Dahan: A 100-year-old veteran, I will build the strongest family

Chapter 89 Red Entry: A Magnificent Manner of Civilization, Implanted into the Fourth Generation of Descendants Li Xi
"What is the Beiwei Army? Wei means a tall mountain, and the Beiwei Army refers to warriors who can carry the mountain on their backs. They are tenacious and have infinite strength. This army is the Beiwei Army. I hope that the Beiwei Army will be invincible and win every battle. It will be the most elite army in the world, and everyone who hears about it will be terrified!"

On the city wall, Li Hong's voice echoed far away as his inner breath strengthened and the loudspeaker sounded.

To build a powerful army of 100,000 elite soldiers, it is natural to give it a resounding military name.

Li Hong was very fond of Yue Fei's Beiwei Army, so he named this army the Beiwei Army, but he wanted to build an army that could be comparable to the Beiwei Army in history.

As Li Hong's voice rang out, the boiling discussions below immediately echoed.

Millions of young and strong people were excited.

"Beiwei Army, what a mighty army name! It would be great if I could join it!"

"I'm afraid it's going to be hard. The first level requires lifting a 400-jin stone roller, and the second level requires running 20 miles with a 30-jin load. It's not that hard, but I don't know how long it will take according to the stipulated time."

"Beiwei Army is a great name. If I can join the Beiwei Army, it will really change my life. When I entered Luoyang, I saw that snow salt and Han paper were selling well, so they must have enough military funds. It seems that I have to work hard to pass these three levels."

There was a lot of discussion in the city. After Li Hong took a look, he said to Ji Ling, Yan Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhang He and other generals behind him:

"The time has come, start selecting young and strong men who meet the requirements!"

"Yes!" Ji Ling, Yan Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhang He and other generals who had been rewarded for their great victory in the previous attack on the Xianbei in the north and were appointed as generals in the army were eager to fight, responded loudly, and began to select young and strong men.

After the last great victory, they were all rewarded, such as Zhang Fei, Yuelu, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Wu Anguo, Xing Daorong and others.

These seven people were initially appointed as captains because of their contributions in saving the queen.

After this great victory in the Northern Expedition, the seven men were promoted to a higher rank and were all appointed General of the Central Army. They were also all granted the title of Marquis of Ting by Liu Hong.

It can be said that he was granted a title of nobility and appointed as a general.

Even though this title of nobility and appointment of a general is insignificant, it is still a title of nobility and appointment of a general, isn’t it?
The promotion of official positions was due to the shortage of the Han army before, so they naturally could not command many soldiers.

However, it is different now.

Recruiting soldiers now, they will be the generals!
Ji Ling, Yan Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhang He and other generals readily went down from the city wall and commanded their soldiers to start the massive selection.

Dozens of selection points were carried out simultaneously, and long lines of teams were formed.

"Wenhe, Zhang Fei, Yuelu, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Wu Anguo, Xing Daorong, and others have probably been won over by your majesty, right? Moreover, your majesty said that he would like to place another deputy general in the Beiwei Army. Do you think I should do it?"

Standing on the city wall, Li Hong looked down, stroked his gray beard, looked at the long dragon-like selection scene below, and said.

Seeing that there was no one around, Jia Xu bowed to Li Hong, his eyes flickering slightly, and said:

"My lord, the Beiwei Army is selected from millions of young and strong men. Once they are fully formed, they will certainly be extremely brave. Your Majesty will not trust this powerful force to anyone."

"However, the Beiwei Army's military expenses are all paid for by snow salt, which is paid for by the Li family. The soldiers all understand that the military expenses are paid by the Li family! In addition, the lord is the commander of this army. With these two points, this army will obey the lord's orders!"

After a pause, Jia Xu looked at Li Hong with a twinkling gaze and said:

"Of course, if there is any disturbance on the border, you can take the army to the north. At that time, the generals will not be able to obey orders from the outside!"

When Li Hong heard what Jia Xu said, his heart gradually calmed down.

Li Hong had originally spent a lot of effort in building this army, naturally for the purpose of building up power for the Li family.

However, Liu Hong obviously would not hand over this power to other people so confidently.

Therefore, when Li Hong was busy raising military funds, Liu Hong began his own actions of winning over others and stealing the fruits of his labor.

Liu Hong first summoned Zhang Fei, Yue Lu, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Wu Anguo, Xing Daorong and other generals to the palace, conferred titles on the seven of them, and tried to win them over, preparing to have them in the army, and also to send a deputy general to supervise the army, in order to take advantage of the opportunity to control the Beiwei Army.

You should know that Ji Ling, Yan Liang and Xu Huang are generals of the Li family. This time, with Li Hong's military merits tilted towards them, the three generals made greater contributions than Zhang Fei, Yue Lu and others.

However, Ji Ling, Yan Liang, and Xu Huang were not granted the title of marquis, but were only granted the title of General of the Central Army. Liu Hong's move was blatant, but after hearing Jia Xu's advice, Li Hong was no longer so worried about the Beiwei Army being taken advantage of.

If it really didn't work, before the chaos in Luoyang, Li Hong led the Beiwei Army into the grassland.

The mountains are high and the road is long. By the time Li Hong leads his army back, the royal family will have fallen and the opportunity will have been lost. This elite army will still be in the hands of his Li family.

Li Hong put aside his worries and looked at the millions of young men who were enthusiastically participating in the selection. His eyes flickered slightly and he suddenly said:

"There are more than one million young and strong people from all provinces and counties who have come to Luoyang. There should be a lot of vacancies for young and strong people in all provinces and counties, right?"

When Jia Xu heard Li Hong's words, he was slightly startled. He didn't understand why Li Hong asked this, but he still said:
"My lord, there are a million young men from various counties who came to Luoyang for selection, and the Han Dynasty has more than a hundred counties. In other words, each county has 10,000 young men coming to Luoyang, so there are many vacancies for young men from various places."

After a pause, Jia Xu continued, "Of course, only 100,000 of these young and strong men will remain. Even if the Li, Zhen, and Mi families recruit a large number of caravan guards, at most they can recruit another 100,000 young and strong men. A large number of them will eventually return to various places!"

Li Hong listened to Jia Xu's chattering and did not reply, but his eyes narrowed.

Li Hong looked at the millions of young and strong men gathered together, but he thought of another thing. How much impact would his action have on the growth of the Taiping Dao and the Yellow Turban Army?

It is now the year 183 AD, and it has been only half a year since the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out in history.

The Han Dynasty was rotten to the core, the Taiping Dao was in full swing in various places, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion was a historical inevitability.

Li Hong was just not sure whether the Yellow Turban Rebellion would be delayed or would start earlier because of his sudden appearance?
Thinking of the Yellow Turban Army, Li Hong became restless. The most important thing for him was to make use of it.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion broke through the prefectures and counties and shook the Han Dynasty. What could he do in this? What could Li Hong gain?
Li Hong no longer stayed on the city wall. The selection was left to the generals. Li Hong went all the way back to the Li family and summoned Li Wen and Li Wu.

……

In the hall of the General of Chariots and Cavalry’s mansion.

Li Hong looked at the young man in his early twenties who was brought by Li Wen and looked exhausted and had a red face. He said softly, "Li Xi?"

"Xi'er, meet Grandpa!"

Li Xi excitedly saluted Li Hong. Since he lived in the north, on the frontier, he admired Li Hong very much.

The eldest son Li Wen said to Li Hong:
"Father, Xi'er is the grandson of a maid I married forty years ago. Xi'er grew up in a small town on the border of Youzhou. He has never been in charge of the Li family's business, so not many people know him. He just arrived in Luoyang today, and he meets your requirements, so I called him here."

Li Wen said to Li Hong.

Li Hong came back today and asked them to find a branch of the family who was not well-known outside and not known by many people.

Although Li Wen didn't know what Li Hong was going to do, he immediately thought of the Li family's large-scale expansion of the business and the gathering of clansmen from all over the country. He brought Li Xi, who had just arrived in Luoyang, directly over.

Li Hong, who was sitting in the main seat, heard Li Wen's words, looked at Li Xi, and was quite satisfied. He smiled and said:
"Xi'er, I have an important matter concerning our family that I want to entrust to you. I want you to infiltrate the Taiping Dao for our family. Are you willing?"

When Li Xi heard that Li Hong wanted to hand over the family affairs to him, he was very excited. He had grown up listening to Li Hong, and, especially in the past two years, the Li family had become one of the top families in the Han Dynasty under the leadership of Li Hong.

The family affairs that Li Hong mentioned made him extremely excited.

"Grandpa, Xi'er is willing to go!" Li Xi hurriedly bowed to Li Hong.

"Good! You are worthy of being a son of the Li family!" Li Hong was very pleased to hear this. He stepped forward and patted the shoulder of the fourth-generation descendant Li Xi. At the same time, he secretly said in his heart: "System, give the red entry obtained from Li Yuanhao: Heroic and Cultural, to Li Xi!"

Yes, since they knew about the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Li Hong believed that the Li family would naturally get involved and profit from it.

Implanted red entry: Li Xi, a man of great talent and literary talent, will have a significant improvement in both his literary and military strategies.

Among the illiterate Yellow Turban generals, Li Xi would be a top talent, and could even become one of the most powerful figures in the Yellow Turbans.

(End of this chapter)