About 10 kilometers west of Qingshan Town, in a village in Sanyang Town, a group of more than 10 people wearing military uniforms came to the entrance of the village early in the morning.

At first, the villagers thought that it was the officers and soldiers who crossed the border, and they were all very nervous, but after these people wearing officers and soldiers uniforms arrived at the entrance of the village, they were very well-behaved, saying that they were here to recruit soldiers, and they did not even intend to enter the village.

It was just to set up a recruiting point at the entrance of the village, and let people inform them that they were recruiting, so that those who were willing to serve as soldiers and eat food could apply as soon as possible.

Then they erected a big banner at the head of the village, with two big characters on it, 'recruitment', and a slightly smaller line below: Qingshan Town Patrol Camp.

There is also a notice posted on the wooden board on the side, which does not have much content, but it is written that Qingshan Town is recruiting new soldiers, but those who are selected will be given ten kilograms of settling-in food on the spot, and the recruits can receive eight constant yuan of silver every month when they enlist in the army.

Although this place is already in Sanyang Town, this village is actually Qingshan Town on the side, so I know a little bit about Qingshan Town, and some people have heard that the Qingshan Town Patrol Battalion has been recruiting troops recently.

But they didn't expect that they would come to Sanyang Town to recruit troops.

In the past, Qingshan Town recruited new soldiers by setting up recruitment points in the town for a long time, and at the same time sending people to various surrounding villages to recruit soldiers.

However, it was the first time to stay away from Qingshan Town and run to Sanyang Town next door.

Wu Dajiang, who led the team to recruit troops here, was actually unwilling to travel so far to recruit troops, which was more than ten kilometers away from Qingshan Town, and it would take several hours to run.

However, the source of qualified soldiers in Qingshan Town was almost exhausted, and he had no choice but to run to these villages on the periphery.

The Qingshan Town Patrol Battalion has been recruiting soldiers in recent months, and now it has recruited hundreds of people, which may not seem like a lot of people, but you have to know that Qingshan Town is just a town.

The total population of the town plus the rural areas outside the town is estimated to be about 20,000 people, and there are not many young people among them.

The Qingshan Town Patrol Battalion's requirements for recruits are not high, but they are not low.

It is not high, then it is because as long as the height reaches 1.55 meters, 16 years old and above, under 40 years old, good health, and physical fitness can reach certain conditions.

But when it comes to being high, it's actually high.

Because the patrol camp of Qingshan Town only needs peasant children, and the market hooligans do not want it.

This may seem low at first glance, but in fact, many of the people who took the initiative to join the army in these years are unemployed vagrants and gangsters, because many of them are willing to take risks to win the riches.

If this part of the people is rejected, then it means that a large part of the potential military sources are actively rejected.

In addition, not all eligible peasant children will come to join the army.

These are troubled times, even farmers who have little knowledge know that it is very risky to be a soldier now, that is the business of pinning your head to your trousers, and if you don't do it well, you will die on the battlefield.

However, the vast majority of eligible people are still willing to run to serve as soldiers.

It's also very simple, just to have a full meal!

Whether it is other regular troops, or Lin Ziran's Qingshan Patrol Battalion, in fact, the treatment is already good, although the soldiers may not get much money, but they can eat well, and the food is generally good.

In order to ensure the physical fitness of the soldiers, Lin Ziran is similar to other ambitious feudal towns, and he will not treat the soldiers under him badly, so as long as the conditions permit, he will still give the soldiers the best possible rations.

For the soldiers of the regular army of the Luo'an Army, the salary of the newly enlisted third-class soldier is 10 yuan per month, and the salary of the Qingshan Town Patrol Battalion is 8 yuan per month.

However, whether it is the regular army or the Qingshan Town Patrol Battalion, they will deduct various expenses such as food expenses, and the cash that is finally issued to the soldiers is actually very small.

In reality, however, this amount of money was not enough for the soldiers to eat and drink with their stomachs open.

Most of the time, Lin Ziran often has to post it upside down.

As a comparison, a worker in the Qingshan Refinery who has no special skills and just does manual labor has a monthly salary of about six yuan, which is enough for them to barely fill their stomachs, and even if it is a monthly salary of six Hengyuan, there are very few people who can get it.

When Tsingshan oil fields and refineries recruit workers, each recruitment will cause a large number of people to queue up to apply, and the proportion of people who can be selected is very small.

Lin Ziran heard that a few decades ago, people's salary income was quite high, and the monthly salary of ordinary workers could generally reach more than ten yuan.

When the older generation talks about the early years of Yongchang, they often have good memories.

In the early years of Yongchang, Daheng was still one of the world's most famous powers, on land, the other countries of the Central Continent pressed by the Daheng Army could not raise their heads, and a black sword corps swept the entire Central Continent invincible.

At sea, with more than 100 sail battleships, the strength of the Daheng Navy can also enter the top five in the world, especially in the endless sea, that is, the invincible existence.

However, all this completely changed in the early years of Yongchang.

Because in the early years of Yongchang, a war broke out between the Daheng Empire and the Olisa Empire on the Southern Continent!

In that cross-sea war, Daheng spent several years, suffered millions of casualties, and spent at least billions of Hengyuan in military spending, but in the end he did not get any benefits.

The most important thing is that the huge war expenditure completely dragged down the finances of the Great Heng Dynasty.

In order to supplement the fiscal deficit, the Daheng Dynasty began to raise taxes generally, which led to national turmoil, which in turn led to numerous rebellions.

In the process of suppressing the rebellion, numerous feudal towns rose up, and finally evolved into a situation where the local government was strong and Gyeonggi was weak.

Year by year, Daheng is getting more and more chaotic, and by today, everyone knows that Daheng is going to be finished.

In such a troubled world, for many people, even simply wanting to eat is already a luxury.

Whether it is to work in a factory or to eat food as a soldier, as long as you can eat enough, then it is already the wish of many people.

This is also why every time the Qingshan Town Patrol Battalion recruits new soldiers, it can easily recruit enough soldiers.

However, although many people are willing to come to serve as soldiers, the patrol battalion is not for everyone, at least it must be a strong young man, the population in Qingshan Town is limited, and the potential source of qualified soldiers is also limited, and now it is almost the same as recruiting hundreds of people.

Otherwise, Wu Dajiang would not have been sent by Lin Ziran to Sanyang Town to recruit soldiers.

The process of recruiting soldiers went smoothly, and Wu Dajiang soon recruited about a hundred recruits in several nearby villages.

But what he didn't expect was that he was just about to go back with the recruited recruits, but he was blocked by a group of people.

This is a group of soldiers who are also wearing military uniforms!