Since Lin Daiyu and Shi Xiangyun, they have come to Liaodong.

Jia Cong rarely goes out, staying in the house almost every day, laughing and playing with them.

A group of wives and concubines came, so naturally they had to accompany them well.

Anyway, I haven't seen each other for more than half a year.

Now Liaodong is too peaceful, as long as there is no war, there is almost nothing.

The army is now in a state of training, and Jia Cong just let Shi Nai and Li Biao watch it.

In matters of government affairs, I only occasionally ask about them.

As long as those officials don't make too much trouble, Jia Cong doesn't want to interfere too much.

There are intelligence organizations in various places that transmit information from various places to Liaoyang in a timely manner, and Jia Cong can also accurately understand the actual situation in various places.

There is also a certain supervisory role for those officials.

The construction of the Liaodong Royal Mansion has also been fully launched.

The caravans of the Jia family and the Xue family are also going all out to transport supplies to Liaoyang.

Jia Cong also asked people to hire a large number of craftsmen and helpers in Liaodong to speed up the construction of the palace.

There is no way, this place in Liaodong, the winter is cold early, the spring thaws late, and there is not much time to build in a year.

Jia Cong has money in his hands, and he is not afraid of spending money, and hiring more craftsmen is just a trivial matter.

The project here is mainly watched by Dai Quan, and Jia Cong only occasionally goes over to take a look.

For Jia Cong now, there is basically nothing that must be done.

In short, as long as he doesn't fight, Jia Cong is basically an idler.

Jia Cong accompanied his wives and concubines to greet me and me, tenderly and sweetly, and they were all smiling.

Only Xue Baoqin, seeing this scene, felt like dog food sprinkled all over the ground.

She was sandwiched between the crowds, feeling like a big light bulb, a little redundant.

It's hard for her to say this kind of thing, and she can't intervene, and she is extremely depressed.

can only find a way to fool Jia Cong to take her out to play.

With many women by her side, Jia Cong naturally won't mess around with her, her own women can't accompany her, how can she have time to accompany her.

After a while, I have appeased my woman, and it is not too late to take her out to play.

Xue Baoqin gritted his teeth with hatred, but there was nothing he could do.

can only fool Shi Xiangyun, hoping to get rid of this situation as soon as possible.

Although Shi Xiangyun also wants to go out to play, she wants to be with Jia Cong even more.

The two have not been married for a long time, and they have been separated for nearly a year, and now they are finally together, so they naturally have to complain to each other.

For Xue Baoqin's proposal, he was not very enthusiastic, he only agreed and did not act.

This made Xue Baoqin have no tricks, and in front of everyone, she couldn't do too much, so she could only hide aside and be a bystander.

In the blink of an eye, another half a month has passed.

Jia Cong received a document from the Ministry of War, asking Jia Cong to send troops as soon as possible to recover Shenyang.

was directly rejected by Jia Cong, telling the person who came that now is not the time, the consequences of forcibly attacking the city are unpredictable, and he will not fight a battle that he is not sure of.

The officials of the Ministry of War had no choice, and after leaving Jia Cong's official residence, they found Shi Nai and some generals.

I inquired about the specific situation in the army, and then went to see the soldiers who were training.

knew that what Jia Cong said was not wrong, but he couldn't make his own decisions about the orders from above, so he could only do his best to complete them.

So he took advantage of the orders of the military department to encourage those generals to come forward and ask for battle.

He was just disappointed that no one listened to him.

And that night, Shi Nai, Xie Qiong and others found Jia Cong and told Jia Cong everything the officials of the Ministry of War had done.

When Jia Cong found out, he just smiled lightly and didn't take it seriously.

A few people couldn't guess Jia Cong's thoughts, and he decided everything in the army, and rarely discussed it with everyone, and everyone just acted according to orders

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"Dashuai, are we really not going to fight Shenyang? What about the orders of the military department?"

Jia Cong glanced at a few people: "Ben Shuai is the commander of the first army, should he fight, when to fight, how to fight, that is Ben Shuai's business, does it have anything to do with the military department?" If they knew how to fight, they wouldn't have sent their own commanders.

A group of people who don't know how to fight, what do they command blindly? If they think they can do it, let them do it. The marshal fights, he has his own rules, and if he is not sure, we will not fight, we are here to fight, not to give away heads.

The soldiers follow the commander, and the commander will be responsible for them, although the battle will inevitably kill people, but it is better to die less if there are fewer people, we do not have an advantage in siege warfare, and it is difficult to predict the outcome of the battle."

Shi Nai nodded, he had a deeper understanding of the strength of the barbarians.

Not to mention the siege of the city, even defending the city is not anyone's opponent, and winning these battles is also due to the sharpness of artillery.

If there is no artillery suppression, if it really starts, it is really not an opponent of others.

To be honest, being able to easily take Liaoyang, Shi Nai was very puzzled in his heart.

Even if the barbarians are defeated, it is impossible for such a large city not to send people to garrison it.

On the surface, it was the barbarians who were frightened and ran away.

It's just that this explanation, although it is true, is a little reluctant.

It can only be said that Jia Cong, this kid, is lucky, and such a good thing can be put on his stall.

There is also a possibility that the two sides reached some kind of agreement, and the barbarians took the initiative to withdraw from Liaoyang.

However, Jia Cong killed more than 100,000 barbarians, and the two sides were already a great enemy, so this speculation was not valid at all.

Even if you say it, no one will believe it.

"Da Shuai is right, now that we are in a good situation, we can't ruin this great situation because of these people, although the barbarians have lost a lot of people, but their combat power is still there, and it is not something that can be easily ignored."

Xie Qiong said, "Marshal, what should we do if the court blames this?"

Jia Cong smiled and said: "It's not a big deal, the general will not be affected by the life of the foreign monarch, we can't take our own life for nothing, if anyone thinks that they can, then let him come, and Ben Shuai will go back to the capital to enjoy the blessings."

Several people glanced at each other and bowed together.

"We are the only ones who are handsome and the horses are the first to look forward, and we will not give up when we go to the soup and the fire."

They also saw that by following Jia Cong's side, not only would they not die in vain, but they also had merit to take and money to earn.

If such a person doesn't follow, who else will he follow?

Jia Cong's reaction to several people was not too surprised.

As long as people are not stupid, they will definitely make the right choice.

In the past, Jia Cong's subordinates in Liaodong, as well as the first personal soldiers who arranged it, had already looked for him.

Some bluntly swore allegiance and expressed their willingness to take refuge in themselves.

There are also some people who express themselves more vaguely, in short, they just want to hug their big thick legs and want to make themselves extra promoted.

For these people's refuge, Jia Cong gladly accepted them.

However, they will not be fully trusted.

After all, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and no one knows what they think in their hearts.

Now that he has the power in his hands, he is their top boss, and there is no one who doesn't want to stammer.

Whether it's a sincere refuge or just want to get some benefits, it's hard to say.

These people have to go through a real test before Jia Cong can truly trust them.

Now, it's just a matter of maintaining a semblance of harmony.

"Okay, follow Ben Shuai, Ben Shuai will not treat you badly. By the way, this commander plans to carry out military cantonment at the beginning of spring next year, transfer a part of the army, and open up the barren tuntian, what do you think about this?"

Listening to Jia Cong's words, several people couldn't help but be stunned.

The army doesn't fight, and comes here to open up the wasteland, not to mention whether everyone is happy or not, the court probably won't agree, right?

The imperial court sent an army, but it was here to fight, not to farm.

Shi Nai said: "Marshal, the imperial court will definitely not agree, we were sent to Liaodong to fight, not to farm, you won't be serious, right?"

Jia Cong nodded: "Liaodong is my territory, a large area of wasteland is idle, it is really a waste, you may also have heard, I have let the local government encourage the people to reclaim farmland, and give certain concessions."

"There are so many people in our army, and we are idle, and we have nothing to do except training, so I thought about dividing part of the army and reclaiming wasteland. It is also tax-free for five years, and the proceeds go to the individual, and the land also goes to the individual, and after five years, 30% of the tax is collected, and the rest of the harvest goes to the individual."

"In this way, in addition to military salaries, soldiers can also get an extra income, as long as you are willing to work hard, you can have a harvest, and it is not a problem to support your family, I believe there should be many people who are happy, right?"

This is just Jia Cong's first step plan, so that the soldiers can gain more and pay more taxes themselves in five years.

These soldiers have their own land, their own assets, and a large number of people, they may choose to stay in Liaodong to live.

This invisibly also increased the population of Liaodong.

The second step is to encourage the soldiers and let them bring their families to Liaodong and settle in Liaodong.

Jia Cong will provide them with housing and provide them with all conveniences.

The more people who come, the better, and the more fields can be cultivated.

Jia Cong will also let the grassland vigorously raise ploughing cattle and continue to provide ploughing cattle for Liaodong.

Only in this way can Liaodong develop faster.

Of course, this plan needs to be done step by step.

The most important thing Jia Cong lacks now is time, and there is no shortage of money.

In the first five years, a part of the funds may continue to be invested, mainly agricultural tools and cattle.

After five years, it will be able to slowly return to its original cost.

These Jia Cong can afford to wait.

"You generals, you can also let your subordinates help you reclaim a piece of farmland, find some people from your family to help you farm, as long as you can find someone to help you farm, as much as you reclaim is yours, this is also a benefit given to you by this commander."

When several people heard this, their eyes couldn't help but light up.

If tens of thousands of acres are reclaimed, it will be tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

There is a fixed harvest every year, and the income is much stronger than that military salary.

Even if you don't plant it in the future and sell it, it's a lot of silver.

Let the soldiers help with the reclamation, and it won't take much trouble yourself.

It's like pie in the sky, and if you don't want to, you're a fool.

Several people's eyes glowed with gold, and they looked at Jia Cong with burning eyes.

"Dashuai, what you said is true, can you really cultivate as much as you want?"

Jia Cong nodded: "This is natural, Ben Shuai never discounts his words, and spits a nail. However, it can't be completely unlimited, so let's do it, each soldier can cultivate up to fifty acres of land, and let his family help with farming."

"You high-ranking generals, each person can reclaim up to 10,000 acres of farmland, this number is about the same, the main thing is that you have to find people from the customs to cultivate, no one will help you cultivate, no matter how much land you have, it is useless."

"As for the other generals at all levels, they can adjust the number appropriately according to these two restrictions, and you can go down and discuss this matter, come up with a reasonable value, and strive to satisfy everyone."

"In addition, all those who are in the army, after five years, only need to pay 20% of the tax, if a brother dies in battle, the family can inherit his land, which is also another benefit that this commander gives to his brothers in the army."

Jia Cong is a free field, there should be many people who will be red-eyed.

In this day and age, there are not many real landed peasants.

The most common are tenants, who have no land themselves, and help others farm and pay rent, and they have just enough food and clothing every year.

When you meet that kind of black-hearted landlord, you can't be busy for a year

Enough to eat.

If the news spreads, there should be many people coming to Liaodong.

Jia Cong is not afraid of sending out more land, but he is afraid that there will be fewer people coming.

After listening to Jia Cong's words, several people were overjoyed, and they were really relieved.

"Thank you for the reward, the brothers know, they will definitely be grateful for the kindness of the handsome, and the next generation of brothers thank you for the handsome."

10,000 acres of land can also be worth more than 100,000 taels of silver, which is already an astronomical amount for them.

Under normal circumstances, an average general would not be able to earn so much money in his lifetime.

Even for Shi Nai, the bowling house, more than 100,000 taels of silver, this is a huge amount of money.

With such a big benefit in front of you, it is estimated that few people can not be moved.

Fifty acres of land can also allow an ordinary family to live a prosperous life without worrying about food and drink.

Even if it was to protect their own interests, the soldiers would not let people invade at will.

They are fighting to protect their property, and the outcome is completely different.

This can be regarded as a kind of interest bondage, tying them all to their chariots.

"Follow Ben Shuai, you won't let everyone suffer, Ben Shuai's goal is to let his brothers all follow Ben Shuai to eat and drink spicy food, like before, the situation of not being able to eat enough and not being able to support the family will not happen again.

After you go down, first communicate with the other generals, have a mental preparation, and in a few days, the commander will convene everyone to confirm this matter, and this year the main preparation work is to choose the one to open up the wasteland

"The handsome man is benevolent and righteous, the brothers are convinced, I don't care about others, I am old and thankful, I am willing to die for the handsome."

Xie Qiong fell directly to the ground and swore allegiance.

Seeing this, several other people also stepped forward to salute.

"The handsome man is benevolent and righteous, and he is willing to die for the handsome."