A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 153 Vacancy
The time has entered November in the ninth year of Chongzhen, and the weather is getting colder and colder. Snowflakes are floating in the sky from time to time, and the biting cold wind blows, which greatly reduces the number of pedestrians on Zhoucheng Street, and even caravan business travelers have reduced the frequency of going out.

The military riots in Baoanzhou City have faded out of everyone's eyes. In this kind of world, countless people die every day, and a few hundred people in a small place are not interested in the military riots. It's good that it spreads, even the inspector censor of Xuanfu Town doesn't have the energy to bother.

Regarding the matter of Baoanzhou City, Mr. Ji Shiwei, the Huailong military preparation officer, reported it to Chen Xinjia, the governor of Xuanfu Town. That was an understatement. He emphasized that if his command was fixed, the military chaos would be resolved within a day. The state city was calm, but the military chaos Due to the lack of pay, I hope the governor can allocate some money and food to appease the soldiers so that there will be no more troubles.

Where does Governor Chen Xinjia get paid?He only asked Huailong Bingbei Dao to restrain the soldiers, not to make any troubles in the Dao, and deal with the related matters by himself, and finally send a report on what happened. As for the money and food, he had to think carefully about it.

When it comes to money, all parties in the town shirk it, and no one is willing to bring it up.

The official document was sent to Huailong Road, which was in line with Lord Ji Shiwei's wishes. He sent another official document to Weichengzhou City, asking the generals of the guard to restrain the soldiers and not to cause trouble. At the same time, he praised Wang Dou for his rigorous military management and decisiveness His old man is very satisfied.In the end, he asked Wang Dou to make up for the troops in Baoanzhou City. The guards were indispensable, and then reported to the military register.As for the food and salaries of the guards, he is trying his best to find a solution.

In November, there were officials from the town and the Dao that went to Weichengzhou City. The rebellious officers died as soon as they died. Tian Chan didn't copy the list, but he made a good copy.It is estimated that thousands of acres of land will be filled into public land, and these fields will have to pay taxes and grains in the future.

Baoanzhou City has lost the strength of the two generals and needs to be rebuilt. No one pays attention to the number of soldiers, but the death of two generals and one town governor in the state city has vacated a few places, which is of interest to many people.The Daming Guard has always had a large number of world-ranking officials, but there is a real shortage of dispatchers. In order to compete for these places, some open and secret struggles are inevitable.

In the end, according to the opinion of Wang Dou, the integrity officer of Baoanzhou City, Wen Fangliang and Han Zhongzhong, a thousand households of the Zuoqianhu Office of the Security Guard, were honest and courageous, and they could be the chief officers of the prefectural city.Zuo Qianhu's [-] households Chida became a fair and strict person, and he could be the governor of the state and town.

After the list was confirmed, it was reported to Li Yi'an, the defender of the Weicheng, for approval, and then reported to Mr. Ji Shiwei, Huailong's military guard, for approval, and the matter was settled in this way.

On the ninth day of November, Han Zhong and Wen Fangliang led more than 600 sergeants from Shun Township Fort B and C to take up the post. The official officers and soldiers on board enjoy the supply of food and salaries.

When they entered the city, they saw the faces of the soldiers and civilians in Dezhou City turned cold. They thought that the integrity officer, Mr. Wang, had only four hundred soldiers under his command. There are hundreds of soldiers led by Wen Fangliang, and Lord Wang's subordinates, how many soldiers and horses are there?
With the prestige of executing the rebellious soldiers, and Wang Dou has nearly a thousand confidant officers and soldiers stationed in the city of Baoan, now he has established the absolute authority in the city of Baoan Prefecture.

Regarding Wen Fangliang, Wang Dou felt a little conflicted. He still valued Wen Fangliang. When Xu Lu and others left that day, Wen Fangliang and Sun Sanjie stayed and openly expressed their support for him.When resisting the invasion of the Qing soldiers, he also lived and died together. Although the young man is naughty, he is still talented and has expressed his loyalty to himself, so when there is a vacancy in Zhoucheng, he immediately considers Wen Fangliang.

However, he is the nephew of Wen Shiyan, the commander of the guards. This Wen Shiyan is always making trouble for himself. When Wang Dou was confirming the general list of prefectures, Wen Shiyan once expressed objection to Wang Dou's proposal, but Wen Fangliang's name was seen on it. Then he immediately agreed, making Wang Dou confused about what he was thinking.

Wang Dou wouldn't use it just because Wen Fangliang was Wen Shiyan's nephew, but he had to determine Wen Fangliang's attitude. If one day he and Wen Shiyan openly clashed, which side would he stand on?He doesn't want people in his circle who don't agree with him.

Wen Fangliang was also quite distressed about this matter. Uncle Wen Shiyan always troubled Wang Dou intentionally or unintentionally. In fact, he knew it well. Of course Wen Shiyan wanted to trouble Wang Dou, but in fact there was no direct conflict of interest between the two, it was just a matter of prejudice.

Wen Shiyan thought that Wang Dou was a young man who was ambitious and domineering. He disliked it very much. He thought it was not a good thing for his nephew to stay with Wang Dou. He wanted to transfer Wen Fangliang to the Acropolis, but Wen Fangliang refused to agree.For this matter, he and his uncle Wen Shiyan had quarreled several times.

Wen Fangliang thinks that his uncle's vision is too small to see the direction of the pattern clearly, and his vision is limited to the one-acre three-quarters of the land in Weichengzhou City, and he is a person with great ambitions, how can he live under his uncle's wing?He has already seen very clearly that only by closely following Wang Dou will his future be limitless.No, I have been transferred to Zhoucheng, and there will be more exciting worlds in the future.

On the night of arriving in Zhoucheng, he met with Wang Dou, and Wen Fangliang took the initiative to raise this issue during the conversation.

Wang Douyu said sincerely: "Brother Wen, I am very optimistic about you. I hope that our brothers can start well and end well, and share the glory and wealth."

Wen Fangliang's handsome face was full of solemnity. He knelt down and kowtowed heavily, and said to Wang Dou: "My lord, no matter what, the next official will definitely follow you around, and work like a dog and a horse forever."

Looking at Wen Fangliang, Wang Dou nodded slowly: "Okay!"

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Three days later, Lin Daofu, the defense officer of Shunxiang Fort, came to Baoanzhou City, and his wish was fulfilled.In the integrity mansion, Wang Dou met Lin Daofu. The spacious and luxurious integrity mansion made Lin Daofu a little uneasy.

Wang Dou exchanged warm greetings with him, recalling the years in Shun Township Fort, and seeing the integrity of the gentleman as before, Lin Daofu relaxed, chatting and laughing happily with Wang Dou.

This time Lin Daofu came to report to Wang Dou about the newly appointed officer in Shun Xiangbao, and about the affairs of Shun Xiangbao after Wang Dou left.

Wen Fangliang, the original Shun Township Bao Guantun official, and Han Zhong, the battalion officer, were promoted to Zhoucheng. Lin Daofu proposed that Sun Sanjie, the deputy of Qianhu, be appointed as the village officer, and Gao Shiyin, the deputy of Qianhu, be the battalion officer.Baihu Zhong Tiaoyang served as the governor of the town, and they continued to lead the army under them.

Wang Dou nodded. In fact, he was more inclined to Zhong Tiaoyang as the battalion officer, but obviously his official position was not enough. There were two deputy thousand households above him. Although Tiaoyang is his cousin, he can't be crony, he has to follow the rules, otherwise his subordinates won't be convinced.Fortunately, the military training in Shunxiang Fort has been on track, and a series of normative systems have been formed. Such an arrangement is also a safe way.

Wang Dou said: "Let's handle it like this, I will issue an official document soon."

Lin Daofu also reported to Wang Dou the recent achievements of reclamation in Shun Township Fort. He said: "My lord, the slaves and thieves have retreated. From August to November, 350 mu of wasteland has been reclaimed in the fort. At the beginning of this year, 350 mu of new land was reclaimed, [-] mu of new land in Jingbian Fort, and more than [-], [-] mu of new land in Shunxiang Fort. Each household can divide [-] mu of land. There is no land to cultivate, in addition, there are still many well-irrigating water tankers that have not been built, and cattle and farm tools are also lacking."

Shunxiang Fort has a population of more than 1. After vigorous matching in the fort, in addition to established households, those scattered Dingkou have basically formed new families. According to the new statistics in the fort, the total population is more than 57 150 household.According to Wang Dou's standard of [-] mu for each ordinary military household, [-] mu for each officer with [-] households and below, and [-] mu for officers with more than [-] households, a total of more than [-] mu of new land needs to be cultivated.

In fact, it is easy to reclaim wasteland. A young and strong laborer can reclaim more than one mu of wasteland per person per day. What is difficult is the subsequent digging and construction of irrigation wells, as well as the provision of cattle, farm tools and seeds.There are only more than 500 cattle in Shunxiangbao, and each household provides one cattle. There are still many shortages for more than 2000 households.

Digging irrigation wells and building water trucks requires a lot of money and food. According to the market price, digging a deep water irrigation well with water trucks requires 20 taels of silver and animal power to pull the water.Of course, for Wang Dou, this price can be greatly reduced, but the total amount of money and food needed is huge.Moreover, it is very important to dig irrigation wells. Without irrigation wells to provide water for irrigation, the reclaimed wasteland is useless.A lot of wasteland in Shunxiangbao has been reclaimed, but it is limited to money and food, and it is difficult to keep up with the construction of irrigation wells.

Wang Dou was silent for a long time, and finally he said: "I will think of a way to farm cattle and other things. You organize the army and the people to reclaim the wasteland. There is no wasteland in Shunxiangbao, so I went to the Wubao area to reclaim it, reaching [-] for each household. mu standard."

Lin Daofu agreed, and he was relieved to have Wang Dou behind him to support him.

Wang Dou smiled and said to him: "Old Lin, when you arrive in Zhoucheng, you will stay here for a few days. I'm going to invite the officers of the various forts to discuss matters. You can leave after the discussion."

Of course Lin Daofu wanted to get closer to Wang Douduo, so he hurriedly agreed upon hearing this.

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On November [-]th, Wang Dou recruited all the officers of the state city, as well as Lin Daofu, the defense officer of Shunxiang Fort, Yang Zhichang, the defense officer of Wubao, and Shi Min, the defense officer of Zhangjiabao, to discuss the future development of Baoanzhou City.In the meeting hall of the Mansion of Integrity, all military officers gathered together.

(End of this chapter)