"Brother Lu wants to live in the barracks?"

When Sun Siwen heard Lu Yuan's idea, he couldn't help but feel surprised: "Now that the bandits in the county have been eliminated, there is no major incident. I was originally going to lay off some sergeants after a few months when the county was stable, so why did Brother Lu bother training again? ”

Now there are 500 county soldiers in the county, and just to pay the salaries of these county soldiers, it costs 1,750 taels of silver in a month, and 21,000 taels of silver in a year.

Twenty-one thousand taels of silver, it doesn't seem to be much, only one-tenth of what Lu Yuan captured in the city.

But you must know that 200,000 taels of silver can be collected in the city, which is due to the accumulation of tens of hundreds of years thanks to the five surnames and two gangs of these local snakes.

People have accumulated for decades and have been plundered by you, and they can naturally make a lot of money.

If it is a normal New Year's Festival, in a remote county like Wugang County, all the financial income in a year is only four or five thousand taels of silver.

With this amount of money, in addition to the salaries of officials and the maintenance of the daily operation of the yamen, there is only one or two thousand taels left, and it is impossible to support five hundred sergeants.

And so it is.

A small local county usually raises a hundred county soldiers, and the salaries of these county soldiers will not be as high as five taels a month, so it is good to be able to give two taels of silver every month.

Today's Wugang County's upper and lower structure and financial expenditures are very unbalanced and deformed.

It is precisely because of this that after solving the bandits, Sun Siwen thought about disarmament.

In order to restore the normal structure and balance the expenses at the same time.

However, when he told his friends what he thought, Lu Yuan immediately objected: "Although the bandit leaders in the county have been eliminated now, there are still many thieves who continue to harass the place.

And if there is turmoil today, riots are frequent.

Now there are no bandits in Wugang County, but what about outside Wugang County?

It must be known that the last time Wugang County was attacked, it was not the people in the county who did this, but the seedlings in the mountains.

This time, I suppressed the bandits, and in a Miao cottage, I caught the messenger of the seedlings in the mountains. This person is here to hook up with the Miao people in the county and prepare to plot against the county seat.

Now that it is disarmed, there is no sergeant to protect it, and when these seedlings come over again, who will guard the county seat? ”

The seedlings in the deep mountains of Dongting County have always been deeply involved in the Five Poisons Sect, and they are even the peripheral forces of the Five Poisons Sect.

Therefore, the people of the Five Poisons Sect appeared in the Miao cottage, and Lu Yuan didn't think it was an accident.

Thinking of the example of Wugang County's last attack, it is not difficult to guess that this is planned by the Five Poisons Sect, and it is another action to weaken the imperial court.

Sun Siwen also heard the news for the first time, and after Lu Yuan told his guess, he couldn't help but nod cautiously: "What Brother Lu said is right. The seedling messenger appeared in the Miao cottage in the county, and he definitely had a plan, maybe he was eyeing the county seat again. ”

Thinking of the terrifying possibility of returning again, he couldn't help but solemnly say: "In this way, the gendarmerie cannot be eliminated for the time being.

Fortunately, those thieves and bandits were eliminated this time, and a lot of them were captured.

Even if the cost of raising soldiers is very large, with the county's finances, it can last for two or three years, and there is no need to worry about it for a while. ”

Speaking of this, Sun Siwen couldn't help but glance at his friend.

This time, the gang of thieves in the city was exterminated, and the three surnamed Miao people outside the city were exterminated, and the county government harvested a total of more than 200,000 taels of silver.

So much money, of which more than 10,000 taels of silver were divided, which was used to reward the soldiers. There are also fields worth more than 20,000 taels of silver, which are also ready to be distributed to the soldiers as promised, to help them settle down here.

But in addition to this expense, the bulk of the property, the gold, silver and jewels of as much as 130,000 taels of silver, were all taken by his friend.

In the end, what can be left in the hands of the county government is the title deed of the antique house and shop that is worth about 70,000 taels of silver and is not easy to realize.

So when it comes to wealth, the richest person in the county today is still his friend.

Fortunately, Sun Siwen also knew that he was able to go to the post smoothly this time, all thanks to Lu Yuan's help. The other party took away these big heads, and they all said a long time ago that they should be.

Therefore, I was only a little depressed in my heart, but I quickly skipped it and didn't want to think about it.

"Since Brother Sun has no objection, then it is decided."

Seeing the support of his friends, Lu Yuan was also very happy in his heart, and immediately said: "Then from now on, I will be responsible for training soldiers in the barracks, and you will be responsible for governing the city in the city." I'm in charge of the martial arts, and you're in charge of the text, so the responsibility is divided. ”

There is a reason why he is so happy.

This time, he offended the Five Poisons Sect and killed their people. Although Lu Yuan judged in his heart that the Five Poisons Sect should not dare to retaliate for the time being.

But I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what if.

For the sake of safety, Lu Yuan was still ready to hide in the barracks, let the soldiers guard heavily, and try his best to ensure his safety.

"That's it."

This is the same as what was said before, just to reiterate, Sun Siwen has no opinion, and nodded in agreement.

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Originally, there was no military camp in Wugang County, after all, this was only a small mountain county, and the county soldiers in the city would not exceed 100 people in total.

These 100 people are on duty in batches, and they usually go home directly after work, and there is no need for additional camp accommodation.

Therefore, after Lu Yuan took office with 500 soldiers this time, how to settle these people became a problem that needed to be solved.

Fortunately, after the last bloody night, the five big families in the county died cleanly, and their homes were confiscated.

Like Changning County, Wugang County also has accommodation for officials, and the location is also in the area where the wealthy families in the city are located.

Therefore, Lu Yuan simply remodeled and renovated these confiscated mansions, and built several courtyards and converted them into military camps.

Anyway, those big families are big enough to accommodate so many people. And they are all rich people, and the environment in the home is also very well arranged, and it is very comfortable to live.

Lu Yuan felt that this place was much better than the houses he lived in before.

Even he felt the same way, and even more so the sergeants who had been suffering all the time.

So after tossing for more than ten days, the county lieutenant took his subordinates and lived happily in the rebuilt luxury military camp.

Time passed slowly.

The closed shops in the city are slowly opening, and the people who used to hide at home are gradually daring to take to the streets. After a few months, some merchants from other places also heard the news that this side had stabilized and came to do business.

Sun Siwen seized the opportunity to find some wealthy businessmen to negotiate, and prepared to sell the land deeds of a large number of shops held by the government and exchange them for cash.

According to Lu Yuan's occasional meeting with him, he knew that these businesses were doing quite well.

Because it was sold at a reduced price, it attracted many wealthy businessmen who wanted to make a windfall to buy it, and obtained a large amount of activity funds for the county government.

Everything is slowly getting back on track.

Wugang County, which has been chaotic for several months, finally ushered in a time of peace and stability.