After killing the Wu family, take advantage of everyone's presence.

Jia Cong announced that he would recruit 100 guards in the subordinate Zhuangzi.

Between the ages of fifteen and thirty, you can sign up, and after passing the selection, each person will be given a military salary of one tael of silver per month.

Anyone who wants can sign up for the test, and at the same time tell everyone that when the soldiers go to the battlefield, they will die, and those who are afraid of death should not come.

The selection condition is to run ten miles, and those who can run down are qualified.

This matter was handed over to Zhang Dakui to be fully responsible, and it was his business to select and train troops.

and let Wangcai bring people to copy the Wu family brothers.

It took a long time to count the results.

This time, there was not much silver, and the two families added up to only 100,000 taels.

However, the two families have a lot of land deeds, more than 40,000 acres, and it seems that the embezzled money has bought the land.

There are also several properties, one of which is in Quang Ninh, which is a large mansion with three entrances.

This is just right, I went to Quang Ninh to have a place to live.

Even if you enter the military in Quang Ninh, you can not live in the barracks and live in your own house.

Jia Cong handed over the waist card of the embroidered clothes and Wei Qianhu to Wangcai, and asked him to take someone to transfer all the title deeds of these properties to his name.

sent away the prosperous wealth and found Wang Shun, the leader of the horse bandits.

Wang Shun stood in front of Jia Cong worriedly, not knowing what his fate would be next?

Although he is a horse bandit who kills people without blinking, he is used to seeing life and death, and in the face of death, he still chooses to compromise, who wants to die if he can live?

In the face of the person in front of him who controlled his life and death, he had to lower his unruly head.

Wang Shun asked cautiously, "Master, what are you going to do with us people?" ”

Jia Cong carefully looked at Wang Shun, this person was in his thirties, tall, sturdy, a typical northern man, with a scar on the left side of his face, which was cracked from the end of his nose to his cheeks, and he looked a little hideous and terrifying.

"Seriously, I don't know what to do with you, someone suggested that I kill you all, but I refused, since I promised not to kill you, I won't break my word, you can rest assured.

Some people also suggested that I send you directly to the official, and I can also receive some reward money to send you to the official, you will definitely not escape death, and I also refused, but I just let you go, that will definitely not work.

I don't know what to do, but tell me what I'm going to do with you. ”

After listening to Jia Cong's words, Wang Shun's heart was really up and down.

When I heard that someone suggested killing them, my heart suddenly rose, and I was relieved when I heard that this young master had refused, and then I heard that someone was going to suggest that they should be sent to the official, and my heart was raised again.

Fortunately, he was rejected by this young master again, and the words sent to the official were even more miserable, so it was better to be cut directly.

It seems that this young man is not bad, and he is a master of words.

It's just that if you don't kill and don't let go, what else can you do?

Do you want to go to the mine and work as a coolie for the rest of your life? I really don't want this, and I guess I can't get good if I wait for someone to go.

Suddenly thinking of this young master's caravan, he suddenly had an idea.

"Master, since we have surrendered, we will be my master's people from now on, and we will do whatever the master asks us to do. The scale of Xiaoye's caravan is not small, so he should be planning to trade with the grassland people, right?

This small one can help, through our camp, you can directly enter the steppe and trade with the tribes on the steppe, I also have a few familiar tribes over there, which is much stronger than trading in Quang Ninh. ”

Jia Cong nodded slightly, he was still very satisfied with Wang Shun's attitude, as long as he was conscious.

"It's best if you think so, follow me, even if you don't rob, the master can afford to raise you, listen to what you mean, there is a mutual market here in Guangning?"

Wang Shun shook his head and said: "There is a market in Guangning, although it is not small, it is not a real mutual market, some merchants come from the mainland, afraid of the danger of going to the grassland, so they choose to dispose of the goods here.

Those merchants who took over had certain ties with the Mongolian tribes, and there were also some Mongolian merchants who bought off the garrison in Quang Ninh and could freely come to Quang Ninh to trade, and slowly a big market was formed here.

Almost all of the people who come to Quang Ninh to trade are some merchants, and they also need to make money, so it is better to go directly to the Mongolian tribes to trade. ”

It turned out to be just a spontaneous trading market, and I said why I hadn't heard of Quang Ninh having a mutual market.

In fact, this market is no different from the mutual market, some small traders and hawkers will trade here, but the profit is less.

However, it is already a huge profit for them.

When I go to Quang Ninh, occupy a place in this market, and engage in wholesale is not bad, although I earn less, but it is also safe to save trouble.

"Do you know over there? What are the trade routes like over there? ”

"The barbarian side is a little far away from us, and we need to bypass the grassland, or we have to go to Fushun from Shenyang, there is also a market in Fushun, and after Fushun to the east, it is the tribe of the barbarians.

The barbarians are mainly rich in ginseng, medicinal herbs, oriental pearls, mink skins, and some other animal skins, such as bear skins, tiger skins, wolf skins, fox skins, and so on.

On the Mongolian side, there are mainly horses, cattle and sheep, sheepskins, cowhides, and a small amount of mink, fox skins, wolf skins, etc. ”

Jia Cong nodded, ginseng, Dongzhu, mink, even bear skin, tiger skin, these are only used by those wealthy families, and it is good for ordinary people to wear sheepskin.

War horses and cowhides are considered strategic materials, which can form cavalry and sew leather armor.

"Are you sure you can convince the people in your camp? And what kind of person is that second leader? ”

Wang Shun swore and said: "Don't worry, master, those people were brought out by me, they won't rebel against me, and neither will the second leader, his name is Xu Hua, he is a literati, more like our military advisor and logistics."

His family was a businessman, and he was forced bankrupt by his opponents, and his parents died one after another, so it can be said that the family was ruined, he sold his family property, got a few truckloads of goods, and came to Saiwai, and then he was robbed by us, and then he joined us.

This man had a quick mind, some clever ideas, and helped us a lot, and was better at handling housekeeping, so he left the camp to him. ”

Jia Cong secretly pondered for a while, and felt that Wang Shun's words could be believed, so let's take them all in first.

They have been wandering the border all the year round, they are well aware of the terrain and the situation here, and they also have some understanding of the various tribes outside the Saiwai, so it is very necessary to subdue this point.

With their manpower, it is easier to implement your own plans.

"In the future, call me the third master, gather all your subordinates, get back their weapons and equipment, take me to your camp, and collect the people in the camp together.

Zhang Hu, you take him to do this together. ”

"Yes, third master, subordinates obey orders."

The two said yes and went out together.

If you want to rectify the Liangfu Grange, it is impossible to leave immediately, it is estimated that you will have to live for a while, and let Han Nianci take care of this courtyard.

The farmland of the two prefectures combined, plus the 40,000 mu of land of the Wu family, is 300,000 mu.

According to the current output, it can also collect a rent of 100,000 stones, which is more than enough to raise 10,000 people.

Naturally, it is impossible to feed so many people, so I just keep some more food in case of emergency.

Zhuangzi here, for the time being, let Wangcai and Steward Zhang take care of it.

Let them pass on some knowledge of increasing production and operate according to the advanced management model of Linhe Villa.

When Zhang Hu and Wang Shun organized everyone, Wang Shun announced in public that he would join Jia Cong's command.

"Brothers, the third master counts, not only did he not kill us, but also allowed us to join his command, I have decided to lead the brothers to join, do you have any opinions?"

"We have no opinion, and we are willing to follow the big leader to join the third master."

Most of the bandits readily agreed, while others had a non-obsessive attitude and just went with their own hands.

Wang Shun said: "Okay, now follow me to get back the weapons and equipment, and we will lead the third master back to the camp." ”

Everyone is still very happy to be out of the status of death row prisoners.

After making preparations, Jia Cong took Qingwen and the four of them in spring, summer, autumn and winter to meet everyone.

They were accompanied by Zhang Hu and Li Biao, as well as the special combat team members led by Tie Zhu, as well as fifty cavalrymen with bright armor.

Everyone left the Black Mountain Village, trotted all the way, walked for nearly an hour, and followed a mountain road into a mountain range.

After walking more than ten miles, there is a valley mouth in front, which is four or five meters wide, the mountain walls on both sides are steep, the terrain is very dangerous, it can be said that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Wang Shun said: "Third master, this is the entrance to the camp, what do you think?" ”

Jia Cong nodded and said: "This place is in the middle of the mountains, it is very secret, the terrain is very dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is indeed a good place, don't you set up a gate here?" ”

Wang Shun said: "This valley is very long, we have set up a walled gate in it, so that it is more hidden, and we can't find our camp without entering the valley." ”

Everyone entered the valley, and about five hundred meters away, a walled gate appeared, guarded by a team of horse bandits.

Seeing Wang Shun, he hurriedly opened the door and said in a loud voice: "Welcome the big leader back to the mountain." ”

After entering the gate and walking a few hundred meters, it suddenly opened up in front of me, a large valley, and in the distance, there was a faint building in the distance.

The valley is huge, and even if it can accommodate a few thousand people, it's a really good place.

The most important thing is that this valley has two passages in the north and south, the south is the road from which you come, and there is a valley mouth to the north, which is also very dangerous, and more than 100 miles out of the valley is the territory of the Mongols.

Even if there is a large force chasing and can't resist, you can leave by another road.

This is a very good valley for Tibetan soldiers, and the valley mouths on both sides are built into fortresses, and a dozen small steel cannons are placed on them, and no one can really break in.

These people are really good at finding places, and they can find them in such a secret place, which is so lucky.

Soon entered the camp and met the second master.

This person's name is Xu Hua, twenty-eight or nineteen years old, his body is a little thin, and he wears a gray-blue gown, giving people a shrewd and capable appearance.

This person glanced at Wang Shun, turned his head to look at Jia Cong, and then looked at the guards with bright armor.

opened his mouth and said: "The leader is back, I don't know what this little general is called?" ”

Wang Shun said: "This is the third master from the capital, I have decided to bring people to join his command, do you have any opinions?" ”

Xu Hua was silent for a while, and then said: "This foundation is laid by the big boss, naturally the big boss has the final say, I have no opinion, let's go to the hall to talk." ”

A few people sat down in the hall, Xu Hua re-examined Jia Cong, and asked, "Could it be that the third master is the master of that caravan, but the big leader has suffered a loss under your hands?" ”

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Mr. Xu is really wise, he can guess it, and it is also a misfortune for the family, the minions in the family want to kill me, so I found you, but this is also an opportunity for both of us." ”

Xu Hua sighed in his heart, and guessed that he hadn't encountered such a big loss for many years when he looked at the brothers who were missing half, and he directly lost one-third of his people.

It's just a caravan, how can there be such a powerful man, it seems that this new master's identity is not ordinary.

"Third Master, how do you plan to settle us people? Let's do caravan escorts, or something else? ”

Jia Cong said: "I am Jia Cong, the owner of the Ningguo Mansion in the capital, and I came to Liaodong with the caravan this time to understand the situation here, and I plan to enter the Guangning army after the year, find a way to obtain some military merits, and improve my title."

This camp of yours is very good, and I plan to let you stay here and grow stronger, as my foreign aid, do some things that are inconvenient for me to do, and at the same time help me get some information about the surrounding area. ”

Xu Hua glanced at Jia Cong in surprise, he didn't expect that he was still a nobleman, but his idea was very good, how could it be so simple to make military achievements.

"Third Master, please forgive your subordinates for being blunt, you may not know much about the situation here, the relationship between Mongolia and Dachu is not bad now, and there will be no large-scale battles.

Although there are occasional clashes on the border, the scale is very small, even if the scale of 100 people is large, it is generally to come out to grab something, which is similar to our behavior, and it is too difficult to obtain military merit by this.

This camp can accommodate thousands of people, but we can't afford to raise too many people, the previous 300 people is already the limit, go out to grab every day, how can there be so many things to grab? ”

Jia Cong nodded and said: "You are right, but things are man-made, we can make it large-scale on a small scale, there is always a way, which is why I kept you here."

Since you follow me, everything is in accordance with the rules of the regular army, and the military salary is paid monthly, even if it is 10,000 people, the lord can afford to support you, what I want is an elite soldier who dares to fight and kill, as long as you can develop, you need food for food, and money for money. ”

Wang Shun said: "Third master, as long as there is no shortage of materials, we will soon be able to pull up a team, and when the third master asks us to fight, we will fight there." ”

Xu Hua also said: "What the big leader said is that as long as there is money and food, personnel are not a problem, and now the conflict between Mongolia and the barbarians is more intense, many people are ruined, and there are some people who have lost their tribes, these people can be brought together." ”