The Richest Man in the Heavens Starts from Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 87
After occupying Zhending Mansion, Du Yu looked at Yizhou on the map and thought of the Jingsai Army.

He had a batch of captured military horses in his hand, so he planned to visit the sources of soldiers of the Jingsai Army, and planned to rebuild a strong cavalry team.

This idea is not because he intends to deal with Song Dynasty, but because Du Yu wants to deal with the Iron Buddha of the people of Jin.

In the third year of Xuanhe, the people of the Jin Kingdom had conquered the Shangjing Linhuang Mansion of the Liao Kingdom, and the army was advancing towards Zhongjing, while Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom had already fled to Xijing, which is the Datong Mansion.

Datong Mansion is very close to the border of Great Wei, Du Yu must form a strong cavalry to deal with the Jin people who may come.

For this reason, he also handed over the command of the army to Xu Guanzhong, and asked him to lead troops to attack Cangzhou and other places, while he himself came to Yi County to recruit soldiers.

Despite the long period of peace between the Liao and Song Dynasties, the army decayed very seriously.But the lives of the people in the border areas are not as good as those in places like Huazhou, let alone compared with Bianliang.

The difficult life has created the sturdy character of Yizhou people. Even women can ride horses and shoot arrows, not to mention those men in their prime.

It's a pity that Song Dynasty didn't pay much attention to this, making this excellent source of troops a display.

After Du Yu came to Yizhou, he immediately posted notices in the state capital to recruit soldiers.

Compared with the conditions for recruiting recruits in other places in the Great Wei Dynasty, the treatment has been improved a lot. Those who are good at riding and archery will have five guan enlistment fees as long as they join the new army, and the monthly salary of the cavalry is set at two guan per month.

Once the announcement was posted, countless people came to consult. Without him, ordinary soldiers have never heard of such treatment in the Song Dynasty. Even if there was, it would be the emperor's guards and had nothing to do with the people in the border towns.

Soon, the news spread in Yizhou.

Langya Mountain, Shangshan Village.

"Brother Luo, I saw some good news when I entered the city yesterday." Lian Baoning said.

When he went to Zhoucheng to sell prey yesterday, he was immediately moved when he heard someone read the announcement of Wei's recruitment of troops. His ancestors were once a member of the Song Jingsai Army.

It's just that after the army dissipated, his ancestors returned to their hometown to marry wives and have children. The offspring all farmed when they were busy and hunted when they were free.

He fought against wild beasts in the mountains and forests since he was a child. Even if he didn't learn martial arts systematically, his skills are several grades better than ordinary people.

In recent years, the harvest has been bad, and there are too many children in the family, and the family situation is going from bad to worse. Even if he can hunt some wild game from time to time to subsidize the family, life will become more and more difficult.

He heard that people in the city commented that Great Wei was a newly rising rebel army who opposed the Great Song court and was a traitor, but some people also said that Great Wei's new policy of light corvettes and low taxes was much better than that of the Song court, and they were not bandits.

Lian Baoning didn't understand the subtle relationship, but he heard that when he joined the army in the Great Wei Dynasty, he would get three passes, and he could get two passes a month.

The three pennies are enough to feed his family for two months, let alone two pennies per month. Wouldn't it take a few years to make a fortune.

So, he returned to Shangshan Village excitedly, and talked about it with his parents.

But what he didn't expect was that his grandfather objected to joining the Great Wei on the grounds that their family was a peaceful and kind citizen of the Great Song and they must not be thieves.

Unwilling, Lian Baoning wandered around the village depressed, just in time to bump into Luo Shouquan, who often went up the mountain together in the village.

He rolled his eyes and grabbed Luo Shouquan to talk to him about it.

"Brother Lian, you're still hiding something good, so hurry up and tell me to make me happy." Luo Shouquan said.

"Brother Luo, the thing is like this..., the enlistment salary is three times, and there are two times a month. Why is Brother Luo not tempted?" Lian Baoning said.

Luo Shouquan frowned, and asked, "Brother Lian, what is the origin of this great Wei?"

"I heard from the people in the city that the rebels from Shuozhou have occupied seven or eight prefectures and hundreds of counties. Now Zhending Mansion is the territory of the Great Wei." Lian Baoning said.

"Rebel?" Luo Shouquan said.

"It's a rebel, but I heard from the city that Wei dealt with several unscrupulous powerful families in the city, and forced a new policy. From now on, we don't have to pay the small tax. Anyway, I heard many people in the city say , Great Wei is stronger than the imperial court and is not a traitor, it can only be called the rebel army." Lian Baoning said.

"Brother Lian, have you ever thought that once you join the Great Wei Rebel Army, you will inevitably fight against the imperial court. Do you still want to be a soldier?" Luo Shouquan asked.

"What are you afraid of? No one knows the virtues of the imperial court's frontier army. All of them can't even beat the ten rangers from Liao Kingdom's 'Dacaogu'." Lian Baoning said.

Luo Shouquan smiled, these people from the frontier had to fight several times a year with the grassland raiders from the Liao Kingdom, and they couldn't understand the virtues of the frontier army very well.

"But the imperial court is an imperial court after all..., wouldn't we also become rebels when we joined the Great Wei?" Luo Shouquan said.

Lian Baoning sneered and said, "Brother Luo, what's so good about the imperial court? Besides collecting taxes, have you ever seen people from the imperial court? I haven't seen the benefits of the imperial court after living for so many years. Even though my family doesn't agree with me going to be a soldier , but I have made up my mind, I will be the soldiers of the Great Wei."

"Well, think about it. When did the imperial court give us a favor for so many years, that is, every autumn we have to prepare our own swords and guns to resist the harassment of the Liao people. In this way, even brothers, let's go to the city tomorrow to see if the situation is true. Join the army to fight for a future." Luo Shouquan said.

Lian Baoning nodded, and if he decided that the matter was true, he would cut the money first and play later, and took the money home, believing that his grandfather would not say anything.

Early the next morning, Lian Baoning went out on the pretext of going hunting in the mountains, carrying a bow and arrow and holding an iron gun, and went out.

When they came to the entrance of the village, they met Luo Shouquan, and the two rushed to Yizhou City.

As soon as they entered the city, they saw people rushing towards the intersection in the west of the city. The two of them didn't know, so they stopped and asked and found out that the place was the scene where Wei recruited soldiers.

The two looked at each other, then followed the crowd to the intersection, and found that it was the barracks where the former Yizhou defenders were stationed.

Squeezing to the front, I saw dozens of soldiers maintaining order, and several tables were set up at the gate of the camp to register for recruitment.

At this time, three hunters couldn't resist the temptation of money and went to sign up.

After a famous Marquis Yu registered their names, he took them to the school to test and teach them horseback riding and archery skills.

The three hunters are all veterans, and they have actually fought against the cavaliers from Dacaogu in Liao Kingdom, and their strength is quite good.

Ten arrows hit the target, and in order to show their strength, the three of them also performed tricks such as hiding in the stirrups.

After a while, the exam is over.

The Marquis Yu happily patted the three of them on the shoulders to welcome them to join the Great Wei Army.

Without mentioning by the three of them, they were taken to another table, and each was handed out three copper coins, and they were asked to go home and resettle before reporting to the military camp with great trust.

There are successful examples, and the crowd who eat melons immediately start talking about it.

Among the crowd, there were people who knew the three of them. They said they were from Xishan, and they were good at hunting... and so on.

Lian Baoning and Luo Shouquan were envious when they saw someone else took the money, and rushed to the front to sign up.

That Marquis Yu was very kind and very different from the court officials they usually met.

After asking their names and addresses, they were registered in the register, and then someone took them to the school grounds to show their strength.

Both of them are in their early twenties, but they are veterans who have spent time in the mountains and forests since they were young. They have no problem with archery and horseback riding, and it is not a problem to play tricks.

The test for the two of them was completed quickly, and they were brought to the other side of the table to collect their enlistment fees just like the previous three.

When the two walked out of the crowd with the copper coins, they still couldn't believe it.

"Brother Luo, is this true? We really got the money." Lian Baoning said.

"Really, listen." Luo Shouquan smiled, shaking three strings of copper coins in his hand.

"I really didn't expect that the officials of the Great Wei were completely different from the officials of the imperial court, and they didn't feel airs at all." Lian Baoning said.

Luo Shouquan said: "That's right, who would believe it if you didn't see it with your own eyes, compared with before, the Great Wei is the court."

The two were filled with emotion.

After buying some gifts in Yizhou City, he returned to Shangshan Village with a bunch of things.

After arriving home, Lian Baoning would naturally be reprimanded by his grandfather, but things have already been established and it is difficult to change, so he can only let him go.

Fortunately, Da Wei kept his word and paid for it, so they could only pretend that Bao Ning was lost...

With Du Yu personally sitting in the town and adding a lot of coins, it naturally attracted many Yizhou people from poor families like Lian Baoning and Luo Shouquan to vote.

(End of this chapter)