"What is this?" The old man of the Yu family took the token and handed one to the other three people around him.
And he took the remaining token and looked through it repeatedly.
The token in his hand looks like copper but not copper. It seems to be mixed with something. It is quite heavy. Even if it is only as big as a palm, it is comparable to the weight of an iron ingot of the same volume.
The person who sent the token said: "If you go to Qingcheng or Datong to do business in the future, with this token, you can get half of the tax within a year. Please keep it."
After saying that, he turned around and returned to the Yamen.
"What's the use of this crap?" The head of the Li family weighed the token in his hand with a look of disgust.
The old man of the Yu family put the token close to his body and said, "Okay, let's go. I've put the things away by myself. Maybe I'll need them some time."
As he spoke, he walked towards the carriage not far ahead.
The head of the Li family said: "My family doesn't dare to have any business dealings with thieves. Anyone who wants this thing wants it, and I don't dare to keep it."
After saying that, he threw it on the ground.
The Li family has a lot of land and mainly operates grain stores and never does business on the grassland.
"If you throw it on the ground like this, aren't you afraid that people inside will see it and come back to attack your Li family?" the head of the Chen family next to him reminded him.
After hearing this, the head of the Li family glanced at the Yamen behind and said hesitantly: "You wouldn't attack my Li family just for such a trivial matter!"
Although he said this, he still picked up the token dropped on the ground.
"Hey, why is Mrs. Yu gone?" the head of the Fan family suddenly said.
A Yu family carriage not far away was driven away by the driver and left on the street outside the Yamen.
The head of the Chen family said: "Forget it, since Mr. Yu has left on his own, we might as well take a carriage back and discuss the matter of dividing the fields together."
Outside the Yamen, there was still a carriage standing there.
Several people got on the carriage together.
The driver of the carriage, under the instructions of several gentlemen on the carriage, drove the animals pulling the carriage away from the street outside the Yamen.
Inside the yamen, Yu Huai received the new visitors.
"What happens next requires the cooperation of the deputy division chief."
The visitor was a middle-aged man, an official sent by Zhao Yutu to govern the local area, specifically to take over Shouyang.
Previously, Yu Huai led an army to attack Shouyang City. He and some people who came to Shouyang to work established peasant associations in villages outside Shouyang City and suppressed some resistance forces.
Now that the farmers' association was almost ready, he returned to Shouyang City.
Yu Huai said with a smile: "It is my duty to cooperate with you. Now that the farmers' association has been established, you can just divide the fields and I will send troops to assist you."
"Then I'm not polite. I also ask the deputy master to send a team of people to follow me to several large households in Shouyang City and get the land deeds from their hands." The middle-aged man said.
Yu Huai said: "Don't go to such trouble. You can directly divide the land over there, and the new land deeds can be handled directly by the Yamen. When the time comes, you can just send someone to take over the Yamen."
"It's better to ask for the land deed first, just to see which one is unwilling to cooperate. To be honest, the people here in Shouyang are not living a very good life. Maybe some people will need to be pulled out for a public trial to eliminate the grievances in the hearts of the people. "The middle-aged man said.
Yu Huai asked: "Do you have a goal?"
"It's hard to say. Not many of these big households in Shouyang are clean. If we can't kill them all, it wouldn't be too much to kill them all." The middle-aged man said.
When Yu Huai heard this, he didn't think the other party was exaggerating.
It is impossible for any large family to keep its family property and survive for several generations without having the ghosts of enemies on their hands. Anyone who just bullies the tenants can be regarded as a good family.
"What was the use of those fast tokens you sent out in my name before?" Yu Huai asked curiously.
Although the token was sent out in his name, it was actually what the middle-aged man in front of me took out.
The middle-aged man said: "Those tokens are used to reduce or reduce commercial taxes. Since their fields have been divided, we must give them other ways out. A one-year reduction in commercial taxes can be considered as compensation for them."
"If you ask me, there is no need to give any compensation at all. The few families who came today, any one of them, can collect tens of thousands of taels of silver, so there is no shortage of commercial tax." Yu Huai said disapprovingly.
The middle-aged man shook his head slightly and said: "The reason for doing this is to appease the hearts of these big families, not to push them to a dead end, and to find another way out for them. In addition, the general hopes to have more caravans." Go to the grassland to do business, so that we can become prosperous, and our Tiger Flag can also benefit from it. This is a win-win situation."
"So that's it! That's a good thing." Although Yu Huai didn't quite understand, he thought it was a beneficial thing when he heard that the tiger-character flag could also benefit.
The middle-aged man suddenly asked: "When is the assistant master preparing to leave Shouyang?"
"It's almost time." Yu Huai said, "The Second Battle Battalion has been sent to Dingzhou. When you take over the county government, I will rush to Leping with the Third Battle Battalion, but don't worry, I will leave a force behind. , to assist you in training peasant soldiers."
The middle-aged man said: "The Shenwu Guards have captured many prisoners, what are you going to do?"
"What? Are you interested in these people?" Yu Huai asked.
The middle-aged man said: "It will take time for farmers and soldiers to form combat effectiveness. These prisoners used to be soldiers in the army. They can be used directly with a little training, which can save a lot of time and manpower."
"There are prisoners in the Shouyang garrison. You can select some of them. It is best to select prisoners whose families have been divided into fields. This will make it easier for them to follow us wholeheartedly. As for the prisoners of the Shenwu Guard, don't even think about it. I'll give it to you. , prone to rebellion, I have sent a message to Datong, and the general will send people to take over these people, maybe these Shenwu Guards people will be sent to the grassland." Yu Huai said.
The middle-aged man looked disappointed.
There are thousands of prisoners of Shenwu Guard, and there is no problem in randomly selecting some young and strong men to form a team of seven to eight hundred people.
Yu Huai looked at him and still didn't give up, and said: "I know that leaving you in Shouyang doesn't leave you many soldiers and horses, but as long as the fields are divided and the people can get real benefits, you I’m afraid there won’t be any soldiers available. When the time comes, you can train as many peasants and soldiers as you want. As long as it doesn’t delay the busy work of farming, you can train whatever you want.”
"It can't be that easy. You have to train peasants and soldiers to take care of food. Where does the food come from? It will take several months to half a year at the fastest if the peasants and soldiers want to become combat effective." The middle-aged man said with a wry smile.
"Report, the division is sending urgent military information."
As a voice appeared, a soldier ran in quickly.
