Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1169 Preparing for Battle ([-])

Even though it sounds like the treatment of the gemstone mine is so good, after all, it is so good because it is based on the premise of excluding the facts of high-intensity labor, high death rate, too much rain and high collapse rate.

So Zhao Liben got the news from the employee: his younger brother left the mine some time ago and went to serve as a soldier.

"A soldier?"

Zhao Liben was a little suspicious, and couldn't help but said: "Didn't I hear that you are paid well for working here? Why did you become a soldier?"

The clerk looked at the one yuan he handed over before, and said with a smile: "Being a soldier here, you just go if you want to go? Your brother is in good health and tall, so he was selected. Go to fight How many people want to go to the engineering army? It doesn’t matter if the military salary is paid on time every month, if you have a meritorious service, or you have served for more than 15 years, the imperial court will grant 300 acres of land.”

"How much?" Zhao Liben thought he heard it wrong, so he hurriedly asked again.

"300 acres. Oh, it is said to be in Xinkuwu, a place south of Nanyang. The seasons are reversed in that place, but the land is fertile. And the tax is exempted for many years... It is said that you will be exempted from tax for as many years as you have been a soldier. The imperial court Official ships will be sent to take people there."

Zhao Liben imagined what it means to reverse the four seasons, but Quan Zheshen couldn't help asking: "This is strange. There are still many good families in such a good place, why don't they give it to them, but give it to these people? "

Quan Zhe knew the virtues of the two classes of nobles. How could these dignitaries not snatch such fertile land?Could it be that the civil servants and military generals of this celestial dynasty are really gentlemen who value righteousness and despise profit?
The clerk laughed and said, "I want it for you? It's not easy to travel there. You sit in the capital and collect the rent there? Will the rent be sent to the capital by boat for you? The distribution of meritorious officials in the Raksha Kingdom is also important. People do not divide land, there is plenty of land, and people are lacking. In the Western Regions, the Ili River Valley, the land is fertile, and if the heroes don't go, how can they want the land there?"

"For those who have no land, he is caramel; for those who are noble, he is like chewing wax, and it is tasteless to eat. Don't you understand this truth?"

Quan Zheshen has only experienced a society with insufficient land and overpopulation.

How can one imagine what a society with enough land and underpopulation should look like?
It is even more impossible for him to know why the Raksha people entrusted the serfs with them when they distributed them.I can't even understand why in the Spring and Autumn Period before the Qin Dynasty, people were also required to be conferred when they were granted meritorious deeds.

Just like the banks of the Songhua River many years ago, and the Western Regions not long ago, the land that cannot be transformed into the wealth of mainstream society, heroes and good families simply look down on them.

Is it possible to move there to farm by yourself?

If you don’t grow it yourself, you will spend money to hire people to send them over to become tenant farmers. If they work for at most three years, they will definitely run away.Besides, even if you don't run away to farm by yourself, how can you pay the rent if you grow food?Rents that cannot be circulated to the place of residence are invalid and meaningless.

If the grain there can be circulated like the soybeans in Liaodong, it will prove that the transportation problem has been solved. How can there be such a small population and so much open space there?
These things are difficult for people who read scriptures like Quan Zheshen to understand.

Zhao Liben didn't think so much, he believed in this reason very much, if he really had 300 mu of land for "military pay", then it would really make sense to serve as a soldier.

As for what combat engineers are, he neither understands nor wants to know.

"Brother, do you know where my younger brother is a soldier?"

The clerk shook his head and said, "I don't know. How do we know that we recruited soldiers here, where they went to train, and where they were stationed? We also knew that they were recruited as combat engineers... because my brother was the soldier, usually To recruit in the mine, and you have to be tall and in good shape, the card is very strict. The mine has been selected for a long time, and more than 300 people have been selected. It seems that they are not fully recruited."

Zhao Liben knew that he couldn't ask any more questions, so he thanked him, thinking that at least his younger brother should be alive and in good health, otherwise, according to this statement, he might not be selected as such a combat engineer.

After leaving the room, he frowned and said, "It seems that I still have to go to Gaolangbu to ask. I don't know if I can ask."

Seeing him frowning, Quan Zhe said in relief, "Brother Zhao, don't worry. I have gone to Gaolangbu, and I have my own way."

Zhao Liben didn't know what he could do, but he didn't ask too much, knowing that the other person was not an ordinary person, and there might be some secret hidden in him.

These days, those who can come to Ceylon from Liaodong and Weihai all the way by themselves have surpassed most ordinary people.

Maybe there are a few lives hidden in the body, or there are some secrets, just like the group of people who rioted in the gold mine back then. After parting, they went their separate ways and hid in the market. A seemingly honest person who has done such a big thing, with so many lives in his hands?
However, Zhao Liben never thought that Quan Zheshen had his own way, which would be that way.

When they returned to Gaolangbu again, Quan Zhe changed his clothes and took him straight to the Governor's Mansion in Gaolangbu.

After handing over a letter to the guard, Zhao Liben, who was startled, asked in a low voice, "Brother, you... this..."

Quan Zhe smiled, shook his head slightly and said, "We'll talk about this later."

"it is good……"

Not long after, the guards inside came out, nodded to Quan Zhe, and said, "The governor is here to invite you."

Quan Zhe was not afraid, nor was Zhao Liben, but he was a little nervous and couldn't help swallowing.

A few guards led them into the castle. This castle, snatched from the Dutch, has been re-fortified. It is Dashun's governor's mansion here.

Naturally, the nearby church was demolished and turned into a school. Many Christian symbols were demolished, but the structure of the castle is still there.

Entering inside, Du Feng smiled and said hello in Korean mischievously. Quan Zhe was startled, and Du Feng laughed and said: "In the past, I served under the command of Xingguo Gong in the Northern Expedition Raksha. The North Korean vassal musketeers accompanied us, and we also had some exchanges. Twenty years later, it suddenly seemed like a dream. Now I saw the letter from Xingguo Gong, saying your identity, and thought of the past on a whim. Sit down."

Quan Zhe hurriedly said: "Northern Expedition Luo Chan, North Korea will also benefit a lot. Sending troops with the emperor is also the responsibility of the princes and vassals. The students are fortunate to meet Xing Guogong, so they are specially invited here to find some reasons."

Zhao Liben on the side was stunned that the brother in front of him was actually from North Korea, and he was also surprised that he was able to find the Dudu's mansion all the way through looking for connections...

Thinking about my own situation in these years, I feel uncomfortable.

I was living well at first, but it was because of Duke Xingguo's reform of the salt administration and the waste of salt to reclaim wasteland that he almost broke his family and almost died in Huanglong Mansion.

Now, I don't know how it feels in my heart.

He has also resisted, killed people, and has taken control of his own destiny. Naturally, he will not panic and fidget just because the opposite is the governor of Ceylon.

It's just that I have mixed feelings in my heart, recalling the story of myself being forced to flee many years ago and almost ruining my family.

Du Feng saw that Zhao Liben's expression was different, but he didn't ask. After serving tea, he ignored Zhao Liben, and only asked Quan Zhe, "Xing Guogong said, you want to save the people and enrich the people, and your heart is commendable. I allow you to see and hear more on the island. Especially let you see the decay of the old country. I can take you to Kandy in a few days. However, there have been no boats coming from there these days. How are you doing? here?"

"To be honest, the student has been here for a while. People say that you read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. So I thought to take a look first. In addition, the person next to me came to find my younger brother. I am also destined for him. That day when he crossed the sea to study in Tianchao, he had to save his life. So he searched along the way, and went to Jewel City a few days ago, knowing that his younger brother has joined the army, so..."

The face of that letter is naturally enough, Du Feng knew where he was when he heard it was from Gemstone City, nodded and said: "Brotherhood, it is really rare to come to visit. This is Small things, easy to talk about."

No matter how upset Zhao Liben was in his heart at this time, he hurriedly thanked him and said, "Thank you, Dudu."

After thanking him, Du Feng said again: "It's fine to visit, but if you go back, it's absolutely impossible. The law doesn't show mercy. Once you join the army, you don't come and leave whenever you want."

"I have joined the army, and I am also a combat engineer. I am paid. I have to serve at least 15 years. It is absolutely impossible to quit halfway. Unless I cut off my fingers or smashed my big toe."

He is not only talking about the law in the army, but also talking about reality.

Ceylon's conscription and increase in the number of troops, especially those who eat the royal rations and receive military pay, are not up to him to decide.

After the military reform, there is no longer any situation where the local governor recruits casually. If he dares to do this, he is really not far from death.

As for why the imperial court chose to recruit troops in Ceylon, it was because the people in the imperial court's decision-making circle knew that India might start fighting anytime soon.

In fact, the General Staff Headquarters of the Privy Council had already finalized a general war plan, and before Duplex came to talk with Du Feng some time ago, it had already been communicated to the Nanyang Protectorate.

The general is outside, and the king's life is not accepted, which refers to tactics.

In terms of strategy, since the emperor chose the military reform plan of the decision-making power of the Privy Council, the emperor must provide strategic guidance to maintain his absolute prestige in the army.

The so-called open eyes to see the world is not that complicated sometimes.

Just like the Indian region.

The group of people in Dashun's decision-making circle needed to see the world with their eyes open, but it was actually very simple, and they didn't need complicated information.

A known:

The most affluent place, which Dashun desperately wants, and which has saltpeter mines, is Bangladesh.

The Mughal Empire collapsed, and the governors of various places established their own vassals.

The Bangladeshi Jiedushi is 84 this year, and the number of people in their 84s has been rare since ancient times. When they reach [-], they will almost reach the level of rare stocks.

The 84-year-old Bengal Jiedushi has no sons.

This is not a big problem. The Bengal Jiedushi belonged to the Shia sect. Shia sects, the son-in-law is orthodox.

However, the Bengal Jiedu envoy committed a big taboo, and a group of people in the Dashun decision-making circle casually looked through the history books, and they knew that something was bound to happen.

He wants to pass the throne to his youngest grandson, the son of his youngest daughter.

Then, the eldest daughter and the eldest son-in-law held the position of chief of customs, and by the way, the director of military supplies of the army.There is an adopted son.

The second daughter and second son-in-law hold half of the elite cavalry in their hands.have a son.

The little grandson to pass on the throne was born to the youngest daughter. He is a young man in his early twenties this year.He is full of blood, shouting war, war, war all day long!

The above information is very simple. People like Dashun who have read history books are enough to make a judgment-after death, there will be chaos.

In his early 20s, can he be the heir?
Of course you can, not to mention your early 20s, even seven or eight years old, as long as the centralization of power does not collapse and the government is stable, of course there is nothing wrong with being an heir in your teens.

But at this time, it is time for the rebellion of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and the Jiedushi Fanzhen. Choose someone in his early 20s as the heir.The money bag and the barrel of the gun are still not in his hands, and the aunt and uncle are still holding the customs and are directly responsible for the trade and negotiations with Europe... This is either crazy or old-fashioned.

Looking at the history of the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, you will know that in troubled times... Of course, including the old story of Dashun's own founder Li Guo's illness and death... You should also know that in troubled times, it is better to choose a foreign surname, find an adopted son, and find a son. Righteous brother, younger brother, ability first, don't look for your direct heir who is in his early 20s, for fear that he will die too slowly.

Now, Dashun, France, England, Marathas, Afghans, these chess players are all waiting for the old Khan of 84 to kick his legs.

(End of this chapter)