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Chapter 56 Fan Jinyan's Wish 5

As long as the soldiers and grain and grass were in hand, the other problems could not be simpler, and the two of them led people to the west of the kingdom to recruit troops.

Whenever there is a war, Ji Guo temporarily recruits soldiers in the local area, and stipulates that no matter whether the officials and the people are one ding per household, anyone who slacks off will be killed.

To conquer and defend the country, according to precedent, soldiers from the east should be recruited. However, Fan Jinyan and Gu Fan were afraid that this move would arouse the vigilance of the country, so they did the opposite and directly decided to recruit and transfer in the rear.

The Eighteen Cities in the Western Frontier have not been at war for more than ten years, and not many soldiers have gone out to fight. Both the population density and the degree of prosperity far exceed that of the East.

The reason why Gu Fan chose this place is that it is not easy to attract the attention of the country, and secondly, this place is full of soldiers and rich products, and it can also collect grain on the spot.

Xiyuan City is not only the largest city in the west, but also the seat of the eighteen cities in the west, and the lord of the city is the marquis of the west, a clan marquis named Ji Lang, who is the king's younger brother.

Although Ji Lang is the Marquis of the Western Realm, he does not dare to offend Gu Fan, a general who wanders in front of the king every day. Although blood is thick and watery, the emperor's house often lacks the existence of family affection.

The horse team of the two was still on the official road, and they saw that the city gate was crowded with officials of all sizes who came to greet them. The middle-aged man in a red and black crown dress standing at the front is Hou Jilang in the West.

"I am tired of the Hou Ye personally greeting him, and the last general is really ashamed!" Gu Fan recognized that it was the Marquis of the Western Realm, and when he was still more than ten meters away, he hurriedly dismounted and hurriedly ran to Ji Lang to salute.

After Ji Lang laughed, he helped Gu Fan up, held his hand, and said, "General Fan is polite, if there is no general who fights bloodily on the front line to resist foreign enemies." How can I enjoy peace? Solidly, the general should be. ”

Gu Fan was polite again and again, the two of them touted each other for a long time, and then they held hands with each other and entered the city.

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After entering the Hou Mansion and sitting down, the Marquis of the Western Realm first introduced Gu Fan and Zhang Guang to the officials of the Western Realm before he began to ask Gu Fan about his intentions.

"Back to the Hou Ye, the last general will come to the west to recruit and deploy troops to form a standing army on the order of the king, and there must be a place to trouble the Hou Ye." Gu Fan hugged his fists.

Ji Lang was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and after glancing at the officials under him, he asked with an unnatural face, "Uh...... I wonder how many strong men the general will recruit? ”

"Five thousand, and the grain and grass were collected on the spot." Gu Fan Road.

"Five...... Five thousand? And also to levy grain and grass? Is the General joking? Before Ji Lang could speak, a young official sitting opposite Gu Fan interjected.

Fan Jinyan (Zhang Guang) suddenly frowned, his face was displeased, and said: "The general has a lot of opportunities, how can he have the kung fu to grind with you here." If you say five thousand, you can't miss one. ”

"The general doesn't know, I haven't fought in the west for more than ten years, and the training of soldiers has long been abandoned, even if they are allowed to pick up weapons, they are just armed farmers, and they are just dying in vain when they go to the battlefield. Although there are hundreds of thousands of people in the eighteen cities in the west, it is not easy to transfer 5,000 young people. I hope the general will be considerate of Xiaohou's difficulties and the people of the western border! Ji Lang said with a heavy expression.

Fan Jinyan and Gu Fan glanced at each other, they had long known that it would not be so easy to recruit troops in the western border, but they didn't expect to be blocked as soon as they mentioned it.

Gu Fan said: "Master Hou should also be considerate of the difficulties of the last general, who dares to disobey the king's orders." ”

"Historically, conscription has always started from the eastern border, and if it is not enough, it will be drawn from other places, and the general will start from our western border at the beginning, which is not in accordance with the rules! If the king is like this, he must have also misbelieved the slander of his vain ministers. One of the middle-aged officials with a beard and a beard slapped the table and said loudly.

Fan Jinyan was suddenly angry, Nima, in later generations, all the people enthusiastically joined the army. This will be a conscription, and the people haven't said whether they want to or not, and the officials hurriedly refused, saying that there is no greasy here, and the ghost believes it!

So he also learned to wear his beard, slapped the table and shouted: "Presumptuous, the court recruits the soldiers, and you are a small official with sesame mung beans." The eastern frontier has suffered from war since the founding of the country, and now the population is sparsely populated, ten rooms and nine empty, and the people are miserable, you still think about where to recruit soldiers. It's time to transfer people like you to the border to be officials, and it also makes you feel like you're worried all day long. ”

As soon as the words fell, they were immediately besieged by a group of officials, and one by one they suddenly became shrews, greeting Zhang Guang's ancestors for eighteen generations one by one.

Fan Jinyan is not afraid, pinching his waist and scolding something ugly. Those weak scholars who can only do it all day long, that is his opponent, was suddenly scolded incompletely, you must know that in the 21st century, if you scold people, you can at least write a "Quarrel Strategy" of hundreds of thousands of words.

Gu Fan didn't seem to hear anything, and drank tea by himself.

Seeing Gu Fan's indifferent appearance, Ji Lang's lungs were about to explode, and he suddenly slapped the table and roared angrily: "Quiet." ”

The loud sound almost burst the eardrums of the people in the house, and Fan Jinyan even felt that the dust on the roof shook down.

Seeing that everyone was shut up and looking at him, Ji Lang still said with an unhappy face: "It's just insulting, you are all officials of the imperial court, and the people of the world are role models, like shrews scolding the street, and you are not afraid of people's jokes." Aren't the eastern and western borders all kingdom territories? General Zhang was right just now, the people in the east have indeed suffered enough, and it's time for me to contribute to the west. Ben Hou can order the conscription of 3,000 troops, just as I do a little bit for the kingdom in the west. ”

"Master Hou, what I will want in the end is 5,000 people and enough food and grass." Gu Fan saw that the Marquis of the Western Realm actually only said three thousand people, so he reminded.

Ji Lang said badly: "General Fan, since the king wants to train his troops, as a courtier, he naturally has an unshirkable responsibility, and he should support it fully." But Ben Hou is also a person who says the same, and the western realm also has the difficulties of the western realm, three thousand people, and there is no more. ”

Gu Fan and Fan Jinyan suddenly hated the root of their teeth, this is still in the name of the king, they are willing to send 3,000 people, if Gu Fan comes by himself, it is estimated that it will be difficult to even 1,000 people.

Although less, it is better than nothing, Gu Fan finally thanked Hou Ye, although he was reluctant.

As soon as the two of them came out of the Hou Mansion, they both snorted and scolded, the old horseman.

"What's next? Is 3,000 a little less? On the carriage, Fan Jinyan asked uneasily.

Gu Fan shook his head and said, "Actually, I don't care how many people there are, all I need is an excuse to train my troops." ”

Fan Jinyan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized: "You don't expect soldiers from the Western Realm at all?" To defend the country, do you still want to use soldiers from the east? ”

Seeing him nodding, he cursed secretly, old fox.