If what Dong Ce said is true, then there is no doubt that although he is domineering and domineering, he is really a very responsible official! Having such an official is not necessarily a bad thing.

"The officer will use this silver for military training, and the rest of the money you can have, you can do as you please! You can train if you want to, and you can do it if you want to be greedy for ink. But at the very least, when you go back, you'll have to recruit a little more soldiers, and at least fill up the façade, right? When the time comes, if a thief comes to commit it, you don't have to worry about the war, just leave it to the official. ”

Hearing Dong Ce say this, the generals suddenly felt a sense of relief.

If it is really as Dong Ce said, they give up the silver, hand over these soldiers and horses, and if there are thieves in the future, it will be none of their business to fight, and it will all fall to Dong Ce, then it is not bad.

"By the way, besides, the official did this not purely because of the official himself."

Dong Ce suddenly smiled, smiled a little secretly, and said in a deep voice: "Maybe you are among you." Some well-informed people already know that the newly appointed governor of Datong is none other than Liu Ruozai, the original military commander of our northern Hebei Province. Lord Liu has always been very serious to his own officials, and he also explained to his own officials at the beginning that he wanted to train a strong army. ”

Speaking of this, Dong Ce stopped talking.

But the meaning of his words, everyone already understood it very clearly, and when everyone heard it, they all changed color, and their hearts suddenly changed. They all thought that they had guessed the real reason why Dong Ce did this, and thought that it was the instruction of Liu Ruozai, the governor of Datong.

In fact, this is completely Dong Ce's pulling the banner of tiger skin, in the name of Liu Ruozai, in order to make everyone dare not have any intention of resisting.

In fact, Liu Ruozai must not know about the things he is doing now, but Dong Ce is not afraid, even if Liu Ruozai knows what he has done, he will only praise him for his ability, daring to act, and responsibility, and will not reprimand and punish him.

Because Dong Ce knows very well that training a strong army is also Liu Ruozai's long-standing wish.

In fact, the reason why Dong Ce did this was also to calculate Liu Ruozai a little. He knew very well that Liu Ruozai, who was originally a soldier in northern Hebei, could rely on the only suitable person who could train a strong army, and he Dong Ce was the only one. He had tried several people, such as Bai Tianfu and Xie Dingkun, but it turned out that none of those people could do it, only he Dong Ce could do it.

Moreover, he, Dong Ce, has already trained a strong army.

But Dong Ce is not sure if there will be a new candidate after Liu Ruozai becomes the governor of Datong, after all, Datong Town is much bigger than Jibei Province, I don't know how many talents, maybe there are more suitable people than himself, that is also a very normal thing. Dong Ce wasn't sure if Liu Ruozai would shift the focus of his support to another person, although that was unlikely, but Dong Ce had to take precautions and prevent trouble.

When he did this, he also gave himself extra points from Liu Ruozai.

Of course, Dong Ce's thoughts will definitely not be told to them.

However, what he said obviously had an excellent effect, and hearing Dong Ce say this, no one dared to have any objections, even if they were full of anger and unwillingness.

Dong Ce, the general of Beidong Road, is already something they can't afford to offend, not to mention Liu Ruozai above. That's the governor of Datong! In their eyes, this is a character that they can't even get rid of, out of reach, and the thought of offending such a character makes them feel a pang of despair in their hearts.

"Hey, don't cry like that." Dong Ce said: "Although this official has cut off some of your financial resources and accepted your soldiers, you don't have to worry about these many soldiers in the future, and you don't have to worry about it, right?" Wouldn't it be comfortable to directly receive those military salaries every month, and live a good life? ”

When everyone heard this, they all smiled bitterly.

Everyone knows that Dong Ce's words are not true or untrue, and the soldiers under their command have all been taken away by Dong Ce, so they can only go back with a few family members. Although Dong Ce said that if there is really something to do in the future, they will not let them defend the city, but can they really not defend it completely? Can you really not have soldiers under your hands?

Besides, there are so many things in the military fort: defending the city, carrying things, guarding the storehouse...... Wait, these have to be employed! The daily operation of the entire military fort is inseparable from people at all.

After they go back, they will have to recruit some more soldiers after all. Of course, the number will inevitably be much smaller than it is now, and each military fort may be about a hundred or so people.

"Okay, the matter of the soldiers, it's over, there's another thing."

Dong Ce looked at the crowd: "When I was summoned before, I asked you to bring the fish scales and yellow books of all the populations of the various military forts and the surrounding villages and towns...... What's the matter, it's all brought, right? ”

Everyone said, "It's all brought." ”

"Come, show me everything." Dong Ce waved his hand.

The chief who was standing beside him walked over with Bai Zhongqi and put away all the fish scales and yellow books in everyone's hands. There are a lot of these things, and almost everyone has a thick stack in their hands, and Bai Zhongqi can only be regarded as holding it after three or four trips, and there are several piles in front of Dong Ce.

Dong Ce casually copied a copy and looked at it, and after reading it for a while, he frowned.

He raised the book in his hand and said, "Xia Shoubei, what's the matter, how come this is still rebuilt during the Wanli period?" ”

It was also Xia Shoubei who was unlucky, and Dong Ce casually pulled out a book, but it happened to be the fish scale book of Zhenqiang Fort.

Xia Shoubei smiled bitterly: "The last general doesn't know, this is what Zhenqiang Fort has put in it, this time your lord let you bring it, and the last general will bring it." ”

Dong Ce frowned, didn't speak again, waved his hand, and motioned for him to sit down.

He knew that it was no wonder to everyone.

It's just that this fish scale yellow album was made in the Wanli period, so in this way, his previous plan will be completely disrupted.

Originally, he wanted to survey the civilian soldiers in the entire Beidong Road according to these fish scales and yellow books, so as to implement his next plan, but now it seems that the next plan is difficult to execute.

Because these fish scales are not right.

It's not that these things are fake, but that the fish scale book in his hand is outdated.

These fish scale yellow albums were made during the Wanli period, and they were the household registration statistics of the population at that time, and now, it is already the eighth year of Chongzhen! How much has changed in the years? How much migration has there been?

If you talk about the decades from the Chenghua period to the Hongzhi period, maybe somewhere, the population flow is not large, because it can be regarded as a peaceful and prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty, the people live and work in peace and contentment, the land harvest is good, and the taxes are not too heavy. At that time, there was not much population movement, because there were no large-scale wars, and there were not too many natural and man-made disasters. The people are living in peace in the land handed down from their ancestors, and they will not leave.