Dominate Marvel.

Chapter 218 Taoist

There are not many soldiers in Ying Yi's army who have families.

In a time of chaos, many families were destroyed due to hunger and war.There are less than [-] out of [-] people like Wang Qi who still have family members.

Those with family members will be resettled in the same way as ordinary people.If not, they will be placed in a centralized location.In Nanyang and Kaifeng, several counties have military resettlement villages, all of which are soldiers who have lost their families and are left alone.

A large part of the soldiers under Ying Yi's command were selected from prisoners in every battle. Most of them had no family members.Each of 100 people will be divided into [-] households and concentrated into one resettlement village.The military land granted was temporarily managed by the government and civilians were recruited for farming.

During this New Year's Day, when the soldiers took turns taking leave, there were also government officials holding red threads to build the Magpie Bridge.Although each person only got three days of leave, there were still seven to eight thousand soldiers who were single and had their own families.

People who have no worries are often ruthless, but people who have no worries are not stable enough.Allowing soldiers to have families is partly a responsibility and partly for stability.

The military resettlement village established a few years ago gradually gained popularity after the festival.The soldiers who took the last round of leave all returned to camp on the [-]th of the first lunar month, leaving behind newlyweds and wives, adding popularity and color to the originally empty military resettlement village.

Wang Qi brought more than [-] newcomers from his village to Ye County, handed the newcomers to the Ye County Recruitment Office, and then reunited with his comrades and returned to his headquarters.

In just a few days, the nearby county town, where a large population gathered, was already bustling with people.Most of the temporary military camps set up by the recruitment office are already full.

These newcomers will undergo a month of initial training in a temporary military camp, and then be reorganized and allocated military equipment to form a staff of four captains.

It cannot be later than March, that is, the establishment must be completed by the end of February.

During this process, more functions of the military were gradually improved and systematized, such as recruitment and training.The method of conscription is taken as an example and will be followed in the future.The method of military training was compiled in the Code of Conduct, with the New Book of Ji Xiao as the core, with slight additions and subtractions, forming a code of conduct method belonging to Ying Yi's army.

What does large-scale conscription mean? Even ordinary people can figure it out, let alone those who are literate and knowledgeable.

There is no such thing as war.

"It looks like there's going to be another war."

There is a posthouse ten miles outside Zhuxian Town and a tavern beside the posthouse.Travelers and merchants come and go here to have a glass of wine and a bowl of tea.If you are hungry, you can order some bowls of dry rice. If you are tired, you can also book a room.

The so-called Ten Miles and One Station, the original infrastructure of the Ming Dynasty, was actually pretty good.There are inns all over the world. One is for conveying imperial decrees, the other is for receiving officials, and the third is for merchants to rest.

Since the bandits started wreaking havoc, the inn has been basically abandoned.There are external reasons and there are internal reasons.The external reason is that the world is unstable, and the internal reason is that the Ming court cannot afford to pay.

For example, Li Chuang was originally a postman.Because they couldn't get their salary and were going hungry, they revolted.

Ying Yi settled in Henan, and during this period the post function was gradually restored.The original intention is naturally to facilitate the transmission of military information, etc., but the convenience to the people is secondary.

The inn itself is an official institution and does not accept ordinary people, but it cannot withstand the vision of businessmen.When the inn was restored, businessmen bought land, built houses, and built a tavern.

"I heard that conscription is going on everywhere." Several merchants chatted while sipping wine.One person said: "My little brother came from Nanyang. That guy has a lot of tin cans, and the new ones are coming one after another. Tsk, tsk, they are so powerful. By the way, the soldiers under Lord Ying's command are really extraordinary."

"nonsense

. "One person said: "If we don't have strong soldiers, how can we capture Henan even the imperial court..."

"Shh," someone said quickly, "Shut up. If you have any questions, don't say anything."

"What's the big deal?" The man didn't take it seriously: "In my opinion, the sun and the moon are probably about to change. Look at the past, there were years of famine, and the government didn't even provide any relief, let alone the thieves. Violent and cruel. But now, there are still people who are hungry in Henan."

"That makes sense." Everyone in the tavern couldn't help but agree. They believed it.

Someone said: "It's really amazing. Look at us businessmen, we have to suffer year after year, month after month, traveling all over the world, and we are still afraid. If we offend any mountain king, our lives will be on the line. Just like this, we can't do it all year round. A few copper coins. Hey, look at those farmers. This year, every household is not well-off. It’s just a lonely man. He has at least five acres of land. After paying taxes, he still has a surplus of twenty or thirty shi. The government has decided to kill grain. The price is very high, and they also buy things on a large scale. If I don’t make a lot of money, I want to farm.”

"Don't say it yet." Someone said: "There is a lot of business in this grain business at the moment. We are not short of grain in Henan, but we can't resist the shortage in other places. Those who have the ability will collect the old grain locally and transport it to other places. Sell, at least three to five times the profit.”

"Then you have to have that ability." The man said with a smile: "I'm afraid you won't be able to keep food after leaving Henan. Not to mention the thieves and bandits everywhere, the officials scraped off layer after layer on the way, and in the end they fell. There are still a few oily ones in the pockets that are still frightened."

"So we say that the sun and the moon change the sky." Someone said earlier: "This is not a joke. Look at Henan, there are still thieves who have been combed out long ago, and there are heads of people killed, and there are no dead ones. They have all gone to work as coolies. Now in Henan, I am not afraid of walking anywhere, even at night, and I am not afraid of encountering ghosts."

"That's right, that's right. Let's do business honestly. We're a little tired, but there's hope, right?"

"It's just this tax, it can't be justified." Someone complained: "The last time I had two carts of cotton, they only charged me [-], [-], [-], and [-] cents. Ouch, it hurts so much that my heart is twitching."

"Two carts of cotton cloth are not a small number." Someone said in surprise: "Xiongtai's business is not small. Two carts of cotton cloth are shipped from other places. How can you make 50 taels in Kaifeng? The profit of 50 taels is taxed at [-]%. [-] taels is exactly two two fives."

"That's right." Someone said: "You bring it here, and you only collect a tax here. You still feel sad that in the early years, there were many checkpoints, and they collected all the way. You can earn 47 two, five, four, two, seven, five, which is about the same."

The man's face was red when he was told.

Then someone laughed and said, "Don't complain. Didn't you see that those big merchants didn't say anything? When they come back, their profits are more than a thousand taels. The business tax is calculated at [-]%, so you have to pay hundreds of taels at a time." Silver. How old are you?"

"That shouldn't be the case. The more you earn, the more you should pay. They deserve to have a big business."

Most of the people were businessmen, and it goes without saying that they were envious of those big merchants. Now that they heard this, they felt much better.

Then someone said: "I'm afraid the silver and copper coins won't be useful when I go back to Kaifeng. The person above is issuing new coins. Everyone knows about it, right?"

"There is a notice outside the door, who can't see it?" someone said, "I just don't know the quality of the new coins."

The waiter on the side was coming up with a tea tray. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Masters, don't worry, the new coins are cute and tight."

"Hey, the second brother still has such knowledge." Everyone laughed.

The second brother did not feel dissatisfied and said with a smile: "All the guest officers and uncles are powerful people. I am just a waiter. I cannot compare with you. But if you want to be well-informed, you have to look to me."

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