Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 162 The Tree Can't Live
Accompanied by Liu Zhengwei and others, Huang Laifu walked westward along the south bank of the Guanhe River. Along both sides of the river, there were some riverside beaches from time to time.The further you go, the wider the river becomes.

From the Dahe Bend next to the old camp to the Chenjia camp near Pianguan, this is the defense area of ​​the old camp, and the fields in this area are naturally owned by the old camp.

Different from Wuzhai Fort in Yimapingchuan in the south, there are many mountains and valleys in Pianguan.There are not many beaches along the river here. Although there are some fields belonging to military households on the bank, they are far from the flat fields on the banks of the Qinglian River in Wuzhaibao.

Not to mention the unevenness of the fields, just like the previous problems in Wuzhaibao, the Guanhe River has dried up a lot, and irrigation has become more and more inconvenient.Moreover, most of the farmland here is occupied by some military officers.

But right now these fields, because of the bad times, not to mention that the military officers are unwilling to operate them, even the local military households are unwilling to cultivate them.Because once farming, you have to pay various taxes, although the court has exempted grain and rice from returning to the warehouse.But farming, although not much rice grain can be collected, there will still be local guards and local taxes.Therefore, the land on both sides of the Guan River has been idle for many years.

But this is also good, Huang Laifu happened to collect all the land and use it for himself. According to the information in his laptop about the partial pass of later generations, the county has a total of 54 mu of cultivated land. If it is used, it is necessary to feed the local garrison population. Done without problems.However, Pianguan has a colder climate than Wuzhaibao, so we can only grow naked oats along the Guan River.

Regarding the fields, Liu Zhengwei and others didn't pay much attention to them, because they were in the battalion system and usually only relied on the imperial court for payment.However, when Laoyingbao was in middle school in the early Ming Dynasty, it used to be a guard house. There used to be more than 1000 military households in the middle.

Of course, the military households in the old camp fort escaped, and the rest became the field soldiers and handymen in the fort. They did all the dirty work.In addition, these military households also had to guard some fire road piers.

The hereditary Qianhu of the old camp in the old camp is called Shi Ze, who is in his 40s, with thick dark skin and wrinkled faces. He also accompanied Huang Laifu, and Huang Laifu asked why the fields around the old camp were abandoned.

He hurriedly said respectfully: "Master Huihuang, our old camp has always been dry and short of water, and the field can't produce food. I heard from the older generation that in the past, when the local weather was good, one mu of land could only produce six or six acres at most. Dou’s wheat is drought year after year, the water in the Guan River is getting less and less, and the water in many wells has dried up, and the output is getting less and less. Everyone thinks it’s not worthwhile, so they simply don’t plant it. Not only our old camp, but also It's the same in the area of ​​Pianguan."

Huang Laifu remained silent. The condition of the Old Camp Fort was really the same as that of Wuzhai Fort, but in comparison, the condition of Wuzhai Fort was much better than that of Old Ying Fort. Look at the Guan River in front of you. Not to mention the ruggedness along the river, the river The amount of water is also getting less and less.I don't know if it will be able to meet the needs of irrigation in the future.

Shi Ze sighed again: "I heard from the older generation that the reason why our old Yingbao and Pianguan are often dry, apart from not raining, is because there are no trees on the ground. Without trees, there will be no water to support people. what."

Huang Laifu said, "Have you ever planted trees before?"

Shi Ze said: "My lord, I heard from the older generation that the military households used to plant trees, but the land did not hold water, and the trees were difficult to survive. The forest seedlings were planted slope by slope, and after a few years, they were half grown again. The slope and half slope died in the ground. The remaining trees, even if they survived, are small old trees that have not grown thick for decades. These trees have not been exposed to the wind. The wind blows in one direction and twists in one direction. Everyone says that when a foreigner comes to Pianguan or Laoyingbao, whenever he sees the tree twisting in one direction, he has arrived in Laoyingbao.”

Having said that, he smiled wryly, his face became more wrinkled, and Liu Zhengwei and others also laughed.

Huang Laifu also smiled, shook his head, and thought to himself, regarding the issue of planting trees, there seems to be no local solution, so he went back and checked the materials by himself, and looked at the materials of later generations.

March 1592, 3 AD.

It has been three days since I arrived at the old camp fort. After carefully inspecting the situation inside and outside the fort, Huang Laifu began to prepare for various rectification work of the old camp fort.First of all, it is the selection of thousands of officers and soldiers in the old camp.Huang Laifu planned to select some young and strong men to join the army, and the rest to farm.Spring plowing is about to begin, and we must pay close attention to the farming of the old camp.

At this time, in the old camp fort barracks, the place is in full swing.Because the selection of soldiers has already begun.Guard Liu Zhengwei of Laoyingbao, General Manager Liang Zhiping, General Manager Xie Qingkui, and General Xu Zhongtai accompanied them to watch.

At this moment, they were all stunned, they did not expect that the selection of Wuzhaibao soldiers was so strict.Xu Zhongtai was even more heartbroken. He originally wanted all his servants to join Huang Laifu's servant team. After all, these people were originally servants of the former deputy commander, and they were all the strongest among the officers and soldiers of the old camp. It can be regarded as an elite soldier.

However, after seeing Huang Laifu's method of selecting soldiers, these former servants, not to mention continuing to become Huang Laifu's servants, but whether they can enter the Wuzhaibao army is a problem.

Including the military households, thousands of old battalion officers and soldiers lined up aside and came over one by one to take turns to be selected.

Like the original Wuzhai Fort, the selection of soldiers in the arena is divided into several procedures.Look at height, look at face, look at physical strength, look at endurance, etc. **, as well as the old and the weak, etc., these people are absolutely not acceptable.

After a series of selections, such as looking at the appearance, looking at the physical strength, lifting the stone lock, and bearing the weight of endurance, including the military households and battalion soldiers in the old camp, there are more than 500 males left in the old camp, and there are 500 candidates. He joined the Wuzhaibao army and became a member of Huang Laifu's soldiers.

As for the servants, these soldiers from the old camp have not been selected for the time being, because the servants of Huang Laifu are all the elite of the Wuzhaibao army, and only very good veterans can be selected. There are only 500 members of the Zhaibao family.

Those who want to become Huang Laifu's servants will depend on their performance in the future.However, different from other places, the army in other places used to deduct the military salary to support the servants of the general. This phenomenon did not exist in Huang Laifu's army. Although the soldiers envied those servants, they all felt at ease.

After realizing this, Xu Zhongtai, the former deputy commander-in-chief, also became a member of the Wuzhaibao army with hope, and continued to lead the more than 300 old servants.These people are worthy of being servants, they are all in good physical condition, and all of them have been selected.

Huang Laifu had already announced the treatment of the Wuzhaibao army, as well as various rewards, pensions, beheadings, etc., and the tall, powerful and elite Wuzhaibao officers and soldiers next to him were examples. ?It’s just that this method of selecting troops has a too high elimination rate. Those who pass are triumphant, and those who fail, feel sorry for themselves, and have to stand aside dejectedly.

After the army of the old camp fort was strictly selected, the selected 2000 soldiers became part of Huang Laifu's army. From now on, these people will be trained professionally and will not participate in the usual chores of the old camp fort.The remaining more than [-] people will be organized into farm soldiers, who will be engaged in various chores while farming.

In terms of treatment, after being selected, the sergeants will be treated the same as the Wuzhaibao army. The Zhaibao farm system, as long as you work hard, the prospects are also very good.

In this way, Huang Laifu had two battalions including the left-behind soldiers of Wuzhai Fort, which were stationed in Wuzhai Fort and Laoying Fort.The battalion of Wuzhai Fort is called the Laifu Camp.Huang Laifu named the battalion of Laoyingbao the Zhenlu Camp.

The Laifu Camp in Wuzhai Fort, after drawing 1000 people to the old camp, a few days ago, another [-] men were drawn from farms in Wuzhai Fort to supplement the army.The original number of garrison men was recruited from outside. Now the farms in Wuzhaibao are popular occupations. As soon as those garrison men are drawn out, a large number of young and strong people from inside and outside the castle will come to the farms to inquire about recruitment. .

As for the Zhenlu camp in Laoyingbao, including the 1000 people from Wuzhaibao and the 500 people in Laoyingbao, the force is about 500, which is a little thinner. Huang Laifu plans to replenish them slowly in the future. Full 3000 people.

This battalion is nominally led by Huang Laifu, but Huang Laifu often wants to run between the old camp and Wuzhai Fort, so Li Feng, the general manager of Wuzhai Fort, actually leads the training.

As for the original officers of the old camp, such as Garrison Liu Zhengwei, Qian Zong Liang Zhiping, Qian Zong Xie Qingkui and others, their official positions have not changed, but each of them has fewer soldiers.But these few people are still very happy. It is obvious that such a strong soldier will make meritorious service in the future. Not to mention Huang Laifu's generous rewards to the army, they have already inquired clearly. People drool after listening.Moreover, Huang Laifu became the deputy general at such a young age. I heard that he is still favored by the emperor. Following such a person, the future must be good.

There is another battalion, and the future expenses will definitely be like water, but what makes Huang Laifu happy is that there are still a lot of equipment in the arsenal of the old battalion, such as various weapons, knives, shields, bows and arrows, gunpowder and firecrackers, etc.In addition, there are [-] Flang machines and [-] tiger squatting guns. It is worthy of being an important border gate, and there are many equipments.Naturally, Huang Laifu accepted these materials with a smile and saved himself a lot of money.

After the reorganization of the troops, vigorous training began.Of course, while training, don't forget to repair your own barracks.

Soon, Huang Laifu transported a large amount of supplies from Wuzhai Fort. The soldiers in each Laoyingbao town were given their own bedding, as well as various washing tools, such as towels, toothbrushes, toothbrushes, bowls, face plates, rice dishes, etc. Waiting for things, another set of military uniforms was issued, including military shoes, underwear, etc.

The soldiers of the original Wuzhai Fort didn't say anything. These treatments are commonplace in the Wuzhai Fort army, but the soldiers of the old camp were full of surprises. arrive.Especially those military household soldiers who were selected from the old camp fortress were even more pleasantly surprised. When they went back and talked to their families, their families were all equally happy.

Regarding the renovation of the barracks in the old camp, the original barracks were like a big pigsty, dirty and messy, and there were none of the sanitation and tidiness that the army should have. Naturally, such a place cannot cultivate the heroic temperament of soldiers.

Huang Laifu naturally attached great importance to it. Before the training started, he first invested a lot of money to repair the barracks in the fort, and finally gave it a new look.Like the barracks of the Wuzhaibao army, after the renovation, the old Yingbao barracks is also divided into multiple battalions.In each row of barracks, there lived a soldier from Baizong, and in a room, there lived a small group of people.

In addition, each row of barracks has a public toilet, and drainage ditches have been dug between each barracks.Each team’s barracks has a warm kang room, and each team’s room has a special wardrobe, wooden washing racks, and weapon racks.Just like Wuzhai Fort, there are now special internal regulations in the Zhenlu camp in Laoyingbao. They need to pay attention to hygiene at ordinary times, and every month there is a competition among the teams.If one person in the barracks failed in hygiene, the entire team would be punished.

In front of each barracks, there is also a hand press well, and the water flows every day, which meets the washing needs of the soldiers.Like Wuzhai Fort, Laoying Fort is rich in groundwater.

The original old camp barracks did not have drains, and there were not many public toilets in the entire barracks, and they were not cleaned frequently. It was really stinky.The kang houses are only available to officers, and the soldiers can only suffer because they have no money to buy coal.In addition, the problem of washing and washing is an even more serious problem. The old camp fort was short of water, and the only well in the fort was occupied by the officers, and the water had to be fetched from the Guan River outside the fort.

As a result, it is normal for many soldiers not to take a shower or brush their teeth or wash their hands for half a year. When they speak, they can smell bad breath a few meters away. Naturally, such soldiers cannot be loved, let alone able to Got the favor of the big girl and the little daughter-in-law.

After Huang Laifu's vigorous command and construction, these matters were finally resolved.

Like Wuzhai Fort, a large dining hall was also built in Old Camp Fort.

In each Baizong barracks area, there is a big room. When eating every day, rice soup and noodles are only enough to eat. Originally, these have already satisfied the soldiers of the old camp. In the past, they could eat enough every day. became a beautiful dream.

To their surprise, there are also vegetables for each meal, such as vegetables and radishes, ham and salted eggs, dried fish and bacon, etc., as long as they are not wasted, they can eat as much as they want. I heard that these are all brought from Wuzhaibao. Let everyone stare dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)