Yang Chao found someone who had made an appointment, Huang Chong, the chief of the right division in the middle of the Xinjiang Estuary Water Army Battalion.

Since Yang Chao was promoted, Huang Chong has come to give gifts, and he also gave himself a New Year's greeting.

took Huang Chong to wander aimlessly on the edge of the water camp.

"Mr. Huang, look at it, our big battalion is facing the Qinhuai River, where there was a wharf by the river, but now there are only a few wooden stakes left, and the waterways are all silted."

"From the river to our camp, hundreds of zhang to 100 zhang five or six, never more than two hundred zhang, from the west section of the camp to the mouth of the river, there are 300 zhang are wasteland, all grow grass."

"Look at the other side, where is occupied by a few large families, built the river embankment at the bottom of the river, to prevent the river from backing up, now it is a stretch of 10,000 acres of fertile land. If we also open this field, it will never be less than on the other side. ”

Huang Chong and Yang Chao walked outside Daying, less than 100 steps away from Daying, which is the barren grass beach, which is the floodplain of the Qinhuai River estuary and the Yangtze River, but the opposite side is also a river floodplain, but it has been reclaimed by large households to create a continuous piece of farmland.

Huang Chong naturally knew what was going on in Shuiying, and replied: "My lord Mingjian, it's not like no one has opened up a wasteland here before. The little people drove it, and it was always occupied by the officers. If the officer himself drives it, it will be forcibly occupied by the superior. Even if the deputy of the water camp opens up the wasteland in the future, he will encounter petty theft and be too troublesome. In addition, the officers are all military households, and they generally have some land in their respective guard posts, and they can't put their energy here, and no one cares about it, and after a few crops, it is wasted. After the river flooded, there was silt everywhere, and it was too laborious to clear the land, and after one or two times, no one bothered to open up the wasteland. ”

Yang Chao asked, "What about repairing the embankment to hold back the water?" ”

Yang Chao saw the fields of the big families on the other side, and they used polders to surround the rivers, even if there was a big flood, they were not afraid.

Huang Chong smiled bitterly: "That big family has been passed down from generation to generation. But it is impossible for the officers of our battalion to be passed down from generation to generation, and who dares to say how long they can do it. I don't know how much it took to repair the embankment, as it was on the other side. If you don't have a few years of hard work, don't say that you can't fix it. The cost must be given several thousand taels, or even ten thousand taels of silver. With so much money, who will be a military attaché. ”

One is the cost, the other is the inheritance, it takes a huge investment, but it may not be able to occupy it for a long time, so no one is willing to invest in opening up the wasteland here, and the households dare to come to open up the wasteland. It will also be bullied and occupied by the officers, so no one comes, and over time the other side is a good field with water, but this side has always been a barren beach.

"Mr. Huang, what if you take your people here to open up wasteland? This official will never occupy half of your land! ”

Yang Chao assured Huang Chong that this was Yang Chao's purpose, and when he asked Li Fu to hand over the vegetable field, he also thought about encouraging him to cultivate outside the camp, but Li Fu told Yang Chao all these truths, so he asked Huang to come today. Let Huang always give up the farmland in his military camp, Yang Chao has actually thought of a countermeasure a long time ago.

Huang Chong shook his head and said: "Don't blame me, adults, clearing the wasteland is the most tiring. And every year or two is a raw field, the harvest is not high, and it is difficult to ensure that even the wages of long-term workers are not enough. If it goes on for a long time, with all due respect, it is not certain that the lower officials will be able to do it for four or five years. Why waste your efforts here. ”

Yang Chao continued: "Then what do you think if you send someone to inspect and take care of the fields, and the official comes to open up the wasteland and give you a share of the harvest?" ”

Yang Chao has several plans, if these people are unwilling to open up the wasteland. Let them be patrols.

Huang Chong said: "How dare you ask for an adult's share." If adults want to open up land here, there shouldn't be much of a problem. Whoever dares not to sell the face of adults in the naval army camp must be careful of those soldiers who are hob meat. They are not afraid of beating or scolding, so they are good at stealing chickens and dogs, and if they are caught, they are not afraid of beating and scolding, but they can't be killed, they are all from military families, and they can only stop it. ”

Yang Chao said with a smile: "There are also ways to clean them up without beating or scolding." ”

Yang Chao thought to himself, if they were locked up for ten days, how scoundrels would have to cry.

Huang Chong exclaimed: "The methods of the adults have also been heard of by the officials. ”

Yang Chao didn't want to sell Guanzi anymore: "Lord Huang, the official said bluntly, there are twenty actual soldiers in your camp at the moment, and the registration is one hundred." You've eaten eighty empty salaries, right? ”

Huang Zheng was stunned for a moment, could it be that Yang Chao called him over to check on him, but he was not afraid, the empty salary was not for him to eat.

"My lord Mingjian, in the lower district, where is there any qualification to eat empty salary. In the past, it was eaten by Lord Qian and the deputy general, and the subordinate was just a name. As for Lord Yang, if you want to eat that vacancy, you have to discuss it with the deputy general, but the lower officials can't control this. ”

Yang Chao smiled: "Lord Huang misunderstood. This official also came from the general manager, how can I not know this. What the officer said is that you can recruit up to 500 soldiers in the general department, but there are only 100 of them on the register now, and there are still more than 300 vacancies, don't you plan to fill these vacancies? ”

Huang Chong smiled bitterly: "Don't make fun of it, there are more than 20 people under the lower officials, all of whom are relatives of the lower officials, and what they want is just thirty acres of land opened in the camp, and it is still difficult to support their families, where can they afford to raise more soldiers." ”

Yang Chao knew that Huang Chong took his children and nephews to farm in the military camp of the Right Division, which was slightly smaller than the Zuo Division, and only cultivated thirty acres of land, and only planted rice, and the income was not high.

"Mr. Huang, I want your soldiers, my officer's business is short of manpower, and I just want to be a soldier to raise it, what do you think?"

Yang Chao knew that the number of troops could also be bought and sold, at least the annual military wear and tear attached to the number of soldiers was a fortune.

Huang Chong said with a smile: "Since the adults want to raise people, there is no problem with the lower officials." I just hope that the adults will not cut off the food and clothing of the villain's family. ”

What Huang Chong cares about most is the thirty acres of land in the camp.

But Yang Chao shook his head: "Mr. Huang, you should know that the official is purging the camp, and there were more than 40 acres of vegetable fields in the official camp, but now there are only 10 acres left, if you calculate this, you can only keep five or six acres of land in the barracks." ”

Huang Chong's face hesitated, if Yang Chao used officials to suppress him, his life would indeed be difficult, but if Yang Chao wanted to cut off his food and clothing, he would not have to live that day.

So he insisted: "Xiaguan, please don't cut off the villain's livelihood!" ”

After speaking, he knelt down and fell to the ground, refusing to get up.

Yang Chao sighed: "Why does the official want to cut off your livelihood, Lord Huang, get up, the official is just discussing with you." ”

Then he said: "Your barracks, the empty camp left by Mr. Qian. And the barracks on my side. Sooner or later, this official will have to clean up, just to say hello to you first, you might as well open up the wasteland on the river beach now. As for the matter of repairing the embankment, the official will find a way. The barracks are not always a place to farm. ”

Yang Chao actually gave this officer a precaution first.

The two talked. has gone to the camp of the thousand generals.

The naval camp is located at the mouth of the Qinhuai River, the southwest is the Qinhuai River, the northwest is the Yangtze River, the camp is built along the terrain, it is basically a rectangular camp, there are camp gates in the southwest and northwest towards the river and the river, and there are three barracks facing the southwest. In the middle is the camp of the thousand generals, in the south is the division, and in the north is the right division.

Qianzong barracks are the largest, covering an area of more than 300 acres, the left division also covers an area of nearly 100 acres, and the right division is only 50 acres.

Now that he was in the camp of Qianzong, Yang Chao simply took Huang to rush in to have a look.

There is no one in the Qianzong camp, and the original Qianzong Jia Shilu was transferred to Yanziji as a deputy general, and he can be promoted, in fact, it has a lot to do with Yang Chao. The first is because of the battle between Yang Chao and Cui Wei, the deputy general of Yanziji, which led to Cui Wei's dismissal, leaving a vacancy for him, and the second is because Yang Chao has killed the heads of forty-five Jiang bandits. It also counts as giving him a share so that he can be promoted.

Jia Shilu also knew the relationship between them, and he also invited Yang Chao to a banquet for this.

In the camp of Qianzong, there was only one veteran of the camp at this time, and after Yang Chao showed his waist card, he nodded and welcomed Yang Chao in.

Similarly, more than 200 acres of land have also been opened in the camp of Qianzong, which used to be cultivated by Jia Shilu's children and relatives. Jia Shilu left, and left it to Yang Chao. It's a big gift.

It's a pity that Yang Chao doesn't plan to cultivate these fields, but wants to level them and make a playground.

The barracks of the Thousand General Battalion were also dilapidated. Seventy or eighty percent of the houses are exposed, to rebuild, I am afraid it will cost more money than the Zuo Si camp, no thousand taels of silver is not enough, Yang Chao can not use so many houses for the time being, his own Zuo Si camp, can accommodate a thousand people is enough.

But Yang Chao still plans to repair it, the longer the barracks are broken, the more expensive it will be to repair, and the second Yang Chao plans to build the barracks here into a logistics base.

Since it is a logistics base, then there must be a reserve warehouse, and the barracks of the thousand general battalions are generally larger, which is the most suitable for making large warehouses.

In addition, the reason why Yang Chao took Huang Chong to the abandoned wharf on the bank of the river just now to have a look, and he also had plans to repair the wharf, which was a bigger project, and I am afraid that it would take tens of thousands of taels of silver to repair, plus the construction of the polder embankment, which was a huge expense.

Yang Chao made a lot of money last year, counting it back and forth, close to 20,000 taels, but he was still a little nervous, but Yang Chao planned to move, after all, the expenditure for repairing the wharf was not taken out at one time.

When the polder was being repaired, the wharf began to make money as planned, so Yang Chao was not worried at all.

At that time, his fleet of warships docked at his own wharf, from the wharf to the middle of the barracks, there was a green rice field, and it was still a very beautiful scene to think about, which looked more vibrant than the current dilapidated camp, barren beaches and long grass, and wharf siltation.

And to build a wharf, you don't necessarily have to pay for your own money, this is a wharf for the water camp, shouldn't the court pay for it?

Yang Chao also plans to go to Liubu to fight the autumn breeze and take the relationship between Xiong Mingyu, and it is okay not to give money and some materials.

Moreover, the construction of the wharf is not a project that can be won by the master of the house, and the best craftsmen must be sent by the Ministry of Works.

After walking around the camp, there was nothing to see, except for leaving land and houses, Jia Shilu took everything he could take, leaving only an empty camp and a veteran.

Yang Chao tried his best against the veteran and left with Huang Chong.

Seeing Huang Chong's melancholy expression, Yang Chao sighed: "Mr. Huang, don't worry too much, you can plant the land in your camp temporarily." This official will definitely build a polder embankment in this section of the river mouth within this year, you can rest assured. If the polders are not repaired, the official will never let you vacate the land in the camp. ”

Yang Chao had already planned it, and he was not afraid that Huang Chong would not be moved, so he didn't need to be strong. (To be continued)