After digging the wall for more than half a month, the son of Hu Chuan, Hu Shi's brother Hu Wei's ability, is really not built. Hu Wei wrote some letters and sent them out, and these letters reached the hands of those Green Battalion officers, and immediately many Green Battalion officers and soldiers came over. The shortage of middle and high-level officers in Wang Guorui has been greatly alleviated, although many of them want to relearn firearms warfare, but they have flexible brains, and they are natural people, so they have great prospects for development compared to the Red Police soldiers. And Wang Guorui also promised that after they came, the soldiers under their jurisdiction would be almost the same as before, and they would not be too reduced. However, I am also glad that these officers of the Green Battalion are all about the commander, and there are dozens of people under them, and Wang Guorui can still arrange it.

Moreover, Wang Guorui did not promote the Red Police soldiers to officers, and directly appointed these new Green Battalion officers as officers, which made Hu Wei even more relieved. Because since he was able to be so generous and did not mention his own people, but directly appointed these newcomers as officers, in Hu Wei's heart, Wang Guorui was selfless. If Wang Guorui has selfish intentions and wants to be a warlord, then I am afraid that he will definitely reject them. But Wang Guorui not only did not reject it, but used it a lot, which is obviously selfless from the bottom of his heart! Hu Wei also completely let go of Wang Guorui's idea of being a warlord.

And Hu Wei didn't know that Wang Guorui had actually been ready to cross the river and tear down the bridge. Before Wang Guorui succeeded in resisting Japan, he was relieved about these green battalion officers, because they were at least with themselves and did not want the Japanese army to occupy Taiwan. But once the anti-Japanese is resisted, it depends on whether they are willing to follow them. If they are willing to follow Wang Guorui, then Wang Guorui will also give them wealth. If they don't want to, then Wang Guorui will have to cross the river and tear down the bridge. At that time, those low-level soldiers who have gone through the war of resistance against Japan will also be able to train a group of officers, which can completely replace these officers from the green battalion. And it is impossible for these green battalion officers to rebel, because the bottom of the army is full of red police soldiers acting as grassroots officers, and they want to rebel, but they have already been shot by red police soldiers before they can be dispatched. Therefore, Wang Guorui is not afraid of their rebellion at all, but Wang Guorui does not really trust these green battalion officers, and only has the idea of using them temporarily.

"There are more than 1,000 people, but there are still not enough qualified soldiers!" Wang Guorui complained.

Although these officers who came one after another were able to bring some soldiers, after all, there were too few, and many officers brought only three or four, and the most one brought ten soldiers. The qualified soldiers brought by these officers were very limited and could not be fully brought over. It is obviously too much of a drop in the bucket to rely on these officers to bring soldiers over, so we have to find another way.

"Huh? There's something interesting about this weapon! Wang Guorui suddenly saw that there was a very interesting weapon in the weapon selection of the Red Police Barracks.

Soon, Wang Guorui also issued an official document, and then sent it to various prefectures and counties in Taiwan, and then many people also received the official document.

Inside the yamen of the magistrate of Chiayi County, Sun Yuwan, the magistrate of Chiayi County, opened the official document sent by Wang Guorui.

"Huh? What does this mean? Sun Yuwan was surprised.

And the master next to him immediately said: "Lord Zhixian, this is an official document sent by Wang Guorui, the magistrate of Hsinchu County, and he wants to entrust our local magistrates to recruit qualified soldiers on behalf of the volunteer army he formed. And the conditions of the soldiers, that is, the criteria behind the official document. ”

And Sun Yuwan looked at the recruitment standard, and suddenly snorted: "Hmph, this standard is really high!" If I have such a good soldier, then why should I give it to him! ”

Wang Guorui's standard for soldiers is still very high. However, at this time, all the troops in Taiwan were expanding, and those good and excellent soldiers were all fragrant and sweet. If you have a good soldier, why should you give it to others? So if Wang Guorui has no other conditions, then Wang Guorui, the official document that hopes that they will recruit soldiers on their behalf, I am afraid that no one will take it seriously at all. However, of course, Wang Guorui knew that these Manchu officials could not afford to urinate early, so they already had the corresponding means to deal with it.

"Lord Zhixian, Wang Guorui Zhixian did not let everyone contribute in vain, and he is also conditional." The master said.

"Oh? What conditions? How much does he give? If I don't have the money, then I won't do it! Sun Yuwan asked with a look that his eyes had turned into Brother Kong Fang, obviously this Sun Yuwan is not a good man and a woman, he is definitely a guy with good money.

The master immediately said: "What he gave was not money, but good things." Ruizhi County, that kingdom, said that every time he recruited a soldier for him, he would give us three rifles. Although these rifles are not first-class among foreigners, they are all very good. I've also seen it, this is a foreigner's flintlock pistol, but it's a paper shell bullet. It's a little worse than today's rifles, but it's still a rifle. If we had these rifles, our soldiers would not have to fight the enemy's rifles with cold weapons. Moreover, with these rifles, the combat effectiveness of our army has increased by more than one layer. ”

"What's more, if each of these rifles is sold on the mainland, that rifle can be exchanged for more than thirty taels of silver! Moreover, they are all in short supply. In this day and age, having a gun is fundamental. Many large landlords are also prepared to have rifles, although these rifles are old and backward, but for those landlords are very hot, there will be no market at all. The master said excitedly.

And this Sun Yuwan's eyes immediately became Brother Kong Fang, and in his eyes, these rifles are completely money! If it can be sold on the mainland at that time, then each one is ninety taels of silver, and it will be a lot of money. You must know that in this era, a seven-grade county official, the legal income of an official in a year is only more than 1,200 taels of silver, which includes the case of raising incorruptible silver. Now, if you can help recruit a dozen soldiers, you can get a year's income. And if you can recruit one or two hundred, it will really be a fortune.

"My lord, your mention has come out, and the government around the country has responded enthusiastically! Now many officials have sent official documents, willing to help us recruit soldiers, and they are all recruited according to the standards of Wang Zhixian County. Wang Guorui's master said.

"Hehe, if these guys are not tempted, then there is a problem! The terms I gave were good enough, and I didn't believe they wouldn't be tempted. Wang Guorui said with a smile.

Wang Guorui's approach is actually to exchange those old-fashioned rifles for those local officials to help him recruit soldiers. As for the price of these rifles, it is actually sold by the pound. The barracks of this red police system, although he is based on the level of science and technology. And the price of a Mauser 98 rifle is 30 yuan, and this is the cost price of a Mauser 98 rifle.

Of course, if Wang Guorui wants to buy those old-fashioned weapons, it is not impossible. Even if Wang Guorui wants to buy those cold weapons, it is not impossible. But these prices are very cheap. As for this rifle rifle from about 90 years ago, this rifle technology is already extremely backward, and Westerners do not produce it anymore. And Western soldiers will never use this kind of rifle, not even militia. And Wang Guorui used the Red Police system to produce this rifle, which was completely bought on the basis of catties. This kind of rifle can buy more than a dozen catties for one yuan, so a rifle is less than one yuan, and Wang Guorui can buy it for a ton.

Wang Guorui found out about this situation, and he took the initiative to produce a lot of them, and then prepared to exchange them for qualified soldiers with those magistrates. And Wang Guorui also thinks that some of these rifles will definitely be used to arm those other armies, as long as these weapons can be used to arm those other troops, the combat effectiveness of other troops will definitely be improved a little. As for how much it will improve, Wang Guorui can't guarantee it, but in short, it has also improved. This should also have some benefits for the defense of Taiwan in the future, right?

As for those who want to sell these rifles, then Wang Guorui will not have any other ideas. Anyway, it's their business to sell, but Wang Guorui won't care about it. Wang Guorui only cared about getting qualified soldiers, and these rifles were so cheap that it was not uncommon for Wang Guorui to use them to get those officials to recruit soldiers for him.

And Wang Guorui was also able to obtain a large number of qualified soldiers, allowing his troops to expand. As long as you can get those people to help you recruit soldiers, you won't be afraid of anything public. Originally, Wang Guorui's recruitment of soldiers was also sneaky, and he did not dare to expand the recruitment. And once these tattered rifles are used in exchange for soldiers, it is completely possible to recruit soldiers openly, and it is a reasonable and legal recruitment. And these tattered rifles are also between those that make Manchu officials tempted and unmoved.

If Wang Guorui used the most advanced rifle in exchange, it would definitely make many Manchu officials suspicious, and Wang Guorui couldn't afford it! And this kind of rifle, although it made the Manchu officials moved, but it was not completely tempting. So even if Wang Guorui took out this rifle from 90 years ago, these Manchu officials would not pay too much attention. And although they are also a little curious about the source of Wang Guorui's rifle, they will not ask for their lives. As long as they don't try their best to inquire, then Wang Guorui is confident that he will delay it, as long as the Japanese army starts to invade Taiwan, they will not have the idea of inquiring about the source of this tattered rifle.