While Xiao Yi was waiting, he read the newspaper alone for a while, and after a while, Shi Gang hurriedly felt that as soon as Shi Gang entered the door, he made a gesture to Xiao Yi, and said with a smile: "My lord, that... I'm happy today, I've drunk more..."

Xiao Yi didn't have the same mind as Shi Gang, put down the official document and walked to Shi Gang's side, sighed and said, "Old Shi, you have to control yourself and remember to get drunk and make mistakes." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Shi Gang was shocked when he heard this, and then said hesitantly: "My lord, what do you want me to do with Lao Shi?" ”

Xiao Yi looked at Shi Gang and said firmly: "Let's talk a few words from my brother, although I am promoted to a defensive officer now, is this enough?" ”

Shi Gang was a little confused, and looked at Xiao Yi blankly, Xiao Yi still looked so determined.

I only heard Xiao Yi frown and continued: "There are some things that I have to say to you, if I want to turn things around so that the people under my rule can have a good life, I need to punish the corrupt officials and deal with the strong, I can only tell you these words, these days I see you talking nonsense after drinking, and the official looks very worried." ”

Shi Gang immediately knelt on the ground after understanding, and said: "Brother Xiao is ambitious, my old Shi doesn't know anything else, and I won't drink more in the future to worry my eldest brother!" ”

Xiao Yi picked up Shi Gang and said with a smile: "This is my good brother, go and call Master Zheng, the sooner you understand the various matters in this castle, the better." ”

Shi Gang nodded, looked at Xiao Yi and said worriedly: "Big brother should take care of himself, sister-in-law will feel distressed when she sees it." Seeing Xiao Yi smiling and nodding, Shi Gang walked down.

After a while, the maidservant outside the door whispered, "My lord, Lord Zheng has arrived." ”

"Come in, please." Xiao Yi didn't have much of a first impression of this Zheng Zhong, but it was safest to ask him about many matters in the fort.

Zheng Zhong was wearing a brown homeroom robe, and when he entered the door, he respectfully saluted Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi smiled and nodded and asked, "Lord Zheng, can you bring the documents in the castle?" ”

Zheng Zhong nodded and asked, "Do you want to listen to the lower officials or read the booklet?" ”

Xiao Yi sighed and asked with interest: "Tell me how about it, what about the book?" ”

Zheng Zhong chuckled lightly and said, "There is no big difference, it's just that Xia Guan likes to read the account books in his leisure time on weekdays, and at this time, he will remember almost everything after a long time." ”

"Then Master Lao Zheng said that he would talk to the official, and the document will be put aside, and the official will read it later."

Zheng Zhong glanced at Xiao Yi, waved his hand and motioned to the servants behind him to put the basic thick book and account on Xiao Yi's table, and then opened his mouth and said: "According to the statistics of the book, there are a total of 342 officers and soldiers in the fort, 136 horses and mules, more than 370 military households, more than 1,000 mouths, and more than 80 craftsmen. ”

"More than seventy bows, three thousand nine hundred and ninety-six arrows, one hundred and twenty-three armor pairs..."

Zheng Zhong said as he spoke, Xiao Yi opened the account book and checked it carefully, the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became, what Zheng Zhong said was basically the same, and he interrupted him without waiting for Zheng Zhong to finish speaking.

He asked with interest: "Lord Zheng actually remembered the account book like this, which is commendable." ”

Zheng Zhong hurriedly bent over and said, "Don't dare to say it, it's really just a matter of duty, and the next official will continue to talk about it?" ”

Xiao Yiyi waved his hand and said, "No need, you go to find Deputy Qianhu Lord Chen, you two gather all the officers and officials in the fort, and I will inspect the fort tomorrow." ”

Zheng Zhongzhong was surprised for a moment, but he didn't move at all, nodded and retreated respectfully.

Xiao Yi looked at the account book carefully, there were more than 120 pairs of armor, dozens of tiger clothes, tiger hats, cloth clothes and hats, and more than 100 waist knives and rattan cards.

In addition, there are only three bronze cannons, only four bronze and iron Buddha machines, and only one tiger tail cannon, with 12 three-eyed guns and 15 bird guns.

More than 220 catties of gunpowder, 1,930 catties of wrought iron, 1,607 catties of pig iron, 129 catties of lead, and 501 grains of pig iron were reserved.

The more Xiao Yi looked at it, the more he frowned, the reserve materials of this Peach Blossom Fort were even less than he imagined, as a person who had been building a fort for more than a hundred years, how could Peach Blossom Fort only have such a little thing?

This is still recorded in the account book, and judging from the Ming officials that Xiao Yi knows, the actual number must be even less than this.

Xiao also opened a few other books, these are the situation of the tuntian cattle in the subordinate forts, which can only be described as worse.

Looking at it carefully, almost since the beginning of Wanli ten years, the people, tuntian, and ploughing cattle of each fort have begun to slide in a straight line, and even now there are not many reserve materials even if they are governed.

The number of tuntian fields in the entire Taohuabao is only 9,000 mu, of which Yong'an Fort and Changning Town have more than 4,000 mu of newly opened wasteland this year and are still expanding, which means that the rest of the fort tuntian is only more than 5,000 mu?

Military households are scarce, and there are less than 700 military households in the entire territory of 1,000 households, which is still a better situation on paper, who knows what the real situation of the forts is?

Xiao Yi couldn't help but groan, how could he be so defeated?

That night, Xiao Yishuo frowned and pondered all night, constantly looking back and forth through the account books, sighing while reading, this Peach Blossom Castle is like this, which means that the other thousand households should be roughly the same.

This kind of decadence shocked him, and there were too many things Xiao Yi wanted to sort out first.

Zheng Zhong's mansion, Zheng Zhong, who returned to the bedroom, looked in the direction of the Qianhu official hall, he handed over all the situation in the fort to the new defense officer.

I just don't know if Xiao Yi, who is quite legendary in Yong'an Fort and Changning Town, can change these, and he is also very curious.

……

Early in the morning of the second day, Chen Hao and Zheng Zhong truthfully summoned all the generals and officials in the fort, and they accompanied Xiao Yi to inspect the fort, the layout of Peach Blossom Fort is roughly the same as that of Changning Town, and after inspecting the barracks, horse shops, granaries, forage fields, and other places, Xiao Yi's enthusiasm for getting up in the morning has long disappeared.

Instead, with a tightly knit brow, Xiao Yi waved his hand: "Let's go to the workshop." ”

The group surrounded Xiao Yi and entered the workshop again, and when they entered the workshop, they were greeted by those craftsmen who were lazily building.

The workshop of Yong'an Fort should be in full swing at this time, but the sparse sound here, the craftsmen and even some people are talking and laughing, where is there a workshop?!

This is completely incomparable with the workshops in Yong'an Fort and Changning Town, Xiao Yi pushed away a lazy craftsman, picked up a waist knife he had just completed, Xiao Yi looked left and right at this waist knife, and suddenly walked out of the workshop with this knife in a few steps.

Everyone was facing each other, and Chen Hao hurriedly followed, only to see Xiao Yi holding a knife and cutting at a stone outside.

Everyone only listened to the bang, and then looked at it in surprise, the stone only had a few gaps, but the newly made waist knife was torn apart.

Xiao Yi couldn't hold back any longer, he was furious, rushed into the workshop and said angrily: "What about your craftsman, ask him to come to see this official!" ”

Xiao Yi's sudden anger startled the craftsmen of the workshop and the accompanying people, Chen Hao hurriedly found the craftsman, only to see that the craftsman was about fifty years old, trembling here, nervously said: "Big, my lord..."

Xiao Yi impatiently interrupted the craftsman's words, took out the Qi family's knife and pointed it at the craftsman's throat, and shouted: "You listen to the official, and then let the official see any equipment that is not of good quality, and take care of it yourself." ”

The craftsman had long been frightened, and was pointed at by Xiao Yi's Qi family knife, he could see the chill in Xiao Yi's eyes, he knew that Xiao Yi was serious, and hurriedly knelt down and said urgently: "My lord, spare my life, I don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore!" ”

Xiao Yi didn't want to care about these craftsmen anymore, he had already decided to transfer craftsmen from Yong'an Fort and Changning Town to Peach Blossom Fort, the craftsmen here were lazy and too useless!

Xiao Yi strode up to the city wall after leaving the workshop, his brows were tightly locked, and he said in a deep voice: "Lord Chen, tomorrow gather the officers and soldiers in the fort, and this official will review the soldiers!" (To be continued.) )