A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 321 Hidden danger
Although Baoanzhou is becoming more and more prosperous, the streets are very tidy and clean everywhere, which is in stark contrast to the filth and chaos of other towns.

There are many bathing places in the city, and the fees are so low that anyone can afford it. These are the important reasons why there has been no epidemic in Baoan Prefecture for several years.

There are no refugees and beggars everywhere in the whole prefecture. I heard that Baoan prefecture has a special shelter.As soon as the refugees entered the various intersections in the state, they would be strictly checked by soldiers for road guides and household stickers. Those who did not have these identification documents would be forcibly taken in, and arrangements would be made after thorough investigation.

What surprised Ye Xizhi and Qin Yi was the tight local organization. Unlike the Lijia system in other places in Ming Dynasty, which was paralyzed and abolished, the local Baojia system in Baoan Prefecture formed a very tight grassroots control network.

Regardless of whether migrants are renting houses, doing business or working, they must have local military households as guarantors. If any spies are found and the head of the household fails to report, the ten households in A will be convicted together.Under this kind of strict control network, it is very difficult for foreign spies to hide.

After the two of Ye Xizhi lived in the inn, they were almost investigated by the shopkeeper for three generations.

The first feeling is that the local people in Baoan Prefecture are very wary of outsiders, they are extremely united, and even somewhat xenophobic.They are also very proud, boasting that they are residents of Taoyuan.

Of course, they have something to be proud of. They are the first county in Xuanfu Town of Daming, or even the entire North of Ming Dynasty, where there is no banditry, the first county where ordinary people can have enough to eat, and the first county where they don’t go out. A place for refugees and starving people.In Daming's current situation, it is an achievement worth mentioning.

The two of Ye Xizhi traveled to many places. Compared with other places, they found that the people here seem to have something more. The two discussed for a long time, and finally summed up four words: self-confidence and high spirits.The people here are full of hope for life, which is very different from the numbness and fear of residents elsewhere. This unique temperament is impressive.

Speaking of which, the residents of Baoan Prefecture have just entered the food and clothing, and there are many richer places than other places, but the life here is stable and calm, not as precarious as other places.In the past few years, many wealthy households have immigrated to Baoanzhou because of the stability and safety here.

In addition to these people, the nearby people are even more eager to come in. They do part-time jobs for the local people, sell handicrafts, or join the official plowing team, various mines and livestock farms, etc., do everything possible to find a local household registration, Especially the military household registration, and finally moved the family to live a stable life.Although life is hard, there is always hope.

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"General Dingguo is a genius. He didn't want to train a world-renowned strong army, and his political theory is so outstanding. Brother Gongfu, it is not so easy for me to make the general look good and take him under his command."

Ye Xizhi stared out of the window for a long time, and said to Qin Yi with emotion.

Qin Yi, however, was carefully looking at a row of patrolling men and horses passing by on the street. They were all dressed in brand-new mandarin duck battle jackets, red military hats on their heads, and their hands resting on their waist knives.The heroic posture of looking forward to self-importance is in stark contrast to the sluggishness of the Ming army elsewhere.

These are just patrol soldiers in the city. I heard that most of them are recruits who have not been training for a long time. Qin Yi and the two of them were lucky to meet the field soldiers in Baoan Prefecture.No wonder they were invincible against Dongnu.

Baoan Prefecture is also a model of peace between the army and the people. It is rare to hear news of soldiers disturbing the people. Those soldiers patrolled past, which made the people feel at ease.

Looking at the streets full of traffic, bustling with people, and people with various accents passing by, Qin Yi laughed and said meaningfully: "Is the golden scale a thing in the pond? It turns into a dragon in a storm. With the talent of the general of the country, Don't just talk about Bao'an Prefecture, even the entire East Road, I'm afraid it won't be able to hide this hidden dragon."

"Brother Shaobai, you and I are useful, so we don't need to slander ourselves, we can definitely show what we have learned."

From Qin Yi's point of view, Baoan Prefecture is not without shortcomings in terms of politics, and there are many places to be explored.After staying in the inn yesterday, Ye Xizhi lamented that "it's not easy to live in a safe place". Compared with other counties and counties, the prices here are significantly higher.

The two of them inquired a little bit, and combined with their own analysis, they understood.

Since the ninth year of Chongzhen, General Dingguo has fully reclaimed farmland in Baoan Prefecture, allocated fields and land to all military households, and gave seeds to cattle.The tax was exempted for one year at the beginning, and the tax was collected from the second year, and the grain was divided into the lower field, the middle field, and the upper field, and one to two buckets of grain were collected respectively.

In fact, this tax amount is quite high, but because the tax is collected in kind, and there is no layer upon layer of exploitation, each military household has [-] acres of land and one stone of grain harvested per mu. After paying the tax and grain, they have a lot of money left over.Most of these grains are stored by themselves.

In the past, because of all kinds of diesel, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea, the common people had to sell food for themselves in addition to food, but Baoanzhou is different, and almost every household of their children has joined the army.After the battle, there will be rewards for the capture. In the 11th year of the Chongzhen War, I heard that General Dingguo fought and regained a population of 20, and countless silver and grain.

After these rewards, almost every sergeant received a few taels, or even dozens of taels of silver, and the officers were even more.With the money in hand, there was no need for them to sell grain.Moreover, due to the hunger and cold in the past few years, the local people seem to be frightened by hunger. In addition to buying daily necessities and improving their lives, the money in their hands is used to buy food.

The local rice shop was quickly empty, and even the supply of cloth, salt and tea was in short supply, and the price of goods rose all the way.Seeing that it was profitable, businessmen from other places came to Baoanzhou to set up shop and do business.Of course, at this time, there was a severe drought in the north, constant military disasters, and refugees gathering.There are also few grain goods that can be shipped from neighboring states and counties.

If grain and rice goods are transported as far as Taiyuan, or even further south, the price will be further raised.What's more, the people's sense of smell is sensitive, and they feel that troubled times are approaching. Even if some people and gentry have food, they would rather hoard it than sell it, lest they get back some useless money that cannot be eaten and drank.

Unknowingly, Baoan Prefecture has already had some chaos in the south of the Yangtze River in the late Ming Dynasty——

In the late Ming Dynasty, commerce in the south of the Yangtze River was overdeveloped, causing farmers to vigorously plant cash crops, but they were unwilling to grow food.In the end, Jiangnan, known as the granary, could not even be self-sufficient in its own food, let alone supply the northern land of the Ming Dynasty.

Hundreds of millions of taels of silver poured in from overseas. There were few physical objects and more silver taels. Prices in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River rose rapidly, and the people suffered so much that they went bankrupt one after another.

The local residents in Baoan Prefecture are all full of rice tanks, and these rising prices have little impact on them.However, those foreign merchants and people who came to Baoanzhou to make a living complained endlessly. Although they were full of hope, they also felt that it was not easy to make a living in Baoanzhou.

"Inflation", Qin Yi and the others don't understand the term "later generations", but they can feel the undercurrent in it.How to deal with this problem will test the vision and ability of those in power in Baoan Prefecture.

Of course, these problems are also one of the opportunities for the two of Qin Yi to make a living.

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Old White Bull:
I feel that the new volume has a lot of affairs and it is quite difficult to write. I just participated in the annual meeting of the starting point, and the update will be suspended from the 9th to the 13th. I will make up the rest after I clear my mind.

Apologies to the book friends.

(End of this chapter)