Jiashan Oasis is not far from Jiaxing Oasis. After Yi Yun and others entered and exited the east gate of Jiaxing Oasis, they rode tall camels and walked in the desert for half a day. The wind and sand were not heavy. It seems that the numerous oasis in the south of the Yangtze River make the climate nearby ideal. There are sandstorms and dust storms everywhere in Sichuan without any trace, and desert tornadoes are unlikely to encounter.

Chen Yuanyuan's ugly maid did not come with her. She is now pretending to be a young wife. If there is a maid next to her, she will be in trouble. At this time, she was wearing coarse cloth clothes without makeup, and she could see a bit of beauty on her face. This look is more liked by Yi Yun, so Yi Yun's attitude towards her along the way was a little better.

After walking for a while, a dilapidated city appeared in the yellow sand ahead. This is Jiashan Oasis. Yi Yun used the "far-looking" skill of "scout" and carefully looked at this small oasis. He saw that it was only a few kilometers in a radius, which was not much larger than a small county town in later generations. Four or five streets lined up the entire oasis together.

The city wall of this oasis really scared Yi Yun, because the city wall surrounding the oasis is only as high as an adult's waist, and the jumping power is strong. You only need to jump over it with a light jump. Military camels can jump over it like a walk. The only place where the city wall is built is a little taller, and it is only near the city gate. Because the city gate is a gate, it is necessary to allow entry to walk and pass cars and horses, so it is increased to three meters, which creates a very nonsense scene - next to the tall city gate is a waist-high wall.

This... this is a complete cheating! Yi Yun Khan!

When they approached, the two guards stood at the city gate and reached out to Yiyun and said, "Pay the tax on entering the city!"

While touching the money, Yi Yun introduced himself: "I came from Jiaxing, Shangluo Long Caoyao, and I became the overlord of Caoyao..."

"Who asked you to introduce it?" The guard said indifferently: "I'm not happy to know who you are, just give the money."

Yi Yun: "..."

Damn, my buddy has carefully prepared a set of words and interpreted the title of Long Caoyao's overlord to the fullest. You didn't give me the opportunity to introduce myself? Speaking, do you just put it in this city? Don't you check your identity? What if you get bad guys and bandits in?

After suppressing his unhappiness, Yi Yun slowly walked into the city. He saw that there was a depression in the Jiashan Oasis. There were no inlets on the street, and there were no vendors, only the wind and sand were blowing. Finally, he saw a group of soldiers coming over, but a group of soldiers rushed to the city gate with baskets carrying bricks and stones, piled bricks and stones behind the city gate, and then a group of masons came, and built bricks and stones to the city wall next to the city gate. It turned out that they were raising the city wall.

"When you raise the city wall, it seems that this oasis is not completely a scam, and you also know that the city wall is not high enough." Yi Yun turned to Chen Yuan and smiled.

Chen Yuanyuan shook her head and said, "I don't think so. The materials used to raise the city walls are so careless. The mud used can be seen as being pieced together temporarily, and it seems to be a good example."

"Pretending?" Yi Yun was slightly surprised. He must have received news from the entry of Jiashan Oasis. Now there is nothing strange about being on the look. I have to investigate.

He walked to the soldiers who were supervising the bricklayer to build the city wall, handed over a ingot of broken silver, and said with a smile: "This military master, I am Shangru from Jiaxing, named Long Caoyao. I am nicknamed Caoyao Overlord. I plan to examine the possibility of doing business here... I want to ask you why you built this city wall? To resist Japanese pirates?"

"Long Caoyao? This name...uh..." The soldier was choked by the word Long Caoyao and couldn't speak, but after getting the benefits, his face finally became softer, and he laughed: "Are you so bad Japanese pirates, our small city has no ability to deal with Japanese pirates. When the Japanese pirates come, they have to call reinforcements from Jiaxing. This city wall is not for resisting Japanese pirates, but for resisting the prince."

"Resist the Prince?" Yi Yun said in shock: "What's the solution?"

The soldier smiled wickedly: "Our oasis has been granted the fief of Prince Jiashan. The prince is on his way here. The county magistrate Dazhi said that in order to leave a good impression on the prince, the city wall should be raised by one meter and painted white..."

Yi Yun's face twitched and asked depressedly: "Then... can it be made of these gravels and broken bricks as city walls?"

The soldier smiled: "You don't know what this brother Long Caoyao is. Our Jiashan Oasis is a dilapidated oasis. Even if it is beautiful, can the prince who is used to living a life of luxury and wealth? The prince should not stay here for long. After the initial freshness is over, he will run to Nanjing Oasis, or places like Suzhou and Hangzhou to play. The big country only stipulates that the prince must protect his oasis, but there is no requirement that he must live in his oasis. Wherever he wants to go, it will be o. What does it matter if the city wall collapses after he leaves."

Yi Yun: "..."

Seeing Yi Yun sweating profusely and wanting to get into it, Chen Yuanyuan quickly came out to show off. She patted Yi Yun on the back and helped him to be so happy. She took the conversation and said to the soldiers: "June, we are traveling all the way from Nanjing Oasis. I heard that Prince Jiashan is coming here soon. Can you hurry up with the progress of your city wall? Why not get more money to make a fortune?"

It turned out that this soldier, the soldiers who helped the mason build the city walls by the city gate were only about 30 years old, but there should be 100 soldiers stationed in Jiashan Oasis. Since they were working, only 30% of the soldiers were used. This is indeed a very strange thing. Chen Yuanyuan managed the tentacles to the Sanjiang Pavilion across the country, and was very good at discovering problems from the internship. He discovered this loophole at a glance. Yi Yun couldn't help but give her an encouraging look.

The soldier spread his hands and said, "Get in more? Where can I do it? All the soldiers here are here, that's all."

"Oh? Isn't there a hundred households and a whole hundred soldiers?" Yi Yundaqi: "Did they all die in the battle with the Japanese pirates?"

The soldier smiled bitterly: "Brother Long Caoyao, are you a young man who has just left the world? I heard that your nickname is Caoyao Overlord, it looks like a little head green who has just left the world and doesn't understand the world. Even a truly powerful person will not get such a nickname. Let me tell you, a hundred households are not one hundred soldiers, but actually thirty to forty soldiers!"

"Shenma?" Yi Yundaqi: "What's the explanation? It's clearly called a hundred households, but there should be one hundred soldiers called a hundred households."

When Yi Yun said this, Wu Mingliang, Qi Xing, Lu Xi, and Chen Yuanyuan pulled his sleeve together and signaled him not to say anything. Then Chen Yuanyuan gently leaned over to Yi Yun's ear, bit his ear and whispered: "Prince, the court will pay a hundred military pay for one hundred households with one hundred soldiers, right?"

Yi Yun nodded.

Chen Yuanyuan smiled and bit his ear and said, "If this hundred household resident office only has thirty or forty entries, then the generals who manage this hundred household entries only need to pay thirty or forty entries to the soldiers, right?"

Yi Yun nodded again.

Chen Yuanyuan smiled and said, "Then... where are the military pays of 60 or 70 or so?"

Yi Yun was shocked and suddenly reacted: Fuck, this money was swallowed by the officials!

He was originally extremely smart, but in fact, those who like to play games should understand that this kind of thing is too simple, but he didn't think in this direction before... Once he started thinking, he immediately realized. A hundred-household office should have one hundred soldiers, and the court also paid a hundred soldiers, but there were actually only thirty or forty soldiers in the hundred-household office, which means that sixty or seventy soldiers were embezzled by officials. In this case, the officials are of course unwilling to let the troops be full. As long as his army is not satisfied, he can always get benefits from it.

This corruption technique is famous in the Ming Dynasty in another world. It has a nice name called "Eat the Empty Job."

This made the officials fatten, but the combat effectiveness of the army was destroyed. For example, when the Japanese pirates attacked, the emperor heard that fifty Japanese pirates came, so he waved his hand and ordered: send five hundred households to destroy these Japanese pirates!

Five hundred households have 500 households. It should be theoretically not difficult to deal with fifty Japanese pirates, but when the five hundred households have actually found that there are only more than one hundred... and they lack training and their morale is sluggish, so they are beaten up by the Japanese pirates.

Can you be defeated in this way?

Yi Yun really wanted to jump up and curse. He raised his middle finger and pointed at the center of Jiashan Oasis. It was probably the direction of the county government and scolded: "Fuck me!"

Several soldiers next to him saw his movements and walked over with great momentum and shouted, "Hey, what are you doing? Is this gesture trying to provoke our Baishao County Zunda?"

Wu Mingliang next to him quickly walked out and smiled, "No, this military master, our young master is Long Caoyao, he just likes to fuck something without any trouble. He often fucks the wind and rain. This is just a habit of movement and does not mean disrespect to the county master."

The soldiers reluctantly accepted this explanation and stepped aside to continue building the city wall.

Yi Yun sighed and stopped staying by the city gate. He walked towards the city. After only looking at the city gate, he had already discovered that the army in Jiashan County had such a big problem. Thanks to his visit in a concealed manner. If he had walked around, he would probably not have received such important information.

Yi Yun continued to walk into the city, and saw a few yamen runners beating the gongs on the street, shouting loudly: "Recruiting temporary actors, all males over the age of 20 can register, each salary is thirty copper coins, and they are responsible for food and accommodation... If you want to register, you should be quick, first come first serve, and then get later, you cannot come late.
Chapter completed!