Chapter 308: Xiliang Wanderers
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Revisiting the old place, Luo Tong was in a hurry, and couldn't help but turn around the street twice. Today's Jiepai Pass, compared with last year, is a little less lively, and the most seen in the streets and alleys are beggars.
The big war a year ago, although it didn't break out in Jiepai Pass for a long time, it also had a great impact on the people of Jiepai Pass, and there were constantly beggars coming from the hinterland of Xiliang, which made there more beggars in the city.
The purpose of this visit is to recruit soldiers, and after Luo Tong walked around, he went to the city guard's mansion.
Zheng Yu has been stationed here, and when he saw Luo Tong coming, he hurriedly went out to greet him.
"General Luo, please inside."
"Please."
After entering the city guard mansion and drinking tea, Luo Tong got straight to the point and said: "General Zheng, I am here to recruit soldiers, this is a notice, you can let people post it at the city gate." ”
"Yes."
Zheng Yu looked at it, frowned, and said, "General, this National Chamber of Commerce... Why haven't I ever heard of it? ”
Luo Daodao: "This is the emperor's order to open it recently, of course you don't know." Even I've heard for the first time that I'm in charge of the world's merchants, above the six... ”
"I see."
Zheng Yu said: "Then let people do it, and strive to recruit troops as soon as possible." ”
"Someone's coming."
Two soldiers trotted in.
Zheng Yu handed the notice in his hand to one of them and said, "Go to the city gate and paste it, so that those who are interested in answering the call will wait at the school grounds, and then they will be selected uniformly." ”
"Yes."
The soldier was ordered to leave.
Luo Channel: "On the way into the city, I saw many beggars, General Zheng, didn't you build a porridge shop in the city?" Or ask the imperial court for relief. ”
Zheng Yu arched his hand and said: "The excerpt of the request for relief has been handed over, but as for when it will come down, I don't know; As for building a porridge shop, hehe... I don't have any extra food in my realm. General Luo can do a good way? ”
"Aren't I here to solve your troubles?" Luo Daodao: "I recruited soldiers this time, recruiting penniless beggars, the more hungry and miserable the better, the number is set at five hundred to three thousand, and as soon as these people are taken away by me, you will be much less stressed." ”
"Haha, then thank you General."
Zheng Yu sighed.
After the war of Xiliangna, he was appointed by the imperial court as the guard of the Jiepai Pass, just like the former Wang Buchao, but compared with the previous Jiepai Pass, it is obviously much more difficult to manage now, and these days, he is also worrying about those beggars.
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West City Gate.
As soon as the notice was posted, a large crowd of people gathered around.
"Huh? What kind of notice is this? ”
"Who can read a thought..."
.......
An older man walked in a few steps, shaking his fan, and said: "This is the notice issued by the Hou Ye of Luofu, the emperor has set up a new State Chamber of Commerce, and the Hou Ye, as the chief inspector of the State Chamber of Commerce, needs hundreds of guards, and those between the ages of eighteen and thirty can participate, and receive a hundred pieces of silver every month, which will be issued by the State Chamber of Commerce." ”
Someone laughed and said, "Is there such a good thing?" ”
"It's really a good thing, many of us can't even eat, and when we go to the army, we can not only have food, but also money."
A middle-aged man with a broken leg next to him said: "I used to be a soldier, and this is more than the government's hair, if I don't break my leg, I will definitely go." ”
When I said this, everyone began to be tempted.
Not only can you have food, but you also have money, and most importantly, it is more than the average government, so why hesitate?
Not to mention beggars, even ordinary people never want to let go of this opportunity. So, as soon as the notice was posted, hundreds of people crowded towards the school grounds.
This is just ordinary people, and the beggars who got the news along the road are like grabbing a life-saving straw and going to the school field together.
They are all starving to death, and it is a thousand thanks to be able to have a bite to eat, and it is even more gospel to be able to be soldiers.
"Hurry up, hurry up, wait until it's all over..."
While crowding and shouting, in just half a day, thousands of people have gone to the school grounds. Even if I know that the selection will start tomorrow, as long as I am interested in joining the army, I can't wait to go today.
Luo Tong also got the news, but he didn't rush to go, and said that tomorrow is tomorrow.
Considering that most of the people who went to the school were hungry beggars and homeless people, Luo Tong interceded with Zheng Yu, took out some food to build a porridge shop, cooked some gruel and sent it to the school field.
This link can make Zheng Yu very embarrassed, he really wants to help Luo Tong, but there is really not much grain and grass in the warehouse, the Jiepai Pass is different from other places, there are also garrisons here, and they also need good food every day, if it is given to Lele Wanderers, the defenders of the Jiepai Pass will be hungry.
"Then every meal of gruel, can't soldiers drink gruel porridge? Can't even make it last a few meals? I have sent someone to urge it, and there is no need to worry about the food coming in soon. ”
Zheng Yu said: "I'm just worried that the soldiers will be dissatisfied and cause a mutiny." ”
"No, it won't."
Luo Tong smiled: "As long as you tell the truth to the soldiers, they will understand, besides, like the current situation, even if they are not soldiers, can they survive, I'm afraid they can't even afford to drink gruel, right?" ”
"That's what the general said."
"Since what you said is true, then do it, and I'll take care of it."
Luo Tong came forward and said so, Zheng Yu didn't dare to say anything, so he immediately asked people to fetch food and take it to the school to build a porridge shop.
That night, Luo Tong personally went to the school field to distribute it to every homeless person, regardless of whether the homeless people would take it or not, as long as they came in line, they all filled a bowl, until after the distribution, the gruel was gone, and then the porridge shop was withdrawn and left.
At noon the next day, Luo Tong came to the school again.
This time, everyone knew that it was time to start selecting soldiers.
In the past, as long as the age was reached, you could go directly to register, and then issue armor and weapons, and you were a soldier; But this recruitment, the notice is clear, not only the conditions must be met, but also through layers of screening, as for how to choose, it is up to Luo Tong to have the final say.
As far as the eye can see, there are mostly hungry people who can't straighten their waists standing on the school grounds, and those who are sturdy are ordinary people in neat clothes.
Even if it is a general, he would rather choose those who put forward the situation, but Luo Tong is here, not only to select soldiers, but also to solve the problem of displaced people.
"General Luo, there are a lot of people coming, but you can think about how to choose?"
"I've thought about it for a long time."
Luo Daodao: "I said when I came that I want to help you solve the problem of the homeless, so the soldiers I selected are naturally homeless, so let them stand in separate columns." ”
"Yes."
Zheng Yu brought a few teams of soldiers and began to convey Luo Tong's thoughts, those who had no money to eat, and those who were hungry and dying of hunger stood aside, while the rest, those ordinary people who were slightly better dressed, stayed in place.
In this way, the people on the school field were divided into two waves; There are more than two or three thousand ordinary people, and more than 2,000 beggars are homeless.
"General, we're going to join the army too, let's join too."
Just in front of Luo Tong, there stood an old man who was a little older, about fifty years old, and said pitifully.
Luo Tong looked at it, he was already hungry and skinny, not to mention going to war, he was afraid that he would not even be able to stand steadily, and it was a question of whether he could walk to Chang'an.
Seeing that Luo Tong divided everyone into two waves, they all thought that Luo Tong wanted to choose those evil ghosts who did not need to be leaked, and everyone present was very disappointed.
I just drank a bowl of gruel last night, and I just had a good day last night, is this going to end like this?
Zheng Yu smiled: "General Luo, do you want to take these with you too?" ”
"Of course."
Luo Daodao: "You announce it, as long as you stand on the school grounds, as long as there are homeless beggars who can't afford to eat, let them all go with me, regardless of age, regardless of physical condition." ”
"Uhh..."
Zheng Yu was obviously surprised, he thought that Luo Tong would consider it, at least he should also pick it up, and let the slightly stronger one stay.
Unexpectedly, it was all gone.
Zheng Yu smiled: "Hahaha... Okay, General, the last general will do it. ”
In everyone's expectation, Zheng Yu sent soldiers to drive the able-bodied ordinary people out of the school grounds, and then asked the homeless beggars on the school grounds to stand in ten queues.