Chapter 104: Recruiting Bandits
Serve the country and kill bandits? Hearing these four words, Qin Xu's heart was instantly moved.
Although he became a court violator, the heroism of the soldiers has not been forgotten.
immediately asked Zhao Kuo: "Lord Zhao, do I really have a chance to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and serve the country?"
Zhao Kuo said very decisively: "As long as you train well in Qingyun Village, you will not only have the opportunity to kill bandits to serve the country, but also make war exploits by killing bandits and return to the army!"
"Really?" Qin Xu still didn't believe it! "This official counts when he speaks!" Zhao Kuo continued.
"As long as you make meritorious achievements, this officer will have a way to let you return to the army, and you can also be promoted a few levels up in your original position."
"Qin Xu, you used to be the commander in the army, as long as you train well in Qingyun Village, and when you return to the army in the future, you will be promoted!"
Qin Xu was completely moved, and immediately answered: "Lord Zhao, I am willing to stay in Qingyun Village to train bandits!"
"But there is a question about the lowly position!"
"Do you still want to go out to rob the new Qingyun Village, if you don't go out to rob, what do the hundreds of people in the cottage usually eat and use?"
Zhao Kuo replied briskly: "Tang Biaotou promised to distribute the cottage-like silver taels and grain to everyone!"
"His promise is the promise of our Lord Wu Yunlin Wu!"
"In a while, we will take 1,500 taels of silver and 15,000 catties of grain and distribute them to everyone who is still alive in the cottage, and all the old, weak, women and children will have a share."
"The rest of the silver and grain are left in the cottage for later use, except for gold and gold and silver jewelry, the official will not take a tael of silver."
"After dividing the silver and grain, the original bandits of the cottage will be disbanded on the spot, Qin Xu, you will re-elect people to join the cottage."
"The first requirement is that there are no innocent lives in our hands. Kill all those habitual bandits who are murderous and do all kinds of evil, and they can't ask for any of them. ”
The second requirement is to be honest, obey the command after joining the cottage, and don't cheat! ”
"You can set the rest of the requirements, but it can't be lower than the standard for recruiting battalion soldiers in the imperial court, it is best to recruit people among the homeless people, and after recruiting three hundred people, it will be directly managed according to the establishment of the battalion!"
Qin Xu didn't expect Zhao Kuo's rules for recruiting recruits to be so strict.
An embarrassed expression immediately appeared on his face, and he hurriedly reminded: "Lord Zhao, every battalion recruited by the imperial court can get a military salary of one or two or five yuan."
"Even if there is a deduction from the superiors, the military salary you get every month is one or two dollars of silver."
"We recruit people under the hat of bandits, and we don't have military salaries, and those who are strong will definitely not want to join us!"
"Who told you that you don't have a military salary to join Qingyunzhai as a soldier!" Zhao Kuo smiled and asked rhetorically.
Then he introduced his thoughts to Qin Xu: "As long as you meet the requirements and successfully join Qingyunzhai, ordinary bandits will receive one or two or five dollars of silver every month, and they will be guaranteed to be paid in full."
"We don't have a captain, we directly set up a chief for ten people, two taels of silver every month, a team officer for five tithes, four taels of silver, two teams with a sentry officer, eight taels of silver, and three sentry heads, Qin Xu, you personally serve as one, and receive sixteen taels of silver every month."
"At that time, Lord Wu Yunlin and Lord Wu will also provide three hundred taels of silver for food to Qingyun Village every month, to ensure that every bandit in Qingyun Village can eat and drink enough and have enough physical strength for training!"
Qin Xu was stunned for a moment, and then the embarrassed expression on his face was replaced by excitement, and he looked at Zhao Kuo and swore and promised: "Your Excellency, if the bandits of Qingyunzhai can really get such a high salary, they are confident that they will be trained into an elite with combat effectiveness no less than that of the battalion soldiers."
"This is what the official wants!" Zhao Kuo was very satisfied with Qin Xu's assurance, looked at him and continued.
"In order not to let you become a thorn in the side of the court, a thorn in the flesh. After the reconstruction, Qingyunzhai will no longer go out of the mountains to plunder, seize all the time to train the troops, and let everyone form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. ”
"Ten months at most, and this official will have a task for you!"
"The homeless people all have families, in order to let them train with peace of mind, the cottage must take their families together!"
"I just looked at the surrounding terrain, and there is a large area of mountain land behind the cottage that can be cultivated, and it will definitely be no problem to feed one or two thousand people."
"You can let their families cultivate the land behind the cottage and raise livestock, which can not only be self-sufficient, but also sell grain and livestock to the cottage to make money!"
Qin Xu's face was already full of joy, and he couldn't wait to start recruiting now.
Tang Wu stood next to him and listened to it, and as soon as Zhao Kuo finished speaking, he became anxious: "Lord Zhao, or I will stay in Qingyun Village!"
"The lowly position is the head of the standard line, and it is only eight taels of silver a month, so it is better to come here to be a cottage master!"
"What's the hurry?" Zhao Kuo scolded with a smile!
"Although there are only a hundred people in the standard, in the eyes of Lord Wu, the role of the standardline is greater than that of ten Qingyun Villages!"
"The bloody battle that just ended proves it!"
"Fifty veterans fought against more than two hundred bandits, not only did they win, but only five soldiers were injured, and none of them were killed in battle, such combat effectiveness is not something that ordinary troops can have."
"As long as Tang Wu trains well, an ordinary guard of the standard line can go to the cottage to be the captain, or even the team officer!"
Tang Wu seemed to think of a little bit of Wu Yunlin's thoughts, but he still couldn't believe it in his heart, and asked with a hint of hypocrisy: "Lord Zhao, Lord Wu doesn't want the standard line to provide low-level officers to the cottage, right?"
Zhao Kuo didn't answer this question immediately: "Tang Biaotou, haven't you always wanted to know why we want to take Qingyun Village?"
"You've seen the reason, I'm going to use my identity as a bandit to train in the cottage."
"These bandits will be the last barrier to defeat the enemy."
"Qingyun Village is the first cottage that this official took after entering Renhuai, but it is definitely not the last!"
"In order to assist Qin Xu in training, the ten sentry commanders and six team officers that Qingyunzhai needs are all selected from the first squadron of the standard!"
"In the future, every cottage that the official takes over will also need to be marked to be an officer."
"So Tang Biaotou, your inference is correct!"
Tang Wu continued to ask: "Since the standard ordinary guards can come to the cottage to be the chief, will it be too little for them to only get one or two or five dollars of silver every month!"
"It takes only eight taels of silver for a month to be humble, and Qin can get sixteen taels of silver if he stays in the cottage!"
"In such a comparison, I still want to stay in the cottage to train soldiers!" Zhao Kuo continued: "This is what I am going to say next!"
"The first squadron of the standard line has proven its combat effectiveness with its strength, and Lord Wu has never been stingy with rewarding those who have strength!"
"Starting today, the salaries of all the guards of the First Squadron of the Biaoxing will be increased by one level!"
"Ordinary people get two taels of silver a month, the squad leader gets four taels of silver, the squadron leader gets eight taels of silver, Lao Tang, you are the header, you can receive sixteen taels of silver every month!"
"The salary of the second squadron will remain unchanged for the time being, and the standard will be raised after fighting a battle and becoming a veteran."
"In the future, all the guards who join the standard line will be dealt with according to this principle!" "First take one tael and five cents of silver, and only if you have a long level can you get two taels of silver, and then you will be promoted step by step." Hearing that his salary had also risen to sixteen taels, Tang Wu's mood suddenly improved a lot, and he no longer bothered about whether to stay in Qingyunzhai. looked at Zhao Kuo and swore with an oath: "Please tell Lord Wu to rest assured, Lord Wu will definitely not let him down if he pays such a high military salary to the lowly position!"
"When I go back, I must train the standard guards well, so that each of them has the ability to be a captain and an officer!"
Zhao Kuo immediately ordered: "You go to the first squadron now to announce my decision just now, and tell everyone: Lord Wu Yunlin is what he says, in the bloody battle just now, killing a bandit will reward two taels of silver, and capturing a bandit will reward three taels of silver, and Lord Wu will fulfill his promise when he returns to Zunyi!"
"I also want to select nine veterans who are willing to be sentry commanders and team officers to stay, and cooperate with Qin General to rebuild Qingyun Village!"
"We've been here for two hours, and we'll have to leave the cottage and continue on our way after stopping for another hour at most!"