Li Baihu, he's 26 years old this year, and he looks old. I'm afraid people won't ask for him, right? "
Niu Laoliu is really an honest man. Although he really wants to serve as a soldier for that so-called King Huai, he gets a little panicked when he thinks of the 25-year-old age limit.
Then Li Baihu knows the details of this matter. He is 25 and 26 years old, and he doesn't care at all. Moreover, Niu Laoliu’s family also has 5 children! Pack them up and send them to Xinzhou together. After a few years of raising them, you will be an "Eastern Cowboy". How wonderful. So the Master of Baihu asked his son to help Niu Laoliu drive the horse, while pulling Niu Laoliu towards the Baihu Yamen in Baihu Fort.
As he walked, he taught Niu Lao Liu to lie and deceive others, "Lao Liu, remember, you can't tell the truth when you meet the retainers of Prince Huai's Mansion... When people ask how old you are, just say 24!"
"But, with this look, can people believe that he is 24 years old?" Niu Laoliu asked as he walked.
"If you can believe it, why can't you?" Li Baihu said, "The retainer in Prince Huai's Mansion is from Huizhou, his surname is Wang, he is very confused, how can we Shanxi people deceive him?"
This Li Baihu was originally a Shanxi businessman. Because of his meritorious service in lending money to the "loan king" Zhu Cijiong, he finally got the position of Baihu official. Although he became an official, in his heart he still regarded himself as a Shanxi businessman with good means.
"This, this..." Although Niu Laoliu is not a businessman, he has heard the name of Huizhou merchants! Huizhou people are no worse than Shanxi people in doing business!
Bawang Hexi Fort was a Baihu Fort, which was very small. Li Baihu soon dragged Niu Laoliu to the Yamen, and Niu Laoliu's wife and five children also followed. When they walked to the Yamen, they found that several families had already arrived. Niu Laoliu took a look and realized that they were all younger than him... and they didn't have so many children to drag them down!
It seems that this challenge is bound to fail!
Even though he knew he couldn't get one, Niu Laoliu still had to go for it - his brother Niu Da still owed Li Baihu a large loan shark! Even the principal and interest are over 80 taels... How can he not listen to Li Baihu?
The person in charge of recruiting troops was an officer in his thirties named Wang Shaohua. His family was a Yangzhou salt merchant. When Zhu Cixiang passed through Yangzhou, he "incorporated" his family, so his father served in the Royal Chamber of Commerce. First, he was in charge of rent collection (Zhu Cihong had many shops at his disposal!), and then he was in charge of Xuzhou's Liguo Iron Mountain. Lao Wang's family had previously run a salt farm, which was considered a handicraft industry, and they had certain experience in handicraft management. After Guotieshan obtained the Royal Chamber of Commerce, he was asked to manage it. Wang Shaohua grew up with his father in Xuzhou, which was a vassal town at that time. Wang Shaohua hung out with a group of second-generation Gao Jiajun (Gao Jie). He had a wild temperament and was unwilling to do business. When he grew up, he passed the martial arts hall.
After graduation, he worked in the Ming Dynasty Army for more than ten years. Unfortunately, he had no official luck. After he reached the official rank of Deputy Qianhu, he could not move up. And this time when two unlucky "cowboy kings" formed Nomad Ten Thousand Households, he thought it was his last chance to make progress - the retirement system for military officers was different from that of civilian officials. Officers at the deputy thousand households level You have to quit when you are 40 years old.
Because the officers at these two levels are basically battalion commanders and have to lead the "996" troops for training. Those over 40 years old are basically unable to do this. If you can't get promoted, you have to retire. And to cross the threshold of a thousand households and enter the rank of senior officer, it is really not easy for an officer with Wang Shaohua's background (he is not from Yingtianjungui, nor is he from Boy Scouts, so he does not rely on both sides)!
Fortunately, he has a background in the Royal Chamber of Commerce. In market terms, he is from a bourgeois background, is good at business management, and understands the situation in the New World. Therefore, it was easy for him to fall into the eyes of the "Big Cowboy King" Zhu Hekun (in fact, not many people were willing to go to America with him to herd cattle) and became the head of a thousand households below the tens of thousands of households in Huaizhou.
Zhu Hekun, the head of the Thousand Households, can be sealed, but the head of the Thousand Households below has to be raised by Wang Qianhu himself!
So these days, Wang Qianhu has been in charge of recruiting soldiers... He can't recruit many good soldiers, they are all crooked soldiers, oh, and there are Mongolians who can't speak Chinese well - - As a nomadic household, of course you have to recruit a few Mongolians to show off.
Today he had a good harvest in Bawang Hexi Fort. Nine "green cards" have been issued - the household registers of the United States of New Zealand. The cover is green and one book is for each household.
Of course, you have to strike while the iron is hot to lure people to Xinzhou. With the money in one hand, you have to cancel the household registration of Jiningwei in Anbei Town of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time apply for the household registration of the United States of Xinzhou... From now on, it will not be the Ming Empire. They are not ordinary people, but citizens of the United States of New Zealand!
It’s too late to regret it!
"Old man, are you here to recruit soldiers too?" Wang Shaohua frowned a little when he saw Li Baihu bringing in a dark and thin old man. Isn't this too old? Going to Xinzhou Mainland for retirement?
"You're not old, you're young, you're only 24 years old..." Niu Laoliu was so guilty that his voice trembled when he spoke.
"Wang Qianhu, he looks old, but he is actually only 24 years old!" Li Baihu also helped Niu Laoliu to speak - Niu Da owed him a loan shark, so he pointed out the cowboys who sold Niu Laoliu and his family to repay it. .
"Yes, Mr. Er is really only 24 years old. Just be kind and accept him!" Yang Erniang also came with a litter of children. They were pitiful and heartbreaking.
How could Wang Shaohua take advantage of her?
Compassion does not control soldiers, justice does not control wealth, he, a capitalist and an officer, has them all.
"Go away..." Wang Qianhu waved his hand, and as soon as he said the word "go away", he saw the three girls following Yang Erniang.
Yang Erniang got married when she was 15 years old. The eldest daughter, the oil bottle, is now 11 years old. She is an eldest girl, and she is pretty, fair and tender, and quite tall. Later, after she remarried Niu Laoliu, the first two children were also girls. Now one is 9 years old and the other is 8 years old. They are not as beautiful as their elder sisters, but they are still passable. These three girls are not too young...it is nothing in the Ming Dynasty, but it is a big deal in Xinzhou Continent!
The three daughters are all purebred Han Chinese... If they all marry gold diggers, Niu Laoliu can really take care of himself in old age!
"Are all three of them your daughters?" Wang Qianhu asked hurriedly.
"It's my daughter..." Yang Erniang always felt that something was wrong. What did Wang Qianhu mean? Have you set your sights on the girl above you?
"Okay," Wang Qianhu pointed at Niu Laoliu, "You are 24 years old, you are 24 years old! Are you Han?"
"Han people, they are Han people, and my wife and I are both Han people!"
Wang Qianhu nodded, "Okay, as long as you're Han!" He turned to the clerk beside him and said, "Bring me a copy of the contract!"
After saying this, he took out a bag and placed it on the desk in front of him, then opened the bag opening to reveal the shining silver coins inside.
"Here are one hundred one-two coins. Count them." When Wang Shaohua spoke, the documents he brought had already taken out the contract and placed it on the table.
Wang Shaohua said: "This is the employment contract for the soldiers of Prince Huai's Mansion. Your whole family must sign and sign it, and if you can't write, you can sign it with your fingerprints! After you sign and sign, I will immediately help you apply for the Xinzhou household registration! From now on, you will be Huai's household registration." We are all members of the royal family... We are all members of the family, and we will give you food according to your rations! During the Ming Dynasty, I kept you fed, but when you get to Xinzhou, you will have meat for every meal!"
The employment contract for the soldiers of Prince Huai's Mansion was a "standard contract", which was drafted with the help of Jida Lawyers' Law Firm. As soon as the fingerprints were stamped, Niu Laoliu and his family had to say goodbye to their hometown in Jining.
Li Baihu is not a good person either. He had already asked someone to bring the household register from Niu's house. The book from the Baihu Office has also been fetched, and the household registration can be canceled on the spot.
If you cancel your registration here, you will be naturalized in the United States of New Zealand over there, and your green card can be issued on the spot... The speed of immigration processing here is second to none.
And what’s fast is not only the speed of immigration, but also the speed of getting on the road! Now at Tianjin Port, there are Pacific sailing ships of Pacific Shipping Company chartered by Prince Huai's Palace and Prince De's Palace on standby at any time. The "cowboys" who have completed the formalities can board the ship as they go, fill up and leave.
If everything goes well, in three or four months, Niu Laoliu and his family will be able to set foot on the land of the United States of New Zealand...
