Early in the morning, Lu Zhan summoned the officials of Yanzhou, considering the reason why the soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, Lu Zhan asked the chief bookkeeper Wang Tao about the grain and grass and the silver in stock, and after reading the numbers on the account book, Lu Zhan was about to explode, and the accounting methods of the ancients were really backward, unlike the tables of later generations at a glance.

"How many troops can be supplied with the money and grain of Yanzhou?"

"Huizhu Gongyanzhou is one of the richest places in the world, with a vast area and a large population. In addition to paying the salaries of officials and the second-line troops to maintain law and order in the locality, the lord could also recruit 8,000 men for war readiness. ”

After hearing Master Wang's introduction, Lu Zhan frowned, this rich Yanzhou can only support another 8,000 people, but with the large amount of gold and silver treasures he brought, he should be able to recruit a lot of people.

A soldier's salary is 20 taels a year, and historical experience tells Lu Zhan that soldiers are not much more expensive, and only by raising the treatment of soldiers can they attract young and middle-aged people to join the army. Since the general military salary is 20 taels, then it will be raised to 25 taels a year, and it is indispensable to train strong soldiers.

"Lord Bing Cao Shangguan immediately went to issue a recruitment document, and I will personally select the soldiers, and the salary of the soldiers recruited this time will be increased to twenty-five taels, and all those who are selected to be soldiers will be given a one-time settlement fee of ten taels."

"What! The lord's twenty-five taels of military salaries and ten taels of settling-in expenses are too high, and the military salaries of ordinary soldiers are different from those of the Yulin Army. "The officers and soldiers Cao thought that Lu Zhan was wrong, after all, the Yulin Army was the Son of Heaven's personal guard, and the treatment was much better than that of ordinary soldiers.

"That's right, you get what you pay for, and the soldiers I personally selected must be worthy of my salary."

After seeing Lu Zhan's resolute expression, it was difficult for the officers and soldiers to argue, after all, he was a courtier. After instructing these officials and other policies, everything will go as usual, let everyone go back. After all, he is a newcomer, if he can't wait to start reform, there is a chance that it will cause a revolt from local forces, and now he has no soldiers in his hands and no popular support when he first comes to Yanzhou.

His great cause of political reform can only wait until after the training of new soldiers, after all, a great man said that power comes out of the barrel of a gun.

I have to say that the work efficiency of the officers and soldiers Cao is quite high, and in just a few days, more than 30,000 young people are willing to join the army, but becoming a soldier is not based on enthusiasm, and the tens of thousands of people who have signed up do not know how many will be left after their own selection.

"Lu Zhan, why don't you take me to such an interesting thing as recruitment?" The person who spoke was Zhang Yu in armor, and now Zhang Yu was wearing a fake beard and a layer of dark gray powder on his face.

"It's okay, now that your identity is Zhang Wangdian, you can also accompany me to select soldiers."

Just after noon, Lu Zhan took Wen Yanshi and Zhang Yu to the venue outside the city to select soldiers, and watched the crowd of gigglers and people dressed as peasants and people dressed in the market. Lu Zhan suddenly remembered that it was mentioned in a movie that Qi Jiguang did not allow the children of the market to join the army, because Qi Jiguang felt that these people would be afraid of the enemy when they went to the battlefield.

"Officers and Soldiers Cao, didn't you say that there are nearly 30,000 people who want to join the army, there are definitely not 30,000 people here, there are about 20,000 people." Zhang Yu questioned Cao Guan, the officer beside him.

"Zhang Gongzi doesn't know that more than 30,000 people, including those in the counties below Yanzhou, have signed up to join the army, and it is unrealistic for so many people to put down their farm work and rush to Yanzhou, so they can only wait for the lord to announce the conscription standards and then let the county conduct the selection." Shangguan officer Cao explained.

Looking at so many young and strong Lu Zhan on the field, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and sure enough, there must be brave men under the heavy reward. These people enthusiastically joined the army after hearing that such a high military salary was offered, either because of the peasants displaced by the annexation of the land, or by enthusiastic young people who wanted to make a meritorious career, or by opportunists who were interested in the lucrative military salary.

After seeing Lu Zhan in white robe and silver helmet, the crowd gradually began to quiet, and these people all raised their heads to hear the criteria for conscription.

When a strong soldier saw Lu Zhanyi, he shouted at the top of his voice: "The selection standard for infantry is to carry 60 catties and run 80 miles within half a day, and there are special people responsible for statistics 80 miles away.

After the big man finished speaking, the crowd became restless again, and the selection criteria were indeed a bit high, which made some people who wanted to fish in troubled waters distressed.

This selection criterion was changed by Lu Zhan according to the standard of Wei Wushu in history, and the original weight of 80 was changed to 60. After all, Wei Wushu was reselected from among the soldiers, and the ancient people rarely could afford to eat meat, according to Lu Zhan's estimates, if the selection was carried out according to Wei Wushu's standards, I am afraid that there would only be a few hundred people left of these 30,000 people.

As the soldiers who heard the story weighed sixty catties of soil for each of the young and strong people who were present today, they divided them into three waves and ran in three directions: east, south, and north. After all, so many people running in one direction are probably not able to squeeze in.

The young men who participated in the selection looked at the scorching sun above their heads, and then looked at the sack in the sixty catties, and then took off their clothes and beat their shirtless. Zhang Yu, who was standing beside Lu Zhan, began to dodge his eyes at this moment, and stretched out his hand to pull Lu Zhan and turned around to look at these young men shirtless. Although Zhang Yu was raised by a boy since he was a child, the soldiers of the Zhang family knew the severity, and even if the weather was hot, he never dared to be naked in front of his own young lady.

Lu Zhan had already guessed what Zhang Yu was thinking when he saw Zhang Yu's expression, so he opened his mouth to tease Zhang Yu: "What's wrong with my good brother Zhang Wangdian, I'm still shy when I see a man shirtless."

Zhang Yu didn't want to continue to say anything to Lu Zhan, so he made an excuse and left, looking at Zhang Yu who was riding away, Lu Zhan couldn't help but shake his head in place. However, today's recruitment is a recruitment, and Lu Zhan's eyes continue to focus on these young people.

The young man who was ready to go remembered that his wife, children and parents who had to support him at home were all full of strength and carried a sixty-pound sack, and with Lu Zhan's order, these young men spread their feet and ran.

"After Lord Lu's selection, it is estimated that only three or four thousand of the more than 20,000 young and strong people can meet the standard." Wen Yishi touched his beard and said to the landing exhibition.

"We'll go to the terminal and wait for these people later, and there must be some people who will secretly dump some of the dirt now. I don't want any of them if I don't have the physical strength to cheat and play tricks. ”

As the sun gradually sets to the west, the gap between the young and strong gradually widens. The young man who was running behind saw that he was definitely hopeless, some of them secretly poured the soil in the sack, and a large number of people directly abstained.

With a sharp whistle piercing the sky, the selection deadline for this recruitment was over.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am more than ten meters away, can I be accommodating, my mother is still counting on me to feed."

"I was wrong, I shouldn't have secretly dumped some soil on the road, and it's okay to be tolerant of the little ones this time."

The sound of begging for mercy echoed in Lu Zhan's ears, some people were indeed only a little behind, but the most important thing for a strong army was discipline, although Lu Zhan was a little worried when he heard it, he still had an iron heart.

After leaving their names on the roster, the young men who were qualified to join the army looked at the ten taels of snowflakes in their hands and were ecstatic. The young men who passed congratulated each other, while the young men who did not pass hung their heads.

A sergeant with a loud voice shouted: "Don't be discouraged if you don't pass this time, there will be a round of selection in the county below, and those who don't pass should redouble your efforts."