Chapter 36: House raids, big harvest
Taimu County has less than 10,000 households and has a county magistrate.

There are few people but a lot of land. The entire Taimu County is only as big as two townships in Wushang County.

However, the people of Taimu County did not live as well as most of the villagers in Wushang County.

It was because the Jiao family of Taimo was rampant and encroached on farmland that almost the entire county became the Jiao family's private property.

It would be good enough for County Magistrate Taimo to not only restrain the Jiao family, but also not to go along with them.

Therefore, the people could only cultivate some barren land, and their lives were only slightly better than those of the refugees.

Jiao family residence.

The villagers nearby all knew that a shocking event happened yesterday. The situation in Taimo County has changed!

But the villagers were very worried that the new master might be more brutal than Jiao Jiao.

Jiao's lobby.

At this moment, the obese Taimo County Magistrate was wiping his cold sweat and smiling at Jin Mao who was sitting at the top.

"Jinwu is injured. As a colleague, I have something I don't understand."

"If you don't understand, think about it carefully!"

Along the way, Jin Mao saw clearly how miserable the people were, and he was very angry.

He originally thought that the people in Wushang County were miserable enough, but he didn't expect it to be even worse here.

"It's nothing, you can go now, I won't see you off!"

Magistrate Taimo had been in collusion with Jiao Jiao for a long time. Although under great pressure, he still asked, "This is Jiao Zhengqiang's residence. Why are you staying here?"

"Ok?"

Before Jin Mao could explain, He Wei spoke first: "Taimu County Magistrate, the Jiao family was massacred by the Shanyue last night. My master is worried about the safety of the people in Taiimu County, so he stayed here."

"As the head of a county, you are unable to protect the territory and the people. Now you want Jin Wushang to leave. Isn't this putting you in an unjust position?"

What he said! Jin Mao applauded He Wei in his heart: "He is indeed the person I have chosen."

With Xun Yu as an example, Jin Mao no longer called He Wei "my Zifang".

“This…this…” County Magistrate Taimo racked his brains and tried to argue.

One of the two generals, the Golden Sheep, jumped up and said sternly, "Do you want to take advantage of my lord's kindness?"

"See if my knife is sharp!"

"Golden Sheep must not be rude!" Jin Mao then spoke out to stop it.

The Taimo County Magistrate was still frightened to death.

Even if he didn't know that Jin Mao was the culprit, he knew that Jin Mao had a grudge against Jiao Jiao. If he said anything more, his life would be in danger.

"Thank you very much for your help, Jin Wushang." To avoid trouble, County Magistrate Taimo had to accept the offer with a pinch of his nose: "I'll take my leave now."

"Go slowly, don't send me away!"

"Bah!" He Wei spat with disdain: "Insect!"

The Golden Sheep refused to give in and said, "Sir, let me get this worm-eaten dog head."

"Stop!" Jin Mao closed his eyes and rubbed his temples: "Jin Yang, I told you to study hard with Xiao Rong, not this!"

"Forget it."

"From now on, you are not allowed to make decisions without my order."

Jin Mao waved his hand: "From now on, Xiao Rong will talk about the situation."

"Thank you very much, my lord. You have a keen eye!" After flattering him, He Wei proudly raised his eyebrows at Jin Yang, making the latter so angry that he almost died.

The next moment, the Golden Sheep became happy again.

"Golden Sheep, go down and ask how the inventory of the warehouse is going?"

After a while, the golden sheep came back.

"Mingsir, Old Dog Jiao is really extravagant. There are countless grains, countless salts, and countless..."

"Stop, stop, stop!" Jin Mao hurriedly stopped him: "Be specific, how many stones of grain? How many kilograms of salt? How many other miscellaneous items are there?"

Jin Yang blinked and told the truth: "Commander Pan can't tell either."

Jin Mao slapped his forehead and forgot about these people. They were all uneducated. A figure emerged in his mind.

"Jin Yun, where's Jin Boyan?"

Then he continued, "Oh, he is busy traveling between Jinyun Mountain and Lizhou, and he can't spare time."

He Wei has received some education, but he can't do math.

In times of trouble.

He Wei offered a suggestion: "Mingsir, Boyan's teacher, the famous scholar Sheng Xian, is in Taimo County, why not invite him to come out of retirement?"

Sheng Xian? Celebrity?
No impression.

Jin Mao decided to give it a try, just in case the famous people of this era were super awesome. Sheng Xian's family lived in the urban area of ​​Taimo County, adjacent to the Jiao family.

Upon hearing that Jin Mao was coming to visit, Sheng Xian opened the door wide and came out to greet him in person.

"It is a great honor for our humble home to have the presence of Jinwushang."

The other party was very polite, Jin Mao was secretly delighted and quickly returned the gift.

Seeing that Jin Mao did not observe the etiquette of a disciple and his manners were not correct, Sheng Xian felt a little unhappy and disdainful in his heart, but he did not show it on his face.

Both parties politely entered the hall, sat down and drank tea.

Seeing Jin Mao unable to sit steadily on his knees as if needles were pricking his butt, Sheng Xian felt even more contemptuous of him.

"This time, I intend to ask you to come out and lend me a hand."

Jin Mao didn't know that he had a very bad impression in Sheng Xian's mind, so he went straight to the point.

Sheng Xian pretended to be surprised and declined repeatedly: "I am not very talented and learned, and I am not worthy of Jin Wushang's attention."

In fact, Tang Mao had already recruited Sheng Xian, and even the position of prefect was rejected, let alone a small acting county magistrate?

Jinmao invited Shengxian many times, but Shengxian refused to give in.

Come with good fortune and return with bad luck.

For the first time, Jin Mao felt unconfident: "Sure enough, I'm not the protagonist, and I can't even recruit a celebrity I haven't heard of."

"It seems that Xun Yu despises me even more."

Suddenly, Jin Mao was full of fighting spirit: "No! I have to work hard."

"I have to write letters diligently. Well, I have to praise myself more."

Isn't it true that character setting is all about packaging? Maybe Xun Yu believed a word or two from them and came foolishly to work for him.

Sheng family.

After Jin Mao left, Sheng Xian's son Sheng Kuang asked, "Aunt, Jin Wushang is young and promising, why did you refuse so straightforwardly?"

"Humph!" Sheng Xian said disdainfully, "Golden Crow? It's nothing more than a money wolf that's more vicious than Jiao Laogou, a dead bone in a grave!"

Although Sheng Kuang had different opinions, he did not dare to disobey and did not say anything.

Jiao family warehouse.

Jin Mao personally took action to measure the granary's volume and then estimated the total amount.

The same method was used for other materials, and soon the rough data came out.

"Five thousand shi of grain!?"

Jin Mao exclaimed, "Wow!" From last year to now, he has defeated the Yao people and robbed a township, but he has not seized so much.

How much of the people’s money has this sucked?

The surprises don’t end there.

"Fifty thousand pounds of salt?"

In later generations, this would be enough for more than 500 people to eat for a year. As for now, Jinmao doesn’t have to worry about salt this year.

"Ten oxen, a hundred donkey carts, twenty horses, and five war horses?!"

Get rich!
With these animals, logistics efficiency is greatly improved.

If used well, the mobility of the army can be greatly enhanced.

"Iron weighs one thousand pounds."

It’s a little less, but it’s enough to build a batch of agricultural tools and increase farming efficiency.

There are several thousand edible livestock such as chickens, ducks, pigs, sheep, dogs, etc., which are barely enough for a meat banquet for the whole county.

That's too extravagant. We have to raise them. In the future, there will be tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of poultry!
There are also some rare medicinal materials, jade, gold and other valuable materials.

“This is the fastest way to get rich, and it’s an opportunity you can’t come across again.”

Jinmao keeps its original intention in mind: "We still need to develop, because development is the only way!"

He happily counted the Jiao family's land deeds.

"Five thousand acres of good farmland!"

"Mr. Dog is really a waste of natural resources. With these two thousand acres of dry land, how much more food can be grown if we cultivate it properly?"

There are a total of 7,000 acres of land. Jinmao believes that if these lands are in his hands, they can at least feed more than 10,000 people in Taimo County.

At the very least, they have to support three or four thousand able-bodied men, or two thousand professional soldiers!

"Then again, the territory under my control is getting bigger and bigger, but the number of people has not increased."

This won’t do. Jinmao has decided to expand its military and must expand its military!

(End of this chapter)