Deng Ming soon met with the Qingchengshan warlord group. Deng Ming told Liu Yao and Yang Youcai that he would never forget the other party’s contribution, the foundation of Chengdu and their support. But because of this, Deng Ming could not agree to their retirement, otherwise the people in the world would think that Deng Ming was mean and had no kindness, and even repaid his kindness with grudges.

This reason left Liu Yao and others speechless, and they all expressed their willingness to continue to contribute to the admiral's great cause. However, the Qingchengshan warlords hoped to stay in Chengdu to work, and they did not want to give the subordinates of the Liu Magistrate who liked to beat people. Deng Ming expressed his willingness to meet their requirements as much as possible, but he did not think about what position they should give them for the time being, because the Qingchengshan warlords were strictly the leader of military camps. As far as Deng Ming's observation was concerned, their ability to manage military camps was not as good as Xiong Lan. Not to mention that there was no military camp under Deng Ming's system, even if there was one, it would not be possible to hand it over to them.

Deng Ming could not allow the Qingchengshan warlords to join the army. Their experience of leading troops to fight was basically zero. Not only did the warlords not stay in the standing army, but none of their officers and personal soldiers could meet the requirements of the standing army. After the Qingchengshan warlords were reorganized, they were able to release more than 10,000 people. Deng Ming told Liu Jinge that even if 10,000 people went to farm, the annual tax payment amount was as high as one million. The subsidy from the Chengdu Prefectural Office to the Qingchengshan warlords was as long as it did not exceed this number - even if they didn't give so much, it was enough for them to have food and clothing in Chengdu.

For the time being, Deng Ming plans to give Qingchengshan warlords such subsidies first, and to rectify Dujiangyan government affairs, they will also hold relevant official positions when they have positions suitable for them in the future.

At the same time, the Ming army began to disarmament again. There is no need to mention the tens of thousands of strong men brought back, and most of the soldiers would be cut off, leaving only a standing army with a total of no more than 4,000 people. Deng Ming determined to retain an infantry regiment of 1,800 and a cavalry regiment of 900 people. The cavalry regiment cannot collect enough personnel now, and the infantry regiment is at most more than 2,000 people. Deng Ming probably may have some additional organization, such as the artillery, military academy, and a special tactics and special training troops he conceived, which must also be included in the standing army organization.

More than 8,000 soldiers participating in Gaoyou Lake will receive a bronze medal. In addition, 4,000 Zhejiang soldiers already have families, so each person needs to give a bonus of 5,000 yuan. This is the largest printing since the implementation of the Chengdu IOU system. When Xiong Lan thought that the 20 million yuan IOU was about to flow into the market, she felt restless, but Deng Ming did not intend to let the huge amount of money hit the market.

Industrial Bank is buying a large amount of jewelry and fabrics. Since soldiers have no problem with eating, they will definitely buy clothes, jewelry and add some home-use things for their wives. In order to purchase these luxury goods and daily necessities, Deng Ming spent a lot of money, but if the soldiers cannot allow them to enjoy a better life, it is impossible to improve the social status of soldiers.

Deng Ming has made several pairs of high heels, but they have not been produced in large quantities and sold, because many of the wives from Zhejiang people have small feet and cannot consume this new product. The potential consumer force has no spare money yet, so he can only wait until the brides who have just married into Sichuan start to participate in labor before trying to sell them. Deng Ming has given these pairs of shoes to Liu Jinge, told him to produce them appropriately, and then distributed them as prizes to female production activists.

In order to digest a large amount of currency, Deng Ming also made a decision, which was to sell horses: "We sent out more than 4,000 horses we seized in Gaoyou Lake, and 300 horses were sent out. The mares and uncastrated stallions were all sold on credit, and the rest were sold. All soldiers who participated in the Battle of Gaoyou Lake can have priority refusal, but only one horse."

Deng Ming's words made his subordinates stunned. Gaoyou Lake seized all first-class war horses. With so many good horses, although the cavalry regiment lacked riders, it was more than enough war horses. But unexpectedly, Deng Ming only planned to leave five hundred horses for the army, and they were all bad horses made from other channels. The better ones had to be sold with the batch from Gaoyou Lake.

"Admiral, these are all good horses." Zhao Tianba was the first to stand up and said. After Deng Ming returned to the army, he stayed in the army and horses for two days in one breath, spending the night in the stable at night. He couldn't even see those good horses.

"Yes, if it's a bad horse, will anyone buy it? Can it be sold at a good price?" Deng Ming replied with confidence: "Each person gives a bonus of 5,000 yuan and doesn't let them have a place to spend it. Do you just watch the prices soar?"

A large amount of land around Chengdu was reclaimed, and the Ming army brought back a lot of food. With no worries about food and clothing, Deng Ming estimated that many soldiers wanted to buy a horse.

"Yes...yes..." Zhao Tianba felt his brain was in chaos. It would be fine if he was eager to disband the army in order to produce it, but he should not let go of important military materials such as war horses.

"We have to spend money to raise the standing army, and the same goes for war horses. Raise thousands of horses, how much food should we eat in a day? How many people should we hire to take care of them? We also have to let them go out and run every day to avoid being trashed. Now there is no adult horse in our horse shop, and it will not affect the horse shop if sold. We can also recycle some bonuses. Why not?" Deng Ming immediately calculated the economic account with his subordinates: "Soldiers who are willing to spend a lot of money to buy horses will definitely treat it well, and the money for the grass will not be required to be paid for by the Du Mansion."

There are many disadvantages in the army's large number of horses, such as worrying that someone steals money from fodder and that the grooms are not dedicated to their duties. Deng Ming said all these concerns: "Public things are like goods in Wuchang. I don't know what will happen in the end. But private property is different, and the owner will cherish them. Besides, there are too few people who can ride horses in the capital now, and it is difficult to get enough cavalry. These people will buy horses back and will not be raised in vain, they will definitely have to ride. If we train cavalry, we will have to pay training funds and we will also have to worry about the soldiers not studying hard. Sell the horses to them, and they will spend money to learn horse riding by themselves. After a year and a half, we will not worry about not having riders if we want to recruit cavalry."

"But..." Zhou Kaihuang also disagreed. Seeing that Zhao Tianba had no words, he hurriedly came up to help: "There are not many soldiers who know how to take care of horses. If the horse gets sick, they don't know how to treat the disease."

"The mountain man has his own tricks." Deng Ming said with a confident heart and smiled: "Will we raise these horses not get sick? Don't you need someone to take care of? The owner wants to take care of the horses, and they will be more attentive."

"Don't we have Mongolian Tartars? Those hundreds of Mongolian Tartars were just enough to let them raise horses." Zhou Kaihuang still refused to give up.

"Yes, we thought of going together." Deng Ming nodded and further assigned his plan to his subordinates. Obviously, his determination was unshakable: "But remember, call them Mongolians in the future, and stop calling them Tartars."

"Then can I buy one?" Zhao Tianba was moved. Although he had the right to use military horses, he also wanted to own a batch of his own horses when he saw so many good horses for sale.

"You did not participate in the Gaoyou Battle," Deng Ming shook his head and said, "You have to wait a few days. If there are no ones sold out, they will be auctioned on the market. You can go to the auction at that time."

"Then can I buy it?" Zhou Kaihuang, Ren Tang and Mu Tan shouted out almost at the same time.

"Yes." Deng Ming nodded.

...

After following the Ming army to Chengdu, Fuer and his Mongolian companions were still waiting for their fate. After waiting for several days, Deng Ming finally met them again.

According to Deng Ming's order, more than 100 Mongolians who participated in the suicide squad were incorporated into the Ming army. After swearing allegiance to the Ming Dynasty, they can obtain military ranks and enjoy military pay starting next month. However, the remaining more than 600 people could not enjoy this treatment. Deng Ming announced that they would be disbanded and would need to make a living in Chengdu in the future.

Although he was afraid of Deng Ming, the Mongolians still protested, saying that they could not farm at all. They could not even distinguish between rice and millet except when eating. Foer, who was standing in the front row of the team, was also among the protesters. He mustered up the courage to shout to Deng Ming: "The villain can't do anything except treating horses."

"You can continue to treat the horses." Deng Ming heard Foer's shout and looked at him and replied loudly: "The capital mansion not only needs a veterinarian, but also a riding coach. You need to teach people how to feed horses, walk horses, and train horses."

"So we still join the army?" Many people's hope was ignited by this sentence again.

"No, you are not in the army, you are making a living." Deng Ming shook his head: "There are horses that raise horses in the capital; in addition, there will be thousands of fellow scholars who have horses at home, but they don't know anything about horses and they know nothing about horses. You can give them work and then charge them for remuneration; of course, if the army wants to hire you to do things, they will also be paid."

Deng Ming carefully explained Chengdu's policies and assured the Mongols that their skills would not be useless: "When you start paying taxes, you are fellow scholars from the capital. You will have the chance to get a conscript order when you go to the future. You will still have the chance to join the army. Besides, in addition to raising horses, you can also go to the iron. I can lend you money, but this money is borrowed and you will have to pay it back in the future. By the way, don't you barbecue meat? There is a new crop called potatoes in Chengdu, and you can also bake potatoes to sell on Chunxi Road; there are also cakes..."

"We are not Huihui from the Western Regions, and we can't barbecue!"

"Oh, I remember it wrong, but this job is easy to learn. Blacksmith's job is not difficult, you can learn it once. Can you make horse harnesses? You can do this, but you have to spend money to buy a license. Business here in Chengdu is a monopoly sale."

Seeing that Deng Ming had made up his mind, the Mongolians had no choice but to do anything, but someone else muttered: "Didn't we surrender?"

"Surrender is to avoid death, not to support you for the rest of your life. If the whole world surrenders to me, will I support the whole world for the rest of my life?" Deng Mingyi replied righteously: "By the way, I almost forgot. You still owe me two months of meal money, and you will pay it back in the future."

"What's the money?" Foer shouted again.

"The meals from Jiujiang to Chengdu," Deng Ming replied seriously: "When I was in Jiujiang, I said you could leave freely. If you don't leave, I think you will not be considered prisoners from then on. The meals before were treated as prisoners of war, and the meals you had to be paid for afterwards."

"We helped the admiral to capture the imperial camp, and we had nowhere to go!"

Many Mongolians protested loudly again.

"So those who participated in the suicide squad were all incorporated into the army. I didn't drive you away. Even if I treat the ship money to the Du Mansion, I still have to pay for dinner. Before you find a job, I can continue to provide food and accommodation, but I have to keep accounts and pay back the money in the future."
Chapter completed!