The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket!-Chapter 1048 - 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 commencing in various places.

Commandant Office.

Each of the captains from the five units under Ganzhou Guard came 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 somewhat 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 claimed control over Ganzhou Guard upon arrival, had changed significantly.

With his training, the soldiers’ spirits and demeanor 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 men who entered.

The captains exchanged glances, and the eldest among them stepped forward with a smile: "We’ve come 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 met 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?"

Immediately, one of the captains tried to deflect: "Mr. Xiao, you can’t blame us for that. You have just arrived at Ganzhou Guard and are unfamiliar with the situation here. The grain yield is really pitifully low..." ƒreewebɳovel.com

Before he could finish, Xiao Yeyang slammed the account book onto the desk with a ’snap,’ giving the five men 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 fame of the Jinling Guard, a fine sweat broke out on the foreheads of all five.

Xiao Yeyang watched the five men 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 time.

The others came to their senses and echoed in agreement.

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 skimmed some grain and had not committed any major wrongdoing.

"The seeds have been prepared a long time ago; they are all high-yield grain species transported from Beijing. The land in Xiliang is somewhat barren, and the yield per mu may not compare to other inland provinces. However, Xiao Residence has also opened up some barren hills and wastelands. Come harvest time this autumn, make sure the military farms do not yield less than the barren hills and wastelands."