New Shun 1730

Even though it sounds like the treatment of workers in this gem mine is so good, after all, this is so good only after excluding the facts of high-intensity labor, high mortality, heavy rain and high collapse rate.

So Zhao Liben got the news from the employee: his younger brother left the mine some time ago and went to serve as a soldier.

"Soldier?"

Zhao Liben was a little suspicious and couldn't help but said: "Didn't I hear that the pay here is very good? Why would you want to be a soldier?"

The clerk looked at the dollar he had handed over and said with a smile: "You can join the army here just because you want to? Your brother was selected because he is in good health and tall. Go and fight." How many people want to join the engineering ranks? Not to mention that military pay will be paid on time every month. If you are decorated or serve for more than 15 years, the court will grant you 300 acres of land. "

"How much?" Zhao Li thought he heard wrongly and asked again quickly.

"300 acres. Oh, it's said to be in Xinkuwu, south of Nanyang. The four seasons are reversed in that place, but the land is fertile. And it's tax-free for many years... It's said that you will be tax-free for as many years as you serve as a soldier. The imperial court An official ship will be sent to send people there.”

Zhao Liben was imagining what it meant to have the four seasons reversed, while Quan Zheshen on the side couldn't help but ask: "This is strange. There are many good families in such a good place in the Holy Dynasty, why is it not given to them, but to these people? "

Quan Zheshen knew the virtues of the two groups of nobles, but these high-ranking officials didn't steal such fertile land? Is it possible that the civil servants and generals of this dynasty are all gentlemen who value justice over profit?

The clerk laughed and said: "Give it to you, do you want it? It's not easy to get around that place. You sit in the capital and collect the rent there? Will the renter be sent to the capital for you by rowing? As for the Rakshasa Kingdom's meritorious enfeoffment, the important thing is to divide it. People do not divide the land. There is plenty of land, but there is a shortage of people. In the Western Region, the Yili River Valley has vast tracts of fertile land. If the heroes don’t go there, how can they want the land there? "

"To those who have no land, it is like candy; to those who are noble, it is like chewing wax, and the food is tasteless. Don't you understand this principle?"

Quan Zheshen only experienced a society with insufficient land and overpopulation.

How can you imagine what this kind of society with enough land management and insufficient population should look like?

It is even more impossible for him to know why the Rakshasa people were enfeoffed along with the serfs when they were enfeoffed. I can't even understand why in the Spring and Autumn Period and Pre-Qin Dynasty, people were also awarded meritorious services.

Just like the banks of the Songhua River many years ago and the Western Regions not long ago, the land that cannot be transformed into the wealth of mainstream society will be looked down upon by heroes and good family members at all.

Is it possible to move there and farm by yourself?

If you don’t plant the crops yourself and pay people to be sent over to work as sharecroppers, they will definitely run away after working there for at least three years. Besides, even if you don’t run away to farm by yourself and grow food, how can you pay the rent? Rent that cannot be circulated to the place of residence is invalid and meaningless.

If the grain there can be circulated like soybeans from Liaodong, it will prove that the transportation problem has been solved. How can there be such a small population and so much open space there?

These things are difficult for a Bible reader like Quan Zheshen to understand.

Zhao Liben didn't think so much. He believed in this reason very much. If he really had 300 acres of land for "military pay", then it would really make sense to join the army.

As for what a combat engineer is, he neither understands nor wants to know.

"Brother, do you know where my brother is serving as a soldier?"

The clerk shook his head and said: "I don't know. How do we know if we recruit soldiers here, where they go for training, and where they are stationed? We only know that they are recruiting combat engineers... because my brother is a soldier like this, and usually they are Recruiting at the mine requires you to be tall and in good physical condition. It took a long time to select, but it seems that not all of them were filled."

Zhao Liben knew that he would not be able to ask any more questions, so he thanked him, thinking that at least his brother should still be alive and in good health, otherwise he would not be able to be selected as a combat engineer.

After leaving the room, he frowned and said, "It seems that I have to go to Gaolangbu to ask. I don't know if I can come out without asking."

Quan Zhe saw him frowning and said with relief, "Brother Zhao, don't worry. I'll have my own solution when I go to Gaolang Port."

Zhao Liben didn't know what he could do, but he didn't ask much. He knew that the person facing him was not an ordinary person, and he might have some secrets hidden in him.

In these days, the number of people who can come all the way from Liaodong and Weihai to Ceylon on their own has surpassed most ordinary people.

Maybe there are a few lives hidden in the body, or there may be some secrets, just like the group of people who rioted in the gold mine. After parting, they went their separate ways and hid in the market. If they didn't tell it, who could think of a person? A seemingly honest person who has done such big things and taken so many lives on his hands?

However, Zhao Liben never expected that the method Quan Zheshen said would be like that.

When they returned to Gaolangbu again, Quan Zhe changed his clothes and took him straight to the Governor's Mansion in Gaolangbu.

After handing a letter to the guard, Zhao Liben was shocked and asked in a low voice: "Brother, you...this..."

Quan Zhe smiled, shook his head slightly and said, "Let's talk about this later."

"good……"

Not long after, the guard inside came out, nodded towards Quan Zheshen, and said, "The Governor invites you."

Quan Zhe was not afraid, and Zhao Liben was not afraid either. He was just a little nervous and couldn't help but swallow.

A few guards led them into the castle. The castle that had been taken from the Dutch had been re-reinforced and became the governor's palace in Dashun.

Naturally, the nearby church was demolished and converted into a school, and many Christian symbols were demolished, but the structure of the castle is generally still there.

Entering inside, Du Feng smiled and playfully said hello in Korean. Quan Zhe was shocked. Du Feng laughed and said: "In the past, I served under the command of Duke Xingguo during the Northern Expedition. The emperor personally conquered and conquered again. The musketeers of the Korean vassal accompanied me, and there were some exchanges. Twenty years passed, and it suddenly seemed like a dream. Now I saw the letter from Duke Xing, and I suddenly thought of the past. "

Quan Zhe said hurriedly: "The North Korean expedition to Luo Chan has also benefited a lot. Following the emperor to send troops is also the responsibility of the princes and vassals. I am fortunate enough to meet Duke Xingguo, so I am specially brought here to find some truth."

Zhao Liben on the side was astonished that the brother in front of him was actually from Korea. He was also surprised that he could find connections all the way to the Governor's Mansion...

When I think about my situation over the years, I feel bad.

He was living a good life, but it was because of Xing Guogong's salt policy reform and waste salt reclamation that he almost lost his family and almost died in Huanglong Mansion.

Now, I don't know how it feels in my heart.

He has resisted and killed people. He has taken control of his own destiny. Naturally, he will not panic because he is facing the Governor of Ceylon.

I just have mixed emotions in my heart, recalling the story of how many years ago I was forced to flee and almost lost my family.

Du Feng saw that Zhao Liben had a strange look on his face, but he didn't ask. After asking someone to serve tea, he ignored Zhao Liben and only asked Quan Zheshen, "Dong Xingguo said that you want to find a way to save and enrich the people, and your heart is commendable." I allow you to see and hear more on the island, especially to see the decay of the old country. I can send you to Kandy to see it in a few days. However, there have been no ships coming from there these days. How do you do it? Come?"

"To be honest, the student has been here for a while. People say that reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles means I thought I would take a look first. In addition, the man next to me came to look for my younger brother, so I am destined to have him. That day I crossed the sea to study in the Celestial Empire, and I had to save my life, so I followed him along the way to find him. I went to Gemstone City a few days ago and found out that his brother had already joined the army, so..."

The letter was naturally prestigious enough. When Du Feng heard that it was from Gemstone City, he knew where the person was. He nodded and said: "Brotherhood, coming to visit is really rare. This is It’s a small thing, easy to talk about.”

No matter how unhappy Zhao Liben was at this moment, he quickly thanked him and said, "Thank you very much, Commander."

After thanking him, Du Feng added: "It's okay to visit, but it's absolutely impossible to go back. There is no mercy. Once you join the army, you can't come or leave whenever you want."

"You join the army and you are a combat engineer. You are paid and you have to serve for at least 15 years. It is absolutely impossible to quit midway. Unless you cut off your fingers or smash your big toe."

He is not only talking about the law in the military, but also talking about reality.

It was not his decision to raise troops in Ceylon and increase the number of troops, especially the troops who received royal rations and received military pay.

After the military reform, local governors no longer recruit troops at will. If you dare to do this, you are really not far away from death.

As for why the imperial court chose to recruit troops in Ceylon, it was because the people in the imperial court's decision-making circle knew that India might start a war at some point.

In fact, the Privy Council Staff Headquarters had already made a rough plan for starting the war, and it had been communicated to the Nanyang Protectorate before Dupleix came to talk to Du Feng some time ago.

When the general is outside, you will not accept your orders, which refers to tactics.

In terms of strategy, since the emperor chose the military reform plan of giving the Privy Council decision-making power, the emperor must provide strategic guidance to maintain his absolute prestige in the army.

The so-called opening your eyes to the world is sometimes not that complicated.

Just like the Indian region.

What the people in the Dashun decision-making circle need to open their eyes to see the world is actually very simple and does not require complicated intelligence.

Known:

The richest place with saltpeter mines that Dashun desperately wanted was the Bengal region.

The Mughal Empire collapsed, and military governors in various places established their own vassal towns.

The Bengal Jiedushi is eighty-four this year. People have been sparse since ancient times when they reached seventy. By the time they reach eighty-four, they are almost at the point where their stock is thin.

The eighty-fourth governor of Bengal had no sons.

This is not a big problem. The governor of Bengal is a Shia. As a Shia, a son-in-law is orthodox.

However, the Bengal Jiedushi made a taboo. A group of people in Dashun's decision-making circle would know that something was bound to happen if they just read the history books.

He will pass the throne to his youngest grandson, his youngest daughter's son.

Then, the eldest daughter and son-in-law hold the position of director of customs in their hands, and incidentally they are also director of munitions of the army. I have an adopted son.

The second daughter and second son-in-law held half of the elite cavalry in their hands. Have a son.

The grandson who is to be passed on to the throne is the son of his youngest daughter. He is a young man in his early twenties. He is full of blood and shouts fight, fight, fight all day long!

The above information is very simple. People like Dashun who have read history books are enough to make a judgment - after death, there will be chaos.

Can I be the heir if I am in my early twenties?

Of course you can, let alone your early twenties, even if you are in your teens, seven or eight years old. As long as the centralized power does not collapse and the government is stable, there is certainly no problem in being the heir in your teens.

But this was the time of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the time of the Jiedushi and the vassal rebellion. Choosing a 20-year-old heir. The money bag and the gun were not in their own hands, and the aunt and uncle were still in control of the customs and directly responsible for trade and negotiations with Europe... This was either crazy or old and confused.

Looking at the history of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, you will know that in troubled times... Of course, including the old story of Li Guo, the founder of Dashun, who died of illness... You should also know that in troubled times, it is better to choose a foreign surname, find an adopted son, find a brother, pass on the younger brother, and give priority to ability. Don't look for your own direct heir in his early twenties, because you are afraid that he will die too slowly.

Now, Dashun, France, Britain, Marathas, Afghans, these chess players, are all waiting for the 84-year-old Khan to die.