When Liu Er heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his smile opened.

Liu Er was originally Liu Jianye and ranked second, so the locals commonly called him Liu Er. He and Zheng San of the same village originally sailed on the Qinjiang River as a boatman, but the year before last the shipping business on the Qinjiang River was suddenly occupied by a super shipping company called Liangguang Ocean Company, and the ship boss also sold the ship to this company, originally he and Zheng San could join this large company called Liangguang Ocean Company, but it happened that his hometown implemented the reform of Shengguo Tianmu, everyone divided the land, and his parents were seriously ill, and his eldest brother could not take care of him alone, so in desperation, he simply quit his boatman and returned to his hometown in Naliang Town.

When he returned home, his father and uncle had died, leaving his eldest brother alone to guard his terminally ill mother, who was extremely poor. Liu Er became a shipwright and just made a living, he didn't earn any money at all, he couldn't pay medicine for his mother, and the aftermath of his father and uncle was also hasty, and when the Liu brothers lamented God's injustice sadly, a miracle appeared.

Liu Er may never forget that day for the rest of his life. At that time, he was taking care of his mother, and his brother suddenly returned home from outside with a happy face, and shouted again and again: "Second brother, there is salvation, mother is saved." ”

As soon as the words were finished, the village chief appeared with two men in military uniforms from the town and went straight to his home. According to the village chief, a new town office was established in the town this year, and he reported the situation of the Liu family to the town office.

I saw that after the doctor from the town's infirmary took Liu's mother's pulse, he prescribed medicine, and after careful advice, he went to the homes of other seriously ill villagers.

After a few days, the doctor came again, and each time he wore a washed white but clean military uniform, which made Liu Er look very envious. Once, he couldn't help but sneak up, and the doctor told him that this was the uniform of the Taiping Shengguo Capture Army, and he was still a soldier of the Capture Army, but because he was injured and learned some medical skills, he retired to work as a doctor in this town, but his favorite was this Capture Army uniform. also said that the begging army is the army of the holy king, which is the most glorious, and he looks proud, which makes Liu Er secretly sigh, if only he were also a soldier of the begging army!

After the doctor came several times, Liu's mother's illness had improved. What moved Liu Er and Liu Da was that from beginning to end, the town's doctor had never charged his family a fee for diagnosis and treatment, and even the cost of medicinal materials was paid by the town's finance and taxation office. The Liu family was so moved that Liu Er couldn't have imagined that there were such and such official mansions in this world, compared with the Manchu official mansions in previous years, it was simply a judgment of heaven and earth.

Moreover, the happy life of the Liu family is far from it. The next scene made Liu Er's family laugh out loud in their dreams at night: the town office soon organized each village to measure the land, divide the field standards, and at the same time confiscate the land occupied by the wealthy families who fled and the original Manchu officials, and distribute it according to the number of personnel in the entire town. The three members of the Liu family, each with two and a half acres, also got seven acres and five points of land. Not only that, but through the village, the town office also distributed seeds and farm tools to poor and white families like the Liu family, saying that they would lend them to their family and pay them back when the harvest came in the next year, free of interest.

For a time, the Liu family was grateful to the Holy Kingdom and the imperial court, and Liu's mother directly invited back the statue of the Holy King from the town to worship at home day and night.

Like the rest of the village, the two brothers worked hard in the fields every day, and the crops in the fields grew well, and the harvest in the summer ushered in a rare harvest. The old people in the village even said that they had not encountered such a good harvest for more than ten years. Every household in the village was smiling, and Liu Er was also sent as a representative to beat gongs and drums to the town office to offer new rice made by Xingu, and invited the town chief, police officers, doctors and others to taste the new rice. That scene will never be forgotten by Liu Er for the rest of his life!

Two years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the situation of the Liu family is getting better and better, last year, Liu's second brother Liu Da married a new daughter-in-law, and at the beginning of this year, he added a big fat boy to the Liu family, and Liu's mother's face bloomed with a smile all day long. People in the village say that she will not die in a catastrophe, and there will be a blessing in the future, and she always says when she meets people, this is all thanks to the blessing of the holy king, overthrowing the Manchu Tartars, so that there is such a good official mansion, and there is now the happiness of the Liu family. However, sometimes the Liu family also thinks that if it was half a year earlier, Liu's father and uncle would not have died of illness. Whenever this time, Liu's mother always pulls Liu Da and Liu Er to warn him to be grateful, and if he has the opportunity, he must serve the government and the holy king, the current emperor of the Chinese Empire.

Yesterday, I heard from the village chief that the country might be in danger, and a notice was posted in the town, saying that the imperial court was going to recruit soldiers. When the Liu family heard this, Liu's mother decided to let Liu Er sign up for the army and serve the court. So, I got up early this morning, pulled my playmate Zheng San, and rushed to the town to sign up for the army.

At this time, the town's police division continued to shout: "First serve in the military for three years, it is a compulsory soldier." After three years, if the performance is average, he will be transferred to the reserve, and serve in the local garrison for eleven years, with one month's vacation each year, which does not prevent him from marrying a wife and having children, and he also has a salary of six holy coins per year; If they perform well, they can be turned into volunteers and enter the standing force of the field army, serving for five to eight years, and receiving an annual salary of 18 yuan in holy coins. Moreover, whether it is a reserve or a standing service, in addition to the land allocated to the family, as long as the service has been completed for five years, the family can also share the land by one more person. In addition, during the busy farming season, the town and village will organize villagers to help military families farm voluntarily. ”

Hearing the words of the police officer, Liu Er was even more relieved. He was a little worried that if he went to join the army, his brother would be a strong laborer at home, and whether the family's fields would be uncultivated, but Liu's mother said that no matter what, he would be allowed to become a soldier, and she would also go to the fields of the Liu family to cultivate. Now that the police officer said so, he is even more relieved and has no worries at all. Moreover, it was his dream to become a soldier of the begging army. In the past two years, the white but neat gray-white beggar military uniform has appeared in his dreams many times.

"Liu Er, why are you stunned? It's our turn! Zheng San urged in his ear, Liu Er came back to his senses, and hurriedly stepped forward with Zheng San and came to the door of the police station to register.

"Name? Which village? A registered police officer asked.

"Liu Er, from Beiji Village."

"Liu Er, this name is not good, little brother, this is your nickname. I want my real name! What's your real name? If you report it, you can't change it. The officer replied.

"Real name?" Liu Er thought about it, his own real name, it seemed to be called Liu Whatye, it was never useful, and he had forgotten it. He doesn't like this name very much, and it's not as good as Liu Ershun's mouth. But the name Liu Er is not good, what is the best choice? He remembered what his mother had been saying, bless the Liu family with eternal happiness, since this is the case, it is better to call it Liu Yongfu! Thinking of this, he said loudly: "Liu Yongfu! North Chicken Village. Sign up for the army! ”

"Okay! After registering, go to the police station for a physical examination and examination, and as long as you pass the customs, you will be considered to have joined the army. ”

Liu Yongfu was overjoyed and hurriedly followed Zheng San into the police station.

After half an hour of physical examination and review, Liu Yongfu and Zheng San were successfully accepted and joined the captive army, and three days after informing them, they rushed to the Qinzhou County Police Bureau, and then rushed to the troops to assemble.

Hundreds of people signed up to join the army throughout the town of Nara, but some of the only seedlings in the family and the young people who were weak or not smart enough were brushed off, and in the end only 50 people were selected to join the army. However, many of the people who were brushed off were actually soldiers, so the town police station registered them and compiled them as militias.

In the entire Qinzhou County, 430 people were conscripted into the army this time; In the entire Lianzhou capital, 1,500 people were conscripted into the army; In the whole of Guangdong Province, 24,000 people joined the army.

With the successive conscription of troops in other provinces, the number of recruits of the captive army expanded rapidly, and the number of captive troops who were originally short of personnel immediately became sufficient. [.]