Chapter 1156: Fudge...

Chapter 1156 Fudge.

at dusk,

Yuan De ordered a few hundred households to come over. They were a little surprised when they saw Jiang Hao, a stranger, sitting side by side with Yuan De. I can’t even say it, and now I can’t handle official business.”

Hearing that Tian Qianhu had a stroke, none of the hundreds of households showed any sadness or concern on their faces. They were all expressionless and not at all colorful. It seems that that guy is usually very unpopular.

"Let me introduce to you, this is the new Jiang Shoubei, who is the deputy Qianhu. From today onwards, Tian Qianhu's condition will improve. Jiang Shoubei has the final say on the affairs of the Qianhu Office, and he is also your commander. A few must not be neglected."

"yes!"

Hundreds of households handed each other together, came to greet Jiang Hao, and reported their names. Jiang Hao had a photographic memory and remembered their names, Shen Yi, Yan Hui, Ye Dachuan, Su Maonian, Ma Feng, Xu Quan.

After everyone sat down, Jiang Hao asked: "Shouldn't our guard house have ten hundred households? Why are there only six people? What's the status of the guard house now? How many soldiers, ships, and supplies are there?"

It is said that the guard is poor and corrupt, and the real situation is not known. Jiang Hao is going to take stock of his family.

Yuan De immediately replied respectfully: "According to the establishment, there should be ten hundred households and eleven hundred soldiers. However, the Japanese pirates here in Zhoushan made a lot of trouble, and we fought twice, and those hundreds of households were all killed in battle. Hundreds of soldiers have been lost, and the court is now in a difficult situation. The hundred households have not yet been replenished. Now there are 563 soldiers, 417 craftsmen, assistants, and miscellaneous servants, and about 3,500 family members in the field. .”

Seeing Yuan De being so respectful, hundreds of households were very surprised. You must know that eunuchs in the army are used to domineering in the barracks. Even Tian Qianhu is restrained and usually speaks well. However, De felt a little servile towards Jiang Hao.

Could it be that this person has a great background?

Yuan De continued: "Our guard has two five-masted warships of 500 materials, and five spaceships of 100 materials. They are still usable. They are maintained by sailors on weekdays. The ships are equipped with Frankie artillery."

Jiang Hao knows the calculation of ancient sea-going ships. One material is equal to ten cubic feet. Here we are talking about Mingchi. One material is equal to one stone, which is about 92.5 kilograms. 500 materials are 46,250 kilograms, and the displacement is 46.25 tons.

"Wei has its own gunpowder workshop, which can make gunpowder, and has an iron forging workshop, which can repair weapons and armor and cast projectiles. As for supplies?" Yuan De hesitated for a while.

"Just tell the truth." Jiang Hao said in a deep voice.

Yuan De didn't dare to hide it, and said: "On weekdays, the maintenance of weapons and armor, the repair of warships, etc., the imperial court's funds are not enough, and the weapons used by many people are old. We are an island, and the food produced in the farmland is very little on weekdays. Brown rice is difficult, and many people can only rely on sea fish, shrimp and crab to make ends meet."

"According to the court rules, the soldiers in the guard station have a change of clothes every year, but our side has not distributed them for five years, even for these hundreds of households."

Jiang Hao looked at those hundreds of households. Although they were all neatly dressed, the clothes looked old and faded from washing.

"Then what do we need now?" Jiang Hao asked.

Yuan De lamented, "There is a lot of shortage. Food, cloth, iron, wood, weapons and armor, bows and arrows, materials for making gunpowder, it can be said that there is no shortage."

"What is the most lacking?" Jiang Hao looked at Yuan De.

"Oh, the most short of money."

This answer is really fucking true, who dares to say that there is no shortage of money.

Jiang Hao smiled in his heart, it's good to be short of money, it's good to be short of money, others may worry about how to clean up such a big mess, but what Jiang Hao saw was a group of hungry and thirsty people.

Looking at the other hundred households, Jiang Hao asked: "Are you short of money, are the soldiers below short of money?"

Several hundred households were silent, and after a while, one named Xu Quan gritted his teeth, and said in a deep voice, "The guard has only paid 30% of the salary in recent years, and we still default on it from time to time. We can't even support the young and old at home. , let alone the brothers below.”

Jiang Hao suddenly understood why these guys didn't care about Tian Qianhu's stroke when they learned that Tian Qianhu had a stroke. They probably wished him to die early.

Jiang Hao thought for a while and said, "It's time for dinner, let's chat while eating."

The others immediately stood up when they heard this, "We'll call someone to prepare, arrange a banquet, and clean up the dust for adults."

Jiang Hao also stood up and said, "I think this table of wine should be placed on the warship."

The others trembled in their hearts, thinking that this person is also a messy master, and then the people below will be in trouble.

A group of people came to the beach and boarded the warship. Jiang Hao patted the thick and strong side of the ship, looked at the Frankie cannons, and said to himself, if Daming made up his mind to gather the navy to fight pirates, why would a group of people be chased away? The rogues who came out caused disasters for millions of miles of Ming Dynasty. A group of adult civil servants who only know how to fight against the court, abolished their martial arts and strangled themselves to death.

"My lord, I'll ask someone to prepare the food and wine." Baihu Shen Yi said.

"Is there seafood here?" Jiang Hao asked.

Shen Yi was slightly stunned, "My lord was joking, we are at sea, how could we not have seafood, but no matter how my lord eats those things, I always prepare chicken, duck and fish for my lord."

In ancient times, seafood was really not a high-end thing. Only the poor by the sea would eat it. There is also a joke in the guard that only pirates eat sea fish all year round. It shows their status. Chicken, duck and mutton can be used to entertain guests, especially Your Excellency.

"No, just vegetables and seafood." Jiang Hao said.

"What kind of seafood do you want to eat?"

"You can use whatever you have, preferably fresh."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yi immediately said, "Fresh ones are easy to handle, I'll send people to the sea to fight a net, but eating these, it's too neglectful to guard the adults."

"Don't neglect, you go to prepare."

The sea is breezy and the moon is bright, lanterns are raised all around, and the warship is shaking slightly. It feels good to drink in this environment.

A group of people sat down. On the table, there were fresh shrimps in pepper vinegar, boiled swimming crab, steamed sea bass, and stewed grouper. There was a large table of seafood, and only a few plates of vegetables were placed around it.

Several people felt a little apprehensive, because in their opinion, it was really too shabby to use these things as a welcome feast for the new garrison master.

Jiang Hao picked up a prawn, which was bigger than a plantain. This is a real wild oriental prawn, also known as prawn. Jiang Hao said with a smile: "How much rice can this plate of prawns be exchanged for?"

"This is worthless."

"Would you believe me if I said that this plate of shrimp can be exchanged for a stone of rice?" Jiang Hao said with a smile.

Everyone looked at Jiang Hao like a fool, and someone said in disbelief, "How is it possible to change a stone of rice? Even if you change a liter of rice, there are people rushing to change it."

In ancient times, 1 stone = 10 buckets, 1 bucket = 10 liters, 1 liter = 10 liters, 1 liter = 10 spoons, 1 spoon = 10 pinches, one stone rice 120 catties, one bucket 12 catties, one liter almost 1.2 catties of rice. This plate of shrimp is more than 1.2 catties.

A plate of shrimp like this in modern times can't be eaten for a few hundred. Jiang Hao doesn't say much for a stone of rice. In modern times, a plate of shrimp is more than a stone of rice. Sometimes a shrimp can be exchanged.

Everyone started to eat and drink, Jiang Hao ate seafood, others seldom touched these things, why, after eating enough, he just set his chopsticks according to the few plates of green vegetables, but he didn't dare to eat more, he seemed a little cautious, Jiang Hao smiled, He picked up the wine bowl and clinked glasses with everyone, and drank it down.

After a few bowls of wine, people became acquainted, and people's emotions eased a lot. Jiang Hao glanced around and said, "I ask you, have you ever thought about changing your current life?"

Everyone was stunned, and looked at Jiang Hao, "How to change?" A hundred households named Ye Dachuan asked.

"The salary is enough, I have new clothes on my body, and the rice tank at home is filled with white rice, so that my family and relatives don't have to go hungry, and I have some extra money in my hand, okay?" Jiang Hao said.

"Naturally, but how is it possible?" Su Maonian muffled.

"Maybe." Jiang Hao said firmly.

He stood up and walked to the side of the boat, looked at the sea in the distance, turned his head to look at a few guys, "As long as you dare to follow me, all this is possible, and it's better than you imagined, not only you, but also the whole guard , can live that kind of life.”

Everyone didn't believe it, but Jiang Hao was a superior, and they didn't dare to refute anything. Yuan De blinked and asked in a low voice, "Prefect Jiang, what are you going to do?"

Jiang Hao pointed to the sea, "There are countless opportunities there."

Rome wasn't built in a day, and you need to have a certain foundation to fool people, and you need to take several classes for brainwashing.

Back at the camp, the women had already tidied up the room, Jiang Hao took a shower, and fell asleep with Xiao Xiao and Ping'er in his arms.

In the next room, Lan Fenghuang was tossing and turning, wondering if he should let a poisonous snake in and bite Jiang Hao to remind him that he still has his name.