The port of the island city is lively again.

After all, in this era ......of underdeveloped commerce, the huge Han Dynasty, only the two ports of the island city Rizhao opened the city every day, and this is an unprecedented commercial city, to what extent does it serve commerce? Even the tax department is co-located by two major commercial clubs in the island city of Xuzhou, and the quarterly tax rate is jointly formulated by several general merchants according to the market.

This flexible tax system is almost close to later generations, so it is natural to attract merchants from all over the Han Dynasty to gather here.

However, in the past few days, the island city is more lively than ever, and even several commercial streets are crowded one after another, and the shops opened by businessmen from south to north are also very lively, and there is also a characteristic in the excitement, a boss with an old face is crying and laughing, laughing and crying, and some are collecting cash, and the old face is still swollen.

No tricks, a gang of robbers is back!

What is the use of robbing and getting money? Isn't it just flowers! And the Taishan thief Black Mountain thief and Wang Houzi Langya recruited the surname Liangjia is not the same, they don't care about the family, most of them are one person to feed the whole family is not hungry type, with money and silk can not let go, just eat and drink to find women to gamble money is spent.

Moreover, whether it is Zang Ba or Zhang Yan, they secretly encourage the soldiers to spend all the money in their pockets, after all, the poor soldiers have more combat effectiveness to fight and rob, and if they have money in their pockets, they can't fight well.

However, this is completely different from Wang Hou's ideal method of military selection, and there are many poor soldiers like this in a special historical period! The end of the Ming Dynasty! Whether it is the regular Ming army of the imperial court or the army of the army, they all believe that the poor scumbag soldiers are not afraid of death and have the most combat effectiveness! But the reality is very slap in the face, the barbarian Qing army came over, the poor soldiers who lost the scum didn't say anything, they turned around and became other people's lackeys, and they turned over and robbed their own people, and they came one by one!

Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the status of Chinese soldiers declined, the military strength of the entire China has declined sharply, being a soldier is a cheap industry, so who is really strong and talented who is willing to be a soldier and work hard? Inferior in terms of morale.

The military class that really supported the hegemony of the Han and Tang dynasties was also the source of soldiers that Wang Hou was most looking forward to, the subclass of good families.

Not to mention the Tang Dynasty, the most elite troops of the Han Dynasty were formed, and the absolute main force of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to attack Hu was the Liangjiazi of the Six Counties! Confucianism believes that the middle class is the most stable class in society, and the strength of the country is closely related to their guaranteed living status, and the middle class is also the strongest self-motivated, the most seeking honor and higher status, so this class produces elite soldiers! The combat effectiveness and morale are far from being comparable to the bandit army composed of poor bastards.

But this is an ordinary good family, and he can't use it! It is precisely because the Liangjiazi class has a strong sense of honor and social stability that the Liangjiazi are generally more willing to obey the orthodox regime, and the moral views tend to be Xun You, Chen Qun, Mao Jue, Yang Xiu, and obey the orthodox Han family or the later Cao family. He Qingzhou Shepherd Tiangao has a high reputation, but for those orthodox families who are from cultivation and reading, in addition to the Chen family, he also has a Zhong family in Yingchuan in the Langya Zhuge family, and there seem to be few families that look at him well.

Fortunately, compared with the standard of good families in the Han Dynasty, the middle class is actually a little more extensive, excluding those who can't be used, and there is still a large piece of rich families, that is, the children of merchants are available!

Those who grow cotton in the sunshine and those who grow sugar in the island city all belong to the children of merchants! These are all the support classes cultivated by Wang Hou desperately!

This year is really like a boat against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, when the bandit corps of the Montenegrin Army and the Taishan Army returned from the expedition spent all day drinking in the island city, as soon as they landed, Wang Hou continued to work the cultivation class.

The best way to cultivate the martial spirit of these merchant class or plantation children is to reward them with merit in front of them, so that they will be envious and blush!

"Xu Guang of Rizhao Linhe Village, who was hit by three arrows in the battle of Biling, has insisted on fighting, beheading two levels, and rewarding two levels for merit! Reward a manor, ten slaves and maids! Specially given the family martial arts family, see the magistrate does not worship, others should see the honorable gift! ”

For the first time, in the county square located in Jimo County, the returning Rizhao Brigade infantry set up a platform here, and went to the scene with the 5,000 infantry regiments, 3,000 cavalry regiments, and more than 1,000 bow regiments.

"Xie Zhou's pastoral gift!"

"Get up! Wangru will work hard and make new contributions! ”

"Obedience!"

Crackling applause rang out in the underground army, and in the envious eyes, this Xu Guang was a little floating, and a greater honor was still waiting for him, and this special commendation was for him, because although he was a Rizhao brigade, but after his family moved from Langya, he missed the opportunity to become the owner of the cotton manor, and learned that the island city began to divide the beet manor, his father immediately made a decision, resigned from the job of the Rizhao Iron Workshop, and moved his family over.

And when he was awarded, the Xu family was excitedly watching the excitement on the periphery.

"Daddy! Mother! ”

Full of excitement again, holding the newly arrived title scarf, came to the crowd, Xu Guang looked at the old father who was full of calluses on his hands, his hair had begun to turn gray, and the old lady who was also aging, smiling but with tears in the corners of his eyes, and bowed heavily, seeing the old man's feelings, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to help him up, and the neighbors on the side were envious like rabbits, with red eyes.

Especially because when the land was divided, Lao Liu, who had some conflicts with Xu Guang's father, quickly slipped away with his head down.

Among the rewards of the military lords, the slaves and maids in the front of the mansion are actually secondary, after all, the plantation owner, these treasures are just the icing on the cake, and the second one who sees the magistrate does not worship and the honorable gifts of others are the most important! Being able to sit on an equal footing in front of the county lord's parents and officials means that the Xu family has also entered the ranks of the squires, that is, one level higher than the neighborhood!

I remember that in the later "Iron Tooth and Bronze Tooth Ji Xiaolan", an important figure in the trip to Gansu, Jin Da Tobacco Bag once said arrogantly that he would be down, and he would ask for food on the street! He Shen, who was born in the red flag, passed by in a sedan chair, and he had to get off the sedan chair to kowtow to him!

That's glory!

This propaganda is enough, this head is still in full swing to bestow the twenty military merits inherited from the Qin Dynasty, and the military Sima is also quietly spreading out the stall, a big banner with a big character on it! Qingzhou Liaodi Brigade recruits new recruits! Seeing that Wang Hou personally issued the knight and reward, in this hula sound, many plantation children and the children of merchants who were talking about business nearby threw the scales and hoes and enthusiastically hugged them.

The old Xu Tou's neighbor Lao Liu Tou, who had just slipped away, personally pushed all his two sons here!

The expedition to Jiangdong was just an episode, and Wang Hou's next important military operation was still in Liaodong, which was the foundation of his future life, and he needed a large number of soldiers to fight! Defend! And the newly established Liaodi Brigade is even more important than the Island City Brigade and the Rizhao Brigade, this time he is extravagant and wants to use the Qingzhou Liangjia Zi cultivated by himself to form an army!

However, just when Wang Hou was secretly happy while looking at the crowded recruitment scene while awarding the reward, he didn't know that several troubles also entered his recruitment meeting together.

"In Xia Xu Yue, a native of the island city of Laoshan, the year is being crowned, and he requests to enlist in the army!"

"You, actually a scholar from Laoshan Academy? You don't have a fever, do you? I want to enlist here! ”

The military officer in charge of recruitment ** grew his mouth, and his beard was fighting, but listening to his voice, Xu Yue, who had thick eyebrows and big eyes and a handsome face, was a fist.

"It is true that a samurai can be treated preferentially when he joins the army, but the husband can take fame and fortune in his hands, and I am willing to be capable! Even if you get up from an infantry, sooner or later you will be among the generals, so why care where you join the army! ”

"Well said!"

The Sanwen Hu military officials who listened to this pride were all in awe, stood up and hugged their fists heavily, and then solemnly entered Xu Yue's name into the military book.

He didn't know that this Xu Yue was not just a warrior, he was also picked up by Wang Hou himself, Zhao Yun's apprentice, if he knew, I am afraid that his jaw would drop even more in surprise, but compared with the latter one, Xu Yue's identity is not enough to mention.

"Go, go, go! It's my turn! ”

Pushing away the two little tails with great effort, the yellow beard on the chin of this ang young man kept shaking, far worse than Xu Yue's righteous face, and the reward of the hippie smile was also a heavy fist in front of the recruiter.

"Below! Island city Laoshan nationality! Cao Chang is also! I'm here to join the army! ”

"Cao Zhuangshi, please!"