In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 31 Population surge
After the deal with the Chatu tribe was completed, good news came one after another. The five Khalkha tribes in the south actually agreed to the exchange.

There was no choice. First of all, two cows and twenty sheep were exchanged for a Han slave. It was a great deal.

In addition, Huang Ben and Zhou Meng threatened them with guns and sticks, saying that the three Khalkha tribes in the north had surrendered to them and offered fifty slaves, and the Chatu tribe in the east did not dare to refuse him. The master's request was met, and a hundred slaves were traded obediently.

Under such inducements, coaxing and intimidation, the five tribes did not want to be remembered by Lin Rui and others. After some bargaining, they naturally agreed.

This was because of the various measures taken by the Jurchens in order to balance the various tribes on the grassland, which resulted in the tribes not daring to unite. Otherwise, the tribes would have stood up and called on everyone to destroy Lin Rui and the others.

So in the next few days, the five tribes brought the Han people to Lin Rui's camp and conducted exchanges.

Together, the five tribes exchanged a total of 150 people. Again, there were more women than men and no craftsmen. Lin Rui was also very helpless about this.

The cattle and sheep were also replaced with more than 300 cattle and more than 3000 sheep, which was reduced by half.

However, including the 24 people rescued from the Kashgar tribe, 50 people from the three tribes in the north, a hundred people from the Chatu tribe, and the 150 people who were exchanged later, the total number is 324 people, which is more than the old people in the camp. Three times more.

The number of people in the entire camp reached over 225, with slightly more women, 176 in total, and [-] men.

The camp was extremely lively for a while.

Fortunately, a large number of tents were seized from the Kashgar tribe, so they could easily stay in them, but there was absolutely no way they could fit inside the walls.

Therefore, in addition to storing various material weapons inside the wall, only Lin Rui and the original old man lived inside. Others could only live in tents outside the wall, and the livestock were also kept in sheds outside the wall.

In order to better manage so many people, Lin Rui also made some reorganization. First, thirteen young girls were given to Xiaocui to manage. From now on, they will be mainly responsible for herding livestock and guarding. Xiaocui was also promoted to As the general flag, the team was also named the patrol flag.

Then there were the pregnant women, a total of 32 of them, who were handed over to Guihua's management. They were mainly responsible for some light tasks, such as sewing clothes, cooking, etc. The team was named the logistics flag, and Guihua was also promoted to the general flag.

The remaining 180 women were divided into nine banners, each with 20 people, and were managed by the remaining nine veteran women. Nine of them were also promoted to general banners. All nine banners were led by Niu Sao.

These nine female flags, in addition to being equipped with scimitars and daggers, are also equipped with crossbows. In addition to training, they usually work.

In this way, there will be a total of eleven banners for women, eleven general banners and two trial hundred households. As for the small banners, they will be selected from those who have performed well in the future.

The men were also divided. First, a craftsman flag was established, with a total of 26 people. Except for three blacksmiths, the rest were all carpenters and masons with some skills. Liu Si and Wang Wu served as the left and right general flags respectively.

The remaining 150 men were all mixed with the old and new, and reorganized into five war banners, each with 30 men. Wang Gouwa and two other veterans, as well as Huang Ben and Zhou Meng, served as the general banner officers.

Each battle flag is divided into six small flags. Each small flag has a total of five people. Three of them are equipped with swords and shields, and two are equipped with spears. The original nineteen captive small flags performed well after several battles. 11 people serve as small flag officers of 30 small flags.

Some adjustments have also been made in terms of treatment and rules.

That is, the general banner and above eat small dishes alone, while small banners and ordinary people eat large pots of rice together. This is mainly reflected in the food and dishes.

Ordinary people are also divided into veterans and recruits. Recruits need not be said to have just joined, while veterans must have participated in a battle or received three months of training.

The rules are also very simple. First, you must obey the command of the young master and obey the orders. Anyone who violates the rules will be beheaded or exiled.

Second, no stealing is allowed. Violators will be severely beaten with ten army sticks and exiled.

Third, no laziness or unauthorized activities are allowed. Violators will be beaten with military sticks, and those who refuse to change despite repeated admonitions will be expelled.Fourth, women in the camp are not allowed to molest, engage in sexual immorality, or commit adultery. Violators may be beaten with military sticks, expelled, or decapitated depending on the seriousness of the case.

Fifth, no private fights are allowed, and no one is allowed to contradict or abuse the superior. Violators will be beaten with military sticks or expelled depending on the seriousness of the case.

Sixth, if all men and women want to establish a relationship and live together, first of all, one of the men and women must have a Xiaoqi or above status, and then they need to apply to Zhang Xiuying and Lin Rui himself approves before they can live together.

Seventh, all women, regardless of their status, once they establish a relationship with someone, are not allowed to have relationships with other men. Violators will be beheaded.

Eighth, if you are a small flag or below, you can only choose one woman to confirm the relationship, the general flag can choose two, and the hundred households can choose three, and so on. Once the relationship is confirmed with a woman, it cannot be changed.

After Zhang Xiuying read out the military regulations in the camp, everyone loudly supported it and no one raised any objection.

Although some of the regulations are quite strict, compared to the days in the Ming Dynasty or after being captured, this place is undoubtedly a paradise. At least you can have enough food and clothing, you will not be bullied in the future, and you can make meritorious service and get promoted.

"Brothers and sisters, from now on we must unite and build a beautiful home together. Both men and women must work hard to practice their instinct to kill enemies and be ready to defend our homes, women and livestock at any time!"

"Next, we will rebuild a castle so that everyone can live in a house in the future, and at the same time increase our safety protection..."

Lin Rui looked at the black mass of heads below, clenching his fists, surging with passion, and bursting with some ambitions that he had never dared to think about before.

The space inside the earthen wall was too small, and living outside was definitely not a long-term solution, so he planned to build a large castle next to it, and then connect the two castles with an earthen wall.

In the future, people will be housed in big castles and livestock will be kept in small castles, and they will be able to support each other along the earthen walls. This will greatly improve their defense capabilities and at the same time greatly improve their living conditions.

After much thought, Lin Rui finally decided to build a big castle based on the earth buildings of the Fujian Hakka people in his previous life.

The castle is also ring-shaped, with a diameter of 100 meters, and will be built near the earthen wall, not exceeding [-] meters.

The outer wall is built with rammed earth and is expected to be six meters high, one and a half meters thick, with a total length of more than 300 meters.

Inside, adobe bricks are used to cut five-meter-high and five-meter-long walls along the wall, with each wall spaced three meters apart.

Then they laid out planks, covered them with hay, and then smeared them with a layer of mud. They lived in earth houses below during normal times, and went up to the roof to defend themselves during wartime.

The only disadvantage is that it may leak on rainy days, but as long as the rain is not heavy, it is still no problem. Fortunately, there is not much rain on the grassland.

Unfortunately, due to the lack of suitable wood, it can only be designed in this way, so that each room is only five meters long, three meters wide and four meters high, which is similar to a cave dwelling.

However, this way we can also build more rooms along the wall, at least dozens of them, and then build a large warehouse and canteen in the middle. It is really not much different from the earth buildings in Fujian.

Zhang Xiuying, Sister Niu and others were stunned when they looked at the sketch drawn by Lin Rui.

No one thought that the castle could be built like this, but they all felt that it was very suitable for the environment they were in now.

So in the following days, more than 300 men and women went into battle, training in the morning and working in the afternoon and evening. Under the leadership of Lin Rui, they were busy.

(End of this chapter)