Chapter 525: Benefits of being a soldier in Jizhou
Cui Ke was itchy after not going out for a day. He kept it at home for three days and finally couldn't bear it anymore. He paid the servants who were looking after him and escaped. He went straight to Yihong Courtyard.
Come.
Trek was also a frequent visitor. After he came here, the madam arranged for him to stay in the upper room and gave him the so-called top star in the yard, the little Xishi. Not long after, Turtle brought him wine and food, and ate and cooked.
The two fell in love and soon began to do the most primitive work of mankind.
I don’t know whether it was because Trek was holding it in too hard, using too much force, or because Xiao Xishi was ill today. Anyway, after just working for a while, Xiao Xishi started foaming at the mouth, which shocked Trek.
Jumping and shouting for someone to come.
Coincidentally, a group of street patrol officers were passing by here at this time. After hearing the shouts, they rushed in. Trek was also regarded as a murder suspect and was forcibly taken away.
In less than half an hour, Cui Yan, the head of the Cui family, hurriedly walked into the Zhizhou Mansion. The person who greeted him was not Zhizhou Zeng Tong, but Chief Shi Han Ce.
As soon as he saw Han Ce waiting for him here, Cui Yan let out a long sigh and knew that he had lost this time. "Sir Chang Shi, please show me your noble hand. As long as I can let my unsatisfactory son come out, I am willing to give him the chance."
The extra fields will be sold to His Highness King Ji."
At this time, why can't Cui Yan see that his son has fallen into a trap? Now people have to bow their heads under the roof. Cui Ke is the only son in his life. If something happens to him, the Cui family's family business will be in danger.
Who will inherit it? Even so, what's the use of having more money?
Cui Yan's bow had long been expected by Han Ce. But since he had put so much thought and effort into it, of course he didn't want just this little bit. "It's not enough, I still need half of the Cui family's shop."
"What?" Hearing Han Ce's lion mouth, Cui Yan instinctively wanted to say no. But in the end, he did not open his mouth, but asked, "Why?"
"Haha, I don't have to hide it from you. His Highness Prince Ji ran a silk business when he was in Daliang City." Han Ce chuckled.
How could Cui Yan still not know that this meant that King Ji was going to enter the field of cloth practice, which was tantamount to robbing him of his job. Normally, not only would he not agree, but he would also find ways to unite with others to resist.
But now, with his only son in his hands, how dare he put forward any conditions. "Okay, I agree."
Cui Yan bowed his head and sent the land deed and store deed to Zhizhou Mansion that night. The matter spread quickly. After giving these powerful people half a day to think about it, the Zhizhou Mansion invited them again the next afternoon.
All the powerful people raised the issue of buying land again.
This time, not only Chang Shi Han Ce, but also Zhizhou Zeng Tong appeared in front of everyone. Feeling what happened to the Cui family, everyone knew that this was a showdown. If they still disagreed, I am afraid that
What happened to the Cui family will happen to them sooner or later. And more importantly, they also got the news that King Ji sent his student Su Zhen to Ningcheng, Liaozhou, and he has returned.
Already.
After Su Zhen returned to Ji City, some officials originally sent to Jizhou by King Zhong also withdrew to Liaozhou, making it easy for Ji Wang Tang Ao to gain military and political power in Jizhou.
What does this mean? I'm afraid that King Zhong has abandoned them, and even King Zhong has to give in, so why are they insisting on it? Isn't it true that King Ji doesn't dare to attack them?
Soon, the dignitaries could not bear the pressure and agreed to sell their land. So far, more than 90% of the land around Jicheng was in the hands of Ji Wang Tang Ao. After some calculations, Zeng Tong and Han Ce came up with the figure of one hundred thousand hectares.
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One hundred thousand hectares. In ancient times, one hectare was only fifty acres. According to the calculation that each good person can get twenty acres of land, one hundred thousand hectares can be distributed to 250,000 people. In fact, it takes five days to register a good person.
There are only 70,000 people registered, which means that these fields can support another 180,000 people.
After getting this result, Tang Ao was a little excited. He looked at Zeng Tong and Han Ce who came to report and said, "Two gentlemen, this will make it necessary for us to increase the population."
As the capital of Jizhou, Jicheng has a population of less than 100,000, which is still too small in Tang Ao's opinion. In addition, he is currently building an outer city, and will build countless buildings between the outer city and the inner city in the future.
If calculated in this way, it can easily accommodate a million people. Increasing the population is an urgent problem before them.
An increase in population can be said to bring many benefits. With more consumers, it will be much easier to do anything; with more people, it means an increase in productivity and constructive power, and you will have enough confidence to do anything; with more people, you will have more confidence to do anything.
, it will be easier to recruit troops in the future, which means there will be sufficient sources of troops.
With all the benefits, Tang Ao came up with his current proposal. Not only that, Tang Ao also proposed that anyone who is willing to join the army and is selected will be given fifty acres of grain field, or one hectare of land, as a reward.
"Hiss!" Hearing Tang Ao's words, Han Ce took a breath of cold air, "Your Highness, if this happens, there will probably be countless soldiers."
"It doesn't matter, the more the better. With Jizhou's grain output, there is no problem in feeding tens of thousands of elite soldiers." Tang Ao said confidently.
Regarding this point, both Zeng Tong and Han Ce agree. After all, in this era, having a strong army as a backer will make it much easier to have more confidence in whatever you do in the future.
The matter of army expansion was settled after the three agreed. But then the far-sighted Zeng Tong raised another question, "Your Highness, if too many people flood into Jicheng at one time, I am afraid that these 100,000 hectares of land will be lost."
It’s not enough points.”
"Haha, we can reclaim wasteland. As far as I know, there are many fields around Jizhou that can be reclaimed. Taking a step back, if the land in Jizhou is not enough, the world is so big, we can do it ourselves.
It’s taken, isn’t it?”
After a moment, both Zeng Tong and Han Ce's eyes widened. They both heard that Tang Ao had ambitions to expand, which made them very happy. They chose to follow Tang Ao, and of course they wanted to do something big together.
career, Jizhou Zhizhou and Changshi cannot satisfy them. Their wish is that one day they can become important ministers in the court, and even become important ministers like internal ministers and ministers. At that time, they can
It is the most glorious moment in life, and it is not a waste of time to come to this world.
Even if Tang Ao has this intention, the two of them will of course give their full support. "Your Highness, with your words, we know what to do. Don't worry, we will plan this matter right away." At this moment,
Zeng Tong and Han Ce were almost patting their chests as they spoke.
With the concerted efforts of the governor and the chief historian, notices were posted all over Jicheng early the next morning. The news that King Ji was recruiting troops and building a new Jizhou army also spread throughout the streets and alleys.
"Brother Li, why are you walking so hurriedly this morning?" On a very ordinary street in Jicheng City, a middle-aged man in his forties was walking in a hurry without noticing at all. The old neighbor who passed him by the side.
This shout also stopped Lao Litou, and then he noticed the old neighbor standing not far away, "Hey, Brother Zhang, I'm sorry I didn't see you."
"Haha, it's okay. By the way, why are you going in such a hurry? Could it be that something happened?" Brother Zhang asked with concern.
"I am going back to find those four useless sons and ask them to sign up as soldiers, haha." Old Li Tou was very proud when he said these words.
This is also thanks to the policy of Emperor Qianwen after he came to power, which encouraged the common people to have more children. As a result, ordinary common people's families have several children, and there are very few so-called only children. How can I put it, the poorer you are, the more children you have, and the more children you have, the poorer you are. , maybe they are betting on the odds, thinking that if they have more children, once one of the children becomes a child, the family's situation will change.
Just like Lao Zhangtou, he has five children, but unfortunately, four girls and one boy. At this point, they are far inferior to Lao Zhang, who is one less than him in quantity but much higher in quality. Head, I have four sons.
"Be a soldier? Why are you thinking of becoming a soldier? Oh, looking at the coming year, good people like us will have a good life, and we can be allocated a lot of land. It is a time when we are short of manpower. I Tell me if you are confused." Lao Zhangtou thought he was giving some good advice.
If it were yesterday, Old Li would have recognized this statement after hearing these words. But now, he glared at Old Zhang and said, "Brother Zhang, what do you know? We can't just think about ourselves. If we own the land, those powerful people will be jealous to death, and will one day someone come to rob us of our fruits? Now we send our children to serve as soldiers, just to let them protect our property."
After Old Li's lecture, Old Zhang found himself speechless. He didn't dare to say that being a soldier was not good anymore. He could only watch Old Li disappear from his sight in a hurry. Then he continued to shake his head. Walking on the street, not to mention, the road is very clean and it is really pleasant to walk on. By the way, I heard that cement roads will be built next year. They are very smooth and you can walk on them with your eyes closed. I don’t know how to fall when I step forward, so I really don’t know what it will be like. Thinking about it now, it’s really exciting.
Just when he was thinking this, Lao Zhangtou noticed that many people gathered under a notice not far ahead, and some were reading loudly.
Lao Zhang's family was poor. He had been herding cattle and farming when he was a child. He didn't know a word of Chinese characters. But when he heard someone reading a notice, he walked over in three steps and two steps. He also wanted to see if it was King Ji again. What happened? Thinking of the labor needed for road construction a few days ago, he didn't even sign up because he received the news late. He didn't know how much money he lost because of this. When he saw the notice, he would make a habit of listening to it so as not to regret it.
