Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Next, as the situation gradually calms down.Wu Shigong was about to deal with some miscellaneous things.First of all, of course Wu Shigong will lead the soldiers and cooperate with the yamen servants sent by the county magistrate to stabilize the order of the entire county.

This operation went quite smoothly, with the leading party sent by the local gentry like Yao Yuanwai, the yamen servants who have rich experience in oppressing the common people, and Wu Shigong's soldiers for deterrence and protection by force.Soon, the situation in the entire county calmed down.

Of course, there were also some rioters from the county who had participated in the rebellion of the Holy Spirit Society, went up the mountains and ran into various bandit villages, and became bandits.And Wu Shigong and the others temporarily ignored those heroes who occupy the mountain as king.

The success of this operation is the result of everyone's concerted efforts.Because they all wanted to allocate the land of those rebellious people in the county who had participated in the rebellion of the Holy Spirit Society earlier.

And when Wu Shigong handed over the 1 taels of silver to the county magistrate of Qi, soon, the title deed of the more than 7000 mu of land and the grain and medicinal materials were handed over to Wu Shigong.Therefore, whether or not the government speaks of credibility to you mainly depends on your strength.

Then, Wu Shigong sent a negotiating team led by Yuan Xingshan, assisted by Chang Meng, to discuss with Yao Yuanwai and other gentry, exchange those fragments of land, and merge them into a big village near the fortress of thousands of households.

This matter was done much easier than imagined.In the eyes of Yao Yuanwai, the local gentry and the small officials in charge of land affairs in the county government, in fact, they know exactly which piece of land is worth what price in the entire county.Therefore, the exchange is also based on evidence.

In addition, Wu Shigong also made some concessions, and soon, the big Zhuangzi was formed.However, Wu Shigong also made some concessions. He promised to use his mules and horses to transport more water to the surrounding gentry's land as much as possible.

The number of mules and horses seized by Wu Shigong this time is indeed a lot.There are more than 130 cows, more than 400 horses, and the rest are mules and donkeys.There are also more than [-].

Wu Shigong decided that, except for the selection of forty or so horses that could be used as war horses, all other mules and horses would be devoted to drought relief work.

In fact, not all horses can become war horses.Horses are also divided into war horses and pack horses.Of course, pack horses can barely be used as cavalry horses.On the battlefield, if you don't care about it, no one will take care of you if you charge on a donkey.

However, if the cavalry does not ride a strictly trained horse to fight, the loss of the horse will increase, and even endanger the safety of the cavalry.This time, after Wu Shigong launched the farewell charge, the four or five horses he lost were actually the pack horses he captured in the ruined temple.

However, the war horse Wu Shigong bought from his eldest brother Wu Shixun and the horses brought by the guards Xue Yongli from Yangwuhou Mansion did not suffer any damage.Therefore, Wu Shigong asked Zheng Zhen to go to his eldest brother Wu Shixun to buy some war horses instead of buying horses at the local mule and horse market in Guide Mansion.

For cavalry, the ideal state is of course to bring two horses, one is a war horse, and the other is a pack horse carrying armor and weapons.Of course, a better state is to have two war horses and one pack horse.In this case, the cavalry will be able to transfer, greatly improving the mobility of the cavalry.

In the first half of this year, because of the drought and the rebellion of the Holy Spirit, there is basically no hope for the harvest.Wu Shigong thought about cultivating as much land as possible and harvesting some grain in the second half of the year.It seems uneconomical to use mules and horses like this, and Wu Shigong would not hesitate to do so.Because, besides food, the most precious thing now is food.

However, Wu Shigong's internal personnel also made a request to Wu Shigong because of the price of food.The person who made the request was a soldier from a former thousand households taken in by Wu Shigong.

When Wu Shigong launched the farewell charge, it was basically the guards he brought out from the capital, but this personal soldier also participated in the charge.

At that time, Wu Shigong and the others went out of the fortress of Qianhusuo in the dark and rushed to Guide City, they must not have dared to take the road.Moreover, in ancient times, there were no street lights when marching at night. If you were not familiar with the road, it was so dark that you couldn't even tell the north, south, east, and west.This soldier was familiar with the road and led Wu Shigong and the others.

Of course, this personal soldier also took Wu Shigong and the others along a local path, and he also participated in the farewell charge in the end.Because of this, other soldiers entrusted him to make a request to Wu Shigong.

The soldier's request was as follows: After Wu Shigong went to the fortress of Qianhusuo, the recruits recruited by Wu Shigong would be paid in silver and food.But now that the price of food has risen to close to one or two silver per stone, their military pay has actually depreciated in disguise.

Although these soldiers also knew that Wu Shigong was not to blame for this situation, but they were always a little unhappy in their hearts.

In fact, there is no reason for this to happen.Just like modern times, as long as the boss cuts the wages of the employees, no matter how nice he is to the employees at ordinary times, and no matter what unavoidable situations happen, the employees will always be unhappy.

In addition, there is another situation, that is, the holy spirit will cause trouble among the people, even if these soldiers have money in their hands, they have no place to buy food.In ancient times, the number of people in a family was relatively large, and the food that Wu Shigong distributed was not enough for the families of these soldiers.

After Wu Shigong understood this, he felt that this was indeed a big problem.Once this problem is not handled well, it can actually affect the stability of your soldiers.However, food is the most important strategic material for Wu Shigong now, and he will certainly not openly supply it to these soldiers.

Wu Shigong thought for a while, but found a solution from modern memory.That is - food stamps.

Wu Shigong immediately called the leaders Zheng Zhen and Xue Yongli over to discuss, and finally decided that in addition to the military salary, each soldier should be given a certain number of food coupons according to their status, the number of people in their families, and so on.Of course, military households without soldiers at home can also receive some food stamps.

And with these food stamps, they can go to Wu Shigong to buy food at the price of five yuan per shi.In this case, the military pay of the soldiers was increased in a disguised form, and the expenditure on food could be effectively controlled.But in this way, Wu Shigong's expenditure seems to be a little bigger.

The next thing is nothing more than the arrangement of those house slaves.Those young and strong, except for some who were arranged to farm in the village, the rest of the young and strong worked as coolies, and continued to build fortresses for thousands of households and irrigation ditches for Wu Shigong respectively.

But the arrangements for the elderly, weak, women and children are somewhat difficult.Wu Shigong asked some old and weak women and children to build a livestock farm to raise the captured pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks.In addition, some women were transferred, and under the leadership of Yang Goudan's wife, a quilt workshop was established.Of course, there is not much work in the current quilt workshops, basically doing sewing and mending for soldiers.

In addition, some women were also transferred to do some logistics work for the soldiers, such as cooking and cleaning.In addition, Wu Shigong selected more than 100 older boys as apprentices to enrich Yang Goudan's blacksmith workshop.

What's more troublesome is that among these domestic slaves, there are seventy to eighty orphans, and Wu Shigong finally enriched them all into his inner house.Those girls serve as maids in the inner house.

As for those boys, Wu Shigong organized them into a formation of domestic servants, and asked them not to do the work in the inner house, but mainly to gather them, manage them militarily, and train them every day.And the captain of this formation, Wu Shigong asked his apprentice Tao Xin to be the captain.And Tao Xin held this position, and the commanding officer seemed to have a good appearance.

Yao Yuanwai and the others also kept their promise, and a total of [-] young and strong people were drawn from their respective families to form a militia group.But when Wu Shigong saw those youthful appearances, he felt a little appalling.It's not that they lack arms and legs, but they are basically very thin.Even the young men in the lead are not the direct lineage of Yao Yuanwai's family, but collateral lineages.

Seeing this situation, Wu Shigong could only admit it while pinching his nose.Somebody is better than nobody.He appointed Zhou Xun as the captain of the militia, and Xue Qiang, who contributed the most this time, was the deputy captain of the militia. He took ten better-trained recruits to train the young men of the militia.

However, Xue Qiang was unwilling to accept this position, so in desperation, Wu Shigong had no choice but to let Xue Yong replace Xue Qiang.

These chores consumed a lot of Wu Shigong's energy.However, when the cavalry who escorted Li Lu came back, Wu Shigong and Xue Yongli immediately called all the leaders and all the cavalry who participated in the farewell charge, and held a summary meeting of the battle against the Holy Spirit Society.

And this summary meeting was later called the Fortress Military Conference.