The yamen of the Ministry of War, Shi Keye had a thick pile of words on his head, and after he opened a document from the deputy general of the Xinjiang Mouth Water Battalion, his eyes suddenly lit up, and after reading it carefully, he muttered for a moment.

Suddenly, he shouted to the little official next to him: "Huang Zhusi, report this document to the household department, and let the household department deal with it as soon as possible!" ”

Then he got up, and suddenly felt a pain in his waist, the new official took office, and there were too many bad papers, his back hurt, and his eyes felt a little spent.

"Come on, prepare the car, this official is going to the new Jiangkou camp!"

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Here in Xinjiangkou, Yang Chao failed to squeeze out the two left and right two thousand generals, but those general managers and hundred generals did not dare not give Yang Chao face.

The vast majority of these petty officers are military households who have been in the navy for a long time, and their status as officers only gives them a little capital to occupy the assets of the military camp to make a living, so they don't have the courage to fight Yang Chao, you must know that Yang Chao is a killer of 600 kills and 10,000 kills.

Moreover, Yang Chao also agreed to them, allowing them to occupy 1,000 acres of land each, as far as the assets they encroached on in the barracks were naturally impossible to compare with 1,000 acres of land.

It's just that these people are a little worried, after they don't have the status of officers, how long can they plant that land? Will it be invaded by others, you must know why there are a large number of emperors here in Xinjiangkou, it is because the big soldiers here are too unreliable, and the common people dare to come here to open up wasteland, and the number of people who open it is more than the soldiers and ruffians, even those big families are not willing to come here to build polders and repair polders, so this place has been deserted.

So the officers made a demand, that they needed title deeds, and if they could be given title deeds, they would agree to give up their official positions.

For ordinary people, land is the best asset, although it is impossible to make as much money as a merchant and a businessman. But if you invest in land and have a stable output, do you always have to eat? Even if there is a disaster in one season, the land is always there.

And merchants may soon amass vast wealth. But its prosperity is also vigorous, and its demise is also fast, how many wealthy businessmen seem to be extremely beautiful, and there are too many examples of them disappearing in an instant, Shen Wansan, a super wealthy businessman who rivals the country, didn't he also disappear under the blow of imperial power, but I haven't heard of those rural clans who cultivate and read heirlooms disappear.

Therefore, in this era, even those merchants who have made money will continue to buy land. He hopes to transform his family into a scholarly family that cultivates and reads heirlooms.

This is a cultural concept of seeking stability, so the unreliable official positions of officers are obviously not as good as those of land with land guaranteed by title deeds.

As long as there is a title deed, these military families who have been soldiers for generations have hope that they can keep their land, because although they have given up their official positions, they have no intention of leaving the barracks, and their children and nephews will continue to stay in the barracks, even if they cannot be officials, at least provide them with an umbrella for the land outside the barracks, as long as those soldiers do not harm their harvest. The purpose of having a title deed in hand is to prevent other officers from embezzling it by virtue of their official positions.

Yang Chao is a negotiable person, and he can ask for anything, as long as it is not too much. Yang Chao did not plan to use other means.

After thinking about it for a while, Yang Chao agreed, anyway, he didn't care about these lands, and it was not difficult to issue title deeds to these wastelands.

Nanjing's Sixth Department is headed by the Ministry of War, if Shi Kefa helps, the Nanjing Household Department will not refuse to issue land deeds to these wastelands, and even tax exemption can be granted in the first few years, and such a thing may not necessarily need the Ministry of Labor and Households, Jiangning County will basically do it.

However, Yang Chao still told Shi Kefa. After all, it involves fifty or sixty thousand acres, and Yang Chao is afraid that Jiangning County will not be able to bear it. If he is sued by the left and right Qianzong again, where is Shi Kefa, it will not be good to say that Yang Chao has encroached on the land. Therefore, Yang Chao's report to Shi Kefa is just a precautionary shot, and it is the opposition forces here in Shuiying that he is guarding against.

As a result, Yang Chao's writings on the reclamation soon reached the head of Shi Keke.

……

"Master Shi is coming?"

The subordinates reported that Shi Kefa wanted to review the water camp.

Yang Chao received the documents from his subordinates and immediately said: "Okay, order the whole army to line up, welcome Master Shi!" ”

"There is no need for a labor army, the old man is already here."

As soon as the words fell, Shi Kefa actually walked into Yang Chao's deputy general barracks with two Tsing Yi scribes, which was actually Yang Chao's previous room, and Yang Chao's current deputy general camp was also changed to the previous central camp, compared to the deputy general camp left by Yu Chengwu, Yang Chao's thousand general camp was more complete.

Unexpectedly, Shi Kefa actually broke in, without prior notice, and it was his habit to follow lightly.

Yang Chao immediately stood up and shouted to the soldiers who came to report the news: "Master Shi is coming, why don't you report early!" ”

The soldier looked aggrieved.

Shi Kefa waved his hand: "He only found out before the official arrived at the camp." The monster blames the official for not advancing it, but you. ”

Yang Chao smiled: "What is Lord Shi's words." It's just the body of Master Shi's daughter, why did he come here like this, in case anything goes wrong? ”

Shi Kefa said with displeasure: "Yang Chao, you are a martial artist, and you also learn these." This official walks around in Nanjing City, what can he miss. Did you think about any mistakes when you were in Haizhou? ”

Yang Chao sneered: "This official is a martial artist, so he is naturally not afraid." ”

Shi Kefa sighed: "That's it, this official knows your kindness. Originally, I came to see what you said about the wilderness policy. Do you have a chance? ”

In fact, at the same time as Yang Chao reported, the construction had already begun, and hundreds of people had been working for many days, if it weren't for the fact that those officers had to have a land deed, Yang Chao didn't plan to report Shi Kefa.

But now that the application has just been typed, the construction has already started, which is a bit too much to say.

So Yang Chao hurriedly confessed: "Master Shi forgives the sin, in fact, the construction has already started." ”

Shi Kefa was stunned for a moment: "Construction has already started?" ”

Shi Kefa went directly to the central camp, coming out of the Zhenhuai Gate, there are streets and official roads along the Qinhuai River, but the direction of the main camp facing the Yangtze River is relatively remote.

Yang Chao continued to explain: "Don't hide it from Lord Shi, in fact, last year, the last general had already built a thousand acres of polders in Xinjiangkou. After the last general took over as the deputy general of Shin Eguchi, some of the former officers suffered from arrears of pay for a long time, and the last general had no rice to cook, and finally agreed to allow them to open up the wasteland outside the camp. Who knew that these officers and soldiers could not wait for the permission of the Ministry of War, and they had already taken matters into their own hands. Master Shi is to blame. Blame it on the last general. ”

When Shi Kefa heard this, he was not angry, and sighed and said, "State affairs are difficult. These soldiers were also forced to do so. But the old man agreed, so let them find some livelihood for their parents, wives and children at home. ”

Yang Chao followed Shi Kefa and said: "Master Shi is kind-hearted. For the sake of our sake, the last general has thanked his subordinates for his soldiers. ”

Shi Kefa waved his hand: "This official is ashamed, as a soldier, he can't pay the soldiers fully." Anyway, you said that you opened a thousand acres of barren land last year, take me to see it! ”

Yang Chao naturally agreed, got up immediately, and personally took Shi Kefa to the camp gate.

"So this is it? The official thought it was Mintian! ”

Yang Chao's acres of land last year. It's in front of the central Qianzong camp, but in the past, watermelons were planted, and watermelons have been harvested, and now they are scorched and yellow, and they are no different from barren grasslands.

"That's right, it's here, there's probably more than a thousand acres of land here. By the way, call Huang Chong over! ”

The land here is all cultivated by Huang Chong, which was promised to him by Yang Chao.

Huang Chong, like a peasant, quickly ran over, knelt on the ground with a plop, and kowtowed to Shi Kefa.

"Grass people Huang Chong pays a visit to Master Shi! Meet Lord Yang. ”

Shi Kefa immediately stepped forward to help Huang Chong, who looked like an old farmer.

At the same time, he asked Yang Chao suspiciously: "Yang Chao." Didn't you say that this was reclaimed by you, wasn't it a military field? ”

Huang Chong's appearance as a farmer confused Shi Kefa's mind.

Yang Chao hurriedly explained: "Master Shi, this Huang Chong was originally the general manager of the right division of the central region. The military department has been in arrears for military salaries all year round, so the official allowed him to reclaim this piece of land, and he just harvested a season of watermelons this year, but the land to grow grain is not enough, and he still needs compost, so he can only grow grain next year. It was too hard to open up the wasteland, so Huang Chong resigned and took his children and nephews to concentrate on clearing the wasteland. His son is now a soldier of the last general. ”

Huang Chong also kept an eye on it, afraid that if he failed to open up the wasteland. The son was cut off, so he left one of his sons in the army. It's not a bad thing to follow Yang Chao as a personal soldier, but this time in Haizhou. Although Huang Chong's son Huang Yuan did not die in battle, he was seriously injured and transferred to Huai'an as soon as possible, and did not participate in the later Haizhou War, but it was not a problem to accumulate merit and promote a team.

After listening to Yang Chao's words, Shi Kefa's face was a little dull, and he looked at some farmers who were burying the melon vines that were slowly rotting, Yang Chao told him that it was to make fertilizer, in fact, it was to add humus to the land, but Shi Kefa was not in the mood at all, and he casually turned around and returned to Yang Chao's camp under the pretext of being tired.

"Yang Chao, let me ask you, the land has been given to these military households, even if they were originally soldiers, then how do you raise soldiers?"

Shi Kefa saw that Yang Chao actually gave up the land to a departed officer like Huang Chong, and felt that Yang Chao was a little upside down, and the purpose of clearing the wasteland was to raise soldiers, but the wasteland was opened, but these officers resigned and went to farm with peace of mind, which made Shi Kefa feel unreasonable.

Yang Chao couldn't help but be stunned in his heart, yes, he didn't expect this, if Shi Kefa found out that he was exchanging land for the official positions on the heads of these officers, I don't know if Shi Kefa would question himself and think that he wanted to engage in private soldiers? However, in recent years, private soldiers have become a rule, and the emperor does not shy away from talking about the family, and also believes that this is a very effective way to strengthen the army, encouraging the soldiers to bring the family to the army, and allowing the family to receive more generous salaries.

So Yang Chao didn't care too much.

replied casually: "Back to Lord Shi's words, the villain still does some business, and the villain dispatches warships to transport some goods, and exterminate the Jiang bandits by the way." I am afraid that there are thousands of Jiang bandits who have been strangled in the past two years, but they have never received the reward. ”

Yang Chao knew that as soon as he mentioned the reward, Shi Kefa, who thought he represented the imperial court, would feel guilty.

Sure enough, Shi Kefa's face was relieved, and he sighed: "This official knows your difficulties. The title deed you want is also for an officer like Huang Chong, but don't blame the old man, the old man can't allow it! ”

Yang Chao was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect a carelessness to let Huang Chong come over to explain to Shi Kefa, but he caused trouble.

Yang Chao couldn't help asking, "Master Shi, why is this?" (To be continued...... ）。