When Pang Gang and his party returned to the Lingshan Guard Station, the official document of the Qingzhou Capital Command’s Yamen promoting Pang Gang to a hundred households had been sent to the Lingshan Guard Station by fast horse. All the hundred households who survived the Battle of Wangjiatun were They were shocked. No one expected that Pang Gang, an inconspicuous soldier, just went to Qingzhou for a tour, and in the blink of an eye, the old hen turned into a duck and became a hundred households on an equal footing with them.
Originally, in front of the hall of Qianhu Mansion, seven or eight hundred generals stood in front of the door and looked ahead. Although they were all a little jealous of this lucky boy's rapid promotion, they were still in Wangjiatun. After all, he saved the lives of people like himself, and now he is a hundred households on an equal footing with everyone else, so the necessary etiquette must be observed.
"Pimple, pimple, pimple..." A sound of horse hoofbeats came from the front door of Qianhu Mansion. Soon, the sound of horse hoofbeats suddenly stopped in front of Qianhu Mansion. After a while, a burly figure appeared in front of the house. In front of the hall, behind him were three young people wearing small flag costumes.
"Looking at this posture, they have gained a lot of benefits from going to Qingzhou this time." Bin Shiqian on the side thought to himself as he followed the others forward.
Pang Gang, wearing a sixth-grade official uniform, straddling a scimitar at his waist, stepped forward with dignity and clasped his fists at everyone in greeting, "Hello, my lords, Pang Gang has honorably fulfilled his duty and escorted his wife back to Qingzhou safely. He is now returning to the guard station to give orders to all your lords. .”
"Hahaha..." Qi Wuming's hearty voice soon sounded among the crowd. He quickly came to Pang Gang and laughed: "Good boy, I, Lao Qi, realized that you are definitely not an ordinary person. , Now it works, right? In the blink of an eye, we will be on equal footing with us." After saying that, he patted Pang Gang's broad shoulder hard.
Pang Gang also had a good impression of this cheerful Baihu, and he quickly handed over his hands and said: "Pang is able to be where he is today thanks to the support of all the adults and Mr. Qi. In the future, Pang Gang will rely on many of the adults. I hope you will Adults can help me a lot."
"That's that, that's... it must be..." The faces of all the households also had smiles that couldn't tell whether they were true or false. Anyway, it was just an illusory promise, and it didn't cost any money. They're a dime a dozen.
After looking at everyone, Pang Gang cupped his fists and said: "My lords, Pang Gang has just arrived. He has made some military exploits by luck with your lords' power. He was ordered by Song to command his lord to make a mistake and was promoted to a hundred households. Moreover, Pang Gang went to Wanghai without overestimating his own capabilities." However, Wanghai Fort has been abandoned for a long time, and there is a serious shortage of people, seeds, and farming cattle. I hope you, Lord, can show sympathy to Pang Gang and allocate another 60 households, fifty farming cattle, seeds, farm tools, etc. Pang Gang is very grateful."
After hearing Pang Gang's words, everyone looked at each other. Although they agreed very happily just now, once their own interests are involved... Hehe, the weather is really nice today!
Seeing everyone's silent expressions, Pang Gang's face began to look ugly. Why did you ask for such a small thing? Are you not willing to give it to me?
At this time, Qi Wuming on the side spoke first, "Brother Pang, originally you were ordered to farm the fields and we, the brothers, couldn't just ignore you, but you know that we people are all suffering. It's hard to move 60 families." It's easy to say, but what you mentioned about seed farming, cattle and farm tools is a bit troublesome. You also know that life for us people is not so easy on weekdays. Most of the fields and seeds are under the jurisdiction of thousands of households, but now Master Qianhu is not here, so..."
Seeing Qi Wumingyi's "you know" look on his face, Pang suddenly realized that the resources of Lingshan Guardhouse were naturally under the full jurisdiction of Qianhu. Now, although He Zhengnan has died in the battle, according to the rules, there is no decision from above.
Naturally, these hundreds of households did not dare to make random allocations before the new thousand households were allocated, otherwise it would be an overstep.
"That's it!" Pang Gang pretended to be suddenly enlightened and said with a smile: "Of course, brother is not in vain. It just so happened that this time the commander rewarded Pang Gang with some silver, and brother, I also saved some money on weekdays.
I have some spare money, so my brother is willing to use five hundred taels of silver to buy these fifty cattle, farm tools, seeds and other items. Sirs, what do you think?"
When everyone heard this, they said, "Oh? Did you buy it with money? That's different! Although Lord Qianhu is gone now, we subordinates can still do the work for them! Otherwise, how can Lingshan Fort operate?"
The truth that money can make the world go round is the same no matter in which era. When Pang Gang said that he was willing to use five hundred taels of silver to buy cattle, seeds and farm tools, the faces of hundreds of households were completely different. In the past,
When He Zhengnan encountered good things, they and the others only had soup. Now they can finally reap the benefits openly, how can they be unhappy?
Seeing the faces of the hundreds of households that turned from gloomy to clear in an instant, Pang Gang felt a sense of sadness in his heart. Originally, distributing cattle, seeds and farm tools was what the guards were supposed to do, but now they had to resort to bribery.
In order to get it, the local guards in the Ming Dynasty have actually deteriorated to such an extent. It is no wonder that since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the guard system has completely collapsed, and finally became a group of moths that can only eat the national treasury.
After coming out of Qianhu Mansion, Pang Gang looked back at the red-painted gates of Qianhu Mansion around him, and secretly made up his mind that he would come back to this place sooner or later, and that was his identity as a hundred-year-old man.
Registered.
Early the next morning, Pang Gang took out 500 taels of the 2,700 taels of silver he had borrowed from Wangjiatun and gave them to Bin Shiqian, the person in charge of the handover, and received 60 taels from him.
After receiving the household registration book of the military household, fifty cattle and a batch of seeds, he immediately set out on the road with the big and strong dog left and the sixty families.
Among this group of people, Pang Gang was somewhat surprised to see Li Xian and his son's family. It turned out that their family had also joined the ranks of military households that had moved to Wanghai Fort. On the way to Wanghai Fort, Pang Gang had privately asked Li Xian why he was willing to follow
After he moved to Wanghai Fort and suffered hardships, Li Xian's original reply was this, "I'm already old, but I heard that as long as I follow you to Wanghai Fort to farm, in addition to the reclaimed wasteland, you will have two years of tax exemption."
, No matter what the old man says, he will try his best to leave a few acres of thin farmland for his children and grandchildren, and will not let them be like the old man and be tenants for life! "
Pang Gang couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this. It seems that the temptation of farmers is not that great. It can actually make people abandon their original comfortable life and come to open up wasteland with him.
There are a total of more than 360 people in 60 households, including more than 80 young adults over 18 years old and under 35 years old. Pang Gang drove these people for three hours and finally arrived in the afternoon.
Arrive at Wanghai Fort.
Standing in front of Wanghai Fort, Pang Gang looked at Wanghai Fort carefully and sighed secretly in his heart. This fort built overlooking the sea has been abandoned for a long time because it has been uninhabited all year round. There are more than half of the people in the fort with weeds.
High, most of the buildings have been damaged, and part of the wall of Tunpu has collapsed, which requires great efforts to repair.
However, Pang Gang was not unprepared. He gave an order and ordered everyone to start cleaning up every corner of the fort. Wanghai Fort is not big, with a radius of only about one mile, but there is still no problem in accommodating the more than 300 people Pang Gang brought.
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After more than three hundred people worked hard for two days to clean up, the originally dilapidated Wanghai Fort finally had a tidy appearance. This was also Pang Gang's request. Pang Gang, who came from later generations, knew how much a tidy environment has a great impact on people's physical and mental health.
Therefore, under his strict orders, the military households dug more than ten toilets throughout the fort. Pang Gang also issued an order that from now on, anyone who urinates anywhere in the fort will be punished by cleaning the fort for three days.
sky.
Now the fort has temporarily settled down, but another serious problem has been put on Pang Gang's desk, that is, the food problem. It is already April, and in June it will be the season to plant corn, so the renovation of the water
Measuring the land has become a top priority now.
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