"Tongzhi, I heard that Qiao Zhong'an is back?"

As soon as Li Yanqing walked into the big tent of the barracks, Mo Jun greeted him with a smile.

"Liu Fang told you!" Li Yanqing said with a smile.

Liu Fang is the god of wealth in the army, hundreds of thousands of recruits are in his hands, and he is also responsible for silver mines and trade, Liu Fang should have met Qiao Zhong'an.

"Listen to Liu Fang, this time Qiao Zhongan came back with a special mission?"

Li Yanqing sat down and said: "The Western Xia intelligence leader Li Yin we captured is actually the son of Liang Anping, and he wanted to rescue his son, so he asked Qiao Zhong'an to come back and carry out activities. ”

"What does it mean?"

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "Don't you think this is an opportunity, sir?" ”

Mo Jun knew that Tongzhi had always wanted to drive a wedge in the high-level of Western Xia, but he couldn't find this opportunity, and this time Liang Anping came to ask for help, which made Tongzhi see the opportunity.

Mo Jun groaned and said, "I'm afraid that he doesn't have much say in the high-level of Western Xia." ”

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "I have already asked Qiao Zhong'an, although Liang Anping is a Han Chinese, he is in charge of the logistics of the Western Xia army, and Li Qianshun will also listen to his opinions on major military operations, although he is not the best candidate, but at least he is also in the decision-making circle." ”

Mo Jun nodded, "Instead of a thousand birds in the forest, it is better to have a bird in hand, since there is this opportunity, of course we have to seize it." ”

Li Yanqing waved his hand, "Qiao Zhongan's matter will be handed over to Liu Fang for the time being, Mr. Tell me about the training of the township soldiers, how is the progress?" ”

Although Li Yanqing now has nearly 40,000 troops in his hands, considering that once the Jin soldiers go south, Western Xia is likely to send troops to contain them, and the army will be insufficient at that time, Han Shizhong thought of a way to issue training subsidies to let the states train the township soldiers, gather their armpits into furs, and when needed, the township soldiers in the states will be concentrated at least tens of thousands of troops.

This idea was also supported by King Kang Zhao Gou, and it was handed over to Mo Jun to formulate a detailed plan.

Mo Jun nodded, took out a map and spread it on the table, "I have discussed it with Liu Tao, the envoy of the two routes, Liu Tao promised to subsidize the township soldiers with 15,000 stone of grain every month, and then Jing Zhaojun took out 30,000 yuan per month to train 30,000 township soldiers with the standard of subsidizing the same money and five buckets of rice per month for each township soldier, and there are also 20,000 township soldiers on Qinfeng Road, once the Western Xia army goes south, these 50,000 township soldiers can be assembled in a short time." ”

"Is the usual money and five buckets of rice subsidy enough?"

Mo Jun smiled slightly, "This is not the long-term training of township soldiers, this is ordinary township soldier training, the monthly subsidy for township soldier training on Hebei Road is only 300 yuan, and participating in township soldier training can also be exempted from labor money, I believe these subsidies will be welcomed by many people." ”

Li Yanqing's long-term training of township soldiers is only a nominal township soldier, in fact, it is a newly recruited forbidden army, and Mo Jun's township soldiers are not the same thing, Mo Jun's township soldiers are organized by the states themselves, in the name of Jingzhao's left-behind army, the number of township soldiers to be recruited and money and food subsidies are uniformly distributed to the states, and then the Jingzhao army will send elite soldiers to be responsible for training, training for about ten days a month, and if war breaks out, it can also be quickly assembled.

Li Yanqing nodded and asked, "Is there any difficulty?" ”

"The difficulty is mainly due to the lack of armor and the unwillingness of the imperial court to support it, which is indeed a problem."

Li Yanqing took a few steps and said slowly: "After fighting a war with Western Xia for so many years, I think the people should have a large number of armor, we can take out a sum of money to buy armor from the people, I believe we can buy a lot of good armor, and we suppressed the rebellion of the black party last year, and also seized more than 18,000 pairs of leather armor, I remember that it was placed in the Gyeongju warehouse, and there are also a lot of obsolete old armor from the border armies, and these resources can be gathered, and the problem of insufficient armor can be solved." ”

Mo Jun smiled happily: "It's better to think about it thoroughly, let's start here, and try to complete the preparations before the New Year!" ”

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Since Mo Jun promised to complete the preparations before the New Year, after Li Yanqing agreed to his plan, he vigorously implemented the established plan, and early the next morning, hundreds of stalls were set up in various parts of Jingzhao Mansion to purchase civilian armor for a fee.

It should be said that Mo Jun chose this time very well, there is less than a month before the New Year, every household is in a hurry to buy New Year's goods, and it is also the most tense time of the year, some useless and reluctant to throw away items can be exchanged for urgently needed silver, of course, it is the best choice, for a while, almost every household is rummaging in the room where old things are piled up.

On the riverbank not far from Li Yanqing's mansion, there were also several tables for collecting armor, which was the place where the women's barracks were purchased, and more than a dozen female soldiers sat around the table and busily sorted out a pile of leather armor sent.

After special training, they can roughly identify the quality of the armor, but the experience is still insufficient, and there are still fish that slip through the net, Hu Qing'er is holding a shield to criticize several female soldiers for not being meticulous.

"The surface of this shield looks smooth, as if it has not been used, but the shield cannot be seen with the eyes, and must be touched with the hands, you touch the back of the shield yourself, the inside of this shield is broken, and a crossbow arrow can pierce it."

Several female soldiers touched the shield, they all blushed, and they could obviously feel the cracks, Hu Qing'er asked again: "How much did you get this shield?" ”

Zhu Feng, the leader of the female soldiers, said with a red face: "Eighty percent is new, and the price of four hundred wen is included." ”

"This lesson must be remembered, this kind of shield can only be used for the training of village soldiers, not on the battlefield, money is a small problem, if a soldier dies on the battlefield because of it, it will have too much impact."

At this time, an old woman came over with a big bag and asked timidly, "I have a pair of armor, can I accept it here?" ”

"Auntie, the armor is collected!"

The old woman put the burden on the table, "This is what my old man left, he died of illness last year, and I am the only old woman left in the family, and now that the New Year is over, there is no money in the family, you see how much this pair is worth?" ”

A female soldier opened the package, and suddenly exclaimed, several female soldiers surrounded her, and the package was actually a pair of vermilion lacquer mountain character armor, which was the first general armor of the Great Song Dynasty, and it was also the pinnacle of armor manufacturing in history, Hu Qing'er stepped forward, and her eyes flashed with a hint of brilliance, a good pair of exquisite armor.

"Hold it up!"

Soon, the female soldiers held up the armor, which was a large vermilion lacquer mountain armor, which was very well preserved, the breastplate, body armor and the beast's head and abdomen were intact, and the ties were also unusually strong, there were no signs of decay over time, and it could be seen that its owner was very good at maintenance.

"Auntie, it also has a helmet!" Hu Qing'er said with a smile.

The vermilion lacquer mountain character armor is generally matched with the phoenix winged hood, and there will not be only one pair of armor, the old woman nodded again and again, "There is a helmet and a knife, I want to stay as a souvenir." ”

I heard that the old woman wanted to keep it as a souvenir, and Hu Qing'er could only forget it, so the old woman asked again: "Girl, tell me, how much is this A worth?" ”

"If it's just this armor, we can give you ten taels of silver, but if you give us the helmet and the sword together, it's a complete armor, and I can give you twenty taels of silver."

The Great Song Dynasty's vermilion lacquer mountain armor is not much, if it is a brand new set of armor, it is worth at least 100 yuan, but this is the purchase of second-hand armor, and it must not be paid according to the original price, but twenty taels of silver is already the highest price for this purchase of armor. 、

The old woman originally only wanted to sell a few hundred dollars for the New Year, but she didn't expect to be able to sell it for twenty taels of silver, and she had her pension money, she said in a loud voice: "I'll give you the helmet, there is a big gun at home, it's weird and heavy, let's send it to you together!" ”

Hu Qing'er immediately ordered: "Zhu Feng, you take the two of you to help the eldest lady bring the helmet and iron gun!" ”

"Obey!"

Zhu Feng's two female soldiers drove a donkey cart to take the old woman to the house to get the armor, at this time, Li Yanqing came out of the mansion and came to the purchase point, Li Yanqing looked at the various armor in the bamboo basket and smiled: "Business is good!" ”

"Big brother, look at this!"

Hu Qing'er spread out the mountain-shaped armor, and Li Yanqing's eyes lit up, "Feilongwei's vermilion lacquer mountain-shaped armor, it's a good thing!" ”

"Big brother, I think your figure seems to be just right for this mountain armor."

"I already have two pairs of mountain armor, so I don't need it, give it to Agui! He'd always wanted to get a good piece of armor. ”

Li Yanqing smiled again and asked, "Is there only armor?" What about the phoenix wings? ”

"I went to the house to get it, big brother, the highest purchase price is only twenty taels of silver, which seems to be a little less." Hu Qing'er was a little uneasy.

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "The cost of building this armor alone is far more than twenty yuan, and the price of the ordnance supervisor is one hundred and ten yuan. ”

At this time, Zhu Feng came back with the old woman, and the donkey cart had a phoenix winged hood, a war knife, and a big gun.

"General, we've got it back."

Hu Qing'er took the hood and looked at it, it was perfectly preserved like the armor, there was no patina at all, it was wiped clean, and it was shining in the sun.

The war knife is also a standard general's standard knife, which is very sharp, and it is estimated that the old woman's husband is a Song general.

At this time, Li Yanqing was attracted by the big gun, he walked to the donkey cart, picked up this black iron gun, it turned out to be an all-steel hook sickle, one zhang long, weighing about fifty catties, made of good iron, black throughout, the tip of the gun is extremely sharp, Li Yanqing took a fancy to this iron hook sickle at a glance, this is no longer an ordinary weapon, but a valuable collection.

"Auntie, this armor and this knife, I'll give you fifty taels of silver!"

"Thank you so much, girl, I didn't expect the old man to leave me a baby!" The old woman was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth.

"Old family, the treasure that your husband left you is here!"

Li Yanqing waved his spear and said with a smile: "I personally want this gun, give you five hundred taels of silver!" ”

The old woman was stunned for a moment, the clumsy iron spear she used to hold up the roof beam was worth five hundred taels of silver, and she said for a while: "Official, you coax me!" ”

Li Yanqing laughed, "I took advantage of five hundred taels of silver, this is your husband's treasure!" ”

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