In addition to marrying Jiang Yingrong, the land reform has also achieved fruitful results.

After more than two months of rectification, except for Zhao Town, the rest of the big towns have also been rectified and planned, and have entered the formal. But the only regret is that Li Guo didn't get too much money.

Zhao Zhen is the largest town in Hequ, and Li Guo only got more than 20,000 taels of silver from the big landlord Zhao Youcai, plus the fines handed over by the rich households in the town, adding up to nearly 30,000 taels of silver. This was the richest town and was the least affected by the war, while the other towns were either destroyed by the war or were far less affluent than Zhao. And the rest of the poor and remote rural villages in Hequ County can't get much money.

For towns and villages, Li Guo can't kill all those who are wealthier, and the attack is too wide, but the gains outweigh the losses. Li Guo in the county town will not move for the time being, and will talk about it after the countryside is rectified first.

Li Guo once roughly estimated with Nie Xin and others that the townships in Hequ could get about 100,000 taels of silver, plus the original 20,000 or 30,000 taels of silver, Li Guo would be able to have 145,000 taels of silver. The use of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver for land reform is not enough in itself, and if too many soldiers are recruited, the cost will be even greater, and Li Guo will not be able to afford it.

Li Guo knew that when he became a soldier, he must pay the army, didn't he rebel because of the money? Therefore, Li Guo only recruits elite soldiers, and elite soldiers can be paid, three dollars of silver per month, not much, but if there are too many soldiers, it will accumulate over time, it is not a small amount. These soldiers' salaries and soldiers' three meals a day cost a lot. You also need to build weapons, you also need war horses, and you need money.

Besides, the land has been distributed to each household, so we need seeds. Hoes, ploughing cattle, don't you need money?

The construction of water conservancy has begun, and that is also a lot of silver!

If the peasants are not given grain before the grain is confiscated, will they have the strength to work?

The walls of the village should also be firmly repaired, so that if there is a real fight with the court one day, it can also be used.

There are also some that cost less, but not without a dime.

For example, when the division of land was initially effective, in order to prevent widespread growth, the chief and the soldiers could not be withdrawn, and continued to explain the truth to the peasants from time to time and over again, and held grievance meetings. For example, in the past, why did there be no way to live, because there was no land. Why is it good now, because the tiger master is here to call the shots for everyone. What if there are any more landlords, Li Guo needs to drive them away, so we must support the tiger master, the tiger master is here, everyone can live!

There are also training personnel, each Bao and A select people, as the preparatory candidates for the chief of security and the first chief, Li Guo trains them every day, to put it bluntly, it is brainwashing. When they are competent, let them officially take over the positions of security chief and captain A or they can be sent to other places, because Li Guo's goal is not just this small Zhao Zhen, let alone a small river meander.

It is necessary to have a propaganda team, which is responsible for propaganda, and the number of people must also be increased.

This matter is one by one, one by one, and the busy Li Guo and his subordinates are inseparable. But once things get their way, it's much easier.

During this period, Li Guo also ordered the propaganda team to regularly hold meetings to remember the bittersweet and bitter feelings, complain about grievances, and eliminate evil, so that the peasants always felt that the present days were not easy to come by, and they needed to cherish and eradicate the opposing forces. The grievance meeting and the evil eradication meeting also informed Liu Tichun of the old camp that it was even more necessary for the troops to unite and discover opposing voices in time. Li Guo's behavior is a bit left, but at this moment, the effect is very good.

Li Guo's current affairs are lively, but he is very short of money. But Li Guo has to spend money again, because he wants to give gifts.

Who does Li Guo give a gift to? Why Gift?

In fact, it is very simple, Li Guo has made a earth-shaking change in Hequ County, in fact, even the imperial court can't understand these things, and it is estimated that the small Hequ will not attract the attention of the imperial court.

But Li Guo killed a lot of people in Hequ, these people were rich landlords, and there was no guarantee that anyone would sue them. In order to keep this experimental site of the meander, Li Guo had to temporarily aggrieved.

The gift was given in the name of Quan Zhihuan and Li Twelve, the civil official of Hequ County Quan Zhihuan was the largest, and the military attache was Li Twelve.

The first to send it was Cao Wenzhao, although Cao Wenzhao was the chief soldier at the moment, he could control the soldiers and horses in Shanxi, and his weight in the imperial court was very heavy. Cao Wenzhao is the favorite general of Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, and at this moment the river meander is merged into the three sides, and the thousand general Li 12 of the river meander is promoted by Cao Wenzhao, and the relationship is closer.

Therefore, 10,000 taels of silver went to Cao Wenzhao's hands. Cao Wenzhao received the silver and scolded with a smile, "Li Twelve, this little rabbit cub, has some ability, and he can get silver by killing a few guilty people." However, he still wrote a letter to Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, saying that the conduct of the officials of the river meanders was acceptable, and Hong Chengchou did not have to listen to the rumors.

Although Hong Chengchou is a famous general, he also loves silver, and after receiving 10,000 taels of silver. looked at the preparation Chen written by Quan Zhihuan and Li Twelve, and then looked at Cao Wenzhao's letter, and nodded, "These people should also be killed, if it weren't for their fish and meat township, how could there be bandits?" ”

Lu Jiuming, the chief eunuch of the trilateral supervision army, is playing with a string of emerald beads, I like it very much, this bead is also given by Li Guo's order, it is in addition to 10,000 taels of silver, the eunuch at that time is powerful, and it must not be ignored. So at this moment, Lu Jiuming was holding the beads and thinking that Quan Zhihuan and Li Twelve would be human beings.

And at this time, the complaint came.

Coincidentally, the relatives of a large family are the imperial history of the imperial court, and the imperial history complained to Chongzhen above the court, saying that Hong Chengchou, Lu Jiuming, Cao Wenzhao and others connived at their subordinates and killed innocents indiscriminately, which is the reason for the Shanshan Rebellion.

At this time, the peasant army was huge, and Chongzhen was also anxious, and ordered Hong Chengchou and Lu Jiuming to investigate strictly.

When the will reached the three sides, Hong Chengchou asked Lu Jiuming, "What does my father-in-law think about this matter?" ”

That Lu Jiuming hated so much that the root of his teeth itched, "That turtle grandson Yushi also sued our family." ”

Hong Chengchou thought for a while, "No matter what, you still have to check it." Although the officials of the meandering river were not at fault, the will had to be obeyed. Of course, even if there are some minor problems, it is not a big deal. I think it's just a big deal to kill a few bullies, otherwise you and I won't be disgraced. ”

Lu Jiuming nodded, "It's okay." It's just that the person who bites us indiscriminately in front of the emperor, our family will not let it go. ”

So, under the tone set by Hong Chengchou and Lu Jiuming, the three sides sent an inspector surnamed Zhang to Hequ.

As soon as the inspector arrived at Hequ, he was arranged by Li Twelve and Quan Zhihuan to a delicate mansion. There was nothing in the house, except for some charming beauties and two thousand taels of silver, and there was also a note about the current situation of the river meander. The inspector stayed in the house for five days, and the gate did not take a step.

On the sixth day, Li 12 and Quan Zhihuan came to visit the inspector, and the inspector said embarrassedly, "It's really disturbing these days, and now that the business is over, I'm going to leave." ”

Li Twelve and Quan Zhihuan still wanted to stay, and the inspector took the beauty and silver he had received, and went back to his life.

And Hong Chengchou and Lu Jiuming gave a piece of music to Chongzhen, which wrote, "Minister Hong Chengchou was originally a member of Shaanxi politics, and before he got the big job, the bandits were born." Appreciated by the saints, Chen Hong Chengchou has to take on a big responsibility, dare not to do his best? Now that the Shaanxi chaos is slightly calm, the minister sent his subordinate Cao Wenzhao to Shanxi to quell the chaos in order to relieve His Majesty's worries. Don't listen to slander, pro-sage, and chase villains. ”

Hong Chengchou made it clear in the recital that the chaos existed before me, and the chaos in Shanxi and Shaanxi was not my peace, and the emperor would not be good for me like this.

Chongzhen also understood that a holy decree added the title of Prince Hong Chengchou, and the royal history who complained was dismissed from office and sent home.

Li Guo had a false alarm, although it cost some silver, but under the protection of Hong Chengchou and others, the matter of Hequ was gradually forgotten in the future, and Li Guo was able to manage it better.

But Li Guo knew that he still couldn't publicize it, and he still couldn't do the training of soldiers in Hequ.

Despite the cost of recruitment, Li Guo still recruited 1,000 elite soldiers and 200 child soldiers in Hequ. The training thing still has to be done in the old battalion, and blatant recruitment is not a good thing in any case.

Li Guo left Li Qiang to be in charge of managing the cultivation of the cantonment, and returned to the old camp.