"Reward for joining the army?"

"As long as a person joins the army, he can immediately get 30 acres of low-tax land, only 10% of the annual tax is levied, and he can also enjoy the preferential policy of renting cattle and farm tools at a low price?"

"After enlisting in the army, the lord will give him a promotion in rank and more rewards for low-tax fields, as well as additional salaries and incentive subsidies according to his performance in peacetime and on the battlefield. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Ten Captains, the amount of tax-free fields will be increased to 50 acres, and the monthly salary will be 10 silver coins, and the centurion, the amount of tax-free fields will be increased to 100 acres, and the monthly salary will be 50 silver coins, and the Centurion, the amount of tax-free fields will be increased to 500 acres, and the monthly salary will be 10 gold coins, as well as additional subsidies such as castle residences, fertile manors, and servants and maids......"

"In the course of the war, the lord will issue rewards corresponding to his military exploits according to their respective military exploits, and the more combat exploits, the more rewards, and after obtaining the title by virtue of their military exploits, their titles can be inherited by their descendants......

"If he dies in battle, the policy of low tax on land under his name will not be abolished for twenty years, and according to his rank, the lord will also pay a pension of various amounts to his family. ”

As soon as the above-mentioned provisions of the "Regulations on Rewards for Joining the Army" were announced, the farmers present all looked at each other, exchanged heads and ears, and had heated conversations in private.

"Are these orders true, as long as you join the army, your family can immediately get 30 acres of low-tax land?"

"In the low-tax fields, the lord only collects a 10% tax, plus the tithes of the church, that is, we ourselves can get 80% of the harvest of the land?"

"The commander has 500 acres of low-tax land, a salary of 10 gold coins a month, and a castle house, a manor, and a servant, isn't this almost like a noble knight?

"I want to join the army!Steward Lane, can I join the army?!"

A young man who looked like he was 12 or 3 years old raised his hand and stood up, but was immediately dragged down by a middle-aged man on the side.

"Bruce, do you want to go to the battlefield to die? Fighting is so dangerous, do you think it's a joke? Now that there is food and drink at home, why do you do this kind of severed head business?" The middle-aged man lowered his voice and immediately suppressed the young man's idea of joining the army.

A similar phenomenon is happening in many corners, and some enthusiastic young people have just expressed their intention to join the army, and they were immediately suppressed and refuted by the elders next to them, and they could only lower their heads, showing a look of unwillingness to be depressed.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Ming had to stand up, cough twice, clap his hands, let the farmers' attention focus on himself, and explained to them loudly:

"Fellow villagers, about this military reward order, everything follows the principle of 'voluntary joining the army', as long as whoever voluntarily joins the army, in the spring of next year, the lord will allocate him 30 acres of low-tax land, and enjoy the preferential rent of ploughing cattle and farm tools at a low price, if you don't want to, I won't be reluctant, the winter training has ended, and you can go back to your home tomorrow. ”

Zhou Ming first gave them a reassurance, but then said: "However, not joining the army does not mean that you do not have the obligation to enlist in the army, once the Gran Territory encounters a foreign invasion, all those who have participated in the winter training here must accept the conscription and go to the battlefield, so the difference between joining the army and not joining the army is only one difference between receiving long-term training and receiving short-term training for two months every year. ”

"So, you can think about it, whether to farm together at home and rest assured, or send someone to the castle to join the army, bring 30 acres of tax-free land to the family, reduce the burden on the family, and also give the children and nephews who come to join the army, a bright and lofty future. ”

Zhou Ming's goal in recruiting soldiers this time is not at all in these middle-aged farmers in their thirties and forties, who have lost their ambition and have become timid and sleek, but in those young people who are active-minded, energetic, and malleable.

Not only that, but he also dispelled the illusion that these middle-aged farmers had in their hearts, thinking that if they did not join the army, they would be able to live a peaceful and stable life, and that they should not even think about such a good thing, and everyone had to go to the battlefield! Whether it was to resist foreign invasion or foreign military expansion, all those who participated in the winter training had to bring weapons and play a little role on the battlefield.

As soon as Zhou Ming finished speaking, the audience was quiet for a while, and many farmers began to make trade-offs and choices in their hearts.

Is 30 acres of low-tax land important, or is it important to have a younger son and nephew in the family?

You must know that with the unit yield of the current farmland in Grandling, the grain grown on 30 acres of land, after deducting 20% of the land rent, is almost enough for a family of six to eat for a year.

And if the family does not have children and nephews to join the army, it will take almost 50 acres of land, and after deducting forty percent of the land rent, it can support a family of six (the more land you rent, the greater the physical cost you pay).

What's more, once his own sons and nephews come to the castle to join the army, there is less food for people (the lord provides food and lodging), and the pressure on the family becomes less.

Moreover, there is a bright and beautiful future waiting for them in the future, maybe in a few years, their own children and nephews can become noble figures like knights.

What else needs to be considered?

After weighing the interests, those middle-aged farmers who had previously prevented their sons and nephews from joining the army quickly changed their minds and began to encourage their sons and nephews to join the army, and some of the timid ones who did not want to go were scolded, and after a while, in addition to a few older ones, there were more than 300 young farmers between the ages of 12 and 18 who applied to join the army.

With so many people enthusiastically joining the army, Zhou Ming couldn't miss all of them, but conducted an "interview" for everyone, screened out those who were too old, stupid, and treacherous, and selected 182 people according to the selection criteria of the so-called "good family" as the officer seeds of the future Gran Ling "Defense Army" for key training.

Of the 182 people admitted, except for a few "uncles" who are older and more than 25 years old, who were exceptionally admitted by Zhou Ming because of some specialties, the vast majority of them are under the age of 18.

From this winter to the beginning of spring of the following year, for more than three months, these 182 people, in addition to the daily outdoor warm-up, spent most of their time sitting in a classroom in the castle, trying to learn cultural knowledge.

It was also in this classroom that Zhou Ming, as a teacher, gave these 100% illiterate officers the seeds and completed the preliminary literacy eradication work......