I'M THE FARMGIRL YOU CAN'T MESS WITH

Chapter 224: Maintaining the Army

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Of course, Qi Xiuyuan couldn’t turn all the land occupied by the Jin Kingdom’s nobles into military fields in the end. He only managed to snatch about a quarter of the land. The remaining half was returned to the people and the other half was nationalized.

The good news was that he had recruited nearly 20,000 troops, and the Imperial Court actually agreed with his actions. The bad news was that he had to fork out all the military equipment for this group of people.

Even if Qi Xiuyuan used up all his assets, he would not be able to gather enough military equipment for all 20,000 soldiers. Aside from the 20,000 soldiers, there was also their families which he had to support. These people were willing to bring their families to become military households because they could not survive on their own for they had not even a single grain. After hearing that should they follow Qi Xiuyuan, not only would they receive land, but they would also receive grains, many came to Qi Xiuyuan with their families.

Qi Xiuyuan was so worried that he didn’t even have a good time drinking the celebratory wine. Fan Zijin pulled Qi Haoran closer to him and said, “Eldest Cousin, the fastest ways to earn money in this world are robbery and business. Robbery is illegal, so we naturally won’t do it. Then, there’s only business left.”

Qi Xiuyuan frowned at the two of them and asked, “What are you guys up to this time?”

Fan Zijin secretly pinched Qi Haoran. Without changing his expression, Qi Haoran said, “Big Brother, the diced rabbit meat produced by Zijin’s workshop is delicious. It is well-received in the south. Butler Chen said that even if we triple the production, the supply would not be able to meet the demand. And now, he’s still looking for even more sales channels in the south.”

Qi Xiuyuan leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms. He looked up at them slightly. “So?”

“Big Brother, look outside. There’s pasture everywhere because of the Hu people. If they raise rabbits and we buy the rabbits from them, they’ll earn money. Then, the pressure on us will be much less.”

Qi Xiuyuan said, “No, we’re Han Chinese. Han Chinese mainly farm. The people of Hanzhong Prefecture are already averse to farming. If we don’t abolish this move and support it instead, their hatred for the Hu people will shift to us.”

“We’re not touching the commoners’ fields. We’re simply asking the military households to do this.” Qi Haoran muttered, “I’m doing this for their own good. It’s not like I’m taking advantage of them for nothing.”

Qi Xiuyuan glanced at him and said, “That won’t do either. Those in the military households are still commoners.”

Fan Zijin said with a smile, “Cousin, it’s not like we’re asking them to use all the land to raise rabbits. Even if they wish to do that, I won’t be able to buy so many from them. There are so many military households under us. As long as some people are willing to use a few acres of low-grade land to raise a few hundred rabbits, it’s enough. I won’t be able to accept any more for the time being. How about we force them this year and let them decide for themselves next year? Cousin, each of them has more than a hundred acres of land under their name. They won’t be too resentful if we force them to raise rabbits on just a few acres. Look at the 5th Division. All the high-grade land has been forcefully planted with corn by us.”

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