The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 277
The scale of official warehouses in Guangning Mansion is also much larger than that in Liaoyang. There are several warehouses in total, some of which store grain, such as rice and wheat.There are also storage of coarse grains, such as sorghum, black beans, soybeans, etc., as well as leftovers of grain storage, such as bran of various grains, etc.

Grain is for people to eat, and coarse grains and miscellaneous grains are used as concentrated feed to feed war horses.And those leftovers are used to feed pack horses and other livestock, such as donkeys, mules and so on.

The officials who originally managed the official warehouses of the Tartars were all gone. Although there were a lot of books, Jiang Chuan didn't bother to look at them, so after asking the system directly, he found that the official warehouses in Guangning were much larger than those in Liaoyang. few.

There are a total of 30 shi for rice and wheat alone, and more than [-] shi for other coarse grains, and there are even a lot of leftovers.

This reserve made Jiang Chuan feel that this battle was not in vain, and at the same time, he really gained a new understanding of the fertility of this black land in Liaodong.

The land area is vast, but the population is very sparse.Due to the limitations of population, production technology and climate, the existing cultivated land area is still far away from the saturation line.

If these lands can be fully reclaimed and enough manpower is available to sow seeds, with the fertile black land in Liaodong and the richness of various resources, it is possible to dominate Liaodong and look at the world. It can be attacked and defended. A perfect place to base.

After leaving the official warehouse, Jiang Chuan originally wanted someone to go to Mu Yi to count the specific and detailed inventory of the granary, verify it with the original account book, and re-register the book.

Just as he was about to say something, he thought of Mu Yi's many things at hand, and the affairs of the treasury would probably take several days, so he said to Li Jian, "Go back and talk to Ran Wu, and look at his Zuo Jun. Army Sima Wang Hao, if you don’t have much to do, come and let me take care of the official warehouse.”

Li Jian responded and said he would go in a while.

Leaving Guancang and returning to the magistrate's yamen, Jiang Chuan felt that there were too few people in his hands.

People are one radish and one pit, and sometimes there are even several radishes and one pit, so there are too many people.It's good for me, there are often a few holes for a radish, planted here for a while, then pulled out and planted there for a while, the people under me are so busy that they don't touch the ground, and they have no skills at all.

So he thought of Hong Chengchou and Cao Bianjiao again, and felt bored for a while.These two guys have been locked up for a whole winter and still haven't really agreed to submit to themselves.

If it weren't for the lack of manpower and the urgent need for talents, I would really cut these two people down to save trouble.

But he just had such a flash of thought, if he really chopped it off, not only would his previous efforts be in vain, but it might also cause turmoil in the army, after all, the original Ming army accounted for half of his troops now.

"You send someone back to Erlong Valley to find Bai Mu, and bring Cao Bianjiao and Hong Chengchou here." Jiang Chuan sat in the magistrate's signing room and ordered Li Jian, the military commander.

"I'll give you the order at the end." Li Jian cupped his fists and accepted the order.

"Remember, let the brothers below be a little polite." Jiang Chuan thought for a while and ordered again.

He knew that all the direct soldiers under him looked down on those who came out of the Ming army. No matter you were the chief soldier or a soldier, you have the same attitude towards them.
The army is a place where strength speaks. Although everyone is in the same robe now, but after all, the Ming army was defeated by them, and they lost so badly, so naturally they will not have a good face.

However, because of strict military discipline, these soldiers treated Jiang Chuan like gods, so there was no bullying incident.

But for Hong Chengchou and Cao Bianjiao, the two generals of the Ming army who are still prisoners, if Jiang Chuan doesn't explain, the soldiers under him will probably find fault with them along the way.

Li Jian went out to make arrangements, while Jiang Chuan leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes, thinking about what to do next.

He wanted to take Liu Ji over from Liaoyang, but when he thought that Liaoyang had just been pacified and things were equally complicated, he gave up this idea.

No one is available.

I used to think that having more soldiers was good, but now that the territory has grown, the demand for generals and civil servants has suddenly expanded dramatically.

The most painful thing is that although I now have two cities in my hands, the combined number of people who can read and write in these two cities is probably not as many as that of a county in the Central Plains.

After all, Liaodong has been occupied by the Tartars for so long, coupled with the fact that it is sparsely populated, and its culture and education are comprehensively backward.Some capable scholars either voted for the Tartars or fled to the pass.

So finding the right talent locally is almost as good as winning the lottery.

A little further south, there is only Datong.

Thinking of Datong, Jiang Chuan's heart moved, he sat up straight, spread out the letterhead in front of the desk, and began to write quickly.

After finishing writing, he read it carefully, took the letter paper to his mouth, blew it, and put it aside.Then he took a blank piece of letterhead from the side, without writing anything, and took out a big seal from the box in the corner of the table, which was the official seal of his Southern Liaoning General Army.

Although his title is Marquis of Wu'an, the title does not have an official seal, only a private seal.Official seals can only be granted to officials with real positions.

His actual position in the imperial court is the Liaonan General Soldier, so the public announcement can only be made in the name of the Liaonan General Soldier.

He took out the copper official seal, opened the printing box again, took the official seal and dipped it in the printing box lightly, and then covered it on the blank letter paper. Looking at the clear and identifiable square imprint on it, he was satisfied. Put back the official seal.

After the ink and blots were dry, Jiang Chuan found an oil-skinned envelope from the side, put the two pieces of letterhead in it, and called out, "Come here."

Hearing the sound, two personal guards came in and bowed to salute.

Jiang Chuan pointed to the envelope in his hand and said, "Baking paint."

The so-called baking varnish means that the lacquer stick solidified on a copper stick is baked and melted in the fire, and then the seal of the envelope is pasted, and then a stamp is stamped to indicate that the recipient has opened it.It is also a means to prevent the letter from being opened privately.

Generally, official documents of the government will be sealed with baking varnish, so all these applications are readily available on this table.

The guard on the left hurried forward to take the envelope, quickly picked up the paint stick and melted the seal of the envelope, and placed it in front of Jiang Chuan again.

Only then did Jiang Chuan take out another small seal from his bosom, covered it before the paint was hard on it, and then handed it to the guard and said: "Take a few people and go back to Liaoyang now, and hand over this letter with your own hands. To the military division."

In fact, according to the current popular official document regulations, three feathers should be pasted on the baking varnish of the seal, which means urgent and confidential.

But those who sent the letters were all his cronies, so Jiang Chuan didn't have that much trouble.

The personal guard took the letter with both hands: "No! This subordinate must hand it over to the military adviser."

Jiang Chuan nodded, signaling to go quickly.

After the two personal guards went out, Jiang Chuan breathed a sigh of relief, not knowing if his method would work.

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