Chapter Thirty-Two: In the Mountains, Horse Thief Robbed Food and Grass
The grain merchants prepared the first batch of grain worth 200,000 taels in just one day. To show their sincerity, they also paid 100,000 taels of silver.
I thought everything would be fine once it was shipped back to Xiami County.
But when they and some people transporting grain entered Xiami County, they were stopped by a group of bandits.
At first, Li You said that he would be able to pass by just giving some money, but he didn't take it to heart.
After all, what do you bandits do with so much food? You can't finish it and let it go bad? Why don't you give me some money? It's been like this in the past.
There are rules in the industry.
But the bandit had no intention of doing this. Not only did he let them keep the money, but he also told them to go back to the county town.
Li You keenly noticed something was wrong and wanted to send someone back to report the news, but he was discovered by the bandits.
They took action directly, killing and injuring the unsuspecting food transport team. If Ma Yan didn't know a trail, the two of them would probably have to explain where it was.
As for that batch of food, it naturally fell into the hands of the bandits.
The county and city have probably received the news, but as for the county and city's decision... they don't know yet.
The food worth two hundred thousand taels made Jiang Yang's heart bleed. It was enough to feed tens of thousands of people for half a year.
After hearing this, Jiang Yang was very angry.
At this time, Li You quietly said: "Sir, that group of people...there are people behind them."
"If we report this matter to the county, can we send troops to exterminate them?" Jiang Yang asked stupidly and exasperatedly.
Sure enough, Li You looked at Li You as if he were an idiot and said: "Sir, let's not talk about whether the officers and soldiers can surround them when they come, but how can you get them to take action? How much will it cost..."
Hearing this, Jiang Yang's breath froze. Yes, the Tang Dynasty is already full of moths, maintaining its superficial glory.
If the person in charge of the army doesn't have some experience, how can he agree to you?
According to the procedure, we should report it and then send troops to exterminate it, but what? There are many reasons for not wanting to send troops!
What's more, what if we talk about troops? These bandits went into the mountains and couldn't find them. What if they waited for the officers and soldiers to withdraw and continued to come out?
According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, it is currently a recruitment system.
At the height of the Tang Dynasty, most of the armies were stationed on the border.
In addition to the general government offices, there are only some county soldiers left behind and the Imperial Guards guarding the capital.
The huge Xiami County does not have much military strength.
Jiang Yang frowned and said, "I understand."
"Sir, please don't be impulsive." Li You took Jiang Yang's arm and said, "Those people are deeply entrenched and are not easy to make enemies of. I still think it's better to focus on talking. Your Majesty promises benefits and they won't stop you from showing off.
If you have a grand plan, that will be enough."
Jiang Yang nodded, but how could Li You know what the grand plan in Jiang Yang's heart was.
The Tang Dynasty originally had a system of government soldiers. However, the powerful and nobles usurped land, resulting in an increase in refugees and deserters. However, with the efforts of Emperor Xuanzong and Li Linfu of the Tang Dynasty, it was transformed into a system of recruiting soldiers.
In his heart, Jiang Yang planned to seize all the land and plan and divide it uniformly. This land was the lifeblood of those people.
Therefore, conflict is inevitable and cannot be adjusted.
Talk? Impossible! If you want to talk, you have to be kind and wait until they have given everything they have before putting a knife to their necks before talking.
After being a vampire for so many years, even if your ancestors have been kind and have been riding on the heads of ordinary people for generations, you should still accept it, right?
Just when Jiang Yang was at a loss what to do, he received an urging from the system to improve the county government as soon as possible and complete the task of "strengthening the army and horses".
The so-called strong soldiers and horses are to expand the county government. Don't think that a few of you can support a county government, otherwise there will not be so many "bureaus" in the next generation.
In addition to the "armed forces" and "catchers" in their own hands, they also need county magistrates, county lieutenants, and chief registrars.
They all share the responsibilities of the county magistrate, and each person is responsible for a part, except for these formal establishments.
There are also officials. The so-called upright official is as clean as water, but it is not as good as the official who is as slippery as oil.
These are the people I’m talking about. What do you think the county magistrate should do if he wants to implement the New Deal? After thinking about it, leave it to the county magistrate. Can the magistrate run away on his own?
To put it more simply, those who run errands for them but have no official staff are called officials.
In the Tang Dynasty, officialdom was a sought-after profession. It was inherited by father after death, and although it was not a formal job, it was a prestigious golden rice bowl.
Jiang Yang had a general idea in his mind. Li Youlai was naturally the best person to take charge of this county magistrate. This guy still had some ink in his belly.
As for the county captain, he was responsible for Wen Guan, and Jiang Yang also intended to train him. Ma Yan was responsible for the bookkeeping, and as for the history of history, it was definitely Chen Zhiyong.
Several other brothers have also thought of some miscellaneous positions to arrange.
But there are still a lot of vacancies. Among other things, you should have someone who is responsible for offering sacrifices to religion, and you should have someone who is responsible for family planning and promoting people to get married and have children.
Don't look at the county government office, it is really complete.
And Jiang Yang also plans to recruit Xiang Yong.
The so-called Xiangyong is to train soldiers.
During the government military system, people farmed during busy farming periods, trained uniformly during slack farming periods, and even guarded the border according to schedule.
What should I do if many places don’t use them? Your county government is responsible for the training itself, and these people have no formal establishment, so they are called Xiangyong.
Although the Tang Dynasty converted to a recruitment system, the system of rural warriors was not eradicated.
This is not a violation of Tang law at all, and people will find out and make irresponsible remarks.
The most important thing is to have the ability to protect yourself.
Jiang Yang announced this matter to all the brothers that afternoon, but it didn't mean anything to them.
After all, I didn’t know anything, so I naturally followed my elder brother’s arrangements.
They just need to take care of their own affairs.
As for the food issue, Jiang Yang has also decided that the current food can last for half a month, and the income from drinks is 10,000 taels a day, so he can still survive until the end of the month.
There is no other way to continue eating at high prices, but we have to find other ways to make money.
However, the matter of Xiangyong must be carefully arranged. Jiang Yang initially decided to recruit a thousand Xiangyong. In addition, Xiangyong will also be paid!
Two taels of silver per month!
Take care of food and shelter!
As for the camp, Jiang Yang planned to arrange them next to the river embankment, firstly to let them blend in, and secondly to let them develop feelings for Xiami County.
After arranging everything, it was already dark, and Tang Yingcai came to report the situation on time.
The results were really good today, with 200 bottles of wine sold and more than 170 bottles sold.
This was also expected by Jiang Yang. After all, how many rich people can there be in Xiami County? How many people can afford to drink?
However, Tang Yingcai also said that he has notified inns, wine merchants and wine sellers in other places, and there will probably be good news in the next two days.
Today's income is more than seventeen thousand taels, which is good news.
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Early the next morning, after Jiang Yang continued to arrange for the brothers to perform their duties, he took Wang Tong to the blacksmith shop in Xiami County.