That day, Qin Bai received a guest here. Or to put it more accurately, the guest was invited by him. He was Guo Kedao, the deputy deputy of Fushan Institute.

By this time, the military household system established in the early Ming Dynasty had completely corrupted. Here we talk about the problem of bloated institutions. According to the court system, each thousand households has one thousand households (fifth rank), two thousand households (fifth rank), and several subordinate officials. But in fact, the court has always had rewards, and there are always wars to fight, and there will be promotions if there are military merits. The military positions awarded are hereditary and cannot be demoted. So now, the main households of each thousand household in the mainland are from four to five, seven to eight. The deputy households range from more than a dozen to twenty. It is far beyond the original establishment.

In this way, there will definitely be a problem - who will take this position?

The wisdom of the people is infinite, so various local rules have been formed within the garrison. Some are strong and have been monopolized by a certain family, continuing the inheritance of father and son; some are sitting in a row and each family takes turns to compete for several years; some are sending heirs to compete in martial arts; some are obtained military positions in the court through military exercises; some are even voting to implement "democracy"? Anyway, there are a variety of systems, and it seems that all kinds of systems can be found here.

By the way, Qi Jiguang wanted to pass the Martial Arts. However, after he passed the Martial Arts Juren, Qi Jiguang went to Beijing to take the Wu Jinshi exam. He happened to be unlucky and encountered more than ten Altan's army heading south and surrounded Beijing. The court ordered the suspension of the examination, and all Martial Arts Juren were all appointed as military positions on the battlefield. So Qi Jiguang's legendary life began.

Of course, these hereditary military officers of the N generation are often internal and external, and fighting outsiders are completely unreliable. The court also understands this. Therefore, for those key garrisons, the Ministry of War will sometimes arrange "airborne" and designate a commander or a thousand households. An experienced military officer comes, and with some personal soldiers brought by them, at least the military functions of some garrisons can be restored.

However, such airborne will also have sequelae. The commanders, Qianhu, are also hereditary, and after they take root, their personnel will become more and more bloated. But bureaucracy! Treat the head with headaches and feet, as long as there is no problem in front of you. The court just needs to live by. Anyway, if there is trouble, it will be a headache for future officials.

Therefore, like the Thousand Houses and the Thousand Houses in Fushan Station, there is actually no appearance of military officers, or they become big landlords, let the military households cultivate the military camps of the garrison, or simply do business.

The location of Fushan Institute is in the modern Qingdao City. It belongs to a coastal area. It is by the sea and eats the sea. Usually, military households will cook salt and subsidize their household income. However, Huang Jun’s salt gang is too powerful, and the salt cooked is not available in other places. Of course, the salt gang will not be killed, and they will also purchase a certain amount of the coastal garrisons. Therefore, the deputy Qianhou of Guo Kedao collected scattered salt from the military households and transported it to Jingjiazhuang for sale. Then he purchased some daily necessities from Jingjiazhuang and sold it to the military households in his Qianhou of his office.

It should be said that if he didn't look at Guo Kedao's official position as a fifth-rank military officer, he actually belonged to the very inconspicuous small businessman. Therefore, he seemed very frightened and frightened by Qin Bai's initiative to invite him today. Indeed, Guo Kedao did not take his deputy Qianhu seriously at all, and believed that Qin Bai, the brave and victorious master, had a much higher status than his.

Today I was arranged directly at Mengxianju. Therefore, when Qin Bai enthusiastically invited Guo Kedao to take his seat, he was already flattered: "Master Bai Er, please give me instructions if you have anything to do. As long as you can do it, I will ensure that there is no such thing."

Qin Bai smiled and said, "Mr. Guo..."

"I dare not. How dare you be called an adult in front of you?"

"Haha, then okay, Mr. Guo..."

"I really don't dare, Master Bai, just call me Xiao Guo?"

"Then... Brother Guo? Haha, Brother Guo, I really have something to ask you to help. Regardless of whether this matter can be done, I have a gift of 200 taels here. Don't think it's too little. If it's done, there will be another generous gift."

The more Guo Kedao heard it, the more he felt cold sweat. He was thinking in his heart, he wouldn't want me to do a shocking case together, right? But I only know how to collect rent and do small business. Can you, Bai Er, find the wrong person?

In fear, Qin Bai continued to smile and said, "Brother Guo, do you know? During the New Year, my brothers have taken in a lot of people here and always have to settle them. So I want to buy a piece of land so that they can have a place to stay. Anyway, the price will definitely not cause the seller to suffer. I wonder if there is any in your Fushan Institute? If not, then other wardrobes are OK?"

When Guo Kedao heard this, he felt relieved in secret: "Bai Ermai..."

"Haha, Brother Guo, don't be polite, you and my brother are in line."

"Oh. Bai...Brother, I'm really hiding it. Our military farms in the garrison have already been divided, and the other garrisons are basically the same. Isn't it that I refuse to help, but there is really no?"

The military officers of the garrison had long regarded the military farmland as private property and the military households as tenants, and could rent them every year. Moreover, the coastal garrisons were all thin fields and the production was not high, so the military officers were particularly fond of the fields they had assigned to their families and refused to take out.

"Brother Guo, you misunderstood what I mean. I don't want land that can farm, as long as I can build a house to live in. But the larger the place, the better."

If the hometown of Jiangnan is Qin Bai's personal retreat, now he just wants to find a retreat for Yongsheng. He originally wanted to slow down, but unexpectedly, the assassin incident happened, which suddenly became imminent, so he found Guo Kedao.

However, this was done out of helplessness. Qin Bai originally thought that it was natural to pay for the land, but after asking around, he found that it was not easy. The landlords in this era had no investment channels, so they only had to enter and leave the land and did not take out at all. They were unwilling to pay much money.

Therefore, Qin Bai could only set his mind to attack the military camps of the garrison. Moreover, the garrisons of Denglai were all located in coastal areas. If something was wrong, they could go to sea to escape.

When he heard Qin Bai's request, Guo Kedao immediately became energetic: "If this happens, there is a place in our Qianhu District. It's just a remote place. I wonder if Brother Bai is interested?"
Chapter completed!