Become a feudal king from today

"If these fallen soldiers could hear this, they would smile. Read"

Chang Weirao is a strong man, and his eyes can't help but turn red at this moment.

Many of the decrees proposed by King Yan were too considerate for the soldiers.

Even if he asked himself, he couldn't think of these things and couldn't do these things.

After all, in the Forbidden Army, generals value money more than soldiers' lives.

"Compared to the dead soldiers, it doesn't matter if we living people do something for them." Zhao Xu waved his hand.

Chang Wei nodded solemnly, remembering that the battle report had not yet been finished, and said: "There were 20,000 Chuang Gongzi soldiers who surrendered to Yanzhou this time, and more than 20,000 Xiliang soldiers were captured. The rest were all annihilated. Your Highness still needs to tell you how to deal with these soldiers.”

Zhao Xu pondered for a moment, saying that Prince Chong was originally a benefactor, but now that he has surrendered, he can no longer treat them as enemies.

However, the inner skills of these young master soldiers must be good or bad.

He rashly scattered them throughout the four northern counties for fear of causing trouble.

Therefore, centralized management must be carried out, and after their ideological transformation is carried out and they adapt to Da Song's life, he will gradually be allowed to integrate into the four northern counties.

Thinking of a way, he said: "Form these young masters into a separate army, call it the production camp, and put it under the jurisdiction of the royal family."

"Production camp?" Chang Wei was stunned for a moment. He had never heard this word before.

Zhao Xu explained: "The production camp, as the name suggests, is an army that is only responsible for production and not for fighting. The king will not recognize them as an army to the outside world."

Clearing his throat, he continued: "The main tasks of these production camps are to open up wasteland, engage in farming, and build water conservancy and other matters."

"Your Highness, do you mean to let them farm?" Chang Wei thought about it.

"That's exactly what I mean." Zhao Xu said with a smile: "The four northern counties are flat. Only the north and west are mountainous, and there are plains to the south and north. There are many places that can be reclaimed. The reclaimed land will not only provide the north The four counties will provide food and grass, and they can also be allocated to these soldiers as private fields in the future."

In fact, in ancient times, there were many people but few people, and it was far from being said that there was no land to cultivate.

But people are often unwilling to reclaim wasteland after their land is annexed.

The reason is that the areas that can be developed near the water have already been developed.

At the same time, even if wasteland is reclaimed, the land will still be taken away in the end, and the court will not protect it.

But now that he is in charge of the four northern counties, the situation is naturally different.

The wealthy families were wiped out, and no one could arbitrarily seize the people's land.

At the same time, he asked Liu Fu to issue a decree to protect the land reclaimed by the people.

Therefore, many of the people who fled from Jinzhou to the four northern counties are currently actively reclaiming wasteland.

The former people in the four counties of Barbei also became more enthusiastic.

If there are another 20,000 reclamation troops, the four northern counties will be able to add more farmland this year.

And with more fields, the food produced in the four northern counties can continue to increase.

Although, he now gets a lot of food from the Xie family by supporting the prince.

This food is enough to last for a while.

But it is better to seek help from others than to ask for yourself. The four northern counties should be self-sufficient in food. The most reassuring thing is to have a surplus.

In addition, he has another consideration.

On the land reclaimed by the production camp, it is convenient for the government to test various agricultural technologies.

After all, people need to rely on the land for food, and he doesn't dare to mess with it.

This production camp is affiliated with the army and is considered a logistics army. The soldiers receive military pay.

As for the land, it won’t be too late to allocate the land to them when the production camps are no longer needed.

To put it simply, he is equivalent to establishing an army to carry out agricultural production for himself.

"Yes, Your Highness, I finally understand." Chang Wei smiled.

Others also understand that farming is a good measure for the army.

Feeding the army requires a lot of food. If the army solves the food problem itself, it will save a lot of money.

Kings in the early dynasties often established farming, but later the farming collapsed.

Because of greed, these military lands first passed into the hands of generals and were eventually sold to wealthy families.

And later ambitious emperors often couldn't pick it up if they wanted to.

After a mature system of selling stolen goods was formed, the fields dug out of the pit disappeared quickly.

But the situation in the four northern counties is obviously different.

King Yan destroyed all the belongings of these wealthy families.

Now the four northern counties are like a piece of white land, and everything can be started from scratch.

So he agreed with King Yan's idea.

"As for the surrendered Xiliang soldiers, they will be handed over to the trading bank, and the trading bank will assign them to mine." Zhao Xu said.

This time he forcibly took over eight large coal mines from Jinzhou wealthy families.

It is said that the coal in these coal mines only needs to be dug from the ground. They are obviously open-pit coal mines.

If these Xiliang soldiers are put into the coal mines, the supply of coal in the four northern counties will not be a problem in the future.

This is just a coal problem.

Another problem at the moment is iron.

The artillery order given by the powerful clan made Iron Ore suddenly nervous.

Jinzhou has a lot of coal, while the four northern counties have a lot of iron, especially the current east Pingjun and west Yanjun.

In contemporary times, its location is equivalent to Tangshan.

The amount of iron ore here is second to none.

However, although there are many iron ore deposits in the four northern counties, the mining capacity is still insufficient.

Investing these 20,000 people will greatly alleviate this problem.

Of course, in addition to coal and iron, he also needed other minerals if he wanted to embark on the path of the industrial revolution.

Next, he will make arrangements in this regard and find all the mines that can be found in the four northern counties.

After talking about the incident between the son and the Xiliang soldiers, Chang Wei reported the amount of loot collected in Jinzhou, "150,000 taels of gold, 1.8 million taels of silver in total, 2 million shi of grain and grass, and 1.8 million taels of cloth." Three hundred and sixty thousand horses, and thousands of other items including jewelry, porcelain, calligraphy and paintings.”

Zhao Xu nodded.

In this war, not long after he entered Jinzhou, the imperial court allocated money and grain.

Now that he has obtained these trophies, he did not lose money in this battle and made a huge profit.

"I always keep my word. I will reward the soldiers with half of the spoils this time." He remembered his promise when he was in Jinzhou.

Chang Wei wanted to laugh, but held back, "Your Highness, isn't this too much? If so, each soldier can receive thirty taels of silver."

"Stop pretending, laugh if you want." Zhao Xu gave Chang Wei a roll of his eyes.

"Hehehehe..." King Yan said this, and Chang Wei finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Seeing Chang Wei's appearance, Zhao Heng shook his head, "But you have to show me the list of rewards. Even if you give a reward, you can't do it randomly. Also, even if you are a soldier who died in battle, you still have to give the reward. The money for the pension is Another thing."

"I will remember it, general." Chang Wei clasped his fists heavily.

The two were talking when Feng'er bowed outside the door and said, "Your Highness, Ma Han wants to see you."

"Ma Han?" Chang Wei frowned, "His Highness took him to Yancheng?"

Zhao Xu signaled Feng'er to allow Ma Han to come in, and at the same time said to Chang Wei: "The Jinzhou matter is over, and it's time to face up to the Ma family's affairs. After all, the Ma family guards the northwest border. If Ma Chong and Ma Jin are allowed to take charge, I’m just afraid there will be big problems in the future.”

Chang Wei looked solemn, raised his hands and left.

There are some words that he sometimes finds difficult to listen to.