At noon the next day, Ichiro, who had just finished his morning work, approached the construction site supervisor who was also eating while everyone else was taking a break eating rice balls.
As soon as he came, he knelt down on the ground with a plop, and then kowtowed three times in a row.
This immediately confused the supervisor Ma Xi. Why did this Japanese suddenly do this? What is he going to do?
"Lord Masijun! I want to apply for Yunzhou County's auxiliary force for this war! Please help me sign up! I will definitely use all my life to prove my loyalty and bravery to the great King Yun!"
"you?"
As soon as he heard what he said, Maxi immediately laughed. He also asked what the hell the Japanese was doing, but it turned out that because of this, he immediately felt funny.
"That is the auxiliary force of the Yunzhou Army, or the auxiliary force of the armored heavy cavalry. Is that something you, a mere Japanese, can select?"
He sneered mercilessly, and he thought so too.
In Yunzhou County, those who can join the Yunzhou Army and become Yunzhou Army soldiers will be envied by everyone.
The social status of Yunzhou Army officers and soldiers is extremely high and they are respected by everyone.
Even if he is just an auxiliary soldier, can such a slave Japanese dream?
But Ichiro said seriously without changing his expression: "Hi! Mr. Masijun! Ichiro also knows that hope is slim! But I hope Mr. Masijun can give me a chance to try!
I will definitely repay Sir Masijun in the future! "
Hey, who cares about your reward? What can you, a slave, repay me?
Marcy thought this, but did not say it out loud. He just waved his hands in a perfunctory way and said: "Okay, okay, I will tell the boss, but the hope of this matter is very small, so don't hold out any hope. First, Go back and work hard! Otherwise you won’t even have dinner!”
Ichiro immediately knocked his head a few more times, and then said loudly: "Hi! Don't worry, Masi-kun, I will definitely work hard! I'll leave the registration to Masi-kun!"
After saying that, he went back happily.
But when Marcy looked at his back, he smiled disdainfully and said, "Go up?" How is it possible that he deserves it?
Just now I was just perfunctory with him and asked him to do things honestly.
It is better not to deal with a Japanese slave unless necessary, otherwise it would be too wasteful.
When he got off duty in the evening, Marcy told his colleagues about the incident and treated it completely as a joke.
However, what surprised him was that his colleagues encountered a similar situation. In the area where he was responsible for supervising work, some slaves came to him and asked for help in signing up.
After talking to each other, the two laughed at the slaves' overestimation, and then spread the matter as a joke.
Similar situations also occurred in many other places. Soon, at the supervisory level, this incident became a joke incident among the supervisors after dinner. People at higher levels also accidentally heard about this incident and thought it was a bit funny but did not take it seriously. superior.
On the fifth day of February, the third day after Yunzhou County announced the recruitment of auxiliary troops, Jiang He came to Prince Yun's Mansion with a serious face and asked to see Zhao Jun.
Zhao Jun met him in the study. After Wang Huaien served tea to both of them, Zhao Jun asked curiously:
"Why does Sheriff Jiang have time to come to my place? Isn't this the busiest time for the Sheriff's Mansion?"
It is now the beginning of February, and it will soon be March. Once entering March, the busy spring plowing will arrive. At this time, spring plowing is the most important event for any country, no matter which country it is. Before that, Yunzhou County Sheriff The government has a lot of work to do, lest it be too late to do it during spring plowing.
Coupled with the recruitment of 100,000 auxiliary troops a few days ago, Jiang He should be busy with his feet off the ground now. How could he have time to find himself at this time?
Hearing Zhao Jun's inquiry, Jiang He smiled bitterly and said:
"Your Majesty, just because the spring plowing is about to begin, the recruitment of auxiliary troops is not very good.
Most common people have land at home, and those without land have to work without interruption. This has resulted in many strong men in the Song Dynasty having to prepare for spring plowing at home, and not many are willing to be recruited as auxiliary soldiers.
It has been three days, and the recruitment points in various places in Yunzhou County have been unable to recruit anyone except for more than 20,000 naturalized Tatars and more than 1,000 Song people.
No one wants to go out to fight at this time.
Now the recruitment of auxiliary soldiers has come to a standstill. "
Zhao Jun frowned when he heard this, and realized that his previous decision was a bit hasty. Indeed, in this season, it is not easy to recruit good people as auxiliary soldiers.
Spring plowing is coming soon, and all the strong laborers in the family are the main force in spring plowing. If the main force has gone out to fight at this time, the old people, women and children left at home may not be able to finish the spring plowing in time.
You must know that after so many expansions, even if there is only one person in the family, he still has at least thirty acres of land.
Not to mention other families with larger populations.
Once the strong laborers are gone, the family's land will no longer be able to be cultivated.
Zhao Jun thought for a while and asked: "Is there any alternative plan? Unless the Huns come over and enter the country at this time, it is unrealistic for the people to give up spring plowing."
Jiang Ming smiled bitterly and shook his head, and Zhao Jun suddenly fell into silence.
After the two struggled for a moment, Jiang Ming suddenly raised his head and opened his mouth hesitantly, as if he wanted to say something, but finally swallowed it.
Zhao Jun saw his actions and asked with some doubts: "What do you want to say? You might as well just say it. Why are you so secretive?"
Jiang Ming scratched his head and then whispered:
"Your Majesty, I heard a piece of news recently.
It is said that after our recruitment order was sent out, many Japanese people who were building railways heard the news and went to their supervisors for help, saying that they wanted to sign up as soldiers.
Do you think you have done anything? "
"Those Japanese slaves?"
Zhao Jun frowned.
"Um!"
Jiang Ming nodded heavily.
As a native, Jiang Ming has never understood why his prince is so malicious towards the Japanese. Although the Japanese have been causing trouble along the coast, it is normal for the prince not to want to see them.
But haven’t the Tatars been causing trouble here too?
But the prince did not treat them like the Japanese.
Still using it.
If he hadn't known about his prince's distaste for the Japanese, he might have simply recruited these Japanese into the auxiliary army when the recruitment work was in trouble.
After all, they are just auxiliary soldiers. Who should be used?
After thinking about it again and again, he couldn't think of any other way, so he decided to come to the palace to find out.
If that didn't work, he would have no choice but to resort to those lazy and poisonous people as auxiliary soldiers.
But on a battlefield of this intensity on the grassland, with Shenduren's fighting will, he was afraid that when the war started, Shenduren would be frightened into chaos and disrupt his own military formation.
He really didn't want to use those guys as auxiliary troops unless necessary.
He eats a lot and is lazy at work, so he is really not a good candidate for auxiliary soldiers.
"Japanese..."
Zhao Jun's eyes flickered and he fell into deep thought...
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(End of chapter)
