There is Room For the Poor Daughter - Chapter 888

[Chapter 888 Chapter 888, Improvement]

as soon as the commander of the improvement capital asked Ganzhou Guard to recruit soldiers, Xiao Yeyang sent people to post notices of recruiting soldiers on the gate of the guard and outside the city gate.

After Fan Tong and Xia Jianren received the news, they all gathered in front of the notice outside the gate of the guardhouse. Looking at the content of the notice, one of them frowned and showed disapproval, while the other remained silent and didn’t know what they were thinking.

Fan Tong shook his head: “Okay, why did you think of recruiting soldiers? The guards are so poor that they can’t even afford the food and salaries of the frontier soldiers. How can they get the money to recruit soldiers?

” However, the military salary is allocated by the imperial court to the commander of the capital, and the commander of the capital distributes it.

Now the command envoys let the Ganzhou Guards recruit troops and prepare their own food and salaries. Doesn’t that mean that the Ganzhou Guards have to pay for both the food and the salaries?

Xia Jianren squinted at the worried Fan Tong, and said with a sneer: “What are you worrying about, the current Ganzhou Wei is not in charge of you and me, it is the newcomer from Wupin Xiaozhen who is in charge, even if Wei He doesn’t have any money, but the Xiao Mansion has it, and Xiao Zhenfu wants to recruit soldiers, so the money matter will naturally be resolved by him.”

The disapproval on Fan Tong’s face became more and more obvious: “I know that the Xiao Mansion has money, but the daily consumption of the army is very high. Da, how long can the Xiao Mansion last?”

Xia Jianren smiled and shook his head: “Whatever, this matter has nothing to do with you and me.”

Hearing this, Fan Tong was a little dissatisfied: “You and I are the commanders of the Ganzhou Guard. You know, how come such a big matter as recruiting has nothing to do with us? No, Xiao Yeyang may not understand the consumption of the army, so I have to go and persuade him.”

Xia Jianren saw him, and quickly pulled Fan Tong back: “Xiao Yeyang must recruit soldiers . It’s for the sake of collecting 50,000 frontier troops, what’s the use of talking about it?”

Fan Tong frowned suddenly, he knew that the number of frontier troops stationed at Ganzhou Guard was not enough, so he went to urge Mr. Wei for this , but Mr. Wei blocked it every time.

Now that the commanders and envoys have issued this decree to recruit troops on their own, isn’t this throwing away the burden and picking the pick?

Xia Jianren saw that Fan Tong’s face changed, and there was a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

He really couldn’t understand, he and Fan Tong, why Mr. Wei valued Fan Tong more, could it be because he was more stupid?

Xia Jianren ignored Fan Tong, and his gaze fell back to the notice again.

Master Wei asked Xiao Yeyang to recruit soldiers. He understood that the cost of recruiting soldiers was not small. When Xiao Yeyang couldn’t afford it, maybe this pampered son of the royal family would feel frustrated and leave Ganzhou Wei voluntarily.

Master Wei still wanted to squeeze Xiao Yeyang away.

Not a while before seeing the notice, many people gathered around, Xia Jianren smiled inwardly.

Life in Ganzhouwei is poor, and some families will let their family members join the army even if they know that serving as a soldier may kill them in order to save food rations.

Not to mention that the guards are now recruiting soldiers. In addition to managing meals, they also pay money. There must be many people who will join the army.

I hope that Xiao Yeyang will recruit more soldiers, so that he can leave Ganzhou Wei and Xiliang sooner.

Xia Jianren no longer thought about recruiting soldiers, so he walked towards the guard. As soon as he entered the gate, he saw Chen Qianhu from the Ganxi Qianhu Office walking out with a happy face.

“Chen Qianhu, why did you come to Ganzhou City?”

Seeing Xia Jianren, Chen Qianhu paused for a moment, then smiled and stepped forward to greet him: “Master Xia.” Xia

Jianren glanced at the place where Chen Qianhu had just come out, He asked with a smile, “Did Xiao Zhenfu ask you?”

Chen Qianhu nodded and didn’t say much.

Seeing this, Xia Jianren’s expression moved slightly, and he sighed secretly in his heart: Xiao Yeyang’s method is really good, and he has gathered thousands of households in the Qianhu Office so quickly.

“I see that your face is full of joy. Is there something good?”

Chen Qianhu hesitated for a moment, knowing that Xia Jianren was behind Xia Jianren. After thinking about it, he said vaguely, “I just came here to report the planting situation to Mr. Xiao.”

Ganzhou Guard is the poorest guard among the nine guards in Xiliang, and Ganxi Thousand Households is the poorest of the five Thousand Households in Ganzhou Guard.

In previous years, even if the military households of Ganxi Qianhusuo worked hard, after handing in the military rations, the remaining food could at most hang the lives of the military households, so that people would not starve to death.

But this year is different. The grain seeds Mr. Xiao grows during spring plowing are really drought-tolerant and high-yielding. Thinking of the gratifying crops growing in the field, Chen Qianhu smiled again.

Chen Qianhu was happy, but Xia Jianren frowned quickly, and turned his head to look at the notice outside the gate of the guard to stop

him, but he forgot, because the high-yield grain seeds brought by Xiao Yeyang, the harvest of the guard this year may not be good Where will it go.

With food, you can raise soldiers. No wonder Xiao Yeyang dared to recruit soldiers.

Is it wrong that Mr. Wei asked Xiao Yeyang to recruit soldiers by himself?

With this thought, Xia Jianren shook his head. Even if this year’s grain harvest is bumper, how much more grain can be harvested in Ganzhou Wei’s situation? Xiao Yeyang certainly cannot afford to support the army.

Well, for sure.

In the guardhouse, all the officials felt that it was not wise for Xiao Yeyang to recruit soldiers. He had no choice but to spend too much on the army. Even if he was the son of the royal family, he would run out of money at some point.

However, half a month later, the officials of the guard gradually realized that something was wrong.

The reason is that outside the city gate of Ganzhou, there is an extra briquette factory.

Coal is used for fire cooking and protection from the cold in Xiliang. As soon as the honeycomb coal comes out, there is no need to advertise it. Everyone can see at a glance that the honeycomb coal is much better than the usual briquettes, and they flock to buy it.

The officials also used it at home, and when they inquired, they were all taken aback when they learned that the honeycomb coal factory was actually run by the Weisuo.

In just half a day, the news spread throughout the entire guard commander.

After Xia Jianren heard about it, he was stunned for a while: “Did Xiao Yeyang find the coal mine?

”

Xia Jianren’s heart was shocked. If Xiao Yeyang really had a coal mine, it would be no problem to support tens of thousands of soldiers!

No, this matter has to be reported to Master Wei immediately.

It’s a pity that the servants sent by Xia Jianren were taken down by two hidden guards not long after leaving Ganzhou City.

Both Xia Jianren and Fan Tong belonged to Wei Hongcai, and after Xiao Yeyang came to Ganzhou Guard, he found out.

He didn’t want people from the Commander’s Department to interfere with what he was going to do, so he would naturally guard against these two people.

Shiqukou.

Wang Wu saw another long transport team passing by at the foot of the mountain, so he hurriedly went to look for Wang Qi.

At this moment, Wang Qi was standing in front of the wasteland reclaimed by the Wang clan, looking at the lush green crops in the field, with hope shining in his eyes.

It has only just entered June, and there is still some time before the autumn harvest, but looking at the growth of the crops in the field, he can already imagine the scene of a bumper harvest this year.

“Sir!”

Wang Qi heard Wang Wu’s shout, turned his eyes away from the crops, and walked towards him: “What’s the matter?”

Wang Wu gasped: “Sir, follow me quickly On the top of the mountain, another convoy carrying supplies passed by us at the foot of the mountain! I saw that the person leading the team was the one who delivered food to the Xiao Mansion before.”

Hearing this, Wang Qi smiled and said as he walked: “This is a What’s the fuss?”

Wang Wu wiped the sweat from his forehead: “Don’t you want to know what was sent here again this time?”

Wang Qi paused: “No matter what you send, the Xiao family will eventually let the people of Ganzhou Wei benefit.”

At this time, the two passed by the house of the clansman and saw that the clansman was using briquettes to boil water, and the briquettes lit a fire in a short while, and both of them smiled immediately.

Wang Wu: “This briquette is really much more useful than briquettes, and the price is cheaper. When I went to Ganzhou City last time, I should buy more.”

Wang Qi said ‘hmm’, turning coal briquettes into briquettes. It seems simple, but it is improving the lives of Xiliang people bit by bit.

(end of this chapter)