Wei Ci pondered, "This is a good idea, but the Tsing Yi Army claims to have 200,000 personnel, and there will definitely be more captives in the future. Does the lord want to throw all those captives into mining? Even if the iron ore is rich , but it won't take long."
Once the number of prisoners exceeds a certain threshold, it will become a huge hidden danger.
Mining and corvée must be hard work. If they mine for a lifetime, there is no guarantee that these prisoners will not find a way to unite to make trouble.
The number of prisoners should not be small, and many coolies need to be done by prisoners, but they should not be too many, because too many people will shoot themselves in the foot. the way to go.
Wei Ci hopes that her lord will not only do good deeds, but also gain a good reputation, so he won't suffer as much as before.
He wouldn't make decisions for her wisely. First, he didn't have such thoughts, and secondly, His Majesty was not subject to the character of others.
One or two good intentions, she can take it with a smile, and she doesn't care about others, but she makes too many assertions, and she can't tolerate that person.
Therefore, Wei Ci just raised this point, and how to make a decision is entirely up to her personal will.
Even if he doesn't say it, she will realize this when the number of prisoners in the camp increases in the future.
Jiang Pengji thought for a while, and said, "Zixiao's worry is unreasonable. In the future, we can't let all the defeated troops in the world be prisoners..."
If you think about it carefully, Jiang Pengji's words are quite reckless.
Only after winning Xiangyang County and Cheng'an County, she believes that she is the co-owner of the world. Isn't this a big deal
"...Well, these prisoners will be sent to mine first for half a year. If they perform well and have no other bad deeds, they can be given a chance to 'redeem their lives'." The prisoners are considered slaves, even if they have not officially changed their household registration, they are still hers personal property.
These captives want to regain their freedom
Yes, you can find a way to redeem yourself.
Wei Ci frowned and asked, "Redemption? I don't know how to redeem the law?"
Jiang Pengji said, "These prisoners of the Tsing Yi Army are different from the group captured half a year ago. Their style and behavior are very bad. If they don't temper it well, they can only be regarded as scum, and they can't be used much. It's better to let them dig them. Mine for half a year, be quiet."
Of course, during this period, these captives were still "slaves".
"Have not caused trouble for half a year, and performed very well, then give them a chance to temporarily serve as a civilian army, receive simple training, and spend most of the weekdays cultivating barren fields and ploughing the fields. They can participate in other labor construction during the slack. According to How much food or money is given for labor. If you can make contributions to our army, you will be removed from slavery as appropriate, and you will be free..."
Jiang Pengji was naturally unwilling to raise a group of useless prisoners.
If they squeeze their labor force, it will also become a hidden danger. It is better to tighten it and loosen it to give some sweetness and hope.
This is not the final decision, but it also gives everyone a general direction for dealing with the prisoners.
There are too many abandoned fields in the north. Last year, there was such a big earthquake, and many fields were uncultivated. Because of the Tsing Yi Army, Cheng’an County missed last year’s autumn harvest and this year’s spring ploughing, which means that there was almost no harvest in two years. .
With more fields and less food, I don’t know how many people are still starving.
Jiang Pengji now has a lot of popularity points, and she can produce a lot of food, but she does not rely on this channel.
A normal and healthy force should be able to be self-sufficient, even rich in food, not only to feed the people, but also to have enough money to fight wars. It is easy to exchange food in the mall, but without a complete food production system, you will starve to death without the system!
Don't forget, she is only imprisoning the "subsystem", and the body is still hidden in the corners of this world.
Not only that, but according to her several attempts at the system, these popularity points should have other functions.
Out of these considerations, Jiang Pengji felt that these prisoners were still working hard to shine, and they should not be idle.
Xu Ke pondered for a while, and was quite moved by Jiang Pengji's suggestion.
She gave the slaves a chance to "redemption" and did not seal all the escape routes.
If these prisoners have the spirit of self-improvement and repentance, and perform well for half a year, they can be used as civilian troops, cultivate the fields for the army, and distribute the grain for the autumn harvest. As for the ratio between the two, Jiang Pengji will not be too ruthless.
If the farm implements, good seeds, and cattle are produced by the government, 40% of the government's income and 60% of the people's income.
If farming tools, good seeds, and cattle are produced by each household, 30% of the government's income and 70% of the people's income.
The fields are all owned by the government, and soldiers are dispatched to serve as instructors during the slack season to teach how to fight and kill the enemy.
They also have the opportunity to go to the battlefield. If they can make achievements and make a career, they can also escape from slavery according to the size of the credit.
If these people have no intention in this regard, they just want to be ordinary people and take part in other paid jobs during the slack season.
If they work for a few years, they can even buy their own fields, with 10% of the official income and 90% of the people.
Jiang Pengji explained her thoughts to the two advisors.
Her soldiers also have the habit of working in the fields during the autumn harvest and spring ploughing, because last year there were too many barren fields reclaimed in Xiangyang County, and each household was allocated so many fields that they could not be busy at all. Pity.
If God gave her face this year, the food harvested in the autumn could not only support her army, but also the entire Xiangyang County, and there was still a surplus.
However, her pawns are mainly training, with farming and other labor as auxiliary.
The civilian army is mainly based on farming labor and supplemented by training. Even if the combat quality is not high, it is better than ordinary people.
but…
Xu Ke frowned and asked, "This allocation ratio seems to be too much."
The government provided farm tools, good seeds and cattle, and the profit should account for 50% instead of 40%. After all, the land is not owned by the common people, and there is no cost for them to rent the land. According to the lord, the government received it. Grain also includes grain tax...
In this way, this ratio is even lower than the current grain tax.
"The account can't be calculated like this, it's really not too much..." Wei Ci saw the doorway inside, "For the civilian army, I guess the lord did not plan to pay the salary? Even if the salary is paid, I think it is lower than our soldiers. very many."
The food allocated by these civilians is indeed theirs and used for their own consumption.
The government does not give wages, and if the war comes and the enemy attacks, they will have to take up arms to defend against it.
After conversion, we learned that it is equivalent to their own farming, their own support, their own pay and their own wages, and they have to go to the battlefield to fight...
For the prosperous world in Wei Ci's memory, the ratio of this tax is now a bit harsh.
However, the most attractive part of it is that after a lot of hard work, these poor and white prisoners have the opportunity to buy their own fields, and the grain tax is 10%.
In today's world, this tax rate is something people can't imagine.