After a march of more than 1,000 miles from Suzhou to Quzhou, Fang Yuan's Chinese army arrived at Xi'an County, the seat of Quzhou Prefecture, and joined Gan Hui's 30,000 mountain special battalion, the former army of Chigutai.

Gan Hui is originally from Fujian, and he knows the customs and humanities of Fujian and other ethnic groups, and in just half a year, he has created this mountain special battalion composed of She people, Fang people, and some ethnic minorities who have never heard of Fang Yuan living in the mountains all year round.

The biggest characteristic of this special mountain battalion is that they are all barefoot and never wear shoes when they run in the mountains with thorns, miscellaneous trees, and dead grass, because they have lived in the mountains for a long time, and their feet, thighs, and arms have long been worn out with a thick layer of calluses.

They climb trees and cross rivers, and they are no different from the big monkeys in the mountains, and they have a very strong ability to survive in the wild, and it is common for them to live in the mountains for several months without any military rations.

After Gan Hui recruited this mountain special battalion, he equipped them with military equipment such as firearms, strong bows, and lightweight rattan armor that could be carried on their shoulders, and their combat effectiveness was raised to a higher level.

Originally, the Xuanjia Army also prepared a Japanese knife for one person in this mountain special battalion, but these people were used to using a Japanese knife and refused to use a Japanese knife.

She knife is mainly used for mountain logging, shape, role and axe equivalent, in the mountains can open the way, can cut wood for fire, but also hunt wild animals, far more practical than the knife.

Fang Yuan inspected the combat strength of this mountain special battalion, and was very satisfied, and praised Gan Hui a lot, and immediately rewarded him with one hundred taels of silver.

Gan Hui said in a low voice, "Governor Fang, these mountain leaders still have to talk to the governor about the conditions for becoming mercenaries. ”

Fang Yuan frowned, dissatisfied in his heart, how could there be any talk in this world about talking about conditions before starting a war, this is not blackmail?

Gan Hui said again, "This is what I promised them, but they are not at ease, they are worried that the Xuanjia Army will not deliver, and they must personally confirm with Governor Fang." ”

These mountain people temporarily raised the price, and they didn't know what harsh conditions would be offered, Fang Yuan was at a loss, but he was annoyed, and he decided to meet the leader of the mountain people and listen to their requests.

The leader of the mountain people is named Naji, and he is the leader of 100,000 She people in the capital of Chuzhou, Zhejiang.

Najib entered the barracks, and the biggest official he had ever seen was the chief clerk of the state government to forcibly collect taxes, and he had never even seen the county order or prefect.

Gan Hui had already warned Najib before that he was going to meet Fang Yuan, the powerful governor of Zhejiang, the Duke of Dingguo, who was countless levels higher than those who were the main books, county orders, and prefects, and could not be rude, and taught him the etiquette of meeting the officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing that Fang Yuan looked very restrained, Naji wanted to salute Fang Yuan respectfully, but halfway through, he forgot the Daming etiquette taught by Gan Hui, and stood there embarrassed with his eyes lowered, at a loss.

Seeing his embarrassment, Fang Yuan laughed and got up, walked to his side personally, grabbed his strong and powerful arm, pulled him directly to the side of the commander, and ordered the sergeant to move a seat for him and sit with him.

Fang Yuan poured a bowl of wine for him, and said with a smile, "Leader Naji, you are still familiar with the terrain of Xianxia Mountain!" ”

Najib didn't expect this governor to be so kind, ten or a hundred times kinder than those tax collectors, and he was so moved for a while that he forgot to pick up the wine bowl, and said hesitantly, "Xianxialing is a hundred miles long and five hundred miles wide, we don't live on the Xianxialing Ancient Road all year round, but we also make a living in the Xianxialing Mountains. ”

Fang Yuan was quite satisfied when he heard it, Najib is a simple minority mountain man who is not good at lying, and Fang Yuan believes his words ten percent. Although they are not mountain people on the Xianxialing Ancient Road, they live in other mountains in Xianxialing, and the geological structure of Xianxialing is similar, so they should also be familiar with the combat methods of Xianxialing.

Fang Yuan stuffed the wine bowl into his hand and asked, "I heard that you are participating in this battle, and there are a few conditions, let's talk to this governor." Whoever is able to answer, the Governor will answer. ”

After a bowl of wine, Najib became a little bolder, and said tentatively, "President Fang, Governor, we have a total of three conditions. First, we all make a living by slash-and-burn farming, and participating in the war without farming will inevitably affect next year's harvest, so I want one tael of silver per person per month and two buckets of rice. ”

When Fang Yuan heard that they only asked for a monthly salary of one tael of silver, two buckets of rice, and only one tael of silver together, only a quarter of the Xuanjia Army, which was completely acceptable, he continued to ask, "Okay, this governor agreed, and I will give you a monthly salary of one tael of silver and one stone of rice, what about the second condition?" ”

Seeing that Fang Yuan was not angry on the spot, Najib was overjoyed when he even increased his monthly salary, and said, "The second condition, we all have children in our family, if there are those who died in battle, please give each person a pension of three taels of silver." ”

The death pension is only three taels of silver, only one-tenth of the Xuanjia Army, these conditions proposed by Naji are really very simple, Fang Yuan laughed and said, "Yes, for the death of the Governor, the Governor will not be treated badly, and each person will receive five taels of silver." ”

Seeing that he not only agreed to the two conditions, but also greatly increased the monthly salary and pension, Naji was very excited, rubbed his hands and said, "The third condition, after conquering Fujian, each mountain person who participated in the war will be divided into one acre of fertile land, and can move to live under the mountain and enjoy the same treatment as the people of Daming." Children can go to school, take the imperial examination, be an official, and do business. ”

In Najib's opinion, this condition is a bit difficult for strong people, and she people can be treated the same as the people of Daming, he doesn't expect Fang Yuan to agree, but as long as he can promise them to move to live under the mountain, that is the greatest gift.

But in Fang Yuan's opinion, these She people and Fang people are also part of the Ming Dynasty, they want to live under the mountain, just to pursue the same treatment as the people on the flat land, this is understandable, not to mention that they exchanged their lives for it. The United States exterminated most of the Indians and set aside some land for the Indians.

Fang Yuan nodded again and said, "Yes, after this battle, as long as you have land, conditions, and a source of livelihood, you can move to live under the mountain, and the government will never embarrass you again." ”

Najib then asked, "What about the good land?" ”

Fang Yuan smiled, took his hand and said, "Liangtian Governor will definitely give it, but Governor Ben believes that the method of eating a big pot of rice is not good, and it is not conducive to improving work enthusiasm. The Governor wanted to use the method of performance appraisal to reward the good land. ”

Najib had never heard of a performance appraisal and was busy asking, "Performance appraisal?" ”

Fang Yuan's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he said in a deep voice, "Let's put it simply! In this battle, take a Zheng soldier's head for an acre of land, cut more and get more, and there is no cap. However, it is not allowed to take the heads of the people to take risks, and once it is verified, it will be punished by military law. ”

Najib understood at this time, Fang Yuan's request was to exchange Zheng Jun's head for good land, but he was not allowed to kill the people and take the risk. This method is more work and more reward, and it is fair.

Najib hurriedly pulled out the knife at his waist and slammed it on the big table.

Hu Qi, who was guarding him, saw that he suddenly took out his weapon, and was so frightened that he hurriedly gave an order, and ten firearms were aimed at Najib in unison, ordering him to put down his weapon.

Naji was frightened and looked at Fang Yuan blankly, "Governor Fang, I want to make a bloody alliance with you and never turn my back." ”

Hu Qi said coldly, "What kind of thing are you?" It is also worthy of a bloody alliance with Governor Fang! ”

Najib was slightly stunned, he had treated Fang Yuan with the courtesy of the She family, but unexpectedly committed a taboo, lowered his eyes in shame, and took back the She knife stupidly, and was about to bow to Fang Yuan to make amends.

Fang Yuan suddenly scolded loudly, "Hu Qi, what are you talking about?!" Leader Najib is an ally fighting alongside our army this time, and of course he can make a bloody alliance! Go down and take the rod ten times to make an example. ”

Hu Qi was slightly stunned, knowing that this was Fang Yuan's means of buying people's hearts and asking her people and fangren to be willing to sell their lives, so he hurriedly ordered Jinyiwei to collect the firecracker, and bowed his hand respectfully to Fang Yuan, and went down to take the cane without saying a word.

Fang Yuan's respect for the She people and the Fang people made Najib grateful to Dade, grateful, tears gushed out from his eyes, he took out the She knife and cut a cut in his arm, dripping blood into the big bowl, and bowed down to Fang Yuan, "Governor Fang, I, Najib, swear to Governor Fang today that I will die in this battle!" ”

Fang Yuan also made a cut with a saber, and it also dripped into the big bowl.

He held a large bowl high and threw out the large bowl of blood wine and poured it on the ground in front of the military case, "Just use this wine for all the soldiers!" After capturing the Zheng family, you will drink with you! ”

"Roar! Roar! Roar! ”

The officers and soldiers of the three armies, together with Najib's She and Fangren, shouted in unison, and the morale of the army was high and the momentum was shocking!