Section 40 The Hope of the People of Yifeng

Shi Shi didn't know much about taxation, but during this time he raided the homes of these rich merchant officials, and they obtained amazing food and wealth, and the wealth of these people was far beyond their imagination, if the landlords and gentry accumulated wealth mainly by exploiting the common people and engaging in commerce for profit, those officials relied entirely on clever taxes to achieve the purpose of collecting wealth. In terms of the actual situation of the independent regiment now, in a short period of time, they no longer need to worry about food, this harvest is enough to supply an army of 6,000 people for a year, in addition to money and food, etc., the wealth of the entire Yifu merchants is in hand, and the wealth of the independent regiment is far beyond everyone's imagination for a while. And Shi and his brothers are not greedy for money, the fierce generals who have come up from the grassroots level step by step by military exploits have been charging at the forefront all day long, and they may lose their lives at any time, no matter how much money they have, it will be useless for them, so the heart of fame and fortune is naturally much lighter.

Thinking of this, Shi felt that the method proposed by the beard was very good, and the land was divided to the officers and soldiers in the army, and then subleased to the displaced people as a whole, and the tax was tentatively set at 15 taxes and 1, but the rent was exempted in the first year, and the second and third years were halved, and the full tax was collected from the fourth year. In this way, with a three-year buffer, the life of the common people must have been much better, and if there is a better way to solve this problem, it will be enough for the people and the soldiers in the army to live a good life. And from the current point of view, the real benefit is still those displaced people, the first year of the rent-free policy of the concession is too amazing, 100% of the grain in the field to their own warehouse, this kind of good thing, who doesn't want? And the soldiers in the army must not have any opinions, one person divides dozens of acres of land, even if he dies in battle, the income from the field can still be distributed to his family, which means that they themselves have become landlords, who does not agree with this kind of good thing?

The people in the command immediately agreed, especially Hu Zi and the others were even more excited, how many years, they have struggled for so long, and finally have a field of their own, it makes people excited to think about it.

Hu Linglong is a little worried, after such a policy comes out, its power is huge, the first to be affected is the landlords and rich households in Yifeng, from now on, who will give them long-term work as tenants? The same is farming, who doesn't want a little more income? In the case of more favorable conditions, I am afraid that the people under them will run out.

After listening to this, Liu Wenfeng sneered: "No one? If no one wants them to plant their own crops, then just like us, give most of the harvest in the fields to the common people, and want the horses to run, and want the horses not to eat grass, how can there be such a good thing in the world? ”

Shi also nodded when he heard Liu Wenfeng's words, his idea was very simple, that is, to let the people live a good life, so that the soldiers in the army could fight with peace of mind, as for what would happen to those landlords and rich households, where could he care? Anyway, these people have a solid foundation, even if they lose a little in the field, they can still survive, what are they doing with so much heart?

The style of the independent regiment has always been crisp and neat, after the meeting decided on the policy, the next day the charter was posted out, and as a result, the whole Yifeng was a sensation, and the common people heard that the military master was tax-free for the first year of farming, and he could get about seven layers of income in the second and third years, everyone went crazy, what is this concept? The peasants have finally turned over!

Among them, some people speculate that such a generous policy will not be blinded, right? How can there be such a good thing in the world, and will there be fraud in it? This kind of thinking of theirs was immediately laughed at by others, who are those military masters stationed in Yifeng? That's a real hero with a real gun and a little devil, the big families in the county were killed by them one by one by a shot, and they need to play tricks with the people? Besides, we're all already like this, so what's there to be fooled?

This is reasonable, when those military masters killed corrupt officials and killed these illegal landlords and rich businessmen, they didn't frown, and I heard that the young regiment commander killed dozens or hundreds of devils by himself, this kind of person is a great hero, it is really a blessing to have such a person to Yifeng!

Compared with the local people in Yifeng are still a little unsettled, those who have withdrawn from Nanchang and Gao'an are much more neat, they have left their hometowns and have nothing, many people have starved to death on the side of the road, now any hope is their life-saving straw, as long as they can survive, they are willing to do anything, there is a field is better than nothing to starve to death on the side of the road, there is a field and land, at least there is hope to live. Without any hesitation, a large number of displaced people who heard the news flocked to the newly established registration point, scrambling to obtain the right to rent the land.

As the officers on the side explained to them the policy of renting farmland, they couldn't help cheering excitedly, these military masters were too thoughtful, so that their last bit of doubt completely disappeared, and at this moment they wanted to go to farming and work now. Considering that there are many displaced people and ordinary people, and the land in the hands of the independent regiment is not too much, it is now tentatively decided that each household can only rent 50 acres of land. Moreover, considering that the displaced people now have nothing, including farming tools and field grain seeds, and the regiment headquarters is willing to lease them in advance, and repay everything after the grain is harvested, this kind of generous treatment is many times better than selling themselves to those landlords.

Someone eats and drinks, someone borrows seeds and farm tools, someone divides the field, and this kind of thing that can only be imagined in one's sleep appears in front of you at this moment, what else can you not be satisfied with? For a while, the displaced people rushed to sign up, lest they miss such an opportunity.

More organic people, at this moment, set their eyes on those military masters, I heard that the ownership of these fields was owned by these military masters before, what does this mean? This means that these military men have since become the figures of the landlord class, they do not need to farm, they do not need to work, they have a fixed income from grain every year, and after they have made war exploits, they will also have land as a reward, so that they have more and more land, and more and more wealth, even if they are not officers, but as long as they have enough military achievements, they can divide enough land.

Make a fortune by being a soldier, which is unheard of before, since ancient times there is only "a good man is not a soldier, a good iron does not nail" the saying, now with the link between military merit and land policy, this statement is obviously untenable, obviously, they are poor and have nothing, and those military masters in addition to fame, there is land and wealth, in this case, who is not willing to take a risk, who is not willing to seal the shade of the soil? At least in Yifeng, joining the army will become popular, and the vast majority of people are willing to join the army to fight for the future.

The enthusiasm of the people and the displaced people made Shi breathe a sigh of relief, and the army was directly in charge of the locality, not only to feed the soldiers in the army, but also to maintain local stability. Especially in Yifeng, the local government officials have almost been killed by them, in this case, if there is a big problem in the local governance, it is difficult to deal with the stones, but fortunately, at present, a way to deal with it has been found for the time being, and there should be no problems in a short period of time. However, in the following days, Lin Xiufeng came to urge for food, which made Shi realize the potential hidden danger, that is, there was not enough food.

This question seems a little strange, after all, the food budgeted earlier was enough for 6,000 soldiers of the independent regiment to eat for about a year, but now their establishment is not full, and the consumption of more than 2,000 troops is much less than expected, and the food problem should not exist. But the actual situation is more troublesome and complicated than imagined, the excess part is still a lot of quantity, the most important consumption is the ration consumption of the displaced people who rent the fields, it is now August, and the autumn harvest in October can supplement part of the grain, but from now until the winter wheat harvest in March and April next year There is still nearly half a year, and in this half year, the grain of these people must be supplied by them, and if these people are not fed, there will be no grain in the fields, and everything before is extravagant.

Even if these people are not like the soldiers who eat three meals a day, they mainly eat porridge every day, but their number is too large, so calculated, the food on hand at the moment is really not enough, unless the army maintains its current strength, and reduces three meals to two meals, but this is completely contrary to the original idea, and the stone is obviously unwilling.

In this way, how to find a way to get food has become a problem that plagues the stone, the people want to eat, the army also needs to eat, and when the food storage is not enough, the only way to solve it from the outside is to find a way, but where is the external solution point?

Just when the stone was pondering the problem of food, Zhang Donkey hurried to report the news that the brothers of the reconnaissance company found a group of people rushing to Yifeng from Shanggao, and there were quite a few of them, among whom seemed to be Xiong Cheng, the former magistrate of Yifeng County. This news made Stone frown, Bear City? When this guy went to Ji'an, he deliberately opened a passage, otherwise, he would have been able to get out of Yifeng? But there was no news from Xiongcheng during this time, and the stone forgot about him, and now he dares to come back? What did he come back for?

Shi was very satisfied that the brothers of the reconnaissance company were able to expand the scope of the alert to the upper and higher levels, and their timely report allowed him to respond as soon as possible, and after thinking about it, he immediately called Liu Wenfeng, Hu Linglong and others over to discuss.

When they heard the news that the old county magistrate was about to arrive in Yifeng, Hu Linglong and Gong Suchang's expressions changed greatly, they are now sitting in the same boat with Shi and others, the last storm, the two of them contributed the most, although they were also forced, but who knows if Xiongcheng will settle accounts after the autumn?

Liu Wenfeng said indifferently: "Everyone has been killed, are you still afraid that he will come back?" This time it came just right, and it was solved together, and it was just the trouble to save in the future. ”

Hu Linglong immediately said on the side: "Yes, yes, what Camp Commander Liu said is right, cutting the grass does not remove the roots, the spring breeze blows and grows!" It's better to solve it all. ”

Shi pondered for a moment, waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, let's see what tricks they play first."