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Chapter 245

Looking upstairs, Zhang Cheng listened to Liu Quan's words, thought for a while, and said, "Liu Quan, you have a thousand shi of grain and nearly ten thousand taels of silver in storage here, so you can't leave it alone."

Hearing these words, Liu Quan was taken aback for a moment. He thought: This grain and money are treasures, why don't they keep them, and throw them out?
Seeing Liu Quan with a puzzled expression on his face, Zhang Cheng smiled lightly. The group of Qiu Ba under him could barely do it if they were training troops, but they still couldn't do it if they were planning schemes and intrigues.

Zhang Cheng shook his head, he felt that the talents available to him were still scarce!

"Liu Quan, this grain is indeed a good thing, but if you keep it like this, it won't increase, right?"

"Yes, but we have food, so we won't be hungry!"

"Hehe, you're just a piece of wood!"

Zhang Cheng smiled and shook his head, and continued patiently: "Although this grain is good, it is worthless if it is stored in the warehouse. Now, our Labayu produces a surplus every year. What's the use of hoarding granaries after a long time?

Nowadays, when the winter wheat is not harvested, the price of grain is rising, and those poor households do not have enough food in their homes, and some even sell their children and daughters. You can open a grain shop in Baoanzhou City and Acropolis to sell them at a low price. sell grain,
Even those who have no money can find a joint guarantee for more than three households, and lend them some grain on credit. When the winter wheat is harvested, add [-]% as interest. Wonderful? "

Liu Quan shook his head and said, "General, all the grain and grain are sold. How can we survive the famine year?"

"you?……"

Zhang Cheng was a little bit annoyed, he didn't want to speak for a moment, even Chen Zhong who was beside him couldn't help laughing, at this moment, Zhao Liang who was following closely behind Liu Quanquan suddenly said: "Buying and selling?

What the general means is that when there is a shortage of grain, we sell the grain to exchange for money and gain the hearts of the people. When the grain is harvested, the price of grain will fall, and we will harvest the grain again, and so on.
Silver is exchanged for millet, and millet is exchanged for silver. Our warehouse is full of new millet every year, and it is poured upside down. The millet and silver will only increase, and we can still gain good reputation! "

Zhang Cheng's eyes lit up when he heard the words, while Liu Quan and Ma Huijun looked thoughtful.

"This kid is not bad, what's his name?"

Hearing Zhang Cheng's question, Liu Quan hurriedly replied: "General, this kid is Zhao Liang from Muzhajian. Seeing that he is sincerely loyal to him in his humble position, and he is clever, he stayed by his side and became an officer of the cavalry team."

"Well, just a team officer?"

Zhang Cheng turned around and continued to look at the golden patches outside the valley, lost in thought.

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When the lanterns first came on, Laba Valley was also very lively. Zhang Cheng's nearly [-] personal guards were all placed in the barracks, serving good wine and good food.

Liu Jinhai, Li Changsheng and other officers of the three guards were at the barracks, accompanied by several officers who were not on duty in Labayu, and the guards brought by Sun Dashan and Zhao Shihu. They all gathered in the barracks Eat and drink together in the hall.

The continuous lights illuminated the conference hall brightly, and Zhang Cheng clearly felt that this Labayu was much more lively than when he came last time.

Everyone was seated in the hall, and Zhang Cheng was accompanied by Chen Zhong, Liu Quan, Sun Dashan, Zhao Shihu, Ma Huijun and others. In addition, there were Liu Chengshan, the head of the village in charge of reclamation in Labayu, and the craftsman of Tietouyu. The head, Guo Youjin, is also at this table.

"It's very good that you are guarding these three outlying villages on behalf of the general, and have managed them well. I would like to offer you a bowl of wine, and hope that you will do your best to manage these three villages better."

Zhang Cheng raised his wine bowl and encouraged everyone on the table with words, and everyone said modestly: "It should be done, everything should be done, and the duty of a lowly rank must guard the Yuzhai for the general."

Afterwards, everyone had dinner, and they ate and drank hot wine, but Chen Zhong didn't drink at all. No matter how everyone persuaded him, even Zhang Cheng asked him to drink, he insisted on not drinking, and everyone ignored him.

During the banquet, Liu Quan and others reported the situation of their respective villages one after another.

The situation in Labayu is almost known. After Zhang Cheng left last time, not only three granaries were expanded, but also barracks were built to accommodate a thousand soldiers.

However, the recruiting was not so smooth.

Liu Quan's own cavalry post now only has [-] riders. Except for the original [-] knights, the rest are young and strong recruits. They can barely ride horses now, and it will take a long time to become knights.

Liu Quan's method is that each old knight will lead two new recruits to practice separately, so the cavalry is divided into two teams, each with 30 people, and then every three people form a group.

The sentry of the Mahui army now has 120 people. Their infantry is far easier to train than the cavalry, and they are already in good shape.

According to Zhang Cheng's instructions, their infantry should first practice formation and familiarize themselves with military orders, and then uniformly practice the technique of long spear stabbing.

Last time, Zhang Cheng kept the veteran infantry returned from the top three kings here. They kept ten people in each village, and they were responsible for training these newly recruited infantry.

In terms of reclamation, following Zhang Cheng's instructions, Liu Quan occupied the two abandoned forts outside Labayu. There were nearly [-] mu of land there, but most of them were abandoned and no one cultivated them.

It just so happened that the manpower in Laba Valley was limited, and only nearly [-] mu of arable land had been leveled out, so they stopped. However, the poor military households in the surrounding area saw that the abandoned fort was occupied here, and a large area of ​​land was leveled out, so some boldly moved forward. Come try to escape.

However, after Liu Quan took in dozens of military and civilian households who fled, he turned away the latecomers and dared not take them in again, for fear of causing disputes with local state capitals and guards.

When Zhang Cheng heard this, he put down the chopsticks in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "The counties and guards in all states don't repair government affairs, and they can't protect the people wholeheartedly, but they all occupy civilian fields and military fields privately.
Today, we have opened up so many fields here. If no one cultivates them, they will not be abandoned again. In the future, if there are refugees and deserters who come to vote, you must not refuse them. They will all be registered and compiled as our valley. The soldiers and civilians of the stronghold,

The self-protection power of Bao'an Prefecture is not enough, and it is not capable of advancing and suppressing at all. I have met the officials of the security guards, and they are all bullying and fearing the hard. , Tell him to wait to find this will be. "

Everyone at the table took orders, especially Zhao Shihu, who had a sharp tree hawthorn, was also surprised. He thought that Zhang Cheng was loyal and brave, and he defected to him. Not only did he clear his identity as a bandit from the fleeing army, but he might even have a chance to be promoted in the future , It can be said that Guangzong Yaozu.

However, he gradually felt that Zhang Cheng was not like other generals of the Ming Dynasty. Most of those generals were only seeking benefits from themselves, and rarely did such things that were not thankful for their efforts, especially those that would offend other officials and generals. But there is no obvious benefit.

(End of this chapter)