Soldiers are noble, and there are no more.

No matter how many the rabble is, it is not the opponent of the elite division, and there are many examples in history of winning more with less.

Even Nan Ke and their attacks on Zheng Banshan and Wohu Ridge were all won more with less.

The most important thing is that Yongping County, such a small county, has limited military resources and even more limited tax revenue.

Raising an army of about 500 people is almost the limit.

Bai Shuyu heard Nan Ke's inquiry, and was silent for a while, as if he was calculating something.

"Returning to China, for now, the armor and weapons needed to arm an army of five hundred people should be about 1,000 gold. If you add the baggage vehicles and siege equipment, you will have to pay another one or two hundred gold.

In addition, the daily expenses of maintaining this kind of army cost nearly thirty gold per month. If you come up with 1,500 gold, you should be able to form the Dingzhou Army very quickly. ”

Hearing this, Nan Ke's head grew for a while.

He has been cheating for the past few days, and he only got such a small amount of money, and it takes so much money to arm an army of 500 people?

Nan Ke thought about it carefully, at this time, productivity was low, iron ore was a rare item, and it cost a lot of money just to forge weapons and armor. Not to mention, you have to make bows, crossbows, arrow targets, baggage vehicles and some siege equipment.

In addition, the monthly income of the soldiers cannot be lower than that of ordinary people, according to the calculation of 300 yuan a month for one person, and 15 gold a month.

Not to mention that in addition to these, Nan Ke also has to take care of their daily expenses, and it is also a problem for these more than 500 people to eat, drink, and Lazar.

Moreover, want to make this army a real elite.

In addition to this, craftsmen had to be recruited to set up a craftsman camp, as well as a fire husband camp that was responsible for their food, and so on......

To put it simply, the army is a gold-swallowing beast.

If you want your vassals to feed an army that is always fighting your strength, you have to be rich enough for these vassals.

In fact, these vassals of the Light Dynasty, when they were not at war, had been cutting off their armies to reduce expenses.

In addition to this, trade was also a compulsory subject for vassals.

They need to trade to earn more money to cover these daily expenses.

After listening to Bai Shuyu's words, Nan Ke was silent for a while and said, "Otherwise, let's slow down this matter for a while." ”

"Grandpa Guo, but there is something unspeakable." Bai Shuyu asked suspiciously.

After hesitating for a moment, Nan Ke decided to tell the truth and said: "Some time ago, I pledged Yongping County, and the deadline is coming soon, and I have to redeem Yongping County before this." ”

Hearing this, Ge Dadi looked puzzled: "Grandpa Guo, why do you want to pledge your fief?" ”

In Ge Dadi's heart, these princes, in the light dynasty, are second only to the emperor, and it is not too much to say that they are the lords of a country.

They have vast fiefdoms, and they are already rich just by collecting taxes.

Pledge the fief, in Ge Dadi's view, is an incredible thing.

"Grandpa Guo has his own plans for doing things, don't ask too much." Bai Shuyu snorted lightly and asked, "Is the money enough for the grandfather of the country to redeem the fief?" ”

"There is still a thousand gold or so left, I will find a way myself, what you have to do is to clear the surrounding bandits." Nan Ke said in a deep voice.

Bai Shuyu silently kept this in his heart and said: "Actually, there is a way to have more money and more money, and there is a way to have less money with less money."

Recently, the bandits have obtained a lot of armor blades, as long as they find some experienced craftsmen to repair them, they can try them out. Although the appearance is not very neat and good-looking, the protective effect is not compromised at all.

When there is a shortage of armor, we can also hoard it and distribute it to those who are willing to join the Dingzhou Army, as well as those brothers who have performed well. Later, I will help everyone change into unified equipment. ”

"Yes, everyone has adapted to the armor on their bodies in the past few days, and if they suddenly change to armor, they may not be used to it." Ge Dadi also said.

Nan Ke nodded and said, "Since this is the case, I will first wronged everyone for a while." ”

"Don't be wronged, when everyone usually stays in the township, no one looks down on us. Now if we don't give a thumbs up when we see it in Yongping County, everyone is willing to do these things. Ge Dadi said again.

At this time, Jiao Jin asked: "What about recruitment, does Mr. Bai have any ideas?" ”

Bai Shuyu smiled when he heard this: "I was about to talk about this, if we don't recruit five hundred people at once, but recruit a small number of soldiers, it will be much easier, so that we can also select some available people in Yongping County." ”

"How to choose?" Jiao Jin asked.

"First of all, you can't pick in Yongping County. Most of the people who live in the county are well-off and have their own small business, so it is unrealistic for these people to put down everything in their hands and go to become soldiers and fight with others.

If you want to recruit reliable soldiers, you have to run to the villages around the county seat, and these people rely on the crops in the fields and do odd jobs in normal times. If you want to improve your life, becoming a soldier is also a good choice. As a result, it is easier for these people to persuade. ”

"And how are we going to persuade these people?" Nanke asked.

"No need to be persuaded." Bai Shuyu smiled and said, "As long as Ge Dadi and them have nothing to do, wear armor to show off in various villages, and reveal that you are conscripting, this is enough." ”

Jiao Jin smiled when he heard this, and said: "I understand, in every village, there are some people who like to fight fiercely, these people are naturally not used to seeing others being more domineering than him, and when they see Ge Dadi's majestic appearance, they will naturally come to join the army." And these people are all brave and daring people. Mr. Bai, you are amazing. ”

"In that case, let's do what Mr. Bai said." Nanke clapped his head.

After the matter of recruiting troops was settled, the chief soldier and the army were also appointed.

Nan Ke gave them a few more words of encouragement, and then let them each go to rest.

After the small meeting was dispersed, everyone went back to their respective accommodations to rest.

Bai Shuyu and Ge Dadi, the two people from Gejia Village, are together.

Jiao Jin, Jiao Ting, and the cripple, as Nanke's original doglegs, naturally left together.

Pan Feng, as a "general", seems a little lonely.

Seeing this, Jiao Jin came to him and said, "Old Pan, why don't you go to sleep with us tonight!" In the future, you and my brother will often fight together, so it would be good to get acquainted with each other. ”

"Is that good?" Pan Feng frowned and asked.

Regarding Jiao Jin's invitation, he also knew that it was nothing more than forming a gang and getting close.

But as a person who has been with several masters, I also know that different people have different thoughts.

If it is some deep-minded masters, they will not like to form gangs and factions very much.

He just followed Nan Ke, so it's better to go farther away with the people around him.

Jiao Jin seemed to guess what he was thinking, and said, "What's wrong, you and my brother are different from the land of Nage. Grandpa Guo only used them as soldiers. But we are the guards of Grandpa Guo, and our duty is to protect Grandpa Guo's safety. Therefore, the closer the two of you are, the happier Grandpa Guo will be. ”

Pan Feng thought about it, and seemed to mean the same thing, so he said, "Since that's the case, I'll go with a few of them." ”

When the four of them came to a room, there were only two beds in the room, and they sat on the beds.

Then the lame man looked at Jiao Jin and asked, "Do you think what Grandpa Guo just said is true?" If you want to redeem Yongping County, you can get 3,000 gold, and I haven't seen any money during this time, so there is only 1,000 gold left. ”

The lame man smiled when he heard this: "It shouldn't be a fake, today the four families of Zhang Wangsun and Li also sent some money." And don't we still have you? ”

"What does this have to do with me?" The cripple was puzzled: "I have a few children in my pocket, you know better than me." ”

"You don't have money, but the woman next door is rich, and Grandpa Guo asked you to be close to him, which meant that." Jiao Jin said with a smile.

"You mean, Grandpa Guo wants me to cheat Zhang Xiangru's money?" The cripple's eyes widened.

"How to speak, it's not called cheating, it's called turnover. As long as you borrow it and turn it around, after Yongping County is redeemed, you still have no money to pay it back? Don't forget, we've been cracking down on bandits recently, and we have a considerable amount of income every day, and these things are converted into money, and where will they end up? Jiao Jin said again.

Hearing Jiao Jin's words, the lame man was silent for a while, and finally nodded: "Okay, then I'll ask Zhang Xiangru what she means tomorrow and see what she says." ”

Then the four of them chatted for a while, and Jiao Jin said: "It's not too early, I don't know if anyone will rob the prisoner tonight, the safety of Grandpa Guo will be entrusted to the two of you, you must not let those gangsters hurt Grandpa Guo." ”

Originally, Pan Feng's residence was very far away from Nanke.

Now that I came to Jiao Ting's room, I was very close to Nanke.

With the incident of the prisoner robbery in the previous two days, they also had to be cautious.

In this way, Pan Feng and Jiao Ting are in the same room.

Jiao Jin and the lame man went to the next room to rest.

On this night, the Yamen of Yongping County was brightly lit.

There are more than 20 people guarding here, and in addition to holding swords, they are also equipped with bows and crossbows.

In order to prevent those thieves from robbing the prisoners again, Hu Hai also gave them a death order, so that they could no longer escape Li Jun no matter what.

In this way, Wu Zhutou and the other head catcher stared at it all night with wide eyes, and they didn't see a ghost.

The next morning, Jiao Ting and the others finished breakfast early and went to work on the bandits.

It also made the Dingguo Mansion extremely lively.

Nan Ke got up late due to his injury, and when he got up, he had already sunburned three strokes.

As soon as he got up, Xiu'er came over to serve him to wash up, and then brought a hot breakfast.

Apparently these breakfasts were all heated in the pot for him.

Seeing what Xiu'er did, Nan Ke was also a little moved.

Although she knows that this is her duty, there is a little girl who has been worrying about all kinds of things for you, how can it not be heartwarming.

"Xiu'er, do you have any thoughts about getting married?" Nan Ke suddenly asked a question.

Hearing this, Xiu'er was startled at first, and then quickly buried her head in her chest.

Squeaked and said, "Xiu'er doesn't dare to think about it." ”