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Chapter 287 Shi Kefa Inspection

In the yamen of the Ministry of War, Shi Kefa had a thick pile of writing on his head. After he opened a document from the deputy general of Xinjiangkou Shuiying, his eyes lit up. After reading it carefully, he pondered for a moment.

Suddenly shouted to the little official next to him: "Huang Yasi, report this document to the household department, and let the household department deal with it as soon as possible!"

Then he got up, and suddenly felt a pain in his waist. The new official took office, and there were too many bad documents. His back hurt, and his eyes felt a little blurred.

"Come here, prepare the car, I'm going to visit Xinjiangkou Camp!"

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Here in Xinjiangkou, Yang Chao was not able to squeeze out the two chief executives and the two chief executives, but those chief executives and hundred chief executives dared not give Yang Chao face.

Most of these small military officers are military households who have been in the navy for a long time. The status of military officers only gives them a little capital to maintain their livelihood by occupying military camp assets, so they don't have the courage to fight Yang Chao to the death. Chao Na is a killing star with six hundred and ten thousand kills.

Moreover, Yang Chao also agreed to them, allowing each of them to occupy a thousand acres of land. As far as the property they occupied in the barracks, it is naturally impossible to compare with a thousand acres of land.

It's just that these people are a little worried. After they lose their status as officers, how long can the land be planted?Will it be invaded by other people? You have to know why there are so many emperors here in Xinjiangkou. It is because the big soldiers here are too unreliable. The common people dare to come here to open up wasteland, and they will do more damage than the prostitutes. Those big families I also don't want to come here to build dikes and repair polders, so this place has been deserted.

Therefore, these military officers made a request, that is, they need a land deed, and if they can really issue a land deed to them, they will agree to give up their official positions.

For ordinary people, land is the best asset. Although it is impossible to make as much money as a businessman doing business, but investing in land, the output is stable, and people always have to eat. Even if there is a disaster in one season, the land will always be exist.

And businessmen may quickly accumulate huge wealth, but their prosperity is booming, and their death is also fast. Did it also disappear under the blow of the imperial power, but I have never heard of the disappearance of those rural clans who inherited their farming and education.

Therefore, in this era, even those businessmen who have made money will continue to buy land, hoping to transform their family into a scholarly family with farming and studying.

This is a cultural concept of seeking stability, so the unreliable official positions of military officers are obviously not as good as land guaranteed by title deeds.

As long as there is a title deed, these military households who have been soldiers for generations have the hope of keeping their land, because although they have given up their official positions, they have no intention of leaving the military camp. Their nephews will continue to stay in the military camp, even if they cannot be Officers, at least provide them with a protective umbrella for their land outside the camp, as long as those traitors don't harm their harvest, it's good. The purpose of having a land deed is to prevent other officers from taking advantage of their official positions.

Yang Chao is a negotiable person, he can ask for anything, as long as it is not too much, Yang Chao does not intend to use other methods.

After thinking about it, Yang Chao agreed. Anyway, he didn't care about these lands. It's not difficult to issue title deeds to these wastelands.

The Nanjing Six Departments are headed by the Ministry of War. If Shi Kefa helps, the Nanjing Household Department will not refuse to issue title deeds to these wastelands, and even tax exemption for the first few years. Besides, such things do not necessarily require the Ministry of Labor and Household Affairs. Jiangning County can basically handle it up.

However, Yang Chao still told Shi Kefa, after all, it involved [-] to [-] mu of land, Yang Chao was afraid that Jiangning County would not be able to afford it, and if Shi Kefa was sued by the left and right bosses again, it would not be good if Yang Chao invaded the land. So Yang Chao's report to Shi Kefa was just a vaccination against the opposition forces in Shuiying.

So Yang Chao's writing on land reclamation soon came to the head of Shi Kefa.

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"Master Shi is coming?"

His subordinates reported that Shi Kefa wanted to review the water camp.

Yang Chao immediately said after receiving the document reported by his subordinates: "Okay, order the whole army to line up, and welcome Lord Shi!"

"There is no need for the labor force, the old man has already arrived."

As soon as the words fell, Shi Kefa walked into Yang Chao's lieutenant general's barracks with two green-clothed officials. In fact, it was Yang Chao's former room. The lieutenant general's battalion under Yang Chao's Qian Zong battalion was more perfect.

Unexpectedly, Shi Kefa barged in without prior notice, and it was his habit to be easy and easy.

Yang Chao immediately stood up and shouted to the soldiers who came to report: "Master Shi is here, why didn't you report earlier!"

The soldier looked aggrieved.

Shi Kefa waved his hand: "It's the officer who didn't know until he arrived at the camp. The monsters blame the officer for not targeting you in advance."

Yang Chao said with a smile: "What is Mr. Shi talking about? It's just Mr. Shi's daughter, why did he come here like this, what if something goes wrong?"

Shi Kefa showed displeasure and said: "Yang Chao, you are a warrior, you also learn these things. I am walking around in Nanjing city, what mistakes can you make? Did you think about any mistakes when you were in Haizhou?"

Yang Chao sneered: "I'm a martial artist, so I'm not afraid."

Shi Kefa sighed: "Forget it, I know your good intentions. I came here to see what you said about the land reclamation strategy. Are you successful?"

In fact, when Yang Chao made the report, the construction had already started. Hundreds of people had been working for many days. If the officers hadn't demanded the title deed, Yang Chao would not have planned to report to Shi Kefa.

But now that the application has just been typed up, construction has already started, which is somewhat unreasonable.

So Yang Chao hurriedly confessed: "Master Shi, forgive me, but in fact the work will have already started."

Shi Kefa was taken aback for a moment: "Has the construction started?"

Shi Kefa went directly to the camp in the central part. From Zhenhuai Gate, there are streets and official roads along the Qinhuai River. On the contrary, the direction of the main camp facing the Yangtze River is relatively remote.

Yang Chao continued to explain: "To tell you the truth, Mr. Shi, in fact, last year, the last general had already built a thousand mu of polder in Xinjiangkou. After the late general took over as the deputy general of Xinjiangkou, some of the former officers suffered from arrears of salary for a long time. The general had nothing to eat, and finally agreed to allow them to open up wasteland outside the camp. Who knew that these officers and soldiers had already started their work without waiting for the Ministry of War's permission. If Mr. Shi wants to blame, let the blame be on the last general."

When Shi Kefa heard this, he was not angry. He sighed and said: "The country's affairs are difficult, and these soldiers have no other choice. But the old man agreed, let them find some livelihood for their parents, wives and children."

Yang Chao followed Shi Kefa and said: "Master Shi is kind-hearted, he thought of me and Wu Bian, and I will thank you for the soldiers in the end."

Shi Kefa waved his hand: "I'm ashamed. As a soldier, I can't pay the soldiers enough. Forget it, you said you opened up a thousand acres of wasteland last year. Take me to see it!"

Yang Chao naturally agreed, got up immediately, and personally took Shi Kefa to the gate of the camp.

"So it's here? I thought it was Mintian!"

The fields that Yang Chao cultivated last year are just in front of the Central Thousand Headquarters, but watermelons were planted in the past, and the watermelons have been harvested. won't find out.

"That's right, it's here. There are about 1000 mu of land here. By the way, call Huang Chong to come over!"

The land here is being plowed by Huang Chong, which was promised to him by Yang Chao.

Huang Chong ran over quickly like a farmer, knelt on the ground with a plop, and kowtowed to Shi Kefa.

"Crassman Huang Chong pays homage to Master Shi! Greetings to Master Yang."

Shi Kefa immediately stepped forward to help Huang Chong, who looked like an old farmer.

At the same time, he asked Yang Chao suspiciously: "Yang Chao, didn't you say that you cultivated this place, isn't it Juntian?"

Huang Chong's farmer appearance confused Shi Kefa's mind.

Yang Chao hurriedly explained: "Master Shi, please tell me that this Huang Chong was originally the general of the right department in the central department, and the military department owed the military salary all the year round, so the official allowed him to reclaim this piece of land. This year, he just harvested a season of watermelons. The land is not strong enough to grow grain, and compost is needed, at least until next year to grow grain. Land reclamation is too difficult, so Huang Chong resigned from office and brought his nephew to concentrate on land reclamation. His son is now serving as the last general's personal soldier."

Huang Chong also kept an eye out, fearing that if he failed to open up wasteland, his son would lose his way of life, so he left one of his sons in the army, and it was not a bad thing to follow Yang Chao as a soldier, but this time in Haizhou, the soldiers lost The damage was too great. Although Huang Chong's son Huang Yuan did not die in the battle, he was seriously injured. He was transferred to Huai'an immediately and did not participate in the subsequent Haizhou battle. questionable.

After hearing Yang Chao's words, Shi Kefa's face was a bit dull, and he looked at some farmers who were burying the rotting melon vines. Yang Chao told him that it was for retting, which was actually adding humus to the land, but Shi Kefa Not in the mood at all, he went back to Yang Chao's camp on the pretext of being tired after wandering around casually.

"Yang Chao, let me ask you, the land is given to these military households, even if they were originally soldiers, how do you raise soldiers?"

When Shi Kefa saw that Yang Chao actually gave up the reclaimed land to retired military officers like Huang Chong, he felt that Yang Chao had put the cart before the horse. The purpose of reclaiming wasteland was to raise soldiers, but the wasteland was reclaimed, and these officers resigned and went to farm in peace. It made Shi Kefa feel unreasonable.

Yang Chao couldn't help but pause in his heart. Yes, he didn't expect this. If Shi Kefa finds out that he exchanged land for the official positions of these officers, I don't know if Shi Kefa will question him and think that he wants to engage in private affairs. Soldier?However, private soldiers have become the norm these days, and the emperor does not shy away from talking about servants, and thinks this is a very effective way to strengthen the army. He encourages soldiers to bring servants into the army and allows servants to receive more generous salaries.

So Yang Chao didn't care too much.

He replied casually: "Returning to Mr. Shi's words, the villain still does some business. The villain dispatched warships to transport some goods and wiped out the Jiang bandits along the way. There may be thousands of Jiang bandits who have been strangled in the past two years, but the rewards have always been Did not get it."

Yang Chao knew that Shi Kefa, who thought he represented the imperial court, would feel guilty when the silver reward was mentioned.

Sure enough, Shi Kefa's face relaxed, and he sighed: "I know your difficulties. The title deed you want is also for officers like Huang Chong, but don't blame me, I can't approve it!"

Yang Chao was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't expect a careless thought. He asked Huang Chong to explain to Shi Kefa, but it caused trouble.

Yang Chao couldn't help asking: "Master Shi, why is this?"

(End of this chapter)