Chapter 81: Recruiting Troops and Buying Horses There must be brave men under heavy rewards

The time has entered the beginning of December, and the January training period of the Dengzhou United Soldiers has also arrived. The four battalions of Dengzhou have already been inspected by Cui Yunqing, who is also the assassin and unity envoy, and Song Wen, the Marquis of Duyu, and other officials, and the time has been set for three days, and the united soldiers of the four counties will each return to their own county, and then they will start training and participating in the task of assisting in the prevention and suppression of bandits while tuntian. Although there are still three days to stay, but the training tasks have ended, these three days are rest, because of the good performance of the united soldiers during this review, Cui Yunqing also specially ordered to pull out 10,000 silk horses from the treasury as a reward, and also pulled out 300 sheep, 100 pigs, 300 jars of good wine to the unity camp.

For this reward, there are exceptions from top to bottom, and there is no deduction, and the Dengzhou officialdom has already known that Cui Tingshi is about to be promoted to the ambassador of the Jiedu Marching Sima and Yingtian, and Song Wen, the Marquis of Yu, will take over as the assassin Shi. For this change, everyone understands that Cui Tingshi and Song Jieshuai have finally joined forces. No one wants to offend Cui before he leaves, not to mention that Cui is gone and Song Wen is here. Therefore, the rewards were all given in full, and each united soldier was rewarded with three silks, and there were also five buckets of rice per person.

Seeing that the end of the year is approaching, the united soldiers who have been away from home for more than a month are finally going home, and they have received such a large reward, they are all very happy. The camp was filled with the cheers of young solidarity soldiers, many of whom were already packing their belongings and some were heading into the city to buy gifts for their loved ones at home. There was a lot of commotion in the whole camp, but the camp on the left side of the Wenden camp was different.

Early this morning, the brothers in the other camps and capitals have already received all the rewards, even the wine and meat. But the camp of Zuo Yidu was a strange atmosphere, seeing that at noon, Zuo Yi not only did not issue any rewards, but also ordered everyone not to leave the camp. The people below were talking a lot, and they didn't know what was going on. They don't think that they should deduct their rewards, after all, everyone knows that although Li Jing, the head of the Dao Dao, is also from Qingning Township, he is lucky, he kills bandits on the road, enters the city to apprentice, and can win a large sum of money by fighting with others.

Seeing that it was time for lunch, the horn of lunch sounded in the barracks of Zuo Yidu. Everyone gathered together and marched to the room, and as soon as they got closer, they smelled a strong fragrance. As far as the eye can see, in the open space outside the room, there are actually rows of fires, lined up with ten roast sheep roasted on the fire, the skin is golden, and the sesame oil is dripping. Many people were gulped by the noodles and the strong fragrance.

However, although everyone watched the roasted whole sheep swallow saliva wildly, the effect of the one-month training camp was still good, and they still did not forget to maintain the formation.

Li Jing nodded to Zhang Hong next to him with satisfaction, Zhang Hong immediately walked out with a piece of silk cloth, and shouted at everyone: "Brothers from Zuo Yidu, today, Cui Tuanlian rewarded everyone with money, grain, wine and meat, three horses of silk per person, five buckets of rice, and two catties of mutton, three catties of pork, and two catties of wine. However, our Li Jiangtou is benevolent and righteous, and he took out a sum of money and silk, and also rewarded the brothers, and Li Jiangtou rewarded the brothers of the left capital with two horses of silk each, and five buckets of rice. In addition, there are ten roasted whole sheep, three fat pigs, and enough wine. Today, everyone eats and drinks! ”

The brothers of Zuo Yidu all applauded in unison, and they were originally worried about whether this reward would be deducted, but unexpectedly, not only did they not lose a single point, but doubled it. No one expected that Li Jiangtou would actually pay out of his own pocket and take out so much money to reward everyone. For a while, everyone applauded loudly and thanked Li Jing in unison.

Li Jing stepped forward with a smile, pressing down with both hands, signaling everyone to stop.

"Brothers, fellow villagers! I, Li Jing, like everyone, are all children of Qingning Township, Wendeng County, and I am destined to be a unity soldier with everyone to come to Dengzhou for training, and I am even more fated to be together, and I have become a brother who scoops dry and stirs up thin horses. After getting along for more than a month, it is very unforgettable. If I have the opportunity, I, Li Jing, sincerely hope to be with you all the time and be brothers forever. ”

"Brothers forever!" Quite a few shouted from below. Following Li Jing for a month, Zuo Yidu's brothers complained at the beginning because Zuo Yidu trained harder than the others. But they also know that although the other cities have also eaten three meals a day in the past month, they have cooked cakes and porridge at most, but the food in Zuo Yidu is much better than the others. Although the training was tiring, they could eat three meals a day, and there was a lot of meat, which was better than what they had eaten at home for more than ten or twenty years in the past.

Especially those who followed Li Jing to kill Feng Yanqing last time, they felt the benefits of following Li Jing. The last time he ambushed Feng Yanqing, although he also took risks, only a few people were slightly injured at the end, but at the end, he received a huge reward of a hundred silks.

Even in normal times, those who train well and perform well can also get rewards ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars. Although it has only been a few months with Li Jing, everyone has already formed the concept of having meat to eat with Li Jiangtou and rewarding with Li Jiangtou.

Li Jing pressed the gesture again and motioned for everyone to stop. Then he sighed a little and said: "I really want to be brothers with you forever, but I have received a new appointment, and I will soon go to Shamen Town to serve as the town general." The town of Salmon was originally a garrison with only fifty people. Now that I am going to take over as the town general, I have invited Coach Lin, Deputy General Wang, Zhang Yuhou, and Lin Team Zheng to take up their posts together. But my brothers are two hundred and fifty men. The words given to me by Marquis Yu of Song are that I can take Zuo Yidu there, but I have to ask for your opinions in advance today. I am very happy that everyone is willing to follow me Li Jing. If there is someone who is unwilling to go, I will not force it. ”

Everyone listened quietly, and at this time began to buzz and talk. One of the gang leaders asked aloud: "If you go to Shamen Town, you will be a soldier, and the army is only once in six years, right?" ”

Li Jing nodded and said loudly: "Brother Liu Heigou is right, if you go, you will be a soldier, and you will not be able to go home for six years." This time I went to Shamen Town, not only did you follow me, but even your family members had to go with me. ”

Hearing this, many people hesitated, Li Jing is a good person, and Li Jing also has meat to eat. But if you want to be a soldier, it's a different story. Everyone knows that the garrison is hard, not only the remote and bitter places where they are stationed, but also the lack of food and salary, and it is common for them to not have enough to eat. But as long as the family can still live, few are willing to eat this bowl of rice.

Everyone's reaction was also expected by Li Jing, and he smiled: "Of course, if everyone is willing to follow me Li Jing, I will never treat everyone badly." All those who are willing to go will be given 20 horses of silk and 2 stones of rice for the settlement fee. In addition, when you come to Shamen Town in the future, you will give two liters of rice every day, at least one meat per day, and you can also receive two yuan of rice and one stone of rice every month, which can ensure that your whole family can eat dry rice. ”

As soon as the words fell, the united soldiers below immediately became excited. These solidarity soldiers are all from Qingning Township, and most of them are farmers. The situation in everyone's family is much the same, in a good year, the family works hard for a year, and can barely make ends meet. Once there is a natural disaster or something, most families have to go into debt or even go out to ask for food to survive the famine. They were ordered to unite with soldiers, and they had to be self-sufficient in equipment and everything, and only for daily food and drink were the government provided with food, rice, pickles, and food, not to mention money.

And now Li Jing's conditions for recruiting them to be garrisons have generously moved everyone's hearts, giving them two liters of rice and meat dishes every day. can still have two yuan of money and one stone of rice a month, and one person can already support a family.

Li Jing continued to say slowly: "Of course, after your family goes with you, it is impossible to sit and eat empty. When the time comes, I will also give each family some fields to be cultivated by you. Moreover, there will be workshops in the future, and your family members can also help and earn wages according to their earnings. Although he said that he wanted to leave his hometown and guard the borderland, such a good thing is not something that can be encountered every day. This time, I only recruited 250 people, and I didn't want to recruit when it was full. ‘

Everyone was moved and eager to try, and then the guy who was still just now asked again: "We don't have anything to worry about with Captain Li, it's just that I heard that there are many pirates in the sea, what if you are injured and disabled in a war with pirates?" ”

"Hello, if there is a war, everything is rewarded. In addition, three soldiers were seriously wounded and two were lightly wounded. The head of the soldiers such as the commander of the Wu gang was seriously wounded five horses and three horses were lightly injured. For the war dead, the commander of the army was twenty horses of silk, and the soldiers were ten horses of the war dead. In addition, in addition to the war death pension, there are widows, old and young people in the family, and another ten horses will be issued. ”

Ordinary soldiers lightly wounded two silks, seriously injured three silks, and killed ten silks, everything was clearly priced. This price was not set by Li Jing himself, but was directly copied from Guan Jian's reward standards for his military exploits and wounded in battle. These prices seemed to him to be quite low, and a human life was only worth ten horses of silk. But the young people before him looked a little surprised. They didn't know what to do, but it turned out that not only were ten silks dead, but three were seriously injured, and two silks were even slightly injured. This is only the lowest ordinary soldier, if you can become a captain and a captain, you can increase a lot.

Many people counted there with their fingers, and then smiled happily. Someone laughed and said: "Li Jiangtou sent us the settling-in allowance first, aren't you afraid that we will regret not going?" ”

"I treat everyone as brothers, if everyone takes the settling-in allowance but doesn't go, it can only mean that I have mistaken you, and I can't recognize people clearly. Well, would anyone like to come with me to Salmon? ”

"I'm willing to go!" Liu Heigou was the first to sign up, Zhang Hong happily registered his name, and then Liu Heigou stepped forward and pressed a bright red handprint, and smiled and went to the side to receive the twenty horses of silk and two stones of rice for the settlement fee.

With the first one, the people behind them all began to scramble, knowing that Li Jing needed 250 people to go to the left one, and they were enough, but they were still worried that they would not have their share if they signed up late. When everyone was desperately signing up, Liu Heigou, who was the first to sign up, had already received his share of the settling-in fee, but at this time he still didn't walk away, but leaned in front of Li Jing and whispered: "Captain, I want to ask, my family still has two elder brothers and two younger brothers, the eldest brother is thirty, and the youngest brother is also sixteen, do you think I can bring them to eat meat with the captain?" ”

"Go into battle with father and son, fight tiger brothers. Well, as long as they want to, and the conditions are suitable, of course there is no problem. Li Jing laughed, for his first batch of subordinates, he had already made up his mind to get a whole group of township party soldiers in Qingning Township.

PS: I fell asleep in a daze just now, and I forgot to update, sorry, ask for a few recommendation votes.