"Do it, run a militia group?" Hearing Li Yongji's words, Sun Wang didn't know what to say, because Li Yongji's words were too jumpy for him, and he couldn't keep up.

"yes." Li Yongji nodded, "That house is outside the town, although it is not too far, but it is not around, in case there are some bandits or something, how can you hold it without a family group practice?" By the way, speaking of which, are there any requirements for holding a group exercise? Do you want to say hello to the government? ”

"If you want to hold a group exercise, of course you have to say hello to the government." It was not Sun Wang who spoke, but the shopkeeper Qi, who saw him holding four silver tickets and walking over with a smile, "You count, this is a silver ticket of four hundred taels, Guangfeng's, and it is also redeemed when you see the ticket, no worse than Jufeng's money." ”

"Hmm." After a little look, the number was right, Li Yongji quickly put it away, and then he arched his hand to the shopkeeper, and asked, "Shopkeeper Qi, you are older than me, you must have experience, I don't know if I want to hold a group exercise, what do I want to say hello to the government?" How? ”

"That's nothing, it's just to go to the government to register it, and generally speaking, it costs some money to dredge." The shopkeeper Qi said, "But now that there is a rebellion, the imperial court encourages all localities to set up a township brave militia group, if you are willing to set up a group, not only will it be simple, but you will also be exempted from paying taxes on money and grain." Well, in fact, this registration is to tell the court what you want to do, so that the government has a bottom, so that when you recruit troops, people will mistakenly think that you are going to gather people to rebel. ”

"Oh, it's that simple?" Li Yongji was surprised.

"Hey, where can it be that simple." Shopkeeper Qi shook his head, "If you want to run a group, you have to register with the government, in order to prevent fraud, that is, to prevent some people from exempting money and food in the name of running a group, so the government will regularly send people to check." If your people do not meet the standards, such as insufficient number of members, insufficient training, or even insufficient armament, etc., you may be disqualified from running a group and re-collect the tax owed due to tax exemption. In other words, if you run a regiment, you have to really run a regiment, you really have to pull up a soldier, and you have to be equipped with weapons, otherwise you are deceiving the government, and the matter can be big or small. ”

"I see." Li Yongji nodded.

"In addition, since you have registered with the government and run a regiment, you are a member of the official family, so if there is something in the government and you want to recruit your soldiers, unless there is a definite reason, you generally cannot refuse, otherwise the government can also exempt you from running the regiment on the grounds of not obeying orders, etc., and it is even possible to arrest and interrogate the guilt. In short, running a group practice is not a child's play, it costs a lot of money and has a lot of trouble, in this case, do you still want to hold a group practice? ”

"Why not?" Li Yongji smiled, "What you said has long been expected by me, I'm not joking!" ”

"Okay, bold!" Shopkeeper Qi continued to smile and said, "Cultivating the heart in that piece of land, although it is not yet possible to farm, but if it is used as a place to raise soldiers, it is the best." If you get it over there, it's no problem to raise four or five thousand people. ”

"Then there's a lot of trouble to shopkeeper Qi." Li Yongji gave up his hand again, "I won't tell you, I really want to run a group, but I don't know much about these rules, so I also hope that the shopkeeper Qi will help me and help me open up the door to the government." Of course, I won't ask you to help in vain, there must be a thank you gift, and any expenses can be reported to me, so that you will not be embarrassed. ”

"This ......," Shopkeeper Qi frowned.

"Shopkeeper Qi." Sun Wang said on the side, "Although we were not cautious about buying a house before, but your approach is not authentic, if we publicize this matter, I will not look good, maybe I will have to eat my master's hanging, but your reputation of the splendid workshop, hum!" ”

"You kid, you are older than this son, but you are far worse than this son in terms of qi and knowledge, and the reputation of my Jinxiufang can be slandered by you casually?" When Shopkeeper Qi said this, he first smiled, and then turned to Li Yongji, "Okay, for the sake of your bearing and attitude, I will help you." Well, speaking of which, I have some friendship with Master Chen, who is in charge of money and grain in Qingpu County, and I won't be embarrassed to find him, but I have to spend some money to find someone to do things, which is ......."

"Four hundred taels, is it enough!" Li Yongji directly gave him the four hundred taels of silver tickets, "You just need to do this for me, the four hundred taels are yours, what to do, I don't ask how much it spent." ”

"Bright!" Shopkeeper Qi gave Li Yongji a thumbs up, and took two of them, that is, two hundred taels, "That's enough, I'll go to the county seat early tomorrow morning and promise to do this for you." But before you do that, you'll have to give me an account of how many people you're going to call for this training. ”

"Of course, the more the merrier." Li Yongji said.

"This, Li Gongzi." Shopkeeper Qi frowned, "Although the imperial court has a rule recently, the more people are recruited, the more money and food are exempted, but correspondingly, the more people in the group training, the more the government will worry about, not to mention that the inspection will be stricter, in case something happens, the government may remember to let you train this regiment on the battlefield, and when the time comes, you can't resist the order and disrespect, you have to think clearly!" ”

"Thanks for the reminder." Li Yongji nodded, "Then you can give me the scale of three hundred people first!" ”

"Three hundred? This is also safe, and if you protect yourself, it is more than enough. Shopkeeper Qi nodded, "But although three hundred people are nothing in the eyes of the government, they generally won't embarrass you, but it's not a small number." This weapon is easy to handle, you can get the cheapest spear to fool around, but so many people eat and drink Lazar every day is not a small number, and because you are your household servants, you have to pay for every qiē food, drink, and shelter, can you afford it? ”

"You don't have to worry about this, since I want to run a group exercise, I will definitely not lack money, you just report it to me." Li Yongji said.

"Alright then, you're up to the cracks anyway." Shopkeeper Qi smiled and said no more.

"This, young master." Seeing that he finished speaking, Sun Wang said, "If you plan to hold a group, you don't need to spend money to buy people." As long as you take care of food and shelter, and then give a little money every month, those hungry people will come to apply in a swarm, so why do you have to spend money to buy people? Once you buy someone, you have to pay for food, clothing, housing and transportation, which costs a lot more than hiring someone. ”

"You're right." Li Yongji smiled, "But those who apply for recruitment in this way should still be good citizens, and they are still free bodies, such people are just my hired workers, so you can say that if you don't do it, you won't do it, and I can't discipline you strictly, beat and scold from the heart, and even kill people to establish authority, right?" ”

"This, this ......"

"If you want to run a regiment, you have to march the law and discipline, if it is an ordinary employee, if someone is tired and does not listen to orders, is lazy and slippery, or even walks away, then what should I do?" Li Yongji continued, "On the contrary, if it is a slave who has signed a deed of sale, it is different, because from a legal point of view, he is my subordinate, and he has to listen to me for everything. With such mandatory constraints, I can really manage the organization well. ”

"Childe is high!"

It was the shopkeeper Qi who said this, and he nodded to Li Yongji and said: "No matter how bad it is to run the Township Brave People's League, it is also raising soldiers, it is an army, and the army can't raise elite soldiers." In the past, most of the groups held by others relied on relatives and friends, and everyone recommended highly respected people as the leader, and maintained them with the distance and rewards. Such a township warrior, the discipline must not be strong, it is okay to fight a good fight, if you encounter a bad battle, you will definitely disperse immediately. And their own family is different, the family is a private house slave, can practice family law, must be loyal to the master, whether it is training or fighting, is the most obedient. With the loyal and brave family members as the backbone, and then commanding a group of summoned soldiers, this is also the norm of our dynasty to lead troops, and it is the most secure. Well, I didn't think you could think of this at such a young age, yes, really good. ”

Speaking of this, the shopkeeper Qi stuffed the silver ticket in his hand to Li Yongji: "The future is terrifying!" Just for what you just said, I, Qi Hongkui, will make an exception this time, I will not charge you money, and I will go on your behalf for free, and I will guarantee that I will help you do it properly. And from now on, if you have any needs, I can do it, just come to me, you're welcome! ”

"Thank you very much." Li Yongji smiled.

After Li Yongji and Sun Wang left, he had been standing aside without speaking since just now, a young man with a grade of fifteen or sixteen years old, a handsome appearance, and dressed like a small apprentice, spoke: "Shopkeeper, why did you return the silver ticket to him and help him run a group practice for free?" ”

"Quite simply, I don't want to offend him." Shopkeeper Qi sighed and explained slowly, "Originally, I thought he was not very old, and he was frizzy, and I thought he was a young man who didn't spend a lot of money, and he was not afraid of being bullied by such a person, but looking at his bearing just now, especially the calmness after knowing that he was fooled, I knew that even if I could deceive him for a while, I would not deceive him for a lifetime."

In fact, seeing that he knew that he was fooled and still looked calm, I wanted to do something to compensate him, after all, we made a lot of money by selling the house, and we couldn't offend and die, otherwise it would be difficult to see each other in the future. After that, when I heard that he wanted to hold a group practice, I was even more sure that I couldn't offend him. ”

"Why is that?" The boy asked again.

"Because he really wants to hold a group exercise!" The shopkeeper said solemnly.

"What's the reason for that?" The boy was stunned.

"Why do you think anyone can do group exercises?" The shopkeeper Qi said, "If you want to run a group training, first of all, you have to have money, you can't afford to raise soldiers without money, not to mention his kind of family training, which is more expensive than ordinary villagers, and non-wealthy families can't afford to raise it." Since he is not a stupid person and insists on holding group exercises, he is not short of money, and people who are not short of money are always not easy to offend. Secondly, you have also heard the reason why he bought slaves and maids to run a village warrior before, saying that it is to facilitate the marching method and to facilitate the killing of people! Hehe, if you can say this, that person must be ruthless! Such a person runs a group training, and his heart is big, and it is definitely not just for self-preservation. Anyway, no matter whether he can succeed in the end or not, it will not hurt if we help him at this time, and I am just a gesture, but I can resolve the previous small feud with him. ”

"Oh, I see." The young man nodded, "That is, we have made a lot of money from him, and then you find out that he is actually a rich and ruthless master, and you are afraid that he will be angry, so you will say some soft words, praise him for being terrible in the future, and do some little things to help him, so that he will have less resentment towards us, lest he will miss us in the future and find an opportunity to take revenge on us?" ”

"Yes!" Shopkeeper Qi nodded, "We are in business, we pay attention to harmony and make money, there is no need to fight with people who are not in business, and besides, I have to go into the city tomorrow to do errands, this is by the way." ”

"Yes, you're still the shopkeeper." The young man said hurriedly.

"Hmph, don't make a fool of yourself." Shopkeeper Qi scolded with a smile, "Degui, you can inquire more when you go back, and see what the origin of this second young master is, if my guess is right, he should be from this town and didn't run, so I don't know who can teach such a character." ”