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The rooster announces the dawn, and the morning dawn breaks through the fog.

Li Jing got up and walked to the window and pushed it open, and the cold wind immediately greeted him, rushing into the house and diluting the filthy air a lot. Stretching his waist and twisting his sore neck, Li Jing rubbed his eyes that had stayed up all night. Yesterday's day can be described as a long day, for my mother's birthday, a banquet for many friends and neighbors, and then the county gentry and subordinates came to pay their respects, and even the bandits were wrapped in thousands of homeless people to join in the fun.

Wang Li Village blew and sang and beat and killed, and this time did not stop until dawn. Fortunately, although there were a few surprises yesterday, everything was still under control. None of the more than 150 bandits escaped, all of them were killed, and even their heads were piled up outside the village. The most troublesome of the more than 1,000 homeless people were finally arranged, and instead of killing them for the crime of gangsters, they were taken back by him and the county gentry to be tenants according to Li Jing's proposal.

Striking while the iron was hot, Li Jing recruited sixty-three craftsmen and one hundred reserve servants from the homeless people yesterday, and simply took the opportunity to evaluate and select those young men who came to join the army with Lin Wei and others. The last one was before dawn, and the number of people who finally passed the list was 500. Except for some who are too young and too old, basically over sixteen and under forty, Li Jing accepted them all.

In addition, on the recruitment register, in addition to the family members recruited by 100 homeless people and the 500 young soldiers brought by his former subordinates, Li Jing also recruited 500 people. These 500 people are mainly members of the Li clan who live in a nearby village, as well as three brothers-in-law and their relatives, such as the three aunts and seven aunts. In addition, almost every village in Wangli Village asked to join the army to follow Li Jing, Li Jing did not refuse this request, and finally selected a hundred young people from the village, plus some relatives of Wang Li Village also asked to join the army, and after the last selection, there were enough 500 people registered.

If we add the nearly 500 families of the 63 craftsmen and 100 homeless people, there are 1,700 people in the book at once, and this is still not counting the families of the 1,000 people recruited later.

After all the rosters were completed and two copies were copied and backed, Lin Wei and other officers, who had been busy all night, were a little puzzled.

"Fourth brother, the number of soldiers in Shamen Town is only three hundred, and there are already fifty soldiers in Shamen Town, and the number of soldiers in our hands is only two hundred and fifty, and we already have one hundred soldiers. The remaining number of soldiers is only one hundred and fifty people, even if the fourth brother adds the quota of three hundred family members, it will disturb a total of four hundred and fifty people. Now 1,163 people have been recruited at once, which is not suitable, right? This number is more than half, more than 700 more. Lin Wei didn't quite understand Li Jing's thoughts, but he knew the consequences of Lu Dao's private expansion of the army. What's more, more than 1,000 people were recruited at once, and people are easy to recruit, but how to raise them?

Zhang Hong, who has always claimed to be Li Jing's military division, also stroked his goatee and said: "If the general wants to recruit more people, it is not a big problem, and we can solve the problem of the number of troops in other names." For example, we still only have 300 official soldiers, and the rest can be arranged in the name of the family. For the rest, we can also use the name of nursing homes and so on. However, one of the troubles for Guan Jian is the money. ”

"Let's talk about the cost of the sergeant's ordnance and armor first, these additional soldier equipment can only be purchased by ourselves, whether we can get so much equipment is only second, how to pay this money is the key. According to the equipment cost of the minimum standard of 20 yuan per person, in addition to the existing 100 old units with equipment, we are still short of 1,000 sets of equipment. Dengzhou still has 300 sets of equipment, but there are still 700 sets of equipment, and this account alone needs 14,000 yuan. If we calculate the consumption of two liters of grain per person per day, one person will need six buckets of grain a month, and 1,200 people will need 330 stone of grain in a month alone, and one stone of grain will now cost at least four yuan, and 1,320 yuan of grain in a month. In addition, the general also promised a monthly salary, and one person calculated that the money and grain would be discounted at least four times a month, and 1,200 people would be 4,800 yuan. In total, the expenditure on grain and food and wages in January amounted to 6,120 yuan, and together with the 14,000 yuan for the purchase of ordnance and equipment, a total of 2,120 yuan. ”

Zhang Hong said with a toothache: "This is only the first month's expenditure, and there will be at least 5,000 yuan per month in the future." General, this is a bottomless pit, we don't have that much money at all. It is said that the garrison is hard, even if we don't deduct half of the salary, we can only take the food and salary of 300 people, which is a drop in the bucket. ”

"I still have some money, so let's take it all." Li Jing suddenly recruited so many soldiers at once, naturally he also had his plans. Previously, he went to Shamen Town, playing the idea of being a low-key person and quietly expanding his power. But after talking with Han Zhi, Zhang Hong and others before, Li Jing also knew that Song Wen sent him to Fengzhang's territory, which was originally a risky move. If you can't increase your strength, it is estimated that there will really be no return. Feng Zhang even dared to detain the merchant ships and descendants of the Han family, which shows that he is also a ruthless character. Besides, he already planned to agree to Han Zhi and meddle in the affairs of Han Cui's three families, so he naturally had to be cautious. Use soldiers for a while, raise soldiers for a thousand days. The army cannot be trained overnight, and if Li Jing wants to do something, he must plan early.

Lin Wei frowned and said: "How much money can the fourth brother have, the 10,000 horses of silk last time were used to reward the brothers, and to buy ordnance and so on, I'm afraid there is not much left." In this way, Erlang and I also have some money saved, adding up to almost 500 yuan, so let's take it out and put it in the account. ”

Wang Zhong and Zhang Hong in the house, when they heard this, immediately said that they also had more than 200 yuan, and they were all reward money and were willing to hand it over to Li Jing. Cui Zhiyuan, who joined the newcomer, was a poor man, but Zhang Yingying had given him a hundred taels of silver collar before, and at this time he gritted his teeth and took it out. In addition, Du Zhongwu, the son of a wealthy merchant who had been awarded the official position of Bing Cao Zuo by Li Jing, immediately expressed his willingness to go to his father immediately to collect 10,000 yuan to help Li Jing solve part of the money and silk problem.

Li Jing looked at the few people in front of him with some surprise, and these people in front of him were already his core members. Lin Wei, Wang Chong, and Lin Wu are all military generals, and they are brothers who have kowtowed. And Lin Wei is still his brother-in-law, and he has also experienced the assassination of Feng Yanqing's life and death brother together. In addition, Zhang Hong, Cui Zhiyuan, and Du Zhongwu are all civilians, Zhang Hong has also killed bandits together and assassinated Feng Yanqing's old brother, although Cui Zhiyuan and Du Zhongwu are new to joining, they are also officially Jinshi, and they don't have too much other relationship, so they are people who can be trusted by Li Jing.

Sanwu Sanwen, this is Li Jing's most relied on subordinate now. Although Xiao Shi and the others are more reliable, after all, they can't become the upper echelons of this group now. To establish their own potential, Lin Wei and others can be regarded as partners. Li Jing had always paid for it alone, but Li Jing didn't think about using their money. But now that they are willing to take out the money, Li Jing still feels very happy, which shows that everyone has taken this matter as their own business, and they have integrated into this circle, especially the performance of Cui Zhiyuan and Du Zhongwu, which makes Li Jing very satisfied.

"Okay, brothers are of the same heart, and their profits are gold." Li Jing said with a smile, sweeping away the fatigue after staying up late. "I'll take this money, but you don't have to take out all the money bags, you can just make a hundred yuan each, and you have to use the rest yourself. I have received Brother Du's wishes, you can do it according to everyone's wishes. "I received 1,000 yuan from the Du family before, and then I went to get the Du family's money, and this matter has deteriorated.

"But the money isn't enough!" Zhang Hong was slightly disappointed when he heard that Li Jing was unwilling to take the Du family's money.

Li Jing smiled, he calculated his current money bag, and the original 10,000 horses of silk that Li Hui'er and the others gave him were only more than 1,000 points. Then at this birthday banquet, Li Jing received more than 3,000 birthday gifts from the officials and gentry, and 4,000 gifts from the Han family. In addition, Zhang Yingying sent a boat, which cannot be realized. For the rest, Zhen Donghai gave himself a big gift, 3,000 pieces of money, 3,000 horses, 300 stones of grain, and several treasures worth more than 10,000 yuan. Although the treasures could not be realized for the time being, the money and grain were really worth 18,000 yuan. All this adds up, and after getting rid of those treasures, Li Jing now has 10,000 yuan in his hand, 4,000 horses of silk, and 300 stone of grain.

What's more, the Han family is now begging Li Jing to do something, and it is an extremely fat pig. After calculating the calculations, the equipment money for arming these more than 1,000 people is already available, and what is lacking now is at least 5,000 yuan per month for raising the army in the future. Li Jing hid the deal with Zhen Donghai, but only handed over the amount of money and grain in his hands to Lin Wei and others: "I still have 10,000 yuan in my hand, 4,000 horses of silk, and 300 stone of grain, plus 300 sets of ordnance and equipment." After all, the money for equipment is all there, and now it is only the monthly military expenses in the future, as well as the reward money on weekdays. This problem is still difficult to solve. ”

Lin Wei asked: "What about the other four or five hundred homeless families?" "It is also a big problem to recruit 100 families and 63 craftsmen from the homeless people, and also bring nearly 500 homeless families. Zhang Hong twisted his beard and said, "It's not difficult, the families of the homeless people are not soldiers, and it is already a great kindness for the general to take them in." All of these people have men and sons who are soldiers and craftsmen, and they are all paid, and it is enough for us to subsidize each of these family members with a bucket of rice a month. Five hundred people have five hundred buckets of rice a month, which is less than 3,000 catties and more than 20 stone rice, which can still be afforded. ”

A person subsidizes a bucket of rice a month, only about one or two meters a day, which is very small, but if you add the salary of the men who are soldiers and craftsmen in the family, it can ensure the family's barely food and clothing, and for those hungry people, this is a result that makes them grateful. And the subsidy expenditure of less than 30 stone a month is also within the scope of Li Jing and others.

"General, Han Gongzi is asking to see you outside the door." Zhang Chengzong, the head of the family guarding outside the house, knocked on the door and came in to report.

The corners of Li Jing's mouth rose when he heard this, and he said to Lin Wei with a smile: "I am short of money, and the God of Wealth has sent it to the door." Ladies and gentlemen, now we don't have to worry about money. ”

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