Chapter 866 Conquest

Han Xiaowei came here this time with two tasks, food collection and military conscription.

Ten households will be drawn one dick, which is set by the Dudu Mansion. As for the amount of money and grain collected, it is also completely set by the Dudu Mansion. Basically, it is determined according to the size of each village. The amount of collection is not too much. But there is one thing, that is, the money and food collected need to be transported by the villages to the counties and townships for payment.

This is rather costly.

But after the establishment of the Dudu Mansion, it is necessary to garrison the army and build the city. Without money and food, it will not work. It is unrealistic to transport them all the way from Jiaozhou. After all, it is too far away, and it is better to collect food locally.

The wrinkles on Lao Zuoma's face deepened.

He took out a piece of gold and stuffed it into Captain Han's hand.

The school lieutenant surnamed Han glanced at the rough piece of gold, the color was not very good, but the weight should not be light, no matter what, you should be able to have a tael or eighty taels, if you go to a gold and silver shop or a bank to exchange it, you should It can be worth 50,000 to 60,000 yuan.

However, Xiaowei Han waved his hand, rejecting the Jin Jin presented to him.

"Our military discipline is strict. If I take this gold, I will lose my head. Ghost Lord, please put this gold away. Don't worry, I will follow the rules. Don't worry about the twelve people selected. They are going to eat the emperor's rations." .Three years of service, training and defense, the time will pass quickly, and it will be very safe, don't worry too much, even the Dudu Mansion has new regulations, every united township brave who has served for three years, if If you choose to stay and live in the garrison, you will get 30 mu of permanent land, and if you are willing to return to your hometown, you will also be given 15 mu of permanent land."

"Of course, if you are lucky, perform well during your service, and have strong abilities, and you are selected as a military soldier, it will be a disaster, and you will turn around and become a servant of Datang, and you will be directly awarded a hundred acres of Yongye military land. , and I can be exempted from the taxation of the field tax."

Lao Zumana's hand holding the gold stretched out awkwardly. He had never encountered such a situation before. In fact, there was no chance for him to give away precious gold in the past.

Although their tribe belongs to the Cuan Clan, the Cuan Clan rarely contacts them directly. They usually ask for a small tribute once every three years, and a big tribute once every ten years. Only then will Lao Zuma take out the prepared gifts to honor Cuan's steward.

Give away some gold, silver and tiger skins, in exchange for the steward's stroke of a pen, so that they can save a lot of money and food.

The recipient and the gift giver are very harmonious.

But now they don't accept it.

Lao Zuma took it for granted that this was too little, and the general in Zhongyuan really had a bigger appetite, so he could only bear the pain and ask his son to go and get some more.

But Xiaowei Han stopped him.

"Our business is official. In addition to selecting Unity Township Bravery by random selection from ten households, this time we have to temporarily recruit a group of young men to serve in the military. The main task is to build cities and build roads for a period of 20 days."

"In order not to affect everyone's life, a rotation system will be adopted, one out of ten will be drawn, and the young and strong men in each village will be divided into ten rounds of conquest. This will not cause the young and strong in the village to go out to serve and affect the life in the village. , this is also Weigong and General Cheng thinking of you."

Saying so, Han Xiaowei called to join the military, and asked him to draw ten out of ten men who would be taken away to serve this time based on the number of men in the village he registered just now. Come out with a bill for collecting money and food.

"Two liters of grain per mu, rice and millet can be used. In addition, each household will be levied according to the level. The maximum is five shi for the upper and upper households. There is a difference in the balance. The poor households in the lower, middle and lower levels are exempt."

The collection of money and food by the Tonghai Dudufu this time is actually based on the law of rent and mediocrity in the Wude period, not according to the two taxes of Zhenguan, but based on Dingkou.

But this time, there was no direct levy of rent, such as two stones of millet per gram, or a few horses of silk. Instead, the levy was based on the standard of the grain warehouse in the Central Plains, two liters of grain per mu, and the number of acres of fields To requisition land per mu of grain, and then collect household registration money by household, etc., in order to simplify, so this time no money will be collected, but grain will still be collected directly.

But it also allows the people to choose to pay the grain or turn it in in cash.

Basically, the tax bill issued by the Dudu Mansion is still relatively low. It is also because the Dudu Mansion has just been established and there are barbarians everywhere. If the tax is set high, the barbarians may rebel.

Therefore, in the first year, even the rent adjustment of the regular tax was exempted, and only the standard of free warehouse grain was collected first, and another 20 days of free labor were conscripted.

Things are out of the way, it is still very clear.

However, Lao Zuma and the villagers did not quite believe it. Now that the Tang people have come and have powerful force, they said today that only so much will be collected. Who knows if there will be more taxes tomorrow?

In the past, the Cuan clan ruled here for more than 400 years. Although there were customary tributes, sometimes additional levies were also imposed.

"Old ghost master, this number is not too much, you should have no difficulties, right?" Xiaowei Han asked with a smile.

Of course, Lao Zuma knew that the amount of money and food that the Tang asked for was not much, two liters per mu. According to their and the level of the Ni people’s terraced fields, they could harvest more than one mu per mu, which meant that it was only 50 taxes per mu. about.

Even if the food for households and others is added, it will not exceed thirty tax one.

Thirty one tax, of course, is affordable, and may even be less than what Cuan's asked in the past.

But the military service, the Yao service, the military service for three years, and the Yao service for 20 days, this made Lao Zuma worry.

Who knows whether these young men can come back after being expropriated.

But looking at the smiling expression of the captain, he felt a chill in his heart, Songshu Village is a lesson from the past. Songshu village refused to obey, but the smiling captain in front of him led his troops into the village directly.

The reckless Zuma's head was cut off, and even his family was killed or captured as slaves. Many young and strong people in the village were also killed, and a powerful village was shattered in an instant.

"Ask the captain, I don't know how to deal with Songshu Village?"

Han Xiaowei was still smiling, "Songshu Village has to drink fine wine if you don't eat the toast. I persuaded him nicely, but he came to attack my camp in the middle of the night, so I had no choice but to destroy his village. All the male members of the ghost owner’s family in Songshu Village were executed, and none of the women’s family and children were enslaved by officials. Set up a Qujiang garrison here, and build Qujiang Township, then the township office and township inspection station will be built, and there will be post stations, post offices, shops, etc. in the future, and it will be very lively."

"As for the mountains, forests and fields in the original stockade, all of them will naturally be confiscated. Some of the land will be used as public land in counties and townships, and some will be used to equalize the land and distribute it to landless people who are naturalized. Of course, priority will be granted. For those loyal and brave men who have completed their rural military service."

Hearing that Tang Jun was going to station troops in Songshuzhai, Lao Zuma became more and more uneasy.

Suppressing all kinds of dissatisfaction in his heart, he finally stretched out his hands, took the conscription list from Han Xiaowei's hand, and handed it to his son.

"According to Han Xiaowei's request, the township soldiers and servants are all ordered, and the money and food are also prepared immediately, and an extra 20% is added to the above number."

Han Xiaowei listened to the translator whispering next to him, and admired this dry old guy. Along the way, he has suppressed more than a dozen villages. Of course, there are more villages that are very obedient, but he has never met such This Shanqian village is so honest and obedient.

Not only did everything follow the requirements, but even took the initiative to pay an extra 20% of the food.

"There is no need to add more, just follow the numbers."

Lao Zuma explained, "This road transports grain to pay, and the mountain turns around. I am afraid that the quantity will not be enough at that time, or there will be some losses on the road. If we come back to make up for it, it will delay time. We are not afraid of spending some time and effort, but we are afraid of mistakes. It’s a matter of the Dudu’s Mansion, so it’s better to prepare 20% more in advance. If we pay enough, the rest will be considered as our donation, which is a little bit of sincerity and loyalty.”

For such an obedient and cooperative ghost master, Han Xiaowei liked it very much, and even saved his mind to recommend this old man to be the mayor of Qujiang Township. After all, if he wants to control and rule this place for a long time, there must be some knowledge Timely and capable people.

Apart from being a bit older, this old man is pretty good in other aspects.

Shanqian Village has a total of more than 3,000 mu of terraced fields, which are attached to seven semicircular mountain ridges. The more than 3,000 mu of terraced fields have different shapes, like ten thousand snakes lying quietly among the stamens.

These terraced fields have been reclaimed by Shanqianzhai and Ni people for thousands of years, and it is this field that has nurtured generations of people here.

More than 3,000 mu of land, this time a total of 120 stone grains were expropriated, and the average expropriation per mu was less than four liters. Although the mountain road is difficult, the one hundred stone grains are not difficult for the village in front of the mountain. The people in the mountain are strong, and they organize the young and strong in the village to transport grain.

Each person can pick a stone and go dozens of miles outside the mountain to pay grain, no need for carts, oxen and donkeys, just pick it up, and it can be done in one trip.

Twelve village braves were conscripted for the entire village, and thirty servants were conscripted, and everything went smoothly.

No war, no bloodshed.

There is no robbery, riot, massacre, rape, etc.

The 200 Tang soldiers who had passed the navy had never removed their armor, and they stayed outside the village neatly, never entering the village.

On the contrary, the 1,000 temporarily recruited countrymen have not yet received training. Although they are restrained and managed by military officers, they still behave a little disorganized.

noon.

Lao Zuma asked the village to prepare lunch for the 1,200 people, but he ate two thousand catties of grain for one meal, and several pigs in the village were killed.

When Xiaowei Han, who was full of food and drink, finally turned around and left with the 12 brave men and 30 servants sent by the village, the food payment team of more than 100 people led by the son of Lao Zuoma also went down the mountain together.

Lao Zuma stood in front of the village, and in the cold winter months, she found that the back of her clothes was wet with sweat.

With so much food for one meal, Shanqian Village would not be able to bear it if they stayed for a few more days.

"We will all listen to the Tang Dynasty's governor's mansion from now on?"

Lao Zuma didn't answer the words of his sons, but turned and walked into the village. Now, he just wanted to sit in front of the firepit and take a good squint for a while.

"The best?"

"If people in Tang Dynasty are like this, then it's not a bad thing." Lao Zuma said slowly, and he didn't know whether it was luck or something else in his voice.