Mu Zimin smiled and said,
"Young Master wants to expand the army?"
Mu Yuan smiled and said,
"Yeah, how can we not expand the army? Also, take two platoons of soldiers and exterminate the bandits in the surrounding towns. Kill those who need to be killed, and send those who need to be re-educated to re-education."
In fact, it was called reform through labor, but it was just working for Mu Yuan. This way, they could save a lot of money. Hiring the people would cost two yuan a month, but using the bandits to work would only take care of two meals a day.
When Mu Zimin heard that Mu Yuan wanted him to go and exterminate the bandits, his face was filled with joy.
"Young Master, is that true?"
Mu Yuan looked at him and smiled.
"Have I ever lied to you? I can't bear the losses. Also, keep 30% of the loot from the raiders as military expenses, give the other 50% to the wood spirits, and use the remaining 20% as our reserve funds."
During this period, the bandits were very rich, especially in Kangyuan, where there was very little competition.
Mu Zimin smiled and said,
"Yes, Young Master. I promise to do it well."
Mu Yuan nodded and smiled.
"Okay, I'll wait for your good news. Don't lose too many warriors. These warriors are all precious. Think carefully when you make the battle plan."
The Mu people naturally knew how important these soldiers were to Mu Yuan, they were much more precious than the new recruits.
If possible, Mu Yuan did not want these warriors to go out. A warrior was stronger than a hundred recruits.
Mu Zimin nodded and said,
"Young Master, I know. I will definitely control it well. It won't cause huge casualties."
After receiving Mu Yuan's instructions, Mu Zimin quickly left. Mu He, who was standing beside Mu Yuan, asked with some doubt,
"Young Master, why are you going to exterminate the bandits? Wasn't that the matter of the county's security team?”
Mu Yuan only smiled at this and said in a somewhat meaningful tone,
" Xiao He, you don't understand. There's a lot of benefits involved, but you don't know either. Don't ask."
Muhe nodded adorably.
"Okay, Young Master. Xiao He is still too stupid."
Mu Yuan shook his head and smiled, not saying anything.
Mu Zimin took Mu Yuan's order and went directly to the military camp to mobilize troops.
Two platoons of 100 people meant that there were only 100 people left in the entire An Min Town. However, Mu Yuan was not worried about who would attack An Min Town. The surrounding bandit Zhang San had already been killed by Mu Yuan. The security group of Lin Yuan County did not have the strength to attack An Min Town, so they did not dare to do so either.
The entire Anmin Town is absolutely safe now.
Mu Yuan's ambition was destined to cause many deaths, but he did not feel guilty at all. Why should he feel guilty?
This era was like this. If one became a bandit, then Mu Yuan deserved to die.
Mu Zimin brought the army and set off. The entire Anmin Town was much better than before. Because of Mu Yuan, many of the exorbitant taxes were gone. There was only a unified tax. The commercial tax was 40% and the agricultural tax was 40%; this was the tax ratio that Mu Yuan gave to Anmin Town.
This tax ratio was absolutely very low, making the people of Anmin Town very grateful to Mu Yuan. The previous taxes had almost crushed them to death.
During this period, the taxes in any place were very harsh. It was considered good to be able to survive, but it was rare to collect taxes like Mu Yuan.
This caused many people from other towns to move to Anmin Town to live there. Originally, Anmin Town had a population of only 7000, but now it had a population of more than 10,000. It had become the most populated town in Linyuan County.
Of course, they also sent a lot of labor to Mu Yuan. In the past, these people could only farm, but now Mu Yuan wanted to train these young people to be workers, even if they did some simple and uncultured work. Such work was common in industries, such as textile, some labor work, light industry, and even hiring them to farm for Mu Yuan.
Although Kangyuan was high in mountains and dense in forests, there were too many cultivated lands that could be developed compared to the population here.
The entire An Min Town was not a place with mountains everywhere. It was a relatively flat area, so there was a large amount of undeveloped land. Mu Yuan wanted to grow food on this land. In the past, most of the farmland in Kang Yuan was used to grow tobacco. Although tobacco was profitable, Mu Yuan did not want to touch it.
Growing food was the absolute principle. The soldiers in the southwest only needed food. What was that thing?
Many soldiers didn't even have enough to eat, so where would they get their pay?
As long as Mu Yuan could feed them every time, Mu Yuan could gain their loyalty.
In addition, Mu Yuan had mixed his own soldiers into the recruits, so he could fundamentally control the thoughts of these soldiers.
Mu Yuan was not a kind person. He did not want the title of transport captain to appear on his head one day.
Mu Zimin brought two platoons of 100 soldiers to the neighboring town of An Min Town, Wuyi Town. This town was 20 km away from An Min Town. The town had a population of 8000 people, which was even larger than An Min Town in the past.
However, this place was high in mountains and dense in forests. It had a lot of wood resources, as well as the wood of Chinese walnut which could be used to make guns. This place would become a place that Mu Yuan could get in the future. Because the Chinese walnut here was needed by Mu Yuan, it had a good performance when used to make guns.
The Mu people chose this place as their starting point because there were three groups of bandits around the town, all of which had more than a hundred people.
The funny thing was that there were only 60 people in the security team of Wuyi Town. The bandits didn't even need to worry about these security teams when they robbed.
These security guards are usually used to oppress the civilians
In fact, it was equivalent to another group of bandits in Wuyi Town.
Mu Zi Min brought two platoons of warriors to a mountain outside Wuyi Town. The trees here were very tall, most of them were more than 20 meters tall, and most of them were made of walnut. In this era, any gun could not be separated from two things, one was steel, and the other was wood. There were very few types of wood that could be used to make guns, and walnut was one of them. This was a treasure trove.
There was also a group of bandits in this mountain. There were more than 100 people, and their weapons were all made in Hanyang. Most of the weapons used by the bandits during this period were made in Hanyang, or Hans 'M1888 rifle, which was actually made in Hanyang.
Mu Zimin brought two platoons of soldiers to the outside of the village. The village was made to look like a village where ordinary people lived, except that the people living inside were all bandits or their relatives.
There were about 500 people in the entire village, and more than 100 armed personnel.
Mu Zimin was lying in a thicket, holding a telescope in his hand and looking at the village 300 meters away. The life in the village was no different from that of ordinary people, except that they had no money or food to eat. They were just a group of bandits.
Mu Bai, the platoon leader of the 3rd platoon, who was lying beside Mu Zimin, was also holding a small notebook and writing something down.
After about an hour, Mu Zimin put down his binoculars and asked,
"Old Bai, have you memorized the map and the firing points?”
Mu Bai put away the small notebook and pencil in his hand and smiled.
"Don't worry, Company Commander. There are so many people in this stronghold. He couldn't possibly capture them all, right? If they capture us, we still have to feed them. It's fine for the men. We can even arrange for them to work in the mines. Are we raising them for nothing?"
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