Even if measured by the specifications of a county, these populations can almost be regarded as a qualified small county level in the remote areas of the northwest, and as a military fort, the scale of such a military fort is already very large-

It was not an easy task to move in 500 military households -- in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, generals everywhere regarded their military households as tenant slaves, and where were they willing to let go easily? Liu Ruozai's move, like chopping raw meat on them, is both soft and hard, so he can get some of this.

These 1,000 military households not only increased the population of Hongci Fort, but also brought a huge and stable source of soldiers. A thousand military households, excluding the old and weak women and children and those who are not qualified to inherit the status and receive the silver military surplus, can at least make up about 800 strong. And if the requirements are lower, and the good and the bad are mixed, the number of troops of about 1,500 can be obtained.

In fact, through this period of operation, Bai Tianfu has built a team of 500 people, one small practice a day, three days a big practice, in his opinion, is already a quite elite force.

In terms of money, Liu Ruozai is not short of Bai Tianfu, according to the specifications of 800 soldiers and 30 families, the monthly silver salary can be at least sixty percent of the full amount. You must know that these military salaries have not yet been scraped out of the capital, let alone thirty percent, Liu Ruozai can give so much, it is already extremely frugal.

With people and money, everything is easy to say. When the soldiers had enough food in their hands, they had the ability to consume, and all walks of life developed rapidly. There were a few shops on the side of the street, some of which were run by outside merchants, and of course, half of the shops were Bai Tianfu's property. Although this young general has a lot more sharpness and aggressiveness than other Ming border generals, he is not uncommon in the routine of the Ming border generals to make a fortune.

There are more pedestrians on the street, and they look a lot better in terms of complexion and clothing, although most of them are still very thin, but at least they are not hungry skinny bones.

In this way, Bai Tianfu received much more support from Liu Ruozai than Dong Ce. In fact, this is very easy to understand, after all, Bai Tianfu is higher, Hongci Fort has a large area, and there are many fertile fields around, which can give more people living space, and Bai Tianfu will bring 500 military households as soon as he comes. As for Dong Ce, he was completely self-made and had nothing, so his natural prospects were easy to be doubted, and Liu Ruozai had never been to Panshi Fort, and he had no impression of it.

On the other hand, Bai Tianfu is from the nine-sided generation of generals, and his connections are far from being comparable to Dong Ce, and he is older, more experienced, and more stable.

One is age, and the other is heritage, Dong Ce is not convincing.

In fact, no matter who thinks of him, Bai Tianfu is much more capable and powerful than Dong Ce. Liu Ruozai can take care of Dong Ce like this, Dong Ce knows this, but Bai Tianfu doesn't know it. In fact, he didn't pay much attention to Fort Rock.

Everyone was interested all the way, and soon they arrived at the garrison mansion. This mansion is also one of the few well-preserved buildings left by the original Hongci Fort, and after these days of rest, it has long been cleaned up and brand new inside and out.

Opposite the garrison was a blacksmith's shop, which was Bai Tianfu's property and an important source of income for him - every month the fine iron from the shop would be sent to the Rock Fort, and then exchanged for a large amount of fresh fish, meat and poultry, which would then appear in Bai Tianfu's store. As long as the military households wanted to eat meat, they had to pay a very high price and throw all the little military pay that had just been paid into it.

In fact, these military salaries go back and forth, turn around a few times, and finally return to Bai Tianfu's hands.

This is also a common method used by the generals of the Nine Sides.

Ten zhang to the east of the blacksmith shop is a series of five storefronts, including the grain store, where the price of grain is almost twenty percent higher than that of the lonely shop a hundred miles away, that is to say, the grain of the lonely shop is less than one stone of silver for four taels, and here it is close to five taels. If you don't want to buy it, you can buy it at a lonely store! For the people of this era, they were fundamentally able to transport heavy grain bales back, and even if they had, they could not afford the cost of a round trip. After all, it is better to buy it in the fort at all.

Bai Tianfu sighed softly, shook the reins of the horse, and the war horse under his crotch slowly stopped.

Bai Tianfu jumped off the horse with vigor and grabbed the lynx from the front of the horse, the lynx weighed fifty or sixty pounds, but it was light and fluttering in his hands, and suddenly he couldn't see any weight. A subordinate had already greeted him, Bai Tianfu threw the lynx into his arms, and said, "Send the skin to Chen Bo, let him deal with it tightly, this skin is not small, make a shoulder." The lynx meat was sour, and told him that he had rewarded him. ”

The man stretched out his hand to take it, but he didn't expect his hand to be so heavy, and he suddenly stepped back a few steps, and the surrounding family members laughed again: "The master is so strong." ”

Bai Tianfu laughed, the next person was one of his usual entourages, and he was also familiar with it, so he followed and said: "The master is a figure who can run a horse on his arm, and the small one is hard." ”

"." Bai Tianfu scolded with a smile, raised his leg and wanted to kick, but the man quickly responded, and slipped away with the body of the lynx in his arms.

Chen Bo in Bai Tianfu's mouth is a leathersmith under his command. But all the nine-sided generals stationed on one side basically have some cobblers under their hands, a few, and a dozen more. In Gain's time, and even hundreds of years later, cobblers were an indispensable part of an army. Horse belly belts, saddles, whips, holsters for carts, buckles for soldiers, belts, leather armor, leather boots for generals...... And so on and so forth, and so on, all of these things have to be repaired, and some of them have to be constantly manufactured to be supplied in time, and there are too many places for the leatherman to be used.

He has been a tanner, for hundreds of years, and he is very skillful in his work, and he is especially good at making furs, and he is also a very good tailor. The beasts that Bai Tianfu fought were basically handed over to him for disposal, and these leather boots, leather coats, belts, fur furs, and shoulder vests on his body were all from Chen Bo's hands. Now Chen Bo doesn't take any other words, just serves Bai Tianfu, and lives a leisurely and comfortable life.

Bai Tianfu strode into the mansion, and the family members went down to settle down.

This is a rare opportunity to eat meat with an open stomach - you must know that even if they are far higher than the average soldier's salary, they may not see meat once a month. In fact, without the additional reward of the head of the family, they would not even be able to eat rice openly.

So everyone is willing to follow their master to hunt.

Bai Tianfu entered the house, went back to the back house to take a bath, changed his clothes, and wiped the set of mountain armor clean and dried. He was strong and strong, and his firepower was strong, even in winter, he often sweated all over his face, and after staying outside for two days, the clothes on his body were sour and could not be worn.

After taking a shower and changing clothes, Bai Tianfu walked to the bedroom, he was ready to sleep alive. In the past two days, he has been spurring his horse, sleeping in the wilderness, and chasing wild beasts, and he is also a little tired.

The backyard of the Hongci Fort garrison is quite large, in addition to the central axis has three entrances, there is also a side yard on the left and right sides. However, Bai Tianfu's elders and relatives of his sons and nephews are all in his hometown, and even his eight-year-old son has stayed in his hometown, and he is only accompanied by one wife and two concubines.

Bai Tianfu and his wife have a very close relationship, so they naturally want to go to her.

When I arrived at the door of the bedroom, before I could push the door, the door opened from the inside, and a woman smiled and said, "Husband, are you back?" ”

It was Bai Tianfu's wife, Xu, who was about thirty-one or twelve years old, looked older than Bai Tianfu, wore a goose-yellow gown, was tall and plump, had a fair complexion, and was a very outstanding beauty. The eyebrows are like Yuandai, and a pair of eyes are full of water looking at Bai Tianfu, full of affection.

This Xu's Fang name is Xu Xiangling, and she is also a tiger girl from Jiangmen, and she was born in a famous family. His ancestor was the commander of the raider, and his father was a local general who guarded Datong West Road, stationed in Pingyu City, and governed Pingyu City, Ying'en Fort, Weihu Fort, and Weiping Fort. Most of the other uncles in Xu Xiangling's family are military officials, and their families are also a family of town generals in Datong Town.

The huge town of Datong is just four and nine generals. Xu Xiangling's father is definitely a major general in Datong Town, and her family background is also enough to make Xuanhe. In terms of the status of both parties, it can be regarded as Xu Xiangling's marriage. In fact, if it weren't for Bai Tianfu's father and Xu Xiangling's father being close friends, and Xu Xiangling's father's status at that time was not very high, this family business would not have been successful.

However, although Xu Xiangling was born in Jiangmen and has martial arts, her temperament is quite gentle, she has been married to the Bai family for more than ten years, and she has never disobeyed her husband, she has always been gentle and gentle, and the relationship between husband and wife is also excellent. Bai Tianfu nodded and entered the room. There was a copper stove in the room, and it was warm, he took it off casually, Xu Xiangling quickly took it and hung it on a hanger. When she turned around, she found that her husband was already lying on the wide stepping bed, Xu walked over and sat on the edge of the bed, and chuckled: "My husband has been running around outside for a few days, and he is also tired, so let's sleep, right?" Do you want a concubine to call you? ”

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