It was already September when the shipwreck ended, and in the past few months, there have been huge changes in Fengyang Prefecture.

Some iron and coal plants were put into production one after another, and several military factories such as military weapons bureaus and equipment bureaus also began to operate. The most important thing was summer harvest, and the villagers began to harvest crops in the fields.

According to statistics from Yang Tinglin, the prefect of Fengyang Prefecture, the yield of grain per mu of fields cultivated in spring this year has reached about 100% of the grain. Among them, the fields near rivers and lakes such as the Huaihe River even harvested one stone per mu, which is not much worse than in previous years when there was no disaster.

In total, the Military Tunnel Department received a total of 800,000 stones of rent from Fengyang Prefecture households, which was only half a year. According to two a year, the rent from Fengyang Prefecture households alone could collect more than one million stones.

The autumn sowing will begin soon, and the 100,000 households in Luzhou Prefecture and Taiping Prefecture will also start sowing. According to this calculation, the households in Sanfu Prefecture alone will be able to harvest a total of more than three million stones of grain next year.

Calculated by the 200,000 army consumed 100,000 stones of grain per month, one year later, the rent of the village households alone is enough to eat for two or three years, which does not include the grain and miscellaneous taxes paid by other military households, farmers, and landlords in each prefecture.

By next spring, half of the places in Nanzhili will promote military and civilian camps, including Fengyang Prefecture, Luzhou Prefecture, Taiping Prefecture, Anqing Prefecture, Chizhou Prefecture, Huizhou Prefecture, and Chuzhou Prefecture.

The remaining are Yingtian Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Yangzhou Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture, Huai'an Prefecture, and Ningguo Prefecture, which are mainly controlled by the gentry in Jiangnan and the nobles of Nanjing.

The area of ​​Nanzhili is large, equivalent to that of Jiangsu, Anhui and Shanghai in later generations. There were 80 million mu of arable land alone. Now Zhu Cilang has mastered half of the land, and the grain harvest will increase in the next few years.

Of course, if you want to realize the grand plan, you not only need to invest a lot in the early stage, but more importantly, you have to kill. Nowadays, can you bring the ground with your mouth? Can you let the ground grow on your own?

No one is a philanthropist! Only by being quick and cruel in the sword can we control the situation! Wherever our army goes, the guards either take the initiative to hand over the land, admit their mistakes, receive 500 acres of fertile land and a banner, or rise up to resist the family being confiscated and exterminated.

Officials from various governments either cooperate well and support the military farming work, or are dismissed and beheaded, and they don’t even have the chance to resign. They still want to run away if they are greedy for money? What are you thinking about? Let’s learn about the newly given Sword of Shangfang that the court gave?

As for the gentry...Okay, let's wait first, I'm afraid that these bandits with no lower limit will be put to put down the bandits in Huoshan and play the big ones again!

In order to control public opinion, Zhu Cixuan built more than a dozen new Huangming Times branches in various prefectures in Nanzhili. The original Huangming Times branch in Nanzhili only printed one issue after half a month. Now Zhu Cixuan has changed it to the same as the capital, every three days.

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In a dilapidated small house near the City God Temple in Shouzhou, Fengyang Prefecture, three children were chasing happily around the yard.

A woman in her twenties looked at the yard full of food bags filled with food, and her face couldn't hide her excitement.

She looked at the man beside her and said, "Brother Qingshan, are these really ours?"

The man hugged the woman in his arms and said with a confirmation: "Fifth sister, these foods are all ours. The crown prince promised them in person, so there will be no mistakes!"

The fifth sister grabbed Brother Qingshan tightly, and said in her eyes a little hazy: "If we could have a bag of rice in our family before the New Year, our parents would not starve to death, and our brothers and sisters would not be caught by thieves in the mountains and followers..."

Xu Qingshan gently patted Wu Mei's back and said, "The order above is coming. Let us prepare to transport grain and grass to Huoshan in a few days. It should be a war. Then we will go into the mountain to help you find your brothers and sisters."

The fifth sister panicked and said, "Brother Qingshan, didn't you say that the military farm soldiers would not go to the battlefield? Don't be stupid and rush forward! Our family is all counting on you!"

Xu Qingshan comforted his wife and said, "Don't worry, fifth sister, Your Highness's Tianwu Army is very powerful, and it's not our turn to the military military soldiers to charge."

"Well, Brother Qingshan, you can rest for a while, I'll cook for you!"

The fifth sister took a piece of pork from the wall of the inner room, took out two duck eggs from the basket hanging on the beam, and then walked into the kitchen.

Xu Qingshan looked at it and said in surprise: "Fifth sister, pork is very expensive now, right? Where did this come from at home?"

The voice of the fifth sister came from the kitchen: "Yes, now the pork pound in the prefectures and counties costs 230 cents, and a duck egg costs 20 cents. Originally, our family couldn't afford it, but now our family has food, and this food is even more expensive on the market. I bought some food for it!"

Xu Qingshan nodded secretly. The last time the family ate meat when they got married, the eldest son is now seven or eight years old and has never eaten a meal of meat. No wonder my wife went to Zhoucheng all the way to exchange for some meat.

Looking at the three children playing in the yard, Xu Qingshan secretly decided in his heart that this expedition must make a future, become a real Tianwu Army soldier, follow His Highness to make achievements, win a wife and a son, and let the family live a prosperous life!

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When Xu Qingshan returned to the military camp after his meal, he saw a group of young ragged refugees surrounding several soldiers from the Tianwu Army like stars.

"What are you doing? What are you doing? Just say something, don't surround me!" A captain of the Tianwu Army scolded everyone.

Seeing the military head with a burly figure and a straight face, the refugees shrank in fear, and they were obviously afraid of the officers and soldiers.

A tall and black man stood up and said, "Sir, please take us in. We all meet the conditions for recruiting soldiers. Look at my muscles!"

The captain of the Tianwu Army smelled a sour smell and glanced at the hungry people in front of him, saying, "Who did not take a bath? It smells so great!"

"I don't even have food, so I don't have the time to take a bath!" A refugee man whispered in a low voice.

These refugees felt a little embarrassed and took two steps back, fearing that the military officer would cause displeasure to the other party.

The captain sighed and said, "Don't surround me. It is not our decision to recruit military soldiers. It depends on the decision of His Royal Highness. I will report your situation to the superiors. As for when to recruit military soldiers again, I don't know."

"June, we came from Guide Mansion, Henan. We walked half a month to Fengyang. You must ask us where you want to ask us!"

These refugees learned that Fengyang Prefecture had a good harvest, and they came to find a way out. They first looked for officials in the prefecture, but the officials said that the fields in Fengyang Prefecture were divided and military farming soldiers were not recruited for the time being.

Some of these refugees were not trusted by officials, and they wandered around the military farming camp. They wanted to join the military farming soldiers, but happened to meet a few soldiers from the Tianwu Army who were patrolling outside the military camp.

The captain of the Tianwu Army looked at the black man and said, "Are you their head?"

The black man nodded and looked at the mighty military master in front of him with anticipation.

The captain took out a purse from his arms and threw it to him, saying, "Give each of them some of these silver money, buy a few steamed buns to keep hungry. Don't surround the military camp."

The refugees were stunned for a moment. They had only seen Junye who robbed money along the way. When had they ever seen Junye who took the initiative to give money to them? This is simply a strange story in the world!

For a moment, everyone knelt down and thanked him: "Mr. Jun is such a good person!"

"Thank you for your kindness!"

The captain helped everyone up and said, "No need to do this. When our Tianwu Army headed south, we passed by Guide Mansion and understood everyone's situation very well. I will report this matter, don't worry!"

Xu Qingshan sighed in his heart that this is the teacher of benevolence and righteousness, this is the real teacher of kings! This matter further strengthened Xu Qingshan's determination to join the Tianwu Army!
Chapter completed!