Chapter 138 Money-sman

After a small episode, the regular meeting will get to the point.

In these days, the renovation of the city wall of Fufeng County and the reform of military affairs have been on the right track, especially the fact that Ma Chao led 7,000 new recruits to go on an expedition, which has verified the correctness of his military reform. At this time, the opening discussion is the difficulties and solutions encountered in the continued implementation.

"Young master, those prisoners in Xinping County have been selected, and a total of 2,691 people have been integrated into the Ma family army. Other prisoners are not bad, but in addition to all the previous ones that have been eliminated, many of them are prisoners of old, young and women. I don't know how to settle them. After Pound reported, he looked straight at Ma Chao.

And Ma Chao didn't say anything and looked up at Meng Da and Han Feng. And the two immediately trembling when they saw Ma Chao's eyes.

"Young master, no!" Although Ma Chao didn't say anything, Meng Da hurriedly denied: "The young master doesn't know that now Fufeng County's finances are tight. On the one hand, you buy slaves, build a lot of civil works, on the other hand, reform military affairs, and on the other hand, reform technology. This food, clothing, living, use, transfer, subsidies... Which one doesn't need money? Although Fufeng has saved a lot of money over the years, the governor of Beidi County has not reported his finances, and Xinping County is a mess... Young master, you have spent almost all the old people in Fufeng County!"

"Can someone really spend so much? Didn't someone still search for a lot of property from the grassland and Li Kanchengyin? Ma Chao asked doubtfully, but on second thought, he seems to have really spent a lot of money recently, and most of them are still big projects.

"Young master, most of the grasslands are cattle, sheep and horses; and what was captured from the thief soldiers is nothing more than some food. It's really not much. These days, someone always goes to Lord Meng to withdraw funds, which makes Lord Meng almost beat someone..." Han Feng is responsible for spending money for Ma Chao, and among these payments, the largest withdrawal is made through Ma Chao's resolution. No wonder Meng Da will give Han Feng white eyes.

"Has all the money been spent?" Ma Chao blinked and asked Han Feng.

"Ma's arsenal has been relocated to the suburbs, adjacent to Ma's Farm and Ma's Ranch, and the young owner can take time to accept it. The personnel are also in place, the horse's paw has already been nailed, the crops are growing well, and no other forces have penetrated..." Speaking of this, Han Feng also took a look at Brother Ugly. And Brother Chou also knew what it meant, but nodded to Ma Chao.

Ma Chao understands that Brother Chou means that those young slaves have also been placed, and the 200 shadows are responsible for teaching discipline and martial arts first. At this time, he is looking for some old bachelors to teach them to read and write...

At present, everything seems to be doing well. But the top priority is still in military affairs, that is, Pound's report just now.

"How many of those old and weak women and children are middle-aged women?" Ma Chao suddenly asked.

"There are about 5,000 people, most of whom can participate in some work, but after all, their physical strength is not as good as that of men... I don't know why the young master asked these questions? Han Feng frowned. To be honest, the young master has not killed him indiscriminately since he changed his temper. But it's not the same thing that these prisoners are raised like this every day.

"Go on with the order and tell the whole battalion that as long as they have the ability to find a daughter-in-law from these prisoners, they will understand the family." Ma Chao nodded and suddenly said this method.

"Young master, no, at present, it's just your own soldiers who have this treatment. Even so, those soldiers are scattered. If the whole battalion is like this, how can there be any combat effectiveness at that time? Yang Fu heard this and stopped it without thinking.

At present, Ma Chao has more than 100 personal guards, all of whom are first-class soldiers, and some are even treated as military commanders. For example, Xiao Tian, the most powerful, is now at a long level. In order to motivate all the soldiers to use their lives, Ma Chao gave these first-class non-commissioned officers above the title of first-class soldiers a great treatment, including the one that they could find a daughter-in-law.

Although Ma Chao promised that all soldiers could marry their wives, this was not a free gift. You have to show the corresponding achievements and let those people look at it as a marketing model. However, with the increase of female prisoners, Ma Chao has to relax the policy.

"It doesn't matter. These soldiers are just panicked when looking for their wives these days, but they have not delayed their daily training and daily work. As long as they find their daughter-in-law, they should be careful. This was not Ma Chao's explanation, but Pound's explanation. After all, as the first general under Ma Chao, Pound is still in place to have a psychological grasp of his soldiers.

"Not only that, don't forget that these first-class soldiers are all assigned to the fields. They found these prisoners as wives, so these women will not have to pay for them in Fufeng County in the future, and it will be their husbands to raise them. Moreover, the parents and children of these women will also be raised by those soldiers. Ma Chao pondered for a moment and continued to say thoughtfully, "Some means to transfer all these burdens to those soldiers, so as to encourage these soldiers to grow up as soon as possible."

"Those who have no permanent property have no perseverance. I think that this method of young master is feasible, but there is a problem to consider." Fu Xun said with a frown.

Fu Xun was the one who came to Fufeng County to announce the imperial edict. Originally, he admired Cai Yong's talent and stayed in Fufeng County for a period of time, and the father and son of the Ma family also took good care of Fu Xun. But when Fu Xun planned to go back, he suddenly found that his family had been received by Fufeng County. When he asked Ma Chao for an explanation, Ma Chao told him that Ma Teng had already returned to the court, saying how good Fu Xun was. If he could stay in Fufeng County, he would be the best to help him. It's good or something like that.

Originally, Fu Xun didn't do well in Chang'an, and butcher Dong didn't know this person at all, and he agreed with a big stroke. In desperation, Fu Xun had to become Ma Chao's staff. Fortunately, after a while, Fu Xun found that his treatment here was a little better than that in Chang'an. I also tried to give advice and show my talents, hoping that Ma Chao could take a look.

There is no other reason, because there are more and more capable counselors under Ma Chao now. Fu Xun feels that if he loses his temper again, Ma Chao will designate to eliminate his small circle. At that time, Fu Xun probably had no place to cry...

Of course, at this time, Hua Xin laughed. However, when he first arrived, it was better to listen to him, not to mention that if he wanted to... You must first integrate into the Ma Chao group.

"What's the point of public saying?" Ma Chao heard that Fu Xun finally opened his mouth, and his smile was like a fox who stole a chicken.

"Is the ruled wasteland enough for those soldiers to be assigned? The soldiers have obtained military merit but have not been treated as promised. The soldier will definitely be in a bad mood and even make a mutiny. Fu Xun thought and felt that his consideration was very comprehensive and feasible.

Ma Chao also thought so, so he put his eyes on Zhang.

Now the division of labor of Ma Chao, a small group, is very clear: Jia Xu is the chief of the general staff, Yang Fu is the secretary, Meng Da about money, Pang De for military affairs, Zhang Ji for political affairs, Han Feng for reform and internal affairs, and Chou for shady matters. Of course, Ma Chao's small group is still expanding, and the division of labor may be more refined according to everyone's talents.

"The wasteland outside Fufeng County has been measured. These fields have been desolate for a long time due to the continuous looting of the Qiang people in the early years, but their area is also very large. According to my subordinates, if it is an average of ten mu of land per person, it can be distributed to more than 50,000 people to fully meet the needs of Fufeng County soldiers." Zhang checked his diary and replied confidently.

"I'm afraid those fields are not so easy to take down, right? If someone guesses well, these fields should have a master, right? Fa Zheng also opened his mouth to speak, but this guy always feels that something is wrong, and he speaks so hard.

"Yes, these fields, decades and even hundreds of years ago, were the fields of those large households in Fufeng, Xinping and Beidi counties. It was only because of the continuous disputes between Han and Qiang that these bigfa had to waste those fields." Zhang took a look at Fa Zheng and then said deviously.

Ma Chao was not difficult at all and looked at Fa Zheng with a smile: "What if you follow the words of filial piety?"

Fa Zheng closed his eyes, then opened his eyes, and said in a slow tone, "It depends on what kind of road the young master takes..."

When Jia Fox heard what Fa Zheng said, his face was moved for the first time, and his eyes flashed, as if he began to be interested in the teenager Fazheng.

And Ma Chao also looked very interested and continued to follow the guidance and said, "Then say filial piety, how many more ways can you go?"