Liu Yan sat on the chair, looking at everyone present, his heart was full of people on the left and right sides of his head, it was Dai Jingbin, the official of the city management of the Qianhu Institute, and Tian Huixu, the camp officer, and then Chen Xun, Wang Yue, Zhang Yi, Wang Bo, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, Shen Tuo, as well as Xun Jingyun, the town official, and Song Gongming.

After Liu Yan announced the issue of army expansion, he sent someone to call Tian Huixu to discuss it together.

Most of the people present are Liu Yan's henchmen, and the affairs of the city of thousands of households can be said to be under control, which feels very good.

After everyone discussed for a while, Tian Huixu didn't know what he was thinking, Dai Jingbin, Chen Xun, Wang Yue, Zhang Yi, Wang Bo, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, and Shen Tuo were all in high spirits, they were all Liu Yan's henchmen now, and the city of Qianhu was under the control of Shangguan, so they naturally followed the profits, seeing that the future was bright, did they like it?

Only Xun Jingyun, the magistrate, still sat rigidly, and his face always seemed to have the same expression for thousands of years, and he did not show a complacent look just because he was promoted to the city of a thousand households.

Slowly glancing at everyone, Liu Yan said: "I have invited you here today to discuss the affairs of the Tuntian camp in the city of Qianhu in the coming year, and I see that the New Year is coming. How to manage the city next year, everyone needs to discuss it carefully. ”

"Since the matter of expanding the army has been decided, the establishment of the expanded army must be determined today."

When everyone heard this, they immediately cheered up.

Liu Yan immediately took out the army expansion plan he had drawn up:

First of all, Liu Yanzai adjusted the strength of the original one outpost, and each outpost had three flags under its jurisdiction to two flags, one flag for bird gunners and one flag for spearmen, so that it was convenient to command the battle, and the number of people at each post was also reduced from 187 to 145. The commander of the post is called the commander-in-chief, and the commander of each flag is called the flag commander, and the junior flag officer is the commander.

Each minor flag officer had four additional guards, and each chief flag officer had one team of guards and one team of night guards. In addition, officers at all levels had varying numbers of heralds and drummers.

Then, Liu Yan increased the general structure on each post, and all the seven sentinels were expanded into seven generals, each of which had two subordinated posts, each of which was led by a hundred household officials, called Baizong, and there was a flag guard and a flag that was not collected at night, as well as a certain number of heralds and drummers, so that the total number of soldiers and horses was 416 people.

The total strength of the seven officers and men has been directly expanded from more than 1,300 to 2,912, more than doubled!

At the same time, Liu Yan also ordered Xun Jingyun, the official of the town, to enlist in the army, with a flag guard, and to be responsible for the maintenance of military discipline with the army.

In each general set up a banner of baggage soldiers, 20 craftsmen, medical officers, and veterinarians with the army.

If you count these horses, the troops under Liu Yan's command have directly hit more than 3,700 people, quadrupled! In addition, Chen Xun and Wang Yue's 100 households were also directly corrected and directly appointed as 100 household officials.

After everyone listened to Liu Yan's explanation, and after reading the expansion plan drawn up by Liu Yan, Chen Xun, Wang Yue, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, Shen Tuo, and Xun Jingyun showed joy on their faces, and Tian Huixu, the secretary in charge of the operation, also smiled.

However, some people are happy and some are worried, at this time, Song Gongming was transferred by Liu Yan to the Qianqian Household Office of Xiahe Village as an official of 100 households, not only responsible for the business of soap workshops, salt drying farms, and wine shops, but also served as grain and grass officials, responsible for the money and grain of the entire Qianqian households in Xiahe Village.

After listening to Liu Yan's army expansion plan, Song Gongming looked embarrassed, calculated carefully, and then clenched his fists and said: "My lord, do my subordinates think this army expansion is too fast?" ”

Chen Xun and the others all glared at Song Gongming when they heard this, but Song Gongming still had an attitude of "I am for the good of adults".

"Oh?"

Liu Yan said with a smile: "Song Baihu will talk about it in detail. ”

Song Gongming said: "My subordinates just calculated, if the army is expanded this time, the amount of military salary per month will be more than 6,740 taels, and about 5,600 stone of grain and grass will be needed. ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard that the expansion of the army had cost so much money and food.

"This is not counting the cost of providing military equipment for the Firearms Supervision Office and the Military Armor Supervision Office, if they are all calculated, the military expenditure of the Thousand Households will be around 8,000 taels per month, and this is only peacetime, once there is a war, the military expenditure will be more than 10,000 taels!"

Since Liu Yan planned to expand the army, he naturally thought of spending money and food, so he said: "In this case, what about the monthly income of the industry over there in Dapanbao?" Can it cover military expenditures? ”

Song Gongming was slightly stunned, and then said: "Now the monthly income of Dapanbao is about 17,000 taels, and it is not a problem to support military expenses. ”

"What about rations? Can the tenant rents collected from various places, plus the military money and food allocated by the officials, be enough? ”

Song Gongming said with some embarrassment: "It's enough, and there should be some surplus every year." ”

"That's good."

Liu Yan said: "Song Baihu is dedicated to saving money and food for thousands of households, and his heart is commendable, and the official has written it down in his heart. It's just that the expansion of the army is imperative, so there is no need to discuss this discussion, and from tomorrow, with the assistance of the secretary Tian Baihu, the outposts will begin to recruit young and strong military households and expand the number of troops. ”

Chen Xun, Wang Yue, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, Shen Tuo and Tian Huixu hugged their fists together to lead their lives.

Now the 100 households under the jurisdiction of the Qianqian Household in Xiahezhai, in addition to Wangjiazhuang and the ancient town, there are also three 100 households in Zhaojiaying, Zoumaling, and Fengjialing.

Liu Yan has already made up his mind to remove all the management officers in these places, Liu Yan has also seen these people, they are all mediocre talents who eat empty salaries and drink the blood of soldiers, so they will not use it.

Liu Yan immediately announced the deployment locations of the generals:

Zhang Yi's department was transferred to the Zoumaling 100 Households, and Zhang Yi was also transferred to the Zoumaling 100 Households Management Team Officer;

Wang Bo's department is still stationed in the Guzhen Inspection Department;

Chen Xun led his troops to garrison Wangjiazhuang and served as the officer of the team under the management of 100 households in Wangjiazhuang;

Wang Yue led his troops to garrison Zhaojiaying and served as the officer in charge of the 100 households in Zhaojiaying;

Shen Tuo led his troops to garrison Fengjialing and served as the officer of Fengjialing's management of 100 households.

Miao Shao and Xu Ming were stationed in front of Qianhusuo in Xiahezhai, and as Liu Yan's direct troops, they guarded the Qianhusuo City.

"Three days later, you led your troops to set off, and when you arrived at the new post, you showed the official letter issued by Qianhu, dismissed the officers in charge of the various departments, and began to dismiss the old and weak soldiers, and rectify the government affairs of all departments as soon as possible and expand the troops."

"Order!"

Then Liu Yan said to Chen Xun: "Chen Baihu will go back to Wangjiazhuang tomorrow, inform the Firearms Supervision Office and the Armor Supervision Office, and start to transport the necessary military equipment to the Qianhu Office and the Ancient Town Inspection Department in Xiahezhai, and must not be lazy." ”

When Chen Xun heard that he could return to Wangjiazhuang and reunite with his wife Chen Jiang, he immediately smiled and hugged his fists to take his life.

"In addition, the war horses needed by the various ministries must also be vigorously purchased, at any cost!"

As for the numbers of each general, Liu Yan still retains the original front, back, left and right, as well as the numbers of the chief guard and the general cavalry.

After discussing the matter of expanding the army, Liu Yan beckoned Dai Jingbin from hundreds of households and said, "The affairs of the army are over, now let's talk about the affairs of Tuntian." ”

Dai Jingbin served as the official of the hundred households as the official in charge of the tuntian, responsible for the affairs of the tuntian of the entire Qianhu in front of Xiahe Village, I saw that his face was full of loyalty and courage, and said loudly: "My lord, rest assured, the lower officials are risking their lives, and they must also manage the tuntian affairs of the thousand households in the city, and the lower officials can guarantee that the amount of grain collected in the coming year will definitely be more than this year." ”

Seeing Dai Jingbin say this, Zhang Yi and Wang Bo, the two defense officers and inspectors, also hurriedly stood up to express their positions.

Liu Yan smiled and said: "Okay, you are diligent in state affairs, and the official is very pleased." ”

Then Liu Yan motioned for everyone to sit down, and said in a deep voice: "The soldiers and civilians of the city of Qianhu are very suffering, and the official thinks about the reason for the poor Tuntian, and the official decides to follow Wangjiazhuang and implement the new Tuntian policy everywhere. ”

Liu Yan's eyes were blazing, and he looked at everyone and said: "This official is determined to check the wasteland of each fort, and after the statistical inventory, recruit the military and the people to reclaim it together, and all the soldiers and civilians in the city of thousands of households can take fifty acres of land, and the government will help them make irrigation wells and water trucks, rent them to farming cattle and farm tools, like Wangjiazhuang, free of grain for one year." ”

In addition to the original Wangjiazhuang people, the rest of them were taken aback, Liu Yan was so generous. Not to mention reclaiming wasteland, there is also helping them to make irrigation wells and water trucks, renting cattle and farm tools, how much money and grain is needed?

Dai Jingbin said in a trembling voice: "My lord, do you mean that each household will be given fifty acres of land, and then one will be given to a ploughing cow, and you will also help them make irrigation water trucks?" ”

Liu Yan said: "Exactly, each household irrigates a well and a waterwheel, and a ploughing cow, which is the most ideal, and the most unsatisfactory, and it also needs three households to give a ploughing cow." ”

In the northern part of ancient China, a ploughing cow, five or six people, and 50 acres of land were the most common allocation scale for a small-scale peasant economy. in order to maintain the livelihood of a family of five or six. If the population exceeds this number, they will have to separate their families to find another livelihood, and if they are less than this number of fields, they will have to share the land to make a living, so this is the most basic bottom line of survival.

Dai Jingbin was dumbfounded, not counting Wangjiazhuang, now there are more than 3,000 households in the city of Qianqian Xiahe Village, and there are more than 3,000 households in several places under the jurisdiction of hundreds of households, and if each household rents a cow, it needs to cultivate 3,000 cattle. Even if you give one cow for every three households, you need thousands of cattle, which is too expensive.

From the beginning of the Ming Dynasty to the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the price of cattle in the Ming Dynasty was three taels of silver, but at this time, the price of cattle had risen to more than eight taels of silver for a big cow, and now although it has fallen, it is also necessary to have six taels and one head.

Dai Jingbin ate and said: "My lord, this, this amount is too big, there is no way for the lower officials!" ”

Liu Yan said: "Master Dai doesn't have to worry, this official will naturally find a way to solve it." ”

Dai Jingbin was still dumbfounded, and even Tian Huixu and the others present were dumbfounded, incredible. Only the people of the original Wangjiazhuang looked calm, they were full of confidence in Liu Yan, Liu Yan said that there is a way to do it, that is, there is a way to do it.

However, while Dai Jingbin was surprised, he also remembered another thing, he said hesitantly: "My lord, the military households have a share of the new field, so can the officers of each fort have a share of the land?" ”

Liu Yan said: "Of course, ordinary military households can share 50 acres of land, and officers can share even more land. The officer decided that each officer household of 100 households or less could be divided into 100 mu of land, and that of officers of more than 100 households could be divided into 150 mu of land. Of course, whether it is an ordinary soldier or an officer, once the period of exemption is reached, the grain must be levied according to the mu, and no one can be exempted. ”

In Liu Yan's decision, after counting the wasteland of each fort, the military households reclaimed it by themselves, and after each household reclaimed 50 acres of land, they were registered in the register, and finally they were made into irrigation wells and water wheels in batches, and rented cattle and farm tools. The standard for each household is four to seven people, and no matter how many people you have in your household, you will also get the same land. In this way, those big families want to divide more land, and they can only divide the number of households themselves, Liu Yan believes that this is conducive to suppressing the power of the clan.

Except for the Qianqian Household City, Wangjiazhuang, and Guzhen Inspection Department in Xiahezhai, it is estimated that there are two or three thousand people each, and most of those military households have no land. In the Qianhuhuo area of Xiahezhai, it is estimated that there are 100,000 mu of wasteland that can be reclaimed in the area of Wangjiazhuang, and it is estimated that there are 150,000 mu of wasteland that can be reclaimed from the Qianhusuo City to the Guzhen Inspection Division.

The essence of the fields in the city of Qianhu in Xiahezhai is concentrated in these areas, and the remaining cultivated land is scattered in some towns and villages of Jiaonan County in later generations. The land in those places, I'll talk about it later. It's just that the land in front of him can already meet the needs of all the military households in the city of Qianhu, and in the future, displaced people will be recruited to reclaim.

In addition, Zhaojiaying is also an important place for timber production, and there are a large number of coal mines in Zoumaling to the northwest, which are important resources in the future.

Liu Yan is preparing to build the Qianqian City of Xiahezhai into a garrison base, Wangjiazhuang into a military production base, Dapanbao into a money base, and the Guzhen Inspection Division is a business base, and the rest of the places are raw material supply bases.

In this way, Liu Yan built the entire Qianqian Household Institute of Xiahe Village into a basic plate that can be internally circulated and self-sufficient, and completed the preliminary construction of his own base area!

Some people died, but not completely......