Follow General Cao to mix the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 407

Daocheng Port is bustling again.

Er..., it is not appropriate to say this, because the island city is very lively every day. After all, in this era of underdeveloped commerce, in the huge Han Dynasty, only the two ports of Rizhao, the island city, opened Changshi all day long, and this is unprecedented. To what extent does a commercial city serve business?Even the taxation department is jointly run by the two major commercial clubs in Xuzhou, an island city. The quarterly tax rate is jointly formulated by several general merchants according to the market.

This flexible tax system is almost close to later generations, so it is a matter of course to attract businessmen from all over the Han Dynasty to gather here.

However, the island city is more lively these days than ever before, and even several commercial streets are crowded with each other, and the shops opened by businessmen from south to north are also very lively, and there is a characteristic in the bustle, one person The boss with a fat old face is crying and laughing, and some of them are collecting money, and the old face is still swollen.

No trick, a gang of robbers are back!
What is the money obtained from robbery for?It's not just flowers!Moreover, Taishan bandits and Heishan bandits are different from the Liangjiazi recruited by Wang Hou from Langya. They don’t care about their families. It's all spent on drinking and finding women to gamble.

Moreover, whether it is Zang Ba or Zhang Yan, they secretly encourage soldiers to spend all the money in their pockets. After all, poor soldiers have more fighting power to fight for it. If you have money in your pocket and worry about it, you will not be able to fight well. up.

However, this is completely different from Wang Hou's ideal method of selecting soldiers. There is a special historical period in which there are so many poor soldiers like this!At the end of Ming Dynasty!Regardless of whether it is the regular Ming army of the imperial court or the Chuangjun army, they all believe that the poor and scumbag soldiers are brave and fearless, and have the most combat effectiveness!But the reality is very embarrassing. The barbarian Qing army came to kill them, and the poor and scumbag soldiers smashed to pieces, turned around and acted as lackeys, turning over and robbing their own people one by one!
Since the decline of the status of Chinese soldiers at the end of Tang Dynasty, the military strength of the whole of China has also declined sharply. Being a soldier is a cheap job, so who is really capable and talented who is willing to serve as a soldier and work hard?In terms of morale, it is inferior.

The military class that really supported the hegemony of the Han and Tang Dynasties was also the source of soldiers that Wang Hou expected most, the class of good families.

Not to mention the Tang Dynasty, the most elite troops in the Han Dynasty, the absolute main force of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to attack Hu was the Liangjiazi of the Six Commanderies!Confucianism believes that the knowledge of etiquette is due to Wang Hou’s understanding that the middle class is the most stable class in society. Whether the country is strong or not is closely related to their status in life, and the middle class who does not go up and down is also the most self-motivated. Most seek honor and higher status, so this class produces elite soldiers!Combat strength and morale are far from comparable to the bandit army composed of poor people.

But this is an ordinary good family, he Wang Hou can't use it!It is precisely because the Liangjiazi class has a strong sense of honor and social stability, Liangjiazi are generally more willing to obey the orthodox regime, and their moral views tend to be Xun You, Chen Qun, Mao Jie, Yang Xiu, and obey the orthodox Han Dynasty or later. Mrs. Cao, he must not be more orthodox than Mr. Cao's family, let's compare his reputation!He Qingzhou Muwang Tiangao is well-known, but for those orthodox families who came from farming and studying, besides the Chen family, he also had a Zhong family from Yingchuan in Langya Zhugeshi, and there seemed to be few other families that he liked.

Fortunately, compared with the standards of good families in the Han Dynasty, the middle class is actually wider. Excluding those who cannot be used, there is still a large part of the rich family, that is, the children of merchants are available!

Those who grow cotton in Rizhao, and those who grow sugar in Daocheng, all belong to the sons of merchants!These are the supporting classes that Wang Hou worked so hard to cultivate!

These years are really like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. When the bandit corps returned from the Black Mountain Army and Taishan Army were spending their days and drinking in the island city, Wang Hou continued to work hard on cultivating the class as soon as they landed.

The best way to cultivate the martial spirit of these merchant class or plantation children is to reward them with meritorious deeds in front of them, making them envious and jealous!

"Xu Guang of Linhe Village in Rizhao, he was hit by three arrows in the battle of Piling, he has persisted in fighting, beheaded two ranks, because of his meritorious service, he was awarded two ranks of nobles! One manor, ten servants and servants! Special gift to the family Wuxun family If you don't worship local officials, others should see honorable gifts!"

Immediately, in the county town square in Jimo County, the returned Rizhao Brigade infantry set up a platform here, whether to go or not, 1000 infantry regiments, [-] cavalry regiments, and more than [-] archers. , who was still limping on one leg, but Xu Guang, a soldier who was awarded a knighthood, was so excited that his face was flushed with a Chinese character, and he knelt down in an extremely excited one-knee military salute. I greeted him with fists in my arms.

"Gift from Xiezhou Mu!"

"Get up! I hope you will work hard and make new achievements!"

"Follow your orders!"

Crackling applause rang out in the crowd of thousands of troops underground. With envious eyes, this Xu Guang was a little bit flustered when he walked, and a greater honor was still waiting for him. This special commendation for him is because Although he is a Rizhao brigade, after his family moved from Langya, he missed the opportunity to become the owner of the cotton farm. When he learned that the island city began to divide the sugar beet farm, his father immediately made a decisive decision and quit his job at Rizhao Iron Works. Move over.

When he was awarding the honor, the Xu family was excitedly watching the excitement from the outside.

"Father! Mother!"

Once again full of excitement, he came to the crowd with the newly acquired seal of title. Xu Guang looked at the old man whose hands were full of calluses and whose hair had begun to turn gray, and the old man who was also aging while covering it. The tearful old lady bowed heavily again, seeing the old man's feelings, she quickly stretched out her hand to help him up, and the neighbors on the side were all envious like rabbits, with red eyes.

Especially because when the land was divided, the old head Liu who had some conflicts with Xu Guang's father quickly slipped away with his head down.

Among the rewards received from the military title, the servants and servants in the front house are actually secondary. After all, the owner of the plantation workshop, these belongings are just icing on the cake, and the most important thing is not to pay homage to the magistrates and other people to honor others!Being able to sit on an equal footing in front of the county magistrate's parents means that the Xu family has also entered the ranks of squires, which means they are one level higher than their neighbors!
I remember that in the later "Iron Teeth Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan", an important person in the trip to Gansu, Jin Dayandai once said proudly that he would be destitute and beg for food on the street!He Shen, who was born in Zhenghongqi, passed by in a sedan chair, so he had to get out of the sedan chair to kowtow to him!
This is glory!

This propaganda force is enough, this one is still in full swing to bestow the [-]th rank of military merit inherited from the Qin Dynasty, and the army Sima also quietly spread out the stall, a big banner with a big letter!Qingzhou Liaodi Brigade recruits new recruits!Seeing that Wang Hou handed out the title award in person, amidst the hula-la-la-la-la-la-lah sound, many children from the plantation and businessmen who were doing business nearby threw weights and hoes and eagerly embraced him.

The old Xu Tou's neighbor, Lao Liutou, who just ran away in despair, even personally pushed his two sons here!

The expedition to Jiangdong was just an episode. Wang Hou's next important military operation was still in Liaodong.defend!And the newly established Liaodi Brigade is even more important than the Daocheng Brigade and the Rizhao Brigade. This time he is extravagant and wants to use the Qingzhou good family he cultivated to form an army!

However, when Wang Hou was conferring rewards and looking at the crowded recruiting scene for fun, he didn't know that several troubles also entered his recruiting meeting together.

"My lord, Xu Yue, is a native of Laoshan, Daocheng, and is getting crowned in the new year. Please enlist in the army!"

"You, are you actually a scholar from Laoshan College? You don't have a fever, do you! You want to join the army here!"

The officer in charge of recruiting had his mouth wide open, and his three beards were all fighting, but hearing his voice, Xu Yue, who had grown thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a handsome face, clasped his fists seriously.

"Samurai sons can indeed be treated preferentially when they join the army, but a big man can get fame and fortune in his hands. I promise to be capable! Even if you start from the infantry, you will be among the generals sooner or later. Why do you care where you join the army!"

"well said!"

The Sanwenhu military officials who listened to this proudly were all in awe, stood up and clasped their fists heavily, and immediately entered Xu Yue's name in the military booklet solemnly.

He still doesn't know that Xu Yue is not just a samurai son, he was picked up by Wang Hou himself. Zhao Yun's apprentice, if he knew, his jaw would drop in amazement, but compared with the latter one, Xu Yue This identity is not enough to mention.

"Go, go! It's my turn!"

Struggle to push away the two little tails, followed by the swaying yellow beard on the chin of this Ang Zang boy, far worse than Xu Yue's upright face, the remuneration with a playful smiling face is also heavy when it comes to recruiters One fist.

"I'm here! I'm from Laoshan, Daocheng! It's Cao Zhang! I'm here to join the army!"

"Strong man Cao, please!"

(End of this chapter)