Back in Tunpu, Xiao Yi hurriedly asked people to build a simple cattle pen, drove the five cattle received from Wang Changliang into the pen, and assigned a few people to take care of them. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After that, the fort was busy, Xiao Yi found a few stools, An Keping sat on the side to register for the people now, and then let them all join the military household registration, so that they all became Xiao Yi's soldiers.

Because there is no table, An Keping can only use a wooden board to cushion, holding a brush and conscientiously registering for the people one by one, everyone is busy in full swing, even the cool weather is not felt.

Shi Gang, Wang Dayong, and Shi Lu's job is to wait for An Keping to register for a person, and then test that person according to Xiao Yi's requirements, and those who meet the requirements can join the garrison of Yong'an Fort under Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi thought about this test for a long time, it was not a very high requirement, considering the famine and other issues at this time, Xiao Yi lowered the standard a lot, first considered a person's ambitions, ideas and some ideas through a few questions. Then Shi Gang and a few people visually measured the strength of their bodies, and then after a few small tests to test the strength of their bodies, the strength of these people was divided into three levels, and they were recorded in a booklet.

The booklet has already been written by An Keping Qingzhuang's name and hometown, because Shi Gang and several people are illiterate and can't read a few words, Xiao Yi is to let them follow their own ideas, feeling that a person has a lot of strength, he will say three small words on the paper, and if he feels that his strength is still good, he will spend two, if he is very weak, he will draw a vertical, which can be more easily expressed, and Shi Gang and several people are also happy to save effort.

If a person's strength is average, and two verticals are painted, Liu Tong will lead someone to cut a small piece of square leather, draw two verticals on it, and then He Ping will lead the women to sew this piece of square leather one by one onto the standard mandarin duck jacket they will wear, so that it is easy to identify.

Xiao Yi has his own considerations for dividing his strength into levels, and in the future, he must not only have sword soldiers and pikemen, and now he uses these two kinds of soldiers only because the weapons are the easiest and best training.

In the future, there will definitely be more types of weapons, such as firearms.

With this classification, it is easy for Xiao Yi to assign a person to the position that suits him best, for example, a person with a little less strength, Xiao Yi can let him join the night horse team for reconnaissance. A person with medium strength, Xiao Yi can be assigned to many places, he can be a spear team, a sword soldier, or a firecracker.

As for those with a little more strength, Xiao Yi can let them hold some more special weapons and wear thicker armor, and they can also be used as strikers or a surprise soldier in wartime.

Of course, that's all for later.

On this day, the busy work in the fort was in full swing, and in the morning the registration was made to screen the troops, but it was not completely done, and after eating and resting for a while at noon, Xiao Yi took everyone to start a new round of busy work.

An Keping asked an old man, "Old man, where is your ancestral hometown?" ”

The old man was thinking, and then his son helped to answer, "The ancestral home is in Baoan Prefecture." An Keping asked while remembering, "Ancestral home in Baozhou?" How did you get here? ”

The young man replied, "This is a long story, I originally lived well in Baoan Prefecture, with a few acres of land, but I didn't want to be taken away by the local tyrants, and my father was injured..."

An Keping also sighed: "It's okay, you will have your own fields in this Yong'an Fort in the future." The old man replied tremblingly, "Really, will we really have our own fields?" The people surrounding the back also paid attention, and Xiao Yi replied for An Keping at this time, "Yes, I, Xiao Yiming, don't say secret words, in the future, each of your families will have at least dozens of acres of land, and I will also distribute farming cattle to some difficult households!" ”

Everyone had already seen the ploughing cattle that Xiao Yi and the others brought back in the morning, and they were even more grateful at this moment. One man asked, "And how are we going to get food?" Do I have to repay the cattle seeds I have to repay? Everyone looked at Xiao Yi again, this is also a problem they are more concerned about, they used to be used to handing over all the income from farming, but it was not enough.

Gu Yanwu, a historian at the end of the Ming Dynasty, once described the tax situation during the Chongzhen period in the late Ming Dynasty, and at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the peasant households who produced grain worth seven or eight taels per mu of high-quality farmland had to pay as much as ten taels, and when the minimum requirements for maintaining life were not met, it was not difficult to explain why there were more and more displaced people in the late Ming Dynasty, and why the thieves were always inexhaustible.

"This big brother asked well, Xiao Moucai has some suggestions for this. Xiao was ordered by the defense lord and the management team to tuntian, and we reclaimed the wasteland outside the mandarin duck water and tunpu, and everyone would share the field afterwards. The Lord Defender has promised me that you can just do it, and that no one will take back the fields that have been cultivated in the future. Moreover, everyone also saw the horse thieves some time ago, and Xiao also guaranteed that everyone in Yong'an Fort would not be disturbed by thieves when they cultivated their fields. In the first year, I gave everyone duty-free grain when the wheat was ripe, and I still provided the daily food until the wheat was ripe. In the second year, one bucket of grain will be levied per mu of farmland, and in the third year and every year thereafter, two buckets of grain will be levied per mu, and no additional grain will be allocated. I, Xiao Yi, speak well, and this is true when I go into battle to kill the pigtailed soldiers, and the same is true for Tuntian. Xiao also blurted out. He had already thought about this matter, asked many people, and discussed it with Huang Yang, and it was time to inform the people to reassure him.

When the people heard this, they were very happy, and they did not pay grain in the first year, and then they only needed to pay one bucket of grain in the first year, and in the remaining years, they only needed to pay two buckets of grain, and they did not need to pay more. Two buckets of grain per mu, everyone has a field to cultivate cattle and seeds is completely affordable, and the harvest is good, there is still a surplus, after all, this is only the amount of grain collected at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. Suddenly, everyone was full of expectations for their future lives.

Xiao Yi walked to Shi Gang's side again, and saw Shi Gang and the others watching around a young man, talking about something while watching. The young man was dressed in a gray coarse cotton coat, and his family was talking about something.

After a few people finished talking, Shi Gang handed the man an old waist knife seized from the horse thief, and said loudly, "You cut there hard." The young man didn't know why, so he took the knife and slashed vigorously at the stone that Shi Gang was pointing.

I just listened, "bang", a knife mark appeared on the stone, and the blade of the old waist knife shook vigorously.

Shi Gang nodded when he heard the voice, looked at Wang Dayong, Wang Dayong nodded: "The strength is not bad, the next one." Then he picked up the brush and briefly drew two verticals on the notebook.

This is not the end, after Liu Tong, Huang Yang sat on a chair, saw the next person coming, and habitually opened his mouth to ask, "What's it called?" ”

The man replied, "Back to the adult, the little one is called Liu Zhuang." ”

Huang Yang nodded, "Okay, Liu Zhuang, I'll ask you." What did you join the army for? ”

Liu Zhuang blurted out when he heard this, and there was a hint of expectation in his words, "Of course, it is to follow Lord Zongqi to kill thieves, defend Tunbao, and protect his family." ”

Huang Yang looked at Liu Zhuang's expression, nodded, and asked again: "Then what will happen to your family after you die in battle?" ”

Liu Zhuang replied firmly: "I believe that if I really die in battle, my family will be treated kindly, and my name will be engraved in the ancestral hall!" What the adults say will definitely be fulfilled. ”

Xiao Yi heard Liu Zhuang's answer in the back, and he was a little happy in his heart. "That's right, every brother who dies in battle is a hero, but I don't want you to be a dead hero, I hope you can live with me and make contributions!"

Liu Zhuang was enthusiastic when he heard this, and the men and women beside him hurriedly knelt down and said again and again: "Little ones, thank you for your kindness." Xiao Yi hurriedly helped the three of them up, and Xiao Yi couldn't stand it the most at this time.

Afterwards, Huang Yang looked at this scene, smiled, opened the roster, and drew a pick after Liu Zhuang's name, indicating that he was qualified. Liu Zhuang is also very excited, he is going to train with these adults and kill thieves together, how long has he been looking forward to this day.