Chapter 141: This Time Is Different From The Past
The nine-headed bird has recently been expanded, from the original 600 or so people, to the current battalion of soldiers and auxiliaries, totaling more than 6,000 people.
With so many newly recruited soldiers and horses, Yacheng could no longer accommodate them, so Liu Jun deliberately built a military camp outside the south gate and the north gate, which were called the south camp and the north camp.
The north battalion is stationed with soldiers, the south battalion is stationed with auxiliary soldiers, and the yacheng is stationed with pro-soldiers.
Enough soldiers and horses have been recruited, Hutou Fort is full of recruits, and the northern and southern battalions have begun to train intensively. However, at the moment, the nine-headed bird still lacks armaments, war horses, and firearms.
The amount of the guerrilla battalion given to Liu Jun by the imperial court is 3,000, which is the establishment of the battalion, which is different from the guard, his soldiers belong to recruitment, and the military salary is one or two taels of silver per month for the soldiers, and the officers' personal soldiers are calculated as two taels per month according to the family, and the soldiers and the soldiers have another one and five buckets of rice per month. As for the officers, they receive the corresponding salaries according to their ranks.
Liu Jun's current more than 6,000 people, the 3,000 auxiliary soldiers are not counted as battalion soldiers, in the official document reported by Liu Jun, these 3,000 people belong to the nature of long-term husbands, and the required expenses are to be solved by Liu Jun himself.
The swords, guns, and firearms of the war camp were also promised to be drawn to Liu Jun, but Liu Jun did not have much expectations for this, just as he actually did not expect the military salary of the imperial court. If he can't solve the problem of food and weapons, and wants to wait for the imperial court to pay for it, the nine-headed bird will not last long before it will be disbanded.
Liu Jun knew this, and he was expanding so aggressively, of course, he planned to solve these problems by himself. Now that he is no longer the general practitioner, he has become a guerrilla general of the emperor's entitlement, so don't think about shrinking in Macheng and slowly training the army. He may be transferred to participate in the battle against bandits at any time, and if there are still 600 people, no matter how elite you are, you will not be able to withstand the crowd tactics of the bandits.
Three thousand soldiers can make Liu Jun feel a lot more at ease, and three thousand auxiliary soldiers can be used as a heavy auxiliary soldier for the soldiers, or as a reserve team, which can provide support at any time.
However, the number of people suddenly expanded from 600 to more than 6,000, and the pressure on Liu Jun's food and salary immediately increased greatly. The soldiers had to be armed with swords, guns, firearms, and armor. You have to pay and pay, and you need money for everything.
Fortunately, Liu Jun opened his mouth to the lion of the Liu family and asked to borrow 50,000 taels of silver, but to Liu Jun's surprise, Liu Yunsheng went back to discuss with the Liu family, and quickly replied, they were willing to lend this silver to Liu Jun.
The Liu family spoke this time, and they acted quickly, and when Liu Yunzhen replied that day, he had already withdrawn the silver. The Liu family is a wealthy family, and the family's cellar hides a lot of silver. Fifty thousand taels of silver didn't even need to be made up, and it was directly taken out of the public account of the clan, and the big silver ingot of fifty taels and one ingot was also cast with the mark of the Liu family.
Mrs. Liu, Liu Chengqi, took the second Liu Zhong, the third Liu Jian, or the eldest grandson, Liu Ling, to Hutou Fort together.
Fourteen large silver boxes were placed in front of Liu Jun, and the lid of the box was opened, and a piece of silver was brilliant. In each chest of silver were fifty taels of great ingots, one hundred in each chest, and in fourteen chests there were seventy thousand taels of silver.
It was the first time Liu Jun had seen so much silver, and it was indeed very imposing to put so much silver together.
The Liu family agreed so simply. also sent a lot of silver, which really surprised Liu Jun. He offered 50,000 taels of silver before, but he just wanted to make a price all over the sky, and then wait for the Liu family to pay back. In the end, it would be nice to be able to borrow 10,000 taels of silver.
It seems that he still underestimated his importance to the Liu family now.
Since the Liu family sent the silver so simply, without looking at the face of the monk and looking at the face of the Buddha, even if he looked at the silver, Liu Jun had to greet the Liu family with a smile.
Liu Jian, the third child of the Liu family, has always had a cold face. He really wasn't very happy. Zhao Wu's 20,000 taels of silver were indeed given to Zhao Wu to lend money, but he was directly copied by Liu Jun, and he wanted to refuse to pay. Now that the Liu family is forcing him to pay the bill, he almost took out the 20,000 taels of silver with blood in his heart.
This is not a public money, but belongs to him personally, and 20,000 taels of silver is a lot of silver for him.
In the troubled times, the Liu family has also keenly felt the power of soldiers. Liu Jun, a little person they once looked down on and disdained, now just because he has a soldier and horse in his hand, they have to lower their posture to win over.
accepted the 70,000 taels of silver sent by the Liu family, which also greatly alleviated Liu Jun's financial crisis. Of course, if you collect the money, you have to do something. On the same day, Liu Jun personally held a banquet in Yacheng and acted as a Chinese to make peace between Liu Yao and the two families.
In fact, if it weren't for the provocation between Liu Jun and Liu Jun from time to time during this time, the brawl between Liu Gang and Yao Qian was just a misunderstanding, and both of them were actually a little afraid that things would end badly. Liu Jun kept Yao Qian and the others in Yacheng all the time, and did not let the two sides meet, making what was originally a simple matter seem to be very serious.
At this time, he pretended to be a good person and mediated in the middle, and the two sides were not clear, but he was very grateful to Liu Jun.
Yao and Liu's sides didn't intend to make a big fuss, but now that Liu Jun is so in the middle and reconciled, of course, they are looking for steps and reconciling immediately.
At the end of the banquet, Yao Qian breathed a sigh of relief, this matter was finally resolved, otherwise he would have been worried that Jinyiwei would come to trouble him.
"Brother Jiye, don't say anything more, thanks to you for taking care of this matter, you have done my brother a great favor. I owe you a favor, and he will repay it every day. ”
"Since we are all brothers, it would be too obvious to say those words, and besides, you were originally my guest, and if something happened on my territory, I was not good at entertaining you, and I should apologize to you."
Liu Jun doesn't have a good impression of a son-in-law like Yao Qian in his heart, but who makes his family have an uncle who is a cabinet scholar, and an uncle who is now the prime minister's six provinces, especially Xiong Wencan, who is still Liu Jun's top boss, and having a good relationship with this Yao Qian is also a good thing for him.
Subsequently, Liu's family also found Liu Jun and thanked him.
"It is worthy of our Liu family's own people, this time Liu Gang broke into the disaster, thanks to your help to solve it."
"Nothing, that's what I should." Liu Jun replied with a smile.
The next day, Liu Jun took his own soldiers back to Xiwan first, and then the whole family went to Suokou River together, this time even Liu Jun's third brother Liu Jian was called back, Liu Jun was the first time to see this brother, thin and tall, a little thin, but a pair of eyes are very clear.
He had just learned that the Liu family in Xiwan was actually a branch of the Liu family in Suokouhe. But I wasn't too happy, and I even felt that since I came out, there was no need to go back. Liu Jun could see that although he was young, he already had a proud young man.
Liu Xiu and Liu Zhao were full of excitement about this day, Liu Xiu was because he finally fulfilled his father's last wish, and as for Liu Zhao, it must be because of the excitement of climbing into the brocade family.
Regarding Liu Zhao's idea of hugging his thighs, Liu Jun just smiled. In fact, at the beginning, when he learned that Liu Qiao was a family relative, didn't he also have this idea of hugging his thighs. But now, after going through so much, his thinking is more mature, there is nothing wrong with wanting to hug his thighs, but he must first have his own strength, otherwise, you want to hug your thighs and people will disdain to look at you.
In the ancestral hall of the Liu family in Suokouhe, the ceremony of the Liu family in Xiwan recognizing their ancestors and returning to their ancestors is very grand and grand. This was originally just a matter of the Liu family, but for some reasons, the Liu family deliberately publicized it, so when Liu Jun's family arrived, the Liu family market in Suokou River was very lively, and many people came from all over the neighborhood to watch.
Mr. Liu also sent people to post to all families, inviting all parties to participate in the ceremony.
In the end, this reunion was even more lively than Liu Chengqi's birthday some time ago.
"It turns out that Liu Jun, the guerrilla general who is now enshrined by His Majesty, is actually Liu Dashuai's subordinate."
"No wonder Liu Jun has become famous in a short period of time, so that's the case."
"Yes, after all, the sons of famous ministers."
Those neighbors who came to watch, and by the way, they could get a meal of wine and food, and they talked about it, not only were they not too surprised that Liu Jun, who was in the limelight recently, was actually the Liu family, but they had such an attitude.
The ceremony is actually not complicated, it is very simple to kowtow to the ancestors, and finally the name is entered into the family tree, and then even if it is completed, the tablet of Liu Jun's grandfather Liu Chengye was finally able to be held by Liu Xiu and entered the ancestral hall.
Seeing that his father's tablet was placed in the ancestral hall, Liu Xiu was excited and burst into tears.
After the ceremony, Liu Jun also officially became a member of the Liu family of the Jinghu Ding clan of the Jinyi family. Today's crown prince and concubine Liu Qiaozuo are Liu Jun's cousin uncle.
It turns out that Liu Jun has been in the limelight recently, and has repeatedly defeated bandits, especially after he wiped out more than 3,000 elite bandits with 600 regiments, and rescued Huang An to repel thousands of thieves to protect Huang'an City, Liu Jun's current limelight is incomparable. Xiong Mingcan, the prime minister of the six provinces here, had just promoted Liu Jun to the garrison of Macheng, but the emperor over there had appointed Liu Jun as a guerrilla general.
But who would have thought that this Liu Jun was actually a child of the Liu family.
In this way, Liu Jun can not only fight well, has an elite army in his hands, but also has the appreciation of the prime minister and the emperor, but he is still a famous child, and Liu Jun's identity suddenly doubled.
The last time he came to Suokouhe, Liu Jun could only go through the side door to give gifts, and in the eyes of the guests, Liu Jun was just a hillbilly, after a few months, the old lady of the Liu family personally led Liu Jun into the house from the middle gate, and the guests from all sides also came to congratulate.
This is no longer the case.
All the guests are very aware of the fact that Liu Jun is now impressed, and it is not the same. With the status of a famous son, there is an uncle like Liu Qiao in the court, and he is deeply appreciated by the emperor, and he is already a guerrilla general at the age of 20 and has a hereditary hundred households, and his real future is immeasurable.
Everyone looked at Liu Jun's gaze, and they all became hot. There are even many people who directly inquire about Liu Jun's marital status from the people around them, and many people feel pity when they hear that Liu Jun already has a fiancée. When I heard that his fiancée was just the daughter of a businessman, I couldn't help but think about it again. (To be continued......)
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