After coming out of the Bingbei Yamen, Li Zhi went to the Governor's Yamen again. As a new general, he still had to check with the Tianjin Governor about his intentions. Li Zhi was richer than ordinary generals, so he was naturally more generous in his dealings.
Prepare a thousand taels of silver notes for Chaden. Chaden was very affectionate when he saw Li Zhi, and he was even more happy when he saw the banknotes. He took Li Zhi and talked about home affairs for a long time.
It was not until the afternoon that Li Zhi took his leave. Chaden was about to stay with Li Zhi for dinner, but Li Zhi politely refused.
After Luo Zhending's death, Tianjin's general army is still vacant, and the court has not appointed a new Tianjin general. Li Zhi currently only has one boss, the governor, and a small boss, Bing Bei Dao. After visiting the governor, Li Zhi began to convene
A subordinate.
Nowadays, Li Zhi is in charge of the military affairs of Tianjin West Road. He has three garrisons under him, namely, Jinghai County Garrison, Qingxian County Garrison, and Xingji County Garrison. These three garrisons are all in the county seat and are the defensive force of the local county seat.
The next day Li Zhi sent people to summon these guards. On the afternoon of the third day, these three guards rushed to Fanjiazhuang.
Li Zhi asked his subordinates to wait for him in the second hall.
Jinghai guard Ye Xiancai was a tall man, wearing a crimson-colored official uniform of the third grade, which gave him the majesty of a military attache. He sat in front of the three of them, a little nervous, and said to Qingxian guard Shi Jiegao next to him: "Brother Shi
, General Longhu’s reputation is spread far and wide, do you think that when he takes office as a new official, will he set fire to three things and make things difficult for us?”
The Qingxian garrison Shi Jiegao was a thin middle-aged man, and he was resting there with his eyes closed. Hearing Ye Xiancai's words, he opened his eyes and stroked his beard, and said: "Probably not. I heard that the general had treated his subordinates before.
The request is very simple." After a pause, Shi Jiegao continued: "And when the general was doing guerrillas, he also spent money to buy a lot of wasteland from his subordinates' ethics and opened it as military fields, giving free money to his subordinates."
Xingji guard Hao Zhengchao is a middle-aged man with a square face and no beard. He said: "We have to be on guard. But the three of us are old acquaintances. The three of us advance and retreat with the same mind. I don't think he dares to make things difficult for us!"
Ye Xiangao nodded and said: "Yes, we are united in advancing and retreating! The banknotes you sent are all one hundred taels of silver, and the gift items are one hundred and twenty taels of silver?"
Hao Zhengchao said: "They are exactly two hundred and twenty taels of silver, plus one hundred and twenty taels of silver notes! After the general saw the gift list, he knew that the three of us were of the same mind and would be wary."
Shi Jiegao nodded and said: "The generals are also human beings. They will understand when they see us united like this! How dare you light three fires?"
After saying this, he closed his eyes with relief and calmed down.
After a while, Li Zhi walked out from the back of the hall.
Seeing the general coming out, the three guards looked at each other a few times, knelt on the ground and sang: "Ye Xiangao has seen General Longhu!"
"Shi Jiegao has met Lord General!"
"Hao Zhengchao has met General Longhu!"
Li Zhi sat on the main seat and said: "Without courtesy, get up!"
The three men got up, took out the gift lists from their arms, and handed them to Li Zhi one by one. When Li Zhi saw the three gift lists, he was stunned. All the three men gave were one hundred taels of silver notes.
Plus one hundred and twenty taels of goods.
Li Zhi grabbed the gift slip and thought about it, secretly wondering what it meant? To show himself that the relationship between the three of them was good? To threaten himself?
How united could the three military attachés in the late Ming Dynasty be? They were all ruffians, and they would betray each other at any time for their own benefit. Isn’t it a joke to show their unity like this?
Li Zhi smiled and said, "Why are the gift lists of the three of you exactly the same?"
Ye Xiangao said: "It's different, sir, it's different. Our belongings are all made of different silks, they won't be the same!"
Li Zhi sneered and said, "Okay, not bad! I accepted your gift list."
The three guards looked at each other and secretly thought that the general was intimidated by him and expected that the requirements for the three of them would be lowered. The three of them felt proud and sat back on the chairs without waiting for Li Zhi to tell him to sit down.
Li Zhi looked at the proud expressions of the three people, and thought about a way to break the unity of the three people. Li Zhi looked at Jinghai guard Ye Xiancai, and felt that this man had a rough appearance, and thought he would be less scheming, so he casually said: "Ye Xiancai, you
Jinghai County is closest to my Fanjiazhuang, and I plan to reclaim 100,000 acres of wasteland in Jinghai County and turn it into dry farmland. I will buy these ownerless wastelands from your garrison office for twenty cents per mu of wasteland."
When Ye Xiancai heard this, his eyes lit up.
One hundred thousand acres of wasteland. According to the price of Li Zhi's wasteland, which is twenty cents per acre, buying one hundred thousand acres of wasteland is still two thousand taels of silver. On the surface, these silvers enter the garrison in the form of public funds, but when they change hands, they are not just casual Ye Xiancai.
Use it casually? General Longhu has given himself a big gift!
I only sent two hundred taels of goods to General Longhu, but General Longhu returned ten times the amount to me.
Ye Xiancai said with a smile on his face: "General Longhu has this plan. I will definitely cooperate with you, plan well and coordinate all parties, and I will definitely satisfy General Longhu!"
Hearing Li Zhi's words, the two guards sitting next to him became uneasy. Two thousand taels of silver was not a small number! One guard only had a few hundred soldiers, and the soldiers' pay was already very small.
Drinking the blood of the soldiers, you will only earn two or three thousand taels of silver throughout the year. In addition, you must be filial to the superiors at all levels, and only a few hundred taels of silver will actually fall into your pocket.
Two thousand taels of silver were no more than a huge sum of money in the eyes of the three guards. But Li Zhi gave Ye Xiancai such a huge sum of money to spend with just one sentence.
Xingji garrison Hao Zhengchao said first: "General, general, why don't you also open up some dry fields in Xingji County?"
Li Zhi said calmly: "The area to be reclaimed has not yet been decided, but it is certain that only 100,000 acres will be reclaimed."
Hearing Li Zhi's words, Ye Xiancai became a little uneasy and glanced at Li Zhi nervously, fearing that he would not open new fields in Jinghai and move them all to Xingji County.
Hao Zhengchao didn't even look at Ye Xiancai and said immediately: "Sir, there are many rivers in Xingji County, which is more suitable for cultivating new fields."
For two thousand taels of silver, the fragile alliance between Hao Zhengchao and Ye Xiancai collapsed in an instant.
Ye Xiancai glanced at Hao Zhengchao angrily and said loudly: "Sir, Jinghai County is closer to Fanjiazhuang and is more suitable for management!"
In the end, Qing County guard Shi Jiegao couldn't help it anymore. He stood up and said, "Sir, there are many rivers in Qing County and it is close to Fanjiazhuang. It is the best place to cultivate new fields!"
Hearing Shi Jiegao's words, Ye Xiancai and Hao Zhengchao snorted. The so-called alliance between the three of them to advance and retreat together has long since evaporated in the face of interests.
In fact, Li Zhi has no plan to open up new fields yet. He mentioned this just to let the three defenders compete for benefits and break their alliance. At this time, the three of them were already fighting for each other, and there was no longer any sympathy for advancing or retreating together. Li Zhi
The purpose of planting is achieved.
Li Zhi nodded and said: "What the three of you said makes sense. I have to think about this again! When I think about it clearly, I will let you know." After a pause, Li Zhi said seriously: "Speak.
Down to business, there are only two requirements for you to be my subordinate, please listen to me!"
The three guards found that the three of them had become three lonely individuals. Without the alliance of advance and retreat, a single guard was too weak to be vulnerable in front of General Longhu, who was famous all over the world. Hearing Li Zhi's words
, the three of them did not dare to sit down, and stood respectfully to receive orders.
At this time, Li Zhi was already a participating general under the camp system. He was only responsible for the training and fighting of the troops along the way, and did not care about the farming. Although the guards were still in charge of managing the farming, the military matters were under the control of the military, and the guards had to report to the military.
Report on farming matters. Therefore, Li Zhi’s two previous requirements have changed:
"My request, first of all, is to eat and look good, and not to cause a mutiny or a civil uprising!"
"Second, if I want to cultivate private land within your jurisdiction, you must fully cooperate!"
The three guards quickly agreed: "General, I understand!"
"I understand!"
"General Longhu has an order, and the subordinates will definitely follow the power of dogs and horses!"
