanese soldiers, has not fought for nearly a hundred years, even if the general wants to fight, there is no chance. Guo Daodao is still persuading.

Sun Yuan said awe-inspiringly: "If you don't have this mind, won't Fengyang in the middle capital fall?" I've been to Fengyang, and in the past, the people of Fengyang thought that it was impossible for thieves to enter the city, but what was the result, wasn't it slaughtered by someone? Since Sun Yuan has become an officer of the imperial court, he thinks about it day and night, and he is all about contributing to the country. Soldiers are only valuable if they go to the battlefield. The court sent us here, not to the local lord. Eating the king's Lu naturally has to be loyal to the king. ”

Speaking of this, Sun Yuanyou remembered the future Yangzhou Ten Days, and clenched his fists fiercely.

Everyone looked stunned: "The general is right, I'm waiting to be taught." ”

After the meeting ended, Guo Daodao soon found dozens of craftsmen and began to renovate the military camp and the Ningxiang official office. According to him, it will be repaired in five days.

After arranging this matter, Guo Daodao took the other 20 newly appointed 100 households to the 100 households in various places, first, to take over the official affairs of the office, and secondly, to select suitable soldiers.

"Fei Hong, can the Infantry Drill Code be issued to officers above the general flag?"