The barbarians have been registering all day today. There are two families in one village. Although there are more than 600 households, Qin Fang has arranged 18 people to register, representing exactly 18 towns. If the registration quota for one person is full, they will go to another place to register. In other words, it is enough for each person to register three or thirty-six households.
In this way, registration can be completed in one day.
Yang Haiyan stood beside Qin Fang, watching the barbarians being registered one by one. "Things are going very smoothly. When the mayors of the towns come to the meeting tomorrow, these people will be taken away. The resettlement of the barbarians will be successfully completed."
Qin Fang: "Well, next we need to select soldiers and build the Yunxiang County military camp. I hope things will go more and more smoothly in the future."
Yang Haiyan took his hand and they held hands, "Yes, this place will get better and better in the future."
Qin Fang nodded, looked at him, and unconsciously softened his expression: "After we settle down here, I will write to my father and mother to inform them of the situation here. If they are willing, we can bring them here. The general's mansion is so big that we can set aside a yard for them to live in. If they don't want to, I want to give them some money to build a big yard in my hometown so that my father, mother, grandparents and others can live a better life.
As for Shouye, he should be engaged, and now that his family is doing well, he has the confidence and can find a better girl. So, I want to build him a yard. If my father and mother don't come, it will be difficult for me to be filial to them in the future, and Shouye needs to do all this. "He didn't have the conditions before, so he never mentioned building a yard for his younger brother. Now he has a monthly salary of 120,000 taels and a reward of 5,000 taels, so building a yard for his younger brother is no big deal.
Besides, his younger brother is taking care of his parents on his behalf, so as the eldest brother, he should also do his part.
Yang Haiyan naturally had no objection. Her parents-in-law were easy to get along with. Although modern people value freedom and do not like to live with their parents-in-law, it is because they are worried about the generation gap between the two generations and that the mother-in-law will be too controlling. But that is because there are many entertainment programs in modern times, so modern people want freedom. But there were no such entertainment programs in ancient times, so Yang Haiyan did not object to living closer to her parents-in-law, as long as they were not in the same courtyard.
Moreover, Yang Haiyan understood Qin Fang and knew that he had a sense of propriety. Besides, this was the money earned by the man himself, and she was not the kind of woman who wanted the man to keep all his money for his family. It was a man's responsibility to take care of his parents. If a man only knew how to save money for his family and didn't even care about his parents, then this kind of man had flaws in his character.
She agreed with giving money to her family within their economic conditions and thought it was right. Even if Qin Fang helped his brother financially, as long as it did not cross her bottom line, she would agree. After all, the ancient times were different from the modern times. Modern people managed themselves, but the ancient people valued the same roots.
Yang Haiyan said, "Okay. If my parents don't want to live here for a long time, we can send someone to pick them up and stay for a few days. Speaking of which, I don't know what happened to our house in our hometown. We bought three acres of wasteland at the beginning. Even if we built a house, there would be a lot of vacant land left. When the time comes, we can build the house to keep the business next door, and then build a big wall around it. From the outside, it looks like a big yard, and inside there are three small yards. It is convenient for everyone to live alone, but it also looks like a family that has not been separated."
Qin Fang: "Okay, I'll tell my father and mother about it then."
The next day
Yesterday at noon, the mayors of the 18 towns received a summons from County Magistrate Yang, and early this morning, they arrived at the county government office.
The eight mayors were originally worried about what happened, because when County Magistrate Yang went to summon them, he only said that he came to the county government office this morning to discuss something, but he didn't say what it was. So every mayor was worried about what happened today. Some thought it was a good thing, some thought it was a bad thing, and there were all kinds of speculations. But they didn't know that the mayors of Yunxiang County were summoned today, so when they saw a familiar face at the gate of the county government office, they were really surprised.
"Isn't this Lao Yu? Long time no see."
"Oh, Old Liu is here too."
"Mayor Jin, I heard that your daughter-in-law gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, some time ago. That's really cause for celebration."
A group of more familiar town mayors started chatting in front of the county government office.
Others whispered, "It looks like all the mayors of Yunxiang County are here today. I don't know what happened."
"I don't know about that. It looks like it's related to our entire Yunxiang County, otherwise they wouldn't have called us all here."
"Everyone knows this?" A mayor said with disdain, "I just don't know what it is." With such a powerful situation, everyone knows that it is related to the entire Yunxiang County.
"I asked when the official came yesterday, but he didn't know either."
"Yes, I have asked about it."
"Have you heard about what happened in the General's Mansion?"
"Do you still need to hear about this? Some time ago, the Prince Liang's Mansion was renovated into the General's Mansion, and even the doorplate was changed. Everyone knows this."
"The news came a long time ago. It was just yesterday. Some time ago, someone was already living in the general's mansion."
"Hey, your news is too early. The general from the general's mansion came the day before yesterday." The mayor who spoke was the mayor of Fuliu Town, which was closest to Yunxiang County. Because Fuliu Town was close to Yunxiang County, he was the first to know the news of many counties. Since there was a movement outside the county, he asked someone to observe the situation in the county. So, he knew about the general's arrival the day before yesterday.
The mayor of Fuliu Town thought that the general had just arrived, and the county magistrate called everyone the next day, which might be related to the general. However, although he had this idea, he did not say it out loud. After all, it was only about the official's affairs, which was not something that an ordinary person like him could discuss.
"What do you know? Some time ago, the general's wife bought a lot of land. Didn't you know that?"
"Is there such a thing?"
"Oh my, the land in our Yunxiang County is really cheap, why did the general come to our Yunxiang County?"
"Who knows? In my opinion, it is a good thing for Yunxiang County to have a general. If the general fiberglass can..."
At this time, County Magistrate Bai came out from the county government office and asked, "Are all the people here? There are eighteen mayors in total."
County Magistrate Bai's family had lived in Yunxiang County for several generations, and he was a native of Yunxiang County. Many of the town heads present had dealt with him, so they were quite familiar with him. So when they saw County Magistrate Bai, one of the town heads stepped forward and said, "Cousin." Yes, County Magistrate Bai and Town Head Bai were cousins from the same clan, their fathers were brothers, and they had the same grandfather.
So, among the 18 mayors, only Mayor Bai knew what happened today, but he didn't say it. This was something his cousin told him specifically, so of course he couldn't tell anyone, what if he implicated his cousin
County Magistrate Bai nodded and said, "If everyone is here, please follow me in. The general and the adults are waiting for you."
When everyone heard that the general had arrived, they immediately shut up and stopped talking.
County Magistrate Bai led everyone to the side hall of the county government office. When they arrived at the door of the side hall, County Magistrate Bai said, "General, sir, the eight mayors have arrived."
County Magistrate Yang looked at Qin Fang, and Qin Fang nodded. County Magistrate Yang then said, "Let them in." The county government office was County Magistrate Yang's place, so Qin Fang would naturally not take over the place.
County Magistrate Bai: “Yes.”
County Magistrate Bai led the eight town heads into the side hall. As soon as they entered the side hall, the eight town heads lowered their heads nervously. They might all be heads of a town, some of them were more or less imposing, some were overbearing, and some were brutal, but they were not stupid, and they were still very low-key in front of the officials.
When County Magistrate Yang saw them coming in, he said, "You should have heard about the renovation of the former Prince Liang's Mansion into a general's mansion. The man next to me is General Qin Fangqin, a fifth-rank general sent by the court. General Qin brought the surrendered barbarians from the border of Yongzhou with him. He brought more than 3,000 surrendered barbarians. The court meant to divide these surrendered barbarians into small groups and settle them in various places in our Qi State. Our Yunxiang County is going to settle these people. Afterwards, General Qin will take office in Yunxiang County and become the city defense general of our Yunxiang County."
Everyone had some thoughts about what County Magistrate Yang said. Although they didn't know about the resettlement of the surrendered barbarians because it was not disclosed in advance, they knew that General Qin was taking office in Yunxiang County. After all, the general's mansion had been renovated. If he was not going to take office in the local area, why would he renovate the general's mansion
The eight mayors said in unison: "We are here to see the general and the county magistrate."
Qin Fang said: "No need to be polite. I just want to say one thing. Since the barbarians have surrendered, you should treat them as the common people of Qi State. If you treat them differently and cause conflicts between Qi State and the barbarians, and the court blames you, you will not be able to bear the responsibility." The court had its reasons for placing the barbarians in a place far away from Yongzhou. The people of Yongzhou may hate the existence of the barbarians, but the people in other places have not been attacked by the barbarians, so they basically do not hate them.
After all, if the hair is not pulled out from your own body, you won't feel any pain.
The eight mayors were shocked. They could not afford such a sin. If they were not careful, their future would be ruined. Therefore, it was indeed troublesome to settle these barbarians, but they would not show it. "Yes, thank you for reminding me, General."
Then, Lord Yang talked about how to settle the barbarians. There were three to six households in a town, which meant that each village would have two households. Some villages might have more than one household, which was not a problem.
Then, Qin Fang and County Magistrate Yang took the eight town mayors to the outside of the county town.