As a result, every potential force reacted quickly.

Interception was carried out on each official road leading to Gyeongju and at various wharves on the Yangtze River.

But the people have a natural rebellious nature, and the more you stop them, the more you want to overcome.

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Gyeongju also quickly organized the Black Flag Army to set up blockades in various passages.

However, due to Gyeongju's business and trade policies, a large number of people still poured into Gyeongju.

At this time, Baili Wuji really has nothing to do.

At Xu Shiming's suggestion, the Gyeongju government announced again that on the date of the announcement, Gyeongju will no longer accept immigrants, all passage checkpoints will be closed, and merchants from all over the country will go to Gyeongju counties to get passes before they can enter and exit the checkpoints. Immigrants who have already entered Gyeongju must immediately go to the resettlement offices of each county and be able to be incorporated into the Unity Army, that is, the reserves, and the supply and salary standards of the reserves are half of those of the Black Flag Army. Women, old and children, were transferred to the camp.

Thanks to the joint efforts of various forces and the Gyeongju government, the wave of migrants gradually subsided after a month.

But since then, immigrating to Gyeongju has become the greatest wish of the poor people everywhere.

Although the wave of migrants has receded, the Gyeongju government is still plagued by the inability to properly resettle the population.

The first wave of immigration has exhausted all the land and jobs that Gyeongju can open.

It has even moved in large numbers to the two counties of Guizhou.

As a result, the government army of Linggui was directly raised from 5,000 to 10,000.

And now the second immigrants who remain in Gyeongju are still contained by nearly 20,000 immigrants, in addition to the 15,000 strong ones who were assigned to the reserves, which is more than 20,000 mouths.

Eating and drinking every day requires dozens of acres of production.

According to Xu Shiming's last statistics, counting the black flag guards recruited in the first immigration and the people who have been naturalized, the two waves of immigration have increased the population of the 17 counties of Gyeongju by nearly 90,000, not including the population that cannot be counted, that is, black households.

Baili Wuji felt unprecedented pressure, and he had never been so desperate to need money as he was now.

From childhood to adulthood, in their own turbulent clouds, as long as it is a problem with money, it is not a problem.

And now it is the money that has gone wrong, and it is a problem that cannot be solved in a moment.

Gyeongju can't afford to raise so many soldiers at present, and it is already stretched to raise 60,000 troops in the three states of Nampyeong, not to mention a newly established regime in Gyeongju, not to mention that Gyeongju's military salary has more than doubled that of Nampyeong.

Although food can be supplied without starving people to death, the issue of military pay is a difficult problem.

For this reason, Baili Wuji once again discussed a solution with Xu Shiming behind closed doors.

Xu Shiming said: "According to the tax revenue of Gyeongju and the salary standard of the Black Flag Army, counting 15,000 united soldiers, the Gyeongju government needs to lose at least 40,000 taels of silver every year. Without the dividends from the sale of firearms in Shu and Jin and the support of confiscating the treasury of the former state government, the Gyeongju government would not be able to pay the money after three months. The situation is not optimistic, and even so, Gyeongju will only be able to hold out for one more year. ”

Baili Wuji nodded and said, "Sir, do you have a good way?" ”

Xu Shiming said: "My lord, Gyeongju was built, everything has just started, if a large amount of silver money is invested in the army, it will undoubtedly be fatal to the economy of Gyeongju, before the wave of immigration, Gyeongju was a grain export area, but after this change, Gyeongju can be self-sufficient in grain is good." Moreover, since the completion of the firearms transaction between Shu and Jin, the firearms produced by the armory workshop have filled most of the warehouses, and a large amount of funds have been backlogged in the warehouses. Therefore, I thought that the lord would adjust the standard of military salaries and the salaries of officials, and I promised that as long as these two expenses were reduced by half, the problem would be solved, and the Gyeongju government would be able to accumulate tens of thousands of taels of silver every year. Moreover, according to the current standard of military salaries, even if it is reduced by half, it is slightly higher than the military salaries of the armies of various countries, so I think it will not cause riots, and I ask the lord to think twice. ”

Before the immigration wave, Gyeongju's economy was in the growth stage, full of vitality, and the government's decrees and silver money supported the rapid development of commerce and trade, but now once a huge amount of silver money is used as military salaries to make ordnance, it will inevitably affect the investment in commerce and trade, and even draw blood back from the trade sector, so that the development of commerce and trade will stagnate and decline, which will affect Gyeongju's tax revenue and cause a vicious circle.

Xu Shiming's proposal to reduce the standard of military salaries is also very correct, the current standard is indeed more than double the standard of various countries, if it is reduced by half, the reduction in the expenditure of more than 50,000 Black Flag Army salaries alone is more than 50,000 taels a year, which can make up for the annual deficit, not to mention the unity soldiers, as well as the officials.

For the long run, Xu Shiming's suggestion is undoubtedly correct and operable.

But Baili Wuji is very hesitant, Gyeongju is by no means a long-term place to stand, the land of Sanzhou is too narrow, and now all parties are in a period of military balance, if there is a slight change in one side at this time, the balance will be broken on the spot, and the situation will change immediately, and Gyeongju and Nanping will be on the cusp of the storm, and a gentle wave will be enough to break your bones.

And the biggest danger comes from the army, with 3,000 Black Flag Guards absorbing more than 10,000 Shu army surrenderers, just finished training, and now 30,000 immigrants are incorporated again.

This danger is no longer a danger.

It's dangerous.

At the same time, the lowering of the standards of military salaries and salaries will indeed not cause riots, but it will undoubtedly cause the credit of the Gyeongju government, which has been built with great painstaking efforts, and it will change from thrift to luxury, from luxury to frugality, and it will suddenly go back to live a bad life just after a few days, and this change may even shake the foundation of Gyeongju government.

This is unacceptable.

Xu Shiming knew that Baili Wuji actually had an idea in his heart, and now he was discussing it with himself just to say it through his own mouth.

Aren't all the people in the top positions like this?

This method is indeed the best solution to the current dilemma, but what if it fails? Maybe the world is so big that there is no place for it.

Xu Shiming didn't speak, didn't want to speak, didn't want to speak, and didn't dare to speak.

This method may shatter his lifelong dream, Xu Shiming knows that once he fails, he will never be able to be a loyal minister, a direct minister, and a minister. Even if the historian is in a good mood and adds a stroke to himself, there are only two words - gluttony.

Baili Wuji understands Xu Shiming's embarrassment, and he is not hesitant in his heart.

Fight to feed the war.

It can completely solve the problem of the army and military salaries.

It's a quick way to cut through the mess, it's a straightforward approach, and it's a quick way to get results.

But it's undoubtedly a stupid approach with consequences.

This is a gamble, a gamble of life and death, and the stake is your own life, as well as the lives of your parents and relatives, and countless subordinates.