Chapter 1482 - Raising Donations for Military Expenses
"Very good, however, I am the lord of the Pearl River Army, you have to remember this clearly!" Fang Yun raised his chin slightly and looked directly into Su Lun's eyes.
"The end will know. Su Lun's face remained unchanged, and he couldn't tell what he was thinking.
"Very good, you go and write a miscellaneous record, and write down everything that happened in the Pearl River Army in the past ten years, even if it only involves ordinary people, you have to write it down. Do you understand?" Fang Yun asked.
Su Lun immediately said: "The last general takes the order!"
Zhang Qingfeng looked at Fang Yun from the side and said, "It's a good thing that you know all kinds of matters. But...... You still have to look at all the account books, won't it be too much work?"
Fang Yun smiled and said, "It's just a day's work, not a lot of work." ”
Zhang Qingfeng and Su Lun looked at Fang Yun in surprise, incredulous.
"Well, you have been honing for many years, and you naturally know the trade-offs, so the old man will no longer talk much. Zhang Qingfeng said.
"Uncle Qingfeng's words are serious, if there is something wrong with the little nephew, I hope you can point it out and let the little nephew re-evaluate. As for those account books, it is indeed not difficult for the little nephew. Ten years in prison, the growth of the little nephew far exceeds that of his peers. ”
Zhang Qingfeng nodded and didn't say anything.
Soon after, the first books and documents from inside the barracks arrived, pulled by wagons, and soldiers brought in boxes containing papers, twelve boxes, each three feet high.
Zhang Qingfeng and Su Lun did not leave, standing close to Fang Yun, wondering how Fang Yun could read quickly.
Fang Yun flicked his index finger at the first box, and only then did his qi gush out, and he saw thirty-five booklets of different thicknesses flying out of the box, suspended in the air, facing Fang Yun neatly.
Fang Yun's fingers moved again, and the thirty-five booklets seemed to be blown by a strong wind. Turn the pages together.
In the big tent, the sound of cheering was endless. After only five breaths, thirty-five pages were turned.
Fang Yun moved his fingers for the third time, and the thirty-five books fell back into the bookcase in the previous order.
"Next box. ”
Everyone present almost dropped their jaws in shock, Zhang Qingfeng blinked blankly and asked, "It's not that the old man wants to poke your sore spot." What kind of hardships have you gone through in the past ten years to cultivate such miraculous abilities? It is impossible for even a scholar to read so quickly, only a great Confucian can reach out and read thousands of scrolls. ”
Everyone nodded, looking at Fang Yun with great sympathy, and even Su Lun, who was lukewarm in the other party's luck, showed pity in his eyes.
Fang Yun smiled, and continued to look at the second box of books like this, and said in his heart that he was now dual-minded, first using this method to enter all the books into the world of strange books, and then let another god read them at a thousand times the usual speed in the world of strange books.
Boxes and boxes of books and documents were transported to the Great Tent. Then box after box was transported, and because it took time to transport the account books and documents, Fang Yun often sat in the big tent to rest because there were no books to read.
This strange thing soon spread throughout the city, and Wei Changxian secretly made a mistake, asking the people in the treasury to send other documents that had nothing to do with the pro-guard army, and then contacted the prefect of Zhucheng and asked him to send those official documents and account books that had nothing to do with the army to the pro-guard army.
As a result, the Zhucheng government and the carriages and horses of the Zhujiang Army mobilized. Not long after, there was a spectacular scene in the guard battalion. On the left, there were carriages carrying books, and on the right, the same carriages went out, and the whole process continued until the early hours of the next morning.
The account books and documents that could be shown to Fang Yun in the whole city had already been sent to the guard camp, and there were even a few carts of messy books, which Fang Yun took care of.
Read all the paperwork. Fang Yun took a nap and got up to eat breakfast, reading the book while eating, and the discussion of everyone on the list.
"In the future, if anyone praises Zhang Longxiang for learning to be rich and rich, he will be scolding him!"
"The words that Sweat Niu Chongdong used on him seemed to be far behind. ”
"Others are standing bookcases. Zhang Longxiang is a standing library. ”
"Terrible speed! You always say that Fang Xuxiang is more powerful than Zhang Longxiang, can he do it? He definitely can't do it! So I keep saying that Zhang Longxiang will definitely be able to surpass Fang Xuxiang!"
"Please don't compare Zhang Longxiang with Fang Xusheng again, from now on, any words and deeds that compare the two will be regarded by me as killing Zhang Longxiang!"
Fang Yun had a headache after reading the list for a while, so he simply didn't look at it, the recent debate between "himself and himself" has gone a little too far, as long as Zhang Longxiang is mentioned, some people will inevitably praise and belittle.
The most interesting thing is that some fools, obviously incompetent and shameless, are jealous of Zhang Longxiang's fame, but they first judge from a neutral point of view, and then say that they are angered by those who praise Zhang Longxiang, so they are forced to attack Zhang Longxiang in reluctance.
Fang Yun has long seen through the faces of these people, it is nothing more than four words, literati are light, if you add four more words, it will be sanctimonious.
After breakfast, Fang Yun went to the guard camp again, but this time Zhang Qingfeng did not follow.
Compared with yesterday, there are 30% fewer generals and colonels in the pro-guard army, and there is more loss of soldiers, a full 40% less!
Of the 10,000 troops, only 6,000 remained.
Fang Yun sighed secretly in his heart, even if it was these six thousand, I am afraid that only half of them were sincerely willing to stay here, and the impact of the anti-species suspicion was too great, and it was exposed at such a time.
Subsequently, Fang Yun entered the barracks, summoned the generals and colonels, prepared to organize the troops according to his own intentions, formulated a new training plan, and even readjusted the troops, diet, equipment, military uniforms, and so on.
After Fang Yun finished formulating a new plan, Pingjiang General Su Lun took the paperwork, only looked at it for a while, and then said: "Your recruitment of new soldiers is nothing, but the plan to raise military salaries, increase diet, and so on, will cost at least 200,000 taels of silver every year! The imperial court will never allocate it! What? At the end, you mentioned that you want to build a cavalry guard army of 5,000 people? That will cost at least 500,000 taels of silver every year!"
Fang Yun smiled: "It's wartime, and according to the usual practice, you can ask the landlord of the merchant to raise donations." ”
"The taxes in Zhucheng are already heavy, and if you look for merchants to raise donations, not only will Lumen Hou not agree, but I am afraid that it will anger the merchants and landlords in the city. You also know that those big business owners have heels. ”
"No, I'm only targeting a portion of merchants and landlords. Su Lun!" Fang Yun suddenly got up and drank lowly.
"The last general!" Su Lun put his legs together, stood up straight, and looked at Fang Yun suspiciously.
"Order a thousand soldiers, follow me to Zhujiang Street!"
Su Lun was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, a flash of excitement flashed on his face, and he turned around and left.
"Order!" Su Lun took a few steps before responding.
The south of the city is home to a large army, while the north of the city is a commercial area for living quarters.
In recent years, the properties of the Marquis of Zhujiang in other places have either been confiscated or forcibly seized, but there has been no change in the name of the properties in Zhucheng.
There is a bustling Zhujiang Street in the north of Zhucheng City, and all the shops in the whole street are the property of the Zhujiang Hou Mansion, in addition, the Zhujiang Hou Mansion also has many mansions and land deeds.
After Zhang Wankong disappeared and Zhang Longxiang was imprisoned, all the shopkeepers in charge of these properties were imprisoned, most of them were tortured to death, and only a few were released.
Those who were released took refuge in the major forces, and not a penny of the money they had earned over the years fell into the hands of the Zhujiang Marquis Mansion.
(To be continued.) )