spread all kinds of rumors from the outside world, and spread Qin Guan more and more godly.

Now many people in Xiongzhou believe that Qin Guan is the reincarnation of immortals, and he also knows how to cultivate immortals.

Qin Guan had also heard these rumors, but he didn't explain anything.

He is now busy dealing with Xiongzhou affairs.

The Xiongzhou government has already posted an announcement to recruit Xiangjun from among the homeless, ranging in age from 16 to 40 years old, and their physical condition must meet the requirements, at least 1.6 meters or more.

Yes, it's one meter six.

The living conditions in ancient times were poor, and the people were considered to be of medium stature at one meter six.

Qin Guan's initial standard was to expand the Xiongzhou Xiang army to 10,000 people, and if there were not enough displaced people, the scope could be expanded, and even recruited among ordinary people, but Qin Guan's decision was opposed by Xu Qing.

Xu Qing's reason is that he can't afford it.

"My lord, I have a military system of the Great Zhao State, every 100 people in the box army are a capital, the horse army is the military envoy, the deputy soldier and horse envoy, the infantry army is the head of the capital, the deputy head of the capital, every 5 have a commander, a commander, a deputy commander", 5 commanders are an army, and guerrilla generals are set up. Further up is the 5th Army as a box. ”

"Now my Xiongzhou Xiang Army, there is only one army establishment, guerrilla general Hu Yuanfa, although it is said that the establishment of 2,500 people, but due to dissatisfaction with the formation, in fact, we only have more than 1,700 Xiang troops in Xiongzhou, and many of them are scattered everywhere, such as warehouses, ferries, workers, miscellaneous work, etc."

In fact, the Xiang army cannot be regarded as an army, it is a group of armed and organized labor handymen, and there is no combat effectiveness at all, and the last time I went to encircle and suppress the king of Xiong'an County, I barely managed to gather 600 Xiang troops, which was not easy.

Xu Qing continued: "As for the reason for the dissatisfaction of the personnel, the most important thing is that we can't afford it. Adults recruit homeless people into the Xiang Army, equipment is a big investment, and a large amount of expenses are needed every month, including food and wages, according to the regulations of the imperial court, each person in the Xiang Army must pay three cents per day. ”

"If the adults recruit 10,000 Xiang soldiers, then the annual service money of the Xiang soldiers will exceed 10,000 guan, and our annual tax in Xiongzhou is only more than 10,000 guan."

"Although we have a sum of money in our hands now, this money will always be spent, and when the time comes, how to raise these van troops, we can't continue to sell land, even if we sell land, we may not meet a wealthy businessman like last time."

Xu Qing calculated according to the current situation in Xiongzhou, and his worries were indeed correct, but in Qin Guan's heart, more than 10,000 guan a year was really nothing to him, and more than 10,000 guan would raise 10,000 people, which was simply too cost-effective.

He firmly believes in a sentence that many people are powerful, and many people are easy to do, especially in this ancient world, this is simply the existence of truth.

He'd rather spend more money now than have no one available when something happens, and besides, he really doesn't care about it.

Qin Guan nodded with a smile, put down the teacup in his hand, and said to Xu Qing: "Xu Tongju, I know your worries, but I can give you a guarantee that the money for raising the army will never come out of the tax, what do you think." ”

Xu Qing was stunned for a moment, if it doesn't come out of the tax, where does it come from, can't it be changed out of the fairy qi.

"Then how do you raise an army?" Xu Qing wondered.

Qin Guan said with a smile: "Actually, there are many places in this world where you can make money, as long as you have a pair of discerning eyes, you don't have to worry about money." ”

Xu Qing thought for a while and asked, "There is really no need to pay taxes." ”

Qin Guan shook his head, "No." ”

"Adults can get money." Xu Qing asked again.

Qin nodded, "It's no problem at all." ”

Xu Qing suddenly said: "I absolutely support your decision, my lord!" ”

"Since adults have a way to make money, why don't we recruit more people."

Xu Qing's words made Qin Guan stunned.

It's getting too fast.

I blocked it in every way just now, but now I hear that there is no need to pay taxes, and I will add people in the blink of an eye.

Xu Qing didn't wait for Qin Guan to speak, so he said to himself: "I want to come to the Lord to form the Xiang Army, for the safety of Xiongzhou, just like the last time the Liao State invaded our state, we didn't even have the manpower to organize the people to retreat, and then we defended the city, and we only had more than 1,000 people standing on the city wall, if the Liao army really attacked the city, we didn't even have the strength to protect Xiongzhou." ”

"Since the adults have a way to raise the army, then we will simply recruit more people, at least fill the vacant manpower of the original Hu Yuanfa's army, and then let these people be specially responsible for miscellaneous service, as for the 10,000 people, they can be specially trained as sergeants, what do you think."

"Even if we can't get together a complete set of weapons and equipment for the time being, let's issue a spear to each person first, and then slowly figure out a way."

Qin Guan smiled.

It seems that this Xu Tongju is not because he doesn't want to recruit people, but because he is afraid that he can't afford it.

Now that there is Qin Guan, he wants people more than Qin Guan.

"Xu Tongju, the matter of recruiting the Xiang Army will be handed over to you, I can give you a word, how much you can recruit, I can raise as much as I want, don't worry about money, I'll figure it out." Qin Guan Dao.

The smile on Xu Tongjuan's face was thicker than Qin Guan: "If you can really not worry about money, then I have nothing to fear, and I can leave other things to me." ”

Then the resettlement of the rest of the displaced people was discussed, and the Xiang army only recruited young and strong, and their families, those old and young, women and children, must also be resettled, and the number of this group of people was even larger.

Qin Guan said: "My idea is that those who are not suitable for the army will be formed into a labor team, and they can build roads and cities to make a living, but there is no hurry to repair roads and cities, the first thing they have to do is to build a house." ”

"I plan to use the government to fund a suitable place in the city to build rows of houses to house the families of these soldiers and displaced people."

Xu Tongju frowned and said, "The place is easy to find, and we have reserved some land, but the investment in building a house is not small." ”

It's a matter of money again.

Qin Guan said: "This money is not spent in vain, first, it can stabilize the morale of the Xiang army, second, it can accommodate the old and young, women and children, and third, this money can be recovered." ”

Xu Qing was puzzled: "Did the adults say that they would repair the house and sell it to those displaced people, but they don't have any money." ”

"If I don't have any money, can I repay the mortgage?" Qin Guan Dao.

Xu Qing didn't know why, and asked, "What is a mortgage?" ”

Qin Guan explained: "To put it simply, it is to pay a rent every month, and after too many teenagers, this house belongs to him, and our government is considered a mortgage, but I am not ready to make money, and I am even ready to subsidize part of it." ”

Xu Qing thought about it, and his eyes lit up, "I understand, this method is good, and I can handle this matter." ”

But then, Xu Qing frowned again and said: "I estimate that it will only take two months to build these houses, but what should these people do for a living, we don't need to build it in Xiongzhou now." ”

Qin Guan said: "I have already arranged the future work for them. ”

Xu Qing hurriedly asked, "What kind of work?" ”

"Do you remember the wealthy merchant who bought Xiulong Mountain?" Qin Guan Dao.

"Naturally, I remember."

Xu Qing is afraid that he will never forget that person for the rest of his life.

"The man came to see me yesterday, and said that he hoped to build the road from Xiongzhou City to Xiulong Mountain, and I calculated that this road was about 16 miles long, and the road was parallel to the two cars, so he left 20,000 yuan, and he would refund more and make up for less."

"And maybe in the future, we will build a stone road in the mountains, which is not enough for those people to do for a year or two."

Xu Qing smiled again, "Enough is enough." ”