Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 635 Recruiting Refugees (Fourth Change)

Hong Chengchou discussed with Cao Wenzhao and others for a long time, but there was no result.

After all, they have been besieging and suppressing the bandits in Qin during these days, and finally handed over all the heads of the bandits, big and small, and didn't care about Shanxi's affairs at all.

But a letter from Governor Zhang Zongheng completely destroyed Hong Chengchou's previous plan to encircle and suppress the Shanxi hammer bandits.

Our own soldiers have become more elite, but the hammer bandits in Shanxi have not weakened, and the high-ranking bandits have all broken into the imperial city to kill the emperor.

Crowding south and hammering north, these two groups of rebels have formed their own system, which is not comparable to the scattered bandits left in Qin.

In particular, many anti-thief leaders who are capable and knowledgeable, either followed He Jinzhao and Gao Yingxiangrun to Shanxi in the early days, or followed Zijinliang to Shanxi.

Most of the remaining anti-thief leaders wanted to defend the territory of Qin, fought on their own, and were easily bewitched by the officers and soldiers, and eventually went to the point of cannibalism.

It is really a big problem for the official army to have an established and combative rebel.

Hong Chengchou and several general soldiers under his command decided to stand still for the time being, and first send spies across the Yellow River to inquire about Shanxi's detailed information, and then make a decision based on the specific situation.

Especially now that winter is coming, it becomes very cold.

Sending troops will inevitably consume more food, and if the heat preservation measures are not good enough, some soldiers will freeze to death.

Instead, they can take advantage of the freezing of the Yellow River and sneak across the river, occupying a few crossing points first, and when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, the information is almost inquired, and it is time to do it.

The questioning letter from Wang Chengyin, the chief soldier of Yansui, was delivered to He Jinchao.

"Your Majesty, brother, I have worked hard to gather information about Shaanxi for you, and there is hard work without credit.

Next time you cut off the head of the Mongol leader or the head of the Jurchen Tartar, can you sell it to me as a priority, so that the fat will not flow to outsiders! "

He Jinchao raised his eyebrows, and Wang Chengyin finally talked about Hong Chengchou's plan, preparing to cross the river in winter while it was frozen, and spring flowers blooming beforehand.

The Yellow River is frozen, and Hong Chengchou's plan is normal, because in order to get to Shanxi, He Jinzhao sent Liu Erhu as an advance team to skate across the Yellow River and occupy Shanxi.

After He Jinzhao read the letter, he saw that Wang Chengyin was not very happy, so he wrote back to him to waive the ransom money he owed him last time, and if he sent news in time, he would be rewarded with money.

Lest you have no money to buy heads from yourself.

After all these things, after He Jinzhao finished writing the letter, he sent someone to send it back.

"My lord, the three thousand-man teams have already been sent out to Fugu County to recruit people. Winter is coming, and the life of the people in Qin will become more and more difficult. I think many people will come if we make a move."

Listening to Qiu Zhitao's report, He Jinzhao looked at the map on the table: "Twenty miles away from Taiyuan City, temporary houses are built, each house is equipped with a stove, so this winter will not be too sad.

As for winter clothes, so many sheepskins have been tanned, each person can rent one to them first, and wait until next spring when the flowers will be cultivated or converted into labor. "

"My lord, according to those weavers, Mongolian wool can be made into blankets or rough clothes, but it's not as good as the wool from Qinghai."

Qiu Zhitao continued to report on the production with the pamphlet in his hand.

Conscripting more people in winter means that more food and clothes are needed to support them. They lose money in the early stage, and they can only get paid after one or two years.

He Jinzhao reckons that the sheep cannibalism movement has not yet developed in the current Daying Empire, but they should be able to weave wool, and the wool industry is being hit on a large scale, because the country has also suffered from grain failures for more than ten years, People have to spend money on expensive food.

"I remember that Mongolians can produce felt cloth, which they use to make clothes and blankets, tents and yurts." He Jinzhao stood up and walked two steps: "Then there is no need for weavers to work hard, they should weave cloth, At that time, sell these silks to Jiangnan.

I am going to outsource the making of woolen clothes to the Mongols outside the Great Wall. We just send money to them to allow the economy to circulate. It is best to form a closed loop.

The silver piled up in the cellar is not called money at all.

Lest they always trade with cattle and sheep. The growth time of cattle and sheep is too long. We can get a lot of cattle and sheep in a short period of time, but this is not conducive to the economic cycle. How can you help me resist the Jurchen Tartar attack?
I will try to change them from propertyless people to property people, so that I can more agree with the banner of my hammer bandits on the grassland.

Moreover, this time I fought against the left wing of Mongolia and brought back a large number of cattle, sheep, mules and horses. In a short period of time, there is no need to plunder cattle and sheep through the hands of the right-wing Mongolians, lest foreign businessmen will be cheaper because of too many cattle and sheep. In the end, we have nothing She fell down and made a wedding dress for others.

Just to spend money to buy their labor, I also plan to build a civilian market outside the Great Wall in winter, and completely tie them to our chariots. "

Qiu Zhitao took a pen and kept memorizing what He Jinzhao said, and he must implement this idea in time, so as to achieve the result the lord wanted.

"Labor creates value, we contribute money, they contribute, and both parties get what they want."

He Jinzhao couldn't help but patted himself on the head. The Mongols were obviously better at this kind of wool work, but he had to recruit weavers to study it. It was really a layman guiding an expert.

"My lord, I will find someone to learn more about it, and then I will ask my lord to look it over and stamp it."

"Okay, this matter is also simple. It will be settled in a day or two, and the price will be set. It will take a lot of time to send people to notify the herdsmen on the entire grassland." He Jinzhao turned around a few times, thinking about it. Then said:
"We declare to the outside world that we give priority to purchasing felt clothes and blankets that surrendered to our tribe, and we distribute wool that we have tanned before to the family members of the border guards, so as to prevent them from slaughtering their flocks in large numbers, and herdsmen who have no sheep can come to Bitouguan Assemble, and I will give them wool then."

"Okay." Qiu Zhitao immediately took note of this matter, taking care of most of those with wool and crafts.

He Jinzhao sat down happily: "When these workers earn money, they can also buy some sheep of their own from us to continue grazing. Wouldn't they live a happy life?"

"My lord is very comprehensive."

He Jinzhao paused and then said: "Think about what you can do to these people who defect to me in winter? I am not running a charitable hall. They use labor in exchange for survival. The best way is to use work as relief. "

Qiu Zhitao replied without thinking: "My lord, in my opinion, we should either participate in building a new city, or renovate some of the Great Wall, or build roads and dredge canals."

He Jinzhao pointed to the surroundings of Taiyuan City: "Let's build roads. After they are resettled, let them recuperate for ten days before starting work."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)