Zheng Xunrui had just been appointed governor of Yansui, and He Yaowu, the chief soldier of Yulin, committed suicide, because he was ashamed of his trust in the imperial court, and there were too many sergeants who escaped from the Yulin border pass, which promoted the growth of the strength of the Liukou, and many people also became the leaders of the Liukou. Such a reason sounds incredible, it makes people feel incredible, how could the dignified chief military officer, the military attache of the second grade, commit suicide because of this little thing, and there are two masters who followed the suicide, but He Yaowu did commit suicide in the general military mansion, and left a suicide note, which is very clear, He Yaowu has been in Yulin Town for nearly ten years, and there are many officers who know him, everyone knows that He Yaowu is more domineering, and the relationship between the top and bottom is good, the former governor of Yansui, Lord Hong Chengchou, The relationship with He Yaowu is very good, and it is too unusual to say that He Yaowu chose to commit suicide for some inexplicable reasons in such a situation.

Countless officers shifted their attention to the new governor of Yansui, Zheng Xunrui, who had just turned eighteen years old, came to Yulin Town for just over ten days, and unknowingly made such a big thing, it seems that it is indeed not simple, for a while, most of the officers felt afraid, I don't know what the governor is eyeing him, even He Zongbing is vulnerable, not to mention that they are small.

No one is a fool, everyone knows that He Yaowu's suicide must have something to do with the governor, but if there is no evidence, you can't talk nonsense, and everyone can only keep it in their hearts, and they don't even dare to talk about it in private.

It is impossible for the Yulin General Army to be equipped in a short period of time, and all military and political affairs are naturally directly responsible for the governor.

Adjutant generals, generals, guerrilla generals, and other officers went to visit the governor one after another, and their main purpose was to show their loyalty, and they must not be regarded as an alternative by the governor, or a confidant of General He, then it would be troublesome.

Quickly cleaned up He Yaowu and shocked the officers of all sizes in Yulin Town, Zheng Xunrui's initial goal was achieved, and then he was most concerned about recruiting sergeants.

Don't underestimate the place of Yulin, because they are all military households, there is a lot of contact with each other, and the living environment of military households is very bad, so they have developed the habit of bearing hardships and standing hard work when they are young, if the body is not strong, it is almost impossible to survive, in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, there was a very famous army born here, known as one of the three major soldiers in the late Ming Dynasty Qin soldiers.

It was Sun Chuanting who formed the Qin soldiers, but at this time, Sun Chuanting was still at home, and there was nothing to do, until the eighth year of Chongzhen, which was not enabled by the imperial court, and the Qin soldiers were once famous for killing the king Gao Yingxiang.

Zheng Xunrui came to Yulin and asked Zheng Jinhong to recruit sergeants, it was this that he thought of this, of course, history is history, reality is reality, he can't fully believe in history, so he asked Zheng Jinhong to recruit two thousand sergeants first, to see what the effect is, and then his requirements for the army are different, it must be a regular army, able to deal with large-scale battles, and can also fight between mountains, and at the same time learn to operate firearms, especially artillery.

The discipline of the army, Zheng Xunrui has always been the first place, he has always believed that an army without military discipline is without a soul, it may seem strong on the surface, but it cannot resist real pressure, and it is embarrassing.

After dealing with He Yaowu, Zheng Jinhong began to recruit sergeants.

Yang He went deep into the Hetao grassland, and has not yet returned, many things can only be worried about by the Zheng family, but he does things, all of them are in the interests of the young master, and the things ordered by the young master must be done to the best, so the recruitment of sergeants, the progress at the beginning is not particularly smooth.

Yulin is full of military households, some military households, only the old and weak women and children are left, almost unable to survive, good men are not soldiers, becoming a military household is the most unlucky thing, in this case, who is willing to take the initiative to be a soldier.

After learning of these circumstances, Zheng Xunrui was not in a hurry, he highly Zheng Jinhong, the more at this time, the more he could not be in a hurry, the requirements for recruiting sergeants could not change in any way, those recruits who entered the Zheng Family Army naturally wanted to publicize, after all, when they entered the Zheng Family Army, they could eat well and eat well, although the daily training was harder, but being a soldier was to train.

There are not many war horses in Yulin Town, most of these war horses belong to the various guard camps and forts, etc., Zheng Xunrui can't force it, and these war horses, most of them belong to Mongolian horses, Zheng Xunrui really can't look down on them, there are only three kinds of war horses in the Zheng family's army, namely Arab war horses, Uzhumuqin horses and southern horses, these three kinds of war horses, except for the southern horses and Mongolian horses, the other two types of war horses are better than Mongolian horses.

The salary of the sergeant of the Zheng family army is temporarily two taels of silver per month, and Zheng Xunrui does not dare to adjust it too high in this regard, so as not to attract the attention of the court and other places, and it is the truth that the gun shoots the first bird, but the biggest difference between the Zheng family army is that the sergeant can eat well and eat well, and enter the army, food, clothing and housing are guaranteed, and the two taels of silver per month are completely used to support the family, and these silver can ensure that the family has food to eat, so as not to starve, and the current soldiers of the Zheng family army are not too much dragged down by their families. Hongjiabao's young and strong, his family is in Jiangning County, he doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, thanks to the Zheng family, so he is desperately working, and many of the recruited rogues have lost contact with their families.

Another point, Zheng Jiajun's biggest special thing is that there is no deduction of military salaries, for those family members who know the news, they can also take special care of the family members who followed, at least the food purchased by these people, Zheng Jiajun can guarantee a low price.

The sergeants who had just been recruited into the Zheng family army quickly felt this.

The news quickly spread all around.

The number of people signing up quickly increased.

In mid-to-late August, Zheng Jinhong began to complain, the number of people who met the requirements was far more than 2,000, and some of the seedlings who looked particularly good might not be able to be recruited into the Zheng family army because of the limitation of the number, which seemed to be a pity.

It was also at this time that Zheng Xunrui's order came, there was no limit to the number of places for the time being, and those who were qualified would be recruited, but there was one requirement, that is, they had to go through rigorous training before they could really become a sergeant of the Zheng family.

In half a month, 4,000 people were recruited.

This makes Zheng Xunrui feel strange, where did so many people come from in Yulin Town, you must know that it has suffered from famine for four consecutive years, and the situation is even worse than Yan'an Mansion, many border troops have run away and joined the rogue team, most of the rest are old and weak women and children, they can't walk, they can only stay and wait for death, and during the famine, many people starved to death here, Zheng Xunrui came to Yansui Town on the way, and there were not too many people to see, and even fewer young and strong.

After considering these things, Zheng Xunrui began to observe these sergeants carefully, some of the recruited sergeants seemed to know some basic military knowledge, and it was not strange to be in Yulin Town, but thinking of He Yaowu's greed for so much military salary, it was impossible for sergeants to train on weekdays, which made him doubt the source of the recruited sergeants.

It was Zheng Jinhong who uncovered the mystery.

Zheng Jinhong also noticed this, the number of sergeants in Yulin Town, Guard, Camp and Fort and other places is not very large, after more than half a month of verification, officers at all levels have really reported the figures, do not dare to conceal it, afraid that the governor will investigate and hold accountable, and finally counted, the total number of border troops is only 35,000, and among these sergeants, middle-aged and above account for a large part, and young and strong are very few.

Zheng Jinhong, who had personally participated in the investigation, was also suspicious of the origin of the sergeants, and he waited among these recruits, ate and drank together, and finally learned that most of these people came from the prefectures and counties of Yan'an Prefecture, of which a large part of them were from Suide and other places in Mizhijia Prefecture.

Zheng Xunrui's fame in Yan'an Mansion is very big, Zheng Jiajun's fame is not small, and among the sergeants of Zheng Jiajun, there are many people who are natives of Yan'an Mansion, and some family members also came to Yulin Town, these sergeants and their families' propaganda has made Zheng Jiajun the envy of many people in Yan'an County, this time Zheng Jiajun decided to start recruiting sergeants, people from all over Yan'an Mansion are naturally flocking, there are people who farm at home, plus stay at home, food consumption is also large, it is better to join Zheng Jiajun, If you can make meritorious contributions, you may even be able to become an officer in the future.

Some of these people who came to join the army came from the ranks of the rogues, and of course they knew some basic army requirements, so when it came to recruitment, it was very good.

These people also led some young people in Yulin, although they are military households, but they have no military uniforms, no salary, they are farming, they can't see the future, they simply join the Zheng family's army, you must know that the commander of the Zheng family army is the governor, so those officers in Yulin do not dare to continue to bully them, and ask them to bear unbearable taxes.

Recruitment will close on August 20.

It was the scorching summer season, and the training began on a large scale.

Zheng Xunrui doesn't need to worry too much about training, he currently needs to worry about a lot of things, he has so much gold and silver in his hands, and then he has to buy a lot of grain, the end of the autumn harvest season in the south is not long, it should be possible to buy a lot of grain, in addition, what is Yang He's contact, the war horse is the most critical thing.

Of course, there are also the officers and sergeants of the Weixiao Camp Fort in Yulin Town, these people can't abandon it, after all, Zheng Xunrui is the governor of Yansui, which is also one of his duties, and the place where it should be stabilized is still to be stabilized, although it is said that the silver is a little wronged, this is also a matter of no way.