Water Margin farming to become powerful

Chapter 199 Population Expansion, Farmers Pick Up Relatives

Several people also heard what Sun Xin said, and it is certain that sending troops to their village to help guard Zhuangzi will not be unconditional.

Mr. Zhao said: "When things like this happen, we also feel sorry for them, and we need to give some meaning to Mr. Sun Xin."

Sun Xin nodded and said: "Ming people don't talk dark words, so let's send troops to protect the safety of the Zhuangzi, but we can't exploit the Zhuangzi too much, and all Zhuangzi will give us each according to the number of Zhuangzi. That's the price of a person."

Everyone was stunned, originally they thought that Sun Xin would ask them to feed and drink the peasants and soldiers of Zhuangzi, and also asked for heavy gifts, but they didn't expect that what Sun Xin said was very fair, and only provided Sun Xin according to the population of Hezhuang. Price.

When they asked how much they wanted, the number Sun Xin gave surprised everyone. It was a little more than they expected but not too much. It was in line with their expected amount, and they could distribute the money to each banker. On the contrary, I am much more relaxed.

When several landlords were secretly happy, Mr. Zhao frowned slightly, and secretly glanced at Sun Xin's young face.

He had a feeling that something was wrong: money was collected according to the head, and everyone gave a small amount of money, but regardless of whether they were rich or poor, high or low, they all had to give. This sounded like a landlord armed force sending people out to help colleagues, but it was more like an imperial court. means to collect taxes.

What does Sun Xin want to do?
But of course he would not say this in person, anyway, Sun Xin did send Zhuang Ding to guard their Zhuangzi, and now these landlords have vast fields, and if they cannot guard Zhuangzi by themselves, they can only be oppressed by the bandits. The land area is so large, and he is reluctant to sell it cheaply and flee to Dengzhou City. It is a time of distress. As long as Sun Xin is willing to send troops, it will be a good thing for him.

Several landlords agreed on the amount of money immediately, and said that they would send the money and food to the farm before the arrival of the peasants and soldiers.

Sun Xin nodded, thinking that he would send an army to collect taxes.

That's right, in his eyes, this is tax collection, nothing more than changing the name.

Although these landlords wanted to hand over the money and food to the peasants and soldiers stationed on their farms, Sun Xin firmly refused from the beginning.

He agreed with all the village owners that the money and food handed in each quarter must be escorted by a team to the Sun Family Village every time, and then the Sun Family Village will distribute it to each army for expenditure.

Sun Xin didn't even accept that these landowners directly provided food for these troops, and they had to buy it with money.

If the team stationed on their farm directly takes money from the farm and then purchases from the farm, the chain is too short.

The shorter the chain, the more discretion the person in the center has. For a small team of tens of 100 people, if this is done, even the military chief may directly decide how much tax to buy and how much to buy. Officials and landlords have an affair, and they can easily keep taxes in their own pockets by charging less and reporting more. With financial power, it is much easier to win the hearts of the army. Such a team may split up in minutes.

Although for today's peasants and soldiers, a few hundred people is not considered a separatist regime, at most they go to the mountains to become bandits, but since the establishment of armed forces, this opening cannot be opened from the beginning.

Sun Xin stipulated that all landlords must hand over their money to Sunjiazhuang, and then Sunjiazhuang will send money and food supplies to each branch of peasants and soldiers stationed abroad on a regular basis, and then the officers of each branch will go to the local area to purchase supplies. It must be in the hands of Sun Jiazhuang.

Sun Xin had thought about the price of money and food that Sun Xin offered before, and the taxes paid by these farms at this amount were just enough to cover the money he needed to pay for training and dispatching farmers and soldiers.

That's right, taxes.

Once these farmers want to go out to station for a long time, they can't just be conscripts recruited from the fields as before, but to become professional soldiers, they have to be paid every month, plus the cost of training, which will greatly strain the Sun Family Village's funds. , although Sun Xin can afford the money, he can handle thousands of people. What if the number is doubled ten times?It just so happened that the taxes paid by these estate owners could barely be shared by him.

Two days after the owners went back, as agreed, all the villages gathered the money and grain for the first season, and informed Sun Jiazhuang to pick it up. Sun Xin sent Lu Zhishen to bring the money and grain back one by one.

Then, he began to order soldiers according to the promise he had made to the owners.

Now the population of strong men in Sunjiazhuang has gradually increased to 5000, and with the remaining men, women, old and weak, the population of the entire Zhuangzi has approached [-].

A few months ago, the permanent population of Sunjiazhuang had just reached [-], and the reason for the rapid growth was due to the situation in Shandong.

Among them, more than 1000 people were actually added within the past few months of this year.

The dealers found that Sunjiazhuang was indeed a place where they could live. Some dealers who originally planned to slowly take over their wives and children found that the situation in Shandong was in chaos, so they hurriedly asked someone to pick up their children.

Because many of the dealers are refugees from Hebei, and their homes are in the west of Qingzhou. It just so happens that Luan Tingyu is leading the first battalion to patrol the Qinglai Dengsanfu. Sun Xin and Lehe have specially prepared a Qingzhou reception for this matter. , to help the dealers find their families.

Now every time Luan Tingyu led his troops to change defenses, he had to escort many family members of the dealers back together.

The influx of so many people into Sunjiazhuang at once brought an Xiaoyangchun against the trend to Sunjiaji.

After the family members of each dealer come to Sunjiazhuang, the dealers will happily introduce the various configurations of Sunjiazhuang to these people.

The new relatives thought they were going to the countryside to farm, but they didn’t expect that there was a market that was open all year round at the gate of the village. Ling went to the market to see the lively scene, but now he can see it every day when he goes out.

Now there are a few shops in Sunjiazhuang that are well-known. The relatives of each villager always have a fixed process when they come to Sunjiaji. They don’t have to order tea at the roadside tea stand and listen to it in Ma Ziliu’s hook bar. A few shadow puppet shows, and a few catties of marinated peanuts in a shop run by an old farmer on the street. Finally, I went to Sunji to buy some straw cotton and went home to make some new clothes, and brought a catty of liquor to go home happily.

Those who have money will go to woodworking shops or fur shops to have a look. There are few expensive clothes to buy, but it is still affordable to buy a leather hat or leather earmuffs to be filial to the elderly. Naturally, to expand the house, the wood used in the woodworking workshop and the carpenters for building the house are also necessary.

Just supplying the food and drink expenses of these relatives who came to Sunjiazhuang for the first time, Sun Ji's turnover in August rushed to more than 400 taels again.

Now the housing area of ​​their Sunjiazhuang is a bit crowded.

(End of this chapter)