The tenants were talking a lot, talking to each other, but no one took a stand.

Time passed little by little, Zhu Gaoxu was a little surprised, he thought that the people of this era wanted to have their own fertile land the most, and everyone would definitely sign up for the army.

I didn't expect anyone to react? This is not a good thing, he did it first when he returned to Beiping, not only in front of his subordinates, but also in front of his Yan King Zhu Di, but he personally went to the door to say that he wanted to recruit soldiers.

Fortunately, he had a back hand, and Zhu Gaoxu quickly glanced at Wei Da, who nodded somewhere.

Figures flickered at the scene, as if someone had taken a few steps forward from behind, and then sat down.

Then someone in the crowd shouted.

I have a Ding in my family, my son is still young, I am going to be a housekeeper, what should I do with the field at home?

Veda immediately said: "Train in peacetime, let you go home when you are busy farming, if in wartime, the family is outside, I will organize the rest of the population of the whole village to help everyone farm." ”

A tenant nodded: "That's not bad." ”

But then he immediately asked, "What does wartime mean?" Is there still a war? ”

Veda shouted: "Now that the Ming Dynasty is leveling all over the world, how can there be a big war, at most it is to suppress bandits and quell the rebellion, what's the matter, you still don't want to fight?" Don't you want to work and contribute after taking Yongye Tian?"

"Lao Tzu wants to fight, only by fighting can he be promoted and make a fortune. You are the king's family, if you make great achievements, change your body, and become an official, obediently, your children and grandchildren will be blessed. ”

The crowd was noisy again, and some people really showed yearning on their faces.

Who doesn't want to be an official?

But soon another person in the crowd asked, "We are going to die in battle, is there any way to say it?" ”

"Like the regular soldiers of the imperial court, enjoy the imperial court pension, and add another one in the palace, the family land, only one percent of the rent will be charged in the future, such as when the war is killed, it has been five years, and the land belongs to your children and grandchildren, and one percent of the rent will be collected."

The crowd was even more lively, everyone was discussing, and some people sat down to compare, maybe they couldn't hear Veda clearly, and they were asking the front.

The scene was noisy again, and many people turned their heads and ears, feeling good.

Because once selected, the temptation to give five acres of Yongye land first is too great.

The person who had been questioning just now looked left and right, and suddenly raised his hand: "I want to sign up, count me as one." ”

Another questioner also hurriedly raised his hand: "It's also one of me." ”

"Okay." Wei Da was overjoyed: "You give Lao Tzu here, and the words are used as evidence." ”

At the same time, Zhu Gaoxu told everyone that this king is a person who keeps his promises, and all benefits will be written on paper.

Although in the eyes of some people, this may not be useful, but the key is that this attitude is still more agreeable.

A lot of things seem difficult, but in fact, as long as someone takes the lead.

As soon as this person took the lead, people immediately wanted to sign up.

But the effect was not very good that day, and only 60 dings were selected out of more than 300 households.

did not meet the two hundred required by Zhu Gaoxu.

It's not that the registration is not enough, many people who have only one ding in the family are also enthusiastic to sign up, and they are desperate for the five acres of Yongye field.

However, just because you can apply does not mean that you can be selected.

There were still many Ding who didn't come at home, so they were selected and selected that day, and they all chose sixty people.

Moreover, Zhu Gaoxu has relatively high requirements for recruiting soldiers, he has so many tenants, of course he must choose well.

After the selection of soldiers in the morning, Zhu Gaoxu asked Wei Da: "Who were the two who were the first to speak just now?" ”

"It's two lowly subordinates, Zhao Qing and Sun Sheng."

It turned out that the two people who were the first to speak just now were the ones arranged by Zhu Gaoxu and asked Weida to arrange.

At that time, Zhu Gaoxu asked them to be relatively young, to speak loudly, and to be able to memorize the lines prepared by Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhao Qing and Sun Sheng played well and successfully completed the task.

"Bring them to my personal army." Zhu Gaoxu transferred these two big smarts to his own personal team.

They did the same thing in the afternoon and the next day.

He worked like this for two days in a row, and finally among all his tenants, he drew two hundred dings, and all of them were strong young men with good soldiers.

And all he paid was the rent of Yicheng Tian that year, and 1,000 acres of land, as well as food and drink for them to train.

After drawing up 200 people, Zhu Gaoxu began to reorganize and distribute manpower.

The original three hundred households Wang Bin, Wei Da, and Sheng Jian each left 60 veterans, and each made up 40 new soldiers.

The veterans drawn by their subordinates were assigned to Song Meng and Zhou Hu, and then supplemented to 100 with new dings.

Song Meng's sentry cavalry team only made up ten new soldiers, and among the rest, there were fifty veterans who were fine cavalry and archers, and forty people brought out from his own stockade.

In Zhou Hu's personal army, they all chose to be strong and strong.

Then Zhu Gaoxu assigned thirty people to Mao Xiong's side, and let Mao Xiong form a team of fifty people to do business, most of them came out of the village, led by Song Meng's brother Song Changlin, and followed Mao Xiong.

At this point, Zhu Gaoxu has 500 soldiers in his hands, which is a large force.

But there are people, and there are still many problems to be solved in the later stage, such as training, food, and armor.

Among them, food and armor, King Yan is in urgent need of it now, and judging from the results of his last visit to King Yan, he mainly has to rely on himself to do it.

These problems cannot be solved overnight, and they need to be solved slowly over time.

The only thing he can do now is to concentrate on training and understand and improve the training methods of the Ming army.

In his previous life, he had never been a soldier, but he knew that he couldn't just follow the military training method in the university as soon as he came up.

In the face of a large group of illiterate people, even the Ming Dynasty people who did not distinguish between the left and right, this kind of training was unrealistic a month or two before the Jingnan began.

So how was the Ming army trained before?

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army was better, and it was relatively capable of fighting.

But the training is also average.

Let's take a look at the assessment of the Ming army first, in the sixth year of Hongwu, the Ming court formulated the assessment standards, which sounds quite powerful.

1. Cavalry must: be good at horseback riding, archery, guns, and knives

2. Infantry must: be good at using bows and crossbows, and be good at using guns.

3. The standard of training archery in the Ming Dynasty:

Out of every 12 arrows, 6 of them must meet the following criteria:

Criteria for a military attaché: Shoot at least 160 paces away. Shoot at a distance of 50 steps.

Soldier Criteria: Shoot at least 120 paces away. Shoot at a distance of 50 steps.

Judging from this archery, the standard of the Ming Dynasty is actually not high, or even relatively low. (Because Spiegel also has bows and arrows at home, judging from his own shooting, it doesn't take long for ordinary people to basically reach the standard of the Ming Dynasty in one day with a little effort.) ）

4. During the Ming Dynasty, the standard of crossbow shooting training:

For every 12 bolts fired, 5 of them meet the following criteria:

The crossbow can shoot up to 80 paces away. The rowing crossbow can shoot up to 150 paces away.

The Kick Crossbow can be shot at 40 paces, and the Rowing Crossbow can be shot at 60 paces.

5. The use of guns must: advance and retreat are particularly proficient. (That seems even lower.) ）

6. For every 5,000 people in the Beijing Health Center, one-fifth of them must be tested. (Equivalent to assessment)

There are 5,000 people in each health center, and one-fifth of them will also be tested.

The rest of the health centers also took turns to inspect the test.

If a large number of soldiers fail to pass the examination, their superior military attaché will be punished. The main ones are suspension of pay or demotion, or dismissal.

Even if some soldiers failed the examination, the Ming court would give 600 yuan to the soldiers who failed.

Qualified soldiers and their superiors were rewarded.

In the sixteenth year of Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty changed again.

This time, the requirements are even lower, that is, one in ten soldiers is evaluated. Those who pass will be rewarded with 5 bills, and those who pass multiple times in a row will be rewarded with 6 bills.

Judging from these data, the Ming Dynasty basically belonged to the state of random inspection, and after the sixteenth year of Hongwu, as long as one-tenth of the assessment was passed, the whole army was qualified.