The west gate of Linhe City was originally tightly closed by the people in the city, but with the approach of the army, the west gate was slowly opened.

The scene in the riverside city slowly appeared in front of Wang Rong, and when he first felt it, a slight humming sound resounded in his ears.

When the red clouds carried him to the end of the city gate, the slight humming sound suddenly rose and disappeared, replaced by a high, loud cheer from the mouths of many people on both sides of the riverside city: "Wan Sheng!" ”

The cheers of the people were loud and loud, like a tsunami in the mountains, and the people on both sides of the street raised their hands and raised their arms to Wang Rong and his party, accompanied by the food sent by the people, including eggs, flour cakes, etc.

Wang Rong said to Li Sujie solemnly: "Pass the order, don't accept the things of the common people." ”

Li Sujie listened to Wang Rong's words, and looked surprised, although it was the first time he had encountered such a situation, he didn't think it was a serious matter to accept things from ordinary people. However, seeing Wang Rong's serious expression, he had to go down to give the order.

"Captain, this... Wu Mo was shocked and speechless, even if he had lived for so many years, it was the first time he was so sought after by the people.

"Seriously, let's quickly cross the street and return to the county office. Su Jie leads the way! Wang Rong quickly crossed the street with his cavalry and came to the county government of Linhe City.

Wang Rong soon entered the county yazheng hall, and Li Sujie stepped forward to report: "Zhong Ming, our people returned the people's things, but the people sent them to the county yamen again, and they scattered home, you see this... ”

Wang Rong looked at Li Sujie and Wu Mo, and said loudly: "Since the kindness of the people can't be refused, then accept it, count the things, and divide it into three parts, one for the soldiers killed in battle, one for the wounded, and one for you, so do it." ”

Li Sujie asked, "Zhong Ming, don't you leave something?" ”

Wang Rong shook his head and said, "There is not much in the first place, just as a benefit for the soldiers, I will take even less." ”

Wu Mo said bluntly: "Duwei, what to do now, this Linhe City, it seems that there must be at least two hundred people to hold it now." ”

At present, the big problem for Wang Rong in the entire western part of Shuofang is the lack of troops, and the source of restricting Wang Rong's expansion of armaments is money and people. On the way back, Li Sujie briefly introduced the situation of Linhe City, because it was a county seat set up in the early years of the Qin Dynasty, so the population here is more than that of Woye City and Linrong City, but the number is limited, only 2,000 households, and a population of more than 10,000.

Wang Rong sat there and thought about it for a long time, and decided to try out the militia system, which is a kind of integrated military and peasant system. Wang Rong looked at Li Sujie and Wu Mo and said: "I decided to organize the Western Governor's Mansion to organize the township soldiers in Linhe City, Woye City and Linrong City: count the number of households in each city, take five households as a team, and set up a military chief; Ten households are one tithe, and the tithe is long; Take two tithes as a team and set up a captain; Each household recruits an adult Ding Zhuang who usually does not leave production, and gathers and trains in agricultural slack. In normal times, bows and arrows, swords and shields are the main training items, and at the same time, the drill formation is taken into account, and in wartime, the Western Governor's Office provides ordnance and horses. They are numbered by Linhe, Fertile Field, and Linrong. ”

Li Sujie listened to Wang Rong's thoughts, and he didn't think it was very unusual, there was such a thing as a militia, and Yongguo had already existed. Yongguo implements the township pavilion system, five families for a team, two for a tithe, ten tithes for a mile, ten miles for a pavilion, ten pavilions for a township, recruited by the chief of the adult Ding Zhuang to train in the slack time, this is the militia.

However, Li Sujie still had some questions: "Zhong Ming, what if there is no adult Ding Zhuang in a family?" ”

Wang Rong thought for a while and said, "If there is no adult Ding Zhuang, there will be a shortage of one army, one tithe, or one team." Above the team, set up the capital, five teams for one capital, set up the chief and one person each; The five capitals are a regiment, with a regiment commander and a regimental commander; The five regiments are one brigade, with one brigade commander and one brigade commander. I personally served as the commander of the township soldier brigade, and Li Sujie was the Sima of the township soldier brigade. ”

Li Sujie silently digested this information in his heart, and the more he thought about it, the more shocked he became, according to Wang Rong's method of recruitment, the first brigade of township soldiers could reach more than 3,200 people if it was fully loaded.

Li Sujie looked at Wang Rong and asked, "What about the group?" How are you going to arrange it? ”

Wang Rong pondered for a moment, calculated the people in his hand in his heart, and said: "There are five regiments under the Township Soldier Brigade, one regiment in the Qiang, one regiment in the Chicken Fortress, one regiment in Linhe City, one regiment in Woye City, and one regiment in Linrong City. With Lang Zeqing as the head of the first regiment of the Linhe Township Soldiers, and Gou Anli as the regimental commander, he led the first team and the township soldiers to be stationed in the Qiangsai. With Wumo as the head of the first regiment of the Chicken Horse Saiwoye Township Soldiers, and Meng Song as the regiment Sima, he led the second team and the township soldiers to be stationed in the Chicken Valley. With Wu Xinghan as the head of the Second Regiment of Linhe Township Soldiers, and Shao Hongxuan as the regimental Sima, he led the township soldiers to be stationed in Linhe City. With Yuan Tiangang as the head of the Second Regiment of the Woye Township Soldiers, and Wuluo as Sima, he led the Township Soldiers to be stationed in Woye City. With Li Shuo as the head of the Linrong Township Corps and Yin He as Sima, he led the township soldiers to be stationed in Linrong City. ”

Li Sujie digested it, and then asked, "Then how do you arrange the four of Qin Changqing, Wang Zijin, Liu Heze and Song Wenbai?" ”

Wang Rong looked at him and said with a smile on his face: "I can't take away all the chiefs under Captain Wu, these four people are stationed in the Fortress with Captain Wu." ”

"Huh? —" Li Sujie was shocked: "Then you have broken up the first team." ”

Wang Rong gave a solution: "I will make up for Lang Zeqing's first team, and the chief at the bottom will be temporarily replaced by the chief of the army with great merit, and after a period of training, he will be re-elected." ”

Li Sujie felt that there was nothing wrong with him, and Wumo had stopped talking for a long time, and he was there remembering what Wang Rong said.

Judging from the arrangement alone, there seems to be no problem. But everything is more serious, take a closer look at the chief officers of each township corps, they are all promoted from the first team commander, under Wang Rong's arrangement, he can firmly control the township soldiers.

After Wumo finished recording Wang Rong's arrangement, he said with a serious face: "Du Wei, the humble duty is calculated, we have enough men and horses in our hands now, and the humble duty requests that we lead the second team of soldiers to feel the congestion first, and block this opening to prevent the bearded people from entering my Dayong country from here." ”

Wumo's request was exactly what Wang Rong thought, he nodded and said: "That's right, except for Yin He and his soldiers, the second team can now select soldiers to supplement, and then choose war horses." The situation of the Hip Plug should be similar to that of the Chicken Jam, and when you get there with the second team, you first find shelter from the wind and rain and a place to live. ”

Wu Mo listened to Wang Rong's words, nodded, and recorded these words. Wang Rong looked at Li Sujie and said: "Sujie, you can't leave here yet, take Yin He and others to count the household registration in the city, divide the Shi, Army, Team, and Capital, and then start to recruit township soldiers, you must remember that this is for the conscription system, and every household that is conscripted can be exempted from conscription." ”

A certain amount of unpaid social labor undertaken by the adult Ding Zhuang of the common people in a certain period of time or under special circumstances as stipulated in the laws of Yongguo. It is divided into forced service, military service, and miscellaneous service.

The so-called certain period of time is that according to the law, the adult Ding Zhuang begins to serve at the age of eighteen, that is, the age of Fu, and the age of exemption from forced labor is sixty years old.

In this era, ordinary people, even the peasants, who account for the absolute majority, cannot even eat enough, and lack medicine, and those who can live to the age of 50 are considered to have a long life. On another level, it means that ordinary people cannot get rid of forced labor in this life from adulthood to death.

Forced labor is generally the construction and maintenance of city defenses, embankments, canals, roads and other projects, which is a major item that ordinary people often have to conscript.

The second major item is military service, and the military service of the people in the counties of Yongguo has three types: regular soldiers, military soldiers and guards. The length of military service of a regular soldier is two years, one year as an infantry, cavalry or boat soldier in the county, receiving corresponding military training, and at the same time being responsible for local security, generally collectively referred to as county soldiers, to distinguish the county soldiers selected through conscription. After serving as a county soldier for a year, the county soldiers with strong ability and high skills will be selected by the county lieutenant and transferred to the county soldiers, and the county soldiers who are not selected to be transferred will be organized to go to Xuxi to serve as the guards of the capital or serve the government. The laws of Yongguo stipulate that adult men after the age of 60 can be exempted from military service, but when they encounter the needs of the government, they will be conscripted for service at any time and cannot resist.

Soldiers, also known as the garrison, the garrison, that is, the common people obey the government's call to the frontier to engage in garrison, that is, to guard the fortress. Those who serve in the garrison are called soldiers, and they are provided with food, clothing, and miscellaneous items by the government. The laws of Yongguo stipulate that ordinary people must have one year of experience in the border in their lifetime, and if they encounter a border emergency, they must continue to stay for six months. The children of officials or wealthy families could pay to hire someone to serve in the garrison in their place.

It is another kind of military service for each Fu Zhuang in addition to serving the two types of military service: regular soldier and military service. Mainly engaged in manual labor, generally one month of unpaid labor every year, engaged in local civil engineering, bridge building and road repair, dredging of canals, transfer of valleys and other labor. Because the service members take turns to serve, they are called "more", and the service members are called "change pawns". If a person is unwilling or unable to serve in person, he can pay to hire someone to serve on his behalf, or the government does not need his personal service and order him to pay for his service.

Those who are exempted from military service due to special circumstances are called "reinstatement". Those exempted from military service include: clans, nobles, families of officials with titles, and the three elders of counties and townships; Those who are specially approved for reinstatement; or those who have given birth to children, those who have mourned, and those who have been temporarily removed due to natural disasters and military disasters; The people of the places through which the emperor passed through were temporarily exempted from military service, and so on.

No matter how detailed the law of Yongguo is about forced labor, when it is implemented, it will inevitably fall on the people who account for the absolute number of people. As a result, it became a harsher policy than taxation.

When Li Sujie heard Wang Rong's promise, his eyes lit up, and the county system of Shuofang County itself had collapsed, and the military management system had been implemented for nearly 40 years. He believed that as long as Wang Rong's policy came out, it would definitely be very popular.

After Wang Rong finished arranging affairs in Linhe City, he took his relatives and Shishi south back to Woye City, and after arranging the affairs of the three cities and two fortresses, he was ready to focus on the construction of the city, which was not put into the township military system by him, because the situation was different.