As for Chen Wang's desire to rebuild the two thousand-household houses on the right and back.
Naturally, Tan Yingfeng didn't have any objections. The two thousand-household houses on the right and back were destroyed for a long time.
But in a situation like Hanzhongwei's, it was simply unable to afford the money and food needed to rebuild two thousand households.
The superiors did not pay attention to these small local matters, so the reconstruction of Qianhusuo was not even put on the agenda.
So when Wang Yuankang came back and told Chen Wang that he was going to rebuild the You and Hou Qianhu offices, Tan Yingfeng just nodded and felt like he was getting a big deal.
After all, Chen Wang could not always be the deputy commander of the guard in Hanzhong Town. This time, he acted as the commander to reorganize the guard station because he was ordered by Sun Chuanting.
Sooner or later, everyone will be promoted to the Governor's Mansion, and it is impossible to stay in a small place like Hanzhong Mansion for a long time.
After Chen Wang left, the extra fields and new troops raised would naturally give him an advantage.
Moreover, Chen Wang has not even taken over the jurisdiction of the other three thousand households, only the power of camp training.
Although he also said that he would send people to inspect the fields, even if the inspection was strict, it would only be to find out his hidden fields and reduce his income.
Although it must be painful, Tan Yingfeng knew that this was a benefit that had to be cut off.
If he did it himself, I'm afraid it would be more contrary to Chen Wang's wishes.
It was Sun Chuanting who arranged for Chen Wang to come over and rectify the Hanzhong Guards. Tan Yingfeng did not want one of the three fires to burn him when the new official took office.
Tan Yingfeng had already heard that some commanders in the Xi'an Mansion had been fired from their military posts, and he did not want to make the same mistake again.
So when Wang Yuankang came to report the news, Tan Yingfeng not only had no objection, but even took the initiative to send someone to ask Chen Wang if he could help.
When Chen Wang returned to Shiquan Military Camp from Hanzhong Guard, it was already October 23rd.
This time when he went to Hanzhong, Chen Wang was naturally not dealing with the affairs of Hanzhong Guards the whole time. During this period, he also went to Hanzhong City and met Lin Daoquan, the prefect of Hanzhong Prefecture.
Compared with when they first met a year ago, Lin Daoquan's spirit was much better.
Perhaps because he learned about Chen Wangzhen's attack on Gao Yingxiang and was promoted to the deputy chief of guarding Hanzhong, his attitude was no longer as arrogant as before.
Chen Wang's request to see Lin Daoquan was naturally not to curry favor with Lin Daoquan, but for the unowned land in Shiquan and Xixiang counties.
Before planning, Chen Wang communicated with Sun Chuanting and wrote a letter, so Lin Daoquan also received Sun Chuanting's instructions in private.
Chen Wang did not receive a rejection, nor did he receive much interference.
Shiquan City fell, and Xixiang was plundered twice, first by Zhang Yuan, and the second time by Gao Yingxiang.
Although Xixiang City did not fall, most of the scholars and people were killed, and many fields were ownerless. Years of turmoil turned it into a wasteland.
After getting the answer he wanted, Chen Wang did not stay in Hanzhong City longer.
However, there was an incident when he was in the city. King Rui actually wanted to see him, as if he was worried that the bandits currently in Yunxiang would move westward again and wanted to know some inside information.
Chen Wang naturally did not dare to agree to King Rui's summons.
If this kind of private meeting was exposed, Chen Wang could just take off the black gauze on his head and find a guardhouse in Jiubian to farm.
Chen Wang finally found an excuse not to go, but simply gave the general situation to the person who summoned him.
However, he didn't say anything to death. He only said that it was unlikely that the rogue bandits would advance westward. Even if they did, he would hoard troops in Shiquan and strictly defend themselves to prevent the rogue bandits from entering Hanzhong.
When Chen Wang went to Hanzhong Guard, he brought almost a hundred cavalry as guards.
When I came back, there were thousands of people following me.
Most of these people are craftsmen and military remnants of the Hanzhong Guard.
Rebuilding a health center will naturally require some people in the early stages. It is not possible to recruit only refugees with nothing.
Most of these people were selected by Wang Yuankang, and a few were selected by Chen Wang during his inspection.
When leaving Hanzhongwei, Chen Wang extended an olive branch to Wang Yuankang.
After all, most of his subordinates only know how to fight. Although Hu Zhiyi and Tang Shiping are talented in logistics and their management is not bad, but they left, there will be no one to manage the logistics in the army.
Wang Yuankang was not bad in ability, and he was originally in charge of farming, ordnance and other matters, so he could provide a lot of help in rebuilding the guard station.
Water flows to lower places, and people move to higher places.
Wang Yuankang had no reason to refuse the olive branch offered by Chen Wang. After a little tidying up, he followed Chen Wang to Shiquan with his family papers.
The person who is now in charge of the construction of the new health center is Wang Yuankang.
Not far outside Shiquan City, a small city has begun to take shape.
There are two thousand-household offices. The right thousand-household office is located in the east of Shiquan City, and the rear thousand-household office is located at the intersection of Shiquan County and Xixiang County.
In late autumn, the north wind is bleak, the weather is cold, and dusk is approaching, but the construction site is still in full swing.
Wang Yuankang, wearing a diagonal scarf and a gray cloak to keep out the cold, stood behind Chen Wang and reported on the affairs on the construction site.
"There are still a few craftsmen in Weizhong. To build the framework before the snow falls, we may need to recruit some people in Xixiang County."
"There is no need to report these small things. You can make your own decisions in the future."
Chen Wang's eyes swept over the craftsmen and workers who were busy on the construction site one by one.
There are men, women and even children working on the construction site. Building the city is everyone's business.
In this age, even children need to be busy. They carry dustpans and baskets to transport the soil, sand and wood, and then build houses bit by bit under the guidance of craftsmen.
Everyone is concentrating and working hard, not only because of the whip in the hands of the overseer, but also because these places are built for them to live in, and if they work hard, they can get a certain amount of money as a reward. People work hard.
"You don't need to worry about money and food. As long as it is used for the guardhouse, you can spend it as you like, but remember to keep records and clear the expenditures."
It doesn't cost much to build a guard house. Building a fire road pier on the nine sides for defense and reconnaissance requires about two hundred taels of silver.
The cost of building a small castle with a circumference of more than one mile is about seven or eight hundred taels.
The circumference of Qianhusuo City was generally about four to five hundred feet. In the Ming Dynasty, one mile was one hundred and eighty feet. The circumference of Qianhusuo City was basically about two or three miles.
To build a thousand-household city with a circumference of nearly three miles, the total stone and wood required were no more than two thousand taels of silver.
Chen Wang didn't need to worry about how to build the city.
These craftsmen of Hanzhong Guard were all craftsmen in their time. The guard houses in Hanzhong Mansion were basically built by their ancestors, and the drawings have naturally been preserved.
Moreover, the general templates of the guard cities in the Ming Dynasty were all the same, so it was not difficult for them to build according to the drawings.
Most of the work is done by the craftsmen and military households within the institute. If there is a shortage of people, the government can recruit corvees. The labor cost only needs to pay rations, which is almost nothing.
The process of collecting and issuing corvee labor was cumbersome and required the assistance of local officials.
There were a lot of joints to open and a lot of money to spend, so Chen Wang directly asked Wang Yuankang to use the money to recruit.
Wang Yuankang paid about more than two thousand taels for the construction cost.
Although Chen Wang now has more than 100,000 taels in his pocket,
Chen Wang was willing to give it up, but he also knew very well that the money should not be used arbitrarily.
But public is public and private is private. Using one's own private money to do things will inevitably lead to a lot of unnecessary speculation once it is known to others.
The money still needs to go through another hand before it can be used cleanly for official purposes.
Just use the money you earn for official business. I'm afraid it won't be long before the Jin Yiwei knocks on the door.
During the Chongzhen period, the Jinyi Guards had no minions, but the governors in various places still had eyes and ears. The reason why the Ming Dynasty emphasized civil servants over military officers was that they were afraid of rebellion by military generals.
"Winter is approaching, so the main priority is to build the buildings in the city. Most of the city walls outside Qianhu Residence are just laying foundations according to your instructions, and will be built at the end."
Wang Yuankang tightened his cloak. The weather was getting colder day by day. Even with the cloak on his body, he already felt uncomfortable.
"It's better to speed up the construction a little faster, so that most of the people can live in the city before December."
Chen Wang turned his head and looked to the west. There were many simple shanties built not far to the west, and the newly recruited military households were living in them temporarily during these days.
"How many military households have been recruited during this period?"
Chen Wang pressed the Yanling Saber on his waist, turned to Tang Shiping who was standing aside, and asked.
"From the beginning of the recruitment on September 27 to now, a total of 6,185 people have been recruited."
Tang Shiping was originally in Xing'an City, but soon after returning to Hanzhong Mansion, Chen Wang ordered Tang Shiping and Hu Zhili to lead half of the battalion to Shiquan.
The defense in Xing'an City is still in charge of Hu Zhiyi.
The purpose of transferring Tang Shiping was naturally to be responsible for recruiting soldiers.
After all, Tang Shiping was basically responsible for recruiting troops after the Battle of Hanzhong and the Battle of Xing'an.
"Among them are 3,457 males, 2,635 adults, and 822 young boys."
"There are 2,728 women, 321 of whom are under the age of thirteen, and the rest are all over the age of thirteen."
Tang Shiping had a very good memory, and he gave accurate figures after just a brief recall. The task of recruiting soldiers had been completed a few days ago.
There are more men than women, and fewer children. As for the elderly, there are basically not many. There are not many elderly people who can survive the continuous turmoil.
"Everyone has been signed into the register, and their names and household registrations have been recorded. The shanties for resettlement have been built, and the firewood for the winter has almost been stored."
Ordinary civilian households who want to become military households need to sign a military household sticker first, but then they need to be registered in the military yellow book.
After issuing the original and duplicate copies, they stamped the seal. From then on, they became military households of Hanzhong Wei for generations.
It is not difficult to recruit soldiers at this time of year. Although military households are humble, not many people want to be military households nowadays.
But the current situation in Hanzhong Mansion leaves people with few choices, and many people are already in a desperate situation.
Although military households are humble, at least they still have a way to survive.
After the household registration was changed to become a military household, the taxes owed before naturally no longer need to be paid back.
One of the most outrageous things in the Ming Dynasty was that people fled and the land was deserted, but taxes and corvees were still collected according to the old amount.
Those who stay are the food of those who lose, and the living bear the burden of the dead.
Even if there is a military famine and the crops are out of season, the people still pay taxes and grain.
If someone fled and the land was abandoned, the existing households would need to pay the debt.
The so-called "tax payment" simply means that people in an area need to pay a fixed amount of taxes. Whether there are ten households or one household, they all need to pay the same amount of money.
In many places, the government is corrupt and deceives the superiors and conceals the truth from the inferiors. Some states and counties continue to collect taxes within the states and counties after reporting disasters and receiving tax exemptions and relief.
It is precisely because of this that in many cases, those farmers who can obtain it have no choice but to abandon their mature fields and become refugees because they need to pay a large amount of land tax.
The reason why popular uprisings in Shaanxi and other places evolved into this is that the element of man-made disasters is actually not low.
Chen Wang often patrols the construction sites in the city, and most people recognize Chen Wang.
"How many acres of land did the two thousand-household settlements collect in total?"
Chen Wang asked again. Although Zhang Yuan, the captain of the transportation brigade, had sent him tens of thousands of stones of food, no matter how much food he had, he could not sit back and have nothing.
The food production in the health center must at least be able to maintain a balance of payments.
"Reporting to your lord, according to the order of Lord Lin, the transfer to the military field did not encounter much obstruction."
Wang Yuankang's eyes flashed and his tone seemed quite excited.
"Today, the right thousand households have harvested more than 600 acres of land, and the latter thousand households have harvested more than 400 acres of land..."
"There are enough acres of land, but we don't have any cattle or farm tools. How to cultivate so much land in spring is a problem."
After Wang Yuankang finished speaking, he couldn't help biting the tip of his tongue secretly. He felt that everything now was too unreal.
The two newly built houses for one thousand households took up almost a thousand hectares of land in an instant, and now they have less labor and more land.
Chen Wang pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice.
"Build a craftsman's workshop first. Don't be idle in the winter. Work hard to make farm tools first. We will make statistics before spring. Go to Xixiang City to buy the farm tools that are still lacking."
This time he brought more than 400 craftsmen from Hanzhongwei, which was almost half of the craftsmen in Hanzhongwei, and most of the blacksmiths were brought over by him.
While inspecting the Ordnance Bureau of Hanzhong Wei, Chen Wang randomly found a few excuses to make excuses.
He rebuked most of the ordnance made by the craftsmen as being too inferior and unfit for use, and expressed that he would vigorously rectify the military craftsmen in Wei and revitalize the Ordnance Bureau. Using this excuse, Wei took ownership of the Ordnance Bureau.
Chen Wang has already thought up a plan to locate the headquarters of the Arms Bureau in Youqianhu Station, and set up an empty shelf at Hanzhong Wei to handle traffic.
"As for the cattle..."
Chen Wang frowned slightly. The problem of lack of farm tools was easy to solve, but the problem of lack of cattle was difficult to solve.
Nowadays, the price of cattle in Hanzhong Prefecture is extremely high. The price of large cattle is generally more than ten taels, and even the price of calves is more than seven or eight taels.
However, this amount of money is nothing to Chen Wang now. The two thousand households have a total of 2,000 people. Even if they are divided among five or six households, they will buy a total of nearly three to four hundred head and spend more than 4,000 taels of silver. .
Although he has a lot of money at his disposal, he cannot use it directly. He must go through it again to become compliant...
