The main targets of Zhao Wuxian's recruitment this time were those who were free servants and craftsmen. Lewen novel w-w.

Wage labor is called servant work, the Spring and Autumn Period has appeared, forty years ago when the Qi State Cui rebellion, the doctor Shen Xianyu took refuge in the Lu State, and had "servant rental" in the wilderness, acting as a farmer's hired worker to feed himself.

In the Song Kingdom, where industry and commerce were relatively developed, the "industrial and commercial food officials" collapsed earlier, and free craftsmen and servants in the Yi city were also more common.

The servants are highly obedient, the craftsmen of the hundred crafts are highly organized, and the perennial labor also makes the body not weak, and they are all good soldiers.

Therefore, adhering to Zhao Wuxian's will, the first checkpoint of the Mengcheng Recruitment Office suddenly sounded a dissatisfied voice.

"What! Don't want us businessmen? ”

"What! Don't want a light man and an evil boy? ”

It was Feng Rin who was in charge of recruiting soldiers in Mengcheng, and he was in charge of reviewing the recruits' origins and occupations to distinguish them.

Feng Rin gestured to both sides: "It's not that you don't want to, but there is another recruitment, the merchant goes to the left, the light man who has learned the technique goes to the right, and the rest of the people continue to go inside." ”

Qi Wan rubbed his hands with his cousin Qi Bai, and was pulled into the middle by Zhao Bing, and he found that most of the people left around him were savages who could relocate, and there were very few rich people.

They walked on like this, and after entering the first barrier, they came to a clearing.

Here stood the armoured soldiers I had seen earlier, several of whom were holding two wooden staffs, six feet and seven feet, to measure the height of the applicants. Those under six feet were directly sifted out, and those above seven feet were lifted to another row.

The tall armored soldier wearing the beast curtain said angrily: "One hundred leaps, one hundred songs, if you can do it in half a moment, you will pass the first test!" ”

Qi Wan and the others were stunned when they heard this. It wasn't until the little officials of Mengcheng spoke it again in tongues that they understood.

A distance jump is a forward jump. It is a squat jump. This is to test the physical strength of the applicant. So the sound of hey, he

The giant man looked critically at the dozens of people in front of him, and he ordered: "Let the cook cook, you can have a full meal here, and then sign and download the book, and the Mengcheng officials will record their names and appearances." Take it home as a proof of tax exemption during the recruitment period, and then say goodbye to your family. ”

"Tomorrow the rooster will be at the south gate, follow me to Zhaoqiu, if you can pass the last test, you will be qualified, if not, you still have to go home in disgrace!"

So, Qi Wan and his cousin ate the only full meal in this month, and they also ate the first meat since the Lap Sacrifice, and the two of them were so happy that they were about to fly. It would be great if you could do the same after you were successfully recruited. But they are also worried, what will be tomorrow's test?

Two other recruiting venues.

The light men and the wicked boys felt that they were being looked down upon, and they were resentful in their hearts. Entered the field on the right. As soon as they arrived at the place, they were provoked by several villainous men with fierce faces and asked them to fight alone.

These villains were originally Tian Ben's pawns, and they all had a few lives in their hands, how could these hairs just grow and could only bully the light heroes in the township how could they be their opponents?

A dizzy melee was fought, and the scattered and chaotic light heroes basically lost, and they were beaten to the ground with blue noses and swollen faces. But a few of them are brave and ruthless, and have practiced their skills in throwing bows from afar. Even those who are good at stealing chickens and dogs and climbing the wall are pulled up again. The wicked men put on a smile and helped them wipe away the dust.

"Gentlemen except regular pawns. If you are willing, you can go to Zhaoqiu with us, it is better than doing evil in the township and being looked down upon by the elders! ”

On the other hand, after hearing that there was no need for businessmen, the young businessmen who were eager to move their businesses had become desperate and turned around in frustration. But he was pulled into the field on the left, where there were not so many tests, only the sound of gossip, like a wine shop in the city.

The businessmen of the Zhao family asked about their family background and background, and if they met someone who was honest and responsible, they asked if they were willing to join the Zhao firm.

It turned out that this recruitment was only agreed to by Le Wei after Zhao Wuxian gave away the share of the wheat flour and flour trade, so he had to make full use of it. In addition to the soldiers, if there are suitable businessmen and hundreds of workers to apply, they must also find a way to win them over.

In the early morning of the second day, the young men of Mengcheng, who had successfully recruited yesterday, gathered at the south gate, and formed according to their height and strengths, and their duties and weapons also had their own sequences.

Qi Wan was more than seven feet tall and had the strength of a body, and he was given a heavy double layer of leather armor, which he put on awkwardly under the guidance of the armorer. Then he put a scarf on his head, tied it tightly with tassels, held it in both hands, hung a sword at his waist, and carried a large oar made of poplar and covered with cowhide, and three days' food.

After a while, Qi Wan felt that his body was full of things, weighing more than twenty pounds, and he only felt uncomfortable.

His cousin, Qi Bai, who was less than seven feet tall, was pulled to the other side to stand, and his drape was simpler: there was a layer of armor, no armor, and he was armed with a spear, and he carried three days' food, weighing ten catties.

Qi Wan was told that if he was qualified, he would be treated slightly better than his cousin, and it would not be in vain that he carried so much equipment.

The soldier spoke again, and this time, the Song people in Mengcheng could already faintly understand the Jin dialect he said: "From here to Zhaoqiu, a total of thirty-five miles, set off in half a moment, and arrive in the middle of the day." If you can run with a load and keep up with the car in front of you without falling behind, you will be considered qualified! ”

This time, it was the perseverance of the crowd that was tested.

I heard that they were going to travel more than 30 miles in the middle of the day, and although the recruits secretly complained, they could only bite the bullet now for the benefits they would get after enlistment.

Qi Wan felt that it was nothing more than that, on weekdays, when was he not allowed to carry dozens of pounds of paint buckets to run around the lacquer garden and the workshop?

The people who can stand here have endured hardships, or the servants plough the ridges, or carry the wood and stones on their shoulders, if it is not for the uncomfortable life, who is willing to leave the countryside and go to do what recruitment?

However, under the early summer sun, running down a distance of more than 30 miles, Qi Wan and his cousin Qi Bai were also tired enough. The line, which was originally easy to stand in two columns, has long been sparsely sparse, dragging back and forth for half a mile.

To Qi Wan's surprise, those armor soldiers wearing the same equipment could accompany them to the whole distance without breathing, and they were not in a disorderly formation, as if they could immediately enter the battle as soon as they arrived at the position.

Eventually, most of the people made it to their destination, except for a few who fainted on the side of the road due to exhaustion.

This is the recently famous "Zhao Qiu" around Shangqiu, and the manor purchased by Zhao Wuxian has now been transformed into a solid fortress.

Qi Wan remembered that there was a willow forest near here that could be shaded, but now it has long been cut down, the swamp pond has also been drained, and several acres of fields have been completely bulldozed, turning into a green field where horses can run.

The manor is surrounded by deep ditch earth walls, the internal houses are adjacent, and the four corners and the center are built with another tower tower.

The group was half tired to death, and it was easy to drink water to relieve their breath, and then they were taken by the armor soldiers to the Keju field, looking up to the lord they were going to serve for the next three years.

Zhao Wuxian returned from Daiyi early in the morning, and he would wait on the newly built earthen platform on the edge of the Keju field. In addition to the people in Daiyi Mengcheng, there are also other leaders of the Le clan who have also gathered here.

He wore a crown of cranes, a gorgeous copper armor, and a red coat, and stood on the stage, and the more than 300 sweaty recruiters in the audience only felt that this gentleman was extremely heroic.

Conscription is different from conscription, conscription is the obligation of the people, but conscription is a contract. So both sides had to make a "book" with each person's fingerprints and drawings on it, and they were to be presented in a large basket.

contains, the oath is also, the alliance is written in the policy, killing the animal to take blood, the cattle, adding the book on the top and burying it, which is called the book.

With his index and middle fingers dipped in fresh sheep's blood, Zhao Wuxian smeared it on the corners of his mouth, and in the presence of the local gods revered by the Song people, he vowed to give the recruiters the promised treatment.

And the recruits also learned from him to swear an oath in blood, and loudly told the Heavenly Emperor that they would be loyal to Zhao Wuxian within three years, and they could go to the soup for him.

"The oath is complete, and from today until three years from now, I will be your lord, and you will be my servant, and I will give you a new name."

Zhao Wuxian flew in the wind, and he said generously: "Fuwu, prohibit the violent soldiers to protect the great merit, and those who can reassure the people and the wealth." From now on, you will be called a warrior! Zhao Wushu! (To be continued)

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