It took about an hour of kung fu for Li Xiang to come to the school field of Wuqing Mansion, and looking at the yellow-faced and thin-skinned soldiers in front of him, Li Xiang could be regarded as having a preliminary understanding of the situation here.

Zhenguan was an era of rising national strength in the Tang Dynasty, and after Li Xiang came, he also saw that the people of the Tang Dynasty were living well, but only around Chang'an, if it was in a poor place like the southwest border, the life of the common people could be imagined.

Many people here don't know what dry food tastes like since they were born, and they can only eat two porridges a day from childhood to now, so their bodies are skinny, and if there is any high-intensity labor, the whole person may fall down directly, because the food is not good, and the resistance is not very good, and there is no chance to stand up again after falling.

When he came, Li Xiang also looked through the information, the average life expectancy of people here is only 38 years old, you must know that in the 21st century, 38 years old is a person's prime of life, and all careers have just begun, but in this place, at least half of the people have already entered the ground.

Food shortage is also one of the reasons why the population cannot grow, and at this age you have become a burden to society, and you need young people to support you, how can you promote the development of local society?

"I've seen Lord Governor."

Looking at these people's sparse salutes, Li Xiang could only let them get up first, before, he had thought that the people here had no combat effectiveness, but he didn't expect it to be so weak.

"The soldiers of the Three Mansions are here?"

Li Xiang frowned and said, according to the establishment of the imperial court, there are a total of 3,600 people in the three Zhechong Mansions, but can there be 360 people in front of them?

"If you go back to your lordship, it's all here."

An old man should be the clerk here, he put a booklet in front of Li Xiang, since the sixth year of Zhenguan, the government soldiers here have not been full, it is not that the local local officials do not work hard, but there are too few qualified people around here, and most of them have become fugitives.

To tell the truth, in the Zhenguan period, it was not that you could become a soldier if you wanted to, being a soldier was actually a good job, and you would be given a certain amount of land, so people who served as soldiers everywhere had a good life.

But the natural environment here is relatively harsh, and the food produced in the field cannot feed people at all, so there are not many children in every household here, and even if there are more children, it is directly sold by human traffickers, which is much better than staying here to endure hardship.

Over time, the local army is insufficient, and there is no way to transfer young and strong people from other places, so the gap here is getting bigger and bigger.

"Have you done a fitness screening?"

Li San came here before Li Xiang, Li Xiang asked him to do a physical screening first, and those who are really not good can simply go home, so as not to affect our combat effectiveness on the battlefield.

"Except for the twelve over there, none of the others can pass the fitness test."

Li San pointed to the dozen or so people standing in the distance, they looked quite strong, Li Xiang really didn't know what to say, in the entire land of Sanfu, he actually picked out more than a dozen useful people, and the rest of them were not up to par in terms of physical fitness.

No wonder if something happens, the emperor has to transfer troops from Chang'an, if you specifically count on these local troops, I am afraid that the southwest gate of the country will not be able to be saved.

"Don't those people look quite strong? Why didn't they join the government? ”

Li Xiang saw that there were some people climbing the mountain in the distance, and he could see from their appearance that they were much stronger than these people under him.

"If you go back to your lordship, those people are the children of wealthy businessmen and bureaucrats, and every year when the government soldiers are screened, they all give gifts early......

The old man said with some embarrassment, it is natural that the children of poor families are the children of poor families who are soldiers and wars, how can the children of the rich and officials come? Although according to the law these people are also to be compiled, there are various ways to escape conscription.

"It's simply unreasonable, the imperial court stipulates that only those who have meritorious fame do not need to be government soldiers, do they all have meritorious fame?"

Li Xiang sneered, originally wanted to let the local rich businessmen have someone to contribute money, since there is such a good excuse now, then don't blame us for not paying attention to things, you don't care so much about the local military situation, once the Tuyuhun people rush over, can your family production capacity be maintained?

"My lord, if you have friction with the local squires when you first arrive, how can we get them to help us when the big war is about to start?"

The old man's name has been forgotten, everyone calls him Old Man Zhao, and he is a clerk of the local government soldiers.

"Even if I have a good relationship with them, do you think these people will be able to help me? They have long put themselves out of the way, thinking that the matter of fighting the enemy is a matter of the imperial court, and it has nothing to do with them, since this is the case, what face do I have to save for them, go and bring those people to me, Lao Tzu wants to see, since the body is so strong, why not come to serve the country? ”

Old man Zhao knew that what Li Xiang said was right, but Old Man Zhao didn't know Li Xiang's identity, he only knew that they had a new commander here, and you must know that in the past year, they didn't even have a captain.

Li San rushed over with dozens of cavalry under his command, these people under him were dumbfounded, they hadn't seen such elite cavalry for a long time, just those high-headed horses were not something they could touch, it seems that we will have a good life in the future, at least this little general will not procrastinate.

"You bastards, where the hell did you come from? Don't know who Young Master Ben is? My uncle is the county magistrate here, so let me go quickly, or be careful that I want your life. ”

When Li San brought these people back, they ran so far away, and they were still high-spirited, and when they saw this body, they were very good, isn't it a waste of strength for such a person to run to climb the mountain? Of course, you have to join the army and contribute to the country.

"Let them all learn the rules."

Li Xiang was too lazy to talk nonsense with these people, when he finished saying this, Li San and these people instantly pulled out the whip in their hands, these guys didn't understand what was going on, they were already beaten on their bodies, and when they wanted to scold, they immediately closed their mouths, because Li San's hands were raised again, if you speak again, our whip will follow......