Chapter 84: Separation of the Military and the Government, Greedy Eunuchs
"As a matter of principle, I must be informed of any troop movements."

"From now on, the military and politics will be separated. I am now a captain, and the county magistrate has no right to mobilize troops. If they want to mobilize troops, they must get my consent."

Xi Zhicai offered his assistance appropriately and asked, "What should we do if the county encounters bandits and robbers attacking the city?"

Jin Mao nodded approvingly: "In the future, the soldiers who are promoted from the new recruit camp will be assigned to the second team, and the eliminated soldiers will join the county and prefecture troops."

"County soldiers are assessed once a year, the winners go back to the recruit camp, and the losers go home to farm."

That is to expand another four teams.

Xi Zhicai assisted again: "What if the county soldiers are still defeated?"

"According to the system of this dynasty, a tiger talisman is required to mobilize troops." Jin Mao added: "In times of peace, our army needs a tiger talisman and a written document before it can be mobilized."

Jinmao plans to create a secret book to prevent others from sending troops in his name.

Xi Zhicai wanted to ask more, but Jin Mao raised his hand to stop him: "This is a preliminary plan. If any problems are found in the future, we will supplement and improve it."

In order not to undermine everyone's confidence, Jin Mao added: "As long as you have consulted with me beforehand, if there are any mistakes, it will be my responsibility, not yours."

And just to avoid being annoyed, Jin Mao added: "Except for the separation of the military and politics and the military affairs being asked of me, everything remains the same."

Xi Zhicai heard the hidden meaning and suggested, "My lord, why don't you set up a clerk in the army to record the applications from all parties?"

"Well said!" Jin Mao praised: "Xiao Rong, you can take over temporarily."

He Wei was overjoyed and bowed: "Yes!"

That's how it was settled.

As usual, Jinmao inquired, guided and made arrangements on the matters concerning the early rice harvest and late rice sowing.

At present, the seven southern counties, except Ye County, have a total of more than 16,000 acres of paddy fields.

Based on the early rice yield of 3 shi per mu, more than 4 shi can be stored in the warehouse. If the yield is shi per mu, it will exceed shi.

Among them, the harvest from the 8,000 acres of paddy fields that were planted last year will definitely not be as good as last year.

The main reason is the lack of compost. Nearly 30,000 stones of rice straw were withdrawn for the war last year, and a large part of it was consumed by villagers for burning.

Moreover, Jinmao has no time to plan and build the ecological systems in various places, and the manure is not enough to compost rapeseed, let alone paddy fields.

Therefore, the output of early rice this year will definitely decline.

It is estimated that, excluding the share for the villagers, about 25,000 stones were stored in the warehouse.

Even so, it is enough for Jinmao to start a new round of recruitment.

Because in two months, the dryland crops such as corn and wheat that are planted on a large scale will also be harvested.

The six southern counties have a total of more than 1 acres. Based on the yield of dan per acre, more than dan can be stored in the warehouse.

In two months, it will be time to harvest the late rice.

In total, more than 100,000 shi of grain will be stored in the warehouse this year.

Based on the average consumption of 2 stones per person per month, it can theoretically support more than soldiers, and in reality it will be even more.

Because the 2 shi per person per month was Zhu Jun's wartime consumption at that time, and it was also the daily consumption of a team. If you average it out, more people can be recruited.

However, Jinmao still recruited 4,000 soldiers.

First, too many soldiers would be mistaken for a rebellion.

Second, what if there is a natural disaster or man-made disaster and there is not enough food?
Third, the quality of soldiers is more important than their quantity.

Jin Mao's original troops, including the second team of Yuzhang County and the female army, were less than two thousand people.

If we rashly recruit too many people, management and training will become big problems.

Now Jinmao will not lead the team training personally, basically the old ones will lead the new ones.

At present, he has less than 6 veterans who can lead troops in training, which means that one veteran has to lead 7- people.

It's already the limit.

In addition to collecting grain and recruiting soldiers, development also depends on infrastructure.

The ecological system of each county needs to have a structure. Otherwise, due to insufficient fertility in the paddy fields, the harvest from the second crop of rice next year may be even worse than that from the first crop.

To build an ecosystem, a lot of manpower and material resources are needed for infrastructure construction.

Not only that, Jinmao also had to travel to each county because no one knew how to build it, and everything depended on Jinmao's command.

After the general direction is grasped, the next step is for local governments to report, summarize and give instructions. Songgu Township and Yao Township, which Liu Gan is in charge of, have been on the right track, but they have also encountered difficulties.

"At present, the two townships have more than 30,000 acres of farmland, and the mountain people do not have enough manpower to open up the wasteland."

Liu Gan requested: "Please allow more mountain people to join the reclamation."

"allow!"

Now that iron was plentiful, industry was no longer content with manufacturing farm implements.

"I want to create some powerful weapons!" Liu Fang's eyes sparkled: "I think catapults are very interesting..."

Jin Mao interrupted directly: "You should learn how to make weapons first. In the next year, I want 4,000 new recruits to have a weapon each, and within three years, everyone will have a set of iron armor!"

"Liu Bowu, can you do this?"

Liu Fang was just a tech geek who didn't understand any calculations, so he turned and looked at Liu Mu.

Liu Mu stood up and found a place to display his talents: "My Lord, there are twelve blacksmiths, eighty-seven carpenters, one hundred and one bricklayers, and four hundred and one apprentices."

"These already include all the craftsmen sent by the county governor."

"Making a ring-handled sword requires..."

Liu Mubaba made some calculations and concluded that with the current productivity, he would not be able to produce 4,000 weapons within three years, let alone iron armor.

"Then continue to recruit people!" Jin Mao waved his hand and said, "Recruit more people."

Liu Mu had a dull face.

Jin Mao sighed, often competing with his advisers in battles of wits and courage, and forgot that his subordinates had limited talents in the beginning.

"Just recruit apprentices. Pick out ten outstanding craftsmen from each type of craftsman, double their salary, and let them specialize in teaching apprentices. They don't have to work normally."

After thinking for a while, Jin Mao added: "Whoever trains the most apprentices within three years will be given a position and included in the assessment system."

"BOOM!" The whole meeting went into chaos.

If a craftsman becomes an official, can he continue to be promoted and be on equal footing with them?
Unheard of!

But no one dared to question it. Jinmao had just punished a group of people. Who would dare to rush forward and get into trouble now?
Everyone couldn't help but look at Yu Fan, who was indeed fearless and spoke out: "Mingsir, this is not appropriate!"

Everyone admired him.

Jin Mao did not get angry, and said: "Zhong Xiang, although you have lost your official position, you can still speak frankly as long as you have reason."

"Thank you, Lord Ming." Everyone and Yu Fan breathed a sigh of relief. No one wanted to really follow a lord who could not tell the truth.

Then, Yu Fan did not force the argument, but presented the facts and reasoned with him.

There were official positions for craftsmen in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but there was no way for craftsmen to be promoted. Generally, craftsmen had a low status, so who would care whether they could be promoted?

This is a precedent. If someone finds out and sues us, it would be a crime of usurpation.

Jin Mao nodded with satisfaction. Yu Fan knew that restraint was a good thing and worth cultivating.

However, Jinmao has his own considerations. Three years later, the world is in such a mess, who would have the time to care about him?

"Not only will I promote the craftsmen, I will also promote the farmers in the future and include them in the assessment system!"

Jin Mao made a shocking statement: "Don't underestimate the craftsmen and farmers. In my eyes, their power is endless."

Jin Mao was very determined about this matter and no one tried to persuade him anymore.

...

July is the harvest season.

Jin Mao met the eunuch Zhang Tie again. How long has it been? Is he going to pay again?
After asking, I found out that the person was looking for Sheng Xian, a famous scholar in Taimu.

"Wujun Magistrate Fan recommended Sheng Xian as a filial and honest official?"

Jinmao thought this was too outrageous. Even the neighboring county was reaching out?
"Sheng Xian is still going to Luoyang to serve as the Minister of Chancellery?"

Jin Mao wondered: "How could Sheng Xian have so much money to hand over?"

Zhang Tie said helplessly: "You don't have to pay to be selected as a filial and honest official. Someone else has paid the Shangshu Ling's fee for you. He is a famous scholar after all."

But why don’t you just go to Taimo County? Why do you have to go out of your way to come find me?
As expected, if someone was so honest, he would not be called a eunuch in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Sheng Xian was just a side trip, the real purpose was to find Jinmao.

(End of this chapter)