At this time, Ji Yaoxi poked his head out of the camp and saw Han Qian. He came over to please him and asked with some reluctance: "Five thousand pieces of newly made soap have been delivered. Do you really want to be the first batch?"
Give them to wounded soldiers?"
At that time, grease was still a luxury product. Fat soap, which was boiled and mixed with plant ash, was sold in Jinling and Dacheng. It was a rare item snapped up by wealthy people. However, Han Qian wanted to give it to wounded soldiers for free, and Ji Xiyao was still extremely reluctant to part with it.
In the traditional army, who would use fat soap as a necessary military supply?
"Why not? Not only do you have to, but you also have to keep an eye on every wounded soldier and develop the habit of washing hands with fat soap and taking a bath!" Han Qian said.
To reduce the spread of diseases and further prevent wound infections, personal hygiene is an issue that really needs to be taken seriously.
Han Qian currently does not have the conditions to make the entire army use fat soap. On the one hand, the supplies are not yet abundant and generous, and some concepts may not even be understood by Zheng Hui and Zhang Ping. However, Han Qian can still make the decision in the medical camp.
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After these injuries and illnesses are treated, most people still have to return to the camp, but Han Qian just needs them to remember this gratitude in their hearts and how different the medical camp he set up in the Wuling Army is...
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Therefore, in terms of material supply, Han Qian gave priority to ensuring the medical camp, and also tried every means to find ways to increase nutrition for these injured people.
Han Qian took Xi Rong and Ji Xiyao into a tent.
Xishepeng, the fifth son of Xiying, was lying on the hospital bed. When he saw Han Qian coming in, he turned his face away.
Ten days ago, when Xishe Peng led his troops to attack the south wall of Yuanling, he was not only hit by several arrows, but his left arm was severed by an enemy general with an iron mace.
Xishe Peng is also very lucky. The arrow wound on his body is not serious. The arrow pierced his cheek, but it did not hurt any vital parts. The broken arm was fixed with a plaster after the bones were reattached. It is still not possible to see the healing of the injured arm.
Han Qian called Du Junming over and asked him, who had learned osteosynthesis from his father, to first remove the cast from Shepeng's broken arm, check whether the wound beam and the broken bone were out of place, and then put the cast back on.
After a busy period, Han Qian ordered the two concubines who came to take care of Xi Shepeng:
"I used the new method to treat General Xi's broken bones, and there is a 70-80% chance of healing. However, if the care is not taken care of well and there is a slight negligence, there may be residual damage. In the next two months, you have to guard it day and night.
Don't let his broken arm collide with hard objects. Of course, if he feels a slight itching mark on the wound, it means the broken bone is healing, so don't make a fuss."
Three sons of the Xi family were directly killed by Han Qian's plan, and this time Fanying was forced to take the lead in attacking the city. Another son of Xi Ying died in the battle at Yuanling City. It is impossible for Xi Shepeng not to have resentment towards Han Qian in his heart, but
As an invincible general who prides himself on his strength, he is afraid of leaving a disability. When Han Qian orders his wives and concubines, he can't help but prick up his ears and listen...
Han Qian also ordered Ji Yaoxi to use the newly renovated hospital ship as soon as possible to send more than 300 seriously injured soldiers to Linjiang County in batches for further treatment.
Emperor Tianyou made it clear that the new policy was limited to Xuzhou and could not be extended to Chenzhou.
This is not because Emperor Tianyou wants to limit the influence of his father and son. After all, if the New Deal is to be implemented in Chenzhou, it must be implemented under the leadership of Zheng Hui, the governor of Chenzhou. Han Qian guessed that it should be some of the contents of the New Deal.
After reaching Jinling, it caused some panic in the court.
It's okay to combine the native and foreign citizenship. This will cause a strong backlash from the native surnames, but it is limited to Wuling Wuxi area and the prefectures and counties of the old county in central Guizhou; and among the civil and military generals of the Manchu Dynasty, none of them has thousands of people in their hands.
Tens of thousands of acres of land and houses without hundreds of slaves?
The new land tax policy is actually their life and root.
During the period of reducing the vassal status of Tanzhou, Xuzhou wanted to integrate a combat force that could contain Tanzhou. Many things could be done by the authority. But at this time, if the new land tax policy was to be expanded beyond Xuzhou, then
It's a big death.
Han Qian also did not want to commit a serious crime and attack in groups to stimulate the nerves of the Jinling generals and the world's great lords.
Even new facilities such as medical hospitals were located in Linjiang County, and he even ordered Ji Xiyao to modify two hospital ships to transport seriously injured soldiers who could not be cured and returned to the army back to Linjiang County for treatment.
At this time, Zheng Hui sent someone over to invite Han Qian to the city to discuss matters.
Ma Rong led his remaining defeated troops back to Wuling County. Next, in addition to preparing to continue sending troops along the Yuanjiang River toward Wuling, he also had to start relieving the civilians of Yuanling.
Ma Rong didn't just wash away She Tao. Before he led his remaining soldiers to defeat and fled, he burned almost all the grain stores in the city to ashes. Except for the relatives and dependents of various surnames who were able to return home, there were almost eight or nine thousand civilians in the city without any grain stores.
In addition, Chenzhou's prefecture and county government offices must be put into operation, and the damage to farming caused by the war needs to be restored immediately. Chenzhou needs an additional six to seven thousand shi of millet every month at least.
The local surnames of Chenzhou, headed by Xiying, have pledged ten thousand shi of millet to support Chenzhou for one and a half months.
This is the drawback of not implementing the new land tax policy.
Otherwise, just to make up for the autumn grain harvest of the past two years, Chenzhou Shao said that he could levy tens of thousands of grains. Not only did he not have to worry about money and grain, the Wuling Army could even continue to recruit soldiers and expand its strength.
Of course, not to mention the will of Emperor Tianyou, the Zheng family is originally a wealthy family in Huangzhou. Without the critical relationship, Zheng Hui would not be able to implement the new land tax policy in Chenzhou.
Less sensitive than implementing the New Deal.
When marching and fighting, it is still necessary to collect food on the spot as much as possible; if it cannot be raised, it is normal to send troops to grab it.
"I squeeze out almost three thousand stones of grain every month for relief, but the grain should not be sent out directly, or the people who need relief can be involved in repairing the city and building docks," Han Qian said.
Han Qian has never advocated working for relief. On the one hand, such kindness would not gain much gratitude. On the other hand, he did not want to repair the city and docks of Yuanling City and spend a large amount of extra money for food.
The war lasted until March. The Wuling Army had already recruited eight or nine thousand men and horses, and had accumulated more than 3,000 casualties. Adding in the death and injury pensions and military merit rewards, the money and food spent every day was like running water.
Even before the war, Xuzhou prepared 100,000 shi of grain and more than 30,000 min for this year's war expenses, but it may not be able to sustain it for long.
After all, the basic food and salary for the eight or nine thousand men and horses in the Shuiying Buying camp and the baggage camp would require 14,000 to 5,000 stones of grain every month to maintain it.
Zheng Hui has been leading the army for many years, so he naturally knows that war is a bottomless pit. However, Han Qian can still squeeze out another three thousand shi of food every month. He is also greatly surprised. He thinks who can lead the army to fight, such as the Han family and his son?
It can be said that it is extremely comfortable for personnel to preside over military and political affairs.
Being able to squeeze out so much extra money and food was mainly due to the resumption of trade with Fanzhai, a prefecture and county in the upper reaches of the Yuanjiang River.
On the one hand, the cloth, ironware, Yandangchun, and tea purchased from the villagers were continuously sold out in exchange for spices, mules, horses and other items back to Xuzhou, and then exchanged for grain from the villagers.
, On the one hand, Xuzhou has also restored its revenue from salt, tea, iron and other over-taxes and city parking taxes.
Adding the two together, Xuzhou can provide almost four to five thousand additional stones of grain every month.
Now that the entire territory of Chenzhou has been recovered and trade with Chenzhou has been restored, this part of the income can continue to increase.
Discussing the follow-up use of troops in Tanzhou, with Xiying as the representative general, hoping that Han Qian could provide more soldiers and armor for the recruited generals, Han Qian spread his hands and said: "It's not that Han Qian is stingy, it's because your Majesty won't allow it.
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Xiying's old face turned red, and she couldn't think of anything to say to refute Han Qian.
Corvee service was abolished in Xuzhou, and the Wuling Army implemented a recruitment system. Soldiers were recruited. In addition to the usual rations, they were also given an extra soldier's salary worth one stone of grain every month. In addition to soldiers' armor, they also received uniforms, shoes, socks and other daily necessities.
They are also rationed by the military.
Chenzhou did not implement the New Deal. Part of the fan camp was private soldiers in the hands of various surnames, and part of it was drawn from households with corvee servants. The army was only responsible for supplying necessary rations and a small amount of necessary materials, not only knives and bows.
In addition to providing your own soldiers and armor, even the tents for camping must be shared by a team of generals.
Therefore, although Han Qian was in charge of logistics and baggage, and even the captured soldiers, armor and weapons were sent to the baggage camp for repair, he had no obligation to provide superior soldiers and armor to the fan camp.
Han Qian could hand over the command of the Wuling Army to Zheng Hui. Zheng Hui and even Zhang Ping could not help Xiying speak out on this matter. Even if they wanted to speak, it would be inconsistent with the system.
"What if I have to pay for the food?" Xiying asked in a huff.
The valor of the soldiers in battle has been proven time and time again, but the shortcomings of their incompetence in armor and use of weapons have made Xiying heartbroken in the past few months.
There are nearly 50,000 indigenous people in Chenzhou. Although there are 14,000 men between the ages of 16 and 45, the 4,000 most brave among them have been killed in these few months.
I closed my eyes forever during the war.
Next, Fanying will continue to participate in the attack on Wuling and other cities. At this time, every casualty will make the surnames in Chenzhou weaker.
Xiying didn't want to make any strong demands in front of Han Qian. He knew that the surnames in Chenzhou were not qualified, but he thought that even if he wanted to buy it, he would have to prepare all the soldiers and armor of the generals in the camp.
"It's easy to say, as long as it doesn't violate His Majesty's will, half buy and half get free is fine." Han Qian said with a smile.
He also expected Fanying to continue to contribute in the next war and had no intention of making things difficult.
One thousand two hundred sets of leather armor and two hundred sets of iron leaf armor were all ripped from the corpses of enemy soldiers. After being repaired and replacing the parts that were punctured and cracked on the battlefield, he just wanted to
Collect 20,000 yuan from various surnames in Chenzhou.
After calculation, a set of armor only costs a little more than fourteen cents, and a lot of straight-spine knives, iron spears, large shields and other weapons are also given as a gift.
As for more sophisticated soldiers and armor, the surnames in Chenzhou can do so if they want.
A fine steel war spear costs ten min, a cutting iron knife costs twenty min, a set of fine steel armor costs two hundred min, and a wheeled scorpion cannon costs two hundred min. The cyclone cannon is easy to imitate and looks huge.
The complete set of components only costs ten thousand yuan; the iron barbed car costs one hundred yuan.
Other military medicines for wounds: a bottle of miasma-removing wine costs ten mins; a pack of debridement salt costs ten kilograms, a bottle of pure wine costs ten mins; a large pack of suture suture costs ten mins; a pack of ten rolls of debridement gauze
, one min money, one hundred catties of bone plaster and four min coins...
As long as the surnames in Chenzhou need it, new two-story galleys with ramrods can also be sold, and each one costs 5,000 yuan.
As for other bulk materials, Xuzhou can also supply them at a low price. Lime costs 500 yuan per 1,000 catties, coal stone costs 200 yuan per 1,000 catties, coarse iron costs 800 yuan per 100 catties, and refined iron costs 800 yuan per 100 catties.
If there is any need for various surnames in Chenzhou, including cloth, Yandangchun, etc., the price will definitely be 30% to 50% lower than the market price.
Even if the surnames in Chenzhou want to build water mills, drainage basins, wind mills, etc., or build houses more quickly, Han Qian can provide a team of craftsmen.
Zheng Hui and Zhang Pingping looked at each other, wondering what Han Qian was doing. Was he trying to suppress Fanying's improvement in combat effectiveness, or to support Fanying's improvement in combat effectiveness?
The surnames in Chenzhou were also seriously injured this time. In addition to losing more than 4,000 strong soldiers, the supplies previously concentrated in Jiming Village, Chenyang City and even Yuanling City fell into the hands of Wuling Army and Tanzhou Soldiers and Horses.
, Xiying discussed with other chiefs of Chenzhou's surnames and decided to pack up and take 1,400 sets of armor, 1,000 iron spears, 500 large shields, two double-decker galleys, and wheeled scorpion cannons.
Twenty pieces, twenty sets of fine steel armor, 20,000 kilograms of fine iron materials and other materials cost a total of more than 40,000 yuan.
The soldiers and armor packaged and sold to Fanying were the spoils of war captured on the Yuanling battlefield. The money and food gained from selling these soldiers and armors were included in military supplies, which was actually equivalent to the rewards Fanying received for meritorious service in this battle.
Just because the generals of the Fan camp were mainly pushing Scorpion cannons to fight close to the city in the past, and in the later period, the Fan camp was almost crippled and unable to follow the main force of the Wuling army into the city to fight hand-to-hand with the enemy. Naturally, the loot collected in the city had nothing to do with them.
Otherwise, they would have torn these soldiers and armors off the dead bodies and would never be able to hand them over. Now if they want to get these soldiers and armors, they have to exchange them with money and food.
The additional weapons and other military supplies purchased by the surnames in Chenzhou, including two war sailing ships, were sold privately by Han Qian, but the money and food were still put in first to prepare for the subsequent war...