"General Qin is here."
"Are you going to settle us today?"
"From now on, we are the people of Qi."
"It's good to be a Qi person. At least we don't have to worry about food all day like in the tribe."
"That's right. What is more important than being alive?"
The surrendered barbarians looked at Qin Fang and others. Their eyes were full of hope. Since surrendering, although they were not displaced, they were also worried along the way because of the outbreak of influenza. They were afraid that Qin Fang would abandon them when they were sick. They rushed on the road for more than a month and lived in tents here for so long. It has been almost two months in total. After today, they finally became real people of Qi.
Qin Fang said: "Everyone, follow the soldier who registered you yesterday. Your identity documents have been processed. From today on, you are citizens of Qiguo."
"Long live Qiguo."
"Long live the court of Qiguo."
"Long live the emperor of Qiguo."
Qin Fang looked at their relaxed and relieved expressions, and he also breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, everyone, let's go. If anything happens, you can find the village chief or your town chief. If they don't care, you can come to the county town to find the county magistrate. You must remember that you are citizens of Qiguo, and Qiguo will definitely not let you down."
"Yes, thank you, General Qin."
"General Qin, thank you for taking care of us all the way."
"General Qin, thank you."
Qin Fang was moved unexpectedly. Looking at the barbarians who thanked him with red eyes, he felt a different feeling in his heart. He suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was heavier, but he also felt that such a burden was more meaningful.
Once, he was a person who worked hard to survive. Later, he was a person who worked hard for money. And now, he has to continue to work hard for the responsibility on his shoulders.
Qin Fang said, "Everyone, please feel free to be polite and line up. Next, the town chief will step forward and take away the new citizens of Qi State under his jurisdiction."
The eighteen town chiefs said, "Yes." They immediately lined up, and then the town chief at the front stepped forward. It was Town Chief Bai, "My name is Bai Baisen. Which soldier captain is leading the new citizens of Qi State to come under my jurisdiction? Please follow me."
One of the soldiers stepped out and brought the thirty-six households he had registered with, "Town Chief Bai, it's me."
Town Chief Bai said casually, "Then would you mind if this soldier captain came with us to settle them?"
The soldier captain said, "Yes. Everyone, prepare your luggage and follow me."
The soldier captain was the team leader appointed by Qin Fang. Each soldier captain led a team of ten people, so the soldier captain was also called the captain. The sergeant led his team and escorted thirty-six new citizens of Qi to follow Mayor Bai.
Then, other mayors followed one after another and took away the new citizens of Qi under their jurisdiction.
After more than three thousand new citizens of Qi had left, the area outside the county city suddenly became empty. Only Qin Fang, the spy and others, and the two hundred soldiers brought by Qin Fang were left.
Qin Fang said to County Magistrate Yang, "Sir Yang, I will set up a military camp in Yunxiang County and take over the city walls of Yunxiang County. Do you have any other questions?"
County Magistrate Yang hurriedly said, "No, no, General Qin will take care of everything." The people in his county government were not originally used to guard the city walls, and he was more than happy to have Qin Fang take over.
Qin Fang nodded: "That's good."
County Magistrate Yang said: "General, if you need our county government's help, just ask."
Qin Fang was not polite: "Indeed, there are places where you can help, or in other words, there are places where Lord Yang can help. We can recruit 1,000 soldiers to defend the city. I already have 500 people, and I need to select 500 more. So please ask Lord Yang to issue a recruitment notice in the name of the county government. All the selected soldiers will have a monthly salary of 100 coins, and the food will be borne by the military camp. Those between the ages of 15 and 40 and in good health."
Men in Qiguo tie their hair up at the age of 15 and become children. At the age of 20, they will have a ceremony of wearing a cap and become adults. Therefore, Qin Fang required that the age be over 15 years old, and boys who have not yet tied their hair up will not be selected. Before the age of fifteen, until the age of thirteen, it is the age of dancing with a spoon, and the age of dancing with a spoon refers to boys.
Yang County Magistrate said: "Yes, I will issue a notice now." A monthly salary of one hundred coins, including food, is great news for the people of Yunxiang County. After all, recruiting soldiers in the county is not like marching to the border to fight. Except for the disasters that will be encountered every winter, there is no danger at all.
But this disaster will happen even if there is no recruitment. Moreover, there are generals defending the city this year, and the situation is different.
Qin Fang calculated that he currently has more than 10,000 silver coins in military pay, and the soldiers have 1,000 acres of land to supply food, so there is no need to worry. One thousand soldiers, each with a monthly salary of one hundred wen, a conservative one hundred taels of silver a month, that is one thousand two hundred taels of silver a year, the military pay in his hand can pay for ten years of monthly pay. Moreover, the court will allocate military pay every year, so even if it is less, he will not have to worry about it within ten or even fifteen years.
However, Qin Fang is not a fool.
He is a military general, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, and the boss of the Ministry of War is Du Ke. If he wants military pay and wants the soldiers to live well, he has to flatter Du Ke. As for whether the Ministry of Revenue will give silver, Qin Fang doesn't worry about it at all. Isn't this what Lord Du should be in charge of?
Therefore, Qin Fang decided to write a letter to Lord Du to let him know about everything here.
Du Ke didn't know that he had been pestered.
In fact, Qin Fang was not pestering Du Ke. But he knows himself well. He has no background, no connections, and no channels. In theory, he is the one who makes the decisions here, but if he really makes the decisions, he will also have to bear all the responsibilities if something happens. Qin Fang has a stable personality. Of course, he has to find a way out for himself, and this way out is Du Ke.
He told Du Ke everything about the matter here. If anything happens, at least it is not his decision. He has already reported it to the Minister of War.
Qin Fang thought for a while, and then said: "Recruiting soldiers is one thing, and the second is to repair the city wall in the county. You county government should prepare the things needed to repair the city wall. By the way, the materials needed to build the barracks are also indispensable. As for the location of the barracks, does Lord Yang have any recommendations?"
"This..." County Commander Yang asked, "Do you have a place in mind, General?"
Qin Fang said, "Let's go to the eastern suburbs. I heard that there are a lot of wild beasts on the Beast Mountain in the southeast. Every winter, because there is no real food, they will come down the mountain to look for prey. As a general guarding the city, it is my responsibility to protect the people. Just build the barracks in the eastern suburbs. Once the wild beasts move, the barracks will know it first."
County Commander Yang was deeply moved when he heard it: "On behalf of the people of Yunxiang County, thank you, General."
Qin Fang said, "No need, it's just my duty."
In the next few days, Yang County Magistrate led the yamen runners, Qin Fang led the soldiers, and they were all very busy. Building the city wall, constructing the barracks, recruiting soldiers, there is nothing that does not take time and energy.
While Qin Fang was busy, Yang Haiyan finally waited for Kunshi and Niu Da.
Kunshi and Niu Da hired a team of cars to transport the fruit trees from two acres of land. Eighty percent of the fruit trees on the two acres survived, that is, about eighty apple trees and pear trees each. According to the carrying capacity of twenty fruit trees per car, a total of eight cars were hired this time.
Seeing the eight full cars carrying fruit trees coming back, the soldiers who were repairing the city wall were stunned. When they looked from a distance, they didn't know who it was, so everyone was very cautious. When they got closer, the soldiers recognized that the leader was Kunshi and Niu Da, and they quickly waved to greet them.
Taoshan is now Qin Fang's personal guard, and he is in charge of supervising the repair of the city wall. When he saw Kunshi and the others coming, he ran over happily: "Captain, you are finally back."
Kunshi said: "Yes, I am finally back. How have you been these few days? Look at the situation here. Have those surrendered barbarians been settled?"
Taoshan said: "Yes, the general said that they will be the new citizens of Qi State in the future, just like us. They are all Qi people, not barbarians anymore."
Kunshi said: "Yes, yes, yes, we are all Qi people. Are you repairing the city wall now?"
Taoshan: "I The general took the yamen runners and private guards to repair the city wall, and the general took the soldiers to build the barracks. We now have 700 soldiers, including 200 soldiers from the Yongzhou barracks and 300 soldiers from the new people. We have recruited 300 soldiers here in the past few days. If we recruit another 200, we will have 1,000 soldiers. By the way, captain, we now have 30 people in the general's mansion..."
Niu Da took people to the general's mansion. Kunshi talked with Taoshan for a while. After understanding what happened in the past few days, Kunshi said, "I will go to the barracks and report to the general." Taoshan
: "Hey."
East Suburbs
It takes less than a cup of tea to ride from the county gate to the East Suburbs. Looking at the already built military camp, Kunshi's heart was very touched.
"General." Seeing Qin Fang's figure, Kunshi dismounted and shouted loudly.
Building a military camp with 800 soldiers is of course fast. Clay, stone, wood, no matter what is needed, it can be prepared on the same day. To build a military camp, the first thing to build is the observation tower, followed by the soldiers' dormitories, toilets, training grounds, and walls.
Kunshi saw that the four observation towers in the east, south, west and north were already built, and there were soldiers standing guard on them. Not only the observation towers, but also the soldiers' dormitories in the camp have been built. It has to be said that with the county government stepping in and the soldiers working hard, it is indeed much more convenient to do things.
"General." When Kunshi came to Qin Fang, his tired and dusty face became energetic.
Qin Fang saw him and said, "Finally, you are back. From now on, the private guards and bodyguards in the mansion will be under your unified management." Kunshi
stood up straight and said, "General, rest assured, I will not let you down."
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