Chapter 185: Distributing retainers (1)
Weijie woke up from his reverie of money: "Oh, there are five thousand sets of intact armor, ten thousand sets of swords, guns, shields, bows, and twenty granaries, and ten thousand stones each. However, compared with the inventory funds of Qingyue City, the military equipment is simply poor."
Think about it, it’s true that the wealth in stocks of tens of millions of yuan, but the weapons and equipment are only like this, which makes people feel weird.
Cons smiled and said, "No wonder, I heard from Neil that there is no shortage of gold and silver, no shortage of food and copper on the Flying Peninsula, but there is nothing but these. They have to smuggle iron and leather armor from outside, so it is not surprising that the military equipment is poor. Has the count of the surrendered soldiers been completed?"
"With the support of those retainers, the inventory was soon completed. We captured more than 5,000 soldiers, more than 1,000 of whom were private soldiers of retainers in the city. They came to ask for it, but they were blocked by their subordinates.
"I sent my subordinates to investigate and found that these soldiers were not resistant to loyalty to the Lord. Because it is very common to absorb prisoners to join their own army on this Peninsula, so as long as the Lord reorganizes them, they can be used as militias led by majors." Weijie said.
"Hmph, a bunch of guys who are not loyal." Xiangwen said dissatisfiedly.
Weijie defended: "Sister, that's not what he said. In places where wars are frequent, everyone will habitually surrender to the strong. This cannot be blamed on their disloyalty, after all, they must survive."
"Hmph." Xiang Wen shut up. Although he couldn't stand it, he also had hopes of pursuing survival. Moreover, the surrender of the other party saved him so much trouble. Isn't that good?
Oaked suddenly said to Cons: "Sir, do you really want to give this place to the people on Feidu Peninsula? This place is very promising."
No wonder Okede said this. Now Cons is the local emperor here, but in the empire, he is just a major in a local army. In comparison, this place can make Cons develop and take off more.
Oaked would not have proposed this, but after seeing Cons agree to mint his coin, his ideas began to change.
Cons didn't say anything, but Xiangwen said strangely: "If you don't leave it to people from local backgrounds, can you let the adults manage it yourself? If you don't say what will happen after the empire will be after learning about it, you won't even agree with outsiders even if you fly across the Peninsula."
Okde smiled and said, "Hey, Sister Xiangwen, haven't you seen those retainers who know that the adults are outsiders, so don't they still be loyal to them? They swear without even knowing what everyone calls them. Don't you think they are very realistic? But there is trouble in the empire."
"Hey, do you have any way to make the adults occupy this place? There is a lot of money here." Wei Jie said excitedly.
After counting the inventory, Weijie felt that it was a wrong decision to hand over this place to someone else.
After thinking for a while, Okde said confidently: "It's very simple. The adults have a pseudonym and then wear a mask when they go out. Such a brand new family ruled Qingyue City. There is no objection to Feidu Peninsula, and the empire will not know about it. After all, except for a few people, the other people on Feidu Peninsula do not know the adult's name."
"This is a good method, but why do you need to mask?" Xiang Wen asked curiously.
"After all, adults still have to develop in the empire. If you see appearance outsiders, it may cause trouble to the empire. Moreover, after adults own Qingyue City, they can also gain support from Qingyue City when they develop in the empire. At least adults don't have to worry about manpower and money, Qingyue City can provide endless supply.
"With these support, I believe that lord will definitely reach a high position in the empire!" Okde said excitedly.
Cons felt a little dizzy. His original intention was just to train troops. Why has it become so complicated now?
But thinking about Qingyue City as a base, my subordinates also have a place to settle down. After all, this place is not deprived of at any time like the officer's territory, but it is not deprived. Once promoted, moving to a new territory is also a troublesome.
Thinking of this, Cons agreed with Oaked's statement.
"Sir, what kind of name are you going to choose? What is the flag?" Xiang Wen asked enthusiastically.
Cons subconsciously remembered his name and said directly: "Just call it Rarente. According to the habit of flying across the Peninsula, the power is called Lei Family, the flag is red and there is a lightning bolt in the middle."
When he heard Cons' words, he was stunned and actually regarded his surname as his name? Everyone is too lazy, right?
However, everyone thinks that Cons' surname is not famous, and even the militia do not know Cons' surname. Moreover, ordinary people, especially those in the empire, would not have thought that anyone would regard surnames as their names.
After all, having a surname in the empire is enough to be proudly spread to future generations. Who would use it indiscriminately? Everyone nodded and reminded each other to pay attention.
I was used to writing photos that I thought of when I wanted to do, so I went to find someone to create a flag as soon as possible, while Vij and Oaked continued to discuss matters with Cons.
Okede said: "Sir, my subordinates checked the information and found that the archives recorded that the sphere of influence of Qingyue City is more than 10,000 square kilometers, with a population of more than 300,000. The registered farmland stones are more than 1.2 million stones. In addition to the powerful and powerful, those who can own land are all big merchants with a means.
"It's just that these people occupy less than 10% of the total land area, that is, 90% of the land is controlled in the hands of the Lord Qingyue City, that is, yours."
"So much! No wonder Neil and the others are so eager for land." Cons sighed.
His own territory is very vast with one hundred square kilometers. The Lord of Qingyue actually owns 9,000 square kilometers of land alone!
Thinking of this, Cons asked, "By the way, is this output of more than one and two million stones more than a million stones more or less for Qingyue City?"
"It's a small number. According to the archives, the farmland development in Qingyue City is only 20%, which is 2,000 square kilometers of farmland." Okde said.
"How many acres of land is this?" Wei Jie murmured. He was not good at arithmetic at all. The number of the 5 billion copper coins was told by his subordinates.
"One square kilometer is enough to 100 hectares, one hectares and one hundred acres, which means there are 20 million acres of farmland in Qingyue City." Okde said.
"Twenty million acres! I remember that one stone is 100 liters of grain, right? Is the land in Qingyue City so poor? According to the number of land, it is impossible to produce more than one and two million shi!" Weijie said in shock.
"The yield here is only about six liters per mu, and more than 20 million acres are exactly one million and two million stones," said Okde.
"Oh my God! There is not even a dou of grain per acre. It is definitely a poor mountain and bad water. With this output, he dares to say that there is no shortage of food? Bah!" Weijie said angrily.
"This is also impossible. Who said that the metal minerals on Feidu Peninsula are so dense and huge, and it is enough to have this output. And they do have no food, and one liter of food a day is enough to support a soldier.
"According to this calculation, 50% of 1.2 million stones can support 300,000 people in Qingyue City, and there is still excess food." Okde said.
"Okay, I've only been a day and I know so many things, much better than me." Weijie quipped.
"This is not my ability. All these detailed information exists in this Tianshou Pavilion." Okeder quickly waved his hand.
Seeing that these two guys had almost forgotten themselves, Cons smiled and said, "From this point, the so-called minimum retainer, fifty stone high territory, is enough for one thousand acres? If you enfeoff ten, you will be gone for one square kilometer?"
Oaked immediately realized that he had neglected the adults and said respectfully: "If you divide the land according to the output, that's true."
Wei Jie was also a member of the matter and hurriedly said, "Sir, according to Lao Dao's report, they destroyed hundreds of wealthy families who came to Qingyue City after the convening order. Those who survived well will be lucky will be one out of ten. If they deduct the surrendered ministers Shigao's territory, they will control at least ninety-nine percent of the land."
"It's impossible to have so many, right?" Cons smiled, knowing Weijie's mood.
"It's true, because according to the information, except for the local wealthy families, the direct retainers of Qingyue City, the highest seal is no more than 1,000 stones. Therefore, after removing most of the wealthy families, the adults really controlled 99% of the land." Okde said seriously.
Cons smiled and changed the subject: "By the way, I still don't understand what the flag book here means, does it refer to my direct troops alone?"
Weijie said nothing about this question, while Okde smiled and said, "Sir, my subordinates don't know it, but literally, the flag book probably refers to the main line under the flag, that is, the direct troops. However, the retainers are also your direct subordinates, and they should also be the flag book."
Cons nodded and said, "Oh, that's the case. By the way, tell me how to enfeoff these retainers who surrendered. The seven thousand elite soldiers are controlled by them." Since he has decided to use this place as a base, he has to deal with those retainers. He cannot throw Qingyue City to them as he had decided before.
"Sir, take advantage of the opportunity of enfeoffment to absorb them all into flag capital? In this way, you are not afraid of those soldiers being controlled by their retainers. You have so much land anyway." Weijie suggested.
After knowing that the land output is so low, he immediately did not take the land seriously. To put it, a stone of grain is only the price of four silver coins.
Thinking of this, Wei Jie suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said anxiously: "Sir, the price of grain in the empire is four silver coins per stone, or four hundred copper coins. I wonder what the price of grain here is?"
Cons was wondering at first about the ban, but why did he suddenly jump to the price of food, but he soon thought of something and looked at Oaked.
Okde thought for a while and said, "A stone is about two silos, which is about two pieces of copper coins. However, in the event of war and disaster years, there is even an amazing price of more than one gold and one stone."
"Hehe, you can make a lot of money by selling food alone. The food in the empire is very abundant." Wei Jie immediately smiled.
Okede did not dare to talk to him this time, so he pulled the topic back: "Sir, what Lord Weijie said is that all these bandits and the surrendered soldiers were collected into flags. "
This is indeed a good idea. The custom here is to have high stone system. If you don’t give land to your subordinates, your subordinates will definitely rebel. Those retainers and bandits are all for this.
If it is organized like the Imperial Army, it will definitely be a mutiny immediately. Tens of thousands of soldiers and the unstable local forces can definitely swallow up all the thousands of people.
Cons frowned slightly: "In this way, the soldiers will definitely exceed 10,000, each of them will be fifty stones high. Half of the stones high in Qingyue City will be gone. The people's rations cannot be guaranteed at all, and those retainers still need to be enfeoffed."
Okde was stunned, and then said with a laugh and cry: "Sir, the lowest retainer is only fifty stones, and the soldiers just need to give one stone and two stones to maintain the relationship between the master and the servant."
Wei Jie interrupted again: "Sir, I think we should reposition the retainers. Those group leader generals are very ugly, and they are only at a few levels, and they seem to have too few levels."
"Oh, then how do you think you're changing?" Cons smiled.
Wei Jie rolled his eyes and patted his thighs and said, "Since they are all flag books, then let's decide this way: flag chief, flag soldier, flag leader, flag leader, flag general, flag general, flag general, flag family elder, flag family elder, flag waiter, this twelve level is enough for those retainers to climb."
Oaked was stunned. He obviously did not expect that Weijie could come up with an idea and think of this hierarchy. It seems that no one can underestimate it.
Cons thought for a moment and smiled: "It seems that you are doing it based on the imperial rank. The flag leader is a recruit who joins the army, right? This system is good, but the flag character at the back of the flag general is not needed. It is changed to two characters, which is easier to pronounce."
When Okede thought about it, he smiled suddenly. It wasn't that. The flag was equal to the private, the flag soldier was equal to the second-class private, the flag was first-class private, the flag head was a sergeant, the flag team was a sergeant, the flag leader was a sergeant, the assistant general, the general corresponded to the second lieutenant, lieutenant, captain, middle-aged, family elder, and the su Lao corresponded to the major, lieutenant, and colonel.
But what about the major general in the future? Alas, how can there be a general in this chaotic place? You know, the lord is just a major.
Okede thought for a while and suggested, "Sir, it is better to formulate their stone height in this way: one stone in the flag, two stones in the flag soldiers, five stones in the flag head, twenty stones in the flag team, fifty stones in the flag team, fifty stones in the flag, one hundred stones in the flag, two hundred stones in the servant generals, five hundred stones in the generals, one thousand stones in the generals, five thousand stones in the family, and ten thousand stones in the family.
"A flag chief can only become a flag soldier if he beheads at one level, and a flag chief can only become a flag soldier if he beheads at ten levels. And so on, it is calculated just like the merits of the Empire. What do you think?"
"Okay, I'll leave this marshalling task to you." Cons smiled.
Chapter completed!