After a small episode, the regular meeting got to the point.

In these days, the repair of the city walls and houses of Fufeng County and the reform of military affairs have been on the right track, especially the fact that Ma Chao led 7,000 recruits to go on the expedition, which verified the correctness of his military reform. At this time, the beginning of the discussion is the difficulties encountered in the process of continuing to implement and the solutions.

"Young master, those prisoners in Xinping County have been selected, and a total of 2,691 people have been incorporated into the Ma family's army. The mood of the other captives is acceptable, but in addition to all the previous elimination, there are many captives left who are all old and young and women, and I don't know how to settle them? After Pound's report, he looked directly at Ma Chao.

And Ma Chao didn't say anything, and when he came up, he looked at Meng Da and Han Feng. And when these two people saw Ma Chao's eyes, they immediately trembled.

"Young master, no!" Although Meng Da came up, although Ma Chao didn't say anything, he hurriedly denied: "The young master doesn't know, now that the finances of Fufeng County are tight, you buy slaves on the one hand, build a lot of construction on the one hand, reform the military affairs on the other hand, and reform the technology on the other hand, which is food, clothing, housing, use, transfer, and subsidies...... What doesn't need money? Even though Fufeng has saved a lot of money over the years, You Taishou of Beidi County has not reported his finances yet, and Xinping County is another mess...... Young master, you have almost spent the old people of Fufeng County! ”

"Is it really so good to spend? Didn't a certain person also loot a lot of property from the grassland and Li Kancheng Yin? Ma Chao asked suspiciously, but if you think about it carefully, he seems to have really spent a lot of money recently, and most of them are still big projects.

"Young master, most of the people from those grasslands are cattle, sheep and horses; And what was seized from the thieves was nothing more than some food. There really isn't much, these days I always go to Lord Meng to withdraw funds, so that Lord Meng is about to fight so-and-so...... "Han Feng is responsible for spending money for Ma Chao, and among these funds, the most and most are withdrawn through Ma Chao's resolution, and it is no wonder that Meng Da will give Han Feng a blank eye.

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

"The Ma Arsenal has been relocated to the suburbs, adjacent to the Ma Farm and the Ma Ranch, and the young master can take the time to accept it. The personnel are also in place, the horseshoe has already been nailed, the crops are growing well, and no other forces have infiltrated......" Saying this, Han Feng also glanced at the ugly brother. And the ugly brother also knew what it meant, so he just nodded to Ma Chao.

Ma Chao understood that what Brother Ugly meant was that those young slaves had also been settled, and the two hundred shadows were in charge of teaching discipline and martial arts, and they were looking for some old scholars to teach them literacy and hyphenation......

So far, everything seems to be going well. But the most important thing is still in the military affairs, that is, Pound's report just now.

"How many of those old and weak women and children are in the prime of life?" 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 wonder why the young master asks these things? Han Feng frowned, to be honest, since the young master changed his temperament, he didn't kill indiscriminately. But these captives are kept like this every day, and it's not the same thing.

"Give an order to go down and tell the soldiers of the battalion that as long as they have the ability to find a daughter-in-law from among these captives, they will go home." Ma Chao nodded and suddenly said this way.

"Young master, no, at present, only your own soldiers have this treatment. And even so, those pro-soldiers are all careless. If this is the case for the whole battalion, how can there be any combat effectiveness at that time? Yang Fu heard this, and stopped without thinking.

At present, there are more than 100 personal guards under Ma Chao, all of whom have the title of first-class soldier, and some are even treated as captains. For example, Xiao Tian, who is the most powerful, is now at the rank of a chief. In order to motivate all the soldiers to use their lives, Ma Chao gave these non-commissioned officers above the title of first-class soldier great treatment, including the article that they can find a daughter-in-law.

Although Ma Chao promised to let all soldiers marry daughters-in-law, this was not for nothing. You've got to show merit for those people to look at as a model for anticipatory marketing. It's just that with the increase in female captives now, Ma Chao has to relax the policy.

"It doesn't matter, these pro-soldiers are just looking for their daughter-in-law during this period of time, but they have not delayed their daily training and weekday work. As long as they find a daughter-in-law, they should be relentless. This was not said by Ma Chao, but explained by Pound. After all, as the number one general under Ma Chao, Pang De is still very good at grasping the psychology of the soldiers under him.

"Not only that, don't forget that these first-class soldiers are assigned to the land. They found these captives as daughters-in-law, so these women will not need to be raised by our Fufeng County in the future, and they should be raised as husbands. Moreover, the parents and children of these girls will also be raised by those soldiers. Ma Chao pondered for a moment, and continued after consideration: "The meaning of a certain is to transfer all these burdens to those soldiers, so as to motivate these soldiers to grow up as soon as possible. ”

"Those who have no permanent property have no perseverance, and their subordinates think that the young master's method is feasible, but there is a problem to consider." Fu Xun said, his brows furrowed.

This Fu Xun is the one who came to Fufeng County to announce the holy decree, originally admired Cai Yong's talent, and stayed in Fufeng County for a while longer, and the Ma family father and son also took care of Fu Xun with courtesy. But when Fu Xun was going to go back, he suddenly found that his family had been taken to Fufeng County at some point, and when he asked Ma Chao for an explanation, Ma Chao told him that Ma Teng had already replied to the court, which said that Fu Xun was so good, if he could stay in Fufeng County, it would be best to help him.

Originally, Fu Xun didn't mix well in Chang'an, and Dong Butcher didn't know this person at all, so he agreed with a stroke of his pen. In desperation, Fu Xun had to become Ma Chao's staff. But fortunately, after a period of time, Fu Xun found that his treatment here was a little better than that of Chang'an. I also tried to give advice and show my talents, hoping to make Ma Chaogao take a few looks.

There is no other reason, it is because Ma Chao now has more and more capable strategists, Fu Xun feels that if he plays a little temper again, Ma Chao will definitely eliminate himself from his small circle. At that time, Fu Xun estimated that there was no place to cry......

Of course, at this time, Hua Xin smiled. It's just that when he first arrived, it would be better to listen more, not to mention, if he wanted to...... You must first integrate into the Ma Chao group.

"What is the public way?" Ma Chao finally spoke when he heard Fu Xun, and his smile was like a fox stealing a chicken.

"It is that the wasteland under his rule is not enough for those soldiers to be assigned, and the soldiers have won military merits, but they have not received the promised treatment. The soldier will definitely be in a mood, and even a mutiny. Fu Xun thought about it and felt that his consideration was very comprehensive and feasible.

Ma Chao also thought so, so he set his sights on Zhang Ji.

Now the division of labor of Ma Chao's small group is very clear: Jia Xu is the chief of the general staff, Yang Fu is the secretary, Meng Da is asked about money, Pang De is asked about military affairs, Zhang Ji is asked about political affairs, Han Feng is asked about reform and internal affairs, and ugly brother is asked when he sees unsightly things. Of course, Ma Chao's small group is still expanding day by day, and the division of labor may be more detailed according to the talents of everyone.

"The wasteland outside Fufeng County has been measured, these fields have been barren for a long time due to the continuous looting of the Qiang people in the early years, but their area is also very large, and the subordinates calculate that if it is an average of ten acres of land per person, it can be distributed to more than 50,000 people, which fully meets the needs of the soldiers of Fufeng County." Zhang Ji checked his bamboo slip diary and replied confidently.

"Those fields, I'm afraid they are not so easy to take, right? If a certain guess is right, these fields should all have owners, right? Fa Zheng also spoke, but this thing always felt that something was wrong, and his speech was so rigid.

"Yes, these fields, decades or even hundreds of years ago, were the fields of those big families in Fufeng, Xinping, and Beidi counties, but it was only later that the Han and Qiang disputes continued, and these big lords of the noble clan had to abandon those fields." Zhang glanced at Fa Zheng, and then said gloomily.

Ma Chao didn't make any trouble at all, and looked at Fa Zheng with a smile: "If you say it according to filial piety, what should you do?" ”

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

And when Jia Fox heard Fa Zheng say this, his face was moved for the first time, and his eyes flashed, and he seemed to be interested in Fa Zheng, a young man.

And Ma Chao also looked very interested, and continued to guide and say: "Then let's talk about filial piety, how many roads do you have to go?" ”