The head of the family, whose surname is Zhang and whose only name is Hu, has led two thousand refugees to occupy the mountain as king. It has been a year since they fled from Xizhou to Shima Mountain. They usually make a living by robbing and farming on the mountain. There is a river at the foot of the mountain with rich fisheries.
Irrigate both sides of the bank.
Zhang Hu took up the mountain as the queen, and the people of Yunzhou avoided his influence. Half of the fields there were abandoned. Water was diverted from the village for irrigation and there were mountain springs. They were self-sufficient. They also robbed the caravans and hoarded a lot of gold and silver. They lived a good life.
I am even richer than when I was in Xizhou.
This is the tragedy of the decades of war in Yanyang, the desolation of the twelve states, and the government is helpless against the bandits. After Xie Xun defeated Ma Tou Mountain, he wrote to Xie Jue that the fifty thousand soldiers and horses were divided into two, and Fei Ying served as the food guard.
As an official, he transported silver and grain back to Ningzhou. He led ten thousand people to suppress the bandits, first pacifying the bandits in the twelve states.
After Xie Xun leveled Ma Tou Mountain, he wanted to tell the twelve states that the Ningzhou cavalry was going to suppress the bandits. Feng Yu said, "You can tell the twelve states, and the state governments can ask the Ningzhou cavalry to suppress the bandits. The state governments will bear the responsibility of Ningzhou cavalry to suppress the bandits."
If the state government has a surplus of food and grass for the state cavalry, it will also provide appropriate monetary subsidies."
Xie Xun, "?"
Feng Yu said, "It's the same as suppressing bandits. If you tell the twelve states, you will have to bear all the expenses of the cavalry. But if the state government asks Ningzhou cavalry to suppress bandits, pay for the food and grass, and provide appropriate subsidies, rations for 50,000 people,
You can save a lot of money in one day. If there is a subsidy from the state government, you can give it to the soldiers as military pay. You save money, the soldiers are rich, everyone is happy, why bother paying out of your own pocket?"
"But... Ningzhou Cavalry has never made money from this!" Zhenbei Hou has never set this precedent. To suppress bandits, he still needs to ask the state government to collect money?
"Your Majesty, the Ningzhou cavalry used to be raised by the whole territory of Yanyang." Feng Yu said with a half-smile, "Now I have to rely on you and the second young master to raise them. Your brothers still owe me five and a half million taels of silver. Save
Take it easy."
Xie Xun was a bit embarrassed. If his father knew about it, the coffin wouldn't even be covered. Feng Yu looked at his hesitant look and thought to herself, didn't she have any financial resources? How could such a huge army not increase revenue and reduce expenditure?
There was no war in the Northern Barbarians, so she wanted to suggest that the Second Young Master release the Ningzhou army to make money.
Hundreds of thousands of young and middle-aged labor force!!
"Yunzhou is poor, but the state capital can afford 50,000 cavalry for three days of rations, and it can also spend an appropriate amount of 10,000 taels. Although the twelve states are not as prosperous as they were more than ten years ago, the centipede insects are dead but not dead. The state
The house still has some surplus food." Feng Yu said coolly, "Face is a thing... throw it away a few times and you'll get used to it."
For three days before the Ningzhou cavalry marched to Jinzhou, they had to rely on cold water and dry food to survive, and could not even afford a morsel of hot rice. This shows how poor they were.
"Okay!" Xie Xun listened to the advice, and after discussing with several generals, he actually sent people to inform the state capitals that as long as they were willing to provide food and appropriate monetary subsidies, the Ningzhou cavalry was willing to suppress bandits for the state capitals.
Lin Jingshan, the magistrate of Yunzhou, paid Ningzhou cavalry to suppress the bandits.
As soon as this news came out.
Lin Jingshan, "..."
The governors of the twelve states were all silent.
Feng Yu had never visited the Twelve Prefectures on the spot and didn't know much about the actual situation. It only took Xie Xun three hours to level the Ma Tou Mountain. His reputation was far-reaching and the power of the cavalry army was still there. If the prefectural governments are willing to spend money to suppress the bandits, that would be the best.
If you don't want to, Xie Xun can continue to suppress the bandits on his own and find a reasonable excuse.
Who would have known that the day after Xie Xun left Yunzhou, he received requests from the three prefects ahead, requesting Ningzhou cavalry to help the state capital suppress bandits.
Feng Yu secretly thought, what a loss!
should be priced,
Appropriate monetary subsidies, the amount is unknown, can only depend on whether the governor is generous enough.
What Xie Xun thought was, "The Twelve Prefectures have indeed been in trouble with bandits for a long time."
Although Feng Yu and Xie Xun love each other deeply, they rarely agree on one thing. Most of the time, their ideas are very different, but it does not prevent them from each gaining something.
After the capitals of the twelve prefectures paid for Ningzhou cavalry to suppress the bandits, they also solved the problem that Xie Xun had been worried about. No one of the prefectures resisted, and the prefects opened their city gates and lined the streets to welcome them.
The idea of the governor of each state was similar to that of Lin Jingshan. He did not want to be charged with rebellion, but he urgently needed the Ningzhou cavalry to quell the banditry.
One party provides people, the other party contributes money, everyone is happy!
Xie Xun led troops to suppress the bandits, and Feng Yu had received a letter from the shopkeeper Wang of Jinzhou, and all the basic information of the twelve states' trading companies had been summarized on her desk.
When Feng Shu handed the Twelve States Trading Company into her hands, she had not been to the Twelve States for two years. She spent more time in Jiangnan. The Twelve States Trading Company was so high that the sky was high and the emperor was far away, and it was somewhat out of control.
Feng Yu turned over the secret information from shopkeeper Wang with a gloomy face, her brows filled with intense anger, Qiu Xiang and Chun Lu were frightened.
"Girl, have a sip of tea, we will arrive in Jinzhou in a few days." Chunlu brought herbal tea. The weather was getting hotter and hotter, so Fengyu drank herbal tea.
"These people are so bold in deceiving the superiors and concealing the truth from the subordinates." Feng Yu sneered and said, "I thought Zhang Hu was just telling the truth, but I didn't expect it was true. Twelve States Trading Company is very good, and everyone is united!"
If she hadn't come to Twelve States, she would have been deceived by them!
Feng Yu slammed the account book on the table, "No wonder, I always have trouble sorting out the accounts of the Twelve States!"