It was not advisable to kill Shopkeeper Ma, but as soon as the business grew, Yun Chao's fear of lack of firepower returned.
"Li Xing, we agreed to recruit 500 new recruits before. After thinking about it, I feel that it is still a little less. So, you can make an announcement now and recruit 500 more people!"
"ah?"
As a military representative, Li Xing, of course, wants more soldiers and horses, the better.
However, when he heard that Yun Chao was recruiting troops again, even Li Xing felt unsure.
"Brother Chao, if we recruit another five hundred people, our army will be more than two thousand. Will there be too much financial pressure?"
In the previous military meeting, everyone had roughly estimated the cost of Yun Chao's troops.
An ordinary infantryman spends about fifty taels a year.
The salary alone costs twenty-four taels a year.
Including food, accommodation, and various expenses during training, fifty two a year is a lot more.
Compared with infantry, cavalry costs more. Not counting war horses, the monthly salary of ordinary cavalry is only three taels, which is half more than that of infantry.
This does not include the loss of weapons, equipment, and horses. If all costs are included, including cavalry and infantry, an average soldier will spend more than one hundred and eighty taels of silver a year!
To raise two thousand soldiers, one would need two hundred thousand taels a year.
In addition to military expenditures, there are also expenditures on administration, road construction, and infrastructure construction such as canal digging.
Not to mention a small Qingyang County, even Dongping Prefecture cannot bear such a huge financial pressure!
Of course, this also has something to do with Yun Chao desperately throwing money into the army.
If it were the kind of army where a soldier would be considered a soldier if given a spear, it wouldn't cost so much to raise a few thousand more people.
Yun Chao also knew that raising soldiers cost money, but he had no choice.
If you don't accumulate more strength while no one is paying attention now, once the situation changes, it will be too late to prepare.
Therefore, even if he bites the bullet, Yun Chao must lay a good foundation. If it doesn't work, just grab it.
The tens of thousands of bandits in Onozawa live well by robbing the surrounding people.
However, even if Yun Chao robs, he will not plunder the people like bandits.
The common people only have a little money. Xiahou Bo, Ding County Cheng, and Tan Zhensong are the rich people, and they are Yunchao's cash machines!
Sanhuzi excitedly found Yun Chao:
"Brother Chao, the inspection team in Hekou Town has escaped!"
"Um?"
Yun Chao was stunned for a moment, not understanding what San Raizi meant: "Run away, where did you go?"
Sanhuzi was very excited: "I don't know, I haven't seen anyone for several days. Some people said that he ran back to his hometown with his family!"
Yun Chao touched his nose: "Is the news confirmed?"
San Raizi nodded heavily: "I'm sure, it's absolutely true. Not only the inspection myself, but the Hekou Town Inspection Department is almost empty!"
"oh?"
A smile appeared on Yun Chao's lips: "Why are they running away?"
All the boys around him rolled their eyes wildly, seriously suspecting that Brother Chao was just showing off.
Don’t you have any idea why those guys ran away?
Seeing that the people in the next town are living a good life, can the people in Hekou Town not be jealous?
Go to the countryside and see. People in many places are about to rebel!
Seeing the expressions of the boys, Yun Chao felt a black line on his forehead.
"What are you looking at? Hey, it seems Zhang Sihai is smarter. Why don't we find him and ask the Hekou Town inspector why he ran away?"
The three rake jumped three feet high: "Don't, please don't, brother Chao, I know that it was your great mind that influenced the inspection team in Hekou Town, making him feel ashamed of himself and realize his own filth, filthiness, and shamelessness. For the common people, the only option is to resign and leave..."
Yun Chao smiled slightly: "Hey, Sanhaizi, you are good at everything, but one thing is bad. You like to tell the truth too much. You can't do this next time. Let's do this. As the acting patrol inspector, you will temporarily take over Hekou Town. We must pacify the people, and we must not let the Hekou Town become chaotic, you know?"
"yes!"
The three rake once again jumped three feet high.
This time, though, it was excitement.
The three rakes were excited, but the other boys were numb.
What?
That's it?
After a few words of flattery, he became the patrol inspector of Hekou Town?
Isn't this too easy?
If I had known earlier, I would have flattered myself!
Seeing all the glances coming at him, San Rake smiled crookedly.
Huh, do you really think that the young master's acting inspection job was just flattering? That is accumulated by the young master's battle achievements in life and death time and time again. It is the reward for the young master who can fully understand Brother Chao's intentions, you know?
You poor people, if you only see Brother Chao's appearance and cannot see the essence of Brother Chao promoting me, then you will be his bodyguards for the rest of your life and never think of being your own man!
San Raizi took the people away and went to Hekou Town for inspection.
As for formal inspections, Yun Chao does not have the qualifications to appoint them. They must be reported to the Qingyang County government and approved by superiors.
However, there is more good news.
It was the third day that San Huzi took office in Hekou Town.
In Xiangquan Town, which is adjacent to Hekou Town, the patrol inspector also took his family away.
Seeing that nearby towns and villages are allocating land to local tycoons, how dare these corrupt officials continue to stay?
They don't want to be dragged out for a public trial, have their noses pointed at and scolded by the mud-legged people who have always looked down on their ancestors, have their heads chopped off in public after being covered in rotten vegetables and leaves!
That bastard Yun Er won't give us officials a way to survive!
Walk around.
Leave quickly.
I can't afford to offend but can afford to hide.
Yun Er, just do it. Sooner or later, there will be a day when you seek death.
I will definitely come back by then and watch you lose your head with my own eyes!
It was not just the corrupt officials in the inspection department who were running away. The landlords and bullies in the two towns were also busy transferring their property as if the end of the world was coming.
Unlike the inspections, these landlord bullies are all landowners, and most of the property accumulated over generations, or even dozens of generations, is thrown into the fields.
Even if you can't run away even if you want to, you can't throw away the land you took so hard, right?
If the fields cannot be taken away, it is still possible to transfer some floating wealth first.
Unfortunately, they soon discovered that their plan to transfer the property secretly came to nothing.
Many bandits appear out of nowhere. As soon as their belongings leave the village, the bandits will arrive soon and all their belongings will be robbed!
No one is a fool. If you don't know who is behind this, you can't become a landlord bully at all.
Since the landowners are called bullies, they don’t just have land, they actually have blood on their hands.
good.
very good!
Since you, Yun Er, don't leave us a way to survive, we might as well stop living and fight with you!
How did those landlord bullies know that Yun Chao, whom they hated so much with gnashing of teeth, was actually wronged, especially wronged.
The inspections in the two towns were run by themselves, the corrupt officials were also run by themselves, the landlords and bullies took the initiative to transfer their property, and Yun Chao did not send people to rob their property!
