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Chapter 50
With the sound of the wooden door of the cottage, the wooden door was knocked open, and the bird guns fired three rounds in salvo, and the barbarian camp sword players on both sides swarmed up to attack the cottage, killing blood all over the ground, and the Beishan of Xinjiang Town was declared pacified.

Attacking the mountain can be called a tragic battle. Regardless of Chen Mu's general banner or Bai Yuanjie's barbarian battalion, the casualties reached [-]%. There is no possibility of laying down a copycat.Fortunately, due to several battles on the mountain road, the morale of the enemy troops hiding in the cottage was not very high.

Originally there were hundreds of rebels left on the North Mountain, and those who died fled. When Bai Yuanjie and Chen Mu led the crowd to attack the top of the mountain, the morale of the nearly 80 rebels who stayed behind in the cottage had long since dropped to the extreme. There are more than [-] people.

There were some old and weak women and children hiding in the cottage, and they were also rescued by Bai Yuanjie, and they were temporarily sent to the foot of the mountain. Someone will arrange their whereabouts after the war.Chen Mu selected more than a dozen strong young people from among the rescued civilians and captives to make up for the shortage of the General Banner in this battle, so as to prepare for the next battle.

It is impossible for Chen Mu not to feel sorry for the casualties of the Banner Army. They are all subordinates who have been with him day and night for several months.The combat effectiveness of the Banner Army has also declined again due to the reduction in personnel, but fortunately, there were no casualties among the high-strength bird gunners and five small banners, and the supplementary ones were all spearmen. , not combat power.

The combat power of those bannermen and these newly recruited captives is not much different, it's just that these people are more likely to escape in battle now.

Chen Mu made up for the banner army, but Bai Yuanjie looked down on these rebellious soldiers. After this battle, his barbarian battalion had seen blood, and won Bai Yuanjie's heart by virtue of his strong body and fearless morale.Although there were dozens of casualties, Bai Yuanjie didn't plan to supply supplies here. He wanted to recruit Dan people on the Beijiang River to replenish the banner army after returning from the battle.

"Erlang, let your manpower go to recruit more people, and recruit brave people from the rescued people." Bai Yuanjie went up to the watchtower of the cottage, just in time to see Xinjiang Town below, which was still in the midst of a tug-of-war. He said, "Xinjiang The town is easy to defend and difficult to attack, although Wu Duan's soldiers are brave, the casualties will certainly not be light, and he will have to defend Xinjiang in the future, and there are not enough troops."

"Recruit them to be country warriors. After the battle is over, you should recruit a few family soldiers." After finishing speaking, Bai Yuanjie said softly and pointedly: "Japanese pirates are unreliable."

Bai Yuanjie could still see the origins of the two short-haired and bald men beside him. Chen Mu nodded in response, and then asked, "Qianhu, how many brave men should I recruit?"

"If you raise more, if you can raise fifty, then you can raise another fifty. After this battle, you will be able to test hundreds of households based on your achievements. Then I want you to lead two banner troops of hundreds of households." Bai Yuanjie Turning around, he gave a rare sly smile, then restrained himself, and said, "Empty pay."

Empty pay?
Chen Mu looked at the rebellious army and Wu Duanbu who were fighting bravely in the town at the foot of the mountain. After thinking for a long time, he didn't understand the meaning of Bai Yuanjie's empty salary. rate?"

"It is customary in Qingyuan that one hundred households have to allocate five hundred acres of private land, and one thousand households in Qingcheng have to allocate fifty hectares of land for nothing. In addition, military officers such as Zongqi and Jianshi will spend nearly [-] acres to support those military farms. Half."

"Bai needs meritorious deeds to train troops, and the receivers of the Banner Army must not be greedy for money. The soldiers and the imperial court will find their own way if they don't get Bai. They all want money." Bai Yuanjie took a deep breath and said, "If this event is successful, Qingcheng will be a million dollars." Three or four hundred households are enough for households.”

And this operation?
He has seen those who bully military households, and those who treat all military fields as private land, but he has never seen that all the officers are kicked out for empty pay. How does Qianhu lead the troops?"

Bai Yuanjie turned her head and seemed to be more surprised than Chen Mu, and asked, "You carry the general flag well, but it's difficult to carry two general flags? Bai thinks you can carry four."

"With two full-staffed hundred households, you can let one general banner plow the fields of one hundred households, and the two full-staffed hundred-households can plow the fields of four hundred-households, isn't it a problem?" Bai Yuanjie thought about the problem. It's not as complicated as Chen Mu's. In fact, in his eyes, Chen Mu is an internal affairs talent. It's really hard to find someone in the guard who can cultivate the fields in an orderly manner.

Deputy Bai Qianhu looked forward cheerfully and said: "The barracks of Manliao will be expanded to eight hundred. Yu Ding will use your farm tools to buy some oxen and donkeys, and it will not be difficult to plow the fields of six hundred households. You can do both training and military settlements. This is the original intention of my Taizu Emperor Liwei to raise soldiers!"

Chen Mu thought about it, there is no problem for Bai Yuanjie to operate in this way, but...he said: "Qianhu! You let the 800-person barbarian battalion plow the fields of six hundreds of households, and let me plow 200 fields with [-] people. The field of Baihusuo, is this wrong?"

This is using Yu Ding, who has 800 people, as an envoy for 600 people, and Yu Ding, who has 200 people, as an envoy for 400 people. Isn't this using Mr. Chen Jun as an animal and letting the animal rest!
"Hehehe, what's wrong with this calculation, that's right!"

"Chen Erlang, you are secretly digging mines in the guard, and you are hiding Japanese pirates. Didn't Bai ever ask?"

"You are living in a miserable life. You went to a hundred households to borrow food to survive. After you made meritorious deeds, you slept in the Anyuan Station for the whole winter and then you were promoted to the general banner. Is Bai running for you?"

After winning the battle, Bai Yuanjie was obviously in a very good mood. The smile on his serious face was stronger than usual. He turned around and walked down the watchtower, and said back, "He told me what you said to Zhang Yongshou, very insightful."

"Bai didn't let you eat grass, did he? You ate all the meat, so after the battle is over, shouldn't you be farming like a wolf when you return to Qingyuan, that's right!"

Chen Mu was speechless. The most uncomfortable feeling when bickering in this world is probably when others use what he said to block his mouth. At this moment, even he himself felt that what Bai Yuanjie said made sense.

But farming is not calculated in this way. Five thousand mu of land is not far away, so it is not difficult for him to plow, but if you let him plow [-] mu of land, you will have to run around from one end to the other, and then implement Anyuanyi The nearby Zongqi yamen’s method of congregation will not work. If you want to plow the land well, you have to separate Yu Ding. Does it mean that you have to contract the farming to each household?
Chen Mu shook his head, and followed him down the archery tower. The battle is not over yet. Bai Yuanjie's words obviously mean that he is bound to win Qingcheng's thousand households, but whether he will be able to become one in the end is another matter. It's useless to think about it now.

As soon as he came down, he saw more than a dozen sergeants from the Manliu Battalion and the gunners of Deng Zilong, a subordinate of the mountain, brought up the Fran cannons of several hundred kilograms, and placed them at an angle with a wide view.

He said why Bai Yuanjie wanted to come down from the watchtower, because he was going to use artillery to help Wu Duan strengthen his momentum.

When he got closer, he saw Bai Yuanjie fiddling with the mounted Franco cannon, and asked him, "Come and learn how to operate the cannon with Deng, the chief gunner. This should be able to hit the town!"

Note: In the early Ming Dynasty, it was stipulated that a military household should cultivate [-] mu of military land, and [-] mu of military land should be cultivated by four hundred households. As Bai Yuanjie said, each military household under Chen Mu’s command had to cultivate [-] mu of land. Mu of land will be very hard work, but the reasonable distribution of housing can still be completed.

(End of this chapter)