Qin Official

After a great victory, Heifu did not live in Jiangling. He just visited the county governor's house where his father-in-law used to live, and then returned to Ying County with his subordinates and staff.

According to the rules of the Qin Dynasty, the locations of county lieutenants and county guards generally do not overlap, so the southern commanders generally guard Ying County.

Lieutenant Nanjun had died in yesterday's tragic battle. As a newly appointed short-term soldier, Yuan Yong, like his father, was very good at getting things done. He had already sent people to seize Nestlé and treated Lieutenant Nanjun's wives and maids as family members of criminal officials. They were all taken away and ordered to be quickly cleaned so that Marquis Wu Zhong could move in.

Unexpectedly, Hei Fu didn't even look at the tall Junwei Mansion, and walked straight into the row of small courtyards next to the back door of the Junwei Mansion.

Everyone was stunned and quickly followed in.

This place is for the small officials of the county official's office. It is built in the style of one house and two rooms. It is divided into front and back yards. In addition to three or four brick houses with cracked walls, there are also vegetable beds surrounded by fences and covered with wooden covers. Next to the well and the empty chicken pot, there is a small toilet, and at the far south is a kitchen. Because the people who lived here ran away in a hurry, the pots and pans inside were broken all over the floor...

Just stay here.

After Heifu turned around, he decided to place the command post here!

Yuan Yong saw that this small courtyard was not as spacious as his own house, so he advised: Your Majesty, this narrow courtyard is for the officials of Baishi. As a monarch, how can I condescend to this?

However, Hei Fu directed his guards to lay down new bedding, timidly leaned on the couch, and said with a smile: More than ten years ago, when I was serving as Cao Zuoshi in Jiangling City, didn't I also live here for more than half a year?

You can't forget your roots, so you can live here! You can also allocate the houses next to each other for yourselves.

As he said that, he ignored the short soldiers and turned over on his own, as if falling into a deep sleep.

Yuan Yong and others had no choice but to gently close the doors and windows and arrange for a group of people to stand guard outside the yard.

Looking back at the courtyard, Yuan Yong no longer felt shabby, but admired Marquis Wu Zhong even more.

I heard that the newly appointed 2, 5, 500 lords and 500 lords of the Wuchang camp were used to being poor in the past, but suddenly they became successful. When they entered Jiangling City, they clamored for the high-rise courtyards of the official temples to live in, and even joked that He wanted to share the bed-warming with the female family members of the criminal officials, but after being stopped by the military judge, they kept complaining.

They should really be allowed to see the prince's residence!

Heifu didn't think so much. He had not slept for two days and nights since he left Huarong County. He was lying on this strange and familiar bed, but it was difficult to fall asleep.

A general will die in a hundred battles, and a strong man will return after ten years.

Fourteen years ago, in the 23rd year of the Qin Dynasty, Hei Fu was only 19 years old at that time. He had just come to the provincial capital to take up his post. He worked under Li You and was a colleague of Feng Jing, so he was assigned to this room as his residence.

But he could no longer remember that the maid who served him two meals was an old woman with gray hair and chicken skin? Or a fair-skinned girl of sixteen or seventeen with delicate features?

It seems unimportant. Everything in the past has changed now.

Heifu only remembered that sentence, Qin Shi Huang's evaluation of himself through Li You.

Among the thorn oaks...are there also catalpa trees?

It was like a dream talk or a wakeful whisper, murmuring from his mouth.

Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what you like is like Feng Wuze, who can be placed at will as a pillar in the empire's building. It will always be impartial and can overturn with the building.

It's a pity that I, a piece of black wood, have gained psychic powers and become a spirit. I want to poach your corner and build a new center...

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Have all the rewards been paid out?

After a sound sleep all night, Hei Fu got up the next day and called Li Cang to ask him about the reward.

If rewards are not delayed, you want the people to quickly reap the benefits of doing good; if punishments are not delayed, you want the people to quickly see the harm of doing bad things. Both of these things must be seen immediately.

Therefore, those officers and soldiers of the Southern Expedition Army who disobeyed military orders and acted recklessly in Jiangling City, raped and looted, would grab one and drag them to the market, where the military judge would sentence them to death on the spot in front of the people of Jiangling.

As for the promised reward, it must be implemented immediately. After being deceived by the court several times, the soldiers of the Southern Expedition no longer trust the title and the land linked to it. The jingling half a tael has become their only yearning. , this thing can buy wine and food, and it is safe to carry in your arms.

So the first thing he did when he entered the city was that Heifu asked Li Cang to open the Nanjun treasury, take out the piles of money and silk in baskets, and distribute them to the captains, and then distribute them level by level.

It has been sent.

Li Cang said with some pain: Junhou, Jin Bucao from Nanjun told me that there were tens of millions of money in the warehouse. They were all the new tax money collected in the spring. Now after distributing it, there are only one million left. …”

Heifu had promised before the war that if the trappers armed with big axes could split open the enemy's formation, each of the 500 men would be awarded a rank of nobility and be rewarded with a thousand coins!

A brave man can only be rewarded with a heavy reward. This money must be spent. If other teams are jealous, they will also become suicide squads.

As for the remaining 30,000 soldiers, the amount of money received varies according to the number of meritorious service performed by the army, with an average of two to three hundred per person.

Even so, it's only enough for them to buy a summer outfit, but the treasury is almost unable to make ends meet.

Li Cang said: In order to win the support of Jiangling people, the monarch has announced that from this year, the land rent will be reduced to May Day. Because the Guizhou leaders in the city failed to hand in the oral tax on time, all the government bonds owed will be burned and written off. In this way, Then it will be difficult for the private sector to collect money.”

money is not a problem.

Heifu smiled and said: I'm afraid you have forgotten that now that the Southern Expeditionary Army is free from the constraints of the imperial court, it can mine and make money on its own!

The power of mining and minting money in the Qin Dynasty has always been firmly controlled by the copper officials from various places under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu. Not to mention the local nobles, even the county government is not allowed to interfere.

But now, as long as he controls the copper mines in Tonglu Mountain, Heifu can mint as much money as he wants. This is a huge profit...

Only then did Li Cang snap his head and realize: I was so confused that I forgot about this. No wonder the king kept giving money and rewards to the soldiers!

Hei Fu shook his head and said: But sooner or later, money will become less and less valuable. A few years ago, it was only worth 30 yuan per stone, but now it has risen to 100 yuan. Going forward, money will become even more valuable. , In troubled times, the most important hard currency is food!

Heifu left the food matter to Wu Chen and Gong Wei.

After the two of them had finished counting the grain in Jianglingcang, they happily came to report to Heifu: Your Majesty, the grain in Jianglingcang is two million dan, enough to feed the soldiers and civilians of the Southern Expedition for a year!

But Heifu curled his lips and corrected the two silly children: It's only enough for half a year. Don't forget that there are more than 10,000 prisoners outside the city. I'm afraid there will be more and more prisoners in the future.

He laughed and cursed at the same time: The son of the Marquis of Changwu, as the supervisor of the army, claimed to us that Jiangling has accumulated grain for three years, but in fact it was less than one year! It seems that the turnover of grain and fodder in Bashu and Nanyang is indeed a bit tight. If If the Lingnan war drags on for a few more years, half a million soldiers and civilians will be able to pull grain from thousands of miles, and Jiangling warehouse will be bottomed out... no, half of the world will be bottomed out!

Although Jianglingcang is not as good as expected, at least there is no need to worry about food before autumn.

It can also support the subsequent military operation to capture all of Nanjun.

But what about after autumn? What about next year?

Thinking about retreating before advancing in anything, Heifu ordered: Let Qu Ji lead the military officers to strengthen control and stabilize the order inside and outside Jiangling City. The people must be allowed to return to the fields as soon as possible, resume production, and plant rice seedlings. over.

But think about it carefully, is it still too late to make amends? The spring planting in Anlu County was completely delayed. Tens of thousands of hectares of fertile fields east of Jiangling were also destroyed due to the fighting between the two armies. After the other counties are captured, whether they are fighting or surrendering, they will definitely be affected.

Where the teacher is, there are thorns. After the army, there will be bad years.

This autumn, Nan County must have a bumper harvest, and there must be no famine!

The situation is not optimistic. Neither Li Cang, Wu Chen, nor Lu Jia, who is still on the way, are able to entrust this important task.

Heifu decided to immediately transfer a person to Jiangling and let him take charge of the future plans for the generals of the three armies and the money and food for millions of people!

Marquis Wu Zhong, who established a new central government, now does not need the emperor's seal, nor the documents of the prime minister and the imperial censor. He directly takes the silver seal and green ribbon of the former county governor, and then asks the weaver to rush to make a set of official uniforms. With a stroke of pen:

Xiao He, the captain of Sosu, works diligently and gets rid of the governor of Nan County!