Chapter 1048: Chapter 881: Spring Plowing
In the blink of an eye, it was mid-February, and the weather in Ganzhou Guard began to warm up, with spring farming comncing in various places.
Commandant Office.
Each of the captains from the five units under Ganzhou Guard ca to collect seeds. In previous years, it was Xia Jianren who managed these matters, but now the Guard’s storeroom was under Xiao Yeyang’s supervision, so he directly sent the five captains to find Xiao Yeyang.
Xiao Yeyang was observing the military training of the soldiers with several officials from the Guard. Hearing that the five captains had arrived, he looked at Fan Tong: “Mr. Fan, I’ll leave this to you to oversee.”
Fan Tong did not expect Xiao Yeyang to call on him and instinctively nodded his head: “All right.” After responding, he felt sowhat awkward; he had previously declared that he would not deal with Xiao Yeyang.
Xiao Yeyang was younger than him, with neither seniority nor a higher rank. Why should he listen to him?
However, after observing Xiao Yeyang’s training over this period, his opinion of the Princely Heir of the Prince Residence, who had arrogantly claid control over Ganzhou Guard upon arrival, had changed significantly.
With his training, the soldiers’ spirits and deanor were now completely different from before; if they were previously sheep with no aggressiveness, they now had the appearance of wolves.
He had to admit he was impressed by Xiao Yeyang’s training.
Watching Xiao Yeyang stride away, Fan Tong took over the training without hesitation, watching every soldier on the field with a stern gaze.
“Xiao Yeyang is just a peacekeeper. Should we really be listening to him?”
“People regard him as the Princely Heir of the Prince Residence. Although he’s been demoted to Ganzhou Guard, we can’t treat him just like any peacekeeper. Haven’t you seen that all the other officials at the Guard office revere him? We just need to follow his lead.”
Once Xiao Yeyang arrived, he saw the five captains whispering among themselves. Without greeting them, he went straight into the Commandant’s office.
Seeing this, the five captains exchanged looks and quickly followed inside.
In the office, Xiao Yeyang was flipping through the military grain account books submitted by the five units over recent years, paying no attention to the five n who entered.
The captains exchanged glances, and the eldest among them stepped forward with a smile: “We’ve co to see Mr. Xiao. We are here to…”
Xiao Yeyang looked up and cut him off: “This account book in my hand records the amount of grain submitted by your units over the past five years. There are regulations by the Imperial Court regarding the submission of grain. I’ve checked, and none of the units have ever t the target over the past five years.”
“The majority of Ganzhou Guard’s best lands are military farms, yet you’ve been unable to provide even the grain supplies for the Border Army stationed here. I want to ask you, how did you manage that?”
Imdiately, one of the captains tried to deflect: “Mr. Xiao, you can’t bla us for that. You have just arrived at Ganzhou Guard and are unfamiliar with the situation here. The grain yield is really pitifully low…”
Before he could finish, Xiao Yeyang slamd the account book onto the desk with a ‘snap,’ giving the five n a cold look: “You may only know that I am the Princely Heir of the Prince Residence, and might not be aware that I was also once a Deputy Commander in the Jinling Guard. Do you think I am making these points for no reason?”
Upon hearing this, the hearts of the five captains trembled.
Indeed, they only knew of Xiao Yeyang as the prince’s son and had not heard of his position in the Jinling Guard.
Thinking of the fa of the Jinling Guard, a fine sweat broke out on the foreheads of all five.
Xiao Yeyang watched the five n in silence, waiting until their expressions tightened and they no longer carried their initial nonchalance before he continued: “I don’t want to delve too deeply into past matters. However, now that I have taken charge of Ganzhou Guard, you will have to follow my rules.”
The eldest captain was the first to collect himself and quickly said: “Mr. Xiao, from now on, we will follow your commands.”
The Jinling Guard was known for its relentless investigations; if Xiao Yeyang really chose to inquire, the things they had done were enough to give them a hard ti.
The others ca to their senses and echoed in agreent.
Xiao Yeyang’s expression softened slightly. He continued to use them because reports from the Jinling Guard indicated that these five military households had only skimd so grain and had not committed any major wrongdoing.
“The seeds have been prepared a long ti ago; they are all high-yield grain species transported from Beijing. The land in Xiliang is sowhat barren, and the yield per mu may not compare to other inland provinces. However, Xiao Residence has also opened up so barren hills and wastelands. Co harvest ti this autumn, make sure the military farms do not yield less than the barren hills and wastelands.”
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