The loss of seven comrades in the battle is sad.

But more teenagers were excited when they returned to the village.

Especially the two teams of strong class teenagers who won the door in Dongcheng with Luo Cunxiao that night, the county order has already awarded each of them a heavy reward of ten yuan in advance, and this is only the first reward.

The county order said that there would be more rewards for them later.

Thirteen or fourteen-year-old boys, although they fought hard once, but since they didn't die, they could only be happy.

Ten pieces of money, for them, is a wealth that they have never seen in their lives. They happily carried strings of copper coins on their backs, and horses of silk on their shoulders, and they were eager to tell their families about the joy of victory and the triumph of reward.

In addition to the reward, each of the seriously injured teenagers received a recuperation allowance of ten yuan, which made some teenagers even feel that they were not injured, otherwise they could get another ten yuan.

Anyway, if you are injured and not disabled, it is good to take care of it, which is ten dollars.

Luo Cheng asked the injured teenagers to be sent home by car, and gave each of them a long vacation until they recovered from their injuries, and he promised them that no matter how much they spent on medical expenses, the money would be paid by the township group in the end.

This is the best promise he can make to these teenagers, and he does his best to do it.

After returning from the homes of the fallen teenagers, Luo Cheng sent the third brother home, hurriedly had a meal with his mother and sisters, and then returned to the Wang Manor Township Group camp on the other side of the river.

The recruiting flag was raised again.

I thought that with this casualty, the villagers would resist the call.

To people's surprise, the county ordered 200 people to be conscripted, but in just half a day, four or five hundred villagers poured into the camp.

Luo Cheng stood inside the camp gate, looking at the long queue outside.

There were not only young men, but also many young people, and some old people with gray hair and back were also here. This made him puzzled, it is also possible for Xiang Yong to die, and he has just sent back the corpses of seven dead young Xiang Yong, why are the villagers more active than last time?

"Death is not terrible, it is poverty that is terrible!" Behind him, Daddy Luo's voice came.

"They're here for the money?" Luo Cheng was surprised.

"Then why do you think everyone is here? Those teenagers have only been in your township group for more than half a month, and they have earned ten times of reward money and returned home, ten times, you know that for many families, they may not be able to accumulate more than ten times of cash in a lifetime. And the thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy earned it back in only half a month, and this is only the first reward. ”

"But there are people who have lost their lives, and there are people who have been seriously injured."

"What's it if you're injured, isn't it still an extra ten allowances? You don't have to pay for the medical expenses yourself, this is earned. Even if they die, many people have been busy all their lives and have little to offer. Especially now, with the heavy labor and the increase in rent, the life of the people is becoming more and more difficult, and the oppressed are almost unable to raise their heads. ”

When people can't survive anymore, they will feel that it is worth it if they can exchange their lives for money.

Everyone knows that being a government soldier is the best opportunity for the people to get ahead, but not everyone is qualified to be a government soldier. And now, Luo Cheng's township regiment is about to have the same treatment as a government soldier.

This is a great opportunity for many.

Although there were casualties, out of 200 people, there were only seven deaths, and no one believed that they were so unlucky that they were the seven. If it's really one of the seven, but if you die, you can still have a twenty percent pension, and there are even township groups to build tombs and monuments for them, and I heard that they will have to raise heirs, it's really worth dying.

"Human life is so worthless?"

Luo Cheng questioned, last time he met a young man named Ergouzi, who said that if his life is gone, he can be reincarnated in the next life, and when the money is gone, it is really nothing, and when money is worth more than life, he thinks he is ridiculous.

And now, he actually heard similar words from his father's mouth, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

"In troubled times, human life is like a mustard. Even in the heyday, do you think human life is very valuable? Many times, even if you want to exchange your life for money, there is no chance to exchange it for you. ”

Luo Cheng was silent.

"Dad, listen to you, it seems like you've been through a lot. Your eyes are full of stories, but you can't see the slightest vicissitudes on your face, why? ”

"There are some things that I don't need to tell you, and I don't want to talk about them." Lao Luo said lightly.

It seems that Daddy is a real person with a story.

Looking at the people who signed up outside the camp, Luo Cheng was silent for a long time.

In the end, he said to the second brother-in-law Wang Zi, who was in charge of registration, "Since there are so many people coming, let's pick it, let's pick fourteen to sixteen years old, we are a township group, anyway, we have to recruit rotational training, and the first class will be on duty for one to two months, and the young and strong still let them take care of the family." ”

"Wouldn't it be better to have young people recruited?" Wang Ziming was puzzled, there was no way last time, and now there are young people who are called, so it's strange.

"The teenagers don't have anything to worry about, let's recruit some teenagers."

Teenagers are young and careless, and they are easy to cultivate, like a blank sheet of paper, easy to polish, and there is more room for growth.

"Those who are equal in strength take more than Ding, and it is better not to take the only son!"

"After this quelling of the rebellion, will our township regiment still fight in the future?" Wang Ziming asked.

"No one knows what tomorrow will be like, but we have to be prepared."

Luo Cheng didn't personally select the young men, he didn't want to pick them personally, maybe the people he picked would ask him to send them back to their mothers in the future.

A corner of the camp.

Father Luo was directing Luo Da Luo Er to set up the blacksmith stove in Zhang Luo.

"Xiao Wu, a batch of iron materials has been shipped, what weapons are you going to make?"

"Shoot some spear heads, and make another batch of long and round shields."

"Only the head of the gun?" Daddy asked suspiciously. "Don't you shoot the knife and the spearhead? Rifles can also be played, I will. ”

Luo Cheng shook his head.

"The tip of the gun is the least iron, the easiest to make, and the least costly. The spearhead uses more iron, as for the rifle blade, the process is also complex and the cost is high, the horizontal knife seems simple, but the material of a horizontal knife can hit several gun heads, not to mention, the process of the horizontal knife is more complicated, the blade is longer if it is not easy to break if it is not good, and it is time-consuming and laborious. ”

As a weapon for the villagers, Luo Cheng's idea is still as simple as possible.

Except for the current part-time Yamen Third Class of the Youth League, the rest of the recruited Xiangyong teenagers must not be able to be formed all year round, according to the norm, they must be trained in rotation, and they are only on duty for a few months a year.

Such a villager has not much time to train, nor can he use it for a long time, so his requirement is that the equipment is as simple as possible, and the troops are as simple as possible.

The lowest-cost, fastest-trained class is naturally the pikemen.

By the way, it would be good to use wood to make a batch of shields and make a batch of shield spearmen, easy to train, and fast in equipment costs, suitable for their township regiments.

As for the long knives, spears, bows, crossbows, and other equipment, it is too labor-intensive, time-consuming and time-consuming to build them by himself, but Luo Cheng still has the idea of being able to get some points from above, and he doesn't expect to get much anyway.

"In that case, you won't need so much iron." Old Luo Dao.

"Excess iron, let's not use weapons, but some iron tools used by the people."

"Real iron? Hit what? ”

Luo Cheng thought about it, "Why don't you make some iron pots?" ”