"Yes, I definitely can." Chen Shantu replied without hesitation.
At this moment, Chen Shantu did not think about Zhang Rui's status as a "rebel", nor did he think about what would happen if the Manchus fought back. Now, he was filled with the joy of being allocated his own land, and he was thinking about when he would be allocated his own land.
Another middle-aged man kneeling not far from Chen Shantu, after hearing what Zhang Rui said to Chen Shantu, he also had the courage to ask Zhang Rui: "Your Majesty, I would like to ask if I can also get a piece of land. ?”
Zhang Rui heard the sound and looked over. I saw a middle-aged man who was nearly forty years old, kneeling on the ground, looking at him and asking.
The man was wearing shabby linen clothes, and one of his braids was so greasy that it could almost stick to flies. If you were close to him, you would be able to smell the heavy smell of hair oil.
"What do you call me?" Zhang Rui asked, facing him.
"Back to your Majesty, my dear, Li Shijiu." The man replied respectfully.
"Don't call me King, call me Sixth Brother. You should also get up and answer! Let me ask you, do you have your own fields at home?" Zhang Rui continued to ask
"Thank you, Your Majesty, Sixth Brother. I'd better kneel down, it's more comfortable. I don't have any land at home, so I'm not a villain. Many people in our village are like me, they are sharecroppers."
"You! You have to stand. Is it better to stand and talk? If your family has no land, you can naturally get a field. If your family has a field, I am not afraid of you lying to us. After all, these fields will be registered in the future! "Zhang Ruilue said with warning.
"Yes, people like us naturally don't dare to lie to King Sixth Brother." Li Jiu lowered his head and replied.
"Well, once the city gate opens, you can go back and tell the people in your village who don't have fields about the distribution of fields here."
"In a family, men can be allocated two acres of land and one acre of land; women can be allocated two acres of land; and those with children can be allocated one acre of land for each child; however, after the number of children exceeds eight, no more will be added. That's it for the time being. Let’s go to the Yamen to find out more details at that time!” Zhang Rui said patiently.
"Yes, I understand." After listening to Zhang Rui's words, Li Jiu immediately developed a good impression of the bandit-suppressing army. At the same time, he was very happy in his heart, thinking about how much land his family should get.
At this time, the Guards Company that went to buy steamed buns also came back with a lot of meat buns. After Zhang Rui distributed the meat buns to them, he said goodbye to Chen Jiumei's family, and then continued to the Yamen.
With Zhang Rui's departure, the news spread across the city that every household without land could be allocated a field.
Each household can be allocated at least five acres of land, and each acre can harvest two bushels of grain. With such a low tax, you can pay it casually. After paying the tax, it will be your own food. You can eat white rice without worry.
At this time, in addition to some people whose families had more than five acres of land saying some sour words, there were also some people who were not optimistic about the bandit-suppressing army who would say some bad things. There are few ordinary people who can be allocated fields who would not say that the bandit-suppressing army is good.
The common people who can allocate land hope that the bandit suppression army will continue to be strong, and it is best to capture Bauhinia City. In this way, the fields that will no longer be used at all will be taken back.
Zhang Rui, who captured Wuzhou City, only allowed the bandit suppressing troops to rest for two days before continuing to lead 9,000 soldiers to Zhaoqing City.
Since there are a large number of available population resources in Wuzhou City, there is no need for Zhang Rui to leave soldiers to serve as auxiliary soldiers to transport food this time. Of course, these people who helped transport grain and grass were given good wages, and they were not forced to do so.
At the same time, because the bandit suppression army quickly captured Wuzhou City, the tax revenue just collected in Wuzhou City was also seized by the bandit suppression army.
Those large households that dared to assist the Qing army were all liquidated by the bandit suppressing army. However, apart from those die-hards, there were not many casualties. But there is no need to worry about their family's property, which will all be confiscated as atonement money.
Originally, Zhang Rui also wanted to kill as a warning to others and go on a killing spree. However, considering that the massacre can easily cause instability in the city, Zhang Rui now has to race against time. Even if leaving such a person behind would cause a lot of harm, Zhang Rui had no choice but to do the same.
In order to get these people to hand over their money quickly, Zhang Rui promised them that he would never pursue them again in the future, and would also return a certain amount of money to them.
Just like a certain cat in later generations doing promotions, few of the big businessmen who were summoned to the scene were fools and would use their heads to talk about "benevolence and righteousness" with "anti-thieves". This "benevolence and righteousness" was something they abandoned early on.
If the people present pay a little attention, they will find that the people present are all big families who have sent people to defend the city. As for those big families who have not sent people to defend the city, they are fine.
Even those who were fired and lost their families had to admit that this group of "anti-thieves" had done their best to save their entire family's lives. If other people were to be replaced, they would have to be killed as a whole.
Now that they could save their lives and get their money back, they had no choice but to hate them, but more importantly, they hated Han Yuxin, Liu Feifeng, and themselves for being so troubled.
The smart wealthy households led the bandit-suppressing troops who ransacked their houses one after another and ransacked their bank accounts. The silver winter melon inside was an eye-opener for the bandit suppressors who had never seen any silver, but none of the bandit suppressors dared to have the slightest idea of taking it for themselves.
After all, the military discipline set by Zhang Rui is not a joke, the military officers emphasize it every day. Not to mention that the people who came with them were watching at this time, they would still get a certain amount of money after checking the various benefits of the bandit suppression army. This definitely makes them afraid to extend that hand.
There are still too many things that Zhang Rui has no time to deal with. After all, there are too many things to deal with.
At this moment, Zhang Rui suddenly understood why the great men in history complained that they did not have enough time. In the past, as soon as he got off work, he would go home and blow on the air conditioner, watch TV series and brag online. At that time, he had no such idea at all.
As soon as Liu Muchiu arrived in Wuzhou City, Zhang Rui left all the government affairs to him, and then left a thousand sword and shield soldiers and 200 musketeers to guard the city, and took the other troops to Zhaoqing City.
Due to the replacement of musketeer barrels and the loss of barrels during training, although more than 4,000 musketeers were recruited, their weapons could not keep up.
The two hundred novice musketeers brought by Liu Musiu this time have just replaced some veterans to defend the city, so that these novices can go to the battlefield to experience.
Zhaoqing is a famous Lingnan county with a long history. It is located in the central and western part of Guangdong Province, with Beiling on its back, facing the Xijiang River, controlling Cangwu above and the South China Sea below. It is the throat of western Guangdong. It strangles the traffic chokepoint between Guangdong and Guangxi and controls the Xijiang River trunk road. It has been a battleground for military strategists in the past dynasties.
