Chapter 255 The evil of the human heart is better than the mountains and rivers! 【1 more】
In the big tent, several other people also looked at Gu Bing curiously. After all, everyone knew that the Qin and Han families had ended up in such a bad situation. Although it was said that it was due to the stance of the two families, Gu Bing went to testify in person.
, which made the two families hate Gu Bing to the extreme.
Perhaps in the hearts of the two families, what they hate most is not Chu Yi and Cheng Xiangwu, but Gu Bing, the one who chose to betray them.
From Gu Bing's point of view, it would be best for the Qin and Han families to eradicate and kill every one of them. Only in this way can the Gu family be prevented from being secretly retaliated by the remnants of the two families in the future.
It is absolutely impossible for people like Gu Bing not to realize this, but Gu Bing asked Chu Yi at this time to let go of some members of the Qin and Han families.
Chu Yi looked at Gu Bing and said slowly, "Oh, I wonder why the head of the Gu family wants to plead for mercy on behalf of the Qin and Han families?"
Gu Bing looked serious and said: "It's not that Gu is interceding for the two families, but he is begging the governor to allow Gu to select some people who are proficient in shipbuilding craftsmanship among the Qin and Han families. There are many people from the Qin and Han families."
They are all proficient in the craft of shipbuilding, and even the great craftsmen of the two shipyards are mostly people trained within the two families. If these people are really killed together, I am afraid that the governor will order the Xiamen Shipbuilding Company planned by Gu
The factory is going to be short of craftsmen!”
Frowning, Chu Yi nodded slowly and said: "Okay, I will ask you to select people who are proficient in shipbuilding from the Qin and Han families. These people will work at the Xiamen Shipyard all their lives and will not be allowed to do anything.
Liberation, your Gu family will be responsible for taking care of it!"
Gu Bing was overjoyed when he heard this and bowed respectfully to Chu Yi: "Thank you, Lord Gu Bing!"
After all, Gu Bing had to protect Qin, and some members of the Han family were also considering the Gu family. Since the Gu family chose to side with Chu Yi, they naturally wanted to have a certain status in Chu Yi's heart.
And Chu Yi left the Xiamen Shipyard to their Gu family to manage, this was an opportunity.
Just listening to Chu Yi's grand dream, Gu Bing knew that the shipyard was definitely an indispensable part of Chu Yi's future territory.
However, Chu Yi wanted to build too many ships, which could not be compared with just one shipyard. Not long ago, he had learned from Fang Li that a brand-new Longjiang Bao Shipyard was under preparation in Nanjing.
In other words, there will be more than one shipyard in the future. In this way, whichever shipyard can build more warships and merchant ships for Chu Yi will definitely be valued by Chu Yi.
If the three shipyards of Gu, Qin, and Han were integrated into one, the scale would naturally be quite large, but even if the scale was large, they would not be able to build many large ships if they did not have manpower.
It happened that most of the shipbuilding talents were from the Qin and Han families. For the future of the Gu family, he knew that saving some people from the Qin and Han families would most likely pose a certain threat to the Gu family, but Gu Bing still chose to save them.
Some shipbuilding talents.
Fortunately, Chu Yi demoted these people to hard labor and would not be released for life, and at the same time handed them over to the care of the Gu family.
It is conceivable that as long as the Gu family does not want Qin and the remnants of the Han family to seek revenge on them in the future, they will definitely take care of Qin with great care. These remnants of the Han family will only squeeze these people without letting them escape.
hope.
Suddenly, groups of soldiers came from several counties under the jurisdiction of Fuzhou Prefecture. These soldiers posted notices, stating that they were recruiting soldiers to join the Jing Navy. As long as they could join the Jing Navy, they would be directly given ten acres of fertile land and ten taels of silver to make a home.
Even in the Beijing camp, ten taels of silver is almost equivalent to two years of military pay, not to mention ten acres of fertile farmland. In the mountainous and watery land of Fuzhou, fertile farmland is more precious than anything else.
It can be said that as soon as the notice came out, those poor families almost became excited.
In this era, the emphasis is on having more children and bringing happiness, so no matter how poor a family is, there are often three or five boys in a family. Even for ten acres of fertile land, these extremely poor people are not willing to give up one or two sons.
After all, even if you are extremely poor and sell yourself into slavery to save your life, you may not be able to sell ten taels of silver, let alone the temptation of ten acres of fertile land.
Even though many people were unwilling to join the army, under the temptation of fertile farmland and Anjiayin, all the qualified young men in Fuzhou Prefecture rushed to the recruitment points everywhere.
There are over a million people in one government, among whom there are at least 300,000 to 400,000 strong men, and at least half of them are willing to join the army, which means that there are at least more than 100,000 strong men applying for the army this time.
Chu Yi, accompanied by Cheng Xiangwu, was watching the progress of the recruitment at the recruitment point outside Fuzhou City.
There was a mass of darkness, at least ten or twenty thousand people, all of whom were strong and fit for their age. However, at first glance, most of these people looked disheveled and were dressed in rags, which showed how poor these people's families were.
Of course, if the family was not poor, no one would be willing to join the army.
Looking at the dark crowd of young men who came to apply, Cheng Xiangwu said to Chu Yi with a face full of joy: "If there had been the temptation of fertile land and a settlement of silver, there would be no need to recruit so long for a mere 10,000 people.
I'm afraid it won't take more than ten days."
Chu Yi was speechless. He looked at the elites with a sparkle in his eyes, and suddenly looked at Cheng Xiangwudao: "Uncle Dingwu, since so many elites are willing to join the army, you said that the governor had previously planned to recruit 10,000 navy troops.
, isn’t it a bit conservative?”
Cheng Xiangwu was stunned for a moment, then when he realized what he was doing, he first showed excitement on his face, then shook his head with a wry smile and said, "It would be great if the governor could expand the army. An Jiayin doesn't have any problem. The key is to allocate farmland to the soldiers."
It is barely enough for 10,000 soldiers. If we expand the army, we will definitely need a lot of fertile land, but the fertile land around Fuzhou City is simply not enough."
Chu Yi sighed softly and said: "Yes, there is not enough fertile land!"
Fang Li, who was dressed in a scribe's robe, was standing beside Chu Yi. Hearing Chu Yi sigh, he couldn't help but sneered: "Master, I am willing to issue a military order to the governor. At most half a month, I will definitely find him for you."
One hundred thousand acres of fertile land!”
Cheng Xiangwu immediately looked at Fang Li, while Chu Yi glanced at Fang Li lightly, pondered for a long time and nodded slightly: "In that case, Uncle Dingwu, please dispatch two thousand troops to Fang Li."
As he spoke, Chu Yi stared at Fang Li and said, "I can let you do whatever you want, but you must know that this country squire has both good and bad qualities. I don't want to hear that you are bullying good people!"
In fact, when Fang Li opened his mouth, Chu Yi knew how Fang Li raised acres of land. In this era, the Ming Dynasty was at peace for a hundred years, and many squires used various means to annex a large amount of fertile land. It can be said that those who owned the most fields were those scattered among the towns.
squire.
Most of the hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland in a county are probably concentrated in the hands of the squires. Therefore, it is not difficult to raise acres of land. All you need to do is to be ruthless and find those squires who usually do all kinds of evil.
Custody can not only obtain fertile land but also win the hearts of the people.
I just want to raise 100,000 acres of fertile land, but I am afraid that I will have to confiscate the homes of dozens of squires. Although these squires all deserve their punishment, they cannot do this without being ruthless.
Chu Yi naturally had no psychological barriers to dealing with these evil squires. These people usually oppressed the people, and every time there was a disaster, they would use various means to annex the people's farmland, and would even go so far as to kill people and set fire to them.
Of course, not all squires are those who want to get rich and are unkind in the countryside. There are also good families who pass down poems and books and manage their families with etiquette. They pave roads and build bridges on weekdays and give porridge to the people in disaster years. For these squires, even though
Chu Yi is also respectful.
After admonishing Fang Li, Chu Yi recruited Cao Shaoqin to personally lead the Dongchang fans to assist Fang Li. Although there was no famous saying, Cao Shaoqin and those Dongchang fans were obviously a shackles imposed by Chu Yi on Fang Li, with Cao Shaoqin standing by to intimidate him.
, Custodian Fang Li did not dare to take action against those kind families.
Seeing Fang Li and Cao Shaoqin hurried away, Cheng Xiangwu looked at Chu Yi expectantly and said, "Is the Governor planning to expand the Jing Navy?"
Chu Yi nodded and said: "The 10,000 naval force is still a little short after all. Originally, the governor planned to recruit 10,000 people first and then expand the number in the future. Now it seems that it is better to expand the number together."
Cheng Xiangwu laughed and said, "That's great, but I don't know how many men the governor plans to expand the navy to?"
Chu Yi looked at Cheng Xiangwu and said with a smile: "Let's recruit 20,000 strong men first!"
Although Cheng Xiangwu was well prepared, he couldn't help but get excited when he heard Chu Yi asking him to recruit 20,000 young men. If he added the seven or eight thousand soldiers he had already recruited, it would mean that when the Jinghai Navy arrives,
It will reach a scale of nearly 30,000 people.
Sometimes I have to admit that some people are really talented in certain things. If Tang Yin was asked to confiscate the squire's house to raise acres of land within half a month, I'm afraid Tang Yin could raise tens of thousands of acres and it would be ridiculous.
However, Fang Li seemed to be born with expertise in this area. In just half a month, Fang Li spent seven days in several counties under the Fuzhou Prefecture with the deployment of Jinyiwei intelligence and preliminary investigations.
Fifty households of squires were targeted.
Scattered into various counties, there are about six or seven households in one county, accounting for about 20% of the gentry in a county.
These squires all met Chu Yi's requirements. They were usually evil in the countryside, their hands were stained with blood, and they had annexed a large amount of fertile land. Some of the squires were even sanctimonious squires in public, but secretly they were bandits who robbed the people.
In the study, Chu Yi looked at the information presented by Cao Shaoqin about the evil squires selected by Fang Li.
This piece of information in his hand is the information of Ma Xing, a squire of Yongtai County. Ma Xing is a tyrant in Yongtai County and owns more than 8,000 acres of fertile land. However, these fertile lands were taken from the people of Yongtai County by cruel means in just ten years.
According to the information recorded by Jin Yiwei, Ma Xing disguised himself as a bandit and massacred nearly a hundred people from more than a dozen households in a small village in one night in order to annex hundreds of acres of fertile land in a small village.
If a fire burned more than a dozen members of another family to death, it can be said that he had at least hundreds of lives on his hands.
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