Chapter 888, Chapter 888, improvement

  The commanding envoy to Ganzhouwei came up with the document for recruiting troops by himself, and Xiao Yeyang sent people to post the recruitment notice at the gate of the guard station and outside the city gate.

After receiving the news, Fan Tong and Xia Jianren both leaned forward to the notice outside the gate of the Weisuo, and looked at the content on the notice. One frowned and the other was silent and unsure of what they were thinking.

  Fan Tong shook his head: "Well, why do you think of recruiting soldiers? The guards are so poor that they can't afford the food and salaries of the frontier army. Where can I get the money to recruit soldiers?"

  For a long time, the food for the frontier army was provided by the guard, but the army's salary was transferred from the imperial court to the commander of the capital, and the commander of the capital issued it.

  Now all commanders are commanding the envoy to recruit soldiers from Ganzhouwei and provide their own food. Doesn’t it mean that both the food and the silver have to be paid by Ganzhouwei?

Xia Jianren squinted at Fan Tong, who was worried, and sneered: "What are you worrying about? Today's Ganzhouwei is not yours or me. It is the newcomer from the fifth-grade Xiaozhen who takes care of him. I don't have any money, but Xiao Mansion has it. Xiao Zhenfu wants to recruit soldiers, so he will naturally take care of the money."

  The disapproval on Fan Tong’s face became more and more obvious: "I know that Xiao Mansion is rich, but the daily consumption of the army is very large, how long can Xiao Mansion support?"

  Xia Jianren smiled and shook his head: "Follow him, this matter has nothing to do with you or me."

Hearing this, Fan Tong was a little dissatisfied: "You and I are the commanders and colleagues of Ganzhouwei. How can the recruitment of such a big matter have nothing to do with us? No, Xiao Yeyang may not understand the consumption of the army, I have to persuade him. Persuade him."

   Xia Jianren saw him, and quickly grabbed Fan Tong: "Xiao Yeyang must be recruiting troops to gather fifty thousand frontier troops. What's the point of this?"

  Fan Tong frowned. He knew that the number of frontier troops stationed at Ganzhouwei was not enough. For this reason, he urged Master Wei, but Master Wei prevented him from coming back every time.

  Now all commanders have issued this decree of self-recruitment. Isn’t this a burden?

  Xia Jianren saw Fan Tong's face change, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

  He really couldn’t understand, he and Fan Tong, why Master Wei values ​​Fan Tong more, is it because he is more stupid?

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

  The deep reason why Master Wei asked Xiao Yeyang to recruit soldiers was that he understood that the cost of recruiting soldiers was not small. When Xiao Yeyang could not afford it, perhaps the pampered royal prince would feel frustrated and voluntarily leave Ganzhouwei.

  Master Wei still wanted to squeeze Xiao Yeyang away.

  A lot of people were surrounded shortly before seeing the notice, Xia Jianren grinned inwardly.

  The life in Ganzhouwei is poor. In order to save rations, some people will let their family members join the army even if they know that they might be dead as a soldier.

  Not to mention that the health station is now recruiting soldiers. In addition to taking care of the food, it also pays out money. There will definitely be a lot of people who come to join the army.

  I hope that Xiao Yeyang will take in more soldiers, so he will leave Ganzhouwei and Xiliang soon.

  Xia Jianren no longer wanted to recruit soldiers, so he walked into the guard post. As soon as he entered the gate, he saw Chen Qianhu from Ganxi Qianhu Office walking out with a smile on his face.

   "Chen Qianhu, why did you come to Ganzhou City?"

  Chen Qianhu paused when he saw Xia Jianren's expression, and then smiled and went forward to see him: "Master Xia."

  Xia Jianren glanced at the place where Chen Qianhu had just come out, and asked with a smile: "Xiao Zhenfu asked you?"

  Chen Qianhu nodded, and did not say much.

  Xia Jianren saw it, his expression moved slightly, and he sighed inwardly: Xiao Yeyang's methods are really good, so soon he has gathered the thousands of households in the Qianhu Office.

   "I see you are full of joy, is there anything good?"

  Chen Qianhu hesitated, knowing that Xia Jianren was the commander behind him, thought about it, and said vaguely: "I just came over to report the planting situation to Master Xiao."

  Ganzhou Wei is the poorest of the nine Wei Wei in Xiliang, and the Qian Hu Wei in Ganxi is the poorest of the five thousand Wei Wei in Ganzhou.

  In previous years, even if the military households in the Ganxi Thousand Households Department struggled with their old lives, after the rations were handed in, the remaining food could at most hang the soldiers’ lives, and would not cause people to starve to death.

  But this year is different. The grains that Mr. Xiao gave during spring plowing were really drought-tolerant and high-yielding. When he thought of the gratifying crops growing in the field, Chen Qianhu smiled again.

  Chen Qianhu was happy, but Xia Jianren frowned quickly, and turned to look at the sign outside the gate of the guard.

  He had forgotten that because of the high-yield grains brought by Xiao Yeyang, the harvest of this year's health office might not be bad.

  You can raise soldiers if you have food. No wonder Xiao Yeyang dared to recruit soldiers.

  Master Wei asked Xiao Yeyang to recruit troops on his own. Is it wrong?

With this thought, Xia Jianren shook his head. Even if this year's grain harvest is good, given the situation of Ganzhouwei, how much more grain can be harvested, Xiao Yeyang certainly cannot support the army.

   Well, definitely.

In the guard station, all the officials felt that Xiao Yeyang's recruitment of soldiers was not a wise move. He could not. The army was consumed too much. Even if he was the prince of the royal palace, his money would have been spent.

  However, half a month later, the officials of the health station gradually realized something was wrong.

  The cause is that a honeycomb coal plant was added outside the gate of Ganzhou.

  In Xiliang, coal is used for cooking and resisting the cold. As soon as this briquettes comes out, there is no need for publicity. Everyone can see at a glance that the briquettes are much better than the usual briquettes, and they have rushed to buy them.

  Officials also use it at home. Upon inquiring, they learned that the honeycomb coal plant was actually run by the guard, which was pretty shocking.

  In just half a day, the news spread to the entire guards and envoys.

  Xia Jianren was stunned for a while after hearing that, "Xiao Yeyang found a coal mine?"

  Coal Mine

  Xia Jianren's heart was shocked. If Xiao Yeyang really had a coal mine in his hands, it would not be a problem to feed tens of thousands of soldiers!

  No, this matter must be reported to Master Wei as soon as possible.

  Unfortunately, the subordinates sent by Xia Jianren were taken down by two secret guards not long after they left Ganzhou City.

  Xia Jianren and Fan Tong are both Wei Hongcai's people, this matter Xiao Yeyang came to Ganzhou Wei, and he found out clearly.

  He didn't want the people on the command side to interfere with what he was going to do, so he would naturally guard against these two people.

  Shi Qukou.

  Wang Wu saw another long transportation line passing by at the foot of the mountain, so he hurriedly went to find Wang Qi.

  At this moment, Wang Qi is standing in front of the wasteland cultivated by the Wang clan, looking at the green crops in the ground, his eyes are shining with hope.

  It has 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 harvest scene this year.

"gentlemen!"

  Wang Qi heard Wang Wu's yelling, and looked away from the crops, and walked towards him: "What's the matter?"

  Wang Wu gasped: "Sir, you quickly follow me to the top of the mountain, and another convoy of supplies passing by our foot of the mountain! I saw it, the person who led the team was the one who delivered food to Xiao Mansion before."

   Hearing this, Wang Qi smiled and said as he walked: "What's all the fuss about?"

  Wang Wu wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Don't you want to know what the gift is here again this time?"

  Wang Qi paused: "No matter what the gift is, Xiao Mansion will benefit the people of Ganzhouwei in the end."

  At this time, the two passed by the tribe’s house and saw that the tribe was using briquettes to boil water. They saw that the briquettes were on fire within a short time, and both of them suddenly smiled.

  Wang Wu: "This briquettes is really much better than briquettes, and the price is cheaper. When I went to Ganzhou city last time, I should buy more."

  Wang Qi said ‘um’. The briquettes changed into briquettes. It seemed simple, but it improved the lives of Xiliang people bit by bit.

  (End of this chapter)