Chapter 124: War Money
"If you make a meritorious contribution this time, presumably you kid can also be a general, and he will never hesitate to reward him, you have to do it well!" The white wolf looked at Meng Li in front of him and couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart.
At first, he was bought by Li Zheng as a slave, but now he has become a pivotal figure under Li Zheng and the chief general of the first army. Among them, the end is full of emotion.
But the white wolf knows what he can do. At this point, commanding tens of thousands of troops is almost over. No matter how much army is given to him, he can't command it, and he doesn't have that ability.
But the Meng Li in front of him is not.
This kid is a descendant of the pre-Qin Mengshi and has a family history. At the same time, his personality is stable, and there is no shortage of fighter changes, and his martial arts are also very terrifying. Coupled with the experience in the army in the past few years, he has smoothed out his impetuousness, and he is already worthy of a big responsibility.
Presumably in a few years, I'm afraid I will have to climb on the head of the white wolf.
Thinking of this, the white wolf couldn't help grinning, patted Meng Li's shoulder fiercely, and said: "Be cautious when you go north, Shuofang is the territory of the Subu clan, although most of the troops of the Subu clan are trapped by the lord, but if you want to come to the lair, there is still some strength, so you must not be careless." ”
"General, rest assured." Meng Li clenched his fists and saluted, very calm, and said: "The last general will not disappoint the general and the lord!" ”
The white wolf nodded: "Go ahead." ”
With that, the white wolf turned around and shouted to gather the captives and prepare to return south to the Baishui River.
Meng Li looked at the back of the white wolf, his eyes flickered for a moment, and he had a guess in his heart.
"This time, the lord summoned General White Wolf back to Baishuichuan, presumably there must be a big move, and General White Wolf asked me to pay attention to Xianbei in the north, do you want to do something to Xianbei?" Meng Li pondered for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "I'm afraid I have to be cautious when I go."
Nuro led 300 Destroying Frontier War Cavalry, 1,000 Qingjia War Cavalry, 5,000 War Horse Light Cavalry, and 20,000 Foot Soldiers, and it only took two days to sweep away the Han Clan's tribes.
The Han clan was already very desolate by Li Zheng's poison, and the Han clan had the smallest power, so it was naturally very fast.
After destroying the Han tribes, Nuro sent people to escort all the captives back to Baishuichuan, and immediately went north and entered the territory of the Lan clan.
Four days later, the Lan clan was almost completely wiped out, and Nuro also received Li Zheng's order.
Like a white wolf, Nuro led his own cavalry to escort the captives back to Baishuichuan, and handed over the rest of the army to his deputy to lead him and march north to Shuofang
Two days later, White Wolf and Nuro led their troops and horses back to the White Water River.
In the past two days, the entire Stone City has been cleared.
Among them, nearly 400,000 Huns were besieged, and more than 100,000 killed each other in six days. Only more than 200,000 were captured by Li Zheng.
However, almost all of the more than 200,000 are young and strong, which is a huge wealth. 70,000 elites were selected from them and handed over to Wang Laohu and others for training, and the remaining nearly 200,000 people, together with the Xiongnu women and children captured by the White Wolf and Nuluo, totaling more than 600,000 people, were all sent back to Lingzhou and handed over to Xun You for processing.
In this war, the population that fell into the hands of Li Zheng was nearly 700,000. The old and weak who were killed by the white wolf and others were close to 300,000. In other words, the entire right Huns, with a population of nearly one million, were completely wiped out in one day!
The population is still one of them, and the second is a huge number of cattle, sheep and livestock!
Nearly 10 million head of cattle, sheep and horses, what a huge fortune?!
Such a huge number of livestock made Zhou Fei, who was in charge of animal husbandry, almost smiling his eyes. However, it is not an easy task to house such a large number of animals.
After some thought, Li Zheng gave an order to Xun You
Lingzhou City.
After Li Zheng came to this era, Lingzhou City can be roughly divided into three periods.
The first was Lingzhou City when Fu was there.
At that time, Lingzhou was not a peach orchard, but it was also peaceful and peaceful, and people still lived it.
The second is the period when the Fu family moved away and Li Zheng had just entered Lingzhou.
During this time, the people of Lingzhou first panicked, and then they were busy with large-scale construction.
The third period, after construction, has continued to the present day.
The current Lingzhou City is really a paradise.
Peace and tranquility are the most basic. What makes the people feel most comfortable is the actions of the government. The official government under the rule of Liangzhou Mu and General Zhengxi is so convincing and admirable.
Everyone knows that if there is no general Li Zheng of Zhengxi, most of them are still homeless, and they may become a pile of white bones in the wilderness one day, where is the healthy and happy life now?!
The government is not like the government in the past, they do their best to do things for the people. If you have any difficulties, you can ask the government to help solve them. The government has not broken any promises, and it has been implemented in the most thorough way.
There are also various welfare policies, so that even the elderly who do not have a small labor force can ensure a stable life.
And so on and so forth, people are almost impossible to count.
On this day, a new notice was posted on the bulletin board of every county and even every township under Li Zheng's rule.
The people of Liangzhou are most accustomed to reading notices.
Because all kinds of benefits are posted here first. The various official requests are also posted here.
People support Li Zheng's regime, so it is very important to make any official moves.
Outside the gate of Lingzhou City, bulletin board.
A large crowd of people was surrounding the bulletin board, and one of them, a young man who looked like a scholar, was reading.
"At the beginning of July, the Xiongnu on the right were defeated, and 700,000 prisoners were captured, and 10 million cattle and sheep were captured."
"Wow!"
"700,000 captives!"
"Ten million cattle and sheep, that's how much!"
People were amazed, excited, and so on.
"General Zhengxi has won another big victory, and the big guy must celebrate when he goes back!"
"A must! General Li is our heaven, General Li's big victory is our big victory, everyone must worship Taiyi God more when they go back, and pray for the general! ”
All of them were red-faced, and they were honored.
When the young man who read the proclamation saw this, he also prayed with his chest in his chest, and he was so excited that he continued to read it for a long time: "Because of this, the capture is huge, and a large area of pasture has been obtained, which requires manpower to handle it. The following notice is hereby issued: General Zhengxi has a special order to decentralize all the newly acquired grasslands to the people under the contract system. If you are interested, you can go to the government to sign an agreement to contract pasture, livestock and livestock! ”
"Contracting?!"
When people heard this, they were a little puzzled.
"Young man, will you explain to our old and young masters?"
The young man was a student of Lingzhou Academy, but he knew some of the implications, so he said: "The general's meaning should be to encourage the big guys to contract pastures and raise livestock. This proclamation has always been sketchy, and there must be a lot of detailed information, and it is necessary to consult the county government to know it. ”
"I see!"
People understand a little.
"The general asked us to graze, and he will definitely not treat us badly!"
Someone said categorically.
This sentence was agreed by everyone, so several people who were interested immediately went to the city to go to the county government to prepare for a consultation.
Half a day later, all the information about the contracted grassland was disclosed.
First, any non-slave people under the rule of Liangzhou Mu and Zhengxi generals are eligible to contract pasture. The upper limit of the contract for naturalized nationality is 5,000 mu, while that for Han people, it is 20,000 mu.
Second, the Liangzhou Pastoral and Zhengxi General's Mansion was responsible for providing a qiē tool, pasture seeds, livestock, and cubs. After making a profit, it is recovered in the form of a tax.
Third, the output of each contractor has the right of first refusal to be purchased by the General Mansion of Zhengxi. If the output exceeds the official purchase quantity, the remainder can be disposed of on its own.
Fourth, the pasture is under the management of the Animal Husbandry Division of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the head of the branch is Zhou Fei.
Fifth, workers needed for animal husbandry may be recruited as slaves
Lingzhou Academy.
The dean of the college is Mr. Li Yuan, the deputy minister of education, and Mr. Li Yuan, the deputy minister of education.
On this day, Li Boran received an order from Xun You, the head of the Government Council, and came to Lingzhou Academy.
There are now more than 3,000 students in the entire academy, most of whom are weak-crowned teenagers, and of course, there is no shortage of older people who want to make progress.
Li Boran arrived at the academy and asked the professors to gather all the students of the entire academy, and then gave a detailed explanation.
Then, under the guidance of some government officials, these students went out of Lingzhou.
Between the Lingzhou and Shenzhou grasslands, not far north of the completed Altar of Heroes and Sages, there is a large building, which is a square surrounded by a huge courtyard.
Such buildings exist in every county under Li Zheng's rule.
It was a place where the captives lived and where the slaves were indoctrinated.
Every once in a while, the academies in each county would organize all the students to come here to explain the policies of Li Zheng's rule to the slaves and captives, and to educate them, so that they could learn Chinese, know Chinese etiquette, understand the household registration hierarchy policy, and so on.
A group of students arrived here, and under the guidance of the soldiers, they entered the courtyard square.
After all, the prisoners are guarded here, so they naturally need to be guarded by soldiers to prevent the prisoners from rioting.
After entering the courtyard square, the students raised their eyes to the crowd of black oppression.
These groups of people were divided into Lingzhou slaves and newly captured captives, each on one side.
There was a table and stool on one side of the slave, and there was some food on the table. And on the side of the captives, there is nothing.
In the midst of the patrols of the surrounding soldiers, these unarmed captives stood obediently, not daring to move.
In a few moments, a soldier led a student to the field, took a few hundred prisoners, and entered a large empty room beside him.
This student must have experienced such a scene many times, and he is not panicked at all. After the captives were all kneeling on the ground, they slowly walked up to the podium.
He first unabashedly despised these captives, which made many captives feel a kind of humiliation, and then exclaimed: "You should rejoice! ”
"I'm glad to be captured and become a common man under our rule in Liangzhou, even if it's a slave!"
He spoke the Xiongnu language.
Most of these newly captured captives did not understand Chinese. Therefore, in order to educate them, the students have to learn the Xiongnu language.
Hearing this, some of the captives below became noisy, but most of them were quiet and expressionless.
The student continued: "You are on the grassland, will you be exploited? Do your tribal leaders care about your life or death?! Can you eat and drink enough and enjoy a peaceful and peaceful life every day?! ”
"Can't!"
The student pointed out the window, there were tables and stools in the square, and there were slaves for food, and shouted: "Look at them, they are slaves!" They now have houses, they have land, they have wealth at their disposal, but what about you? ”
The captives looked out the window in unison, and many of them rolled their throats.
"Becoming a citizen of Liangzhou, even if it is a slave, is much stronger than you on the grassland! Want to own your own land? Do you want to have wealth at your disposal? Learning Chinese, learning Chinese etiquette, and abandoning your backward traditions is your best choice! ”
All the students, when faced with captives and slaves, were enthusiastic and impassioned.
They recounted the perfection of the Liangzhou system and the magnificence of Chinese culture, and compared the previous lives of these captives to let them know that becoming a slave of Liangzhou was not a bad thing, but a good thing.
He also told them that from now on, they would no longer be Huns, but Han Chinese. Although it is only a slave Han Chinese. But the three-level system is not static, as long as you are diligent and contributed, you can be promoted and become the truly noblest Han people!
The benefits of each level were also taken out and compared, which made these captives greedy.
After that, a book was handed out with a comparison between the Xiongnu and Chinese, so that the captives could learn Chinese.
After learning Chinese, they will also be taught Chinese etiquette, gradually changing their beliefs, and eventually becoming Han Chinese.
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