There is Room For the Poor Daughter - Chapter 887

[Chapter 887 Chapter 887, Recruiting soldiers]

Dragon Boat Festival, the construction of Ganzhouwei’s second important military town began.

The construction of the important military town, Xiao Yeyang kept it from the guard. Many officials of the guard had other forces behind them. He didn’t want everyone to know about the construction of the important military town.

He knew that many people in Ganzhou Wei refused to accept him, so there was nothing he could do. Although he had a letter of appointment for the Protectorate of the Five Armies in his hand, his official position was too low.

Taking back Danhe will be the first step for him to gain a firm foothold in Xiliang.

“Why are you frowning again?”

Daohua entered the study with a bowl of milk tea, and saw Xiao Yeyang standing in front of the sand table with frowning.

Xiao Yeyang took the milk tea in Daohua’s hand, and drank it in a few sips: “The tea leaves are added to this milk, so it has no fishy smell, and it tastes much better.”

Daohua smiled and said, “Just drink it if you like it, come here After arriving in Xiliang, you have been busy every day. In the long run, no matter how strong your body is, you will have to drink a bowl of milk every day, which is good for your health.”

Xiao Yeyang smiled: “Listen Yours.”

Daohua continued with a smile: “Do you remember those two black-and-white cows? Let me tell you, our luck is really good. The cow gave birth to a calf within a few days after we bought it, and then It has started to produce milk, the milk tea you just drank was produced by that cow.”

“The milk production of this cow is astonishing, it produces 60 to 70 catties of milk every day, and of course it eats a lot.”

Xiao Yeyang A little surprised: “So many?”

Daohua nodded, raised her eyebrows triumphantly: “My vision is good, right?”

Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua dotingly: “Yes, your vision is the best Otherwise, how could you fall in love with me?”

Dao Hua was amused, and Xiao Yeyang felt a lot more relaxed.

After joking for a while, Daohua looked at the sand table: “What were you worrying about just now?”

Xiao Yeyang’s gaze fell back to the sand table, and he sighed, “I’m worried about horses, but I’m also worried about soldiers.” As he spoke, he pulled Daohua towards the table and chair next to him, and sat down with her in his arms.

“Ganzhou Wei has a thousand or so horses here, and there are 500 horses in the barracks, plus the 500 horses bought from the Xiliao people last time, the entire Ganzhou Wei has only about 2,000 horses. ”

I want to build a cavalry force of 5,000 men, and I have to save the army and guards for spares. If I go all out, I can only raise a team of 1,000 men, which is 4,000 horses less than I expected.” ”

There is not enough frontier troops.”

“After Ganxuan Town is built, a group will be left to garrison the town, and after the second town is built, another group will be left to garrison. At that time, There will be fewer troops that can be mobilized.”

Daohua pondered: “This shortage of horses, we can find a way to raise them, but this shortage of soldiers.”

The common people are actually very resistant to being soldiers, and few people will Those who take the initiative to join the military camp, usually when there is a shortage of soldiers in a war, the imperial court will force conscription, but this method is not easy for Xiao Yeyang.

For one thing, they had just arrived in Ganzhou Wei, so they had far from enough control over this area. If they were to be recruited suddenly, if they didn’t get it right, there might be troubles.

Second, there is no legitimate reason for conscription.

Thirdly, the public conscription must be reported to the commander of the capital.

Fourth, due to years of military chaos and lack of food, the population of Ganzhou Wei is not large, and some families may not have the labor force of their prime of life after conscription.

Xiao Yeyang tapped his fingers on the table: “According to regulations, the frontier army on Ganzhou Guard’s side is full of 50,000 people, but now there are only 40,000 people.

” Letter, ask him to complete the frontier army, and you can back up the gift later, and I will send someone to send it

together.” Daohua nodded: “Okay.” Then, he paused, “The last time I came from Bamu Town After I came back, I wrote a letter to the capital, asking Qin Xiaoliu to send someone to bring the tea, and counting the time, it should arrive by the end of this month.”

“Last time, the owner of the horse seemed to be a shrewd person. If you let him spread the word and exchange tea for horses, I think some Xiliao people will be willing.”

Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua with a smile: “You think more than I do. , but… this is not urgent, it is now the middle of May, and the crops in your terraced fields are growing very gratifyingly, I think it will not be long before someone will come to find me.” The

other guards are far away, and there is no How to pay attention to Ganzhou Wei, but the adjacent Jin Weiwei and Lanwuwei have been staring at this side.

The Jin Lingwei he brought over was sent to various guards to find out the news. He knew early on that the commanders of Jin Weiwei and Lanwuwei were eyeing high-yielding grain seeds.

High-yielding grain seeds are definitely not enough, and the two commanders will not wait until the autumn harvest grain production spreads before they come to ask for grain seeds.

Xiao Yeyang had just figured out a plan when he was staring at the sand table. He wanted to exchange high-yield grain seeds for the horses of Jinweiwei and Lanwuwei and the garrison troops.

Of course, the premise is that the army transfer order of the Five Armed Forces Protectorate is issued.

Before coming to Xiliang, Xiao Yeyang reported the plan to build an important military town on the border between Xiliang and Xiliao. After hearing this, the emperor approved it. Side will agree.

Seeing that Xiao Yeyang had already made up his mind, Daohua didn’t say any more. She would not intervene in official matters, but she just tried her best to prepare more supplies for Xiao Yeyang in case he needed them in case of emergencies.

Although there were not enough horses, Xiao Yeyang did not wait and trained the cavalry team of 1,000 men first.

Su Hongxin was also in there, because Xiao Yeyang and Xiao Yeyang had trained in the Ningmenguan military camp when they were young, and they were good at riding and shooting.

A soldier’s promotion depends on his military merits. Where Su Hongxin can go in the future depends on his own ability.

All command envoys.

After Wei Hongcai received Xiao Yeyang’s letter, he was silent for a while, and then called a few of his confidants over: “The Ganzhou Guard Frontier Army is short of 10,000 people, Xiao Yeyang wrote and asked us to make up for him. ”

The commander of the capital immediately snorted coldly and said, “We will love him if he tells us to. Really think this is the capital, and everyone has to listen to him?”

“Yes.”

Two other people followed suit.

Wei Hongcai looked at his master: “Master Xu, what do you think?”

Master Xu thought for a while and said, “My lord, Xiao Yeyang is a son of the royal family, he can directly contact the emperor, we can’t ignore him like we treat others. It’s prevarication.”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room fell silent.

That’s right, if others come to ask for soldiers, they ignore it and ignore it. Anyway, the whole of Xiliang is under the control of Mr. Wei, and there is no way to sue.

But Xiao Yeyang can’t, he can bring the matter to the emperor.

If the emperor wants to know, it will be a big deal.

Wei Hongcai frowned: “Master, do you mean to fill up the people for Xiao Yeyang?”

Master Xu hadn’t spoken yet, and the one who had spoken before spoke again: “Where can we gather 10,000 soldiers? ”

Thanks to Xiao Yeyang, the Xiliao people used to mainly invade Ganzhouwei and Jinweiwei in the western defense area. Since he led people to kill a team of Xiliao cavalry, the Xiliao people have now come to invade This is the eastern defense area. It immediately involved several guards bordering Xiliao, and now all guards are short of people.”

Wei Hongcai was silent for a while: “Since Xiao Yeyang wrote a letter, we can’t No response.” As he said, he looked at Master Xu, “Master Xu, what can you do?”

Master Xu didn’t speak immediately, thinking about the meeting with his friend Wang Qi a few days ago, he struggled for a while, and then looked up. To Wei Hongcai.

“My lord, it’s absolutely impossible to send troops from other places to Ganzhou Wei now. But if my lord doesn’t fill up the number of frontier troops for Ganzhou Wei, Xiao Yeyang is really going to report it to the emperor, and my lord will probably be reprimanded. In my humble opinion, it is better to let Xiao Yeyang recruit soldiers by himself.”

Wei Hongcai showed reluctance to let Xiao Yeyang recruit soldiers, but his confidants really thought it was a good idea.

Commander Qian Shi said with a smile: “Sir, isn’t Xiao Yeyang very rich? Let him recruit as many soldiers as he wants. In this way, we don’t have to call out soldiers from other guards, and we can block him.” mouth, lest he report to the emperor, kill two birds with one stone.”

Wei Hongcai was silent for a long time, and finally nodded in agreement.

Xiao Yeyang really wants to recruit soldiers. It is impossible for him to allocate money to Ganzhou Wei. He knows how poor Ganzhou Wei is. If Xiao Yeyang wants to recruit soldiers, he has to pay for it himself. Even if he has a family Wan Guan, how long can it last?

Master Xu heaved a sigh of relief, and thought to himself, Wang Qi, Wang Qi, because of your suggestion, I violated my own ethics and gave Mr. Wei such a bad idea.

I hope that the son of the royal family who came from the capital can really improve the lives of Xiliang people as you said.

Xiao Mansion.

Xiao Yeyang received the reply letter from the commander of the capital, and after reading it, surprise flashed across his eyes.

Recruit soldiers by yourself, prepare your own food and pay!

Xiao Yeyang sneered, Ganzhou Guard was the poorest of the nine guards, he had to prepare his own food and salary, and the people in charge of the envoy wanted to empty him out.

However, it also made it easier for him to act.

Before the coal mines were found, it might not be feasible to recruit soldiers, but with the income from the coal mines, it was enough to feed tens of thousands of soldiers.

There are not many chapters, but there are 40,000 words.

(end of this chapter)