Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 161 Transformation Problem

"Master Huang, the new deputy commander, has paid his salary."

Blowing like a gust of wind, the news immediately stirred up waves in the old camp.Whether it was the soldiers of the old camp or the military households, they rushed into the barracks happily.

The family members of the military households in the old camp who heard the news, whether they were old people, women, or children, crowded outside the barracks to watch, chatting and discussing excitedly how much food and salary their men would receive later. , What to do after receiving the salary.

On the school field in the barracks, soldiers were densely packed.The Wuzhaibao army had all dismounted from their horses and sat neatly aside, silent and serious.On the other side are the battalion soldiers and military households of the old camp. Compared with the sergeants of Wuzhai Fort, these people can be said to be sitting or standing. They just crowd around and chatter happily. They didn't care about management, they just happily discussed with each other.

According to the book, there are 450 soldiers in the Laoyingbao battalion.There are 270 military households.Of course, there are also many people who are empty-paid.However, if calculated according to the book, ordinary soldiers are one tael per month, and military officers are calculated at one tael to eight taels per person, and the military salary is nearly 5000 taels a month.The soldiers of the old camp hadn't received their military pay for half a year, and they also had winter clothes, which had to be distributed.There is also a large sum of money for horse feed.

Fortunately, Huang Laifu was well prepared. This time, he brought in countless large boxes, which were full of white silver, nearly 10 taels.It is enough to deal with the problem of military pay and the subsequent development of the old camp fort.

According to Huang Laifu's old method in Wuzhai Fort, when the soldiers received their rations, they gave them by roll call one by one, and did not pass through the officers.

On the battlefield of the barracks, Huang Laifu and Ma Jiuying were sitting on it, and Jiang Dazhong led some servants to guard.Guard Liu Zhengwei of Laoyingbao, General Manager Liang Zhiping, General Manager Xie Qingkui, and General Xu Zhongtai accompanied him with smiling faces.

"Sergeant Wang's wealth, military pay, a total of six taels, and a set of winter clothes, are charged here."

"Sergeant Xu Zhenzhong, the military pay is six taels, and a set of winter clothes, here is charged..."

"Baizhu Zhu Tangsheng, the military salary is 15 taels, and a set of winter clothes, here to pledge..."

"sergeant……"

Some of Huang Laifu's servants were distributing the military pay. The soldiers of the old camp who had been called by their names rubbed their hands one by one, came up happily, drew a duck egg on the roster, and after receiving their military pay and winter clothes, one by one Kowtowing excitedly to Huang Laifu above, Huang Laifu just nodded with a smile.

Moreover, these sergeants, after receiving their military pay, found that all the silver they got was ten percent, and they weighed it with silver scales on the spot, without any deductions, and they did not fill up with some thick, black and inferior silver.

And the winter coat was actually a woolen military overcoat recently produced by Wuzhaibao.That set of clothes also included thousand-soled cloth shoes, while the officers wore leather military shoes, thick socks, and a set of underwear.In particular, the woolen military coat felt very warm and comfortable when touched, which surprised the sergeants of the old camp.

When they got off the field, many of them couldn't wait to put on their general uniforms, looked at each other, and smiled silly at each other.Wearing this kind of woolen military coat, everyone will show a bit of heroism. Presumably, those big girls and daughters-in-law will have a bit of reverie when they see such a spirited soldier.

Liu Zhengwei and the others on the stage, seeing Huang Laifu's majestic appearance, couldn't help but take a deep breath, thinking that Mr. Huang is really rich and powerful.At the same time, he thought to himself that it was a pity that he couldn't handle so much money and military uniforms, so how much fat was missing.

In the usual old camp fort, after the military salary was allocated, it was distributed by the deputy chief soldier. He first deducted part of it and used it to equip the servants who supported him.Then after the officers received it, they had to deduct part of it, and finally the food and pay went to the ordinary soldiers, and there was not much money left.

It was so easy for the money-greedy deputy commander to leave. Liu Zhengwei and the others thought that it was their turn to take care of the benefits. Unexpectedly, Huang Laifu came up with this trick, which completely cut off these people's greed for money.But these officers thought so in their hearts, but they didn't dare to show it on their faces, let alone say anything.Xu Zhongtai, the former deputy commander in chief's relative, looked at him and was secretly surprised. Seeing how Mr. Huang Laifu looked like, he didn't deduct his military salary. I don't know how his servants were raised?Is it all according to what others say, all relying on farming?
At the end of the military payment, Huang Laifu found that there were nearly 500 people in the camp who were not paid. Among the military households, half of them had fled. Most of the remaining military households were old and weak.Liu Zhengwei and others were very embarrassed and panicked, but Huang Laifu remained calm and didn't say anything. All this was within his expectation, and he escaped as soon as he escaped, which saved him a lot of money.

He just announced that all the officers, soldiers and military households in the old camp today will have a day off. We will talk about the specifics until tomorrow. Immediately, all the soldiers left happily, men and women, adults and children, crowded to the gate of the barracks noisily, and then, Everyone went to their own goals.

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On that day, Huang Laifu's main task was to arrange for the Wuzhaibao army to enter the Laoyingbao barracks. Huang Laifu unceremoniously gave the best battalion to his army.Compared with the barracks in Wuzhaibao, the barracks in Laoyingbao can be said to be dilapidated, without many living facilities. It is conceivable that for a long time in the future, the Wuzhaibao army will be faced with the repair of their own living environment Improve questions.

Huang Laifu lives in the Deputy Commander's Mansion and the old Yingbao official office. The environment is good. It is a typical courtyard with water, trees, and a small garden. It can be seen that the original owner spent a lot of energy on decoration and decoration. This house.Now that he is gone, Huang Laifu, the new owner, unceremoniously takes it as his own.

The next day, accompanied by Liu Zhengwei and other former officers of the old camp, Huang Laifu led Jiang Dazhong and other servants to inspect the inside and outside of the old camp.Father-in-law Ma Jiuying was tired and just slept in the vice commander's mansion. The old camp was too bitter, so he planned to return to Wuzhai Fort in a few days, and it was still comfortable there.

In the old camp castle in early spring, although the peach trees outside the castle were blooming, it was still very cold and icicles could be seen everywhere.
"My lord, this is the granary, that is the fodder yard, and that is the salt store. This is the temple stage, there are six places in the fort, and there are wells in the fort. There are four eyes in the fort, but three of them are dry. There is only one glance inside, and most of the soldiers have to go to the Guan River outside the fort to pick up water. That is the archway. That street is called Gongjia Lane, and that street is called Jianjia Lane. All the soldiers in the fort live Households, usually make some bows and arrows..."

On the various streets in the castle, Liu Zhengwei pointed out to Huang Laifu one by one, while carefully answering Huang Laifu's words.This thin and tall guard believes in the principle of being cautious in life and doing things. Now that Huang Laifu has become his boss, Liu Zhengwei is even more cautious in his speech and behavior.

Huang Laifu nodded. If there are any characteristics of the military forts in Northwest Shanxi, it is that there are many temples and archways, and the military households lack spiritual life. Their biggest hobby is watching theaters.There is also this water source. There is a general shortage of water in Northwest Shanxi, especially in the old camp fort, where there are thousands of people, but there is only one well left. It seems that several more underground wells need to be drilled in the fort.

And this street... Huang Laifu couldn't help but frowned when he saw the bumpy, dusty dirt road "street" in front of him, and the low, dilapidated houses next to him. Huang Laifu was not used to being in this military fort at the level of a remote township. It seemed that the renovation of the old camp fort was imminent.

When Huang Laifu and others were walking and talking on the street, some women and children gathered around from time to time to watch curiously from a distance.When Huang Laifu and others looked at it, they were fearful again, swarming away further away with a bang, and then slowly approached.

Many people showed shy smiles when they met the gazes of Huang Laifu and others, especially those children in ragged clothes, sucking their thumbs and just watching.However, Huang Laifu could tell that the family members of the military households in the fort looked much better today than yesterday. It was obvious that after the family members received their food and wages, they had a lot of hope, and the smiles on their faces were bright some.

Coming to the city wall, compared with the inside of the fort, the fort wall of the old camp fort is very solidly built, all of which are covered with bricks and stones. Nearly [-] horse faces protrude irregularly from the [-]-step city wall on Friday. , each of which is ten meters square.When soldiers are approaching the city, they can double their troops on horseback to flank the enemy.

Laoyingbao has three city gates, east, south and west, and there is no north gate, because the north is the Mongolian tribe, of course no passage to the north can be opened.Inside each fort gate, there is an urn city, and there are two stone plaques on the front of each gate.

The four characters "Weifu Jinbei" are engraved on the stone plaque on the inner gate of the urn city in the east gate, and the regular script "Old Yingcheng" is engraved on the stone plaque on the outer gate of the urn city, with the words "Six years of Wanli" signed on it.On the stone plaque on the inner door of Ximen Urn City, the four characters "Shuo Key of Northern Jin" are inscribed in regular script.The four characters "Weiwang Guanhe" in regular script are inscribed on the stone plaque on the front of the outer gate, and both plaques are signed "Eight Years of Wanli".On the stone plaque on the inner gate of the south gate urn, the four characters "Nankong Yanning" in regular script are engraved inscribed, and the words "Eight Years of Wanli" are signed.

Along the city wall, Huang Laifu came to the hillside of the north wall. The top of the slope is nearly 200 meters higher than the old camp, so the view here is wide. Standing on the top of the hill, you can overlook the whole city and look far away.

Watching Huang Laifu look at the stone-built pass and pass tower beside him, Liu Zhengwei explained: "The hillsides around the city are flat, especially the north slope, which is even more dangerous. On the other hand, it is difficult to stand guarding the Pi. If one place is defeated and the whole city is lost, this is the hidden worry of the future. Therefore, in the fifth year, a brick building was built on this slope to prevent the captives who climbed high. In this way, they can protect Shouwuyou"

Huang Laifu nodded, looking around, he saw winding mountains around the fort, mostly loess hills, the Guan River came from the east, passed the fort, and went west like a jade belt.Huang Laifu looked at his laptop, and according to the data, the river passes through the city of Pianguan and finally flows into the Yellow River. He thought to himself: "The banks of this river should be able to farm fields, right?"

After leaving the fort, Huang Laifu visited the fort for another week, and finally said: "Let's go to the Guan River to have a look."

What Huang Laifu is most concerned about is the issue of farming in the old camp in the future. He can't let the thousands of soldiers and military households in the old camp just eat and not work. Wouldn't he die at a loss?

(End of this chapter)