Not only the Wang family had the same idea, but every household in the entire Tuntian Point did not let go of this opportunity to make money, and more or less brought back one or two sheep...

More than 10,000 ploughing cattle and hundreds of thousands of sheep were dispersed to various tuntian points, and it took less than ten days for them to be completely digested by millions of tuntians.

In the face of this result, Wei Zheng believes that after the autumn harvest next year, he will definitely be able to get an unprecedented harvest in this effort.

Because, only Wei Zheng himself knows: in the next seven or eight years, there will be no signs of this drought situation. With the continuous development of Tuntian, the grain prices of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces will definitely remain stable because of the output of a large amount of grain. However, other provinces outside Shanxi and Shaanxi are different...

As the drought continues and the grain harvest continues to fail, food prices will become higher and higher.

As for the two provinces under their own jurisdiction, with the continuous output of grain and their own intervention, grain prices will certainly drop to a certain extent.

In this way, he can buy grain from the people of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces and the people of Tun at a very low price. Then, at a very high price, sell it and make a big price difference...

In this way, the benefits you get will be higher than selling cattle and sheep directly, and it will be much higher.

Not only that, but the millions of people in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces will also get a large part of the benefits from it, so as to remember the good of the Governor's Palace, remember their own good, and stand behind themselves at critical moments...

And this one doesn't see the benefits. It's for yourself. The real best interest.

Think of these. On Wei Zheng's face, a smile appeared unconsciously... A smile full of ambition for the future.

At this moment, Zhang Wu, who was directly in charge of the expansion of the local garrison, suddenly walked in front of him with an anxious face.

"Marshal, there's something wrong with the local garrison here..."

"Although the documents for the expansion and recruitment of troops have been issued for half a month....however, according to the summary of the local garrisons, it shows that half a month has passed, and they have taken the initiative to join the garrison. And the recruits who passed the guò assessment were full of calculations, and there were only more than 15,000 people... The number of recruits is far less than what we need..."

"You mean, no one wants to join the garrison..."

Zhang Wu nodded and replied, "Yes, Dashuai..."

"As a local garrison, the monthly salary of ordinary soldiers is two taels of silver, and in a year, it is twenty-four taels of silver. However, because the marshal wantonly carried out tuntian in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, a young man planted ten acres of fertile land. At the current price of grain, you can also earn four taels of silver..."

"In this case. Not many people are willing to serve as soldiers and be paid..."

Wei Zheng nodded, but did not speak immediately.

Although he knew that with the large-scale development of Tuntian, the grain prices in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces would definitely be reduced to a certain extent under his own intervention. At that time, the annual income of ordinary people will definitely not be as high as they imagined.

However, this is not something that can be seen in a short period of time.

And as the governor of Shanxi, it is impossible for him to say this speculation. Because, no matter how much or less this reduction is, it will affect the confidence of millions of people in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces.

Therefore, if you want to let the people become soldiers, there is only one way for yourself, and that is to increase the salary. Otherwise, no one wants to give up this kind of life full of comfort, join the army, and face death at any time ....

Thinking of this, Wei Zheng, who had a stern face, directly decided: "If you want to impress the people, there is only one way to choose to increase your salary." ”

"Now the monthly salary of the Haw Par Army is three taels of silver, and the monthly salary of the garrison is two taels of silver... Since all the civil and military officials in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces have increased their allowances, these soldiers who have brought us safety may also live on a meager salary. You know, behind them, they also have families to support......"

Hearing these two words, Zhang Wu's brows immediately furrowed.

Under Wei Zheng's gaze, he reminded with a worried face: "Marshal, we have doubled the army in concealment from the imperial court, and we have paid the soldiers the full military salary, and the military salary alone will be pasted in by the Governor's Mansion every year 1.5 million taels of silver....If you add the food and equipment of the soldiers, it will be two million taels of silver a year..."

"If the salary is increased again, even if each soldier is paid one tael of silver per month, it will be one hundred and twenty thousand taels in a year....The last general is worried that the governor's palace will not be able to bear such a price. After all, in addition to these 100,000 local garrisons, the Governor's Palace also has 50,000 Haw Par troops to feed......"

Zhang Wu is right, although the salary is only a matter of his own words. However, his own words are full of gold.

In a word, it is millions of taels of silver to go out.

Because, expanding the army for the local garrison means that you also have to expand the army for the Haw Par Army.

However, in this troubled era, the importance of the army will always come first in Wei Zheng's mind.

Therefore, no matter how great the economic pressure brought by the increase to yourself, you must also bear it.

After some contemplation, a smile full of weirdness appeared on Wei Zheng's solemn face.

Under Zhang Wu's worried gaze, he replied loudly.

"That's it, pay all the troops in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces....As for the source of these salaries, this official has his own way...."

Speaking of this, Wei Zheng's tone of voice had become stern unconsciously. Facing Zhang Wu, he decided loudly: "According to the current price of grain, the salary of ordinary soldiers for two taels of silver a month is not enough to buy a load of grain. In order to satisfy the soldiers, the commander decided to raise the monthly salary of ordinary soldiers to four taels of silver..."

"You must know that the Guanning Army, which has the best salary in the imperial court, is only three taels of silver a month....we raise it to four taels, which will definitely make most of the people in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces excited...."

"The monthly salary of ordinary garrisons is four taels of silver, and after entering the Haw Par Army, the monthly salary of ordinary soldiers is six taels of silver."

Even though Zhang Wu was ready for Wei Zheng's imminent salary increase, he still didn't expect that Wei Zheng would actually increase his salary to more than double the original amount.

At this time, Zhang Wu, who was shocked, did not answer immediately, but fell into deep thought, thinking about the amount of military pay that the Shanxi Governor's Mansion would have to bear in a month after the army was raised.

It's not that I don't know, it's a shock....

Faced with a salary of nearly eight million taels a year, Zhang Wu's first reaction was that the Governor's Mansion could not bear it.

Because, eight million taels of silver, is almost comparable to the annual tax revenue of the imperial court. As a military general, Zhang Wu did not believe that the annual income of the Shanxi Governor's Mansion would exceed that of the imperial court.

Besides, in addition to the more than 100,000 troops in the territory of the Shanxi Governor's Palace, there are countless civil and military officials who need to be fed.

So, Zhang Wu, who was full of shock, almost subconsciously reminded: "Dashuai....This is the real eight million taels of silver...."

Wei Zheng, who had already thought of where the silver would come from, was not frightened by this number.

You must know that in Shanxi in later generations, the arable land area has reached an astonishing 70 million mu. Even if he only reclaimed one-seventh of the tuntian, that is, 10 million mu of land, he could get at least 3 million quintals of grain taxes from these tuntians.

Three million taels of grain were sold to other provinces, and even if it was five taels of silver, it would be a wealth of fifteen million taels of silver.

And this is still on the surface....

With a large bumper grain harvest, grain prices in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces will certainly drop to a certain extent.

At that time, if the Governor's Office orders that all the grain in the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi can only be exported by the Governor's Office of Shanxi and Shaanxi, then millions of quintals of grain can be earned from exporting grain alone.

10 million mu of fertile land, according to the output of one and a half quintals of one acre of land, is 15 million quintals of grain. Three million quintals of taxes will be paid out, five million quintals of rations will be paid, and a full seven million quintals of grain will flow into the market....

When the time comes, the price of grain in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces will drop by one tael of silver per quintal, and the price of grain from other provinces will increase by one tael of silver per quintal, then you will be able to get the difference between two taels of silver per quintal of grain....

The difference in the price of the seven million quintals of grain adds up to a full fourteen million taels of silver...

This alone can meet the needs of the army for a year after the increase in salary, and even guarantee the silver needed for several foreign battles.

Therefore, Wei Zheng, who thought of this account in his heart, made the decision to double his military salary without thinking about it.

However, in front of Zhang Wu, Wei Zheng did not explain, but replied confidently: "General Zhang, you don't have to worry about the military salary, since this commander dares to say, there is a specific solution....what you need to do is to implement...."

"Yes, Dashuai...."Zhang Wu, who was full of doubts, could only put away the worries in his heart and replied loudly.

At this moment, Wei Zheng continued: "In addition to the salary accident, there is another way to increase the enthusiasm of the people to participate in the garrison..."

"Tell those people that joining the garrison is not just for the sake of getting paid. Without the protection of the garrison, the rebels in Shaanxi will invade their homes, kill their relatives, and make them hungry again..."

Ben Shuai believes that between the two choices of being displaced and being a soldier, the tun people in Shanxi will definitely make a very wise choice for the homeland they have worked so hard to build. When the time comes, what awaits you will no longer be that there is no one to join the garrison, but that there are too many people who will participate in the garrison, so you will be dazzled..."

Zhang Wu's eyes lit up, and he shouted excitedly: "The handsome and wise....the last general will do it immediately..."

After speaking, without waiting for Wei Zheng to react, he hurriedly rushed out of the meeting hall... (To be continued......)