At dusk, Li Yanqing returned to his mansion, and there were still more than 100 steps away from the mansion gate, and he saw a large group of young women gathered in front of the mansion gate from a distance, about thirty or forty people, chattering non-stop, Li Yanqing suddenly understood, this must be Qing'er's subordinates coming from the capital.

At this time, I saw Hu Qing'er coming out of the mansion, she had already taken off her armor and changed into a cyan samurai uniform, she walked to the steps, dozens of women brushed the ground and quieted down, looking at Hu Qing'er together, Li Yanqing couldn't help nodding secretly, it was obvious that they were well-trained female soldiers, they had been hiding in Baoyan Zhai, and they didn't know.

At this time, Hu Qing'er saw Li Yanqing and hurriedly ran over, "Big brother, my former subordinates, they have all arrived!" ”

Li Yanqing turned over and dismounted, and said with a smile: "Have you arranged room and board?" ”

"They just arrived, and they haven't had time to arrange it yet."

Li Yanqing turned back to Zhang Ying and said: "Go to the tile shop and pack all the Qujiang Inn, and pack the food for ten days, go now!" ”

"Humble duty understands!" Zhang Ying galloped away on horseback with a few of his own soldiers.

"Big brother, is it a little farther away to stay at Qujiang Inn?"

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "For the time being, I will rent the house next door to the camp of my own soldiers, and the west courtyard of Fuzhong will be vacated for female guards to live in, and other female soldiers can enter the barracks." ”

"Do you want to pick out the female guards now?"

"You decide this, pick fifteen female guards, and the rest of the female soldiers will be the team leader to assist you in recruiting five hundred female soldiers, I have explained to Mr. Mo, he will also send someone to assist, and he will prepare the necessary materials."

Hu Qing'er breathed a sigh of relief, it would be good to have Mr. Mo's assistance, otherwise she wouldn't know where to start!

"Then I'll take them to rest and eat first, and I'll discuss the specific information with my eldest brother when I get back."

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "It's not a discussion, it's a report!" ”

Hu Qing'er's pretty face flushed, she glanced at Li Yanqing, turned around and left, she walked in front of a group of female soldiers, waved her hand and ordered: "Everyone come with me, let's eat first!" ”

Thirty-five female soldiers quickly lined up and followed Hu Qing'er in the direction of Wayan.

Li Yanqing saw that more than a dozen of his own soldiers were stunned, so he smiled and said, "Get along well in the future, your future wife is among them!" ”

The relatives and soldiers immediately laughed embarrassedly, and Li Yanqing was in a good mood and walked quickly towards the mansion.

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Two days later, all counties in Jingzhao Prefecture posted a notice on the recruitment of female soldiers, which clearly stated the duties of female soldiers, the treatment and care of wounded soldiers, and the monthly salary of eight yuan, requiring unmarried women over 16 years old and under 20 years old, and women in good physical fitness are preferred, and all those hired will receive 20 yuan of settling-in allowance, and the service period is three years.

Nominally, it was used to treat and care for wounded soldiers, but Li Yanqing had a deeper consideration, he wanted to train a group of female servants to infiltrate enemy cities to collect intelligence during the war, and women had an innate advantage over men in serving as soldiers.

Mo Jun was personally responsible for the recruitment of female soldiers, and Hu Qing'er led thirty female soldiers to assist, and set up three recruitment points in Jingzhao Mansion, and the recruitment of female soldiers soon caused a sensation in all parts of Jingzhao Mansion.

Due to the Hundred Years War between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia, there were generally more women than men in the northwest, and many daughters from poor families were difficult to marry for life, which made the employment fees of women in Jingzhao Mansion and Shaanxi Road counties much cheaper than in the capital, such as maids and cooks who only had three yuan per month, and at least five times in the capital.

The notice stated that the monthly salary of female soldiers was eight yuan, which was very attractive to poor families, and in addition to the clear position, and the Western Army did not have the tradition of camping prostitutes, on the first morning, many people came from all over Jingzhao Province to sign up with their daughters.

The registration point of Jingzhao Mansion is located in Beicheng, which is a compound covering an area of five acres, with four soldiers standing at the door, no idlers are allowed to enter, seven or eight tables are placed at the door, and several civil officials are responsible for registration.

First of all, sign up, ask about the basic information such as place of origin, address, age, marital status, specialties, etc., and then the woman takes a wooden card into the hospital to participate in the test.

The test is in charge of ten female soldiers, and the test is relatively simple, that is, weightlifting, dancing sticks, and running, mainly depending on the physique, flexibility, and specialty.

On the morning of the first day, 52 people were admitted to the registration point of Jingzhaocheng, which greatly surprised Hu Qing'er.

Li Yanqing came to the registration point at noon to inspect, and the chief official in charge of registration was Hu Cao Oshi, named Han Cheng, who saw Tongzhi coming, and hurriedly got up and saluted, "See Tongzhi!" ”

"Han Oshiji, how's the recruitment going?"

"It's not bad, fifty-two people have been admitted, and almost one out of every three people has been admitted."

At this time, a young lady with a toned figure ran out of the courtyard and shouted excitedly: "Daddy, I have been admitted!" ”

Her father is an honest middle-aged peasant, is squatting on the ridge in the corner of the wall in a daze, from the father and daughter patched clothes can be seen that their family is poor, the middle-aged man heard that his daughter has been admitted, immediately excited to stand up, his old mother is sick in bed, just waiting for his daughter to pay 20 yuan to treat the sick and save people.

"Girl! What do we do next? ”

Li Yanqing saw that he was in a hurry, so he smiled and said, "Since you have been admitted, you can officially register." ”

"Good! Good! ”

The middle-aged man hurriedly took his daughter to the table, the registrar asked, they said a word, and the registration was quickly completed, and pressed the handprint, Li Yanqing looked at the registration form of the little lady, Zhu Feng, sixteen years old, from Lintong County, Jingzhao Prefecture.

At this time, a soldier put a small willow basket on the table, Li Yanqing took a twenty-guan meeting from Han Cheng's hand, handed it to the middle-aged man and said: "This is your daughter's twenty-guan settlement fee, any money shop in the city can be exchanged for cash, from now on, she is a member of the Jingzhao Army, according to the rules of the army, she will enter the barracks for training today, and she will have a day off every ten days, you can come to visit your daughter, or write a letter." ”

"Then please take care of the little girl a lot."

The middle-aged man told his daughter a few more words, turned around and left, and Li Yanqing handed the willow basket to the little lady again, "This is your military uniform and two sheepskins!" ”

When the little lady saw that there were two sheepskins in the basket, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she hurriedly shouted: "Daddy, wait a minute!" ”

The man had just walked a dozen steps before he stopped again, and the little lady ran up and handed the sheepskin to her father, "These two sheepskins are for grandmother!" ”

A soldier next to her couldn't help but remind her: "Little girl, these two sheepskins are your military blankets, and you must put them under your body when you sleep at night, otherwise you will catch a cold." ”

The little lady whispered for a while: "Grandmother is sick, and she is afraid of the cold at night." ”

She bit her lip, or stuffed two sheepskins to her father and brought them to her grandmother, Li Yanqing saw her father staggering away, so she shook her head and said to the soldiers: "For the sake of her filial piety, give her another one!" ”

The soldier took two more sheepskins and handed them to Xiao Niang, who bowed to Li Yanqing, "Thank you, General!" ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "Go ahead!" Train hard and strive to be rewarded for meritorious service as soon as possible. ”

"Hey!"

Xiao Niang nodded happily, and walked with several other admitted Xiao Niang to the side door with the soldiers, and after they changed their uniforms, they were going to follow the partial general Hu Sanniang to the barracks as the first batch of female soldiers.

Li Yanqing did not come to inspect the recruitment of female soldiers today, he also had important arrangements, leaving the recruitment point of female soldiers, Li Yanqing took a few personal soldiers to Qiao's Commercial Bank in Beicheng.

Qiao's Trading House is one of the largest trading houses in Northwest China, mainly engaged in fur and oil business, and Baoyanzhai purchased tallow from Western Xia and the Western Regions from Qiao's Trading House.

The head office of Qiao's firm is in Taiyuan Mansion, and the store in Jingzhaofu is also the foundation of the firm, Li Yanqing and Qiao's firm dealt with the Song-Xia War a few years ago, Qiao's firm helped them obtain a lot of important information, and Li Yanqing joined the army at that time when he was still the intelligence department of the Hedong Army.

Li Yanqing walked into the firm, and a steward greeted him, "May I ask what is the matter with the official?" ”

"I'm friends with your proprietor, Brother Qiao, I don't know if they're in Jingzhao Mansion?"

Intuition told Li Yanqing that the Qiao brothers should be in Jingzhao Mansion, and the two countries of Jinxia were at war in Yunzhou, which directly threatened the safety of Taiyuan.

The steward hurriedly smiled and said: "It's a coincidence, the second proprietor of my family just arrived in Jingzhao Mansion a few days ago, and now he is in the trading house. ”

"You are Li Yanqing, the same acquaintance of Jingzhao Mansion, who is visiting!"

The steward was suddenly taken aback, "It turned out to be Li Tongzhi, the villain was snub just now!" ”

"You're welcome, go and report, I'll wait here for a while."

"Please go to the guest hall and sit for a while, and I'll go and report."

Li Yanqing nodded, and followed an entourage to the Guike Hall to sit down, and as soon as he sat down, he heard a hearty laugh coming, "Li Tongzhi, I haven't seen you for many years!" ”

Seeing Qiao Zhong'an, the second of the Qiao brothers, appear in the hall, Li Yanqing got up and smiled slightly: "Don't come to Master Qiao?" ”

Qiao Zhongan walked in and said with a smile: "I have wanted to visit the officials when I went to Baoyanzhai several times, but Ling Zun said that you are in Jiayu County, so I have never had a chance." ”

"Thank you for remembering me, I came to Jingzhao at the end of last year, and it has been less than half a year now."

"I see, no wonder I don't know, please sit down!"

The two sat down, a maid served them tea, Li Yanqing picked up the teacup and asked with a smile, "How is the situation in Taiyuan?" ”

Qiao Zhongan shook his head, sighed and said: "Jin Bing and Xixia have been fighting for Yunzhou for a month, I heard that the battle is very tragic, a large number of people in Yunzhou fled to Taiyuan, Taiyuan is rumored, my eldest brother and I are ready to move the head office to Jingzhao Mansion, but I didn't expect that the military of Jingzhao Mansion is actually Li Tongzhi in charge!" ”

Li Yanqing took a sip of tea and asked again: "How much does the second proprietor know about the specific battle situation in Yunzhou?" ”