Hu Dawei's face was gloomy and gloomy: "General Li, don't worry, there are too many people and goods entering and leaving the customs. As General Li and Sun said, Shanxi merchants communicated with enemies and stolen the country, in fact, many people in the court knew about the fact that they had collected their benefits from the court. It's not clear that many people took them from the court to the border. To be honest, I am ashamed to say that I have also accepted the benefits of Fan Yongdou. I have no choice. The people above are collecting them, and I cannot refuse them, otherwise it will be difficult to explain to the superiors. On the other hand, I just want the brothers to change their equipment and the brothers can have a full meal. I thought he was doing business with Outer Mongolians in the Pass, but I didn't expect to connect with Jiannu! Their goods were not sent to the Mongolians at all, but went to Liaodong! If I had known that this thief had colluded with the enemy, I would rather sacrifice my life than accept Fan Yongdou a piece of copper plate!"

Li Guodong didn't say anything. Anyway, none of the Xuanda government and the border army could be ignored by this matter. It is precisely because the matter of the Eight Great Masters of Shanxi merchants was involved too extensively that the civil officials and generals of the court would find ways to cover it up.

Hu Dawei was an upright general. The civil servants of Xuanfu were taking advantage of Shanxi merchants. He could not show his uniqueness, and he would just become a target for civil servants. On the other hand, the military salary of the Ming Dynasty was insufficient, and Hu Dawei also wanted his brothers to live a good life.

However, Li Guodong also knew that Hu Dawei was right. If he knew that Fan Yong Dou was connected with Jiannu, he would rather die than let Fan Yong Dou go out of seclusion.

After Li Guodong bid farewell to Hu Dawei, he returned to his newly built Shabeigou Village.

It is necessary to farm the military farming system. Zhu Yuanzhang's military household system was also farming, but in the end the military farming system was rotten. However, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting also did farming, forcing refugees to turn migrants into military farming households to try to solve the food problem. However, when the thieves came, they walked around and passed by, and the land they had finally planted was destroyed.

Li Guodong's choice to farm outside the pass was the most correct way. He would not be robbed by thieves or rebounded because he occupied the land of the landlords and powerful people.

Today, the Shabeigou City is still under construction. The city covers an area of ​​five miles, which is equivalent to a large city. There are also farmlands in the city, but the farmlands in the city will definitely not be able to feed so many people. All Li Guodong plans to plant high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes on the land in the city, so he can leave more food to prevent the destruction of Later Jin and Mongolians. Most of the wastelands that are preparing to be reclaimed are on the south bank of the Rabbit-Footed River, where there are mountain peaceful land, and terraces can be opened to plant sweet potatoes, corn and vegetables, and wheat can be planted by the river.

It is already autumn. The crops such as peppers, cucumbers, cabbage, sorghum, millet, buckwheat that Li Guodong planted near the Dadongyugou village have matured. After the harvest, the harvested grain and vegetables are sent to the Shabeigou.

The farmland on the other side of the Rabbit Fur River in Shabeigou was also begun to be reclaimed. Li Guodong personally directed the soldiers and the people to dig the wasteland, and then used a cow to pull the new plow he designed to plow the land.

Li Guodong pointed to a large wasteland by the river and said to his brothers: "Plant winter wheat in autumn, and when it is harvested next summer, we will have the grain we produce to store."

There are no high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes and corn on hand, so we can only plant domestically produced grains and wheat first. Even if the caravan transported high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes and corn, these crops still need to be improved before they can be planted here. Because these high-yield crops from South America originally grew in hot areas, and the yield was not very high at the beginning. They were improved from generation to generation to time and could be planted in cold areas, and the yield was greatly improved.

After Li Guodong arranged the military farming plan, he ordered He Xing to watch the military farming here, but he was preparing to go to Yulin to take a group of military households in the military farming stations out of the pass.

The Yulin Guard, the Great Wall of Shaanxi, was originally a half-military and half-civilian military household. Since last year, Yulin has suffered a severe drought, the dry land has cracked, the climate is extremely cold, and the crops are almost unharvestable.

However, when the military households were in such a difficult time, the Ming Dynasty court still owed military pay. What made it even worse was that the profitable merchants saw a good opportunity to make a fortune and took the opportunity to raise the grain price. Originally, these military households had few copper coins on hand, but now the price of grain rose, they could not afford the copper coins on hand even a liter of grain.

The military households of the Ming Dynasty also had military pay. In addition to their own farming, they also paid monthly grains every month. The quota was that each military household in the garrison would pay one stone of grain and one kilogram of salt every month, and then exchanged it for silver. Each person would pay five cents of silver every month.

However, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, almost all military households in the garrison became peasants, and officers became landlords. In addition to exploiting soldiers' labor income, officers also had to deduct soldiers' military pay. But no matter how, every soldier could still get some money.

After the Jisi Incident, the Ming Dynasty's finances became even more tense. The court had adopted a recruitment system and simply cut off the military pay and let them die on their own. It would be better if it were other places, but Shanxi and Shaanxi encountered severe drought, and there was no crop of farmland. Military households without military pay and no grain harvest could only starve.

"How long has the military pay been delayed? I haven't paid yet? I have lost a grain of food at home!"

"I heard that several people have starved to death."

"My brother's family died yesterday..." A Mingjunguard's soldiers who had blood-red eyes and swollen eyes were as swollen as walnuts before they could finish their words, they burst into tears.

"My parents were gone in the morning, and when my father was dying, we asked us to eat his meat, but we could do it." Another soldier also cried.

"I can't survive anymore! I heard that Wang Jiayin and Gao Yingxiang are in the river beside the other side, so we might as well go and join them!" said a soldier.

"That's not a rebel?" someone asked worriedly.

"Being a rebel will destroy the nine clans!"

"Anyway, if you don't rebel, you will die. It's better to rebel!"

"Yes, it's against his female goodness! By the way, I'll kill all the dog officials who bully us on weekdays!"

The Wei Commander's home was surrounded by groups of soldiers. The Wei Commander's home, who knew it was not good, said, "You! What are you going to do? Tell you, don't make trouble! If there is a mutiny, the person who takes the lead will destroy the nine clans!"

"If we don't rebel, all the nine tribes will starve to death! It's better to rebel, and there's a chance to survive! Kill them! There's food in their house!" A Ming soldier shouted in the crowd.

"Yes! Instead of starving to death, it's better to fight!" An angry roar came from the crowd.

Commander-in-law shouted: "Come here! Take this guy who is trying to rebel!"

More than a dozen servants and several thousand households jumped out and rushed to the shouting soldier.

"Kill them, they have food at home!" The angry soldiers surrounded them, and thousands of soldiers surrounded the servants and thousands of households.

Although the number of servants and thousands of households was small, their equipment was obviously much better than that of the soldiers. Dozens were surrounded by thousands, trying to fight the beasts with their armor and sharp weapons.
Chapter completed!