Bags of grain were carried on the shoulders of the soldiers, and then walked out of the treasury quickly, and then piled up on the trolleys in the county treasury.

Zhou Xing, Tao Heng and other generals who were in the position of 100 people or even 100 generals were also interspersed in the queue of the soldiers with their chests and backs at this time, seeing that the generals were so laborious to carry the grain with themselves, the soldiers who came did not have any complaints, and under the role of these grassroots generals taking the lead in setting an example, the work of carrying the grain was carried out extremely efficiently.

Half of this grain will be sent to the county barracks. The other half will be loaded and transported to Jincheng. The day before yesterday, Han Pu led his subordinates to cross the border, and nearly 20,000 people passed through Lingju County, but fortunately, now that the summer grain has been harvested, the winter wheat has not yet been sown, and the bare layer of cultivated land has avoided the worry of being trampled by the army.

The day after Han Pu arrived in Jincheng, he sent heralds to each county to inform the officials in charge at all levels, such as the Taishou and the county commander, to prepare grain and grass for the army. In recent years, Li Yanzhi and Xin Yan have opened up their financial roads, and the county government treasury is full. However, Rao was like this, and the army still crossed the border like locusts, directly requisitioning more than one-third of the grain in the county government treasury. Fortunately, although the summer grain has been harvested, it has not yet been taxed. Otherwise, take one-third and store one-third in your own battalion. If the rest of the people encounter a famine or the entry of displaced people, they really can't be maintained.

However, even so, Xin Yan did not complain. It's not that he doesn't have any opinions in his heart, it's just that since the Xin clan has gradually grown, the patriarchs of the various branches of the Xin clan have asked their children to be careful. After all, now that he has met such a master of Yingcha who can make good decisions, any arrogance or selfish behavior is digging his own grave.

Fortunately, the army crossed the border, and the required grain, grass and military resources were not supported by the county. Although there are a lot of grain and grass materials allocated to the army now, for Lingju County, it is far from the point where it hurts the muscles and bones.

Xin Yan took two scribes and walked out of the county hall and went straight to the workshop next to the barracks. Now, in addition to the supply of food and grass materials, the rest of the needs are ordnance and arrows. Thanks to the iron ore mined in Wuxing, there is now another place in the camp that is dedicated to storing pig iron as a warehouse for the workshop. At that time, even if the workshop needed to use the stock of pig iron, the soldiers could transport the required pig iron from the camp and send it to the workshop.

Xin Yan walked into the workshop, but saw a hot scene in the workshop. The guards on duty in the workshop also saluted when they saw Xin Yan coming. However, Xin Yan's eyes were all on the blacksmiths in the workshop who were struggling to beat the red-hot iron.

Nowadays, the steel-filling method has emerged to produce high-quality steel, and the ratio of work to output of blacksmiths has greatly increased. However, it still needs to be forged. It's just that now it only needs to forge the wrought iron blade to keep it tough. The blade is filled with high-quality steel produced by steel filling. The creation of arrows has also been simplified so much that the production efficiency is not an order of magnitude at all compared to what it used to be.

Lu Yi sweated profusely and raised a hammer in his right hand and struck a piece of wrought iron in front of him. Under his repeated forging, this red-hot wrought iron is gradually flattening and lengthening, and at a rough glance, it already looks like the blade of a knife.

As the hammer head landed on the red-hot blade, the sparks splashed, and many sparks jumped happily and flew to Lu Yi's thick and sturdy forearm. Even Xin Yan looked at it on the side, frowning with palpitations. But Lu Yi didn't even blink an eye. Still hammering rhythmically against the half-finished blade on the cutting board in front of him.

After beating the blade of the knife for about half an hour, Lu Fang stopped beating in his hand, put aside the blade that had been cut out of shape, and then picked up one from the basket containing the wrought iron rod on the left side, walked to the side, and stuffed it into the burning fire.

Xin Yan looked elsewhere again, only to see that in the workshop, whether it was a craftsman or an apprentice, they were all doing what they were doing at the moment. An apprentice ran quickly behind the door of the blacksmith's workshop with a basket full of arrows, and after a short time came from behind with a basket full of arrows, and placed the baskets full of arrows together.

Xin Yan walked over and reached out to grab an arrow. I saw that the wooden arrow shaft was straight and straight. The shaft of the arrow is painted in black and red. The tail of the arrow has a thin and long feather. He looked intently at the arrowhead again, and the sharpened three-edged arrow was shining with a chilling light. Xin Yan pinched the tail of the arrow, put his eyes behind the tail of the arrow, and looked along the shaft of the arrow, the wooden pole was straight and straight, showing the superb skills and ingenuity of the craftsman everywhere.

Xin Yan walked out of the workshop satisfied, and then walked to the military camp on the side. The soldiers on duty in front of the camp gate saw that the county order had come in person, and they all bowed their heads slightly. Xin Yan walked into the camp, and when he looked around, he only vaguely saw a few teams of soldiers patrolling the camp, and the rest of the people waited for him, but he didn't see a single one.

"Where are you Li Sima?" Xin Yan turned to look at the soldiers on duty at the camp gate. When a team leader heard Xin Yan's question, he hurriedly replied: "Yuming Mansion, Li Sima summoned the infantry battalion in the morning and brought all the auxiliary soldiers in the city to the school field outside the city......

Xin Yan nodded slightly and said, "I know." Is there anyone else in the camp now besides you on duty? ”

"Yuming Mansion, in the camp now, except for us and others on duty, there is no one left......"

Xin Yan walked out of the barracks and continued to pace outside the city. However, when he walked to the city gate, he felt tired, so he hurriedly turned his head and asked, "If you are here, you can see the school field outside the city?" After receiving an affirmative reply from his entourage, Xin Yan walked towards the stairs next to the city gate, and walked up the stairs. When I arrived at the front of the city tower, I looked around, but I saw a unique scene outside the city.

At this time, the auxiliary soldiers gathered in the school field two miles away, from a rough point of view, must be no less than a thousand. Xin Yan took a cursory look at it, although these auxiliaries looked a little chaotic, but under the watchful eye of the foot soldiers in the camp on the side, they were not noisy. On the contrary, such a dense crowd presents a kind of quietness that does not match Xin Yan's impression at the moment.

Xin Yan had also seen the bustling scene of groups of displaced people crossing the border in Yongdeng, Zhiyang, and even earlier Wuxing. That scene is still fresh in his memory, even after many years. The most impressive thing is the children crying and howling, and the women cursing loudly. In the middle of the fight, one or more people quarreled. Looking back on the sights and the noise of those voices still gives him a splitting headache.

When Li Yanzhi initially proposed to recruit auxiliary soldiers, Xin Yan was not very supportive. In his impression, this deep-rooted concept of homeless people lingered for many years. Even if in the end, Li Yanzhi still selected more than 2,000 celebrities and young people and formed an army, Xin Yan's senses for them did not change in the slightest. In his impression, even the selected homeless people were young and strong, and they had not changed much compared to the chaotic scene he had witnessed.

However, the scene he witnessed now made him reposition these auxiliaries who were born as homeless people. Standing on the podium on the edge of the school field, there is a general. Xin Yan squinted slightly, looked at it for a long time, and only felt that this person's figure was slightly similar to Li Yanzhi, but he still didn't dare to confirm it.

Li Yanzhi stood on the platform of the generals, and in front of the generals was the main generals of the current Lingju County soldiers. Liu Jiwu, Cao Jian, Zhou Xing, and several hundred commanders and hundred generals among the auxiliary soldiers were among them. Li Yanzhi looked at the densely arranged auxiliaries, and ordered in a loud voice: "Sit!" ”

Hearing Li Yanzhi's order, more than 1,000 auxiliary soldiers in the field sat on the ground one after another. After they were recruited as auxiliaries, they were not systematically trained in battle formations. However, the basics of walking, standing, and sitting are things that they practice every day. It is these exercises in their spare time that give them the discipline and uniformity they have today. But it can definitely be called the style of an army.

"All the gentlemen are from Longxi, or Guanzhong to flee here. Needless to say, you should all know that it is not easy to have today's life. Don't hide it from you. When I was nine years old, I was also one of the homeless people. Li Yanzhi paused, and then stretched out his hand to point to Liu Jiwu and Cao Jian, who were in the audience: "The two of them also came here from Guanzhong at the same time as me. Sleeping in the open all the way, hungry and cold, and constantly worrying about the attack of bandits and the plundering of thieves. I don't know if you want to try that kind of taste, I don't know if you want to try it......"

"Whether you want to try it or not, I never want to try it again!" Li Yanzhi almost shouted this sentence. Then the sharp gaze swept the field. But I saw that those ragged auxiliaries were all eyes wide open at this time. I don't know if it was their words that evoked their sad memories, and many of them had tears in their eyes.

"Now the princes serve as auxiliaries in the county, and their families have fields to cultivate. As a ruler of all kings, I cannot promise you all such glory and wealth. But since I became this auxiliary, I would like to ask you, have you ever starved and frozen? Have your family ever starved and frozen? ”

"No!" Hearing Li Yanzhi's question, the auxiliary soldiers at the front of the auxiliary team replied sparsely. Liu Jiwu shouted: "Sima asked you, after becoming an auxiliary soldier, can you and your relatives at home still starve and freeze?" Answer Sima out loud! ”

"No!" With Liu Jiwu's question, the soldiers below gathered enough strength to answer this question. Perhaps their respective families are still poor and isolated here. However, compared to those encounters on the way to escape, there is no doubt that there is a difference between the mud and the mud. Although they are still poor, they can already have a bowl of rice to eat. And don't worry about walking on the road, you will encounter bandits or Hu people who will kill you, cut off your head as a military merit, and search all your belongings.

Everyone knows this. Everyone is happy with the status quo. Naturally, compared to before, there is no longer any reason for dissatisfaction.

"Now the county government needs to expand its army. When the princes were recruited before, they also told the princes that if the county needed to mobilize troops one day, you would have to enlist in the army. After enlisting in the army, each person can get 100 yuan per month, a horse of cloth, and two pounds of grain and rice. That's not much, though. However, whether the rest of your family members are farming, weaving, or grazing, the income is enough to feed and clothe themselves. ”

Li Yanzhi paused, and then said: "If you don't want to enlist in the army and be a regular soldier, you can continue to be an auxiliary soldier." However, in the current situation, if there is a war on the front line, the auxiliaries still need to escort food, grass and ordnance. There are not enough soldiers in front, and the auxiliary soldiers also need to pick up swords and guns to fight the enemy! I hope you will think about it carefully......"

Before Li Yanzhi's voice fell, some auxiliaries in the front row were already clamoring, and questioning voices erupted from the formation in a chaotic manner. However, these auxiliaries said their own things, their words were fierce, and they covered each other, not to mention Li Yanzhi on the stage, even Liu Jiwu, Cao Jian and others who were in front of the queue, they couldn't really listen to it.

Cao Jian's face turned pale, and he took a step forward and shouted, "Who is making trouble? If you want to learn Lao Tzu's military stick, you can be satisfied now! ”

The drum noise in the ranks gradually subsided. The news that this military fake Sima cut off eleven heads in one go had already spread in the battalion. Even on the side of the auxiliaries, there are many people who know that this is not a good character. Many people privately gave Cao Jian a fearful nickname, called "Cao Yan King".

At this moment, King Cao Yan spoke, and the soldiers who had been the happiest before did not dare to touch his brows, and all glared at him unconvinced, but no one dared to speak out again.

Cao Jian turned around and hugged his fists to Li Yanzhi on the platform: "My subordinates are not able to control my subordinates, and I hope Sima will punish him." ”

Li Yanzhi waved his hand: "I don't blame you for this." They are not your direct subordinates, so there is no punishment to talk about. After saying that, Li Yanzhi turned his head to look at the auxiliary soldiers sitting below, and said loudly with a smile: "I am here today, and I am not forcibly conscripting the kings. Whether or not to enter the regular army is also up to the monarchs to decide. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. But you have to come one by one, don't make noise together, and force Cao Sima to beat everyone's military sticks......"

Li Yanzhi said this sentence with a relaxed expression, which caused a burst of laughter from the soldiers below. Cao Jian heard it in his ears, and only smiled slightly embarrassed on his face.

"If you have any questions, please raise your hands, and I will stand up and ask questions. If you don't get it, you sit quietly and wait. Li Yanzhi continued to smile. The soldiers who were staring at the soldiers who were clamoring for trouble just now felt a little embarrassed. When Li Yanzhi faced them and asked them if they had any questions that they could ask immediately, the soldiers in the front row raised their hands one after another.

Li Yanzhi pointed to a soldier at the front of the auxiliary phalanx: "You come and ask." ”

The soldier got up, but asked with a solemn face: "If we die on the battlefield, will the county government take care of my relatives?" ”

As soon as the soldier said this, there was another cacophony of head-to-ear noises in the array below. This is a poignant question, but it really concerns everyone. No one wants to die in the front while their families in the rear are still starving and cold. Li Yanzhi also understands the psychology of these soldiers thoroughly enough.

"When I first served as Sima of this county, it was after the Jincheng War in the eleventh year of Jianxing. At that time, more than 1,000 people in the county were killed on the front line...... The former county magistrate faced a huge amount of bereavement and did not say goodbye. My own position is only Sima of the county government, but I remembered the robes that I had fought together under Jincheng, and I couldn't bear to see their families alone, so I took it upon myself to raid a merchant who colluded with the scum of the army and resold military rations, so as to confiscate his family wealth and give a bereavement ...... to the families of more than 1,000 fallen soldiers."

"This incident was not long ago, and many people present have experienced it, and if you have any doubts, you can ask them for verification." With Li Yanzhi's categorical answer, the audience gradually fell into a short silence.