Next, as the situation gradually calmed down, Wu Shigong had to deal with some miscellaneous things. First, of course, Wu Shigong had to lead the soldiers and cooperate with the government officials sent by Qi County Magistrate to stabilize the order of the entire county.
This operation went quite smoothly, with the leading party sent by local gentry such as Yao Yuanwai, the government officials who had rich experience in bullying the people, and the military deterrence and protection of Wu Shigong's soldiers. Soon, the situation in the entire county changed.
It calmed down.
Of course, there were also some local rebels who had participated in the Holy Spirit Society's rebellion and went up the mountain to various bandit villages to become bandits. Wu Shigong and the others could not take care of those heroes who occupied the mountain and became kings for the time being.
The success of this operation was the result of everyone's concerted efforts, because they all wanted to distribute the land to those rebellious people in the county who had participated in the Holy Spirit Society rebellion as soon as possible.
And when Wu Shigong handed over the 10,000 taels of silver to the Qi County Magistrate, soon the title deeds of the more than 7,000 acres of land and the grain and medicinal materials were handed over to Wu Shigong. So, whether the government treats you with credibility or not,
It mainly depends on your strength.
Then, Wu Shigong sent a negotiation team headed by Yuan Xingshan and assisted by Chang Meng to discuss with the gentry such as Yao Yuanwai to exchange the bits and pieces of land and merge them into a large village close to the fortress of Qianhusuo.
This matter was accomplished much easier than imagined. In the eyes of Yao Yuanwai, the local gentry and the clerks who handled land affairs in the county government, they actually knew what the price of each piece of land in the entire county was.
Therefore, there is evidence for exchange.
In addition, Wu Shigong also made some concessions, and soon the big village was established. However, Wu Shigong also made some concessions. He promised to use his own mules and horses to give as much land to the surrounding gentry families as possible.
Carry some water.
The number of mules and horses seized by Wu Shigong this time was indeed large. There were more than fifty cattle, more than one hundred and thirty horses, and the others were mules and donkeys. There were also more than four hundred.
Wu Shigong decided that in addition to selecting more than forty horses that could be used as war horses, all other mules and horses were devoted to drought relief work.
In fact, not all horses can become war horses. Horses are also divided into war horses and pack horses. Of course, pack horses can also be used as cavalry horses. On the battlefield, if you don’t care, there will be no one if you charge on a donkey.
I'll take care of you.
However, if the cavalry rides on war horses that are not strictly trained, the losses of the horses will increase and even endanger the safety of the cavalry. This time, after Wu Shigong launched the Farewell Charge, the four or five horses lost,
In fact, they were all packhorses he captured in the ruined temple.
The war horses that Wu Shigong bought from his eldest brother Wu Shixun and the war horses that Xue Yongli and other guards brought from Yangwuhou Mansion were not damaged. Therefore, Wu Shigong asked Zheng Zhen to buy more war horses from his eldest brother Wu Shixun instead of returning home.
Go to the local mule and horse market in Defu to buy horses.
For cavalry, the ideal situation is of course to bring two horses, one is a war horse, and the other is a pack horse carrying armor and weapons. Of course, a better situation is to have two war horses and one pack horse. This way
If so, the cavalry will be able to transfer, greatly improving the cavalry's mobility.
In the first half of this year, due to drought and the rebellion of the Holy Spirit, there is basically no hope for the harvest. Wu Shigong is thinking about cultivating as much land as possible and harvesting some food in the second half of the year. It seems uneconomical to use mules and horses in this way, Wu Shigong
There is no need to hesitate. Because, besides food, the most precious thing now is food.
However, Wu Shigong's internal personnel also made a request to Wu Shigong because of the price of food. The person who made the request was a soldier from the first thousand households whom Wu Shigong took in.
When Wu Shigong launched the Farewell Charge, he basically brought his bodyguards from the capital, but this personal soldier also participated in the charge.
At that time, Wu Shigong and the others left Qianhusuo Fortress in the dark and rushed to Guide Fucheng. They certainly did not dare to take the main road. Moreover, in ancient times, there were no street lights when marching at night. If they were not familiar with the road, it would be so dark that they could even go south, east, west, etc.
I don’t know. This private soldier was familiar with the roads and led Wu Shigong and others.
Of course, this soldier also took Wu Shigong and others along a local path, and he eventually participated in the Farewell Charge. Because of this, other soldiers entrusted him to go to Wu Shigong to make a request.
The soldier's request was as follows: After Wu Shigong arrived at Qianhusuo Fortress, the new soldiers he recruited were paid in silver and grain. But now the price of grain has risen to nearly one tael of silver per stone.
So, their military pay is actually devalued in disguise.
Although these soldiers also knew that Wu Shigong was not to blame for this situation, they still felt a little unhappy in their hearts.
In fact, there is no big reason for the occurrence of this situation. Just like in modern times, as long as the boss reduces the wages of employees, no matter how good he usually treats employees, and no matter what unavoidable situation occurs, employees will always feel that
is unhappy.
There is another situation, that is, now that the Holy Spirit will cause chaos among the people, even if these soldiers have money, they have no place to buy food. In ancient times, the population of a family was relatively large, and the food distributed by Wu Shigong
There is simply not enough food for the families of these soldiers.
After Wu Shigong understood this, he felt that this was indeed a big problem. If this problem was not handled well, it would actually affect the stability of his soldiers. However, food is the most important strategic material for Wu Shigong now, and it will definitely also affect the stability of his soldiers.
We will not open up supplies to these soldiers.
Wu Shigong thought about it for some time, and finally found a way from modern memories. That is to issue food stamps.
Wu Shigong immediately called the leaders Zheng Zhen and Xue Yongli to discuss, and finally decided that in addition to military pay, each soldier would be issued a certain number of food stamps according to his status, the number of people in his family, etc. Of course, soldiers who did not have soldiers at home would be given a certain number of food stamps.
Families can also receive some food stamps.
With these food stamps, you can go to Wu Shigong to buy food at the price of five yuan per stone. In this way, you can increase the military pay of the soldiers in disguise, and you can effectively control the food expenditure. But in this way,
Wu Shigong's expenditure seems to be a little bigger again.
The next thing is nothing more than the arrangement of the domestic slaves. Except for some of the young men who were arranged to farm in Zhuangzi, the rest of them went to work as coolies and continued to build Qianhusuo fortress and irrigation for Wu Shigong respectively.
ditches used.
Arrangements for those old and weak women and children were somewhat difficult. Wu Shigong asked some old and weak women and children to build a livestock farm to raise the captured pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks. In addition, some women were transferred, and under the leadership of Yang Goudan's wife,
A quilt workshop was established. Of course, the current quilt workshop does not have much work. It basically does sewing and mending work for the soldiers.
In addition, some women were also selected to do some logistics work for the soldiers, such as cooking, cleaning and other logistical work. In addition, Wu Shigong selected more than a hundred older boys to serve as apprentices in Yang Goudan's blacksmith workshop.
go.
What is more troublesome is that among these domestic slaves, there are seventy to eighty orphans. Wu Shigong finally enriched them all into his inner house. Those girls served as maids in the inner house.
As for those boys, Wu Shigong organized them into a formation of domestic servants, and asked them not to do the work in the house. They were mainly concentrated, militarized, and trained every day. And the captain of this formation, Wu Shigong, made himself
Tao Xin, his apprentice, came to take the position. Tao Xin held this position and seemed to be a decent commander.
Except for Yao Yuan and the others, they also kept their promise and mobilized a total of 300 young men from their respective families to form a militia. However, the appearance of those young men made Wu Shigong feel a little miserable at first sight. It was not that they were missing arms.
They have few legs, but they are basically very thin. Even the young and strong ones in the lead are not direct descendants of Yao Yuan's family, but are collateral descendants.
Seeing this, Wu Shigong could only hold his nose and admit it. Someone is better than no one. He appointed Zhou Xun as the captain of the militia, and Xue Qiang, who had made the greatest contribution this time, was the deputy captain of the militia, with ten people
The better-trained recruits should be trained by the young men of the militia.
However, Xue Qiang was unwilling to accept this position, so Wu Shigong had no choice but to let Xue Yong take Xue Qiang's place.
These chores consumed Wu Shigong's energy. However, after the cavalry escorting Li Lu returned, Wu Shigong and Xue Yongli immediately summoned all the leaders and all the cavalry who participated in the Farewell Charge to launch a campaign to exterminate the Holy Spirit.
Summary meeting of the fight against the chaos.
This summary meeting was later called the Fortress Military Conference.