Chapter 103: The Difficulty of Raising an Army
Jurong City, the city lord's mansion.
As soon as the five announcements came out, it was like injecting great vitality into Jurong City and even Jurong County. The whole city, the whole county, is alive.
The sun shines on the earth, like a pale gold coat, reflecting countless innocent smiles.
The haze of hunger and misery has been swept away. The sound of the caravan was endless, and the wind chimes in the pavilion were melodious.
Hundreds of people, bathed in the sunshine and with smiles, bravely walked out of the poor and black houses and walked on the happy streets.
"The people's demands are really simple and easy to meet! In fact, I just gave a little food that could only satisfy my stomach, and I got more, more ......."
On the pavilion of the City Lord's Mansion, Wu Xin overlooked the atmosphere outside the mansion from afar, heard all kinds of cheerful sounds, and his heart was full of a sense of accomplishment and pride, as well as an inexplicable boo.
Seriously speaking, in fact, Wu Xin didn't pay anything, even the announcement of "scattering all the family wealth and providing for free" was only one-tenth of the "extortion income". On the contrary, he made a windfall, and had the capital and confidence to develop and grow. As a result, it has won the support of the vast majority of people in the county, and has accumulated great prestige!
Thinking of this, Wu Xin clenched his fists, as if he had made some huge decision, and muttered:
Actually, it's really not that difficult...... It's just a matter of whether you have that heart or not!"
"The main thing is ...... The young master is benevolent and wise!" Wen Renzhong followed and said.
"You guy...... It's really like that! Your talent for literary cultivation, if you have the talent of sycophancy, you should have advanced to refine your state of mind a long time ago, and you won't be able to find someone who is a county magistrate!"
Wu Xin was not angry, and he heard Ren Zhong chirping.
Words such as benevolence and easy-going are Wu Xin's boasting, and he is putting gold on his face and casting a positive image. Wu Xin really doesn't feel that he is that kind of person, so he feels that Wen Renzhong is a naked sycophant!
Today, the county lieutenant of Jurong County is served by the old general Sun Yuan, but he has never found a candidate for the county governor.
Cultivating the state of mind is quite rare. However, there are tens of millions of people in Jurong County, and if you want to find it, there are many in Jurong City. It's just that Wu Xin feels that it is not suitable, because the county is quite important, especially when Wu Xin will not be in Jurong City for a long time, he needs to be loyal, preferably his own people.
Originally, Wei Peng was a suitable candidate, but Wei Peng was good at formations, and he would go to Yinquan Valley with Wu Xin to train Xin Wuwei, so he couldn't stay in Jurong City for a long time!
"It's coming! It's coming! Half a year, at most half a year, the contemptible person is refining the heart and cultivating the culture!" Wen Renzhong replied, and in the end, he raised his head proudly, and seemed to have reached his goal!
"Half a year...... I hope to crack down on more bandits and speed up the process!"
Wu Xin shook his head and sighed, now that the expeditionary Sui army is retreating, and Yang Guang, the Holy Emperor of Civil and Martial Arts, is returning, maybe it has arrived. Soon, a second expedition will be launched, and as expected, in the first month of the ninth year of the Great Cause, there are only three or four months left!
Time is ticking!
"Your Excellency!"
Everyone was puzzled and was about to ask, when the county lieutenant Sun Yuan arrived with Wu Wolf and several generals.
Looking at Sun Yuan and the others with tired faces, but in high spirits, Wu Xin did not hesitate to praise: "In the past few days, the county lieutenant and the generals have worked hard!"
The implementation of the five proclamations is mainly carried out by the military, and the army is carrying out the raids on homes, wanted people, transportation, distribution of food, conscription, recruitment, and tax removal.
Because of the vacancy in the county, the progress in government affairs is insufficient, many old cases have not been resolved, and many people regard Wu Xin as the master of the blue sky, and countless complaints have been submitted, which has made Wu Xin and others even more busy. Fortunately, Wu Xin's anger was amazing, and with the ferocity of killing the county lieutenant Gao Huan and the county Cheng Li Zhihe with thunder, some relatively simple cases were solved with a fright!
Those cases that require in-depth investigation, Wu Xin has been put on hold for the time being, and there is not so much time, energy and manpower to spend on the case!
"The matter of the matter, the lord is serious, and the subordinates are afraid!" Sun Yuan replied respectfully.
The martial wolf on his side attached a stack of lists in time and reported: "This is the result of conscription in recent days, and the people are quite active and active!"
"Buyout Xinwuwei Reserve: 4,123 people, including 967 people in the Qi Refining Realm and 700 in the Nine Body Refining Realm......
The conscription army is 48,927 people, including 873 in the Qi Refining Realm and 9 in the Body Refining Realm......
The militia of mercenary soldiers, 267,432 people, of which 532 are in the Qi Refining Realm......"
"That's it's only been more than three days!"
After a cursory glance, Wu Xin blurted out in some surprise.
The Great Sui Empire is not unmanned, let alone without a source of soldiers, it's just that the Great Sui didn't give enough hope and motivation!
Wu Wolf reported cryptically: "If it weren't for conscription and mercenary, Xinwuwei Reserve, it would be easy to pass 10,000!"
"Hmm!" Wu Xin nodded in response.
If it is not a last resort, how many people are willing to sell themselves and lose their freedom? Although it is explicitly stated that the buyout is similar to the existence of a retainer and not a slave, most of them still choose the second and third articles.
Sun Yuan smiled bitterly and said: "It's a bit much, and now the number is still soaring, will our side suspend the conscription announcement?"
"No, keep recruiting, the more the merrier!" replied Wu Xin without hesitation.
Sun Yuan was stunned and reminded vaguely: "My lord! The normal army establishment in Jurong County is 50,000, and in Jurong City it is 30,000; if it is full, the county will be 100,000 and Jurong City will be 50,000!"
At present, the Jurong army, which has been registered, is still within the allowable range. However, that is in the case of excluding the hired militia, otherwise the militia alone will be far beyond the limits of Jurong, and it is easy to be suspected of plotting evil, which is a great crime!
In the Great Sui Empire, the main army was called the government soldiers, and there was no such thing as a militia, which was a word invented by Wu Xin himself.
Nominally, those militiamen were similar to long-term workers, and they were not included in the military register, but they signed a paper contract from three years onwards, which was similar to military service. If someone is more serious, Wu Xin will definitely be in big trouble!
Now that Wu Xin has killed Gao Huan and Li Zhihe, the Li family in Longxi has no reaction, but Wang Shichong of the county must have made a small move, and it is estimated that he will make a move in the next few days!
In the end, the salaries of a normal soldier of the Great Sui Empire, thirty to fifty silver per month, can buy thirty or fifty catties of rice without sand seepage, which is enough to feed a family.
Wu Xin was more generous, and directly gave fifty silver per month. Those militiamen were lower, but they were also thirty silver a month. This is one of the main reasons why so many people can be enrolled in just three days!
However, because those militia are not included in the military, they are the city lord's mansion, or Wuxin, and are personally supported. The Great Sui Empire will not subsidize a cent, and the autumn tax must not be less.
In this way, assuming that the militia is 300,000, then Wuxin has to pay 90,000 gold every month, plus the rice tube is full, two meals a day and a half a catty of rice grain, and 4.5 million catties of grain is needed in a month, and it is 45,000 gold, which is a huge consumption, not counting meat and vegetables!
With the current situation of the Great Sui Empire and Jurong County, even the salaries of soldiers with military status have to be solved by the city lord's mansion itself, and the imperial court will not make up for it. The current fifty or sixty thousand official soldiers have to be supported by the Jurong City Lord's Mansion himself!
Raising soldiers is not just talking!
If you don't have enough wealth, you can collapse at any time!
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