The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 431 This Man Is Greedy
Ding Yi and Kou Hua stepped aside, followed by all the generals and soldiers behind them.

The two chatted while walking, and they were talking nonsense and scene talk.

When he got to no one's place, Kou Hua looked at the surrounding fields and a bunker in the distance, and suddenly asked: "Deputy General Ding, you are in Dengzhou territory, why are you building so many bunkers? And let the hoarders carry out military operations?" training?"

Ding Yi did not hesitate, and said decisively: "Defend the home, so that everyone can live in peace of mind."

"..." Kou Hua was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "Jiannu, can you fight to Shandong?"

"It's not necessarily used to prevent slavery. Mr. Kou also knows that the Ming Dynasty is very unstable now, and there are refugees and bandits everywhere. If there are more military chaos and bandits, the villagers can resist it for a while with the garrison."

Kou Hua wanted to say, Kong Youde's kind of military chaos, what's the use of your forts?

Unexpectedly, Ding Yi said again: "Everyone has a place to live, a field to plant, food to eat, and clothes to wear. At least here, we won't have any more riots."

"I always think that what I do is nothing more than to let everyone have fields, a place to live, food and clothing."

"Lord Kou, there are so many refugees and surrendered soldiers. How long do you want me to build a house for them? Who will pay for it?"

"Tunbao is cheap and fast to build, so that people and folks can have a place to live. Why not?"

Kou Hua was silent for a moment, he obviously didn't believe it in his heart, why did you organize them to train again?
But he had to admit that Ding Yi did a good job. Many refugees fled to Shandong, giving priority to Dengzhou. Ding Yi did support many people.

"I want to leave here." Kou Hua said in a deep voice.

"What is the wish of Mr. Kou?" Ding Yi asked suddenly: "I think Mr. Kou also likes to farm. Do you want to be a farmer?"

"I, like you, hope that the people of the world will have something to wear, something to eat, and their own fields --- all to live a peaceful and hard life -- no wars, no natural disasters ---"

"You can see it if you stay." Ding Yi interrupted him.

Kou Hua looked up at him, his expression obviously unwilling to stay.

At this time, no one believed that Daming would perish.

Even if it was Ding Yi's old brother, Xu Fuzou would not believe it.

None of the civil servants and generals of the Ming Dynasty would follow Ding Yi to do such a thing.

Although Kou Hua wasn't sure what Ding Yi wanted to do, he definitely didn't want to get involved in this muddy water.

In fact, in his heart, he still thought that Ding Yi wanted to support his troops and respect himself, like Zu Dashou, he would not listen to the imperial court's call.

That's why we built so many forts to strengthen our defense because we were afraid of the imperial court's attack.

Seeing that he was silent, Ding Yi knew that he had made up his mind to go.

But immediately said: "Master Kou, do you have anyone to recommend?"

"Qingzhou Tongzhi Zhang Yingqiu, who is in the same class as me, can be the magistrate of Dengzhou." Kou Hua said immediately.

It seems that he has already thought about it in his heart.

"Zhang Yingqiu?" Ding Yi had never heard of it.

"This man is very greedy." Kou Hua immediately said again.

"..." Ding Yi, what do these mean?
Kou Hua looked up at Ding Yi with a smile, and continued: "Greedy people are easy to get along with, and he is keen on playing cards, courting prostitutes, and having fun. He used to be a county magistrate and didn't care about things."

"Yeah." Ding Yi nodded as if he had realized something, and after thinking about it, he asked again: "Where do you want to go?"

"The old man wants to resign and return to his hometown to plant a few acres of land." Kou Hua said with a smile.

In fact, he was not old at this time, probably not yet 45 years old.

"Sure." Ding Yi laughed loudly.

Kou Hua smiled and said nothing, when he turned his head, he was thoughtful.

A month later, Kou Hua resigned, and Zhang Yingqiu came over to become the magistrate.

Sure enough, this person told Kou Hua that he was more playful and liked money.

Ding Yi gave Zhang Yingqiu 100 taels a month, and sent a few beauties to his house every now and then, so he turned a blind eye and had fun all day long, hardly caring about Dengzhou affairs.

Zhu Shunying, a fellow acquaintance, is in charge of the affairs of the mansion.

Zhu Shunying was promoted by the confidant of Liu Yuan, governor of Dengzhou, and he was Ding Yi's own man.

When Kou Hua was farming at home at the end of the year, his family was suddenly wiped out by bandits, and the body was burnt to the ground, and the family disappeared from the history of the Ming Dynasty.

On August 8, Ding Yi, Liu Yuan, Lu Chao, Du Ruhai, Song Zhe, Yan Xiong, Yang Duan and others went to Dengzhou for a group of civil and military discussions.

Because after coming here this time, Ding Yi found that Dengzhou would not be able to make ends meet.

Now he just got Jeju Island, and there is also a big money eater there, Wei Jiye estimated that Lushun had to invest in it in the first two years.

If Dengzhou also becomes a gold-swallowing beast, it will be unbearable.

Fortunately, there was good news just now that Wang Weizhong broke the Houjin near Datong, beheaded hundreds, and got hundreds of carts of food and property and tens of thousands of people.

Now all of them have been sent here. Today Du Ruhai has been arranging for people to accept, distribute, and register all morning.

Part of the silver was touched from the post-gold soldiers, which happened to be rewarded to the soldiers and casualties.

There will be some rewards from the imperial court, and the property obtained on the hundreds of cars is estimated to be 6 to [-] taels.

Du Ruhai distributed the food and other materials in the car to the common people, but all the money was confiscated.

Because the wealth of all the people is piled up on hundreds of carts, no one knows how much anyone has.

The common people can't tell if they are suffering, but now here, there is food in the divided fields, and those who don't have divided fields can still farm and hoard the fields, and finally they can settle down.

Because this wave of people came from various towns and villages, Ding Yi asked that among the relatively large number of people in a certain town and village, a part should be sent to Jeju Island.

In this way, about 8000 people finally stayed in Dengzhou.

"Now Dengzhou uses at least 40 to 45 taels of silver a year, which is quite a big expense." Ding Yi said at this time: "Talk about the current income."

Dengzhou’s income comes from Ding Yi’s various shopping malls and shops in Dengzhou City, which can now make a profit of about 3 taels a year.

Song Xiang's mining department is about 5 taels a year. (The mine has not changed much in the past few years. The main reason is that the more mines, the more workers they use, and the more expenses, so the profit has always been between [-] and [-], which is limited by the working conditions and capabilities of this era. This income increase is still relatively slow.)
Moreover, Ding Yi does not plan to open the mine desperately now, this is a slow income that can flow steadily.

In addition, based on the storage of land, Du Ruhai calculated it last time. This year, he can get rid of the stored grain and various consumptions, and there will be about 5000 shi of grain left. According to the current grain price, it can be sold for about 7 taels. two.

In addition, the post-robbery gold got [-] to [-].

In this way, by the end of this year, the deficit in Dengzhou will reach 25 to 30 taels.

Because the increase of troops and the recruitment of officials are both matters of this year and last year, it is also the biggest deficit this year.

Du Ruhai now has more than 40 taels of cash in hand, so there is no problem this year, and he can handle it.

"Don't worry, my lord, next year our income will also increase." Du Ruhai said at this time.

Next year they will stockpile more land and produce more grain. Although the population is also large, the surplus grain will only increase, not decrease.

Ding Yi gave them the goal for next year. The whole Dengzhou is in the hands of Ding Yi. The land that can collect taxes will reach 25 mu, and there will be [-] mu of soybean and other horse fields.

This goal is not difficult. Now that the population is increasing every year, and the labor force is more, the hoarding of land will naturally be faster.

(End of this chapter)