Next, as the situation gradually calms down. Wu Shigong is about to deal with some miscellaneous things. First of all, Wu Shigong of course had to lead the soldiers and cooperate with the officials sent by the Qi County Order to stabilize the order of the entire county.

The operation went quite smoothly, with the local gentry such as Yao Yuanwai and the leading party, and those officials who had extensive experience in oppressing the common people, plus the military deterrence and protection of Wu Shigong's soldiers. Soon, the situation throughout the county calmed down.

Of course, there are also some rebels in this county who participated in the rebellion of the Holy Spirit Society, and they went up the mountains and ran into various bandit villages and became bandits. And Wu Shigong and they can't take care of those heroes who occupy the mountains as kings for the time being.

The success of this operation is the result of the concerted efforts of everyone. Because they were all thinking about distributing the land of the rebels in the county who had participated in the rebellion of the Holy Spirit Church earlier.

And when Wu Shigong handed over the 10,000 taels of silver to the Qi County Order, soon, the title deed of more than 7,000 acres of land and those grains and medicinal materials were handed over to Wu Shigong. Therefore, whether the government talks about your credibility or not depends mainly on your strength.

Then, Wu Shigong sent a negotiation team mainly composed of Yuan Xingshan and assisted by Chang Meng to discuss with the gentry outside Yao Yuanwai, exchange those fragmentary lands, and merge them into a large Zhuangzi close to the fortress of a thousand households.

This is much easier than you think. In the eyes of Yao Yuanwai, the local gentry and the officials who handle land affairs in the county government, in the entire county, which piece of land is worth what price, in fact, they all know in their hearts. Therefore, there is a basis for exchange.

In addition, Wu Shigong also gave up some benefits a little, and soon, the big Zhuangzi was formed. However, Wu Shigong also made some concessions, and he promised to use his mules and horses to transport as much land as possible to the surrounding gentry and water.

The number of mules and horses captured by Wu Shigong this time is indeed very large. There were more than fifty oxen, one hundred and thirty horses, and the rest were mules and donkeys. There are also more than 400 heads.

Wu Shigong decided that in addition to selecting more than 40 horses that could be used as war horses, all the other mules and horses would be put into the drought-fighting work.

In fact, not all horses can become war horses. Horses are also divided into war horses and pack horses. Of course, pack horses can also be barely used as cavalry horses. On the battlefield, if you don't care, no one will take care of you if you ride a donkey to charge.

However, if the cavalry did not fight on horses that had been trained to do so, the loss of horses would increase, and even jeopardize the safety of the cavalry. This time, after Wu Shigong launched a farewell charge, the four or five horses he lost were actually pack horses that he captured in the broken temple.

And the war horses that Wu Shigong bought from his eldest brother Wu Shixun and the war horses brought by Xue Yongli from the Yangwu Marquis Mansion did not have any damage. Therefore, Wu Shigong asked Zheng Zhen to go to his eldest brother Wu Shixun to buy some war horses, instead of buying horses at the local mule and horse market in Guide Province.

For cavalry, the ideal state is, of course, to bring two horses, one is a war horse and the other is a pack horse with armor and weapons. Of course, the more haode state is to have two war horses and one pack horse. In this way, the cavalry will be able to change and greatly improve the mobility of the cavalry.

In the first half of the year, because of the drought and the rebellion of the Holy Spirit, there was little hope for the harvest. Wu Shigong thought that in the second half of the year, he would try to cultivate as much land as possible and harvest some grain. It seems that it is a little uneconomical to use mules and horses like this, and Wu Shigong is also willing to do it. Because, in addition to food, the most precious thing now is food.

However, Wu Shigong's internal personnel also made a request to Wu Shigong because of the price of grain. The request was made by a soldier of the former thousand households taken in by Wu Shigong.

When Wu Shigong launched the farewell charge, he basically brought out the guards from the capital, but this personal soldier also participated in the charge.

At that time, Wu Shigong and the others went out of the fortress of thousands of households in the dark and rushed to Guide Mansion City, and they definitely did not dare to take the main road. Moreover, in ancient times, there were no street lights for marching at night, and if you were not familiar with the road, it would be dark and you would not even be able to figure out the south, east, west, and north. This personal soldier was familiar with the road and led the way for Wu Shigong and them.

Of course, this personal soldier also took Wu Shigong and them to a local path, and he Zuihou also participated in the farewell charge. Because of this, the other soldiers entrusted him to Wu Shigong to make a request.

The request of the soldier was as follows: After Wu Shigong arrived at the fortress of Qianhusuo, the recruits were paid with silver and grain. And now that the price of grain has risen to nearly one tael of silver per stone, then their military salaries are actually depreciated in disguise.

Although these soldiers also knew that Wu Shigong was not to blame for this situation, they were always a little unhappy in their hearts.

In fact, there is no big reason to talk about the occurrence of this situation. Just like in modern times, as long as the boss reduces the employee's salary, no matter how good he usually treats the employee, and no matter what unavoidable situation happens, the employee's heart is always unhappy.

There is also the situation that the Holy Spirit will now make a disturbance among the people, and even if these soldiers have money in their hands, there is no place to buy food. In ancient times, the population of a family was relatively large, and the food distributed by Wu Shigong was simply not enough for the families of these soldiers.

After Wu Shigong understood this, he felt that this was indeed a big problem. If this problem is not done well, it can actually affect the stability of one's own soldiers. However, food is the most important strategic material for Wu Shigong now, and it will definitely not be supplied to these soldiers openly.

Wu Shigong thought about it for a while, but still found a way from modern memory. That is - the issuance of food stamps.

Wu Shigong immediately called Zheng Zhen and Xue Yongli, the leaders, over to discuss, and Zuihou decided that in addition to military salaries, each soldier would be given a certain number of food stamps according to their status, the number of people in their families, and so on. Of course, military families who do not have soldiers at home can also receive some food stamps.

And with these food stamps, you can buy grain at the price of five cents per stone to Wu Shigong. In this way, the soldiers' salaries will be increased in disguise, and the expenditure on food can be effectively controlled. But in this way, Wu Shigong's expenses seem to be larger.

The next thing is nothing more than the arrangement of those domestic slaves. Except for some who were arranged to farm in Zhuangzi, the rest of the young men went to work as coolies, and continued to build a thousand fortresses and irrigation ditches for Wu Shigong.

And the arrangement of those old and weak women and children is a little difficult. Wu Shigong asked some old and weak women and children to build a livestock farm to raise the captured pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks. In addition, some women were transferred, and under the leadership of Yang Goudan's wife, a quilt workshop was established. Of course, there is no work in the current quilt workshop, and it is basically the work of sewing and mending for the soldiers.

In addition, some women were also transferred to do some logistical work for the soldiers, such as cooking and cleaning. Moreover, Wu Shigong took out more than 100 older boys as apprentices to enrich Yang Goudan's blacksmith workshop.

What is more troublesome is that among these domestic slaves, there are still seventy or eighty orphans, and Wu Shigong zuihou has filled them into his inner house. The girls were the maids in the inner house.

As for those boys, Wu Shigong organized them into a formation of domestic servants, and asked them not to do the work in the inner house, mainly to concentrate, militarize management, and train every day. And the captain of this formation, Wu Shigong let his apprentice Tao Xin serve as it. And Tao Xin held this position, and the commander of the command also seemed to be presentable.

Yao Yuanwai also kept his promise, and a total of 300 young people from their respective families were selected to form a militia group. But those young and strong appearances made Wu Shigong feel a little miserable when he saw it. It's not that they lack arms and legs, but they are basically very thin. Even the young men who are the leaders are not the direct relatives of Yao Yuanwai's family, but the side lines.

When Wu Shigong saw this, he could only pinch his nose and admit it. Someone is better than no one. He appointed Zhou Xun as the captain of the militia regiment, and Xue Qiang, who had the greatest credit this time, was the deputy captain of the militia regiment, and took ten well-trained recruits to train the young men of the militia regiment.

However, Xue Qiang was unwilling to accept this position, and in desperation, Wu Shigong had no choice but to let Xue Yong take Xue Qiang's position.

These chores cost Wu Shigong a lot of energy. However, after the cavalry who escorted Li Lu returned, Wu Shigong and Xue Yongli immediately gathered all the leaders, as well as all the cavalry who participated in the farewell charge, and held a summary meeting of the battle to exterminate the rebellious people of the Holy Spirit Society.

And this summary meeting was later called the Fortress Military Conference.