When he followed Fan Jingwen to the yamen, Su Tiancheng was confused.

Fan Jingwen's sudden appearance was already a little meaningful, and now he has to find himself again, and he has something to say in private, what kind of big thing should this be, he is the leader of Nanzhili, although he has a lot of limelight, after all, he is the magistrate of Jiangning County, and the rank is incomparable.

For some reason, Su Tiancheng suddenly thought of the Jiangning camp and the two camps in Nanjing.

Zhang Taining is in the official office.

The moment he saw Zhang Taining, Su Tiancheng's heart sank.

The two battalions of Jiangning Battalion and Nanjing are both stationed in Jiangning County, but there is a huge disparity in military salaries, and Su Tiancheng has no good way to solve this matter, it is impossible for him to think of the two battalions, this is not the category he is worried about. But the impact of this is that the sergeants of the two battalions, looking at the treatment of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, are indignant and the morale of the army is fluctuating.

When he was in the capital, he thought of such a problem, and Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, specifically talked about this matter, although he did not point it out clearly, but he could imagine that what Wen Tiren said must be the two major battalions in Nanjing.

It can be seen that the impact of this incident is not small.

The most important thing is that not only the sergeants of the two battalions have such thoughts, but it is estimated that some officers of the two battalions are also indignant.

Fortunately, the salaries of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion were not allocated by the imperial court.

This is the biggest advantage, for example, every family, the conditions are different, people live a good life, you only have to watch.

Fan Jingwen's expression was a little serious, Zhang Taining's face. There weren't many expressions either.

"Master Su, you have just returned to Jiangning County, it is said that you should be allowed to rest and make adjustments, but there are some things. It's a little tricky, I have to find you. ”

"If there is something to do, no matter what is arranged, the lower officials will definitely do their best to do a good job."

"Well, a few days ago, General Zhang and I talked about some things, and we were all very worried, these two battalion sergeants. There is a big gap between the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion and the soldiers, and during this time, the sergeants of the two battalions have some fluctuations in people's hearts, and they even think that going to the Jiangning battalion coincides with the recruitment of sergeants in the Jiangning battalion. There were already some sergeants who had discussed it privately. Leave the two battalions and go directly to the Jiangning battalion. ”

Su Tiancheng lowered his head and did not speak.

What are you afraid of, such a thing, what can you do, two battalions of sergeants. It is claimed that there are 100,000 people, and if it is according to the treatment of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, it will require at least 720,000 silver or more, not to mention Jiangning County. Even Nan Zhili can't take out so many silver taels.

Besides, how many sergeants there are in the two battalions, outsiders don't know what to do, it is estimated that Zhang Taining does not dare to pack tickets, there must be no 100,000 people, there can be 50,000 people, even if it is very good, a few years ago, the conquest of the Liukou, there were some sergeants from the two battalions, there must be losses in this, and the situation of fleeing also exists.

Swallowing the two battalions and expanding the Jiangning camp, unless Su Tiancheng is crazy and thinks that the Jiangning camp will be destroyed in one fell swoop.

For the sake of the present, the only way to do this is to say nothing.

"I am the commander of the Jiangning battalion, according to such a thing, it should not be mentioned, after all, the Jiangning battalion did not spend a tael of silver from the imperial court, and they all relied on Jiangning County, but the two major battalions in Nanjing, after all, in Jiangning County, I am also very embarrassed, General Zhang has done a lot of work to calm the grievances of the soldiers, and it is not a way to go on like this."

Su Tiancheng's face was expressionless.

What he is most worried about is that the two battalions are compared with the Jiangning battalion, or because they do not meet the requirements, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion will reduce their salaries so that everyone can balance.

After all, slogans are always shouted, and without the support of material conditions, it is difficult for the army to maintain for a long time, and the salaries of soldiers can be stabilized and not increased for a long time, but they cannot be reduced.

What Fan Jingwen said next is very crucial, if he touches the bottom line of the Jiangning Battalion, Su Tiancheng will not agree, after all, he is also the supervisor of the Jiangning Battalion.

"I think so, the two battalions still have 10,000 hectares of cultivated land, all of which are leased to Jiangning County, the original 10,000 hectares of cultivated land, Jiangning County gives the two battalions 20,000 taels of silver every year, and now, with this 10,000 hectares of official land, Jiangning County gives the two battalions 100,000 taels of silver every year."

Su Tiancheng gasped, 100,000 taels of silver, this is really a lion's mouth.

20,000 hectares of cultivated land, but 300,000 mu, according to the calculation of 100,000 taels of silver, each mu of cultivated land is more than three yuan of silver, according to the income from sowing rice, which is equivalent to half of the income, which has been taken by the two battalions.

As an official land, such a rent is not too high, and it is reasonable to put it outside, after all, the military households are tuntian, and the taxes may be heavier, which also prompts many military households to flee with their families and are unwilling to continue cultivating official fields.

However, the situation in Jiangning County is very special, almost all of these official fields are cultivated by the families of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, and the county government actually does not collect any land endowments, and the only advantage is that when purchasing grain, the price is lower than the market price. In other words, all these taxes are borne by the county government.

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, the income of Jiangning County, all counted, about 2.6 million silver, of which, salt merchants accounted for the vast majority, with 1.6 million taels, 600,000 taels of donated silver for commerce, 350,000 taels of taxes from the city and shipping divisions, and the remaining 50,000 taels belonged to normal taxes such as commercial taxes.

But the expenses are not small, such as repairing ditches and fields, purchasing grain, ensuring the expenses of the Jiangning camp, ensuring the daily expenses of the county government, paying taxes to the imperial court, and handing over the silver of the six departments of Nanjing and Yingtianfu Yamen, etc.

At present, 1,600,000 taels of silver have been spent.

On the surface, Jiangning County is still very rich, even Suzhou and Yangzhou are not daring to compare.

But the large amount of money that needs immediately, Su Tiancheng has a number in his heart, the emperor and the court have made up their minds, and the time for Jiangning Camp to stay in the south cannot be very long, so it is necessary to use about two years to collect as much silver taels as possible, and prepare for the Jiangning battalion, and the Jiangning battalion recruits sergeants, after reaching the scale of 30,000 people, the annual expenditure of silver taels is more than two million taels, so when the Jiangning battalion leaves Jiangning County, at least four million taels of silver must be prepared.

In addition, there is also the renovation of ditches, the renovation of cultivated land, if we can not invest a lot of money in water conservancy construction, and thoroughly transform the water conservancy facilities in Jiangning, Jiangning County's grain, do not think that we can get a bumper harvest every year, and such a transformation must be carried out, this year's harvest shows a big problem, Jiangning County's official land, the harvest is about 30% more than the rest of the cultivated land.

This money can only be used in the income of the county government.

After the beginning of the year, the income of the city division is estimated to exceed one million taels, and on the basis of this year, it will increase significantly, so there is still hope for the preparation of silver taels for the Jiangning camp.

But Fan Jingwen made such a request, which was quite difficult.

One hundred thousand taels of silver is not a big number, but once such an opening is opened, there will be countless reasons to find it in the future, everything must be solved, and silver will be spent.

There is also the most critical thing, if the sergeants of the two battalions, when recruiting sergeants in the Jiangning battalion, must leave the two battalions and ask to enter the Jiangning battalion, this is the most dangerous thing, the duty of the two battalions is to protect the safety of the capital, although the status of the Beijing battalion is not as important, but it also involves the imperial power, if the Jiangning battalion is suspected of annexing the two battalions, no one can bear such a crime.

Besides, the quality of the sergeants of the two battalions, Su Tiancheng also looked down on it, although it was said that the hundreds of people in the Xiaocai battalion could fight well, but some tempers were not very good, and after entering the Jiangning battalion, they were corrected for a long time.

Seeing that Su Tiancheng didn't speak, Zhang Taining took the initiative to speak.

"Master Su, I also know that you are very embarrassed, but the two battalions have no choice, so they can only rely on Jiangning County and Lord Su to support a lot."

Su Tiancheng finally raised his head.

"Lord Fan, General Zhang, 10,000 hectares of official land, Jiangning County agreed to rent seeds, 100,000 taels of silver, gritting his teeth, he can also take it out, but the lower officials have some words that need to be said in front."

Seeing Su Tiancheng nodding, Fan Jingwen's face softened slightly.

"Master Su, if you have any requests, just ask."

"You're welcome, two things, first, Jiangning County took out 100,000 taels of silver, only this once, there will be no such thing in the future, and then Jiangning County can't bear it, second, Jiangning Battalion recruited 10,000 sergeants in Beizhili, according to the plan, in about half a year, it will continue to recruit 10,000 sergeants, two battalions of sergeants, Jiangning Battalion will never recruit, if it is because of the recruitment of sergeants, shake the hearts of the two battalions, such a crime, Jiangning Battalion can't afford it, Please also ask General Zhang to help. ”

Fan Jingwen nodded, this is not a big deal.

"Master Su, the two requirements you mentioned are also reasonable, General Zhang, you don't see any problems."

Zhang Taining nodded, although he said that he was a little uncomfortable in his heart, but Jiangning County was willing to take out 100,000 taels of silver, and what could he say, if he didn't continue to ask for silver, it would be easier to control it, but the Jiangning battalion recruited sergeants and did not allow the sergeants of the two battalions to enter, and this matter was still a little difficult.

Seeing Zhang Taining nodding, Fan Jingwen had a smile on his face. (To be continued.) )