The cash box was empty, and the people who received the money were smiling, talking, and thanking them again and again.

They didn't expect that just doing a day's work would really give them the same money.

Those who received the money will continue to work today.

Yesterday a ten-zhang wide and a hundred-zhang long open space has been opened, and the last five-zhang wide camp needs to be opened, and it can be completed in half a day, and the rest is to level the ground.

What should be started has already begun. However, there are still many people who carry tools around the official road and refuse to leave. They also want to make money, everyone understands.

Yang Congyi said: "Zhang Zhutou, you help select fifty people who can build houses, build barracks according to my sketches, and each person will always pay money." ”

Always money to build a house? Zhang Biao doesn't believe it, how can he build it with so little money?

Yang Congyi picked up a piece of paper from the table and handed it to Zhang Biao: "Just build a barracks like this." ”

Zhang Biao took it and took a look, he could build three barracks like this in a day. Wooden pillars are erected all around, three sides are blocked with reeds, and the top is covered with reeds, leaving one side unobstructed, it is regarded as a door, it is really simple enough, I am afraid that it cannot withstand the strong wind. But when you think about it, this is a temporary residence, and you can't live for three or five days, so there is nothing to criticize.

"Turn your back to the official road, build fifty rooms together, and after the construction is completed, you will check that there is no problem and then pay the wages." The most basic requirements for building a house, Yang Congyi also made it clear.

Another group of people began to build houses in a prosperous way, the ground within a kilometer of the official road needed to be leveled, the barracks pillars needed to be selected from the degraded wood, and the reeds also needed to be cut. There is a lake to the west of the city, not far from the camp, and there are as many reeds as there are.

Yang Congyi can't be idle, he has a lot to do. What to do if you can't recruit enough people, what to do if you recruit them, how to manage them, how to train them, and how to bring them from Anqingjun to Mingzhou are all problems that need to be considered one by one. How to train illiterate peasants into soldiers who understand the rules and abide by discipline is a difficult problem, and there are not many of the hundreds of thousands of troops in the Great Song Dynasty who can keep discipline. The new army is a huge challenge for Yang Congyi, and if he wants not to make a mistake, he has to do his best.

In one day, the site was half leveled, fifty barracks, the basic construction was completed, and in another half a day, the camp could be completely built.

When it was almost dark, the workers all went back, and only Yang Congyi and others remained in the barracks outside the city.

That night, everyone lived in the built barracks, which was transparent and spacious, and the natural atmosphere was strong, but there were mosquitoes at night, which made people unpleasant.

"Lord Yang." A dark shadow flashed outside the barracks, and someone approached.

"Zhang Zhutou, is there something wrong, come in and say." Yang Congyi turned over and sat up.

It was Zhang Biao standing outside the barracks, and he hesitated slightly, but finally walked in.

"Sit down, we haven't seen each other for two years since Tianzhu Mountain parted, and now we see each other again, and we are also very busy, and we don't have time to talk about it."

Zhang Biao sat down in the place where the grass was laid as he said.

"In fact, you and I were powerless to resist the matter of Tianzhu Mountain back then, I was able to go deep into the incense burner peak alone and capture more than 30 fugitives, all by accident, really speaking, in fact, it doesn't have much to do with me, we were all involved in it, the difference is that I came back with the credit of catching the fugitives, and you are deep in Tianzhu Mountain, and the people who are playing conspiracies for petty profits behind your back have been punished as they deserve. But you have been victimized by them, and have suffered in vain. But everything is in the past, so let's move on. Yang Congyi knew the status of Zhang Biao and others in the Yamen of Taihu County, and he could clearly feel their grievances.

Hearing this, Zhang Biao was silent for a while, and then smiled: "I don't want to think about the past." Lord Yang, can you reward me with food in the army? ”

Yang Congyi said: "Actually, my favorite title is Yang Zhutou, calling the head catcher, we are brothers who are born and die." ”

Zhang Biao smiled: "My lord, it's different now, you are a prison soldier and an official of the imperial court, and I am just a servant, thinking about the past, it is like a dream." I have been in the yamen for ten years, and my spirit has disappeared, especially in the past two years, my life is no different from wood, and I want to change my way of living. ”

Yang Congyi said: "Have you ever thought about what kind of life you need? ”

Zhang Biao smiled: "I don't know, just don't be like now." The first half of my life was deserted, and the second half of my life was different. ”

Yang Congyi said: "What kind of way of living, in your opinion, is it called a different way of living?" ”

Zhang Biao said with a smile: "You don't have to intrigue every day, you don't have to look at people's faces every day, you don't have to laugh with you every day, and you don't have to wait for someone to give a few life money." I want to change my life, even if it's with blood. I want to join the army, will you take it? ”

Yang Congyi said: "The Xuanwei Army wants to recruit the children of good families, and in the end it is for national affairs, you have to enlist, if you are just tired of the life of the yamen and want to change the environment, then you don't have to join the army." If you can risk your life and want to earn a reputation and get ahead, then I can make an exception for you. ”

Zhang Biao got up and said, "The head can be broken, and the blood can flow." ”

Yang Congyi got up and said with a smile: "Okay, if you have this heart, then you are the first soldier I recruited." ”

Zhang Biao said: "Thank you, sir." I, Zhang Biao, swear here, no matter where I go in the future, I will never disgrace Yang Zhutou! ”

In the eighteenth year of Shaoxing, on this moonlit night when the stars were scarce, Zhang Biao made an oath, he didn't know how much he would pay for this oath after many years.

Zhang Biao walked out of the barracks, looked up at the moon in the sky, and couldn't help but cry. A man who is nearly thirty years old still has the opportunity to choose a new life, he should be laughing, but he is facing the moon and crying like a child.

Yang Congyi was lying on the reeds, his back was very cool, but his heart was tumbling endlessly, and his blood was hot.

When he saw what happened to Zhang Biao and others in the county government, he had the heart to pull them, but his identity was limited, and he was not a good citizen to arrest them, so he took the initiative to recruit them, which broke the original intention of recruitment, so he didn't mention it to anyone in the past few days. He's waiting, waiting for them to come forward, and as long as he does, he'll definitely give it a chance.

Zhang Biao is a few years older than him, and they went to Tianzhu Mountain twice together, although Zhang Biao is stubborn, he is a person who is willing to do things. People who want to do things and people who are willing to do things will be a good match. Zhang Biao suddenly made his intentions clear, and he asked Zhang Biao two questions, just to confirm that Zhang Biao was really the person he was looking for and the person he could entrust with important tasks. Fortunately, Zhang Biao Yes, the new army is not alone.

The night was slightly cold, but this night, there were two people who slept very soundly, one was Zhang Biao, and the other was Yang Congyi.

Before dawn, Yang Congyi woke up as usual, without a gun at hand, so he practiced boxing a few times, moved his hands and feet, kept his muscles flexible, and his hands and feet were dexterous.

Not long after, some people got up and practiced knives in the open space, and they knew it was Zhang Biao without looking.

Yang Congyi didn't bother, turned around and sat down cross-legged in the barracks, running the Taoist Inner Breathing Method, the air flow in his body was surging, he could already clearly perceive that he had practiced every day in the past few years, and he had gained a lot from practicing diligently.

After dawn, people came to the camp one after another to work. Yesterday's work was not done, and we will continue today, and before we continue to work, we will pay yesterday's wages.

The money is under the management of Jiang Kai, and the wages of a hundred people are not distributed in much time, and the work will continue to be started, and the remaining Wuzhang camp will be leveled before noon, and there will be 500 yuan after it is finished, and if it is not finished, no more money will be paid.

It is said that they will do the work of leveling the camp themselves, and no one will care anymore.

The officials returned to the city to buy food and drink, and while everyone was eating breakfast, some people came to enlist.

Since someone is coming, the issue of eating will naturally be put aside for now, and everyone will immediately take their places. Yang Congyi and Jiang Kai each sat at a table, and there was a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on the table for writing.

The man was led to the table and stood a foot away. I only listened to Zhang Biao's instructions: "Jump three times on the spot, how high and high you can jump." ”

The man did as he was told, and jumped on the spot three times.

"Hold the ground three times with your hands." Zhang Biao said, and climbed down to do a demonstration, that is, push-ups.

The man did as he was told, and he leaned on the ground three times.

"Pass the physical test, go and register." Zhang Biao immediately made a judgment.

The man was a little confused by such a formal scene, but he could still understand where to register. He went straight to the nearest desk and stopped five feet away.

Jiang Kai raised his pen and asked, "Origin, name, age, what for?" ”

The man replied: "My name is Wang Shilang, my hometown is Caizhou, I am nineteen this year, and I now make a living from fishing." ”

After Jiang Kai finished writing, he said: "The beloved Wang Shilang, there is no problem with his background. Go ahead and check in over there. ”

Wang Shilang turned his head to look at another table a foot away, and hurriedly walked over there.

Yang Congyi put pen to paper and asked, "Why did you come to enlist in the army?" ”

Wang Shilang replied: "There are many brothers in the family, and there is no land to eat, so I have money to join the army and can buy food for my family." ”

Yang Congyi wrote down: Wang Shilang, landless, many brothers.

Then he asked, "What will you do?" ”

Wang Shilang replied: "I can box, I can fish." ”

Yang Congyi picked up the pen and continued to write: boxing, fishing.

After that, he put down his pen and said to him: "Congratulations on your enlistment as a member of the Xuanwei Army." The settling-in allowance is consistent. Seven days later, assemble here. ”

After speaking, he took out the usual money from the box next to him, got up and handed it to Wang Shilang.

Wang Shilang stepped forward to take the money, raised his hand and thanked, "Thank you, sir." ”

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "Go, the family is arranged, and after seven days, come and report for duty." ”

After Wang Shilang thanked him again, he turned around and left the camp.

This set of recruitment process was also discussed by Yang Congyi with Jiang Kai and Zhang Biao to determine that it should be checked. To enlist in the army, you must first be physically healthy and have good hands and feet, secondly, you must be innocent and have a job to earn a living, and finally, you must be clear about the purpose of joining the army, and you must have something to rely on.

There is no major problem for the recruits, and after passing the three levels, the quality of the soldiers can be basically guaranteed.

For Jiang Kai, Zhang Biao and others, this is a new attempt at recruitment, and no matter what Yang Congyi thinks, they feel that this is formal enough and strict enough.