Zhao Yan hadn't thought about it so much before, but now he realized how terrifying it was to pay 300 taels of silver for one person who died in battle, and it was really unbearable to have a thin family foundation.

However, only about 200 people have found the corpses, and the other 100 people should not have returned. The next day, Zhao Yan waited in place for a while, and thirty or forty people came back one after another, while the others did not know what to do.

Missing!

Zhao Yan couldn't care so much, so he sent people to look around, but after finding a few people, he lost his patience, so he asked people to pull up the bandit leader and the captured backbone, and cut them directly in front of the group of captives.

Zhao Quan meant to hand over the bandit leader to the new governor, and then find a position in the army. Zhao Yan felt that the timing was not right and did not agree, this bandit leader kept the waste of food, it was better to cut it directly.

As for the other captives, they have all received food, and their mood is relatively stable at present, but aren't the thieves just for a bite to eat!

It's just that they are still quite apprehensive about how Zhao Yan will deal with them, especially when they see the bloody head of Zhang Gongguo.

"Killing this thief today has nothing to do with anyone else. I don't care what you have done before, and no matter what your identity was before, from now on, you will be my Zhao family's slaves, and my Zhao family will give you seeds and grain to cultivate, so that you can live with peace of mind, if anyone dares to be a thief again, there will be no forgiveness. Zhao Yan shouted in a rough voice.

"For my Zhao family's slaves, if they behave well within three years, they can get rid of their slave status and divide 30 acres of land for each household." Zhao Quan then announced the disposal policy.

The captured thieves suddenly became noisy and talked to each other.

To be a human slave?

Many people do not resist, for them, as long as they can eat a bite of food. But the real temptation is that after three years, you can get rid of slavery and get 50 acres of land.

Zhao Quan sneered, after three years, they could be suppressed by a poor performance, and the Zhao family didn't have so much land to share. But anyone can draw a pie, and you don't need any technical surname.

Previously, 3,000 homeless people were recruited, and more than 4,000 people were captured, adding up to more than 7,000 people, and the Zhao family's land was about this number, could it be that one person planted one land and one acre? Thinking of the land needed by these displaced people, Zhao Quan's scalp tingled.

The hungry people were half-overjoyed and half-sad when they got the news that they would be housed to produce.

After announcing the disposal method, Zhao Yan immediately ordered the camp to set off. The convoy has traveled to Zhaoyuan, and it only takes a few more days to get home.

The huge convoy passed all the way, and passers-by were all wondering, why there were so many people in this caravan, and many of them were homeless.

drove the slow ox cart and finally rushed back to Zhaojia Village before dark.

Zhaojia Village has received a quick horse report, and a hot meal has been prepared at this time, and Zhang's family and Yuan'er have already stood at the entrance of the village to greet them.

Seeing the convoy appear, Zhang happily beckoned to Zhao Yan in the car, Zhao Yan sped up and ran in front of Zhang, and then turned over and dismounted.

"Mother, the child is back." Zhao Yan said very affectionately, Xibei goods are naturally more affectionate.

"Yan'er! How did you lose weight like this after going out for more than half a month. Zhang looked at Zhao Yan for a long time, and said unhappily, Zhao Yan laughed a little wryly.

"Madam, it's windy outside, let's go back to the house quickly!" Yuan'er said on the side, glancing at Zhao Yan a little shyly.

"Hmmm! Let's go inside! Zhang nodded, and pulled Zhao Yan into the castle. As for the convoy, the hot meal is also ready, and Zhao Quan knows how to cook, so he doesn't have to worry about it.

The return journey took ten days, plus the previous trip, this lay took more than half a month.

After Zhang asked Zhao Yan about the history of his trip, Zhao Yan said it lightly, but Zhang was so frightened that he thought about the Bodhisattva's blessing. Yuan'er listened to it on the side, looked at Zhao Yan a little stupidly, and was looked at by Zhao Yan's gaze, and lowered her head with a shy face.

Zhao Quan entered the fort with a group of mighty people, and the Zhao family began to distribute the hot meals, and Zhao Quan was busy until the middle of the night before settling the people.

Zhao Yan took a hot bath and went to bed early, and he was tired all the way.

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The next day, there were more things, and Zhao Yandai and Zhao Quan immediately put into various jobs.

The more than 7,000 displaced people needed to be resettled, the pension money had to be distributed to the families of the dead, the means of production had to be prepared, and there were a lot of major and trivial matters.

Zhao Yan suddenly felt that the manpower was tight, and the only one who could be used was Zhao Quan, an old servant, and the Zhao family also had a few shopkeepers before, but they all died in the chaos.

First of all, the people among the displaced people were divided and the craftsmen were separated, and to Zhao Yan's delight, more than a dozen blacksmiths were found among the displaced people.

After inquiry, I learned that they were craftsmen in the army, and Kong Youde escaped during the rebellion. A few others are folk blacksmiths who don't know how to build weapons.

Zhao Yan hurriedly assigned them to the blacksmith shop, and transferred dozens of young men to be responsible for expanding the blacksmith shop. The blacksmith Zhou in the village was originally found by Zhao Yan's cheap old man to make weapons, and he was also a craftsman in the army, so Zhao Yan promoted the blacksmith Zhou to the foreman.

The 20,000 catties of iron brought back this time are enough for a while. Farm implements can be bought everywhere, but weapons are not.

So Zhao Yan asked the blacksmith shop to start making a spear, Zhao Yan's request was that the barrel of the gun should be four meters long, and Blacksmith Zhou and several other blacksmiths discussed and designed a gun head that weighed four taels and two dollars.

The cost of the spear is very low, almost one of the lowest cost of weapons, Zhao Yan first asked them to build two thousand, and those blacksmiths who can't make weapons let them build farm tools.

Blacksmiths are very important, so Zhao Yan and these blacksmiths recruit more apprentices, bring out a blacksmith who can build agricultural tools and reward one tael of silver, bring out a blacksmith who can build weapons and reward three taels of silver, and there are additional rewards when they reach a certain amount.

The blacksmith's wages are divided into five classes, the lowest apprentice, one tael a month, can build general agricultural tools are promoted to the fourth class, two taels a month, the craftsman who can build weapons is the third class, four taels a month, can skillfully build weapons for the second class, six taels a month, the second-class blacksmith can propose to improve the production process, then promoted to the first class, ten taels per month, and then according to the importance of the improved process to reward silver taels.

As soon as Zhao Yan promulgated the regulations, the morale of the blacksmiths was greatly boosted, and the status of the craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty was as low as slaves, and many times they couldn't even eat enough.

But there is obviously no need to worry about those problems here, the salary is not only good, but also includes food and shelter, as long as you work hard, you can live a good life.

Isn't that what these blacksmiths are asking for?

For a time, Zhaojiacun was regarded as a paradise, and he was full of enthusiasm to build weapons and farm tools, and at the same time worked hard to learn the skills of ironmaking, and strive to be promoted to a first-class blacksmith as soon as possible.

How to settle the huge number of displaced people, Zhao Yan and Zhao Quan began to discuss, the Zhao family's land was definitely not enough, so they could only aim at those wastelands.

However, a lot of wasteland is owned by owners, and the land concentration in the late Ming Dynasty has reached an unprecedented level in all dynasties.

"Anyway, the surrounding wasteland is ours, let's fence those lands first, and then build villages around those wastelands, and plant crops directly when spring begins." Zhao Yan touched his chin and said, knocking on the table, "Uncle Quan, you first send someone to contact those landlords, if you are willing to sell, you can buy it, and one mu will be worth two taels of silver!" If you don't sell it, you will take it directly. ”

"Then they ......," Zhao Quan was sweating profusely.

"If you don't accept it, you can do it, anyway, we have people, see if they are convinced" Zhao Yan sneered angrily, "It's naturally the best if you don't have a fight, if you can, rent one acre of land with two buckets of grain!" ”

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