On the afternoon of the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the soldiers of the Tianjin Jinyi Wei Qianhu Office received six months' salary, which was not much, only a few taels of silver per person.

Holding this white flower of silver, some brocade-clothed guards cried on the street, and the idlers who watched sighed.

Bingbei Dao Panda had money and food in his hands, and when he decided to give money, he was very profitable, but he did not give it according to the thousand-person establishment that Wang Tong said.

At present, in the inventory of the Yamen of the Military Preparation Road, there are a total of 246 people who have counted the thousands of households in Jinyi Wei in Tianjin, and Panda has given 28 months according to this number.

"Since Lord Wang said that there are 1,000 people, then according to the rules of the Ministry of War, this official will go over to check after the New Year, and if it is these people, then it will be distributed in full according to 1,000 people."

"In the past few years, the soldiers of Tianjin Jinyi Guard have lost all the spirit of martial arts, and if the money owed is sent to them in full, I am afraid that many people will not be able to come back. ”

Wang Tong said in a newly rented mansion that during the day they went to the Yamen of the Military Preparation Road to make trouble, and Tan Jian rented a mansion under the leadership of several locals, and the women, children, old and weak moved in first.

It was only issued for six months during the day, and the rest of the silver was controlled by Wang Tong, which shows that the silver was distributed monthly after the first month.

After everyone finished dinner, they were all called to the hall by Wang Tong, the house had just been rented, there was no furniture, everyone was standing there, after Wang Tong finished saying why he only sent these people for six months, Sun Dahai hurriedly said:

"My lord, after the New Year, the soldiers will come to us to check the soldiers and horses, and now even if you count our brothers, there are only more than 400 people, and there are so many to find there, or tell that Hang Daqiao, he is familiar with the place, and call back those who ran away in the past."

Wang Tong waved his hand and said disdainfully:

"What are those useless things called back for, they don't want this identity themselves, why bother to give it to him again!"

Sun Dahai was just about to ask, but Wang Tong smiled and continued:

"In the place where there is a guard, don't worry about the people, Tianjin Sanwei this place since the establishment of Emperor Chengzu, the inheritance from generation to generation, each family only has one child can be a soldier, there are not so many fields, not every family can study and do business, I don't know how much Yu Ding has nothing to do, three standards, Ming said that in the drum tower is the Baoquan set, people inside and outside the city come here to buy New Year's goods, you go with me, let's recruit people!"

In the mansion of Panda in the military preparation road, every subordinate was trembling, and they naturally knew what happened to Bai Yueli at the official office.

After coming back, his master whipped a subordinate who had made a small mistake half to death, which proved everyone's judgment, and the master really lost face outside and was furious.

However, Master Pan's behavior is also strange, when he returned home, he first sent someone to invite the post guards outside the city to the mansion, and took care of the good wine and meat to serve, while Master Pan himself entered the study and has not come out yet.

Seeing that it was already dark, and the day after tomorrow was going to be the New Year, everyone didn't even dare to have a smile on their faces, what was this called, and before people could discuss, the door of the study opened, and Panda walked out quickly with a letter.

The post guard of the post station said that he had a hard time, but now he is eating and drinking well at the old man's house in Bingbei Road, and while eating Haisai, he is also worried in his heart, and he doesn't know why this is so.

Seeing this Master Pan walking over quickly, the two post guards hurriedly left their seats and knelt down, Pan Da forced a smile on his almost dark face, and said:

"This letter is addressed to Master Zhang Siwei, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the documents here can allow you to go out of the city gate now, hurry up, and send it to the capital as soon as possible."

As he spoke, the butler on the side took two letters of silver and handed them to the two of them, and the two post guards took it with trepidation, and when they weighed it, each of them had about twenty taels, and immediately laughed so much that they couldn't even see their eyes, and said with a full mouth:

"Please rest assured, Lord Pan, our brothers won't sleep at night, and we must send the letter to my lord as soon as possible."

Panda said with a calm face:

"Delay your holiday, go and come back quickly, there is still a reward on the official's side, go first!!"

When the two postmen left, Panda's face sank again, and the butler on the side looked at his face and said cautiously:

"Master, we have gone through so many twists and turns in Beijing, and we finally let it out to be an official, some things can be endured or endured, this thousand households also have a way to ...... in Beijing."

Halfway through the words, Panda's face sank again, and the housekeeper immediately didn't dare to say any more, and Panda said in a cold voice:

"I don't know how thick the sky is when I'm young, what kind of military salary can't be discounted, can't be lost, this rule has been passed down for so many years, is it that he can't say he can't, let's see!!"

After saying that, he walked out with his hands behind his back, and the housekeeper didn't dare to say much, so he hurriedly followed, and after walking a few steps, Panda turned around and said again:

"The person who went to Jingshi to inquire about the news should also come back, you said that you will send someone to pick up at the city gate, and report the news immediately, and then arrange a few people to go over and stare at it, the establishment of thousands of people, the official will see how he can gather the remaining hundreds of people, no matter what kind of tricks he plays, write it down!"

This is a very refreshing thing, and you don't have to do anything tiring, you just need to feed some soldiers and horses, and you can sit on the ground and get money when the time comes.

But there is also a problem, that is, the officials of the military department check the number of soldiers to see if there is any greed for military salaries.

In order to deal with this, all the generals who eat empty quotas have their own set of methods, the easiest means is to go to the street to find some rogue beggars to fill the number, anyway, the inspection is based on the number of people, and no one carefully checks whether it is fake, in addition, it is to spend money to buy the inspection officials...... The officials who counted the number of soldiers, or the soldiers were sent by the subordinates, or the local officials with relevant powers and responsibilities, since Panda said that he would inspect the soldiers of the Jinyi Guard, then Wang Tong would not be able to use this trick.

In the minds of Panda and his housekeeper, if Wang Tong wants to gather the number of troops after the New Year, I am afraid that he will find some rogue beggars to make up the number, but this is close to the end of the year, and it is cold, even the rogue beggars will not go out.

Although he couldn't think of how Wang Tong would deal with it, the housekeeper felt that as long as he focused on Wang Tong, he would not take advantage of any loopholes.

However, the people who were watching never expected that Wang Tong would deal with the point inspection of the source of soldiers in this way.

*********“…… The eldest in the family is a soldier, and there are a few of your brothers left, and the land is so little, it is not enough to feed your father and mother, so naturally you can't give you seeds, even if you give it to you, you don't have the face to go to school, look at the way you look in short robes, just like your brother, it's not the material for reading!! ”

Ma Sanbiao stood on the wooden platform that was simply erected, shouting loudly, this day is the last big gathering before the Spring Festival, the residents in the city, the military households in the guard outside the city, some in order to buy New Year's goods, some are just to hang out, all came to the city near the drum tower to catch the market.

The market is full of people, extremely lively, and the most conspicuous and central place counts a tall pole, which is tied up with dozens of bamboo poles.

There is a huge flag hanging on it, which reads "Recruitment", and a wooden platform below, on which Ma Sanbiao stands and preaches loudly, on both sides of the wooden platform are four large cauldrons, the soup in the pot is milky white, the soup has been boiled for a long time, and the market is full of aroma.

Look closer, the beef and sheep bones in the pot are tumbling, it is said that a few fish are thrown in it, there are a few strong men on the side of each cauldron, constantly adding firewood and water, and throwing the big bones with a lot of meat into it, of course, these men scooped the soup into the wooden bowl, and handed it to the people passing by with a smile.

Ma Sanbiao especially liked this kind of scene that was noticed by everyone, and his spirit was even more invigorated, and he continued to shout loudly there:

"If you can't study, what are you going to do, do business, you also have to see if you are the material, the tens of millions of people in Hejian Mansion and Beizhili, you can see how many of them have made a fortune." Ma Sanbiao was telling the truth, and there was that delicious hot soup to drink, and the young people who came and went were willing to stop and listen, and it didn't take long for a large group of people gathered below.

"To work long hours for others? Go and be a buddy for others, brothers, you are a military household, your ancestors were soldiers and food, and you are willing to contribute to others and make cattle and horses for the rest of your life, that brother, look at your height and strength, you come and talk about it, are you willing to live like this for a lifetime? ”

The eyes of these people in the audience immediately looked at the past, the man was indeed tall, and when he saw everyone looking over, he took a step back, then gritted his teeth and shouted in a rough voice:

"Of course I don't want to be a soldier for this life, but what way can I be!!"

The atmosphere was already very warm by Ma Sanbiao, there was such a person taking the lead, and the young people who were incited with fiery minds followed suit, but there were also people there who said in their voices:

"Being a soldier is better than working, but if you can't keep the arrears of food, it's better to do the work."

Ma Sanbiao smiled and took off the cotton robe that was covered outside, revealing the flying fish suit inside, patted his chest and said with a loud laugh:

"Today is the Tianjin Jinyi Guard's recruitment, come here to be a soldier, protect your eyebrows, as for this salary, you can go back and inquire, what did our Lord Qianhu Wang do?"

The people who were watching were completely confused when they saw this face, did this Wang Tong really want to recruit troops at full capacity, and he didn't eat any empty quotas, isn't that stupid?

In the hearts of Panda and his subordinates, and in the hearts of the generals of the Ming Dynasty, it is common sense for this military general to be a lieutenant, and it is common sense to want to recruit soldiers with a full number, but he forgets that eating a short amount of money and greedy military salary is a violation of the law, and it is common sense that there is no space for this soldier.

This world is weird!

(To be continued)