Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 29
"Return to Your Highness, the material money, the Ministry of Industry reported 107 taels."

"If you follow the price of materials in the folk, the price of materials should be 102 taels."

Jin Yiwei reported the water in it to Zhu Youjian, and Zhu Youjian couldn't help laughing when he heard it:
"Okay, you guys who are looking for materials and money, go to Wang Zhangyin to get fifty taels later, fifty taels per person."

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Hearing these words, the guards in Jin Yi, who were looking for money, were overjoyed and knelt down to salute.

The other Jinyi guards who heard Zhu Youjian's promise by the side accelerated their movements.

One must know that their yearly salary is only twelve taels of silver, and after checking the accounts, they can get fifty taels per person, which is a very good deal.

They checked the accounts carefully, and Zhu Youjian had a good time.

He watched these people check the accounts, then turned his head and said to Lu Wenzhao:

"There are too few people in Nanzhen Fusi, and the sum of inside and outside is only [-] people. If this is the case, you call these [-] people back to the capital, train them well, and train everyone according to the small banner. "

"When the time is up, you will take them and sit in the commander's position."

"I obey!" Lu Wenzhao hurriedly knelt down and bowed, and at this time, the food prepared by the chef of the East Palace for Jin Yiwei and Lu Wenzhao was served.

"Okay, you get up first, and leave after eating." Zhu Youjian confessed.

"Yes" Lu Wenzhao got up and took his seat, bowed his head and ate.

Not long after they finished their meal, Jin Yiwei, who had been in charge of manpower calculation for a long time, got up and saluted:
"Your Highness, the manpower has been calculated. The Ministry of Industry uses [-] craftsmen for [-] taels per year, and needs [-] taels of support. In addition, the food and clothing of the people's corvees during construction is eight shi grains per year."

"That is to say, using [-] civilians, calculated over three years, will require [-] million shi of grain."

"According to the price of grain purchased by the Ministry of Industry from Dacang in Tongzhou, it will cost about [-] taels."

"If the four guards and one battalion are used, and there are so many people from the three guards of Habayashi, there is no need to initiate corvee."

"The Yumajian still has [-] shi of grain in stock. In the autumn harvest next year, the fields of the Huangzhuang and Yumajian will be shared with the tenants of the Huangzhuang on a [-]-[-] basis, and they will receive [-] million shi of grain."

"Qingling's [-] million taels is about [-] taels. If the people from the Ministry of Industry were based on their prices, they would have spent about [-] taels."

The man spoke slowly, Zhu Youjian's eyes lit up, and he looked up and down the person in front of him.

I saw that this man was less than [-] meters tall, with a sad look on his brows, and a square face. He was a good person.

Looking at him, Zhu Youjian also smiled and said, "What's your name?"

"Your Highness, lowly Lu Jianxing." The man bowed, and Zhu Youjian looked at Lu Wenzhao after hearing this and said:

"This guy is not bad, let's raise the general flag first."

"Yes..." Lu Wenzhao quickly stood up and nodded in response, and Lu Jianxing also quickly knelt down on one knee and saluted loudly:

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your cooperation!"

"Okay..." Zhu Youjian waved his hands and said:
"Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared. You and your people who settle accounts will each pay fifty taels."

"That account book is pretty good. If you do more meritorious service in the future, it's not impossible to be promoted to a hundred households."

"You must do your best and work hard!" Lu Jianxing bowed his head and thanked loudly, never letting go of his bowing hands.

"Okay, let's all get out." Zhu Youjian nodded slightly, and when Lu Wenzhao saw this, he also led people back out slowly.

After they all retreated, Zhu Youjian got up and walked to the ledger that had just been calculated by Jin Yiwei and took a look. While looking, he opened his mouth and said:

"How many tenants are there under Cao Huachun and Yumajian?"

Cao Huachun heard the words, took a step forward, bowed slightly and replied:

"There are more than [-] grooms and tenants in the pasture, about [-] people."

"There are [-] farmland tenants, about [-] people."

"Huangzhuang is slightly larger, with more than [-] households and about [-] million people."

"It's quite a lot..." After Zhu Youjian heard it, he closed the document in his hand, turned around and said:

"If I remember correctly, the arable land of Yumajian plus the land of Huangzhuang is more than 215 million mu, right, and the pasture is [-] mu?"

"Exactly, Your Highness really has a photographic memory." Cao Huachun did not forget to flatter, while Zhu Youjian said:

"For military horses in the pasture, how many acres of pasture does a military horse need? How many horses and livestock does the Imperial Horse Supervisor have?"

As soon as his question was asked, Wang Chengen stepped forward and answered:
"A military horse needs thirty acres of pasture, twenty-five acres for a stallion, and twenty acres for a mare."

"Currently, there are more than [-] army horses, more than [-] stallions, and more than [-] mares in the Imperial Horse Prison."

"In addition, there are [-] cattle and [-] sheep."

"In addition, there are more than [-] camels, [-] elephants and [-] donkeys from Siam."

"There are more than [-] cattle in Huangzhuang, more than [-] draft horses, [-] rough horses, and more than [-] donkeys."

Wang Chengen narrated a series of data, but what Zhu Youjian cared about was only the data of farm cattle and army horses, stallions, draft horses, and rough horses.

Farm cattle represent the liberation of productivity, military horses represent the potential for war, stallions represent the number of newborn horses each year, and draft horses and rough horses represent the logistical support of the army.

The Yumajian has a lot of land resources, and more than [-] military horses are really too few.

Military horses can be raised with beans that have a strong sense of satiety and high nutrition.

Stallions, mares, and cattle can be raised in pastures.

However, judging from the current data of more than [-] such military horses and nearly [-] other livestock, the pastures of the Yumajian are not enough at all.

"In the future, military horses will be fed with soybeans. Don't limit the number of horses every year, and raise more and more."

"The [-] grasslands can't support [-] livestock, so the tenants of Huangzhuang and cultivated land will pull grass to feed them."

"Isn't the Yumajian still have [-] taels of silver? Take this silver to the foot of Yanshan Mountain, and buy more wasteland for pasture."

It is impossible for Zhu Youjian to take the military horse from Taipusi, he can only start from the imperial horse supervisor under him.

Since the pasture is not enough, then buy it!

Cao Huachun next to him heard what he said, and quickly said:
"The wasteland at the foot of Yanshan Mountain is cheap, and the large piece of wasteland in Miyun is only four taels of silver per mu."

"If His Highness needs it, I'm afraid the officials there can make it cheaper. It's not a problem to buy [-] mu."

"However, Your Highness does not need to buy it. Because of the troubles caused by the northern prisoners in recent years, many slopes have been abandoned."

"Especially near Baimaguan and Shixiaying, a lot of slopes have been abandoned."

"As long as His Highness opens his mouth and says that the Yumajian has insufficient pastures, Long Live will definitely assign the slopes in that area to the Yumajian."

(End of this chapter)