Daming 1805

After Wu Xiongying took over the territory, he had no chance to relax.

While reorganizing the future official guards of his territory, he personally assigned them housing and residential land.

After Wu Xiongying worked in the territory for ten days, he finally got most of the things in place.

Then he took his father, younger brother, wife, brothers and others, accompanied and escorted by a group of soldiers, to visit other surrounding fiefdoms.

The first is the "Gerona State" next to Philo County, which is the original city of Girona in Spain.

Originally, Hena State could indeed be regarded as a state city, and Philo County could originally be regarded as a county under Hena State.

Now, like the local states and counties in the Ming Dynasty, the two sides have been merged into the same level of administrative management, and are also under the jurisdiction of the superior "Basa Prefecture".

Barcelona, ​​also known as Barcelona, ​​is now the core city under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court.

The total area of ​​Hena State is almost [-] square kilometers, which is a quarter larger than that of Philo County.

There is also more arable land and cultivable area than in Philo County.

Moreover, there are more than 30 people in the city of Hena Prefecture. Together with the residents of surrounding rural towns, the total population exceeds [-], which is almost twice that of Philo County.

This has already caught up with the counties in the Central Plains region of the Ming Dynasty.

The feudal lord of Hena State is a state son, and his title and fiefdom are exactly one level higher than Wu Xiongying.

However, Hena Zhouzi's situation is completely different from Wu Xiongying's.

Wu Xiongying is a 21-year-old captain and will continue to serve in the army in the future.

Hena Zhouzi is a 50-year-old major governor. When he was granted the title of Zhouzi, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and then retired directly. From then on, he directly retired in Hena Prefecture.

The older officers in the Ming Dynasty's original army will retire on a large scale after this war.

Based on the three main conditions such as military rank, contribution and merit, and years in the military, different levels of titles, fiefs, and pensions are given.

When Wu Xiongying came to Henazhou, he greeted Henazhouzi in advance.

When Wu Xiongying and his party arrived, Hena Zhouzi asked one of his sons to lead the team to the station in the city to greet them.

Hena Zhouzi himself was waiting in advance in the main hall of the manor where he lived.

Hena Zhouzi's current status and title are of course nominally higher than Wu Xiongying's, but the current actual power does not widen the gap.

After all, they are all lords of the same county-level jurisdiction, but the urban area and population are twice as different.

But considering the future development, Hena Zhouzi has completely reached the upper limit, and Wu Xiongying's future is currently very bright.

In addition, the two people's fiefdoms are adjacent to each other, so the next few generations will have to deal with each other frequently, and it will be very troublesome if the relationship becomes tense.

Therefore, Hena Zhouzi attaches great importance to Wu Xiongying's visit.

Arrangements were made for my son to take the initiative to greet him, and the welcome activities were arranged with great sincerity.

The two parties met in their own manor, and Hena Zhouzi enthusiastically took Wu Xiongying and his family to chat.

Very affectionately, I call Wu Zhiyuan my good brother and Wu Xiongying my good nephew.

Hena Zhouzi is now a Zhouzi, and he was a lieutenant colonel when he retired. He is one step higher than Wu Xiongying in terms of title and military rank.

He is also 50 years old, several years older than Wu Zhiyuan. No one thinks it is inappropriate to call Wu Xiongying his nephew.

He Nazhouzi kept praising Wu Xiongying for his achievements at a young age, and kept saying that a hero comes from a young age and his future is limitless.

When the sedan chair was carrying people, He Nazhouzi was polite, and Wu Xiongying and his son were equally polite.

Praise Henazhouzi for his outstanding contributions, full of children and grandchildren, and good health.

He also said that from now on we will all be neighbors and take care of each other.

This is what it should be, and Hena Zhouzi naturally agreed.

In this way, the two sides gradually turned to the topic and began to talk about the situation in their territories.

Because Hena Zhouzi was older and was about to retire, the inheritance of the fiefdom was extended by one more generation.

There can be three generations of external vassal and four generations of internal vassal.

The vassal states conferred by the Ming Dynasty this time will not be passed on at exactly the same time, but will be adjusted based on merit and the age of the parties involved.

The older Polish Duke Yang Yuchun was awarded the title of three generations of external vassal and five generations of internal vassal.

And it starts with Yang Yuchun's son as the first generation.

After the war, Yang Yuchun also retired directly and completely retired.

But even so, the actual inheritance time of the vassal state of Hena Zhouzi may still be shorter than that of Wu Xiongying's Philo County male.

He Nazhouzi is already 50 years old, his eldest grandson is a teenager, and Wu Xiongying is just an adult now.

Hina Shuzi has not fully retired, so the calculation starts from his own point.

By the third generation, that is, when his own grandson succeeds to the throne, Wu Xiongying's son may not have succeeded yet.

However, both sides felt that the final time should not be much different, with a gap of only more than ten years. This was obviously deliberately arranged by the court.

At the same time, after Wu Xiongying talked with Hena Zhouzi, he realized that he had missed something unintentionally.

They, the new feudal monarchs, had no special ideas about how to arrange property and immigration in their territories.

The temporary governor and Qianhu arranged by the imperial court will provide a standard guidance plan to the territory.

Each county admitted at least a thousand Ming soldiers, and each state admitted at least [-] soldiers.

Each soldier was assigned at least one existing homestead and at least two hundred acres of land.

Finally, a certain amount of property and cash rewards are directly distributed.

The state of Hoena directly adopted this standard plan.

Henazhouzi didn't have a big opinion on this, but it wasn't completely unreasonable either.

Fifteen hundred soldiers directly divided 30 acres of land, directly accounting for half of the existing and cultivable land in Hena State.

But Hena Zhouzi also knew that the immigration of these Ming soldiers of the same race was the basis of his security as a lord, so he could only accept this arrangement.

Raising troops inherently costs money and resources, so directly giving them land is the simplest and crudest solution.

After hearing Wu Xiongying talk about the plan of the development and construction company of Philo County, Hena Zhouzi suddenly felt his eyes light up.

“In this way, most of the assets are nominally divided, and the lord seems to only get only [-]% of the income rights.

“But actually all the assets and land management rights are actually still in your hands?
“Those three points of dividends given to managers will also be felt by those involved as being given by the lord!

"The people of Songjiang Prefecture are born to be good at doing business. Their reputation is well-deserved..."

After hearing this, Wu Xiongying couldn't help but smile and shake his head and said:
“Although I have the decision-making power in my hand, I can only take [-]% of the income. In fact, I have distributed [-]% of the assets.

"The top management and decision-making power gained in exchange will actually centralize the management of local assets to prevent the ordinary big players below from sitting on their hands."

Hena Zhouzi thought for a while and said:

"Even if the distribution of wealth is indeed less, this arrangement can indeed be considered a coup. "It can make the situation in the territory more stable, and also allow the lord to have more powerful control over his subordinates and soldiers.

"I will also think about it later and see if I can build such a company according to my nephew's arrangement."

Wu Xiongying felt that Hena Zhouzi was indeed interested and was not an old stubborn who refused to accept various new plans, so he patiently explained the details of his idea.

The discussions between the two parties were very involved and very speculative.

When both parties finished a cup of tea and the servant replenished it, the two parties changed the subject.

Another equally important matter was discussed.

Hena Zhouzi began to hear whether Wu Xiongying was married, and asked if there were any young men and women of marriageable age in the Wu family.

In fact, there is no need to ask, Wu Xiongying's two younger brothers are right next to him, but Hena Zhouzi has to be a little more tactful.

Then both parties began to understand the situation of both families.

He Nazhouzi felt that Wu Xiongying had a bright future.

Although his children can only marry his younger brothers and sisters now, Wu Xiongying, as the eldest brother, has to take care of his younger brothers and sisters.

Wu Xiongying and his son also felt that their son's family in Henazhou was a good match for his own family.

His potential may be greater in the future, but after all, he has not yet reached a higher level of achievement. After all, he is currently a bit lower than Hena Zhouzi.

Henazhouzi, the patriarch of the family, seems to be quite good at life himself and is not a stubborn person.

Therefore, both parties have the intention to continue to enhance the relationship.

So I started to understand more deeply and prepared to arrange a time to meet with suitable children.

Wu Xiongying and his party stayed in Hena Prefecture for three days. After saying goodbye to Hena Prefecture, they continued to visit the next neighbor's fiefdom.

Further south in Hena State are the fiefdoms of several squires and countrymen.

Wu Xiongying also went over to greet them, and then learned something different.

The fiefdoms of country squires and countrymen are only a few dozen square kilometers, and the total population is usually only ten to twenty thousand or even a few thousand people.

The commander-in-chief usually assigned them only one banner and only thirty to fifty Ming soldiers.

Moreover, unlike states and counties that have rigid minimum resettlement quotas, squires and countrymen can choose whether to keep these soldiers.

The Metropolitan Commander didn't seem to expect these soldiers to have strong combat effectiveness at all. They were simply developed for placement and could maintain law and order.

Therefore, at the same time, a Qianhu Office directly under the command of the capital was set up on the township fiefdom of a group of squires and countrymen.

At the same time, a group of towns and villages were also organized into a county and handed over to the jurisdiction of the already established Basa Prefecture.

If local riots do occur, the nearby Qianhu Office will be responsible for suppressing them, and the Basa Government in charge of them will be responsible for the aftermath and punishment.

But even so, more than one of these squires and countrymen did not want these soldiers.

They felt that the Taixi people under their rule were completely frightened by the Ming Dynasty, and they did not dare or have the ability to resist.

Even if there is a small-scale trouble, the uncles and brothers he brought from his hometown can handle it.

Perhaps it is precisely because, in the traditional family system, it is easy for a settlement to produce dozens of strong men.

That's why they felt that the soldiers assigned by the imperial court to serve under one banner were meaningless.

Instead, the land and assets of the fiefdom must be divided.

When Wu Xiongying and his party listened to the complaints of these gentlemen, they just smiled and comforted them.

When everyone was completely surrounded by foreigners, all Ming people were of the same race.

Moreover, they will all live here for generations in the future. If there are no people named Daming except their own family in their fiefdom, it will be troublesome for their children to get married.

Some felt that what Wu Xiongying said made sense, so they accepted this comfort.

A very small number of people think that this kind of argument is meaningless. Their family can marry other nearby lords of towns and villages, but it is just a little more troublesome.

However, due to Wu Xiongying's identity, they did not say it openly.

Wu Xiongying stayed in the territories of these township lords, and basically stayed in one place for a day.

After running for seven days and visiting seven squires and country folk, I finally left these areas and headed for the city of Barcelona.

The city of Barcelona has a population of almost 100 million. The urban area is divided into two Fuguo counties, and there are two surrounding suburban counties that are not divided.

These lands and populations will be under the direct jurisdiction of the Aragonese Governor's Palace of Bassa, which is under construction.

Aragondu's Commander-in-Chief Division arranged a garrison of guards here, and their treatment was the same as that of the soldiers in the newly honored lord's fiefdom below.

They would first receive homes and property, but not land for agriculture.

Because Barcelona is already an industrial city, and most of the population lives in the city, letting these soldiers farm below will not be able to effectively control the city.

However, they can receive dividends from Barcelona Asset Management Company, which is very similar to Wu Xiongying's Philo County Development and Construction Company.

Wu Xiongying's future residence will be in Barcelona City, and Wu Xiongying can even get a share of Barcelona Asset Management Company.

It's just that there are more people here, my position is not high, and the amount of shares is relatively small.

Wu Xiongying was pressed for time and did not stop in Barcelona.

Continuing south along the coast, he visited the new nobles of two other county-level fiefdoms, and then visited a county uncle in the inland area.

Finally, he returned to his fiefdom in late December.

Then began preparations for the first New Year in the fief.

Wu Xiongying was ready to take in the two scheduled concubines brought from Daming.

Wu Xiongying's parents began to keep in touch with several nobles at the same level they had visited before.

Wu Xiongying and Wu Zhiyuan have a favorable impression of their neighbor Hena Zhouzi, but they still have to compare prices for things like blind dates.

So after returning from a round of visits, I first selected a few new nobles who had a good impression, and continued to communicate with them in depth to prepare for a better understanding.

Prepare for the children to find an opportunity to meet formally after the Chinese New Year.

At this time, people in most areas of the world have also begun their own year-end activities.

Although the royal families of the Thai and Western countries are still there, and even the countries of France and Spain are still there, they have just moved to Mozhou.

But all of them have become vassals of the Ming Dynasty and are no longer a completely independent country.

Then all their official times will use the Ming Dynasty's new imperial calendar.

Compared to the rather complicated lunar calendar, they naturally adopted the new solar calendar, which was more official and similar to their original Western calendar.

The New Year has naturally become the beginning of spring every year.

This is the first New Year after the end of a new round of war, and many people's identities have undergone earth-shaking changes during this year.

When it comes to the Chinese New Year, naturally some people are happy and some are sad.