Molin Township, Nan'an County, is not too close to Lei Gong Mountain, about four hours away.

Almost a day's walk

Wen Cheng's brother-in-law, Liang Zheng, is a wanderer from Molin Township, Nan'an County, and is at the same level as Wang Ba.

Liang Zheng is usually not stationed in the township, but takes root in the deep mountains and old forests near Leigong Mountain.

Liang Zheng was therefore praised by the Nan'an County Temple as "loyal and conscientious, and meritorious in defending the land"; originally planned to promote Liang Zheng to Nan'an County soldier Cao and lead the county city defense;

However, this Liang is swimming, taking root at the grassroots level, insisting on fighting on the front line of resisting the "Rin Jun Man", politely refusing the care of the county temple, and continuing to generate electricity with love in the "wandering" post.

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The "sliding pole" that Wen Cheng rode had a roof, and the silk pulled down from the two thin bamboo poles on the roof wrapped Wen Cheng tightly.

Only in one corner was a golden yellow robe.

That's the earthworm used for fishing

The group zigzagged in the Lei Gong Mountain.

Two hours later, we arrived at the boundary of Nan'an County; The followers of the high monk stopped in disappointment when they saw that they had no chance to see the master—further on, it was Liang You's hunting territory, which was easy to clean up.

There are also devout believers who have built huts on the spot and settled down: they are determined to wait until the master returns and ask to see him.

These people, maybe their beloved son has a strange disease, maybe the mountain wall in the house inexplicably collapsed and killed their old mother, maybe they have been infertile for many years, maybe there are always strange noises in the family; Maybe the sheep in the family gave birth to a two-headed monster...

Anyway, I have a request for the master - it's okay, who will send money to the monk?

Unless it is those rich and idle official wives and daughters, and concubines in the mansion of Haoqiang, they will have nothing to do and go to the temple to "worship the Buddha and pray for blessings, chant scriptures and eliminate disasters"

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Near noon, the group finally arrived at Liang Zhengyou's barracks.

Liang Zheng, with a beardless white face and a chubby face, always smiling, looks like Maitreya Buddha.

At first glance, it looks like a harmless rich man. Those who know this person's methods know this person's sophistication, decisiveness, and ruthlessness!

At this time, at noon, the autumn tiger is still fierce

I saw that in the barracks, the men with naked bodies were working in pairs, carrying large logs to "snort" and work hard.

Old. Hu and Lao Liu stood in the dam, holding leather whips, and loudly urged the sergeants to hurry up their training!

"Brother, do you think your brother-in-law's sergeant can still be used?" Wang Ba asked Wen Cheng with a grin.

"I don't know about military affairs. I was about to ask Lord Liang for more advice. The strange thing is that the original Wencheng never seemed to call Liang Zheng as his brother-in-law, but called him "Lord Liang, Lord Liang".

A bamboo whistle sounded: "Listen to the order!" Leave the log in its place, wash it and start eating! ”

Wen Cheng also followed Liang Zheng, Wang Ba and others to the canteen.

I saw that in the canteen, everything was in order, and all the military commanders and even chiefs were waiting in line to receive the meal in an orderly manner.

Wen Cheng Ganning Wu Gen noticed the tableware they used: a bamboo bowl. The outermost is the big Nan bamboo tube, which is used for rice; Then there are smaller bamboo tubes, which hold vegetables; followed by a bamboo tube, which is used to hold soup; The innermost part is a spotted bamboo tube, which is used for pickles.

Such as matryoshka dolls

In this way, one person can easily take away the tableware.

Wen Cheng secretly told Gan Ning to pay attention to the details everywhere - this cheap brother-in-law is in charge of the army, and there are really some doorways!

Wen Cheng and his brother-in-law Liang Zheng, Wang Ba, Gan Ning and others, like ordinary sergeants, lined up to eat in front of their husbands.

A big spoonful of brown rice, a spoonful of beans stewed fat, basically no meat, but oily to satisfy cravings.

a spoonful of weed, wild mushroom soup; Pickles are taken by themselves, and there are pancakes for those who eat a lot, so they can eat as much as they like.

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"I heard you're going to raise soldiers?" Liang Zheng gobbled up and asked Wen Cheng; It was as if the food was so sweet, and it was eaten very quickly and loudly.

"Yes"

"What do you do with raising soldiers?"

"The restaurant hotel needs to deter Xiaoxiao, the city fox and the rat..."

"Speak human words!"

Wen Cheng began to understand a little why Wen Cheng was reluctant to call the person in front of him "brother-in-law" before.

"In troubled times, there must be force, and no one will be slaughtered!"

"Hmm. You are already more than two hundred stone officials, higher than me and Wang Ba's rank! In a few years, it can be expected to go further.

If you don't fish and meat in the township, you are all blessed in the township. Why use force to protect yourself? ”

"I want to take Han'an County in my hands, and then try to do something else!"

"I'll give you a cup of tea and finish eating, I'll wait for you in the council hall."

Liang Zheng and Wang Ba drank the soup in one gulp, got up and left...

Buddhist nun... Forget it, it's the husband of the cheap sister; Treading the horse is my sister's mother-in-law, greeting her, impolite.

Wen Cheng hurriedly finished the meal, and handed over the dishes and chopsticks to Wu Liang for cleaning; Take Wu Gen and Gan Ning to the council hall.

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"I don't have any tea and soup here, so I'll make do with it." Liang Zheng pointed to the pottery teapot on the large desk.

Gan Ning turned over the bamboo cup and poured a cup for Liang Zheng, Wen Cheng, and Wang Ba.

Wen Cheng took it and looked at it, but he was still happy: the tea leaves that were not fried, the tea brewed with boiling water, and the tea that was poured into the future generations, just a little grassy.

"Anyway, what kind of art of raising war? How many sergeants are you going to raise in Lei Gong Mountain? What are the classes? Where does the money and food come from, and how much money are you going to give up every year to feed the soldiers? What banner do soldiers and horses play? Liang Zheng threw out a bunch of questions.

The flag is very important, otherwise "the name is not right".

It will have a very deep and subtle negative impact on the self-perception of the sergeants.

The height of the ceiling limits how high a person can jump

"The banner is ready to fight the 'Han'an Protector' first, with the duty of protecting the people of Han'an from the infestation of banyans, water bandits, and bandits.

Later, it seized control of Han'an County, and then changed it to 'Han'an County Security Army'"

This Liang Zheng is obviously a master who doesn't like to be verbose. Wen Cheng also spoke straightforwardly:

"I am going to raise five hundred soldiers as seeds; Among them, there were 300 soldiers, including 50 crossbowmen, 100 auxiliaries and archers, 40 spies, and 60 sergeants in the jungle. ”

"It's not a small tone! The class configuration is still a little interesting. Go on. ”

"I plan to pay 500 yuan a month for a small soldier, and from 500 yuan to 800 yuan after three months, and finally the veteran will always pay a month.

Officers and sergeants with a skill are slightly higher, and their monthly wages are as low as two times and as high as ten times; It is shared equally with the soldiers' salaries, about two cents per capita.

In this way, a monthly salary of 1,000 guan is required.

with three sets of military uniforms in spring, autumn, winter and summer; A year of serving,

In addition, people eat horses and chew, heal diseases, reward, and repair armor; A year to a minimum of 30,000! Wen Cheng drank a cup of "Steel Guanyin" - although this tea is not smooth, it is more comfortable than the tea soup of pepper and ginger slices.

Only 500 soldiers and horses, 30,000 a year!

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Otherwise, how can we say that the army is a "gold-swallowing monster"?

In the later period, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty seemed to be possessed by a traverser, and knew the importance of grasping the "military power", and set up the eighth lieutenant of the West Garden.

Although it was also mixed with the small abacus of the "Ten Standing Servants" to raise troops against He Jin.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty also knew that these soldiers took whose money they took and who they worked for; But raising soldiers, this gold-swallowing beast, the emperor can't bear it!

So he "sold his official beard" and exchanged his official position for copper money to raise soldiers - anyway, these official positions were also in the hands of the scholars.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty did not put up the list and auctioned off his official position, wasn't he privately awarded by those scholars?

In this case, why can't it be auctioned in "Caltex" at a clear price?

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The common people say that Haoqiang is not a person!

forcibly taking and recklessly taking human life; Because the most direct face of the common people is these heroes, small officials, and errand soldiers.

Hao Qiang said that officials are not people.

At every turn, they will raid their homes and destroy their homes, and the wealth that the heroes have worked hard to rob will easily be divided into officials!

Petty officials and servants say that officials are not people!

It was us who smashed the door and took the bull, and those officials only needed to drink tea and take away the fat! The harm of the lack of virtue is to do it yourself, and to share some broth, it all depends on the mood of the officials and masters; I was accidentally pushed out to take the blame...

The officials said that the eunuchs and the ten permanent servants were not people!

The emperor who bewitched the emperor and the eunuchs themselves were also corrupt...

The eunuchs said that the nobles were not people!

The right and wrong of everything in the world is decided by the great Confucians; The granting and dismissal of all official positions in the world are privately granted and received by these high-ranking families, families, and scholars, and are passed down from generation to generation!

Why don't you just say that the guy on the dragon chair is not human?

The scholars are not stupid: if he is abolished, he has to be replaced! The result won't be the slightest bit different from what it is now – it's just a tablet!

You can stand there and let everyone worship as a mud bodhisattva! It is not suitable for carrying pots.

- Not suitable for carrying ordinary small pots.

What if the situation deteriorates out of control, Emperor? This thing is the most suitable thing to take out and carry the cauldron and let everyone settle the account!

The one on the dragon chair sighed: Actually, I am not a human being!

The emperor had only two choices: either he was a puppet and waited for him to die.

Either fight to the death, move everyone's cheese, and finally be drowned, hacked to death, "killed" by disease, and starved to death after being abolished...

Just like Emperor Zhengde, he was "drowned" for some reason.

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"How do you solve the military expenditure of 30,000 guan a year? I have been struggling to raise more than 170 people, with an annual cost of more than 5,000 yuan. Your salary in the army is much higher than mine. Liang Zheng asked.

"Let the soldiers have no worries about supporting their families, supplemented by strict military discipline and promotion, so that they can fight bravely!

The money in the early stage has been settled. In the later period, he planned to use the 'great transfer of money', industrial profits, try to get the financial power of the county temple, military funds, and 'feed the war with war'. This, I have a charter, no need to worry about Lord Liang! Wen Cheng had a plan in mind.

With this cheap brother-in-law, it seems that there is no conflict in principle: no military salary, just food, shelter and clothing, that kind of soldier is actually very easy to recruit.

The reward is by plundering: "Little ones, rush!" Xu Er waited for three days and did not seal the knife! ”

-- Bandits are like combs, and soldiers are like grates.

Li Zicheng, the so-called "leader of the uprising" in later generations, used a large cake and the knives and guns in the hands of the bandits of the "old camp" to drive the displaced people to a place of calamity. Rob all, burn all, eat up one place, create more and more displaced people, and then go to the next place...

He is a rogue who "only destroys, not builds", except for creating more bones and creating more human tragedies, he really can't think of it - what has he contributed to the nation?

This kind of bandit-like team is not what Wen Cheng wants

Fortunately, Liang Zheng is also a "professional soldier".

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"In terms of money, I have heard of your ability for a while, so I believe you. We can't justifiably raise 'subordinates' and 'generals'; we can only raise private soldiers. ”

Liang Zheng put away his previous questioning look and became serious:

"I suggest that your private soldiers be called the 'Han'an County People's Self-Protection Team'. This name is not like a serious army.

First, it is not easy to arouse the suspicion of the county temples on both sides; Second, it is not easy for people to perceive your scale, which makes people feel like a peasant household in the township, li, and village, a rabble organized spontaneously!

Like my army, it is called the 'Molin Township People's Anti-Invasion Self-Protection Team', referred to as the 'People's Self-Protection Team'. It has nothing to do with my subordinate You Ding Yong. ”

Wang Ba also nodded:

"That's a good name! Brother, if you can afford it, build a 'security team' camp on that hill at your feet.

Raise 100 private soldiers, in the name of 'guarding the family house and protecting the dignitaries in the restaurant and hotel', often transfer and train the soldiers on both sides on a small scale! When the military horses are mobilized, there is no need to hide it! ”

- Threesome, there must be my teacher

There is nothing wrong with Kong Laoer's words!