Qingfeng Dao walked into the military tent with a disgraced face, and his body lost his former spirit.

"General Liang? Breezy and polite. ”

Liang Feiyang looked disdainful: "The mountain was destroyed by a hairy boy." ”

Qingfeng Dao Chang's face turned red: "That Youwang Li Feng is definitely not a hairy boy, he blocked my army of 10,000 with only the people, this kind of record, the general can't do it." ”

Liang Feiyang smiled: "Li Feng's mediocrity, who doesn't know about it?" Being stopped by such a piece of waste, you are even more wasteful. ”

"Your good subordinate Wei Ze will come back in a few days, and you can ask him yourself at that time."

When it came to Wei Ze, Liang Feiyang was furious, this little bastard destroyed the three mountains, cut off his financial resources, and suggested leaving a hundred veterans for Li Feng, although it was a suggestion, it was definitely left.

As for the rest, Wei Ze didn't say a word, but Liang Feiyang could feel the joy between the lines.

"When Wei Ze comes back, I will ask him, as for you, it seems that you are of little use to me."

Qingfeng Daoist said: "I am Taiwei Zhao's person, not your person." ”

Liang Feiyang smiled, noncommittal.

In Youzhou City, Wei Ze still left a hundred veterans for Li Feng, and then left with one million taels of silver.

In the school field, Li Feng looked at the hundred heroic veterans, and rubbed his hands excitedly, this is a soldier.

Zhang Shoulin, who had not fully recovered from his injuries, looked at the hundred veterans, and was also very happy, in terms of individual combat effectiveness, although these veterans were not as good as their guards, but they were stronger and more professional in battlefield operations.

"In the future, you will be the defenders of my Youzhou, under the management of Zhang Shoulin, salary or something, and I will send you a detailed list later."

The veterans are dumbfounded, do you still get paid as a soldier in Youzhou?

Although Li Feng has been in this world for a while, he doesn't know much about the military system here, so he said that he would pay soldiers a salary.

The soldiers of the Great Cadre are roughly divided into two kinds, the first is the forbidden army, which directly serves the emperor and defends the imperial palace and the capital, and the forbidden army is the emperor's private soldiers, who only obey the emperor's orders, and is the best equipped and highest combat effectiveness of the Great Cadre.

Although the forbidden army is subdivided into Yulinwei, Longwu Army, Shenwu Army, Shence Army, etc., they all have salaries, but the salaries are different depending on the type of troops.

And the subdivision is the princes, generals, ministers, and the private soldiers of the gentry and wealthy families, these people are nominally family members, but their combat effectiveness is not weak, much stronger than ordinary soldiers.

The second is ordinary soldiers, and ordinary soldiers are subdivided into soldiers in military towns and ordinary soldiers like the defenders of Youzhou.

This type of soldier not only has no salary, but also needs to prepare some weapons and equipment and rations by himself, and the conditions seem to be very poor, but as long as he becomes a soldier, the state will allocate the land.

And as long as you make a contribution, you can carp jump over the dragon gate and become a master.

Therefore, becoming a soldier is something that many people want to go in.

Of course, this was limited to the early stage of the Great Cadres, and the current situation of the Great Cadres is that there is no land distribution, and the enthusiasm of the people to join the army has long since cooled.

After Li Feng heard Zhang Shoulin finish speaking, he said in his heart Isn't this the government military system after the collapse, and the only thing that can maintain the enthusiasm of soldiers is meritorious promotion.

The fields can't be taken out, but the money is enough, study the salary, and make these people the only soldiers who get paid except for the forbidden army.

"You heard you right, you get paid."

The veterans were silent for a few seconds, and then suddenly burst into earth-shattering cheers.

Zhang Shoulin was a little worried: "Lord Wang, we can still maintain the expenses of a hundred people, but it will be a little difficult for a thousand people." ”

"Who said I wanted a thousand? I initially intended to build an army of five thousand men. ”

Zhang Shoulin was taken aback, what does the prince want to do? Daqian allowed the prince to have private soldiers, but the number was strictly limited, and 5,000 people were complicit in rebellion, not to mention, even if Youzhou could not afford to raise 5,000 soldiers and horses.

"Lord Wang, think twice, the land in Youzhou is barren and you can't afford to raise so many soldiers and horses."

"Who said I was going to raise it in Youzhou? Isn't that a natural way of business? ”

Li Feng smiled, after he exterminated the Three Mountains, he set his sights on the trade route to Mobei, where a large number of merchants come and go every year.

In the past, these merchants had to pay protection fees to Sanshan, and then most of the leaders of Sanshan were handed over to Liang Feiyang.

The Three Mountains were exterminated, Liang Feiyang himself could not play the role of a bandit, and he could not establish a new bandit in the short term, so this trade route became a vacuum, which just gave Li Feng an opportunity to take advantage of.

Seize the Mobei Trade Road, collect protection fees, and use this money to raise Youzhou and raise soldiers, this is Li Feng's plan.

However, this kind of thing can't be said to Zhang Shoulin, it's not that Li Feng treats Zhang Shoulin as an outsider, but that Zhang Shoulin's IQ can't be understood, and Liu Ji has to know about this matter and let him arrange it.

Zhang Shoulin really didn't understand, so he could only smile awkwardly.

"The original garrison's barracks are still inhabited by the incorporated people's army, choose the strong and strong to stay, and the old, weak, sick and disabled will be given pensions and let them build the Youwang Palace for me."

"Yes."

Zhang Shoulin clenched his fists and went down to make arrangements, and Li Feng found Liu Ji and told him about his occupation of the business road and the collection of protection fees.

Liu Ji was taken aback: "Lord Wang, it's absolutely not good!" ”

Li Feng was very unhappy: "The reason why it doesn't work? ”

Liu Ji said: "In fact, everyone in Youzhou knows that although the three mountains clamp each other, they are all bandits raised by Liang Feiyang. You have exterminated the bandits of the Three Mountains, although Liang Feiyang is not happy, he will not come to your stubble. But if you take advantage of the business road and rob Liang Feiyang's business, he will definitely come to find fault. Offending Liang Feiyang is not good for you. ”

"Do I need to be afraid of him?"

Liu Ji persuaded hard: "It is better to have one more enemy than one more friend." ”

"That's true, but I don't need a friend like Liang Feiyang. I've made up my mind, don't talk nonsense, let me check how the merchants collect the protection fee in the aisle, and halve it on the original basis. ”

"My appetite is not as big as Liang Feiyang, so I should give some benefits to the businessmen and let them come to Youzhou a few more times."

The geographical location of Youzhou is actually very embarrassing, although it is the northern gateway of Daqian, it is only responsible for the operation of the grain and grass equipment of the Anxi Military Town.

The trade route is on the other side of the camel and horse trade road, which does not pass through Youzhou, although there is no supply point, but the road is closer.

Unless it is a particularly large amount of goods, it is rare to make a detour to Youzhou for replenishment, which leads to a high political status in Youzhou, but it cannot be compared with other cities in terms of economy and population.

Li Feng's appointment as the King of You, which is actually similar to exile.

Liu Ji's persuasion was fruitless, so he had to go down to do things for Li Feng.

After Liu Ji left, Li Feng pondered, he was not worried about Liang Feiyang's accountability, but worried that if so many soldiers and horses in Youzhou were discovered by the imperial court, he would be bad.

5,000 soldiers and horses, not to mention fighting the world, even the soldiers and horses to defend the Anxi military town are not enough, how to hide these soldiers and horses?

Before he could figure out a way to hide the soldiers and horses, Li Feng didn't want to think about it, and happily went back to the house and waited for He Jinse to serve him.