"Your Highness, this is the temporary residence that the brothers in the institute have built for you......"

In Jilin City, when Zhang Chun took Zhu Gaoxu to a courtyard where two soldiers were guarded, he did not shy away from opening the locked door, revealing the inside of the courtyard.

The Zhangxu wall made of river beach stones, the river stone road that is paved with soil and then added with triple soil, and the rows of stone and wood main houses built of river stones......

To be honest, Zhu Gaoxu didn't expect Zhang Chun and them to build such a house for themselves to live in within a month.

Not only him, but also Yisha didn't expect that after all, Jilin City was still snowy in the first month.

Zhu Gaoxu walked into the courtyard and walked back and forth around the courtyard.

Although it only took a month, the military households of Jilin City did build this place according to the house.

"This house is forty-five steps long from east to west, fifty-six steps deep, covering an area of nine acres and two thirds, divided into a front yard and a back yard."

"There is a main house in the front yard, a house on the left mountain, an ancestral hall on the right, 12 inverted seats, and 12 ear rooms......"

"There is a back room in the backyard, two bedrooms on the left and right, six ear rooms, twenty inverted seats, a garden, a stable, a treasury, and a granary, a total of six houses and fifty rooms."

Zhang Chun truthfully introduced the situation of the house, and Zhu Gaoxu and Yishiha were also surprised as they walked.

Although they had already looked at the front yard, they really didn't expect Zhang Chun's more than 6,000 people to build such a big house in a month.

In the first month of minus twenty or thirty degrees, Zhu Gaoxu could not imagine how much hardship they had to endure to build this house.

Although this house is more than ten times smaller than the regulations that Lao Zhu gave him, it is already very big for Zhu Gaoxu, after all, he does not plan to stay in Jilin City for the rest of his life.

After walking around the house, Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look at Zhang Chun, who had been following him.

I have to say that Zhang Chun taught Zhu Gaoxu a lesson, he didn't expect that this son of a military attaché, who had no record in history, would be able to supervise the construction of such a house in a month.

"How many military households, how many artisan households, how many acres of cultivated land are there in Jilin City, and what are still stored in the treasury?"

Zhu Gaoxu wanted to test Zhang Chun, but Zhang Chun said without thinking: "There are 1,000 military households in Jilin City, 300 artisan households, and 1,927 people over the age of 16, with a total of 6,972 people. ”

"There are 3,116 acres of land in Jilin Bay, including 700 acres of soybean fields, 2,416 acres of corn fields, and more than 600 acres of sloping land for growing vegetables in summer."

"In the treasury, there are more than 2,400 catties of gunpowder, more than 2,600 stones of millet, more than 3,000 stones of wheat, more than 3,000 catties of iron, more than 300 bows, more than 700 pieces of long and short soldiers, 306 sets of Ming armor, and 405 sets of dark armor."

Zhang Chun reported the family background of Jilin City like a few treasures, among which the armor count was the clearest, and it was obvious that he often counted the armor.

"How many soldiers are there? How much is the garrison? ”

Zhu Gaoxu then asked again, and Zhang Chun replied unhurriedly: "There are 526 soldiers, 276 Qin horses, and 427 soldiers. ”

"Are they all young and strong?" Zhu Gaoxu asked again, and Zhang Chun also nodded: "They are all young and strong, and the oldest is only forty out of thirty." ”

"If you want to make up for it, you can also be selected from among the children of the military households."

"No need...... After listening to all Zhang Chun's words, Zhu Gaoxu had an understanding of the situation in Jilin City.

I have to say that Jilin City's armament is still sufficient, and the soldiers far exceed Zhu Gaoxu's expectations.

In this way, plus the 600 people in his hands, there are more than 1,500 soldiers in this Jilin City.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu asked: "The military rations of the Jilin City Army are also filled into the warehouse like other guards?" ”

"It's all like that." Zhang Chun didn't understand why Zhu Gaochu asked like this, but Zhu Gaochu smiled after hearing it.

Without waiting for Zhang Chun to ask, Zhu Gaoxu ordered:

"The families of the 47th military families who were not in the battle before no longer have to serve in the military, and since then they have been converted into civilian households."

"In addition, another 20 stone of grain will be allocated for bereavement, and 10 acres of land will be allocated to each of the 47 households, and the Ding tax will be removed, and the land will be fixed at 2 per year thereafter."

"This ......" Zhang Chun was stunned by Zhu Gaoxu, he didn't expect Zhu Gaochu to reward the few military tuntian to the widows of military households, and also changed their household registration.

He had the heart to persuade him, but Zhu Gaoxu frowned and said: "Jilin City is my feudal country, and from now on, I will be in charge." ”

During the conversation, they also walked out of the house, and many military households and Lin Wu or Liu and other soldiers had gathered at the door of the house.

The soldiers were worried that the house they had built would not please the king of Bohai and would be punished for it, and their eyes were full of worry.

Lin Wuliu and the others had burning eyes, and they seemed to be eager to go north immediately to conquer the savages.

Looking at this group of people, Zhu Gaoxu also said aloud:

"From today onwards, the military registration and craftsman registration will be abolished, and all military craftsmen will be allocated by the Bohai Palace."

"The soldiers are paid 20 stone of rice per year, 6 pieces of money, 1 horse of cotton cloth, 2 catties of cotton, and they are distributed at the beginning of each month.

"Craftsmen pay 20 per year, and they are distributed at the beginning of each month."

"The army tuntian in the institute, except for the bean field, the rest is divided equally, excluding the Ding tax and miscellaneous taxes, and the fixed field is set to be ten and two ......"

Zhu Gaoxu said something deafening, which made all the military craftsmen in Jilin City stunned.

For a moment, they did not cheer at all, but wondered if the King of Bohai was crazy.

They were all ready for Zhu Gaoxu's order to be changed, but when Zhu Gaochu saw this, he said to Zhang Chun: "From now on, Zhang Chun, the official of thousands of households, will organize the equal distribution of the fields." ”

"The last general...... ......"Zhang Chun responded to this task with great difficulty, and at this time, many military craftsmen reacted.

This King of Bohai doesn't seem to be acting......

"Chitose King of the Bohai Sea!"

"Long live the King of the Bohai Sea!"

'Your Highness, all blessings and well-being! ’

"Your Highness......"

For a while, the warmakers who reacted began to sing praises to Zhu Gaoxu, and the resentment in their hearts about building the royal mansion in winter was gone.

If they knew in advance that the vassal king they ushered in was actually such a sage, I am afraid that they would have been eager to build a royal palace all night.

In the face of everyone's cheers, Zhu Gaoxu also smiled and raised his hand to signal quiet:

"Okay, let's all go down and rest, and wait for tomorrow to divide the fields!"

Zhu Gaoxu said this, and then turned his head to look at Zhang Chun.

Seeing this, Zhang Chun also shouted immaturely: "Stand down!" ”

Seeing that Xiao Zhang Qianhu had spoken, all the military craftsmen also dispersed happily, and everyone was discussing the newly arrived Bohai Sage King.

"Lin Wuliu, Yishuha, and Zhang Chun, the three of you come in, and the others will go back to cook and eat first."

Seeing that the military craftsmen were dispersed, Zhu Gaoxu also dismissed his brothers who went north with him, and only called Yishiha and the three of them to enter the hospital with him.

Seeing this, Lin Wuliu left a dozen brothers to inspect the humble palace, and followed Zhu Gaoxu into the courtyard.

After a while, the three of them came to the hall of the main house of 200 square meters, and Zhu Gaoxu also smiled: "In the future, even if this is the carrier hall, the palace is enough, there is no need to spend a lot of time, just get a plaque." ”

"Yes......" Zhang Chun was surprised, he really had too many puzzles about Zhu Gaoxu, after all, he was too different from many of the news of the vassal kings coming back from the south.

In the face of his doubts, Zhu Gaoxu didn't care about it, but said to Lin Wuliu:

"From today onwards, there are only two thousand households in Jilin City, one is Zhang Chun, and the other is you."

"Your Highness!" Hearing that he had finally gotten what he wanted, Lin Wuliu excitedly wanted to kneel, but when he thought that his Royal Highness didn't like to kneel, he hurriedly changed to make a move.

Looking at his appearance, Zhu Gaoxu also said: "Your name is not very good to be an official, I will change it to a ......."

Lin Wuliu's name originated from the location of his family, because he lived in the fifth lane of Yulinfang, and he was the sixth child in the family, so his father named him Lin Wuliu.

This way of naming was not strange at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, but now that Lin Wuliu has become a thousand households, it is natural to change one.

Thinking about it, Zhu Gaoxu thought about the name in his mind, and finally said: "You can only be promoted when you go to this place where you can only grow corn, so you can be called Lin Su." ”

"Thank Your Highness for the name!" Lin Wuliu, who changed his name to Lin Su, responded with a smile, but he still scratched his head and said, "Your Highness, how do you write this Su character?" ”

"......" Hearing Lin Su's words, Zhu Gaoxu raised his eyebrows, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "It seems that we still have to start a literacy class early." ”

"I'll find out when I teach you to read in a few days." Zhu Gaoxu explained to Lin Wuliu, and at the same time looked at Zhang Chun: "How many literate people are there in the city?" ”

"There are only four, one is the last general, and the other three are Wang Zhenfu and Li Yimu and Liu Yimu." Zhang Chun replied truthfully, a little surprised in his heart.

"How many children under the age of 15 are there in the city?" Zhu Gaoxu asked again.

"About nine hundred." Zhang Chun replied again, and Zhu Gaoxu also opened his mouth when he heard the words:

"How many people have been recruited before? Can you buy books, paper, pencils, inkstones, etc.? ”

"Twenty-two people, three thousand sets of books, and three thousand stacks of paper, pens, and inkstones are all on the boat in the south." Without thinking, Zhu Gaoxu shook his head when he heard this, turned his head to Zhang Chun and said, "Is there still empty space in the city?" ”

"There are many more, before Jilin City was built according to the guard, enough to accommodate 30,000 people, but now there are less than 7,000 people." Zhang Chun replied.

"Okay" Zhu Gaoxu bowed his head and instructed the three of them: "Although it is still early spring, I still have to bother the people in the city." ”

"Tomorrow, Zhang Chun, you and Lin Su will organize soldiers to go door-to-door to inform them, and they will say that the palace will send a levy and build two academies in the city."

"One for the soldiers in the institute to study, and the other for the younger students under the age of fifteen."

"The people in the city are exempt from tuition, and when the team from the south comes, they will open a academy."

"This ......" Zhang Chun wanted to speak and stopped: "Your Highness, with the annual food in the institute, I am afraid that I will not be able to support so many scholars." ”

Zhang Chun's words did not say, the 3,000 sets of paper, pen, inkstone and books cost a lot, and it cost Zhu Gaoxu more than 1,600 times.

If it was placed in the past, not to mention raising more than 2,000 people who wanted to learn writing, even raising a thousand soldiers would have to look at the face of the Liaodong Dusi to live.

However, now Zhu Gaoxu is here......

Facing Zhang Chun's words, Zhu Gaoxu smiled and comforted: "Don't worry about money and grain, at the beginning of April, the Liaodong Metropolitan Division will send more than 60,000 stone millet and rice into the warehouse." ”

"Sixty thousand?" Hearing Zhu Gaoxu's words, Zhang Chun's eyes widened, it was the expenses of Jilin Shipyard for two years in the past.

"Not only that, when the follow-up team from the south comes, they will also bring more than 10,000 stone of grain."

Yisha also smiled and said to Zhang Chun, and Zhang Chun only knew Zhu Gaoxu's strength at this time.

He is not an ordinary county king, and he cannot be measured by the treatment of ordinary county kings.

Zhang Chun was still surprised, but Zhu Gaoxu sat on a chair and said to the three of them:

"In the future, the money, food, weapons and other things in the city will be taken care of by Yishaha, and the two of you will only be in charge of training."

"The most urgent task at the moment is to distribute the cultivated land in the institute to the military households, including the families we have brought, it is almost 1,470 households."

"The fields in the institute are divided according to this, and basically each household can receive two acres of arable land."

"The team from the south will bring 300 horses, although these horses are also from the palace, but they are handed over to the people to keep in captivity on weekdays, and one horse for five families will be raised to cultivate and open up the wasteland."

"The cultivated land that has been cleared is distributed by the royal government and distributed equally among the people."

"At the beginning of April, the city will receive food by its heads, and each person will receive six measures of food per month, except for the soldiers."

"But remember to remind the people that this food is not distributed for a lifetime, but only so that everyone has no worries when they open up the wasteland."

"When the land to be cleared reaches 10 mu per capita, the head grain will be distributed."

Zhu Gaoxu has been spending money, and he has been calculating in his head.

Excluding the cost of books, just talking about the distribution of grain, he has promised to send out no less than 5,000 stone of grain since he arrived in Jilin City.

Not only that, but about 4,000 koku of it is still a fixed monthly expense.

This is still the situation that the southern team has not arrived, if the more than 1,000 people from the south Fu Rang arrive in Jilin City, then the cost of Jilin City will reach about 6,000 stone per month.

It can be said that the grain issued by the capital of Liaodong is only enough for the palace to be controlled for ten months, and there is still a shortage of 12,000 left, and here it can only be filled with Zhu Gaoxu's salary.

This is only the expenditure on food, and if you count the money, Zhu Gaoxu will have an even more headache.

One thousand five hundred and fifty-three soldiers and officers had to pay a fixed fee of more than 13,000 guan a year, and 600 craftsmen had to spend 12,000 kan.

This is 25,000 yuan, but Zhu Gaoxu only has 10,000 yuan, even if he adds 8,000 yuan of salt and 2,000 yuan from selling leno silk cloth, he can make up 20,000 yuan.

On the grain side, there is still a surplus of 8,000 stones, but on the money side, even if you count the 2,000 guan given by Zhu Gaochi before leaving, he is still short of 3,000 yuan this year.

The price of grain in Liaodong is high, but it is impossible for him to sell grain.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but ridicule himself, maybe he was the only one who lacked money among all the vassal kings.

Even the poorest Su clan will not be poor himself, after all, among all the vassal kings, he is the only soldier who pays out of his own pocket, but this can also be said to be his "self-inflicted".

Eighteen military salaries, not to mention the Ming Dynasty, even the world, only he can give so high.

Therefore, after talking about spending money, Zhu Gaoxu has to talk about making money.

"How much do you think you can receive at the time of the autumn harvest with evenly divided arable land?"

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Zhang Chun, and Zhang Chun was silent for a moment when he heard this, and then continued: "If it is ten to two, it is about eighteen catties per mu, and if you count six hundred acres of sloping land, you can only collect three hundred and fifty stones at most." ”

Zhang Chun said a word, and Yizha next to him had already started to have a headache.

With a wave of his Royal Highness's hand, he spent more than 100,000 stones every year, but only 350 stones were obtained.

Zhu Gaoxu, who heard this answer, did not have a headache, but continued to ask Zhang Chun: "If you sell iron pots, grain, and tea to the Haixi Jurchens who are on our side, how many things do you think you can get in exchange?" ”

"......" Hearing that Zhu Gaoxu was going to do business with the Haixi Jurchen, Zhang Chun frowned, after all, his father was killed by Xiyang Ha, who was also a Haixi Jurchen.

Seeing his awkwardness, Zhu Gaoxu did not let it go, but comforted: "Only by pulling one faction and fighting another faction can we grasp the information of Xiyang Ha's escape, and then strangle him." ”

Perhaps it was Zhu Gaoxu's comfort that played a role, Zhang Chun could only frown and confide:

"Nowadays, the most valuable things are iron pots and grain, followed by cloth and cotton, and finally tea, porcelain, pottery, etc."

"According to some military households who went to the city of Futijin in the summer of last year, one stone of grain can be exchanged for a mink, and the rest is not well known."

Zhang Chun's words made Zhu Gaoxu and Yishuha's eyes shine, but they didn't expect that in Futijin City, mink fur was so cheap.

As far as the remaining grain in Zhu Gaoxu's hands is concerned, he can completely exchange it for 8,000 mink skins.

These mink skins were handed over to Yang Bin, and they could be made into at least 800 pieces of ready-to-wear, which could be sold for 40,000 yuan, deducting the cost of 8,000 stone of grain, and then subtracting the freight and wages, even if Yang Bin's money was divided, Zhu Gaoxu could earn at least 15,000 yuan.

However, mink furs are all rare and expensive, and if Zhu Gaoxu really dares to collect 8,000 mink skins, it is estimated that the mink in the northeast will not have a few years to live, so he has to start from various directions.

The beginning of the Ming Dynasty was not as good as the end of the Ming Dynasty, and many valuable wild goods in the late Ming Dynasty were not worth much in the early Ming Dynasty, and the only things that could be valuable were fur, pearls, coral, ginseng and deer antler velvet.

Zhu Gaoxu can sell a certain amount of iron pots and grain, but the scale can't be too large, otherwise he will be stabbed by the imperial history, and he will probably be remembered by the group of people in the temple.

At the moment, what he hopes most is to be silent in Jilin and stay silent until Lao Zhu dies, and then he will go south to enter the customs......

"It's a little weird." Zhu Gaoxu felt strange in his heart, although he was Han, he always felt a little inconsistent with the word "going south" to enter the customs.

Abandoning these thoughts, Zhu Gaoxu got busy with business, he looked at Yishu and said:

"You still have to make a trip to the goods in Futijin City, and it is best to negotiate a fixed trade with the local chief."

"Your Highness, don't worry, I'll leave tomorrow." Yizha did not delay, and asked Zhu Gaoxu: "Do you need some soldiers and horses from the Futijin Tribe?" ”

"No need, I don't need so many soldiers now," Zhu Gaoxu vetoed Yishaha's proposal, but at the same time said to Lin Su and Zhang Chun:

"I don't have much time, it's best to settle everything before the autumn harvest, after the autumn harvest, I want to find the old chief of Xiyang Hana to avenge the dead brothers in the north!"

"Yes!" Zhang Chun was excited, what he wanted to do most now was revenge, originally when he heard that Zhu Gaochu was going to do business in Futijin City, he thought that Zhu Gaochu was just a sage on the surface, secretly doing some things like chickens and dogs.

Now it seems that doing business is just to raise money to train soldiers, and training soldiers is to kill Xiyangha.

"Zhang Chun, is there a map of Jilin?"

After Zhu Gaoxu finished talking about finances and treatment, he naturally started to prepare for the side.

He greeted Zhang Chun, who was also prepared, and took out a map and a book from his arms.

The book records the situation of Jilin City, and the map depicts the situation around Jilin City.

Lin Wuliu and Yishiha took the map and spread it out on the table, and Li Chun walked up to Zhu Gaoxu to introduce him to the situation around Jilin City.

In Li Chun's description, the Jilin Shipyard is located in Jilin Bay, and there are 3 ships with 200 materials and 10 ships in the water village.

In the east of Jilin City, there is a stone castle of the Jurchens of the East China Sea at the location of Jiaohe City in the future.

This stone fort was called Shanchu Fort by Zhang Chun, and the Jurchens in the fort often came to Jilin City to exchange for something, and was also responsible for providing information in exchange for things.

Previously, Xiyangha's attack on Jilin was the information they told a day in advance, so Jilin City was able to repel Xiyangha with so few casualties.

There are more than 3,000 Jurchens living in this stone fort, and it can be regarded as a large tribe among the Jurchen tribes of the East China Sea.

However, they basically use beast teeth and arrows, and there is very little iron armor, so many thousands of households in Jilin City did not take them seriously before.

For the Jurchen of the East China Sea in this place, Zhu Gaoxu almost wrote down, its leader is called Ezhen, who knows some Chinese, and it is more convenient to communicate.

Zhu Gaoxu was ready to let Yishiha go and release them after returning from his visit to the city of Futijin, and it was best to establish a long-term trade relationship.

Zhang Chun said that there is a Namula Fort in the direction of 200 miles northeast, and there are more than 2,000 Haixi Jurchens, which is similar in nature to Shanchu Fort.

If you go all the way to the north by land, you will pass through five or six Haixi Jurchen stone forts, the scale of which basically ranges from 1,000 to 3,000 people, so that after seven stone forts, you can reach Harbin in later generations, that is, the current Xiyang Ha Laochao Zhaozhou.

This distance seems to be very close, but in fact it is more than 400 miles, so it is not easy for Xiyangha to attack Jilin City once.

Last time, he didn't grab anything, Zhang Chun estimated that he would be honest for a few months, and he would not send troops until the autumn harvest.

Generally speaking, Xiyang and Ha will take the land route, while the Ming army will basically take the water route, all the way up the Songhua River.

The reason why I didn't choose to go by land was mainly because I was worried about being attacked, after all, the number of Ming troops in Jilin City was small, and every time I went on patrol, I would take a boat to inspect the Songhua River basin, and I would return after arriving in Zhaozhou.

Only when the Liaodong Metropolitan Division is ready to go on the expedition, the soldiers of the Jilin shipyard will go by land with the large army, but most of the time they only undertake the work of escorting grain and grass.

If you take the waterway, it is more than 700 miles to go north to Zhaozhou, and there are many Haixi Jurchen stone forts along the way to supply the fleet.

Just after listening to Zhang Chun's words, Zhu Gaoxu gave up attacking Xiyangha by water in the future.

The waterway is easy to supply, but it is also easy to expose the target, after all, the only force that can operate two hundred ships on the Songhua River is the Ming army, but if Xiyangha arranges two scouts along the way, they are estimated to be known by Xiyangha before they set off for a hundred miles.

To solve Xiyangha, there is only a lightly armed raid, after all, the armor in his hands is also limited, and the Ming army will not necessarily suffer a loss in short-handed combat.

However, in any case, there are tens of thousands of people in Xiyangha's lair, if the Ming army in Jilin City does not have a strong enough will to fight and absolute organizational strength, then even if Zhu Gaoxu can kill dozens of people in steps, he will not be able to defeat the rout and escape in the rear.

In the final analysis, it is still necessary to train the troops, and the training must first start with literacy......

(End of chapter)