Since the people migrated back to Gaonu from Yuzhong, the reconstruction of houses has been in full swing.
Because everything had to be started from scratch, not only the people of Gaonu were busy from morning to night building houses, but Bai Yan, the city guard, was also extremely busy.
At first, based on the bamboo slips brought by General Hu Jin, Bai Yan led the Qin officials to check the area of the people's previous houses, and then confirmed that the bamboo slips brought by the people were correct with those previously registered. Then Bai Yan stamped the seal and registered the house.
Bamboo pieces were given to the people.
The people took this piece of bamboo slips to build houses.
The first function of bamboo slices is to resolve disputes, and the second function is to facilitate inspection by Qin officials.
These two functions are to prevent people from expanding their houses privately.
After all, whether it is houses or fields, they are rewards given by the Qin State to those who have made meritorious deeds, and private expansion is prohibited.
When Shang Yang wrote the laws of Qin, he was very careful about the people. If after the family division, the people had fewer houses and fields in the city and wanted land, they could either pay the government to buy it or go to the battlefield to perform meritorious service.
Secondly, when people go to the mountains to cut wood, they also need to register.
According to the laws of Qin, between February and July in spring, one is not allowed to cut wood in the mountains and forests, or block ditches. It is not allowed to burn grass as fertilizer before summer, and it is not allowed to pick newly sprouted plants or capture young animals.
Young birds, only those that need to cut down wood to make coffins due to death, are not subject to seasonal restrictions.
Now that Gaonu was burned down and the people were homeless, it was natural to build new houses.
However, even though he had the permission of the county magistrate, Bai Yan, as the city guard, still had to personally lead the Qin officials and people to plan a mountain forest, take as much as he wanted, and where to take it if it was not enough, and then register it.
After all, this is the wood needed for the houses in a city. If there is no planning, and if you are not careful, the people will swarm in and clear out a place in order to save effort.
After completing these, as well as other small things, all need to be reviewed or stamped.
It can be said that in the eleven or two days after Hu Jin left, Bai Yan was so busy that even when eating, he was always holding the bamboo slip in one hand and looking at it.
Although Bai Yan has always known that the Qin State under the rule of Qin Law is very strict.
But it wasn't until he became a city guard himself that he realized that it was much more sophisticated than he had imagined!
In normal times, you might not think anything of it, but now that Gaonu City has just been burned down, there are so many things to deal with at once, and it is impossible to be busy in a short period of time.
"General, everyone is here!"
Chai led several soldiers and dragged a cart of wooden boxes over.
When Bai Yan heard what Chai said, he stood up with the bamboo slips and walked to the wooden cart. He opened the wooden box and took out a roll of bamboo slips. He confirmed that it was the registration of new soldiers transferred from other places and nodded.
"More than 1,700 people in total!"
Chai said to Bai Yan, these are general Hu Jin's soldiers who are good at fighting and have been recruited from Shangjun's soldiers.
Whether it is Qin or other vassal states, they all have requirements when selecting cavalry.
Because cavalry has twice the annual salary of infantry, and horses are more valuable than human life, it is the same in almost all princely states. Not everyone can become a cavalryman.
"In the past few days, you first let the soldiers practice with these new horses."
After Bai Yan put the bamboo slips back, he said to Chai.
There are too many things to do at the moment, and the soldiers can only practice on the new recruits first.
"General!"
Chai watched Bai Yan prepare to continue working, thought for a while, and spoke hurriedly.
Bai Yan looked at Chai suspiciously.
"What's wrong?"
Bai Yan was a little confused, looking at the squirming Chai, he couldn't help but be curious.
Then Bai Yan saw that Chai finally took a roll of bamboo slips from a soldier.
"General, these are the herbs that the soldiers need to buy!"
Chai handed the bamboo slips to Bai Yan and looked worried as he spoke.
When he first heard about Bai Yan's decision to provide money for the medical treatment of seriously injured soldiers, he was terrified.
Chai Mingming is an ordinary minor illness, and once it comes to contact with herbal medicine, it will cost at least a few dollars. It is said that seriously injured soldiers will need to take herbal medicine for treatment for at least half a month, or at worst for several months.
If this sum of money is all paid by the general, the cumulative amount of money required is by no means an ordinary amount.
Chai has never seen any general in the world who would make such a decision after the war.
It has never existed since ancient times.
"good!"
Bai Yan took the bamboo slip and opened it. When he saw the numbers on it, he showed no expression and just nodded.
"Karma, go to my cloth bundle and take out the money needed."
Bai Yan turned around and handed the bamboo slips to Ye and gave instructions.
"promise!"
Ye nodded, then turned around and left with the bamboo slips.
"Tell the soldiers that there is no need to worry about money matters. In addition, I must instruct those soldiers that this matter must not be revealed, and it will not be allowed in the future."
Bai Yan looked at Chai and said.
Bai Yan does not plan to publicize the treatment of these seriously injured soldiers. Although speaking out will gain a good reputation, Bai Yan does not want that good reputation at the moment.
In the battle in the canyon, he had already seen that the soldiers were willing to follow him on the battlefield and fight to the death together.
"Why? General?"
Bai Yan's words made Chai confused.
Chai didn't understand why the general treated his soldiers so well but didn't let other soldiers know about it. If other soldiers knew about it, they would be even more grateful and sacrifice their lives.
If it is true that what the general said is true and the soldiers are not informed, only a small number of those seriously injured soldiers may recover and return to the army, and more will return home with disabilities.
The general spent so much money but got nothing.
"Just follow my words and do it!"
Bai Yan looked at Chai and said with a smile without explaining too much.
"promise!"
Although Chai was still very confused, he still nodded after hearing Bai Yan's words.
After Bai Yan watched Chai leave, he turned around and continued back to the place where he had just been working. It was an extremely simple wooden shed with five cavalry soldiers standing next to it.
A straw mat, a wooden table, and countless bamboo slips are where Bai Yan works.
"General, this is the layout!"
Just as Bai Yan knelt down, a soldier hurriedly brought two pieces of cloth.
"good!"
Bai Yan reached out and took the cloth diagram from the soldier's hand, then placed it on the table and opened it.
The process of building a city is cumbersome and needs to be reported to Xianyang. After Xianyang gives permission, Xianyang will then order the corvées from other places to come to Gaonu.
The whole process is very long.
Now that the people have built houses, Bai Yan plans to draw the map of the city and stamp it as soon as possible, and then the Qin officials will send it to Xianyang, or he will take it to Xianyang himself when the Xianyang edict arrives.
Although the Yuezhi and the Xiongnu have turned against each other and the threat to the border has been greatly reduced, for border areas like Gaonu, the sooner the city wall is built, the safer it will be.
On the plains.
The people of Gaonu were busy. In some places farther south, when a few people stopped to take a breath, they suddenly saw a carriage, followed by several servants, slowly heading towards the mountain range in the south.
Come here.
Seeing this scene, the people didn't take it seriously and continued to build houses after taking a breath.
After a long time, the carriage came to a stop not far away.
These busy people saw a young woman walking out of the carriage, accompanied by a maid.
In this chapter, giving medicine money to the soldiers is a foreshadowing! It’s a big foreshadowing, it’s not water!
This foreshadowing is after the unification of the world.