After all the affairs related to the system were processed, Li Zheng only stayed in the Shenzhou grassland for a day, and then got up and headed for Lingzhou.

For him, there is one more important thing to focus on.

Conscription!

With the bumper harvest in Lingzhou, Fuping, and Lian counties last autumn, the problem of Li Zheng's forces' demand for grain has been completely resolved.

The biggest obstacle to the expansion of the army that had been restricted earlier was removed, and then the time came for a major expansion.

From Li Zheng to this era, until now, he has actually been in a situation of insufficient manpower. Every time an army is dispatched, it can be as few as hundreds, and as many as thousands. Compared with Han Sui and these people, it is simply disproportionate.

As soon as people make a move, it is 357,800,000, and it sounds different.

Doing more with less, although it is enjoyable, but there are also many disadvantages. At least, in a large-scale engagement with the enemy, it is difficult to completely annihilate the enemy army!

Moreover, the time has reached the sixth year of Zhongping, and the curtain of the great era is about to be opened. The whole situation is changing, and the demand for the size of the army is even greater, which also prompts Li Zheng to expand the army as much as possible!

As the territory ruled by Li Zheng became larger and larger, the record of several great victories over the rebels became more and more widespread, which made the attitude of the heroes under Li Zheng's rule towards Li Zheng also undergo a subversive change.

From the initial resistance and indifference, to the current complete surrender and cooperation, not only made Li Zheng's control of his rule more and more tight, but also greatly increased the financial revenue.

It's a natural thing.

The emergence of new things has brought new opportunities, such as the red jade bird and the echinoderm pig. Under Li Zheng's rule, it was peaceful and peaceful, which promoted the prosperity of commerce.

Coupled with the bumper harvest of agriculture, all kinds of tax revenues are growing like blowouts, and the income of Li Zheng's own Shenzhou caravan has solved another problem in the expansion of the army - military salaries!

There is plenty of money and food, and the confidence is full.

When he arrived in Lingzhou, after Li Zheng discussed the details with Xun You, he issued a conscription order in the name of General Zhenxi. Within two days, the conscription order issued by Li Zheng was implemented in every township in the three core counties under his rule.

The number of this conscription is set at 34,000, and after the conscription is completed, the army under Li Zheng's command will be expanded to 50,000 people! For the first time, the army's salary was clearly stipulated: the cavalry was paid five stone per month, and sixty stone a year, which was about five thousand yuan when converted into money; War horses and cavalry, the monthly salary is four stones, and the annual salary is forty-eight stones, which is about four thousand yuan when converted into money; Heavy spearmen and light foot archers were paid the same salary, three stone per month. Thirty-six stone per year, which is about 3,000 yuan in money; For recruits, it's one stone per month.

This is the result of discussions with Xun You.

Under Li Zheng's rule, including half of Anding and Wuwei, which had just been defeated, although no specific statistics were made, Xun You estimated that the total population probably did not exceed 500,000.

Ten people draw one soldier, this ratio is already very terrifying.

Fortunately, the environment is stable and rich in materials under Li Zheng's rule, otherwise if someone else does it, he will definitely be rebelled!

This is also a helpless thing, the entire Liangzhou, the population is rich in the southeast. It's a pity that Li Zheng's territory is in the northwest.

Han Sui was lucky, the counties he ruled had the most abundant population resources, but he wouldn't use them. As for Li Zheng, if it weren't for the development of these two years, the counties under his rule could only be called a land of barrenness and bitter cold.

Therefore, after issuing the conscription order, Li Zheng successively issued an order to recruit and resettle the displaced people.

In other counties and counties in Liangzhou, any environment is far inferior to Li Zheng's territory. Because of the poison of war, the people's livelihood was deserted, and many ordinary people were ruined and became homeless.

Although the war has stopped for a while, other counties outside Li Zheng's territory are still in dire straits.

In Xun You's words, it is to save them.

This time, the displaced people were recruited by population, divided into ethnic groups, and resettled according to the hierarchical system decided by Li Zheng at the beginning. Each Han Chinese will receive ten acres of Yongye Field, that is, private land. The recruited aliens are based on naturalization, and each mouth has five acres of Yongye land. The agricultural tax of the Han people is still 30 percent, but the naturalized nationality has risen by 10 percent to 40 percent.

The government will be responsible for providing food free of charge to help the displaced people settle down.

At the same time, because of the expansion of the territory under Li Zheng's rule, it became more and more sparsely populated. Therefore, at the same time, the land will be redistributed to the people under his rule.

At the beginning, the people under Li Zheng's rule took the household as the unit and the four families as the base, each household was ten acres, and each additional population was added by five acres.

Now that Li Zheng has a surplus of land, he must redistribute it and increase the area of land owned by each household. So as not to waste the land, ten acres will be allocated to each person in terms of population.

In addition to the official channels, posting notices, and disseminating the decrees on the recruitment and resettlement of displaced people, Li Zheng also tied them to commercial circulation.

With the exemption of a certain amount of commercial tax as bait, the merchants who came to do business under Li Zheng were lured to help operate the matter. In addition to allowing the caravan to spread the information about Li Zheng's recruitment of displaced people, it was also proposed that if the caravan could bring the displaced people when they came to do business under Li Zheng's rule, they would reduce or reduce the commercial tax as appropriate, depending on the number of displaced people.

After this decree was issued, the businessmen who came and went in the three counties under Li Zheng were all happy. This is a business without capital, only in but not out, how can it not be done?!

Even the powerful people under his rule have moved their minds -- since Li Zheng forcibly disarmed the armed forces of the powerful families, in order to survive better, these powerful families have gradually diverted. Some focus on agricultural work, using the government as an intermediary to contract large areas of land, hire workers, and grow crops. Or focus on breeding, specializing in breeding red jade birds that have been promoted by Li Zheng. There are also those who focus on business, form caravans on their own, travel in all directions, and do business.

After learning of this decree to recruit the homeless, the powerful families after some discussion, found the official, asked about the situation, so they formed a team, hired rangers or young people, and prepared to go out of Li Zheng's rule and go to the surrounding area to recruit the homeless people, because Li Zheng promised that whoever could bring the homeless people into Li Zheng's rule would be given a certain amount of tax relief until the homeless people were no longer needed. Of course, Li Zheng also emphasized that it must be a homeless person. Li Zheng will not admit that he will forcibly bring the common people who have a stable life to Li Zheng, or use unconventional means to do so.

It's a vaccination for them.

lest these bastards get out of Li Zheng's rule, and they will mess around with the wild horses that have escaped.

After the order to conscript and recruit displaced people was issued, and all preparations were completed, Li Zheng became leisurely again. Specific things are handled by the people below, as long as there are no problems, there is no need for Li Zheng to stare at them all the time.

Back in the grassland, Li Zheng's life returned to the calmest stage.

I get up early in the morning every day, first practice boxing, horsemanship, marksmanship, and swordsmanship, and then wander around, as if I have nothing to do.

In fact, a qiē is in his grasp.

On this day, Li Zheng finished practicing kung fu early in the morning, and when he returned home at noon, Xun You had been waiting for a long time. During this time, Xun You has been in charge of the appointment of officials, spring sowing, road repair, water conservancy construction and other matters in Anding, Wuwei and other places, and also pays attention to the recruitment, resettlement, and conscription of displaced people.

"Gongda!"

Li Zheng laughed and said, "I just came back from boxing, and I was covered in sweat, please wait a while, I'll come after a wash." ”

Xun You smiled and said, "The lord please." ”

Li Zheng nodded, went back to the house and washed up, and then arrived in the hall and sat on the main seat.

"What's the matter?"

Li Zheng asked with a smile.

"There are two things." Xun You said: "Lord, this first thing is that someone asked to see you. The second thing" Speaking of this, Xun You smiled slightly and said: "The lord is not young, but he has not yet married, which is a taboo for the lord." Your Majesty wants to be a matchmaker for the lord. ”

"Ugh"

Li Zheng was stunned for a moment, ignoring the matter that someone asked to see, and focused his attention on the second thing.

In such an era, the master, or the emperor, or the princes, why are there three palaces and six courts, and why are there countless concubines? In addition to the absurdity of a few faint kings, in fact, most of the reasons lie in the heirs.

It's not about a face, it's not about how many women you have, and how high your status is.

The real reason lies with the heirs.

Only when there is an heir can the hearts of the people be reassured. Only when subordinates do things can they be stable, and they don't have to worry about what happens, which will make the forces turbulent!

This is something that the master himself should pay attention to, and it is also a matter of great concern to his subordinates. That's why there is that kind of absurd thing that his subordinates ask the emperor to take a concubine.

Li Zheng has crossed over, although he has rejuvenated, his actual age is actually almost over forty. At such an age, he has passed the stage of being very eager for the opposite sex.

Especially in the past two years, I have been busy non-stop, fighting here and there, farming, construction, and working hard with others, and I haven't even thought of this stubble for the time being.

He is a normal man with the physiological needs of a normal man. Although there have always been two maids by his side, in Li Zheng's opinion, Xiaoliu and Xiaocui are really just little girls, and they are regarded as juniors, so they have never had that kind of thought.

Now that Xun Yu suddenly mentioned this matter, Li Zheng was moved.