In Fufeng County, The white silk in the city has been removed and replaced by the joyful red.
What also changed along with it was the mood and demeanor of the people in Fufeng County.
Zhang Ji looked at the results he had worked hard to achieve over the past few days.
Under Ma Chao's instructions, Zhang Ji mobilized all the soldiers and civilians in Fufeng County to thoroughly clean up the entire road and resolutely implemented the loess paving process. , Qingshui Sajie, this high-standard level, I feel indescribable joy and a little bit of sadness.
Meng Da, who was standing next to him, had a gloomy look on his face: the Minzhuang dispatched this time was not voluntary labor, and the time was tight and the tasks were heavy.
In one go, they spent nearly two hundred gold from the Fufeng Ministry of Finance.
How can Mengda, who is now very sensitive and fragile about numbers, gold, and copper coins, not be heartbroken?
Under Ma Chao's New Deal, the government could no longer force the people to serve in corvee service.
Although Fufeng County still retains the feudal exploitation regulations of two battles per year left by the imperial court, after Ma Chao's reforms, it has become a part-time labor welfare that is extremely beneficial to the people.
For example, during this general cleaning campaign, Meng Da’s method was to post notices and mobilize the people in the city to do corvee work and clean the house.
On the afternoon when the notice was posted, the Fufeng County Sheriff's Mansion was tightly surrounded by five thousand people.
If Zhang Ji hadn't known about this in advance, he would have thought that something big and outrageous happened in Fufeng County, causing the people to They are here to attack the county magistrate's house: you work for the government, you get a salary, and you also take care of the food.
For those strong laborers who can only do some small business after planting the land, it is really a fight that cannot be refused. temptation.
Of course, there are also many sad people in the city.
Then this guy is naturally a big household in the city.
Fortunately, the Ma family's corvee service was able to use a sum of money to offset the number of people in his family's corvee service.
In addition, Fufeng County has never had any bad behavior of forcing large households to take money.
Therefore, those big families are relatively convinced of the Ma family's rule.
Of course, there was the dispute over the ownership of the wasteland in Fufeng, Xinping, and Beidi counties a year ago.
This led to the Ma family's secret campaign to eradicate the big families, which made the surviving big families dare not but be convinced.
Despite this income.
There are also voluntary labors from the county soldiers, but there is still a cost of two hundred more than the gold gap, which makes Mengda's mood and face always feel bad today.
"This lord who is so happy with his achievements."
These days, every night late at night, Meng Da would always think of this word in his mind, and he would not be willing to fall asleep until he gritted his teeth twice more. certainly.
The title "Lord who is so happy with his achievements" can only be buried deep in the heart of Meng Da, the Minister of Finance of Fufeng, no, now the Minister of Finance of Yongzhou, very deep.
The kind that's very deep Therefore, after Zhang Ji and Meng Da looked at each other, the two of them quickly put on a look of joy and excitement, waiting for Ma Jiajun's return in victory.
And just a hundred steps outside the city gate, the anxious county soldiers had already used all their strength.
Many of their clothes were torn.
The shiny metal armor was scratched, the proud hat was scratched off, and even the boots were trampled off countless times.
What made the thousand county soldiers who were ordered to maintain order outside the city gate helpless was that they faced more than 50,000 enthusiastic Fufeng people who were watching.
The enthusiastic onlookers watched the flowers prepared and cheered.
Applause, of course, there are many girls who are even ready for their own lifelong happiness.
They were not sure whether they would faint after seeing the handsome and masculine Ma Jiajun soldiers, or they would madly break through the obstruction of the county soldiers and give the guy they like a passionate kiss.
Under such emotional turmoil, a thousand county soldiers felt like a broken ship in the ocean, which could be overturned at any time.
At this moment, they were envious of the brothers of the County Guard who were standing within the cordon of the city gate, because they lined up in a leisurely formation, showing off the brightest armor and weapons they had just purchased, and at the same time, they did not have to worry about the next one.
He was scratched in the face by some fanatical people in seconds.
Seeing such a scene, Meng Da and Zhang Ji looked at each other helplessly, and the pretended expressions on their faces immediately turned into a wry smile: they naturally knew the reason for such a situation.
With Ma Chao's tough military reforms, military service has now become the first choice career for young people under the Ma family.
Although this career is very risky, the profits are so great that it is simply irresistible.
After unifying Yongzhou, Ma The family confiscated a large amount of "unnamed" farmland.
In the Ma family's new policy, soldiers were divided into land based on military merit.
Other common people could only accept the seeds, cattle, technology, etc. provided by the government.
According to the 37 Share your share to work for the government.
Of course, this kind of policy is much better than those tenants farming for powerful landlords.
It at least ensures that after they are full, they can still have some grain left over in exchange for some necessities of life.
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But in this feudal society based on agriculture, who doesn't want to own the land completely?
Moreover, the higher the military merit level of a soldier, the less taxes he has to pay: even the lowest third-class soldier pays the same taxes as ordinary people. half In addition, the Ma Jiajun's fixed quarterly salary is also quite impressive.
Although it does not cost money, it is an iron rice bowl.
It has no worries about droughts and floods and the income is guaranteed.
This can be fully understood from the arrogant faces of the military subordinates. reflection.
Of course, the craftsmen in Ma's arsenal, the tenants in Ma's farm, the herdsmen in Ma's ranch, and the clerks in Ma's shop also belong to this group.
Anyway, no matter how you say it, all the people in Fufeng who can have some relationship with the Ma family are cheerful and proud.
Among all these professions, soldiers naturally have the most future.
Other professions are safe and have few promotion channels.
Especially in the past six months or so, the Ma family's industry has not been recruiting any more people.
Only war can give young people who are full of impulses and dreams a stage to demonstrate their abilities and loyalty.
It is true that some of them, relying on their bravery and fearlessness, have gained a bright future of fame, wives and children.
Therefore, when the first sound of horse hooves sounded in the distance and Ma Jiajun began to reveal his outline, the crowd had already begun to cheer uncontrollably.
As the majestic figure of the Ma Jiajun slowly approached the city gate, the temperament of this majestic army completely shocked all the Fufeng people who came to watch.
Under Ma Chao's special and strict order, the Ma Jiajun troops marching on the official road were full of energy.
The whole army exuded an unusually arrogant, indifferent, rude, unrepentant and stern obedience to orders, while the scouts and guards on both sides The Guards were even more high-spirited, cordial and majestic: On the night they returned to the city, Ma Chao ordered them to practice an eight-tooth smile, otherwise, they would be driven out of Ma Chao's Guards
Infected by this, every time the young people in Fufeng County saluted with envy, and the enthusiasm of the girls cheering went straight to their eardrums, all the soldiers of the Ma Family Army were like peacocks in love, shouting commands triumphantly, full of enthusiasm.
Showing disdain with a sense of superiority.
Of course, there are no heavy cavalry here, nor those well-equipped combat weapons.
According to Ma Chao, this return was just a show.
However, even so, the iron-blooded appearance of the Ma Jiajun coming off the battlefield has already made the people of Fufeng County's enthusiasm to watch it up close for the first time reached its peak.
When Ma Jiajun drove his war horse with skillful skills and slowly entered the city, tens of thousands of people were already excited.
Countless hats were thrown into the sky, countless people stepped off their shoes, and countless people bruised their legs.
The poor county soldiers who maintain law and order can only shrink the cordon within their capabilities, and then shrink it further.
And when Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi, the general of the Han Dynasty Zhenxi, the head of the Ma family, the mighty general outside the Great Wall, and a series of great achievements such as the title of Yongzhou Brocade, appeared in the sight of the people, when his charming, kind and humble smile appeared.
When he addressed the people of Fufeng County, the cheers that rang out throughout Fufeng County almost dispersed the clouds in the sky: