Wang Cheng looked at the people in the venue, and all the past events gradually came to mind.
After a long time, he withdrew his gaze, looked at Liu Qingsheng and said, "How many people have been brought here?"
Liu Qingsheng said: "There are more people here at Yin Bo, which exceeds the number of people in a tribe, with 568 people. There are fewer people at Zhou Hang, only about 300 people."
"That means there are less than a thousand people?" Wang Cheng said.
Seeing Liu Qingsheng nodding, Wang Cheng sighed: "This number of people is far from enough!"
Liu Qingsheng hesitated and said: "Sir, I have a saying about humble positions. I don't know whether to say it or not."
"Tell me! What else can you hide from me?" Wang Cheng said.
Liu Qingsheng said: "My lord, using this method to recruit soldiers can indeed hide people's eyes, but with so many people brought here, their families will probably come to make trouble."
"Then put up a notice and declare to the outside world that these people are dishonest in keeping vigil and will be imprisoned for three months as punishment. Their families can come to visit. You can also pay a ransom and pick them up in advance, but the compensation will have to be returned." Wang Cheng said.
Liu Qingsheng nodded and said: "This should dispel the thoughts of those family members. Hehe, they will not give back the compensation they received."
Suddenly, he changed the subject, with a worried look on his face, and said, "But, are you sure that you can take these people for your own use within three months?"
"Don't worry about this! I can't say it's 100%, but it can still be done with 800 people." Wang Cheng said confidently.
Liu Qingsheng said: "I believe in my humble position, sir!"
"It's just that these eight hundred people are far from enough for the entire southwest defense line." Wang Cheng shook his head and sighed.
Liu Qingsheng was silent, he knew the meaning of Wang Cheng's words.
Thinking back to the time when the mighty Zhonglang general Liu Xingze led 9,000 men to guard Nanli, they were all beaten to pieces by the Xia people. Now, Wang Cheng's 7,000 men are even more stretched.
"However, Nanli County has just suffered such a catastrophe. If the conscription is carried out again, I am afraid it will arouse public resentment. Then..." Liu Qingsheng looked worried.
How could Wang Cheng not know this?
He spent so much effort to win over the people in the first place because he was afraid that the conscription would arouse public anger. Now that he has used this method again, he is slowly trying to do so.
In fact, after some previous operations, he was very confident of recruiting two thousand or even three thousand troops.
However, if you do this, you will basically pull out most of the young adults in Nanli County. Once something goes wrong with them, it will definitely be an irreparable harm to Nanli County.
This is why Governor Bao Zheng gave a special warning before leaving, which can also be said to be a warning.
"That's it!"
Wang Cheng shook his head and said: "Now we can only take one step at a time. Since Xia Guo intends to negotiate with me, Dazhou, it should not invade the border again in a short time. We still have time."
Liu Qingsheng nodded and said: "My lord, that's right! Maybe the situation will not be as bad as we thought. It is impossible for the two countries to stop fighting and make peace."
Wang Cheng smiled when he heard this. He hoped that it was true as Liu Qingsheng said, but he knew very well that Xia Guo had suffered such a big loss at his hands. How could they swallow this sigh of relief?
At this time, Liu Qingsheng brought up another matter: "Sir, the compensation has been paid out, but there are still more than 300 boxes of property in the house. How should we deal with these?"
The more than 300 boxes of property in his mouth, except for a small part of the balance after the compensation was distributed, basically belonged to the families headed by Wu, Qin, Li, and Cao.
These people all have deep backgrounds. They have been entrenched in Nanli County for so many years and have accumulated a lot of wealth.
Wang Cheng has seen the world. He has a gold acceptance note worth hundreds of thousands of taels from Datong Bank, but compared with the more than three hundred boxes of property, it is not enough.
He also didn't expect that in such a barren place in Nanli County, these people would make so much money.
"The amount of property they were robbed is huge. It's difficult to calculate it for a while. If you don't calculate it, thousands or even tens of thousands of taels of silver will be gone. If you don't calculate these accounts clearly, do you want me to post them? "Wang Cheng said coldly.
Although he had already promised to return all these properties to their owners, and those whose families were destroyed would receive compensation, but when it came to those families' turn, they were in trouble.
It's not that he doesn't want to pay it back, as he said, if the accounts don't match up, for example, if it's missing, does he have to pay it out of his own pocket?
Therefore, after distributing the compensation yesterday, he did not immediately return the remaining property to those families.
He is waiting!
When those families took the initiative to come over, he didn't believe that those families wouldn't be in a hurry when he had so much property in his hands.
This is what he wants. Only when they are in a hurry can something be done.
"grown ups!"
At this moment, a call sounded in his ears, and he saw a middle-aged man running towards him.
He is in his forties, has slender eyes, a goatee, and is wearing a green robe. He looks like a scholar.
This person is Chen Jia, who works under Wang Cheng, and is one of the first people to follow him. He has been responsible for the accounting and distribution of military supplies such as food, wages, ordnance in his camp.
Wang Cheng looked at him panting, blushing and thick-necked, frowning and said: "Old Chen, what happened?"
Chen Jia hunched over and placed his hands on his knees. After breathing for a while, he took out an invitation from his arms and handed it to Wang Cheng. He said: "Sir, Qin Feiyu, the son of Marquis Wenyuan, Wu Sanbao, the younger brother of Wuchang Marquis, and Li Li, the son of Dingbei Marquis. OK, Cao Yang, son of Marquis Annan, invites you to a banquet."
Wang Cheng and Liu Qingsheng looked at each other and smiled, really whatever they were thinking about came to them.
He opened the invitation, took a look at it, and said, "Go back and tell them that I will go to Changchun Garden on time for the banquet at noon today."
Chen Jia nodded and said, "My subordinates, please leave." He turned around and left the place.
Wang Cheng looked at his leaving figure and said slowly: "This time I have been promoted to General Polu, and will be in charge of all military affairs in the southwest. What suggestions do you have, Sir, the subordinate officer of the General's Office?"
Now, he is already a general leading an army alone, and being the governor of all military affairs in the southwest gives him the qualifications to open a government office, that is, to establish a government office and select his own attachés or staff.
It's just because he was promoted to General Polu yesterday, and all the subordinate officials such as Chang Shi, Zhonglang, Military Supervisor, and Military Arsenal Commander have not yet been appointed.
"This is an arbitrary matter for your Excellency. How dare you comment on this humble position?" Liu Qingsheng lowered his head and said.
"You!"
Wang Cheng shook his head and then said: "Let me be the chief history officer."
Although Liu Qingsheng had already expected it, he still couldn't restrain his excitement after receiving Wang Cheng's personal promise.
General Shi is the undisputed number one person in the general's tent, and his power and position are self-evident.
"Thank you for your humiliation, sir!"
Liu Qingsheng bowed solemnly to Wang Cheng, almost bowing to him.
"Get up!"
Wang Cheng helped Liu Qingsheng up. Seeing his face full of tears, he asked in surprise: "Sir, what is this?"
Liu Qingsheng wiped away the tears on his face and choked with sobs: "I am so happy for my humble position! I am happy!"
I think that Liu Qingsheng wasted half his life. Although he lived a life without lack of food and drink, it was a hard life!
His mother was killed by the Xia people, and his father died of hatred. He had been a dog for twenty years under the Xia people's power, and even gave his wife to others to play with.
Until he met Wang Cheng, he really felt like a human being, an upright and respected person!
Wang Cheng didn't know what he was thinking, so he continued: "Now you can talk about how to arrange the other personnel."
Liu Qingsheng calmed down and said: "Master Chen Jia was the first to follow the general. He has always been responsible for food, fodder and ordnance. It is most suitable for him to serve as the lieutenant."
Wang Cheng also thought so, because he really couldn't find the right person under his command.
After all, he had just taken over this place, and everything here was still unfamiliar. The original defenders of Nanli were dying and running away, and there were only a few who could do anything.
Therefore, even if he wants to use some new people, there is currently no such person for him to use.
"In this case, with Lao Chen serving as the Zhonglang, new people will be needed to take charge of the military equipment."
Wang Cheng pondered for a moment, then looked at Liu Qingsheng and said, "Tell me, do you have a suitable candidate for the military arsenal order?"
"Master Chen has a person under his command. He has always been responsible for the military equipment. He is called Shi Xuan. Your Excellency, you can let this person try it." Liu Qingsheng said.
"It's him!"
A figure immediately appeared in Wang Cheng's mind. When he was a military commander, he had several interactions with this person.
He was a young man with a somewhat wretched appearance. The corners of his mouth were always grinning, and he looked like he had a crooked mouth. His forehead was relatively large, and the distance between his eyes was wide.
However, he is such an unattractive person, but he has extraordinary memory and mental arithmetic skills.
"Okay! Let Shi Xuan serve as the military arsenal commander."
Wang Cheng nodded in agreement, and then said: "As for the military supervisor, I plan to let Wu Feilong be the one."
"Wu Sima?" Liu Qingsheng asked.
Wang Cheng nodded and said: "For the position of Military Supervisor, we must choose a person who is fair, just and bold in speaking and doing. Feilong comes from a famous family and is proud. If he supervises the entire army, he will be fair." just."
"What your Excellency said is absolutely true!" Liu Qingsheng said.
The two then discussed about the school captain. Two of the three school captains have been decided, one is Zhang Han and the other is Cheng Yi, but the third one cannot be chosen.
Because he originally commanded his school personally, and now that he has been promoted to general, there is naturally a vacancy for the position of school captain, but there is a problem as to who will succeed him.
Wu Feilong, Zhang Zhiyang, and Zhu Guoyao are the three most suitable, but each of them has their own advantages and disadvantages, so it is difficult to compete for a while.
"Sir, why don't you continue to lead this school?" Liu Qingsheng asked.
"That's all it can do."
Wang Cheng nodded and continued: "As for the mid-level military attachés such as Army Sima and Army Marquis, the original situation remains unchanged. Those who unfortunately died in battle will be promoted from the army on a selective basis. Priority will be given to those who have performed meritorious service with me in the past few times. In a word , you are promoted based on military merit, and others should also be rewarded. Don't be afraid of not having enough money, we are very wealthy now."
"I understand the humble position!" Liu Qingsheng said.
"As soon as possible, draw up a list and give it to me within the next few days. Those guys must have been waiting for me to promote them!"
Wang Cheng smiled and said: "We can't let our brothers gossip. I was promoted to general, but my subordinates didn't get any rewards."
"Yes!" Liu Qingsheng said.
Wang Cheng patted him on the shoulder. Without Liu Qingsheng, his right-hand man, he would not have been able to finish the job even if he had to remove all the hair from his forehead.
"This will cause trouble, sir!"
