Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 172 Construction Plan
Yang Chao found the person he had made an appointment with, the commander of the right division in the middle of the Xinjiangkou Navy camp, Huang Chong.

Ever since Yang Chao was promoted, Huang Chong came to give presents, and paid New Year's greetings to himself during the New Year.

Taking Huang Chong to wander aimlessly beside the water camp.

"President Huang, take a look. Our big camp faces the Qinhuai River. There used to be a wharf by the river, but now there are only a few wooden piles left, and the waterways are all silted up."

"From the riverside to our camp, there are hundreds of feet to five or six feet, and never more than two hundred feet. From the western part of Daying to the river mouth, there are three hundred feet of wasteland, all of which are covered with grass."

"You are looking at the other bank. It is occupied by a few big families, and the embankment at the bottom of the river has been built to prevent the river from being flooded. Now it is a stretch of ten thousand mu of fertile land. If we also open up this field, it will never be worse than There are few on the other side."

Huang Chong and Yang Chao were walking outside the camp. Within a hundred steps of the camp, there was a barren grass beach, the floodplain of the estuary of the Qinhuai River and the Yangtze River. slices of farmland.

Huang Chong naturally knew what was going on in the water camp, and replied: "Your Excellency, it is not that no one has opened up wasteland here. Those opened by ordinary people are always occupied by the officers. Those opened by the officers themselves will be taken over by the officers." Shangguan forcibly occupied. Even if the deputy general of the water camp opened up wasteland, he would encounter thieves and petty troubles. In addition, the officers are all military households, and they generally have some land in their respective guards. No one cares about it, and the crops will be abandoned after a few crops. After the river is flooded, silt is everywhere, and dredging is too troublesome. After one or two times, no one bothers to open up wasteland."

Yang Chao asked, "What about building embankments to stop the water?"

Yang Chao saw the fields of the rich families on the opposite bank. They used dikes to enclose the river, so they were not afraid of floods.

Huang Chong smiled wryly and said: "The big families are passed down from generation to generation, but the officers of our battalion can't be passed down from generation to generation. Who dares to say how long they can do it. The cost of repairing the embankment is immeasurable. Like the other side, there is no It will take a few years of hard work, not to mention if you can’t repair it well, it will cost you thousands of taels, or even tens of thousands of taels of silver. With so much money, who will be a military officer.”

One is cost, and the other is inheritance. It requires a huge investment, but it may not be able to occupy it for a long time. Therefore, no one is willing to invest in land reclamation here. If civilian households dare to come to land reclamation, they will be bullied and occupied by military officers, so no one will come. Over time. On the other side is a good field of water, but this side has always been a barren beach.

"Boss Huang, what if you bring your people here to open up wasteland? I will never occupy half of your field!"

Yang Chao assured Huang Chong that this was Yang Chao's purpose. When he asked Li Fu to hand over the vegetable field, he also thought of encouraging him to cultivate outside the camp. As a result, Li Fu told Yang Chao all these reasons, so Today, I asked Mr. Huang to give up the farmland in his barracks. In fact, Yang Chao had already thought of a countermeasure.

Huang Chong shook his head and said: "My lord, don't blame me. Land reclamation is the most tiring, and every year or two is the field, and the harvest is not high. It is hard to guarantee that even the wages of the long-term workers will not be enough. If it goes on for a long time, I'm sorry to say it bluntly. It doesn’t matter whether you can work for four or five years. Why waste your energy here.”

Yang Chao continued: "Then if you are asked to send someone to inspect the fields, and I come to open up wasteland, I will give you a share of the harvest, what do you think?"

Yang Chao has several plans. If these people don't want to open up wasteland, let them be patrols.

Huang Chong said: "How dare you want to be a part of the adults. If the adults want to open up wasteland here, there should be no big problem. Who dares not to show the face of the adults in the navy camp, just be careful of those soldiers who are not afraid of being beaten or scolded. They are so sneaky, and if they are caught, they are not afraid of beating and scolding them, but they cannot be killed, and they are all from military households, so they can only let it go."

Yang Chao laughed and said, "If you don't beat them or scold them, there are ways to deal with them."

Yang Chao thought to himself, if they were imprisoned for ten days, even the scoundrels would have to cry.

Huang Chong said in admiration, "Your Excellency's methods have also been heard by lower officials."

Yang Chao didn't want to be fooled anymore: "Master Huang, I've said it bluntly. There are currently twenty real soldiers in your battalion, but the registered number is one hundred. You've been paid eighty vacancies, right?"

Huang Chong was taken aback for a moment, it is possible that Yang Chao called him here to investigate him, but he was not afraid, the empty salary was not for him.

"My lord, it is clear that a general in the lower district has no right to eat empty pay. In the past, it was the lord Qian and the deputy general who ate, and the lower official was just an empty name. As for Mr. Yang, you want to eat the vacancy. You have to discuss it with the lieutenant general, but the subordinate officials can't care about these things."

Yang Chao said with a smile: "Master Huang misunderstood. I also came from the position of the chief, how could I not know about this. What the official said is that you can recruit up to five hundred soldiers for the chief, but now you are on the list The number is only one hundred, and there are still more than 300 vacancies, don't you plan to make up for these vacancies?"

Huang Chong smiled wryly and said: "My lord, don't make fun of me. There are more than 20 people under my command, all of whom are relatives of my subordinates. What I'm planning is only [-] mu of land from the camp. It's hard to support a family. How can we afford it?" How many soldiers are there?"

Yang Chao knew that Huang Chong and his nephew were farming in Yousi's military camp. Yousi's military camp was slightly smaller than Zuosi's, and only [-] mu of land had been reclaimed, and it was only rice. Life is modest, but there is not much surplus after food and clothing are settled.

"Boss Huang, I want your army quota. I'm short of manpower for my business, so I just recruited soldiers to support me. What do you think?"

Yang Chao knew that the number of troops could also be bought and sold, at least the annual loss of military resources attached to the number of troops was a fortune.

Huang Chong said with a smile: "Since my lord wants to support others, there is no problem with being dismissed from office. I just hope that my lord will not cut off the food and clothing of the villain's family."

What Huang Chong cared most about was the [-] acres of land in the camp.

But Yang Chao shook his head: "Mr. Huang, you should know that I am cleaning up the camp. There were more than 40 mu of vegetable fields in my camp, but now there are only ten mu left. You can only keep five or six acres of land."

Huang Chong looked hesitant. If Yang Chao used officials to suppress him, his life would be difficult, but if Yang Chao wanted to cut him off, his life would be difficult.

So he insisted: "My lord, please don't cut off the livelihood of the villain!"

After speaking, he knelt down and fell to the ground, refusing to get up.

Yang Chao sighed: "Why do I want to cut off your livelihood? Master Huang, get up, I'm just negotiating with you."

Then he said: "Your barracks, the empty barracks left by Mr. Qian, and the barracks on my side. I will clean up sooner or later, but I just want to say hello to you first. You might as well open up wasteland on the river beach now. As for repairing embankments This officer will figure out a way for himself. The military camp is not a place for farming.”

In fact, Yang Chao was just taking precautions against the officer first.

The two of them were talking, and they had already reached Qian Zong's camp.

The navy camp is located at the estuary of the Qinhuai River, with the Qinhuai River in the southwest and the Yangtze River in the northwest. The camp is built along the terrain and is basically a rectangular camp. There are camp gates facing the river and the river in the southwest and northwest, and facing southwest. There are a total of three barracks, the middle is the Qianzong camp, the south is Suosi, and the north is Yousi.

Qian Zong’s barracks are the largest, covering an area of ​​more than [-] mu, Zuo Division also covers an area of ​​nearly [-] mu, and You Division occupies an area of ​​less than [-] mu.

Now that he had arrived at the Thousand Headquarters Camp, Yang Chao simply took Huang in to have a look.

There is no one in the Qian Zong Battalion. The original Central Qian Zong Jia Shilu was transferred to Yanziji as the deputy general. His promotion has a lot to do with Yang Chao. As a result, Cui Wei was dismissed and left a vacancy for him. Second, because Yang Chao successively beheaded the heads of level 45 gangsters, he was also given a share, allowing him to be promoted.

Jia Shilu was also aware of the relationship, and even invited Yang Chao to a banquet for it.

In President Qian's camp, there was only one veteran guarding the camp at this time. After Yang Chao showed his badge, he nodded and bowed to welcome Yang Chao in.

Similarly, more than 200 mu of land was opened in the Qian Zong camp, which used to be cultivated by Jia Shilu's children and relatives. After Jia Shilu left, he left it to Yang Chao, which was considered a great gift.

It's a pity that Yang Chao didn't plan to cultivate these fields, but wanted to flatten them for a playground.

The barracks of Qian Zong Camp are also dilapidated, 1000% to [-]% of the houses are exposed, and it will cost more money to rebuild than Zuo Si Camp. It is not enough without thousands of taels of silver, and Yang Chao will not be able to use it for the time being. With so many houses, his Zuosi camp is enough to accommodate [-] people.

But Yang Chao still planned to repair it. The longer the barracks were, the more dilapidated they would be, and it would cost more to repair them. Second, Yang Chao planned to build the barracks here into a logistics base.

Since it is a logistics base, there must be a reserve warehouse. The barracks of the Thousand Headquarters are generally larger, and it is most suitable for a large warehouse.

In addition, the reason why Yang Chao took Huang Chong to look at the abandoned pier on the river bank just now is that he also planned to repair the pier. It was a bigger project, and it would cost thousands of taels of silver to repair. That's a huge expense.

Yang Chao made a lot of money last year. Counting back and forth, it was close to 2 taels, but he was still a little nervous, but Yang Chao planned to make a move. After all, the expenses for repairing the docks were not spent all at once. I'm still making money myself.

When the embankment was being built, the wharf started to make money as planned, so Yang Chao wasn't worried at all.

At that time, my fleet of warships will be docked at my dock, and from the dock to the middle of the military camp, there will be a green paddy field. It is still a beautiful scene when I think of it. Compared with the dilapidated camp, the barren beach and long grass, and the siltation of the dock More vitality.

Moreover, the construction of the wharf does not necessarily require all the money to be paid by oneself. This is the wharf of Shuying, shouldn't the court pay for it?

Yang Chao also plans to go to Liu Bu to play the autumn wind, to get rid of Xiong Mingyu's relationship, and it's okay to give some materials without giving money.

Moreover, the construction of a pier is not a project that can be won by a craftsman who repairs a house. The Ministry of Industry must be invited to send the best craftsmen.

Walking around the camp, there was nothing to see. Except for the land and the house, Jia Shilu took away everything he could, leaving only an empty camp and a veteran.

Yang Chao worked hard for the veteran and left with Huang Chong.

Seeing Huang Chong's worried expression, Yang Chao sighed, "Boss Huang, don't worry too much. You are planting the land in your camp for the time being. I will definitely build the embankment in the Jiangkou section within this year. You You can rest assured. If the embankment is not repaired, I will never let you vacate the land in the camp."

Yang Chao had a plan long ago, and he was not afraid that Huang Chong would not be tempted, so he didn't have to force it.

(End of this chapter)