After seeing off Ramos and Alonso, Zhang Xiao had a rare period of free time, and Zhang Xiao, who got free time, was not idle, he frequently traveled back and forth between the two villages of Yi Village and Rome Village. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhang Xiao did not come and go with much fanfare, but quietly walked on the streets of the two villages, and learned about various customs and customs by communicating with the villagers.

Time passed quickly, and in just a few days, Zhang Xiao sent to Lieyuan Town to change the name of "Daleng Village" and the fact that he was also the head of Yicun Village has been echoed.

Finally, Daleng Village can officially be renamed Roman Village from this time, as for the murder incidents of bandits and camps nearby, Zhang Xiao estimates that according to the efficiency of the town, plus asking the superiors, it is estimated that it will take a few days to react, leaving little time for Zhang Xiao.

Because once the above instructions reach the town, the mayor will definitely mobilize the militia in the town to suppress the bandits, not only to suppress the bandits at that time, but also to escort the taxes of the two villages by the way, and Zhang Xiao, who has empty pockets, will not be able to pay the taxes at all.

Therefore, these militiamen must die on the road of "suppressing bandits"! However, Zhang Xiao did not know much about some of the basic conditions of these militiamen, and Zhang Xiao could only eagerly look forward to the return of old Hillman.

However, there is good news in the past few days, that is, Alonso has successfully gathered 100 young men in Yi Village, and is now repairing the camp ordered by Zhang Xiao, I have to say that those craftsmen are still very efficient after giving money, but in a few days, the tent tent tent that can basically live has been erection, and the rest is the wooden wall and wooden arrow tower with the largest amount of work, and the rest is nothing more than some drainage facilities.

After arranging the messenger, Zhang Xiao took Geman and others to move to the camp to live, Zhang Xiao told the messengers of the two villages that whether it was the affairs of the village or the news in the town, they must be sorted out every day and sent to the camp for him, waiting for his handling opinions.

And now Zhang Xiao's strength has also grown rapidly, at this time he now has 100 trained young men, 17 "semi-motorized donkey cavalry", 15 Roman villagers who have participated in armed fights, one of which Ramos has now gone to the mountains to help him recruit mountain people.

The blacksmith workshop is also stepping up the casting of the weapons that Zhang Xiao needs, and for the blacksmiths who are used to making agricultural tools, this arms order is a huge challenge, but the profits are also very rich.

"Geman, as my auxiliary officer, you must always keep a good grasp of the financial problems of the two villages and the militia team, and report to me frequently on income and expenditure, you may have to work a little bit and need to run back and forth between the barracks and the two villages, do you have confidence?" Zhang Xiao sat in the tent in the center of the camp, and in front of him stood those familiar faces, obviously the center of power in this circle of interests.

"Master, Geman swears to defend your honor to the death!" Geman felt a sense of recognition that he had never received before, which made him blush with excitement.

"Haha, everyone knows that our Geman is most afraid of death, my lord doesn't need you to die, you just need to help me raise the army's military rations for this month as soon as possible. ”

Because of a large number of tax exemption policies, as well as the implementation of the tax reform and household system, Zhang Xiao is in a very relaxed state for the following year's taxes, so there is no doubt that they will live very tightly during this time, and the army's military rations can only be purchased by military spending.

Many people will wonder why Zhang Juzheng's "One Whip Law" was not implemented by the way at this time, the reason is very simple, the trade level of this world has not yet reached the level of the Ming Dynasty, and the nearest trade market to Zhang Xiao is also the provincial capital of Paravon a hundred miles away, and even Zhang Xiao's military rations have to be bought from door to door, in the absence of trade, what is the use of holding a large pile of gold coins?

After ridiculing Geman, Zhang Xiao looked at Alonso and said to him: "Alonso, you go and divide the 100 young men into a group of 5, and then break up the 15 brothers you brought back from Yicun and fill them into the 100 young men, and strive to let each brother serve as the leader of the 100-person team. ”

In fact, Zhang Xiao did this completely unnecessary, the army is a place of obedience to strength, these villagers from Rome Village have participated in armed fights, plus the people are fierce, it is not enough to clean up a few Yi Village thorns? Even if Zhang Xiao throws them in casually, they can quickly climb to the position of team leader with their own skills.

But in order to prevent the situation that he can't convince the public, Zhang Xiao will also let those Yicun villagers who can convince the public serve as team leaders, 15 of the 20 groups will be led by the villagers of Rome Village, 5 leaders of the Yi Village, and 15 leaders of Rome Village will be replaced by the villagers of Yi Village if they do not do well.

Zhang Xiao's doing this will inevitably cause a nameless estrangement within the army, but this is the way of the emperor, not as good as imagined, Zhang Xiao must constantly cultivate forces that can balance each other, but let these forces always submit to his feet.

Nowadays, there are few people in the Roman village and many people in the Yi village, Zhang Xiao must lean towards the Roman village, otherwise he may be constrained by the forces representing the Yi village at any time, of course, this does not mean that Zhang Xiao's rule is safe, he also needs to continue to establish his prestige through victory, and constantly bring benefits to everyone.

The ruler who can't bring benefits to the followers below will eventually be abandoned, the abandonment here is not betrayal, Zhang Xiao believes that no matter how bad the ruler will have a few diehards, the abandonment here refers to the interest group, to put it bluntly, the one who wins the hearts of the people wins the world.