Chapter 132: Start Transforming Jiangcheng

Jiang Ze himself had never eaten restaurant food, so everyone calculated together, today they wouldn't eat the stronghold's food, go to the restaurant to eat a meal, and taste something fresh.

Due to time reasons, so far Jiang Ze had only received monthly money once, and the brothers under his command were the same.

A group of people put all the silver on their bodies together, and only dared to enter the restaurant after gathering a full twenty taels of silver. When ordering, they asked the servant which dishes were cheaper before ordering.

Unexpectedly, it was quite cheap when checking out. Fifty people ate for a few taels of silver, but the taste was a bit indescribable.

This was because they didn't drink alcohol. If they drank, it would cost more than that. Jiang Ze also upheld the tradition in the stronghold, don't drink when working!

Everyone shook their heads secretly, they wouldn't come again in the future. Spending this unjust money, it wasn't as delicious as the food in their own stronghold.

But they didn't know that the logistics of Yangguangzhai had complete ingredients for cooking, and the oil was both meat and vegetable, so even if it was just a simple dish, the taste was enough to rival the restaurant.

Eating too much of such food, it was inevitable that the mouth would become picky, and it was normal to look down on ordinary small restaurants.

Jiang Jinshi didn't know that his subordinates had also accumulated some good reputation, only thinking that the common people of Jiangcheng didn't want to leave.

Arriving at the city gate, Jiang Jinshi walked onto the city wall, and all the small squad leaders were waiting here at this moment.

Luo Feng stepped forward and asked: "Big boss, what should we do next?"

Jiang Jinshi looked at the refugees outside the city. He hadn't forgotten his promise to Wei Xikang for these two days, and still set up a porridge-giving point, but this matter could be stopped from today.

"Luo Feng, take people outside the city and burn that place where the corpses are gathered."

The corpses in that place had been accumulating more and more within these two months, and Jiang Jinshi couldn't just leave it alone.

Of course, necessary protective measures were indispensable. Li Xinyue had long ago bought quite a few masks from the system, specifically used to deal with this matter.

Luo Feng arched his hands to take the order, opened the city gate, and took people to move firewood to burn the corpses.

This might encounter some obstruction. After all, there must be people among the living refugees who opposed burning the corpses of their family members.

However, Luo Feng was not a reasonable person. He believed that he could solve this matter smoothly.

"Wang Hou, how is the intelligence I asked you to scout?"

Wang Hou stepped forward and said: "It was arranged three days ago, and now I have a list in my hand."

Jiang Jinshi was still very recognized for Wang Hou's execution. Three days ago, after raiding the city, Jiang Jinshi first asked Wang Hou to arrange for people to mix in with the refugees.

He knew that some of them were relying on eating human flesh to survive, and his purpose was to catch this part of the people and never let them mix into Jiangcheng.

The sorrow of the era made many people have no choice, but eating human flesh was the bottom line, and Jiang Jinshi would never allow it.

Then it was the resettlement problem of the refugees. Jiang Jinshi would undoubtedly choose to replace relief with work.

He would let these refugees eat their fill, and they would work for him, but there could be no monthly money.

"Nie Fengyun, cooperate with Wang Hou to screen, and put those who meet the conditions into the city for control. Make it clear, and only put those who are willing to come into the city."

Jiang Jinshi focused on voluntary. Anyway, there were so many refugees, if you don't do it, there are plenty of people who will.

At the same time, consider the safety in Jiangcheng. After all, the refugees had been full of resentment for a long time, and no one knew what they would do.

For this reason, Jiang Jinshi specifically set aside an area for these refugees to live in, but now it was still an empty space, which needed to be built gradually after they entered the city.

Jiang Jinshi had long thought about what this group of refugees could do. The city wall of Jiangcheng had not been repaired for many years. The root cause was that the Prince of Zhenbei blocked the front line, and the officials of Guangwu Jun wouldn't spend silver on this.

So this city wall was already very old and looked broken. Jiang Jinshi had to reinforce it to prevent himself from being at a loss when the prefect brought troops to attack.

Although Wei Xikang agreed to this matter, he could only guarantee that the Zhenbei Army wouldn't come. As for the prefect, Jiang Jinshi still had to guard against it.

Secondly, the mine in Shixian Mountain could also accommodate quite a few people, so there was no need to worry about having nothing for the refugees to do.

Resettling the refugees like this, Jiang Jinshi considered himself not failing Wei Xikang's promise, and could also create value for himself. Why not do it!

Then Jiang Jinshi arranged for Zhang Honghong and Tang Lin to deal with the matters in the city. After all, the refugees still had such treatment, so how could the common people in the city be worse.

Zhang Honghong and Tang Lin needed to re-register and plan the population of Jiangcheng, and issue new household contracts for everyone, similar to the ID cards of later generations, which was more convenient for management and distribution of benefits.

Then this new household contract could be used to buy affordable grain, limited to once a week per person, and at most seven catties of rice each time.

Jiang Jinshi and Li Xinyue had calculated that this number was only more and not less, definitely enough to eat.

This grain was bought from Li Xinyue's system, and the price was very beautiful. Even if sold according to the grain price of a good year, it was still profitable.

This household contract had more than this benefit. The first was the city entry and exit fee. People with household contracts were naturally exempt, and outsiders without household contracts had to pay.

The price was not high, five wen per person per day, strictly controlling the number of common people flowing in the city.

This move was not aimed at ordinary common people, but at the merchants who would come in an endless stream in the future.

The benefits were more than that. For example, when Yangguangzhai needed to recruit workers, they would give priority to those with household contracts. This kind was a normal cooperative relationship, you work and I give money.

Now Yangguangzhai had more and more things to do, and the territory was getting bigger and bigger. The manpower seemed to be insufficient again, so the recruitment that had already stopped could be re-planned.

The treatment of Yangguangzhai bandits was quite good, even better than the previous city-guarding soldiers, covering food and housing with monthly money, and having meat for three meals a day.

The city-guarding soldiers couldn't catch up with this treatment even if they rode a horse!

This was the same. If you want to join Yangguangzhai, those with household contracts have priority.

At the same time, Jiang Jinshi would also ruthlessly pull out some dark forces in the city. You can open a brothel but you can't force good women into prostitution, and gambling houses can stay but lending is not allowed. You must know that before in Yangguangzhai, Jiang Jinshi had banned gambling.

This series of operations made a group of captains almost forget that they were bandits, always feeling that they had a thought of doing good deeds for the common people.

Jiang Jinshi didn't think so. Just like he took down Lianhuan Shan, he naturally had to manage his own territory well.

Now Jiangcheng also belonged to his territory, how could he let it go to waste? Managing it was just for better development.

This was like the bandits in Yangguangzhai before, who all felt that Yangguangzhai was very good and Jiang Jinshi was a very good big boss.

But outsiders didn't think so. In their eyes, Yangguangzhai was a notorious bandit nest.

Now it was the same, but the territory occupied changed from Lianhuan Shan to Jiangcheng. ===== CHAPTER 133 =====