Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 265 Get rid of all the people

Zhao Wen nodded with a smile, and then walked into the hall of the residence accompanied by the soldier.

As soon as he walked into the hall, he saw a dozen soldiers counting the food in the hall.

Zhao Wen looked at the sacks full of grain in the hall, pulled out the knife from the waist of the soldier behind him, and stabbed it into a sack filled with grain.

Zhao Wen held the handle of the knife tightly, turned it vigorously, and then pulled out the knife.

"Crash!"

As soon as the knife was drawn out, the grain in the sack flowed down.

Zhao Wen returned the knife to the soldier, squatted on the ground, held his hands together, and followed the grain flowing out of the sack.

Because unhulled rice is stored for a long time, the grain in Zhao Wen's hands is all unhulled rice.

Zhao Wen looked at the rice in his hand, puffed out his cheeks and blew the dust on it.

"The rice looks pretty good." Zhao Wen looked at the rice in his hand, then put the rice in his hand on the ground, and flicked it a few times, but found no insects.

"And it's still relatively dry. It seems that these thieves are good at preserving food." Zhao Wen picked up a grain of rice and chewed it in his mouth, then spit it out.

Zhao Wen looked at the grain flowing out of the ground, and said to the soldiers behind him, "These grains are all good. After you have counted the grains, quickly get some large carts and load them all for me."

"Yes." The soldier following Zhao Wen said firmly to Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen looked at the food stuffed in the hall, and a smile appeared on his face: "With this food, our burden can be reduced a lot. With this food, we can rely on this food Transport the people to Xuan Town."

Zhao Wen clapped his hands, then wandered around the dwelling a few times, checked the food in the dwelling, and left the dwelling.

When Zhao Wen returned to the house near the county government office, it gradually got dark.

When Zhao Wen returned to the house near the county government office, Wang Hanhai walked up to Zhao Wen with the yellow booklet and another booklet.

Wang Hanhai handed the two booklets to Zhao Wen respectfully, looking melancholy.

Seeing this, Zhao Wen took the two booklets, put them on the table in front of him, and said with a smile, "What's wrong? What happened? Why are you so sad?"

Wang Hanhai let out a long sigh, and said, "My lord, there are too many people in this city. Although I have found a few people among these people who can write and count, it is still not enough. At this speed, If we want to register all these people, I am afraid it will take a lot of time."

"Didn't you tell me before that with the yellow book, the speed will be much faster? Now why are you telling me that there is not enough time?" Zhao Wen looked at Wang Hanhai, his face full of doubts.

Wang Hanhai hastily explained: "My lord, I said this before, but I really didn't expect that a large part of the people in the city were refugees who were driven out by thieves.

These refugees are not on the Yellow Book, so they have to re-register.And the number of these refugees is very large, so the registration does not take seven or eight days, and I am afraid it will not be completed.

And not only that, the original inhabitants of Daning City were only about seven or eight thousand, but the refugees brought by the thieves alone were probably as many as twenty to thirty thousand.

Coupled with the raging thieves, all the villages near Daning City were destroyed, and the people inside were also taken to the county seat by the thieves.Therefore, the number of people in the county is probably close to [-]. "

"Fifty thousand? So many? But why didn't I see so many when I gathered the people before?"

When Zhao Wen gathered the people in the open space in front of the Yamen, it seemed that there were only more than 1 people, not so many at all.

"My lord, when you gathered the people, they didn't fully understand the situation, and most of them were hiding outside the city or in various corners of the city.

These people have been harmed by the thieves, and our army of the Ming Dynasty is a bit of a nest, most of the people are still very scared.So they hid and didn't come out.

However, it has been such a long time, and the army of the adults is a well-disciplined and well-disciplined team, which has never committed any crimes with the common people, so these common people have reappeared. "

Wang Hanhai frowned, explaining to Zhao Wen in detail.

Zhao Wen walked back and forth in the room, "How long will it take for all these people to be registered?"

Wang Hanhai thought about it for a while, and said solemnly: "My lord, if according to the current manpower, so many people want to register all of them, even if they have yellow books, it may take half a month. .”

"No, this time is too long, half a month is too long." Zhao Wen slapped the table in front of him with a slap, "If that's the case, let's not register for now. Half a month is too long." After a long time, after all these people are registered in the book, I am afraid there will be changes.

Alright, don't register yet, just put this matter aside. "

Wang Hanhai was taken aback, and looked at Zhao Wen with a puzzled expression, "My lord, don't register? If so many people don't register, if they are arranged here in Daning, there may be disasters."

Zhao Wen chuckled, "Who said I want to arrange these people in Daning? I want to get rid of all these people."

"Get away?" Wang Hanhai looked at Zhao Wen with a puzzled face, and asked in confusion: "Does your lord want to send these people back to their original places? But it will cost a lot of money."

Usually, the imperial court has two measures to deal with refugees.

One is local integration and the other is repatriation.

But now the imperial court is in financial difficulties, and it will cost a lot of money to repatriate their original places, so there are more cases of local resettlement.

Zhao Wendao: "Who said that I want to repatriate the place of origin? I want to get all of them to Xuan Town. Originally, I thought about registering the people and then getting them to Xuan Town, but now it seems that it is impossible. I am not so A lot of time."

Listening to Zhao Wen's words, Wang Hanhai's face was full of bewilderment.

"Xuan Town? Send it to Xuan Town? What is this for? What do you want to do? Xuan Town is a hundred and eight thousand miles away. What's the use of bringing these people to Xuan Town? Besides, get them to Xuan Town Can Xuanzhen want it?" Wang Hanhai looked at Zhao Wen and couldn't help but slander.

Until now, Wang Hanhai did not know Zhao Wen's identity.

After all, Zhao Wen never told him, and there was nothing on the flags of Zhao Wen's army to indicate his identity.

Zhao Wen sat on the chair and let out a long breath, "Let me tell you directly, I am the general soldier of Xuanzhen."

"Xuanzhen Chief Soldier?" Wang Hanhai was taken aback, then pointed at Zhao Wen with disbelief, "You said you were Xuanzhen Chief Soldier? I said my lord, can you stop joking, Xuanzhen is ten miles away from here. It's thousands of miles away, and I haven't heard that the imperial court has mobilized Xuanzhen's soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress the bandits. Even if they mobilize soldiers and horses, they should be Datong's soldiers and horses.

After all, Datong is close to here. I still believe you when you say you are a soldier of Datong Town, but I really don’t believe you when you say you are a soldier of Xuan Town. "

Zhao Wen said with a smile: "Whether you believe it or not, I am the chief soldier of Xuan Town anyway, and my subordinates are all soldiers from Xuan Town. Do you think the soldiers and horses of Datong Town can be as strong as my men?"

Wang Hanhai frowned tightly, thinking about Zhao Wen's words in his heart.

To be honest, Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses are indeed not comparable to those of Datong Town.

Not to mention the soldiers and horses of Datong Town, even the entire Ming Dynasty, it is not easy to find soldiers and horses like Zhao Wen.

Even if it is compared with the army and horses that Zhongshan King Xu Da once led to break through the capital in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it might as well give way.

Especially the armor on their bodies, almost everyone has it, and the armor is still made of fine iron.

Just the armor of thousands of people would cost a lot of money. In today's Ming Dynasty, which general is willing to equip all his soldiers and horses with iron armor?

Moreover, these subordinates are all extremely strong and strong men, so the food on weekdays must not be bad.

Wang Hanhai looked at Zhao Wen with a smile on his face, the expression on his face changed again and again.

He has also heard about the deeds of Xuanzhen's general soldier, but he has never seen it.

When he was in the city before, he also heard merchants from south to north talk about Xuanzhen. As good as customers say.

Wang Hanhai took a few deep breaths, looked at Zhao Wen, and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, you really didn't lie to me? I really don't understand, why did your Excellency come here? And I have never heard of the imperial court mobilizing troops from Xuanzhen."

"Why am I lying to you? The court did not issue a transfer order for me, but why can't I come by myself?" Zhao Wen said calmly.

"However, those who mobilize soldiers and horses privately without a transfer order are regarded as treason. This is a serious crime of rebellion. What are you planning, my lord?
Could it be possible that your lord traveled thousands of miles to come here under the charge of treason just to get some common people?I really don't understand, other people, including His Majesty, have a deep taboo against these refugees, but why do you want to lean on them? "

Listening to Zhao Wen's words, coupled with the performance of his troops, Wang Hanhai gradually believed that Zhao Wen was the general soldier.

Also, only such a strong army can defeat Jiannu when Jiannu is besieging the capital.

But he still couldn't understand, did Zhao Wen stay too free in Xuan Town or what happened, why did he come here for no reason?

Could it be that his hands are too itchy and he is looking for a war?

"Treason? Hehe, you are really interesting. I won't talk to you about anything else. I'll just say a word. Are you interested in following me?" Zhao Wen chuckled, and then threw out an olive branch.

To be honest, if Wang Hanhai's ability is placed in Xuanzhen, it is also a low-to-medium ability.

However, this person has advantages that many people do not have.

First, this person is decisive.When Zhao Wen asked for someone who could write and count, he didn't shrink back like others and didn't dare to show his face. Instead, he stood up directly, and he didn't have the slightest worry, and he didn't procrastinate.

Another one is that when Zhao Wen said that he came to Daning City privately without a transfer order, he was not as shocked as Puzhou Zhizhou Zuo Tianshi, but a flash of surprise flashed across his face.

Just relying on this characteristic of not changing face when Mount Tai collapses in front of him, if he cultivates it well, he will be able to stand alone in the future.

"Follow your lord? Your lord is the chief soldier of Xuan Town, and his subordinates must be full of talents. What's the use of me being a scholar?" Wang Hanhai said.

Zhao Wen smiled slightly, "Haha, you don't have to worry about that. My Xuan Town is booming now, and there is a huge demand for all kinds of talents. If you follow me, you will be able to make great achievements."

"In that case, then I will pay my respects to Mr. Chief Soldier."

Hearing this, Wang Hanhai directly knelt on the ground and bowed respectfully to Zhao Wengong.

Wang Hanhai's daily life is also very poor, now there is an opportunity to honor his ancestors, how could he not seize it?
Zhao Wen laughed loudly, and helped Wang Hanhai up, "Haha, get up quickly, I'm not into kneeling in Xuanzhen."

Wang Hanhai felt the power coming from Zhao Wen's hand, and his heart became hot.

In fact, the reason why Zhao Wen asked Wang Hanhai to follow him was not only because of this person's ability, but more importantly, because Zhao Wen wanted to keep Wang Hanhai here, and let him continue to gather people here after he left, and then go Xuanzhen delivery.

Although Xuan Town is thriving today, the population gap is still very large.

"How about this, you go down and organize it first, we will set off the day after tomorrow, and go to Pingyang Mansion first. By the way, tomorrow you and Zhao Daniu will take a fish book to survey the nearby land.

The data doesn't need to be very accurate, just about the same size.I will use these lands in the future. Zhao Wen looked at Wang Hanhai with a smile on his face.

Wang Hanhai nodded heavily, and said loudly: "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely handle this matter well."

At dawn the next day, Zhao Daniu headed out of the city with a team and Wang Hanhai.

When the sun went down, the two returned to Daning City.

"My lord, although there is no problem with the Yulin book, there is no gentry's land on it. I give preferential treatment to scholars, and have a tax-free policy for scholars, recruiters, and Jinshi who have achieved fame.

And this Yulin Book is the proof of tax collection by the imperial court, so there is no gentry's land in this Yulin Book. "Wang Hanhai handed the Yulin Book to Zhao Wen and explained in detail.

Zhao Wendao: "Nowadays, most of the gentry in the city have been killed by thieves, and the land is now deserted.

How about this, let's stop here first, and later you will sort out the land of these gentry and draw it into a book of fish scales. "

Wang Hanhai nodded and said, "Understood!"

"Okay, you all go down first, and leave tomorrow. I don't want to leave anything in this city. I will transport away the people and food that can be used in the city."

Zhao Wen waved his hands at the two of them and said slowly.

"As ordered!"

The two cupped their hands at Zhao Wengong, and then headed outside.

(End of this chapter)