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

Chapter 208

On the way back from Shunxiang Fort, Wang Dou said to Zhang Gui beside him, "Old Zhang, what do you think about the resettlement of these refugees?"

Zhang Gui had already considered this question carefully, and after listening to Wang Dou's question, he hurriedly said: "My lord, in Shunbao, Wubao, Zhangjiabao, and around the city, most of the fields that can be cultivated have been reclaimed. But Heishan Temple , Reclining Buddha Temple, Fanshan, Xiejiabao and other places are mostly uninhabited, and dozens of villages can be set up. It is estimated that most of the refugees can be accommodated in these areas, and the rest can be arranged in various factories, mines and livestock farms."

Wang Dou nodded. According to Zhang Gui, most of the refugees could indeed be resettled.It is that these places cannot accommodate all the refugees, and I intend to build large-scale cattle farms, sheep farms, horse farms, forestry factories, and plant a large number of vegetables, beans, horse grass and other things.These refugees can always be accommodated.

Think about Zhang Gui trying to get closer to himself and work very hard, Wang Dou intends to add to his burden.

He smiled and said, "Old Zhang, I will leave the establishment of the Xintun field to you, and you will arrange all the manpower needed."

Zhang Gui is overjoyed. He is the governor of the state city. In fact, his power does not include the land of Shun Township Fort. This is the richest place in the entire Baoan Prefecture, with the largest population and the greatest development opportunities. Zhang Gui thinks about it every time. It's a pity.

But now with Wang Dou's words, there are tens of thousands of refugees, dozens of villages are under his management, and the jurisdiction has been expanded to the entire south of Baoan Prefecture. Although the affairs are expected to be complicated and difficult, this is also a good opportunity , if you do well, the guard will value you even more.

He solemnly said: "Don't worry, my lord, the next official will make the farming affairs in an orderly manner, so that you won't worry about it."

Wang Dou nodded slowly.

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Throughout the next July, all parts of Baoan Prefecture were busy. After more than 4 refugees arrived in Baoan Prefecture, they were all converted into military households, registered documents for them, and distributed household stickers.After eating and drinking every day, and seeing the life of military households in Shunxiangbao and Zhoucheng, these refugees all looked calm when they were transferred to military households, and many of them were even very happy.

All the young and strong among them were registered in the register, and [-] males were selected from among them, and they were immediately formed into a new army and began to practice.The rest of the new military households were resettled to various farming sites, and the orphans among them were also sent to orphan camps early, where they could read and write and live together.Among them, craftsmen and others were also selected to enter various factories and mines.There are also many people who have been sent to quilt factories, iron factories, livestock farms and other places, and the resettlement of new military households is proceeding in an orderly manner.

The establishment of new villages requires a large number of literate civil servants. Based on the five officials in each settlement, dozens of settlements require at least two hundred civil servants.With so many civil servants, they can only be selected from local scholars.Literary officials are considered a decent job, and Wang Dou gave them one stone salary per month to support their families, so that everyone can live comfortably. Not to mention that many poor literati in Baoan Prefecture rushed to apply for the job, even many local gentry children were also excited.

The employment of civil servants is presided over by Zhang Gui, the officer in charge of the garrison, and Feng Dachang, the orderly official.Regardless of military or civil affairs, Wang Dou's subordinates are now closely related to Wang Dou's interests, and no one will allow people who disagree with them to appear in the system.

In fact, from the beginning of the rise of Wang Dou in the seventh year of Chongzhen, until now his power has spread to the entire Baoan Prefecture, Wang Dou has not violated the interests of the local landlords and gentry.To Wang Dou's actions, at first they held a cold-eyed attitude, but with the vigorous development of Wang Dou's power, many of them also had different thoughts.

Especially after Ji Junjiao, the governor's daughter, entered Wang Dou's mansion, they were even more touched.Although Governor Ji's words were fierce and angry, he did not see any actual embarrassing actions towards Wang Dou. Judging from Wang Dou's development trend, it can be said that the future is limitless.Many people are hesitating, should they join Wang Dou's system now, take advantage of this smooth sailing, and gain greater benefits in the future?
The one who secretly regretted was Li Jichen, the head of the Li family in Xinzhuang. Back then, Wang Dou joked that he made her daughter a concubine.Even watching the good show from the sidelines, without my own support, what can Wang Dou use to dig the fields and dig wells?Unexpectedly, Wang Dou has developed, and now his momentum is even more prosperous. Even if he sends his daughter to the palace now, with Ji Junjiao by his side, it will not be of much use.

In any case, with the addition of these two hundred civil servants, at least among the literati and gentry in Baoan Prefecture, most of the attitudes are already inclined to Wang Dou.

As for the head of Xintunpu, the various places in Baoan Prefecture also took the lead. Baoan Prefecture is now Wang Dou's world. Wang Dou is a pragmatic person, and everything speaks for himself.Military generals can go out to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds, but for literati and officials, they have to rely on local governance achievements.

Although Xintunpu is poor, it is also the place where political achievements are most likely to be made. Not to mention the original village chiefs of Shunxiangbao, even the officials and generals of the various forts in the prefectural city are also ready to move.

At the end of July, the chiefs of the various villages were elected, and forty new chiefs took office. Perhaps because of the old relationship with Wang Dou, the official bell of Huiyaobao, as well as the original Zhouzhuang, Huzhuang, and Chafangbao Jia Duonan, Lu Xianyang, Zhang Shutang, the village chiefs of Jibao, were also selected as the village chiefs of Xintunbao.

What is different from the original forts is that now these forts no longer build fort walls, and the built settlements are no different from the villages of later generations.Wang Dou is now going all out to develop the field army. Except for Huodun, no fort walls have been repaired or added in the territory, which has saved him a lot of money and food.

In August of the 11th year of Chongzhen, after the settlement of the fortresses, Baoan Prefecture ushered in a new wave of development peaks, and various places were in full swing.

In mid-August, a new refugee military household named Long Kun in Zhong Dayong’s jurisdiction located in Langwa Tunbao, Heishan Temple, in a chat with Zhong Dayong, accidentally mentioned a wonderful method of raising chickens in his hometown, which is Use pasture to raise chickens.

After hearing the method he said, Zhong Dayong realized that this was his chance, and hurriedly reported it to Zhang Gui, the officer in charge, and Zhang Gui hurriedly reported it to Wang Dou.Wang Dou realized that this might be a good opportunity to solve the meat supply for the army and civilians in the territory, so he hurriedly recruited Zhong Dayong to talk to Long Kun.

According to Long Kun's method, the south of Bao'an Prefecture is mountainous, and in the mountains and hills, there are as many grasslands and forests as possible. Due to the drought, these grasslands cannot be used for farming, nor are they suitable for raising cattle and sheep.However, it is the best for raising chickens. The grassland area is vast, and chickens are raised on a large scale. It is difficult to have diseases, and it will not cause damage to the grassland.

Baoanzhou has plenty of sunshine and moderate temperature. There are many insects, grass seeds, young leaves and other things in the grassland, which are good food for chickens and poultry.With these vast pastures, the food consumed by raising chickens on weekdays only accounts for about [-]% of the daily raising.

Moreover, it takes only a few months to raise chickens and poultry every year, and it can be carried out in months with sufficient precipitation. Compared with the vicious cycle of "spring thin, summer fat, winter fat loss" and other vicious cycles of raising cattle and sheep, it can be said to have a great advantage.

Not only that, but the manpower needed to raise chickens is not many, let alone young and strong, women and the old and weak can be competent.According to what he said, it is very easy for a middle-aged woman to raise hundreds or thousands of chickens.

The feces discharged by the chickens can be used to fertilize the pastures, and can also be collected to fertilize the fields. Long Kun proposed to collect maggots from human and livestock feces as feed for raising chickens, which can greatly speed up the fattening rate of chickens.

After hearing Long Kun's words, Wang Dou couldn't help but be fascinated. Now there is a chicken farm and a duck farm next to the pig farm in Shun Township, each raising only a few hundred chickens and ducks.Wang Dou imagined that if there were tens of thousands of chickens raised in Baoan Prefecture, 10,000+ chickens, so many chickens, and eggs laid...

Wang Dou glanced at Long Kun. This fat middle-aged man was standing at the bottom cautiously. He himself said that he was from Leping County, Shanxi.Seeing the remarkable results, it was trampled down overnight by horse thieves.

In the current world of Daming, natural disasters and man-made disasters are endless, even if you want to live in peace, you can't do it.He took his young wife and his family to Baoan Prefecture with the army of refugees, and was assigned to Zhong Dayong's Tunbao. He was not interested in farming, but seeing the excellent surrounding environment, he couldn't help but want to resume his old business, so he asked Tun Zhang Zhong for help. Great use of advice and suggestions.

Unexpectedly, he was personally summoned by the legendary garrison master, which made him surprised and happy, and felt uneasy.

Wang Dou made a decisive decision, and said to Zhong Dayong: "Old Zhong, you helped me find a talent. I didn't say anything, I should make a contribution and work hard in the position of the head of the village."

Seeing Wang Dou's satisfied expression, Zhong Da used a piece of oil to shine. He was a lot fatter than when Chongzhen was in the seventh year. He nodded and bowed and said: "It is the glory of a humble job to be able to do a little work for an adult, the glory of a humble job .”

At that time, a subordinate of Huoludun was a high-ranking garrison officer in a state. Zhong Dayong had no other ideas, but followed Wang Dou closely. For the sake of his former colleagues, Wang Dou must have the opportunity to cultivate and promote himself. .

Seeing his appearance, Wang Dou smiled slightly, and said to Long Kun: "Mr. Long, I will appoint you as the steward of the chicken farm. You can report to Mr. Zhang if you need any manpower, money and food. The larger the chicken farm, Bigger is better."

Long Kun knelt down and kowtowed again and again in surprise, his heart was boiling with enthusiasm, Lord Garrison is really a great man, and he even called him Mr. Long, he is really a corporal.

Zhang Gui also said aside: "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely give Steward Long a great help."

Soon, the chicken farm in Langwabao of Heishan Temple was set up, fully manned and staffed, and Long Kun was still excited when he got a new important job. In addition to rushing his staff to buy chickens everywhere, he also hatched chickens by himself. For chickens, a method called the method of hatching eggs in earthen pots is adopted.The chickens hatched from this kind of soil tank take a shorter time, not worse than those hatched from hens.

After Wang Dou heard the news, he couldn't help feeling that Daming's folk technology at this time was really extraordinary.

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In August of the 11th year of Chongzhen, Wang Douwen reported that the gunners trained by the artillery team officer Zhao Xuan had been very effective, and the [-] military unicycles and carriages built by the Shunxiangbao Woodware Factory were also completed.Hearing the news, Wang Dou excitedly went to Shunxiang Castle to watch.

Sure enough, there are wheelbarrows and carriages in the warehouse of Shun Township Fort. These military chariots are thick and durable, and there are special holes on the poles of the chariots. Cards, surrounded by a circle in the wilderness, will surely give the sergeants inside the greatest protection.Moreover, there is also a lifelike pattern of lion-headed beasts painted on the outside of the playing cards, which will definitely scare the enemy horses of the Qing soldiers.

Not only that, the Shunxiangbao Woodware Factory also built several Yuanrong chariots and Wanggan chariots.With the Yuanrong chariot, the commanding officers and generals live high in the chariot, which is not only beneficial for protection, but also the situation of the surrounding enemy and ourselves is clear at a glance.The pole of the watch pole is more than ten meters high, and the sergeant stands on the diaodou and looks out, even if there are enemies approaching within a few miles, he can see clearly.

Looking at these chariots, Wang Dou was very happy, and the officers and generals around him also grinned.

Standing in the crowd, Wu Liangheng, manager of the woodware factory, proudly said: "My lord, one wheelbarrow can carry two stones of grain and one horse-drawn cart can carry six stones of grain and rice. 270 wheelbarrows and 230 horse-drawn carts can carry nearly two stones of grain and grass at a time." Qianshi."

Listening to Wu Liangheng's introduction, the generals were even more itchy, and Han Zhong said loudly: "My lord, share these vehicles and equipment with the brothers. As you promised, each thousand-headed transport team will There are fifty wheelbarrows and forty carriages."

Seeing his brother's unrestrained expression, Han Chao was about to scold him, Wang Dou said with a smile: "You boy, you are just impatient."

He said: "You all go to Qi Tianliang to ask for the vehicles and equipment of the general supply team and the supply team of the battalion department. This guy is now the manager of the military storehouse."

After jointly managing the warehouses of Shun Township Fort with Lin Daofu for a while, Qi Tianliang is now mainly responsible for the supply and storage of military supplies. After hearing Wang Dou's words, everyone quickly rushed to find Qi Tianliang.

Wang Dou also watched Zhao Xuan's artillery drill at the Shunxiang Fort Artillery Training Ground. At present, hundreds of people from the main artillery teams and battalion artillery teams of the Security Army are under Zhao Xuan's unified training. Gathered to the training ground, every day the cannons here rumble.

In the past six months, Zhao Xuan has basically solved the problem of the scale and range measurement of the artillery.After Wang Dou's suggestion, he selected 200 gunners from the more than [-] gunners of the artillery team for strict training. Using these gunners to observe the range, he commanded the rest of the gunners to fire and bombard them. Sure enough, they were more accurate and more powerful. powerful.

Seeing Zhao Xuan's training results, Wang Dou was quite satisfied. Needless to say, the artillery team was also scored by the battalion and each thousand.

At the beginning of the year, Wang Dou asked Li Guangheng to train and take charge of the affairs of the cavalry. Since he selected veterans from each team, he saved the cavalry from having to practice their footwork, so the cavalry trained very quickly.Although it is said that it is still impossible to control the horses to charge the battle, but the horses are flying like flying, and there is no problem with the skills of the cavalry's martial arts and the coordination of the battle formation.When suppressing bandits in the middle of the year, Wang Dou asked Li Guangheng to attack several times, and the results were satisfactory.

At the beginning of September in the 11th year of Chongzhen, Wang Dou recruited the entire battalion and held a large-scale military exercise in Shunxiangbao. The results of the exercise were gratifying.

During the exercise, Zhao Xuan suggested to Wang Dou to put the artillery in the army formation, and Wang Dou was also very interested in trying it out.Unexpectedly, the sergeant responded that this action put a lot of psychological pressure on them, and they were very worried that the artillery would hit their backs and heads, and at this time the main power of the Buddha Wolf machine artillery was shotguns, and the shotguns should not be fired in the army formation. .

Under the turmoil of the public, Zhao Xuan had no choice but to give up this idea dejectedly.

Despite this small episode, Wang Dou is still satisfied with the results of his military power. He has prepared everything and is waiting for this year's battle.

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On September 11, the 22th year of Chongzhen, there was peace inside and outside Baoan Prefecture. That night, Wang Dou stared at the starry sky, unable to calm down for a long time.

If the history remains unchanged, one hundred thousand Qing soldiers marched into Daming in great force today, led by Dorgon, and entered from the Qingshan Pass in Ji Town by destroying the wall.Led by Yue Tuo, they entered from the destroyed wall of Qiangziling in Miyun, and Daming spread the smoke everywhere, and the people were burned.

I don't know this battle, what is waiting for me?

(End of this chapter)