"Hmm? Just say anything." Zhao Hu said helplessly. It's just that his retainers are not good. He doesn't dare to speak without saying anything. He is wasting time.

Fer hurriedly pressed his forehead against the ground and said nervously: "Yes, I dared to ask the lord to change the Shigao reward system."

"Well? Is it a change in accordance with the regulations on rewarding Shi Gao for military merits?" Zhao Hu was very surprised. If the retainers had any opinions on the system, they should have proposed it a year ago. Why did they express their opinions after preparing for enthronement now?

Fair shook his head hurriedly: "No, there is no reward without military achievements. This is a ten thousand-year-old example, and no one will have any objection." He was at peace now. Since the lord did not scold him for his boldness from the beginning, he would not punish him later. It was amazing that he just kept his original state.

"What are you going to prepare for changes? Apart from this, there seems to be nothing to modify." Zhao Hu was very confused.

"I want to..." Ferr slurped, hesitated for a moment and said as if he was willing to go out: "I think the system that determines the area of ​​stone height needs to be changed."

But I thought to myself: "Damn it, I'll give it my best. Even those guys below don't give me gifts. For my own interests, I will also ask my lord to modify this system!"

Zhao Hu frowned, but soon smiled and said, "I understand that this system does need to be modified. Let's do this. In the future, the area of ​​stone height will no longer be determined based on grain output. It is stipulated that the area of ​​one stone is 40 acres of land, half of which are fertile land and half of wasteland. Are you so satisfied?"

When he heard this, Fer suddenly raised his head and opened his mouth in surprise. However, when he saw the smiling face of Zhao Hu, he was immediately scared to death and sweating from behind him. He kowtowed and shouted: "Lord, wise! I swear to be loyal to you!"

Zhao Hu waved his hand: "Okay, let's issue this order."

"Yes, I'll take my leave!" Although Fer, who stood up, seemed to be kneeling for a long time, his legs were inflexible, and he was swaying from left to right when he walked, his speed was a little faster than that of a normal person.

Seeing that Fel left, Zhou Wen asked curiously: "Sir, why is Fel so strange?

Now, there are no fertile lands of forty acres, but half of the wasteland is needed. If you modify this, will you have any objections?”

Zhao Hu, who picked up the book again, smiled and said, "I know how the Qin family's real stone is calculated now?"

"It is based on grain output, and a stone of solid grinding means land that can produce 200 kilograms of rice... Well, I understand, no wonder he is so excited!"

Zhou Wen suddenly realized: "Our Qin family now determines the actual area of ​​one stone according to the grain output. Now one stone is an area of ​​forty acres. When the grain output increases, don't be like the best grain production area in the empire. A mu of grain yields is a mu of one stone, and these retainers will cry without tears.

"Because the land area that can be passed down through the generations is 40 times less! It is even worse than the area of ​​one stone sealed by other forces at that time. No wonder this guy Fer would be so excited!"

At this point, Zhou Wen was very worthless: "Sir, it is actually the best time to propose changing the system. You can take the opportunity to reduce the area of ​​one stone. It is less than ten acres, and even twenty acres is not bad. Why do you still maintain the appearance of forty acres? After all, only a few people now have real leaders, and they are all their own people, so they will not have any objections. It is a great time to change the system."

"It doesn't matter, this is what they pursue, and the big head is in my hands, and the land enthroned needs to be paid 10% of the harvest. Besides, such a stone-to-stone enthronement is much better than a village, town, and county-to-county enthronement in the empire." Zhao Hu said with a smile.

Zhou Wen thought about it and said that he just took out a fraction of the money to enthrone it. Even if the other party has a million stones, he didn't have to worry too much, because the adult's direct jurisdiction must be dozens or even hundreds of times that of these million stones. As long as the main family's strength is maintained without weakening, there is really no worry.

After thinking it through, Zhou Wen calmed down.

Zhao Hu flipped a page of the book in his hand and said casually: "How many people are selected but cannot become secret guards?"

"There are more than 7,000 people now." Zhou Wen said immediately.

"So much?" Zhao Hu was obviously stunned.

"The real secret guards must be cultivated from childhood. Even if such young children cannot become secret guards, they can become secret guards. However, because we urgently need a group of secret guards and secret guards, we not only gather a large number of young people to train, but also select a group of young people from a large scale from the army. Therefore, there are so many losers who cannot even be a secret guard." Zhou Wen explained.

"How did they arrange it?" Zhao Hu asked.

Zhou Wen said: "More than 3,000 people with innocent wealth, good looks, meticulous minds and loyalty have joined the outer guards in the inner guard system, and those inner guards outside are just the ones. Although they are losers, they have both experience in secret guards and military combat experience, which is very suitable for protection. The subordinates think that they can continue to draw personnel from the army for secret guard testing and use them to select members of the inner guards."

"Well, you are responsible for this matter. Where are the other 4,000 people?" Zhao Hu continued to flip the pages of the book.

"These four thousand people are all brave people. Since they have been trained by secret guards, they are no longer suitable to return to the army. The subordinates have specially formed a guard and are now training in the mountains." Zhou Wenyou said.

"Oh? Why organize another guard? Not other directly affiliated troops, the inner guards of nearly 5,000 people alone are a very powerful force." Zhao Hu looked at Zhou Wen in confusion.

"Sir, you don't know that people's hearts are sinister. As a monarch, you must never light up all powers. You still need a group of powerful forces to hide in the darkness. Maybe you can play a decisive role at any time. This guard is prepared by your subordinates for you."

Zhou Wen said in a serious tone. He was loyal and unaware that this behavior of forming soldiers in private was a big taboo, so he not only did not panic, but instead looked like he wanted to take credit.

Seeing Zhou Wen's expression, Zhao Hutou praised: "Well done." Zhou Wen immediately smiled.

When countless carriages loaded with wealth rushed back to Mingyue City, the Qin family was shocked again.

It was also difficult not to shock them. From the day the troops gathered under Mingyue City, in more than a month, the Qin family's territory expanded by more than five times. Not only did it expand the stone height to more than seven million stones, but it also easily and quickly swept away all the assets, completely and completely holding the land firmly in its hands.

In contrast, the Qin family's direct jurisdiction accounts for 99% of the total stone height, which is a proportion that makes all the main brains of the forces extremely envious and desire.

In addition to this proportion that made the heads of power envious, what shocked the forces was that, except for the Mu family in Liaoshui City who saw the opportunity early and the Qin army surrendered before they set out, thus gaining the position of 100,000 stones of real leaders and the elders of the family, the other four forces completely perished. This destruction did not mean killing the entire clan, but deposed all the family property to civilians and confiscating all their property.

Not only the main force, but also all the wealthy retainers and other families with territories, except for a few families with fast knowledge or good luck, all other families were deprived of all their property and land.

The Qin family's thunderous victory made the surrounding forces deeply alert.

Yes, it is just the surrounding forces. The Qin family now has six main cities, with a height of about 7 million stones and more than 80,000 square kilometers of land. It is very terrifying for forces with only one main city.

But for those middle-aged and above forces, the Qin family is just a prince in the coastal areas. They glance at each other and give face, so they would not pay too much attention. If the Qin family hadn't created a matter of taking all the standing troops into retainers, they would probably not even bother to glance at them.

The Southeast Peninsula divides the power of great power. As long as one has a main city, it can be considered a prince. Thousands of cities refer to this. However, in the entire Southeast Peninsula, although such a head of power is considered a prince among the people, his official title among the major forces is a local tyrant, and even a prince cannot be considered a prince.

As for those rural wealthy families below the main city, there is no need. In the eyes of the major forces, they are just an ant.

And those with more than two main cities and less than twenty should be princes; those with twenty to fifty main cities are real princes; those with fifty to one hundred main cities are great princes; those with more than one hundred main cities are super princes. Those who really determine the dynamics of the Southeast Peninsula are these great princes and super princes.

However, at present, there are no such great princes and super princes on the Southeast Peninsula.

What existed in the past was subdued by the two major powers. What existed now and had the opportunity to become a great prince or a super prince. Most of them were annexed to each other in the central area of ​​the Southeast Peninsula. Now, when the two major powers were lost to suppress it, it is estimated that it will not take long before the forces that can be called great princes and super princes will appear.

So Zhao Hu is lucky. If the Southeast Peninsula has integrated several major forces, after destroying the original city lord of Mingyue City, don’t stand firm, Zhao Hu will definitely be driven out of the sea as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!