The Prodigal Son’s Happy Life - Chapter 987

[Chapter 987: A trip to Jinzhou Prefecture]

The treatment of this soldier is the lowest.

Not to mention stationing troops who are inferior to farmers, it is often the case that even the elites in important towns cannot be paid.

Even in the past few years, there were many soldiers who really couldn’t survive and fell into trouble.

Although the Ministry of War spends a lot of money on military salaries every year.

However, after these layers of deductions, when it comes to real ordinary soldiers, there is not much left at all.

Except for the unusually good treatment of the Shenji Battalion, the other soldiers were only the Sixteenth Guards of the Pro-Army Army who were relatively well-off.

The reason is also very simple. These sixteen guards are all soldiers of the Kyoto Prefecture. If they are not given money, they may cause trouble.

This trouble must be no small matter at the feet of the emperor.

But in other places, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so you can do whatever you want.

Therefore, the generals in important towns in various places have also developed some industries of their own, either letting their soldiers farm or mining. In short, they can barely subsidize some military pay.

Those common people are not fools, and they all know a little bit about these things.

Being a soldier means taking all kinds of risks, and you may lose your life someday. What will be the result?

In the end, military pay will be deducted, but anyone with some brains will definitely not want to be Qiu Ba!

This problem is not particularly difficult to solve.

After all, Fang Xiu borrowed so much money this time, and the focus was to solve this problem.

Such a large amount of money is needed to improve the treatment of this new army, not only in terms of salary, but also in other aspects. Even if it cannot reach the same standard as the Shenji Battalion, it must be better than that of the Sixteenth Guards of the pro-army army. Even stronger!

Fang Xiu thought this, looked at the British Duke, laughed twice, and said: “If you can’t recruit anyone, it’s just right. What I want is the elite, the elite among the elite.

If you can’t recruit, Just recruit these people first, train them first, they will be a force after all.”

When the British Duke heard this, he shook his head, sighed, and said: “You don’t want to cry until you see the coffin, okay, since you are. If you insist on starting this new army, I can’t stop you. If you want to start it, start it.

I also want to see if this is barely a prosperous age, can it be called a prosperous age? “

said At this point, he smiled unkindly.

What he meant was simple.

If the conscription is successful, this will not be considered a prosperous time.

If it were a prosperous age, there would be no conscription!

This is an inevitable rule!

After Fang Xiu heard this, he didn’t take it to heart at all. He just asked: “Where is the nearest military camp?”

The British Duke looked at Fang Xiu and said leisurely: “It doesn’t matter that much. Far away, there is the Jinzhou Camp. It is called a camp just to sound nice. It is just a few broken villages connected together.

The soldiers stationed in the Jinzhou Camp trace their roots back to the navy, because Jinzhou Prefecture The pirates were rampant and stayed here.

But after hundreds of years, all the pirates in Jinzhou came to Southeast Road, and the place was naturally abandoned.

However, the garrison was still the garrison, and the legacy was inherited from the father .

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They have the status of garrison soldiers, but they cannot take the imperial examination, and they cannot be merchants. They are not allowed to sell sugar-coated haws on the street. They

can only serve as soldiers or farm.

There are no pirates here .

There is no use, no military merit, and it is impossible to climb up. Farming does not need to pay as much tax as ordinary farmers, but there is no big future, and

some people live their lives in such a muddle.

It’s okay if they have no ambitions, but some people have empty ambitions that cannot be realized, and are full of resentment towards the court.

If you recruit them into the new army, I’ll say it bluntly, it’s really better to join your group. It might be better to find some prisoners from the Kelie tribe.

After all, their resentment is only against the Qiyan tribe, not so much against the imperial court.”

Fang Xiu was speechless when he heard this.

Is it really as exaggerated as the British public said?

There was a thoughtful look on his face, wondering whether he should go to Jinzhou Camp to take a look.

After thinking about it for a long time, I felt that since I had made this plan, I couldn’t be frightened by the British public’s one-sided words.

It doesn’t take much time to take a look.

So he said: “Tell me the location and I will go and have a look.”

Hearing this, the British Duke raised his eyes and glanced at Fang Xiu. He seemed a little surprised after hearing these words. He had not given up yet.

He waved his hand and said: “This Jinzhou Camp does not belong to the Ministry of War, but belongs to my pro-military mansion. In the first few years, I visited it several times. Later, I found that the Jinzhou Camp was rotten to the core. , I am too lazy to care about him.

If I remember correctly, it should be in the northeast of Jinzhou Prefecture. If you walk twenty miles, there will be several villages connected together. You can ask for directions, and nothing will happen. , that is the Jinzhou Camp.

If you ask me about the specific location, I really don’t remember it clearly.

After all, the Ministry of War pays the troops only once in three or four years. Who can remember where it is. Where”

When Fang Xiu heard this, he took a deep breath and said, “Okay, I understand.”

He raised his eyes to the sky, his eyes flickered for a moment, and then became firm again.

If you want to quickly create such a new army, you must have a large number of young and middle-aged people.

But young adults near Kyoto Prefecture, those whose families are richer, just study.

The poorer ones came out to make a living, either building roads, working as housekeepers, or starting some small businesses of their own.

It is extremely difficult to recruit troops near Kyoto Prefecture. It is almost impossible to recruit a few people.

He could only focus on the military camp.

After all, people here can do nothing but farm.

If it were in the past, Fang Xiu would have been too lazy to take care of the matter of recruiting troops. If he could recruit troops, he would recruit them. If he could not recruit troops, it would not matter.

The worst thing is to push the New Army affairs to the back.

But this time it won’t work. If the problem in Nanyang cannot be solved, I am afraid that the entire Anguo government’s capital chain will be broken. At that time, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Fang Xiu’s carefree life may not last long.

After all, Fang Xiu’s ability to have such power depends not only on Shenji Camp, but also on the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in Baolefang!

Without this money, problems will arise!

Fang Xiu thought about this and had already made a decision. He looked at the boy beside him and ordered: “Inform a few more guards and let them prepare. I am going to Jinzhou Mansion for a trip!”

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