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Chapter 1400 Enfeoffment (4)

"That's a good idea, but why do you have to cover your face?" Zhou Wen asked curiously.

"After all, my lord still needs to develop in the empire. If outsiders see my appearance, I'm afraid it will spread to the empire and cause trouble. Moreover, after my lord owns Mingyue City, I can also get the support of Mingyue City in the development of the empire. At least my lord doesn't have to worry about manpower and money. Question, Mingyue City can provide an endless supply.

"With these supports, I believe that my lord will definitely ascend to a high position in the empire!" Oakd said excitedly.

Zhao Hu felt a little dizzy, his original intention was just to train soldiers, why has it become so complicated now?
But thinking about having Mingyue City as the base, my subordinates also have a place to live. After all, this place is not like the officer's territory that will be deprived at any time. Even if it is not deprived, once it is promoted, moving to a new territory is also a troublesome matter.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hu agreed with Oakd's statement.

"My lord, what kind of name are you going to choose? What is the flag like?" Zhou Wen asked enthusiastically.

Zhao Hu subconsciously remembered his own name, and said directly: "Let's call it Qin Han, according to the habits of the southeast peninsula, the faction is called the Qin family, and the flag is red with a lightning bolt in the middle.

After confirming the name and flag, Zhou Wen went to find someone to make the flag, while Sun Jie and Oaked continued to discuss things with Zhao Hu.

Oakd said: "My lord, I checked the information and found that it is recorded in the files that the Mingyue City has a sphere of influence of more than 1 square kilometers, a population of more than 30, and the registered farmland stone height is more than 120 million stones. But apart from the rich and powerful, those who can own land are big businessmen with connections.

"It's just that the land occupied by these people is less than ten percent of the total area. In other words, 90.00% of the land is controlled by the Lord Mingyue, that is, in your hands."

"So many! No wonder Morde and the others are so eager for land." Zhao Hu sighed.

One hundred square kilometers of one's own territory is very vast, and the owner of Mingyue City owns nine thousand square kilometers of land!

Thinking of this, Zhao Hu asked: "By the way, is the production of more than 120 million stones more or less for Mingyue City?"

"It's rare. According to the archives, Mingyue City's farmland development is only 20.00%, which is [-] square kilometers of farmland." Oaked said.

"How many acres of land is this?" Sun Jie murmured, he was not good at arithmetic at all, the number of 50 billion copper coins was told to him by his subordinates.

"One square kilometer is one hundred hectares, and one hectare is one hundred hectares, which means that there are 2000 million hectares of farmland in Yuecheng." Oaked said.

"2000 million hectares! I remember that one stone is one hundred liters of grain, right? Is the land in Mingyue City so poor? According to the number of acres, it is impossible to produce more than 120 million stones!" Sun Jie said in shock.

"The yield per mu here is only about six liters, and the harvest of more than 2000 million hectares is just over 120 million stones." Aokede said.

"My God! There is not even a bucket of grain per mu. It is absolutely poor. How dare you say that there is no shortage of grain with this yield? Pooh!" Sun Jie said angrily.

"There's no way around it. The metal mines in the southeast peninsula are so dense and huge. It's okay to have this output. And they really have no shortage of food. One liter of rations a day is enough to feed a soldier.

"According to this calculation, 120% of the 30 million shi can feed [-] people in Mingyue City, and there is still a surplus of food." Oaked said.

"Okay, you know so much in just one day, much better than me." Sun Jie joked.

"It's not my job. All these detailed information are stored in the Tianshou Pavilion." Oakd waved his hand hurriedly.

Seeing that these two guys almost forgot about himself, Zhao Hu smiled and said: "From this point of view, the so-called Shigao territory of the lowest retainer, [-] shi, as Mode said, is enough to cover a thousand hectares of land. ? If you subdivide ten, one square kilometer will be gone?"

Oakd immediately realized that he was neglecting his lord, and quickly said respectfully: "If the land is divided according to the output, it is true."

Sun Jie is also a knowledgeable person, and hurriedly said: "My lord, according to Lao Dao's report, they have wiped out hundreds of powerful families who came to Mingyue City after the call. If you deduct those surrendered Shigao territories, your lord at least controls 90.00% of the land."

"It can't be so many, right?" Zhao Hu, who knew Sun Jie's mood, said with a smile.

"Indeed, there are so many, because according to the data, apart from the powerful clans in the local area, the direct retainers of Mingyue City have the highest feudal title of no more than a thousand stones. So after clearing out most of the wealthy clans, your lord indeed controls 90.00% of the land." Oakd said seriously.

Zhao Hu smiled and changed the subject: "By the way, I still don't understand what the banner here means. Does it only refer to the troops directly under me?"

Sun Jie didn't say a word about this question, while Oakd smiled and said: "My lord, in fact, my subordinates don't know, but according to the literal understanding, the banner probably refers to the main formation under the banner, that is, the troops directly under the banner, but The vassals are also your direct subordinates, so they should also be the banner."

Zhao Hu nodded and said, "Oh, it's been like this ever since. By the way, tell me how to divide up these retainers who have defected to us. Seven thousand elite soldiers are under their control."

Now that it has been decided to use this place as a base, it is necessary to deal with those vassals. They cannot throw Mingyue City to them as previously decided.

"My lord, take advantage of the opportunity of enfeoffment to absorb them all into the banner, right? That way you won't be afraid that those soldiers will be controlled by your retainers. Anyway, you have so much land." Sun Jie suggested.

After he knew that the land yield was so low, he immediately ignored the land.In other words, one stone of grain is only the price of four silver coins.

Thinking of this, Sun Jie suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and hurriedly said: "My lord, the price of grain in the empire is four silver coins for one stone, which is four hundred copper coins. I wonder how much the grain price is here?"

Zhao Hu was surprised at first that he was talking about enfeoffment, why he suddenly jumped to the food price, but soon he thought of something and looked at Oakd.

After thinking for a while, Oaked said: "One stone here is about two guan, that is, about two thousand copper coins. However, in times of war and disasters, the price even exceeds one gold and one stone."

"Hey, you can make a lot of money just by selling grain. The empire's grain is very rich." Sun Jie immediately laughed.

Oakd didn't dare to speak this time, so he brought the topic back: "My lord, what Mr. Sun Jie said is that it is the best way to collect all these rogues and those surrendered soldiers as banners."

This is indeed a good way. The custom here is the Shi Gao system. If you don't divide the land to your subordinates, your subordinates will definitely rebel. Those retainers and bandits are all here for this.

If it is organized like the imperial army, it will definitely mutiny immediately. With tens of thousands of soldiers and the local forces that have not yet stabilized, they can definitely swallow up these thousands of people.

Zhao Hu frowned slightly: "In this way, there must be more than ten thousand soldiers, each fifty stone high, half of the stone height in Mingyue City has been lost, and the rations of the people cannot be guaranteed at all, and those retainers still need to be divided."

Oakd was stunned for a moment, and then said dumbfoundedly: "My lord, the lowest retainer is only fifty stones, and those soldiers just give one stone and two stones to maintain the master-slave relationship."

Sun Jie interjected again: "My lord, this subordinate thinks that we should reposition the retainers. Those who are the head servants of the group are ugly, and they only look like a few levels. It seems that there are too few levels."

"Oh, then how do you change it?" Zhao Hu laughed.

Sun Jie rolled his eyes, slapped his thigh and said, "Since they are all banner books, let's decide like this: Banner Ding, Banner Soldiers, Banner Zheng, Banner Head, Banner Team, Banner Chief, Banner Attendant General, Banner General, General Banner, Old Banner, Old Banner, Old Banner, these twelve ranks are enough for those retainers to climb."

Oakd was stunned. He obviously didn't expect that Sun Jie could come up with this hierarchical system in a brainstorm. It seems that no one should underestimate it.

Zhao Hu thought for a while and smiled: "It seems that you did it according to the rank of the imperial army. Banners are recruits, right? This system is good, but the flag characters of the next few ranks behind the flag servants are not required, and they are all changed. It’s easier to pronounce it in two words.”

Oakd heard this and thought about it, and smiled impressively, isn't it? Generals, generals, and generals correspond to second lieutenants, lieutenants, and captains, and middle-aged elders, family elders, and old elders correspond to majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels.

But what about the major general?Hey, how can there be a general in this chaotic place, you must know that your lord is only a major.

Oakd thought for a while, and suggested: "My lord, according to my subordinates, it is better to formulate their stone heights like this: one stone for the flag, two stone for the soldiers, five stone for the flag, ten stone for the head, and twenty stone for the flag team. , Fifty stones for the head of the flag, one hundred stones for the servants, two hundred stones for the generals, five hundred stones for the generals, one thousand stones for the middle-aged and elderly, five thousand stones for the family elders, and ten thousand stones for the elders.

"Banners can only be beheaded one level before they can become a banner soldier, and Banners can only be beheaded by ten levels before they can become a banner leader. By analogy, it is calculated in the same way as the imperial meritorious service. What do you think?"

"Okay, I'll leave the grouping task to you." Zhao Hu smiled.

Although Sun Jie was a little uncomfortable, who told Oakd to take most of the credit for his proposal with a few words?However, due to their different positions and good relationship, Sun Jie just muttered a few times before returning to normal, and even started to laugh at Oked for a long time, he was going to be as busy as a dog.

(End of this chapter)