Thinking like this, Zhao Chen said to Guan Fengping: "Lord Guan, you Taishou said that the first condition was agreed, and you continue to say the second condition. ”

Guan Fengping said: "The second condition that Lord Taishou said is that the county government will come forward to recruit people for the sailor. ”

Zhao Chen suddenly asked Guan Fengping with a gloomy face: "Is it a little inappropriate for you to do this?" Did he really think that Ben General didn't understand that he was the one who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to stuff him into the water master? ”

"General Zhao is serious, Lord Taishou is doing this so that the people can keep a male in every household, prevent no male from working, and let the old and young women and children of the family have no pillars of life." Guan Fengping said calmly, "If General Zhao is unwilling, Lord Taishou said that he will not be reluctant, but please go to other counties to recruit troops." ”

The residence of the water division is Fanyang County, but the imperial court does not stipulate that the source of the water division can only be Fanyang County, this regulation has always been so, Zhao Chen knows that even if the lawsuit reaches the imperial court, Yu Wenshu has no choice.

Huang Shaoqiu whispered in his ear at this time: "My lord, the lowly position has not had time to report to the adult, and the problem of the source of soldiers, the lowly position has already found a solution. ”

Zhao Chen now has great trust in Huang Shaoqiu, and when he heard this, he immediately felt overjoyed, and said to Guan Fengping without hesitation: "Lord Guan, you don't have to worry about the problem of the source of soldiers, you will find a way." The camp of the sailor will do what you Taishou said! ”

Guan Fengping seemed to know Zhao Chen's reaction for a long time, and with a smile on his face, he took out an IOU from his arms that clearly wrote the interest calculation method, and said, "Then please sign your name and press your handprint!" ”

Zhao Chen looked at this IOU, and somehow, he suddenly had a feeling that he seemed to be on a thief ship and was deeply trapped, but after thinking about it, as long as he could return the 50,000 taels of silver within a year, there would be no problem, so in the end, he wrote his name on the IOU and pressed his handprint.

After Guan Fengping left with the IOU, Zhao Chen couldn't wait to ask Huang Shaoqiu: "Shaoqiu, how to solve the problem of the source of soldiers you just said?" ”

Huang Shaoqiu hurriedly said: "My lord, there are countless islands in the Bohai Sea and the East China Sea, and some of them are islanders, some of whom migrated from the mainland many years ago, and some of whom are

The local natives, though most of them are controlled by some pirate forces. The lowly way is to snatch these islanders, and these pirates also have a lot of warships in their hands, if they can be snatched together, the problem of warships will also be solved. ”

When Zhao Chen heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, but he still said with some worry: "Shaoqiu, those pirates are not easy to deal with, don't grab people and ships, but let us have some losses." ”

Huang Shaoqiu said with a confident face: "The general can rest assured, after all, the sailor is the orthodox army of the imperial court, how can it be those pirates to contend with, the general only needs to give 8,000 people and 100 warships, and the humble post guarantees to capture 15,000 men, and make up enough for the general to make up 30,000 sailors, and then help the general train these people into elite soldiers, so that they can be loyal to the adults, and then there is a strong general in command, when His Majesty attacks Goguryeo in the future, send troops from the water, and the general will definitely make great achievements." ”

Huang Shaoqiu's self-confidence and the bright prospects he said dispelled Zhao Chen's doubts, he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, then it's decided, you take my tiger talisman to transfer troops to prepare, and set off in two days, if you complete this matter, Ben will definitely give the imperial court to give you credit, now that the sailor has been promoted to one level, after the 30,000 sailors are in place, the court will issue an order to promote Ben from the sailor to the head of the sailor march, and then the sailor will have a deputy Lang general, Ben will definitely recommend you to the court, Ben will also find someone to open up the above relationship for you, and you will definitely become a sailor. ”

When Huang Shaoqiu heard this, his face suddenly showed just the right amount of excitement, and said: "Thank you for the general's cultivation, I will definitely help the general get back 15,000 officers and soldiers and some warships." ”

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At the same time, in the post house of Rongcheng County, Wang Junlin was talking secretly with Shen Guoer.

"Regarding Fengping to create an opportunity for Zhao Chen, Huang Shaoqiu took the opportunity to show loyalty to him, and Zhao Chen, who was in urgent need of help, would really regard Huang Shaoqiu as his confidant, and would also let Wei be subdued by his own efforts." Wang Junlin said with a smile.

"My lord has no last resort, and he will play with that Zhao Chen between applause." Guo'er said with a smile.

Wang Junlin shook his head and said, "Who has the heart to play with him!" It's not that I want the money and grain of the imperial court to raise 30,000 sailors for us. ”

Guo'er's eyes flashed, and she said:

"My lord, is the plan ready to begin?"

Wang Junlin nodded and said: "If Huang Shaoqiu's side goes well, Huang Shaoqiu will soon lead eight thousand sailors to the sea, he will dispatch six times successively, each time losing about five hundred sailor officers and soldiers, but each time he can capture about three thousand men, as well as a few warships, he will not disappoint Zhao Chen." ”

"When the time comes, there will be more than 3,000 experienced sailor officers and soldiers on Snake Island, and about 15,000 men will go to the sailor camp in the salt field, among which there will be generals selected from more than 500 Youzhou veterans, they will perform well in the past, plus Huang Shaoqiu will take care of them, they will soon stand out and become the fire commander, the hundred commanders, the regiment master, and even the captain, and after three years, the ten thousand water divisions will basically be controlled by us."

Shen Guo'er said: "It's just that in this way, the population of the salt farm has been reduced by as much as half at once, and the farmland, army, shipyards, and various workshops of the salt farm all need a lot of labor, and there are less than 20,000 people left, which may not be enough." ”

Wang Junlin said: "Of course it is not enough, but I have already thought of the source of replenishing the salt farm. ”

Shen Guo'er thought for a while, suddenly remembered something, and said, "My lord's idea to fight the group of refugees from Huainan?" ”

Wang Junlin said appreciatively: "That's right, I had this plan a month ago when I learned that the Huainan mob had rebelled, the people were displaced, and there were a large number of refugees and deserters. ”

Shen Guo'er suddenly realized and said, "No wonder my lord asked me to arrange for someone to lead these refugees to Fanyang County. ”

Wang Junlin snorted coldly: "Those refugees are no less than 50,000 people, and when they pour into Fanyang County, presumably Yang Su who is hidden in the dark, Yu Wenshu and others who are in the light will gloat, and even Your Majesty will sympathize with me, but in this case, if I help Your Majesty solve the problem of these 50,000 displaced people, and the various taxes to the imperial court at the end of the year are still unabated, this will make Your Majesty more convinced of my loyalty, which is a great benefit, but the biggest benefit is to replenish the much-needed population of the salt farm, And as long as these people enter the salt farm, according to the current set of the salt farm, plus these displaced people have long been extremely disappointed in the imperial court, as long as they are given a normal life again, they can easily get their resolute support and incomparable loyalty, and even more loyal than the previous 30,000 salt rods and salt slaves. ”

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