Three days later, the military merit book written by Li Rong himself was published in the form of a list, and everyone's merits and demerits were clearly written on it, without any concealment. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Fair, just, and open, such a list was immediately recognized by all the officers and men in the barracks.

In addition to truthfully recording everyone's military exploits, the list also highlights the top ten rankings in large characters, so that people can see the position at a glance and remember the name, especially the top three bronzing characters, which are even more eye-catching.

There is no doubt that the names of these ten soldiers will soon spread throughout the barracks, and they themselves will become famous and highly famous.

As a result, another benefit of ranking on the list has emerged, and that is fame.

As long as you are among the top ten, you can write your name and military exploits in large characters, and if you can be among the top three, then your name will be golden, which is undoubtedly a shortcut to fame.

There is no doubt that the higher the ranking, the more military merits there are, but can military functions buy fame? Obviously, it can't.

But the top ten on the list can gain fame, if you count the things exchanged for military merits, it can be said that you have gained fame and fortune.

No one didn't want such an opportunity, so a craze around the list began, and every soldier was full of energy to train, pointing to the fact that when the next wave of beasts came, he could get more military merits and put his name in the most conspicuous position!

There was competition in the barracks, and Li Rong's little plan succeeded again, but he didn't dare to get carried away, the lessons of history are heavy, so while encouraging and promoting the competition among the soldiers, he was also always balancing the mentality of the soldiers, if this kind of competition turned into vicious competition, it would not be what he wanted.

After arranging the things in the barracks, Li Rong began to make calculations around the fortress again, the fortress is the foundation of the barracks, and once there is a problem in the barracks, the impact is in all aspects.

Judging from the information collected by the militia last time, there have been many problems in the fortress, some of which can be ignored, but some of which cannot be left alone.

In the last information, Li Rong was most concerned about a civil and commercial dispute, and the cause of the incident was that the businessman had ordered a large number of sand dates in the hands of farmers.

This was a good thing, but the problem was that the farmer's orchard could not produce such a large number of dates, so he asked relatives and friends to rent the orchard and harvest a sufficient number of dates.

Now the farmers have approached the merchant and want to sell it according to the agreement and exchange it for grain. But the businessman said that this year's sand date business was not good, and he wanted to buy it at a low price, or only buy half of it.

How does this work?

The farmer was in a hurry, in order to get together this batch of dates, he rented an orchard, borrowed money to buy fertilizer, and owed a lot of money, so he pointed to the sale of this batch of goods to repay it, but the merchant repented, how did he do it?

The peasant households approached the merchant for a theory, but the merchant ignored it and warned the peasant households not to ask for trouble. The merchants had a very special position in the fortress, they were in charge of almost all the grain trade, and the peasants did not dare to offend the merchants, so they could only swallow their anger.

When the militia reported the incident, it was said that the peasant had swallowed medicine at home and died the same day, leaving a family of orphans and widows crying and grabbing the land, staging a human tragedy.

Before the beast tide came, Li Rong temporarily suppressed this matter out of various considerations, but now that the beast tide has passed, he has a one-month buffer period, so he immediately turned this matter over.

In Li Rong's view, the merchant is obviously at fault, since he ordered the farmer's sand dates, he should be paid according to the agreed price, which is the minimum integrity of a businessman.

However, this set is not applicable in the Gobi, the merchant holds the grain, that is, he controls the lifeblood of the Gobi people, and if he leaves, many people will starve to death, so no matter how rude the merchant does, as long as it is not directly killed, the fortress will generally not care.

However, because of the merchant's repetition, an innocent peasant was killed, which Li Rong could not tolerate, so he took a deep breath and summoned all the hundred scouts.

Summoning scouts naturally has something to do, the fortress has been explored within a radius of three hundred miles, so explore further away, and remove eight people who are going to the bases of Chanson, Morey and others to recruit troops, and the others bring enough dry food to continue to advance, and it is best to go to the plains and contact the bases there.

Exploring the map and the cross-regional alliance will not be completed for a while, and Li Rong's second step is to build a canal.

There is a shortage of water in the Gobi, but fortunately there is an oasis nearby, but it is time-consuming and laborious to transport water by carts and horses, and it is very troublesome to transport it every time.

Eight hundred sappers had just finished repairing the catapults and the city walls, and now they were busy again.

The leader moves his mouth, and the subordinate breaks his leg.

Opening up a canal is not a small project, pay-off, digging grooves, plugging leaks, and diverting water...... None of them were easy to do, but in order to complete the tasks assigned by Li Rong and get rich military merits, the sappers also worked hard, they contacted the blacksmith shop and stone workshop in the fortress, paid a lot of wages, and finally finalized the preparations.

Well, a canal verified the fortress's feeding capacity, Li Rong reluctantly found that the consumption of war and the consumption of exploring the map had consumed a large amount of materials in the warehouse, and now there was another canal, and the warehouse was almost emptied, if it could not be replenished in time, the daily consumption of the soldiers would not be able to be maintained.

So after the order to build the canal was transmitted, Li Rong began to worry about the grain storage again.

The goods of the fortress were obtained through taxes, of which the main tax group came from the peasant households, and the merchants paid high taxes, but because of the quantity, they only accounted for a small part of the total tax revenue.

Now there are two ways in front of Li Rong, one is for him to find a trick to conjure food for him, and the other is to increase the amount and quantity of taxes in the fortress, and use harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes to support the daily consumption of the fortress.

However, increasing taxes will exert great pressure on the common people, and the life of the Gobi people is already very difficult, and Li Rong does not want to put any more burden on them, otherwise, it will cause public resentment, and his assessment results will definitely be greatly reduced.

And Li Rong really doesn't want to persecute the people. He was a man who had really fought and knew that no matter whether he won or lost, it was the people who suffered.

These humble groups living at the bottom of the country, without strong force, without lofty ambitions, they can live happily all their lives by guarding one acre and three points of land at home, but they are not weak, they are bent on the backbone, carrying the huge consumption of a huge country.

So in a sense, they are real giants. (To be continued.) )