The horn of war has been sounded, in the Pukou of Yingtianfu Jiangbei - the area of Laoshan where the military aristocrats of the Ming Dynasty gathered, it is natural to be happy when they hear the war, and everywhere in the Dashun Empire, it is also a noisy carnival!

Dashun's military strength has never been as strong as it is now!

If the current Dashun army is allowed to fight the battle of Shanhaiguan, it will definitely be able to hang the Manchurian soldiers and the Guanning army together and fight violently.

Sima Yu, a veteran of Dashun who participated in the Battle of Shanhaiguan and now lives in Liuba County, Hanzhong Prefecture, has never forgotten the scene when he followed Lao Wansui into Beijing 14 years ago...... That was the highlight moment of his body, and it was also the highlight moment of the entire Dashun Empire.

It's a pity that at that time, he and the Dashun Empire were just a fictitious appearance of being a strong outsider, and it was only because the Ming Dynasty produced a self-righteous Da Duan monarch that they got the opportunity to enter Beijing City. However, the foundation of the Dashun Kingdom and the Dashun Army is not more solid than that of the Ming Dynasty, and it looks quite large on the map, but in fact, it does not control the territory at all. The local government is all empty, and the generals are not given land divisions.

The so-called strong is just tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the old battalion who follow Lao Wansui.

And the old battalion soldiers at that time were not strong at all compared with the current Dashun army...... It's just that after more than a year of fighting against the wind, I have played a prestige and morale, and I think I am sorry, that's all. Regardless of equipment, training, tactics, and systems, they cannot be compared with the current Dashun army, which is based on the land and has really rooted its roots deep into the ground.

On a school field outside Liuba County that belonged to Zhichong Mansion, Sima Yu was holding his arms and looking at the eighty or so elated Dashun Mansion soldiers - these people were all government soldiers who settled in Liuxian County, and belonged to the fourth department of Zhichong Mansion on Hanzhong North Road, and Sima Yu was the head of this fourth department.

The order to point troops was issued seven days ago, and it was a big order, not an ordinary order - government soldiers are not the same as recruiting soldiers, they are not professional soldiers who can engage in "997" in the battalion at four o'clock, but soldiers and farmers (you can be the local master, you can also plant your own), and they serve in turns.

Service, also known as Shangfan, is usually four months a year and eight months at home. Each Ochichong Prefecture will divide its subordinate government soldiers into three parts, and take turns to issue orders to some of them.

Therefore, most of the time, of the 120 government soldiers who settled in Liuba County, 80 were always engaged in family farming (or rent collection), and only 40 served in the barracks.

The order will be issued to every soldier in the township, and the soldier who receives the order must go to the county town to report to the county town before the specified time, with all the equipment and a month's worth of rations, plus a load of grain (donkeys, mules, and horses are acceptable), and then accept the inspection of the officials.

If the soldier is too old and frail to serve, then he has to assign a child to replace him - after the child passes the inspection of the superior and completes a senior service or grand service, he can officially replace the old soldier who is old and frail and become a soldier with land, social status and official qualifications!

In today's Dashun country, becoming a government soldier is definitely the first major event in life!

Theoretically, all the civil and military generals of the Dashun Dynasty, including the Eight Kings of Yizheng, and all the officials, big and small, are all government soldiers!

In Dashun, if you want to be an official, you have to be a government soldier first!

Let's not talk about military attachés, how can you be a military attache if you are not a soldier? And if you want to be a civil official in Dashun, you also have to be a government soldier first!

After serving at least once in the upper military service and obtaining excellent evaluation results, they are eligible to participate in the imperial examination of the Dashun court.

If you are admitted to Xiucai, you can be a small official in this county, and you can have a fixed salary. If you are admitted to the exam, you can be a low-level petty official. If you are admitted to the Jinshi, it will be amazing, and you can immediately be awarded a county official.

Of course, whether it is Xiucai, Juren, or Jinshi, they all have the status of government soldiers, and they have to serve 15-30 days of service every year to maintain their combat effectiveness.

However, these "official soldiers" did not serve with ordinary government soldiers, they usually went to Chongqing or Kunming to serve, and they were not under the jurisdiction of the local Zhichong Prefecture, but under the jurisdiction of the internal guard prefectures directly under the Dashun Emperor and the crown prince.

In short, within the scope of today's Dashun territory, becoming a government soldier is undoubtedly the dream of all men!

The blue linen narrow-sleeved robe dedicated to the government soldiers is definitely a symbol of status and status, and whoever wants to wear this to go on a blind date, the girl's eyes are shining.

And to become a government soldier...... Usually there are only two methods, one is to pick troops. It's to take the exam and be a soldier! Of course, it is not a test of the eight-strand article, but an assessment of martial arts. However, because there is not much land that can be granted in the hands of the Dashun Imperial Court, the number of recruits released every year is limited, and it is very difficult to test!

The second is that the son inherits the father's business. But it is not that the sons of the government soldiers must become government soldiers, but according to the official rank of the government soldiers themselves, it is necessary to decide how many sons can become government soldiers through inheritance - in fact, it is based on the amount of land owned by the government soldiers themselves, and how many sons can be soldiers!

Because a government soldier must have a corresponding piece of land to ensure that he has the financial resources to serve. After several reforms, the amount of land of the soldiers is not calculated in "mu", but in terms of how much rent is collected - the soldiers can plant themselves or rent, but the Dashun court will still grant land according to the rent of the land, so as not to appear that there is a situation where the land looks quite a lot, but in fact it cannot collect a few rents. And a lowly-ranking soldier should own land that can earn 40 koku of rice or equivalent crops.

As the head of the ministry, Sima Yu owned land that could earn 120 stone of rice or equivalent crops, which meant that he could divide the land equally among his three sons, so that they could all become government soldiers...... But he now has four sons, as well as two ladies and three daughters!

And he and his two ladies are still young and can continue to have children......

The 120-stone rice not only had to pay for his own military service, but also to feed his family of ten and save a dowry for his three daughters...... It's a lot of pressure!

So when Sima Yu saw the words "land coupons" on this order, his eyes straightened.

His requirements were not high, and he only wanted to save up a land voucher in exchange for 40 stone of land, so that his youngest son could inherit the status of a government soldier.

And the more than 80 government soldiers of Liuba County standing in front of him all have the same thoughts, so their morale looks a lot higher than when they served in the previous battle!

And each of them was better equipped than when he had served in the previous battle, the cloth armor and helmets had been repaired, the tips of the knives and spears were polished, the shields had been painted several times, and the muskets were polished as if they had been made new...... It seems that every family has used the old foundation accumulated over the years!

"Good!" Sima Yu nodded with satisfaction and shouted, "It's all good!" Tell the big guy another good news, the emperor has asked someone to send land coupons to them, and they can get them when they arrive at the camp of Wudu Mountain...... Count by stone, no matter how big or small the official position, everyone will be issued a stone! ”

There are still 39 stones left to supply a government soldier!

"Hooray! Long live Dashun! Long live the Emperor......"

Eighty or so government soldiers shouted in unison.

"Medium," Sima Yu waved his hand, then pointed to the mountains to the north, "Brothers, let's go!" Fight the Zhu family and earn land ......"

"Fight the Zhu family and earn land!"

The soldiers all echoed, and then they lined up the procession, led the donkeys (there were no mules and horses), and drove out of the school field in great stride.

Outside the school field, they were all civilians who came to see off the families of the soldiers or Liuba County...... These two types of people can be distinguished at a glance, and the family members of the government soldiers, whether male or female, are all dressed in blue cloth and linen, and men all hang swords from their waists (children also have wooden knives). Civilians, on the other hand, wore all kinds of clothes and did not carry knives.

However, whether it is a civilian or a family member of the government soldiers, only men look at these more than 80 Dashun Heavenly Soldiers with envious eyes!