Not only the Wang family, but also every household in the entire military farm site, did not miss this opportunity to make money, and more or less brought back one or two sheep...

More than 10,000 oxen and hundreds of thousands of sheep were scattered to various farm sites, and in less than ten days, millions of farm residents were digested completely.

Faced with this result, Wei Zheng believed that after the autumn harvest next year, he would definitely get unprecedented gains in this effort.

Because only Wei Zheng himself knows that in the next seven or eight years, there will be no sign of any link in this drought. With the continuous development of military farms, the grain prices in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces will definitely remain stable due to the large amount of grain output. However, other provinces outside Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces will be different...

As the drought continues and food continues to be poor, the food prices in various places will become higher and higher.

As the Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces under their jurisdiction continue to produce grain and their intervention, the grain prices will definitely drop to a certain extent.

In this way, you can buy food from the people of Shandong and Shaanxi provinces and the residents of the village at a very low price. Then, you can sell it at a very high price to make a large price difference...

In this way, the benefits you gain will be higher than selling cattle and sheep directly, and will be much higher.

Not only that, millions of residents in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces will also gain a large part of the benefits, so as to remember the goodness of the Governor's Office, remember your own goodness, and stand behind you at critical moments...

And this unseen benefit is the real greatest benefit for yourself.

Thinking of this, Wei Zheng's face unconsciously showed a smile...a smile full of ambition for the future.

At this moment, Zhang Wu, who was directly responsible for the expansion of the local garrison troops, suddenly walked up to him and reported with an anxious look on his face.

"Master, something happened to the local garrison here..."

"Although the documents for enlargement and recruitment have been issued for half a month... However, according to the summary of the local garrisons, it is shown that half a month has passed, and the new recruits who have passed the assessment have only been more than 15,000... The number of recruits is far from urgent for us..."

"You mean, no one wants to join the garrison..."

Zhang Wu nodded and replied: "Yes, the Grand Marshal..."

"As a local garrison, the monthly salary of ordinary soldiers is two taels of silver, and in a year it is twenty-four taels of silver. However, because the general is engaged in military farming in Shandong and Shaanxi provinces, a young man planted ten acres of fertile land. At the current price of grain, he can easily earn four taels of silver..."

"Under this situation, not many people are willing to join the army and earn their wages..."

Wei Zheng nodded and did not speak immediately.

Although he knew that with the large-scale development of military farms, the grain prices in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces would definitely be reduced to a certain extent with his own intervention. At that time, the annual income of ordinary people would definitely not be as high as they imagined.

However, this is not something you can see in a short period of time.

As the governor of Shanxi and Shaanxi, it is impossible for me to say this speculation. Because no matter how much or how little the reduction is, it will affect the confidence of millions of residents in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces.

Therefore, if you want to get the people to join the army, you only have one way, that is, to increase your salary. Otherwise, no one is willing to give up such a comfortable life, join the army, and face death at any time...

Thinking of this, Wei Zheng, who looked serious, decided directly: "Increase the salary... If you want to impress the people, there is only one way to increase the salary."

"Now the monthly salary of the Tiger and Leopard Army is three taels of silver, and the monthly salary of the garrison is two taels of silver... Since all civil and military officials in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces have increased their salary subsidies, the soldiers who bring us safety may also live with a small salary. You must know that behind them, they also have families to support..."

"Add pay..." Hearing these two words, Zhang Wu's brows immediately frowned.

Under Wei Zheng's gaze, he reminded with concern: "Master, we doubled the army without hiding the court, and paid the soldiers full military pay. Just one military pay, the Governor's Office will pay 1.5 million taels of silver every year... If the soldiers' food and equipment are added, it will be 2 million taels of silver a year..."

"If you pay more, even if each soldier increases the salary by one tael every month, it will be 1.2 million taels a year... I am worried that the Governor's Office will not be able to bear such a price. After all, in addition to these 100,000 local garrisons, the Governor's Office will have 50,000 Tiger and Leopard Army to support..."

Zhang Wu said it well, although it was just a matter of his own words. However, his words were full of value.

In one sentence, millions of taels of silver will be used.

Because, expanding the army for local garrisons means that you also have to expand the army for the Tiger and Leopard Army.

However, in this chaotic world, the importance of the army is always ranked first in Wei Zheng's mind.

Therefore, no matter how much financial pressure the increase in salary is, you must bear it.

After some thought, a strange smile appeared on Wei Zheng's solemn face.

Under Zhang Wu's worry-filled eyes, he answered loudly.

"Just do it like this, and add wages to all the troops in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces... As for the source of these wages, I have my own way..."

Speaking of this, Wei Zheng's tone of speaking became serious without realizing it. He decided loudly to Zhang Wu: "According to the current price of grain, the salary of two taels per month for ordinary soldiers is not enough to buy a load of food. In order to satisfy the soldiers, I decided to increase the monthly salary of ordinary soldiers to four taels of silver..."

"You must know that the Guanning Army, which had the best military salary in the imperial court, only three taels of silver per month... We raise it to four taels, which will definitely make most of the residents in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces excited..."

"The monthly salary of ordinary soldiers is four taels of silver. After entering the Tiger and Leopard Army, the monthly salary of ordinary soldiers is six taels of silver."

Even though Zhang Wu was ready to increase the salary in Wei Zheng, he still did not expect that Wei Zheng would increase the salary so much, directly reaching more than twice the original salary.

At this time, Zhang Wu, who was shocked, did not answer immediately, but fell into deep thought, thinking about the amount of military pay the troops would have to bear in one month after the troops increased their wages.

I don't know, I'm shocked when I calculate...

Faced with nearly 8 million taels of money a year, Zhang Wu's first reaction was that the Governor's Office could not bear it.

Because eight million taels of silver were almost comparable to the annual tax revenue of the imperial court. As a military general, Zhang Wu did not believe that the annual income of the Shanxi Governor's Office would exceed that of the imperial court.

Besides, in addition to supporting more than 100,000 troops in the territory, the Shanxi and Shaanxi Governor's Office also has countless civil and military officials to support.

So, Zhang Wu, who was shocked, almost subconsciously reminded: "Master... This is the real eight million taels of silver..."

Wei Zheng, who had already thought of the origin of these money, was not scared by this number.

You should know that in Shanxi, the area of ​​arable land has reached an astonishing 70 million mu. Even if the military farming I carried out in Shanxi only reclaimed one-seventh of it, that is, ten million mu of land, I could get at least three million dan of grain taxes from these military farms.

Three million dans of grain were sold to other provinces, and even if it was five taels of silver per dan, it would be a wealth of 15 million taels of silver.

And this is still on the surface...

With a large harvest of grain, the grain prices in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces will definitely drop to a certain extent.

At that time, if the Governor's Office orders that all the grain in the Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces can only be exported from the Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, then just exporting grain can earn millions of loads of grain from it.

Ten million mu of fertile land, based on the output of one and a half tumbles of land, is 15 million tumbles of grain. The tax revenue will be 3 million tumbles, 5 million tumbles of food, and a total of 7 million tumbles of grain will flow into the market...

At that time, the grain prices in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces will drop by one tael of silver per duct, and the grain prices in other provinces will increase by one tael of silver per duct, and then you can get a difference of two taels of silver from each duct of grain...

The price difference between the seven million dan of grain is all added up to 14 million taels of silver...

This alone can meet the military pay needs of the troops for one year after they increase their salary, and can even guarantee the money needed for several foreign battles.

Therefore, Wei Zheng, who thought of this account, made a decision to double his military salary without thinking.

However, in front of Zhang Wu, Wei Zheng did not explain, but answered confidently: "General Zhang, you don't have to worry about military pay. Since I dare to say it, there is a specific solution... What you need to do is to implement..."

"Yes, the Grand Marshal..." Zhang Wu, who was full of confusion, could only put away his worries and answer loudly.

At this moment, Wei Zheng continued: "In addition to the accident of increasing the salary, there is another way to increase the enthusiasm of the people to join the garrison..."

"Tell those residents that joining the garrison is not just to get military pay. Without the protection of the garrison, the rebels in Shaanxi will attack their homes and kill their relatives, making them become refugees who are unable to eat again..."

"I believe that between the two choices of refugees and military service, the residents in Shanxi will definitely make a very wise choice for the home they have worked hard to build. At that time, the waiting for you will no longer be no one participating in the garrison, but too many people will participate in the garrison, which will make you dazzling..."

Zhang Wu's eyes lit up and he shouted excitedly: "The Grand Marshal is wise... I will do it right away..."
Chapter completed!