Zhao Laoguan stood there sullenly, and he worked together to teach his daughter how to charm the master. Unexpectedly, the young master who suddenly returned heard this, and was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in.
Looking at the face he had missed for so long, standing in front of the hanging flower door, Zhao Ting'er suppressed the trembling in her heart and said angrily: "Master! You will make fun of Ting'er when you come back!"
Although Jinling would be surrounded by dangers every moment it delayed, at this moment, standing in his own yard and seeing Zhao Ting'er tidying it up so elegantly and quietly, Han Qian still felt more cordial.
He also knew that stepping into the courtyard meant that his leisure vacation was over, and he would still have to deal with the current crisis-ridden situation in Jinling.
Zhao Ting'er stood under the vines, wearing a half-arm skirt, revealing her slender arms like snow lotus roots. Under the pink and green thin silk, her snow-grey skin was looming, and her face was charming and charming. Compared to last year, she seemed to be taller and taller.
Slightly longer, it looks more graceful and graceful.
Seeing that Mr. Zhao wanted to run away with a guilty conscience, Han Qian called him and asked him to arrange the daily lives of Du Qiniang, Du Jiuniang, Du Yijun and his wife, Du Yiming, and Du Zhou, the mother of the Du brothers and sisters.
The Du brothers and sisters were heirs of poetry and calligraphy. They were literate in writing, had learned medical skills, and knew music. Although they were all legitimate slaves of the Han family at this time, Han Qian would never treat them as ordinary slaves.
Han Qian asked Mr. Zhao to arrange a separate courtyard for the Du family to live in. Usually Han Qiniang and Han Jiuniang stayed in this house and obeyed the orders of Zhao Ting'er and Xi Lin. Du Yijun and Du Yiming brothers were first arranged to work as scribes in Zuosi.
In short, people make the best use of their resources and do not support idle people.
In addition, Han Qian called out to Mr. Zhao and asked, "Do you know about the marriage between Haizheng and Yunniang?"
"I know, what a pretty girl." Old Man Zhao said.
"Haizheng's mother doesn't have any thoughts about this marriage, right?" Han Qian asked.
Lin Haizheng's father and brother died early, and he lived with his widowed mother, widowed sister-in-law, and nephew Lin Zongjing.
Yun Niang was the daughter of a preacher from Shicheng County, Yingzhou. Her father was convicted and executed, along with her widowed mother and thirteen-year-old younger brother, who were redeemed by Han Qian and sent to Jinling. However, her background at this time
They were all demoted as slaves.
Han Qian was still worried that Lin Haizheng's mother would have objections to the marriage.
"What do you think? Is there any way that little girl is not worthy of Lin Haizheng, the boss? She is handsome, knowledgeable and courteous. Although her father was executed for a crime, she is a poet and writer at any rate. She is a member of a famous family. The Lin family
My mother-in-law is very happy." Old Man Zhao said.
"That's good. Then you can help organize the wedding in the past two days. If anything is missing, I will pay for it. Make it a lively event and don't lack etiquette." Han Qian is not a person who pays attention to etiquette.
, but it doesn't mean that others won't talk about it carefully and ask Mr. Zhao to take charge of organizing the matter.
"Okay!" Mr. Zhao agreed and took the Du family brothers and sisters who were guarding the front yard to a nearby vacant yard to settle down.
"..." Zhao Ting'er tilted her head and looked at Han Qian and said, "Young master seems to have changed a lot this time?"
"Where have I changed?" Han Qian looked at his body several times and said, "The nose is still the nose, and the hands are still the hands."
Han Qian used to be so strong-willed that he was almost cruel. He wanted to carry out his wishes and seldom considered other people's thoughts. However, this time he took the initiative to arrange Lin Haizheng's marriage and even cared about Lin Haizheng's mother's wishes. This
This was something Zhao Ting'er had never imagined before.
Zhao Ting'er saw Xi Rong walking in from the front yard carrying a bundle, and helped her take the bundle and asked: "Sister Xi Rong, what happened to the young master in Xiangzhou this time?"
Although letters sent back to Jinling every once in a while mentioned the progress of the war in Jingxiang, the cruelty and tragedy of the bloody battle in Xichuan and the impact of Fan Dahei's death on Han Qian's heart are difficult to describe in just a few strokes.
from.
Therefore, it is difficult for Zhao Ting'er to explain clearly this change in Han Qian.
"Has he changed?" Xi Rong glanced at Han Qian and asked Zhao Ting'er.
Seeing that Xi Rong refused to say anything, Zhao Ting'er pouted and looked outside. He saw his younger brother Zhao Wuji in the front yard instructing more than 20 young people from the Xi family on how to scout around, so he thought about asking his younger brother when he was free.
What happened during the days when they went to Jingxiang?
Han Qian took a short rest, washed up and changed into casual clothes. At this time, Gao Shao, Lin Haizheng, Xi Chang, Guo Nuer, Lin Zongjing and other people who had returned to Jinling in advance also got the news and rushed over to see Han Qian.
"Gao Shao, please arrange for someone to go to His Highness and inform him that I have returned to Jinling. I will go to see His Highness after I have washed up a little." Han Qian asked Gao Shao to send someone to the Prince's Mansion first to meet with the Third Prince.
It is reported that he has returned to Jinling.
The Han family's mansion is just an ordinary house. Except for the main seat against the north wall, the main hall for reception can only have six tables on both sides. Han Qian stood in the atrium and listened to Gao Shao and the others' report on what happened in Jinling City during this period.
Current situation.
During this period, Zuo Si mainly maintained the status quo.
In addition to the craftsman's shop, warehouse, money shop and inspection house, they all followed Gao Shao and Lin Haizheng back to the military depot in Jinling in advance to serve as scouts. At this time, they were also granted leave and returned to the camp military mansion to reunite with their families.
Under the personal care of the third prince and Shen Yang, compensation was also provided to the families of the wounded and wounded generals.
After the casualties of the generals, according to the rules of the army system of "brothers die, brothers attack, fathers die and sons succeed", Gao Shao and Lin Haizheng, together with Bing Cao, have also selected some of the children of the casualty generals to be added to Zuo Sibing
Fang, inspecting the son's house, acting as a scout and inspector.
Coupled with Han Qian's new batch of elite soldiers recruited from the prison camp and the copycat army, the size of the barracks and the inspection room were actually much larger than the initial ones.
However, the expansion of craftsmen's workshops, warehouses and money shops actually came to a halt after the news of Liang Jun's massive march southward reached Jinling at the beginning of the year.
Han Qian has no plans to expand Zuosi's workshop, warehouse and money shop on a larger scale for the time being, and thinks it is better to maintain the status quo for the time being.
After Lin Haizheng got married at the end of this month, Han Qian thought that he would move his family to Xuzhou and work with Ji Xiyao to take charge of the shipyard, weaving yard, coal yard, iron foundry, plantation and other things in Xuzhou.
At the same time, Han Qian will incorporate Xi Chang and others into the Xuzhou Shipping Gang.
These two affairs are not directly involved with Zuo Si and can be said to belong to the Han family's property. Even if the third prince wants to arrange for others to take over Zuo Si in the future, he will not be able to take over these two affairs.
In addition to Zuo Si, Li Zhigao and Zhou Shu were ordered to lead their troops to station outside Junzhou, but the other troops of the Longque Army, led by Gao Chengyuan, Guo Liang and others, had already returned to Jinling.
These soldiers and horses have also been released from the wartime establishment and returned to the garrison military government. During this period, the garrison military government also allocated their farmland to each military household.
Hearing Gao Shao talk about the latest situation in the military mansion, he couldn't help but be stunned and asked: "Have all the fields in the military mansion been divided?"
"This is something that Master Shen Yang has been pushing hard for since he returned to Jinling within a month," Gao Shao saw Han Qian's expression was a little strange and said uncertainly, "Is there something wrong?"
Han Qian shook his head and said, "It's nothing. It should be the same according to the laws of the imperial court."
There are two types of farming in Da Chu.
One is pure military farming. The people responsible for farming are all active-duty generals. The military provides farmland, cattle, seeds and other production materials, and provides rations and military pay to the generals for centralized production. In the end, all income from farming goes to the army. For military supplies.
The other type is the army's military village.
When Emperor Tianyou ascended the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, he assigned a large amount of farmland to the military mansion, and then distributed the farmland to the generals and their dependents of the Jianghuai Army, that is, the military households in the military mansion for farming.
Compared with ordinary civilians, military households in the military government can be allocated part of the land, but in addition to bearing a certain amount of land tax, they also have to bear the configuration and repair of soldiers and armor required for service, and bear military service that is more onerous than that of ordinary civilians. .
When the Longque Army Camp was first established, the situation was special. On the one hand, a large number of hungry people infected with the epidemic lacked basic self-rescue capabilities. On the other hand, the first batch of cultivated land included in the military government was extremely limited, and they needed to organize large-scale operations on their own. The manpower and material resources needed to build lake embankments and reclaim polder fields cannot be accomplished by scattered soldiers.
The more important point is that the spread of the epidemic needed to be strictly controlled at that time.
Therefore, the farming method that Han Qian and his father originally suggested in "Epidemic Water Shu" for the Longque Army is somewhere in between. Although the soldiers and their families are placed under the military household, they are also placed under the military government. The cultivated land under the name was not directly allocated to each military household, but unified farming, fortification construction and material allocation were carried out.
In fact, this also caused the Longque Army's military headquarters and tens of thousands of military households to remain in a highly organized state for more than a year.
This is also an important factor in the combat effectiveness of the Longque Army being higher than others imagined.
Han Qian didn't know whether Shen Yang was unaware of this, or whether he simply believed that everything should abide by the court's laws, or whether he was purely implementing the will of Emperor Tianyou and decided to allocate the farmland belonging to the General's Mansion to each military household. , to break up the previous high degree of organization within Taowu Jijunfu.
Of course, there is an advantage to doing this.
That is, the Xinchang Houfu and Wanhonglou's strong control over the Longque Army was weakened in the past through their deep penetration into military affairs.
Returning to the normal camp military government system, the military households belonging to the Longque Army usually farmed normally on the fields assigned by the military government, struggling to make ends meet, and usually only had a quarter to a third of their income. Soldiers will be recruited into active service in turns and undertake military tasks such as building roads, cities, defense, and combat.
Which part of the military household will be recruited, and which general will be commanded after the recruitment is completed, will be under the jurisdiction of the left and right military guards of the county prince's palace.
The advantage of doing this is to ensure that the military power granted to the third prince by Emperor Tianyou will be better concentrated on the third prince personally and restrain the generals below from taking power.
Shen Yang returned to Jinling with the third prince and pushed forward the matter immediately. It can be seen that even if he did not know the real secrets of Xinchanghou Mansion and Wanhonglou, he still tried his best to further suppress the control of the Longque Army by the Xinchanghou Mansion. force.
However, Shen Yang's intention, and it is also possible that Emperor Tianyou's will to advance through Shen Yang, will not be fully realized.
Generals resume normal garrison rotation. Under normal circumstances, a group of soldiers must be rotated every three to four months. Whether it is to maintain the necessary combat effectiveness of the army or to keep the generals close and alienated from ordinary generals, it will prompt the generals in charge to continuously strengthen their direct lineage. The combat effectiveness and treatment of private soldiers.
If the most elite fighting force in the army is still in the hands of a few generals, then Shen Yang's intentions will go bankrupt.
Han Qian cannot say that Shen Yang lacks foresight. In fact, the current reality of Da Chu and the serious disconnect between the systems imitated by the previous dynasties cannot be reversed by an individual.
