"Hard, sting!"

On the colonel's field outside Licheng County, it was pouring rain, and with the angry shouts of the officers one after another, the recruits were naked, and the spears in their hands were stabbed out in unison, and they went straight to the human-shaped haystacks in front.

In another part of the school field, with the neat footsteps of "one-two-one, one-two-three-four", a group of recruits with heavy loads on their backs were running in circles under the sound of the officer's horn, and the group of 500 people was like a square, which looked particularly neat and eye-catching in the rainstorm.

"Jingle bell", fierce spear fights are always attractive, and sergeants are constantly falling, and newcomers are constantly making up for them. The fighting soldiers held spears wrapped in cotton cloth and competed fiercely with each other, and the soldiers who were shot would have blue noses and swollen faces, and broken bones and tendons.

The process of stabbing is very cruel, from time to time some soldiers are injured and quit, the loser hangs his head, and the winner has to face a more fierce competition.

Those darlings in the army, especially those cavalrymen, don't look at the usual swagger, on the training ground, they are gray and dirty, sweating like rain, and no one dares to say anything.

"Run, you idiots! With you like this, can you deal with the Jurchens, and you are not driven everywhere by the other party like a dog!"

Scarface's voice roared in the school field.

"99,100,101......", on another large muddy floor, a large group of topless soldiers are practicing push-ups, their faces and bodies are all covered with sludge and sewage, but no one dares to cry out that they are tired.

"You are not ashamed, you can lose to the second battalion in a fight! The soldiers I taught must all be fierce and aggressive, and winning is the only requirement! If you lose today, you'll be fined 200 push-ups each!"

Zheng Ping returned to the loyal army, as if he had regained his original dragon spirit and tiger fierceness. After he reprimanded the soldiers, he turned around, saw Wang Song, Ma Kuo and others in front of him, and hurriedly bowed and said, "Xianggong, you are finally back!"

Wang Song nodded and said, "Brothers have worked hard!"

Ma Kuo looked at everything on the field dumbfounded, compared to the Hebei Loyal and Righteous Army, many of the training methods of the Hedong Loyal and Righteous Army were seen for the first time.

The training of the Hebei Loyal and Righteous Army, he only looked at the surface. Now seeing these fierce and fierce Hedong soldiers, he couldn't help but wonder, could this really be a recruit who had only been trained for a few months?

Training in the rainstorm, did the Great Song Dynasty still have such an army?

The Hebei Zhongyi Army was also founded by Wang Song, but the disadvantages of the replacement of middle and high-level generals in the army are obvious. Zhang Jun, Wan Qiao, and even Wang Gui and Xu Qing, they thought that they could control the Hebei Loyal and Righteous Army by changing the generals, but what they got was that they would have no fighting spirit and halved their military might.

Even Yue Fei personally went out to train, compile, and train, and the Hebei Loyal and Righteous Army always checked something.

It turned out that Ma Kuo hadn't felt it yet, but now he suddenly realized that there were many loyal and righteous troops in Hedong, and it was the murderous aura on his body!

This is Wang Song's lineage!

Once these silent warriors burst out with a roar, they will surely shake the earth and shock the world!

In this team, discipline and obedience are emphasized, and dedication and sacrifice are advocated.

Seeing a bunch of people coming in the school yard, the guards guarding the door didn't dare to stop it, and the scar-faced Jiang Hu asked his subordinate soldiers to continue to do push-ups and greeted him himself.

When he arrived in front of this group of people and saw the smiling young man in front of him, Jiang Hu, who originally wanted to teach the other party a lesson, immediately changed his face, stepped forward respectfully and said, "Great official, you are back!"

"Brother Jiang Hu, on a rainy day, be careful of the old wounds on your body!"

Wang Song said with concern: "It's really not good, just let other brothers replace you, don't make trouble!"

There are not many of these old brothers who used to be loyal to the righteous army, and many of them are more or less traumatized.

"Thank you for your concern, the villain is fine!"

Jiang Hu hurriedly laughed, the scar on his face was hideous, making people both ridiculous and a little afraid: "I have already let Lang Zhong see it, it's no big deal." Now living in Licheng County, it is convenient to eat and live. As long as the brothers follow you, they will be happy in their hearts. ”

Wang Song is also quite satisfied with the performance of these old brothers. In addition to his salary of 300 yuan a month and 100 stone of grain, he basically took care of the old and young of these brothers, and the additional reward was not a small amount.

"Jiang Hu, I see that many brothers are not here, did they all go to Longde Mansion?"

Wang Song turned around and took a look, many of the instructors in the battalion were new faces, and it seemed that there was a lot of fresh blood in the army.

"That's what Xiang Gong said!"

Jiang Hu hurriedly said: "Xianggong doesn't know, there are only more than 10,000 people in the Licheng camp, but there are more than 30,000 people in Longde Mansion, and they have to deal with Fanzi, many old brothers in the army have gone there, and less than thirty percent are left."

Wang Song nodded, his heart was also excited, he didn't expect that it was only more than half a year, and there were tens of thousands of male soldiers.

"Jiang Hu, nothing happened in training, right?"

"How dare they?"

Wang Song's words provoked Jiang Hu to shout, and he felt that he was out of shape, and Jiang Hu laughed again.

"After a day of practice, these guys are tired like dogs, so do they still have the energy to cause trouble? In the evening, we have a night drill from time to time, they can't cry, who dares to be presumptuous! The Loyal Army has strict military rules, no one dares to disobey military orders, and it is difficult to eat, and few men who have entered the army are willing to leave. ”

The iron-clad camp, the flowing soldiers, come and go, the young men in the barracks come and go, the waves are alive and gone, but the river is flowing and unstoppable, which is also the basic criterion for the development of all things.

Dong Ping did a good job, he didn't have to worry about Wang Song, and more than 30,000 soldiers were recruited and trained in Longde Mansion, all of whom were elite and strong.

As if to enlist in Wang Song's mind, Jiang Hu continued beside him.

"Xianggong, don't worry, the soldiers we train in Hedong will definitely surpass Hebei!"

Wang Song looked at the confident expression on Jiang Hu's face and laughed.

Soldiers have their own pride.

"Jiang Hu, the military training is good, and the brothers have merit, but the study of this cultural class cannot be left behind, this is something to be examined."

"Don't worry, this is the daily training in the army, and no one dares to fall behind!"

Jiang Hu said with a smiling face, but he was secretly panicked in his heart, he was learning to be a hanger on weekdays, and it seemed that he had to go back and work harder.

"Wang Lungong, Yingtian Tuntian, you are a great meritorious, thank you for your hard work!"

In the barracks, looking at Wang Lun, who was dark and thin in front of him with a haggard face, Wang Song was full of emotion.

"Xianggong, the lower officials have finally fulfilled their mission!"

A wave of heat rose in Wang Lun's heart, and all the efforts and hard work felt rewarded.

"Very good, Wang Lungong, we must arrange the autumn harvest, after the autumn harvest, the army will go north to recover Taiyuan, and the army will be able to eat new grain, thanks to Brother Wang Lun!"

Wang Song was quite satisfied. These elite soldiers and strong generals really live up to their reputation.

"When the autumn harvest is over, I will ask the court for your merits, so you can wait patiently!"

Hearing Wang Song's words, Wang Lun shook his head with a smile.

"It's not uncommon to be an official who is not an official, I just hope that following the prime minister can help the poor, appease the people, and do something down-to-earth, which is enough!"

"Well said!"

Wang Song sat down with the others and praised loudly:

"The autumn of troubled times is a good opportunity to make contributions, we all have to do something for the people, and it is not in vain to go in this world!"

He looked at Deng Shixiong and Zhang Heng next to him and asked:

"Hedong grain harvest, why are you two crying and sad, shouldn't this be worth rejoicing?"

"Xianggong, although the grain is a bumper harvest, we have to spend a lot of money to buy salt, and the life of the army and the people is not easy!"

Deng Shixiong stepped forward to complain, and his words were very helpless.

"Xianggong, since this salt solution was occupied by the Jin people, Hedong has always been short of salt. There is no obstacle in the army, only relying on the supply of the imperial court, but the people in this place will not have a good time!"

"How can you do it without salt!"

Wang Song was stunned, and then continued to ask: "If the people can't eat salt, they won't have the strength in their bodies, and they can't plant the land, so can't they solve it?"

Hedong County was occupied by the Jin people, connecting Shaanxi, and the salt solution from Hedong Jiechi could not be supplied to Longde Mansion and Zezhou. The new army of the Loyal and Righteous Army has been organized and trained, but it can send troops to capture Hedong County.

"Xianggong, Hedong used to use salt solution, even if Huai salt is transported here, the distance is far away, the price has doubled, and the people can afford it anywhere!"

As soon as Zhang Heng's voice fell, Deng Shixiong continued:

"A few days ago, the brothers arrested a lot of smuggler salt dealers, but they were all poor people, so they were released. The price of their salt is much cheaper than that on the market, and the people are willing to buy it. ”

"What is the price of this earth salt in the market now?"

"Hui Xianggong, now it's 300 Wen, and the smuggler is 80 Wen, which is more than half cheaper!"

"Three hundred Wen, how can this common people afford to eat!"

Wang Song couldn't help but be dumbfounded, he never thought that the price of this soil salt had also risen to such a point.

"Who says it isn't!"

Wang Lun shook his head and said: "The lower officials have asked the people, before the Jin people went south, the price of salt in the east of the river was only ten or twenty yuan, and the soil salt was even more than a few yuan, but now it has increased dozens of times, even if the people have food, they have no salt to eat!"

Hedong salt relief is famous all over the world, and the financial revenue of the Great Song Dynasty depends on the support of salt relief, especially for the military expenditure of the northwest frontier defense, which is particularly significant. The salt produced by the two salt ponds in Jiezhou is the finest, with an annual output of more than 90 million catties, accounting for about 30% of the taxes of the Song Dynasty. The imperial court of the Great Song Dynasty attached great importance to the production and management of salt relief, and the imperial court set up a special "Department of Preparation and Salt Solution", and the local government set up a special "Preparation and Arrangement of Salt Relief Envoy", and the salt field also set up salt officials and office officials, and also selected people from the salt Ding to act as field officials and other leaders.

In addition to understanding salt, Hedong's Bingzhou, Shizhou, Hezhongfu and other places also produce "soil salt" made of boiled brine clay, although the quality is not good, but it is cheaper, and the poor people eat more.

No one thought that the price of today's soil salt has reached 80 Wen, and compared with the price of official salt, I don't know how much cheaper.

"In this way, this anti-salt is a big obstacle to our way!"

Wang Song couldn't help frowning, it seemed that it was time to think of some way.