Chapter Fifty-Six: Rubbing the Ball

After the harvest of three seasons of hybrid rice a year, Shi Bin was overjoyed, and the grain in Changsha and Xiangtan alone was enough for 10,000 troops to use for three years.

With so many grain reserves, Shi Bin began to plan a plan to fully control Tanzhou. After all, the soldiers and horses of the 10th Battalion (two armies) are not enough to control the whole Tanzhou, although there are garrisons in the local area, but it is not that his direct family cannot effectively control it. Therefore, he and several others began to discuss the expansion of the army to 15 battalions, and the newly built 5 battalions were stationed in Yueyangnan, Yiyang, and Loudi.

After all, Yi Jun is just a tomb robber, and he is relatively timid, so he doesn't agree with this plan very much. Because he thought that Shi Bin's private expansion of the fifth battalion was already a big crime, if it weren't for Jia Rudao and Meng Heng to help him carry it, Shi Bin would have been in his cell waiting to be beheaded. Now he wants to expand the five camps privately, even if he can't get Meng Heng's consent, unless he gets the permission of the Song court.

Everyone thinks that although Yi Jun is timid, his words are reasonable, and the expansion of the five battalions must indeed be carefully considered. After all, the five battalions were 2,500 people, and even if the Song court agreed to expand, it would be a big expense to supply 2,500 soldiers. According to Shi Bin's tone, it seems that if he wants to expand the regular army of five battalions that are completely out of production, the cost will definitely not be small.

There is no imperial court in Shi Bin's mind, and he, who learns foreign languages, does not have the concept of a number. In his opinion, it is enough to expand the army and recruit people, isn't it just like this for the Eighth Route Army? The number is the "Eighteenth Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army", and there should be only three divisions in the establishment, but later it reached more than 900,000 people.

Of course, he didn't dare to say this, so he had to ask: "How do you think we can take full control of Tanzhou as soon as possible?" ”

At this time, Shi Bin was like a winner who was eager to cash out the lottery ticket, for fear that the benefits in his hand would fly.

"Big brother, little brother has a way to work, but it is estimated that it will cost a little money." Wang San said with a smile.

"What is a small price, big brother, I don't want to be destroyed by the Yuan soldiers, and I don't want to be called back by the emperor of the Song Dynasty like Yue Pengju, we must have the ability to protect ourselves." Shi Bin said solemnly.

"In fact, it is also simple, the army of the Song Dynasty is composed of forbidden troops, box soldiers, township soldiers and Fan soldiers, with the forbidden soldiers as the main body, forming a kind of armed force system that combines the central army and the local army, the regular army and the irregular army." Wang San said slowly.

"I know this, brother, hurry up, get to the point, I'm in a hurry."

He said in detail, it turned out that the forbidden army belonged to the Central Army and had combat missions, and now Shi Bin commanded the forbidden army.

The Xiang Army is a standing army of the local army, but it is called a standing army, and it is actually a miscellaneous army of various state capitals and certain central organs. It is under the control of the state government and certain central organs, and is always subordinate to the Guards Mahan Division and the Guards Walker Division. The main tasks were to build cities, make weapons, build roads and bridges, transport grain and reclaim famine, and guard officials, greet and send them off. Generally, there is no training, combat mission.

The township soldiers are also the militia. It is a local people's armed force composed of local people who are selected or recruited according to the proportion of household registration. Usually do not detach from production, farm leisure assembly training. There are many names of township soldiers in various localities, and their establishment is not uniform, or they are organized according to the command, the capital, or according to the first and the team, or according to the sequence of the metropolitan security, the general security, and the security. The Fan soldiers were the army of the Northern Song Dynasty in the northwest, which no longer exists.

Therefore, Wang San's meaning is that you can start from the township soldiers who have the most chaotic establishment and have no clear managers.

After Wang San said this, everyone suddenly became enlightened, especially Shi Bin. This reminded him of the episodes on TV: the county brigades and district squads under the jurisdiction of the Eighth Route Army went to help the peasants farm the land, weed, chop firewood, and weave all kinds of utensils after the training, and attacked the enemy when they had a mission.

"That makes sense, but we don't care about civil affairs, we have to find those magistrates to make it easier." Shi Bin said to Wang San with a smile, it was obvious that he already knew what Wang San's so-called price was.

"It is estimated that we will have to cut some meat to Na Zhizhou, so that he can turn a blind eye to our recruitment of township soldiers in various places, and we will have to let him sign relevant documents." Wang San said very seriously.

"Of course, if something happens, someone has to blame it. But it is not easy for him to take this risk. Shi Bin couldn't help but shake his head.

"Big brother, we can afford this price." Wang San smiled weirdly.

Shi Bin was very happy to hear the words "can afford to come out", but it was not a good idea to know it when he saw the smile on Wang San's face. But he doesn't mind doing bad things to this corrupt official. Nodding his head, Wang San said it quickly.

"Big brother, things are not as good as you think. It's just a small measure. Isn't Liu Zhizhou greedy for money, let's ask him to recruit township soldiers in the village, and let us take them to exterminate the bandits after training, and the captured gold and silver treasures are divided into two parts, but not only divided into two parts, but more points, divided into three percent for him, and these trained township soldiers will belong to us, so how do you think it is a win-win situation? Wang San said proudly.

After hearing this, Zhao Gang immediately said excitedly: "I thought we were going to give him the old book, but it turned out that I just gave him a share of the earnings, and it was very worthwhile to exchange some gold and silver for thousands of elite soldiers." ”

After hearing this, everyone agreed very much, because this not only ensured the peace of the region, but also trained an elite army, and would not be punished by those sour and rotten literati.

Maybe he can be rewarded for this, after all, now that bandits are rampant, it is also a great achievement for him to ensure the peace in the territory, and the key is only how the peak looks at it.

With this plan, Shi Bin carefully thought about where to recruit the township soldiers, how many township soldiers to recruit, how to station them after recruitment, and what kind of weapons to equip them with as standard equipment.

After everything was thought out, Shi Bin immediately went to Liu Zhizhou's mansion, and when he heard Shi Bin coming, the old fritter immediately learned from Cao Cao and came to "greet each other".

Seeing that this Lord Zhizhou attaches so much importance to himself, Shi Bin naturally went up the pole, this is not the time to criticize his hypocrisy. However, I still sighed in my heart, I really am a person who can mix with a high position in Zhizhou, and I can "apply what I have learned" without reading dead books.

Strictly speaking, Liu Zhizhou is a mediocre official whose official fortunes are not prosperous, and he has been at this level for more than ten years since he was promoted to Zhizhou, and now he still has no chance of promotion.

In Shi Bin's view, this stomp is the last bet Liu Zhizhou made for himself. Since ancient times, the retirement age will be different for different levels. If Liu Zhizhou can't be promoted, he must go home and say goodbye to power.

But if Liu Zhizhou can handle the relationship with Shi Bin well, let Jia Yidao value him, and then be promoted to an official and a half-post, he will be able to live a good life for a few more years. Therefore, his behavior was exactly in line with Shi Bin's intentions.

As soon as he sat down in the living room, Liu Zhizhou immediately sent his servants to make a pot of Biluochun, and the two discussed the tea ceremony with great interest.

I wanted to use the southern invasion of the Yuan people to lead the topic, but Liu Zhizhou, the nine-tailed fox, did not enter the set, but said that everyone knew Shi Bin's merits, and he would definitely support Shi Bin.

also thinks that Shi Bin is a little unfounded, Xiangfan has Meng Heng to guard, and his father-in-law Jia Rudao is the supervisor of grain and war, and he is built like an iron bucket, so there will be no problem.

I believe that Liu Zhizhou, who has been in the officialdom for a long time, guessed his intention as soon as Shi Bin entered the door, but now he is talking about him left and right, and the taste is not good.

Shi Bin didn't want to make himself like a reckless man without scheming, and he went straight to the topic, so he changed the bait.

"Lord Zhizhou, I heard that Tanzhou is full of bandits, which gives you a headache?" Shi Bin asked with a smile.

This is a bit explicit, and the rampant bandits mean that he Liu Zhizhou is not capable enough, and he is a corpse vegetarian guy. As soon as Shi Bin's words fell, the smile on his face had disappeared, and his face was like cold iron.

"Lord Zhizhou don't have to misunderstand, there is a developed opportunity to give to Lord Zhizhou." Shi Bin said with a smile.

Developed opportunities? Is banditry rampant or developed opportunities? If you can not belittle him, thank God, Liu Zhizhou obviously didn't understand the meaning of Shi Bin's words, and immediately lost his temper.

"My lord, I want to clear the bandits in the territory for my lord, I don't know if my lord is willing to let Shi do it for me?" Shi Bin asked.

Of course, it is a good thing that someone helps him, a civilian official, clear up the bandits in the territory, not to mention that he is still a famous general, and he will definitely succeed immediately. But pie will not fall from the sky, the two have no intersection on weekdays, and now they take the initiative to ask for help to clear the bandits in Tanzhou, and there must be a plan.

This old slippery head has already practiced his skills, and said: "Commander Shi, please say it directly, if you want me to help, Liu will definitely do his best to help." Even if you want to advance the salary, I can also call the shots. ”

"My lord, don't be so troublesome. The key is that Tanzhou is too big, and it is easy to suppress bandits and difficult to control them. If there is no effective control, there will certainly be another lot of trouble in March. Shi Bin said this fact, which also made Liu Zhizhou agree.

In the end, Shi Bin proposed his plan: to recruit village soldiers and maintain local order. He also said that the gold and silver treasures obtained by the bandits were divided into thirty-seventy, seventy percent for Shi Bin, and thirty percent for Liu Zhizhou.

After telling the plan, the corrupt official immediately agreed, without any hesitation, and said that the matter of forming the township soldiers would be left to him.

Although Liu Zhizhou is a mediocre talent, he is also a capable person, and the people will soon be gathered. The recruited township soldiers also mixed twice a day, and everything was still harmonious. Although it took a month of practice to develop a basic formation, it was somewhat present.

I thought that everything would go according to plan when I was in control, but I didn't expect that this villager soldier was not so easy to control.

The villagers basically had no tactical training except for the queue, and they were just a rabble who could walk. The point is that they don't even have money, but now they are asked to fight against those vicious bandits, of course, they will be crushed at the first touch.

Shi Bin heard that it was this reason that caused the failure of the battle, which made him cry and laugh. couldn't help but ask Wang San: "Then didn't Liu Zhizhou give out some money to motivate before leaving?" Don't you promise them that they will share some benefits after the success of the bandits? Won't be so stingy, and it won't cost him a penny. ”

"My eldest brother, it seems that you still don't know about these bone-sucking guys. The money was out, but not in the pockets of the villagers, but in their own pockets, and they considered themselves merciful if they could give the villagers two full meals. In their eyes, everything they can get is theirs. ”

After understanding Wang San's words, Shi Bin decided to negotiate with Liu Zhizhou again on how to support this group of township soldiers. As Wang San said, everything that can be fished cannot escape their palms.

Fortunately, it must be Shi Bin and these generals who lead the troops to fight, without them, Liu Zhizhou can only salivate at the silver in the bandits' pockets.

So after several more negotiations, Liu Zhizhou finally agreed to provide the supplies of these township soldiers, and Shi Bin was responsible for the salary and pension.

After several crackdowns on bandits, Liu Zhizhou made a windfall, and his relationship with Shi Bin became better and better. His title to Shi Bin gradually changed from "Lord Shi" and "Commander Shi" to "Brother Shi". and hinted several times that he hoped that Shi Bin would continue to suppress the bandits, and if necessary, he would open his mouth, as long as he didn't forget to share his benefits.

I hope he will continue to suppress bandits, this is what Shi Bin likes to hear the most, but he has to stutter the food. He could only euphemistically say that he lacked ability, but promised that once there was a relevant need, he would definitely be the first to think of him Liu Zhizhou.

The two are naturally not close friends, but they just take what they need. But this simple relationship of interests made Shi Bin feel at ease, and he only wanted to carve out a piece of his own territory as soon as possible to be a warlord.