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The Xiao Cavalry Battalion still returned to the big camp, the matter about the reward, for the time being, can only be put aside, back to Nanjing, if Su Tiancheng continues to reward the sergeants of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, the nature will change, you are just the magistrate of Jiangning County, to reward the soldiers of Nanjing Jingying, what kind of behavior is this, what is the intention.

What Su Tiancheng wants to do, he needs to take his time, anyway, Qin Sande is a eunuch, and when the situation eases a little, he has thought of a countermeasure and directly puts forward such a request, but it is not too much of a problem even if it is a sergeant of the seven hundred cavalry battalion.

Nearly 800 war horses were all handed over to the Inspection Department, Sun Yuankun and others were overjoyed, this time, there were more than 1,400 war horses, equipped with a thousand households, more than enough, and a cavalry battalion could be established.

The holy decree of the imperial court has already come down, and the seized arms in Kuang Siming's mansion, the inspection department has obtained half of the ordnance and all the ammunition, including two thousand pairs of good armor, one thousand bows and arrows, and countless steel knives and spears, all of which are equipped with the inspection department.

The sergeants owned by the Inspection Department can set up three battalions, one battalion is equivalent to one thousand households, and according to the current equipment, one cavalry battalion, one Shenji battalion, and one infantry battalion can be established.

Everything has to wait for Su Tiancheng's order, but training cannot be missing.

Su Tiancheng had already acquiesced to such an arrangement.

Sun Yuankun is the person in charge, and Ma Huabiao is the deputy.

Liu Shiliang was in charge of the cavalry battalion, Luo Chang was in charge of the Shenji battalion, and Liu Tiehan was in charge of the infantry battalion.

Deng Hui temporarily went to Fuxue to study, striving for fame, and did not arrange other things. As for the brothers who followed Liu Tiehan to Jiangning County, they were all organized into the infantry battalion.

The Inspection Division has set up a camp in the suburbs for training.

This kind of equipment is indeed eye-catching, but there is also one biggest problem, that is, the expenditure has increased significantly. Feeding the army is not just lip service.

Fortunately, the Inspection Department already has 500,000 taels of silver, and if there are no major changes within the year and half a year after the beginning of the year, there is no need to consider the appropriation for the time being.

The family members of Mount Emei came to Jiangning County one after another, and the early resettlement work was done by Su Pingyang, and the county government confiscated all the cultivated land of Kuang Siming. After the autumn harvest, a very small number of tenants left, and Su Pingyang made some adjustments according to the actual situation, arranging a small number of family members to be responsible for cultivating the land, but the land was still far from enough.

This time the placement also consumed a lot of silver taels.

These silver taels. It is impossible for the county government to come out, so Su Tiancheng can only pay for the money himself. Fortunately, there is Kuang Siming's gold and silver seized.

After Su Pingyang reported, Su Tiancheng generally understood the situation.

Now, he must take into account the coordination with the Nanjing Jingying, and he must win 10,000 hectares of official land. In order to be able to settle the family members of the sergeant of the inspection department well, otherwise there is no second way.

It's the end of September, and winter is about to begin, and there are some things that must be carried out as soon as possible.

For example, the construction of water conservancy facilities.

Arable land in the South. The harvest is far stronger than that in the north, and it is said that the yield per mu of cultivated land in the south of Zhili is close to twice that of Shanxi, but some common problems are exactly the same, and the construction of water conservancy facilities has hardly been carried out, which has affected the harvest of cultivated land to a great extent.

This is not a trivial matter, food is very important, especially in the next ten years, storing food, is one of the most important tasks, with food, you can do too much.

Su Tiancheng had no time to delay, and if he wanted to negotiate with Nanjing Jingying, the best way was to find Qin Sande, coordinate in the middle, prevent Jingying from asking for a sky-high price, and must win 10,000 hectares of official land.

If we win this 10,000 hectares of official land, the county government of Jiangning County, even if it is a large landholder, can play a huge role with 20,000 hectares of official land.

Difficulties always exist, the situation in Nanjing is a little delicate, and the relationship between Tang Shiji and Qin Sande has a perfunctory meaning, so when dealing with this matter, Su Tiancheng must carefully consider it.

He first went to find Zhang Taining.

To do things, you still have to start from below, Zhang Taining is the commander of the garrison, the top general of the two battalions, and he has his support, at least the most basic guarantee.

The first time I went to visit Zhang Taining, no matter what, I had to bring some gifts, Zhang Taining is a descendant of the British Gong Zhang Fu, and his status is prominent, and his status is also noble.

After thinking about it for a long time, Su Tiancheng carried a sword, which was seized from the hands of the non-muddy at the beginning, the sword is not bad, and it cannot be regarded as an excellent quality, but the origin is different from the ordinary.

Zhang Taining is five big and three thick, in the end, he was born in a military attache family, and he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child.

"Lord Su is a rare guest, Tokyo Camp and Xijing Camp are both in Jiangning County, speaking of which, Lord Su is a parent official, come here, prepare a wine banquet, and I will have a good drink with Lord Su in a while."

"General Zhang's words are serious, the lower officials don't dare to be them, I came to General Zhang today to ask for something."

Su Tiancheng's first feeling is that Zhang Taining is a cheerful person, a typical military style, talk to such a person, don't beat around the bush, if there is anything, just say it directly.

"Hehe, I'm afraid Master Su is here for the affairs of Guantian."

"General Zhang is right, Xia Guan is here for the affairs of Guantian."

"Master Su, I can't hide it, I can't call the shots about this matter, the official land is directly allocated by the imperial court, although it belongs to the two battalions, but these are part of the two battalions' salaries, if a part of Jiangning County is given, there will be a problem with the soldiers' salaries, if the sergeants are not satisfied, no one dares to take responsibility."

"Of course, it is impossible for the lower officials to ask for it in vain."

"Oh, then Lord Su put forward the conditions, and we can negotiate together."

"It's better to ask General Zhang to put forward the conditions, and the lower officials will think about it, if they can accept it, the lower officials will have a number in their hearts."

Zhang Taining looked at Su Tiancheng and thought about it for a while, Su Tiancheng was thinking about cultivating official fields, he knew a little bit about it, after all, he was also clear about the things in the imperial court.

"Since this is the case, I will tell the truth, per mu of official land, according to the convention, the military camp must get six buckets of grain, this proportion is indeed higher than that of the people's land, but this is the system of the imperial court, and I have no choice, if Lord Su wants to cultivate the official land, we still follow the rules."

This was expected by Su Tiancheng, and Zhang Taining would definitely make such a request.

Per mu of official land, pay six buckets of grain, it sounds like the proportion is not very high, the actual situation is not so, the two battalions of official land, most of them are paddy fields, can only grow rice, according to the wind and rain of the year calculation, per mu of paddy field, can harvest 2.4 stone of rice, even if it is very good, pay six buckets, equal to 25% of the total income, the tax of private land, no more than 10%. This is also the reason why few people are willing to cultivate the official fields, and the sergeants flee in large numbers.

Moreover, in recent years, there have been disasters and famines, and Nanzhili cannot be completely exceptional, because of the lack of water conservancy facilities, it is completely dependent on the sky for food, and if there is a famine, the grain harvest will be worse.

Su Tiancheng is sure that no matter what kind of disasters he encounters, he must ensure a bumper grain harvest to the greatest extent, and the construction of water conservancy facilities has already taken shape in his mind, and he will be able to win 10,000 hectares of cultivated land in the two major battalions, and after rolling out the transformation of water conservancy facilities on 20,000 hectares of cultivated land this year, and after achieving good results, it will be fully implemented in the coming year.

"General Zhang, the consideration of the lower officials is a little different, the so-called sky-high asking price to pay back on the spot, General Zhang still has to give a little room for relaxation, the tax on this official land is too high, and the lower officials can't afford it, so they can't farm."

"It's understandable, what is Lord Su's opinion."

"Xia Guan thought, convert the income into silver taels to calculate, for each mu of official land, Jiangning County will pay one penny of silver, if Jiangning County cultivates 10,000 hectares of cultivated land, a total of 150,000 mu, that is, 15,000 taels of silver, plus the contributions made by the two battalions to maintain law and order in Jiangning County, Jiangning County pays 20,000 taels of silver to the two battalions every year."

Zhang Taining was a little moved.

The days of the Nanjing Beijing camp were slightly better than those of the military camps in other places, at least the Nanjing household department was able to ensure the allocation of salaries and silver, so that there would not be too much arrears, and the tuntian system had some taste of existence in name only, and the income that the two battalions could get from the land was much less, and even if it was a dignified Beijing camp, there were still cases of sergeants fleeing.

20,000 taels of silver, not less, the price of grain in Nanzhili, has not been high, the purchase season, the price of grain, less than three coins of silver and one stone, the lowest even only two coins and five cents of silver, according to this price calculation, per mu of official land, one penny of silver, is not very little.

It is estimated that it is impossible to negotiate the demand that Jiangning County cultivate official land according to the price of six buckets of grain handed over.

"Lord Su's opinion is still good, it is converted into silver taels, which is a lot more convenient, but on the number of silver taels, can it be slightly improved, I can also explain it to the soldiers below."

Su Tiancheng smiled slightly, he basically knew Zhang Taining's bottom line, in fact, 20,000 taels of silver is not a little, the cultivated land of the two major battalions has already been abandoned, and there is no income on these abandoned cultivated land, Jiangning County has obtained these cultivated land, and it can always hand over some silver to the two battalions, as for handing over some more silver, it is not impossible to discuss. (To be continued.) )