Tian Fazhang sighed, and his tone was soft: "Wang Sun Jia, it's serious, isn't it trivial to have a matter of the three clans, and the widow agreed that Jian'er would go to Chu State with Fengchang in a month later." Just like Jian'er said, the monarch of the Tiger and Wolf Qin has experienced ups and downs, how can the monarch of my Qi country be immersed in glory and wealth, and disappear in the high platform clothes. ”

"I'm Wang Shengming!" Wang Sunjia bowed deeply.

Tian Jian breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Wang Sunjia's gaze softened more and more, such a virtuous person, it is really a great fortune for Qi to stay in Qi State!

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The second day of recruitment.

In a tavern in Linzi, Meng Ao knelt in the center of the winehouse, surrounded by dozens of men, looking at their clothes, coarse cloth and short beating, it should be men who do inferior work in the market.

"Brother Meng, you are serious, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really said that if you recruit fifty people, you can be the banner master, and if you recruit two hundred people, you can be one hundred households, and if you recruit a thousand people, you can be the commander of the six rates of the East Palace. You can't lie to us! This official is really that good. A man shouted with his neck thick.

Meng Ao snorted coldly, picked up the wine jar on the wine table and slapped it violently, and shouted: "What kind of person is the prince, Chrysostom Yuyan, this official position, the prince will definitely give it, if you don't believe me Meng Ao, don't you still believe His Royal Highness the prince." ”

"Brother Meng, it's a joke, it's a joke. I'm just talking casually, aren't we all greedy for that official position? We don't dare to covet those hundred households, commanders, but we still want to be a banner master. A man laughed.

"It's good to know, I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince recruited troops to establish the sixth rate of the prince this time, as long as there are more than 7,000 people, if there are more, don't you hurry up and sign up." A man next to Meng Ao shouted in a hot iron.

As soon as the words fell, Meng Ao took out the letter of appointment given to him by Tian Jian from his arms, and laid it on the table, the vermilion seal of the King of Qi was extremely dazzling in the eyes of everyone, and it read: "Zi appointed Meng Ao, the son of the State of Qi, as the commander of the six left guards of the East Palace." ”

"I, Wang Lie, sign up, Brother Meng, I can bring sixty-eight people from my fellow villagers to sign up." A man immediately shouted.

"I, Zhou Yuan, also signed up, seventy-two people from the same township."

"I also signed up for ............"

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The people next to Meng Ao immediately wrote the names of those applicants on the bamboo slips.

After about an hour and a half, Meng Ao and two or three people walked out of the wine house, their eyes revealing excitement.

"Brother Meng, I did a good job this time!" A man smirked at Meng Ao, he was the one who asked everyone to sign up quickly.

"You kid, you're quick-witted." Meng Ao scolded with a smile and patted the man on the shoulder.

Again: "You are all fellow villagers with me Meng Ao, and you have the convenience of being a fellow villager, some of us have played since childhood, and now that I am Meng Ao developed, I will definitely take care of you in the future." ”

"Brother Meng, what are you talking about, you have been studying military books since you were a child, and one day like this, that's for sure, who of you brothers is not grateful to you!" The man laughed.

After a while, several men fought together.

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In the East Palace, Tian Jian had just left the morning court at this time, and it was almost noon.

Xiao Ai and Ju Qi, Tian Jian's personal maids, are combing Tian Jian's hair, different from the dress of the last dynasty, Tian Jian is generally wearing casual clothes in the East Palace, and the sultry atmosphere of summer does not allow Tian Jian to wear cumbersome court dresses.

Xiao Ai held Tian Jian's hair with his hand, and gently picked up the jade flute that fixed Tian Jian's hair, and after the jade jade flute was taken down by Xiao Ai, the black hair like a waterfall slid down Xiao Ai's arm.

"Your Highness, the slave maid heard that His Royal Highness is going to accept the crown princess." Xiao Ai asked casually.

"Yes! There is a princess of Chu designated by her father, and after a month, the palace will go to Chen Ying to see the demeanor of the Chu girl. A smile appeared at the corner of Tian Jian's mouth, looking at his fiancée did have a feeling of indescribability, although Tian Jian and Princess Chu had no feelings, but beautiful things are always expected.

"Congratulations to Your Highness, the slave." Xiao Ai laughed softly, but for some reason her left hand holding Tian Jian's hair trembled a little.

"Alright. The main palace is going to Linzi today to see how those commanders are recruiting soldiers. Tian Jian stood up and said.

On the streets of Linzi, seeing passers-by rushing to a destination, Tian Jian couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"What's going on?" Tian Jian stopped a big man and asked.

The big man who was stopped was a little angry, but when he saw Tian Jian's guards, he immediately became respectful.

"The villain went to a wheat field in front of him, and heard that a new army was recruited there, and the price was much higher than that of the original army." Dahan Road.

Tian Jian nodded and motioned for Dahan to leave.

He chuckled at the two maidservants next to him: "This palace wants to see what tricks they do." ”

You must know that Tian Jian himself did not give too much money and food to the ten commanders, and all the money and food they gave were distributed according to the standards of the Qi army, how could it be possible that the money for recruiting new troops was more expensive than the original!

After a short time, Tian Jian and others arrived at the wheat field.

According to Tian Jian's estimates, there are about a few thousand people, most of whom are young people.

Because the guards around Tian Jian were all guards in the palace, they were much more elite than ordinary troops, and in a moment, those guards opened a way for Tian Jian to break through the crowd.

Tian Jian took a closer look and found that it was Wei Guoweiqing.

Wei Qing stood in the middle of the crowd and shouted: "Meng Linzi's father is wrongly loved, Qing is really frightened, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has recruited scholars from all over the world, Qing Shi has no great talent, fortunately the prince values it, Xu Zai is under the command of the position, and now the crowd is 750 people, one person can be recruited, and the reward is 500 Wen." ”

"Five hundred wen." There was a burst of cheers from the crowd.

"Is 500 a lot?" Tian Jian was puzzled.

Although he was a doctor of history in his previous life, he could at most recognize that this was the currency of Qi, and the value and purchasing power of Qi's currency were really unknown to him.

"Your Highness, a chicken in the market today is ten cents, and five hundred cents can buy fifty chickens and a calf." Xiao Ai replied in a low voice.

Tian Jian calculated, I don't feel much, in fact, the productivity of the future generations will look at the Warring States, it will really feel incredible, Mencius once said: "A house of five acres, the tree is mulberry, and fifty can be clothed; Chickens, guineas, dogs, and animals, if they don't lose their time, the seventy can eat meat; A hundred acres of land, don't take it away, a few families can be hungry; The teaching of the order, the righteousness of filial piety, and the person who gives the confession does not live up to the road. Seventy people eat meat, and the people are not hungry or cold, but those who are not kings are not not. ”

People at the age of seventy can eat a mouthful of meat, this is happiness, in the Warring States Period, the number of times the people eat meat is calculated by year, maybe a little exaggerated, but compared to the daily meat in later generations, the productivity of the Warring States, 500 Wen is really a lot. (Before the Tang Dynasty, including the Tang Dynasty, the meat of chickens, ducks, geese, and other animals was not considered meat, and meat referred to the meat of pigs, cattle, sheep, and livestock.) ）