July 21, the 30th year of Zhengde.
It is appropriate to start business, start construction, install beams, and open markets.
Before and after Mao Shi.
When the sky was dark, the outside of King Yan's camp located in the east of Juyang City was already crowded with all kinds of young and strong people.
A full fifteen days have passed since the King of Yan's Mansion sent an order to Yan to recruit troops on July 6th.
Such a short period of time was not enough for all those in Yan who were willing to join the army to arrive at Wang's camp.
It is precisely for this reason that most of the people who came today came from Juyang City and several surrounding counties, such as Zhulu and Jusu City.
Once there are more than ten thousand people, there is no limit.
At this time, outside Wang Daying, it just fits this saying.
And as time goes by, people are still arriving in a steady stream outside Wang Daying.
In a private room on the third floor of an inn five miles away from Wang Daying.
Sun Daohua, who was not wearing official clothes, and Li Yu, who was wearing shorts, stood upright at the window sill of the private room.
At this time, it was already bright outside the window sill, and the soft sunshine was working hard to cast golden warmth towards the earth.
However, the two people standing at the window sill of the private room on the third floor, staring out the window, seemed to be completely unable to feel the presence of the warm sun.
Among them, Li Yu is the most popular.
The face with the shallow scars was now as gloomy as if it were dripping water.
Li Yu stared out the window for a moment, then retreated to the dining table with a gloomy face.
Picking up the wine jar next to the dining table, he slapped the mud seal away with his palm.
Then he raised the wine jar and drank several swigs as if to vent his anger.
If it weren't for the gloomy look on his face, he might have looked a bit heroic.
Sun Daohua glanced at Li Yu without any trace, then withdrew his gaze and continued to look out the window.
At this time, the people who had been recruited to join the army had already lined up from Wang's Camp to this inn.
And the trend is still getting worse.
Sun Daohua stared at it for a long time, and finally sighed helplessly in his heart: "The benefits of living in a nursing home are so terrifying." ,
As early as when the notice for the construction of a nursing home in Prince Yan's Mansion had just been posted, Sun Daohua had already seen the pros and cons of Xu Yi's move.
However, Sun Daohua never expected that Xu Yi's move would be so terrifying.
Based on Sun Daohua's experience, it is not difficult to see that there are at least nearly 20,000 young and strong people outside Wang Daying at this time.
The entire Shanggu County has a population of only over 500,000.
Among them, the old, weak, women and children were excluded, as well as the common people who could not escape due to various factors.
Then remove the young men who have already entered the army.
How many young people are left in the entire Shanggu County?
However, now there are nearly 20,000 young people here alone.
You know, only half a month has passed since the recruitment notice was posted!
Many people who are far away from Juyang City cannot catch up with this recruitment even if they want to come.
Thinking of this, Sun Daohua couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart: "He is trying to catch all the young men in Shanggu County." ,
Just when Sun Daohua was distracted.
Li Yu had already squandered the full jar of wine.
There was a loud "Bang!" and the wine jar was slammed to the ground by Li Yu.
"Junsheng Sun." Li Yu lowered his head and stared at the torn wine jar on the ground and said solemnly: "How did he, a down-and-out prince who has been under house arrest for eight years, get so much money?"
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The prince has a lofty status that is second to the emperor.
He has a salary that is several times higher than that of the cabinet bachelors and the six ministers.
There are taxes for thousands of households in the city.
He has the privilege of having half of the spoils after victory go into the royal treasury.
It has the only salt income in the world.
But there are pros and cons.
While the prince enjoyed treatment far exceeding that of other members of the clan.
It also bears risks that other clans do not need to bear.
In addition, the prince is stationed at the border,
The necessary expenses for the daily training of the three major guard battalions as well as food and salary are all the prince's responsibility.
In case of war, the court will allocate half of the food and grass, and the prince will raise the rest by himself.
The pensions required for soldiers who died in battle were also borne jointly by the court and the prince.
And this also means that even without the restrictions of the Great Zhou Law and the Clan Law, it would be difficult for the prince to raise more than three full guard battalions.
If you don't raise troops, you don't know the hardships involved.
No matter what, Li Yu was a Pinglu captain who had been on the battlefield, and he had three thousand soldiers and horses under his command.
Naturally, he knew in his heart that if he wanted his soldiers to maintain their due fighting capacity at all times, it would cost a lot of money every day.
And now the food and salary mentioned in the recruitment notice posted by Xu Yi, taken together, are far more than 15% more than other military units.
If Xu Yi really plans to expand all three guard battalions to full strength.
So, where did he get so much money?
Salary? Eat thousands of taxes? How much salt? mineral? Wedding gift? The princess’s dowry? Emperor Zhengde's reward?
Even if all of these are taken into account, it is not enough to support Xu Yi's large-scale military training needs!
After all, since the founding of the country by Emperor Taizu, no prince has ever recruited troops as frantically as he did.
What Li Yu asked was also a problem that had troubled Sun Daohua for a long time.
Sun Daohua turned to look at the gloomy Li Yu, shook his head slightly and said, "I still don't know."
Li Yu suddenly raised his head and asked with a slightly ferocious expression: "Sun Commander, do you think there is a possibility that Xu Yi enriched himself during Guanzhong disaster relief and embezzled a large amount of gold and silver?"
Sun Daohua's face paused when he heard this, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
Naturally, the surprised look in Sun Daohua's eyes could not be hidden from Li Yu, who was always staring at him.
Before Sun Daohua could speak, Li Yu clapped his hands and said firmly: "It must be so! It must be so!"
Sun Daohua opened his mouth and was about to say something.
Unexpectedly, Li Yu didn't give him a chance to speak.
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yu stood up and said, "Chief Sun will continue to keep an eye on you. If there is any news in the future, please inform me as soon as possible."
Before the words could be heard, Li Yu hurried out of the door.
Sun Daohua looked at the door of the private room that kept shaking, with an inexplicable expression written on his face.
After the door stopped shaking, Sun Daohua went to the private room door and closed it completely.
Sun Daohua walked back to the window sill, his eyes flashed past Yi Yi who was leaving quickly, and then he cursed in a low voice: "Idiot."
Although he didn't know where Xu Yi's money came from, even if he thought about it with his toes, he would never doubt that Xu Yi would enrich himself and embezzle the disaster relief money.
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Sun Daohua sighed heavily and murmured secretly in his heart: "Wait a little longer, wait a little longer."
Just when Sun Daohua was about to turn around, an antique carriage suddenly broke into Sun Daohua's sight.
"That's it?" Sun Daohua rubbed his eyes and looked downstairs with disbelief at the carriage that was slowly passing through the crowd.
After a few breaths.
Sun Daohua withdrew his gaze, closed the window sill and murmured in a low voice: "It seems that Mr. Zhu has already made his choice."
The antique carriage that drove past the inn just now was clearly the carriage of Zhu Huaimin, the old man of the Zhu family.
The old man of the Zhu family came to Wang's camp in person when recruiting troops. It is self-evident what this means.
Sun Daohua murmured in a low voice with his eyes vacant: "What about me? How should I make a choice? Should I wait a little longer?"
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Inside the antique carriage carriage.
From time to time, Zhu Zongbao raised his head and looked at Zhu Huaimin, who was sitting opposite him like a bell.
When I opened my mouth several times to say something,
, but when he saw Zhu Huaimin sitting upright like a bell, closing his eyes and concentrating.
The words that were about to blurt out were immediately swallowed by him.
As the carriage got closer to Wang's camp, Zhu Zongbao became more and more on pins and needles.
Just when Zhu Zongbao was sweating profusely, Zhu Huaimin slowly opened his eyes.
"Grandpa...Grandpa..." Zhu Zongbao wiped the cold sweat as big as a soybean on his forehead guiltily, and greeted in a low voice: "Would you like...want some tea? "
Zhu Huaimin looked at Zhu Zongbao calmly and asked slowly: "Don't want to go?"
"No...no...don't want to go." Zhu Zongbao stammered and shook his head.
From the moment he was rescued from the county government by people sent by Zhu Huaimin, Zhu Zongbao completely lost his freedom.
For some reason, Mr. Zhu, whom he could only see once in the past except at family banquets and sacrifices, actually took him with him and trained him personally.
It is precisely because of this that I don't know how many Zhu family children are envied.
However, for Zhu Zongbao, who was accustomed to being wild, this kind of treatment was nothing more than another kind of prison.
When the news of the recruitment of troops by Prince Yan reached the Zhu family.
Only then did Zhu Zongbao understand why Mr. Zhu, whom he rarely saw in the past, took him with him to train him personally.
And now, he is about to enter a bigger cage, a cage that will imprison him for the rest of his life.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Huaimin looked at Zhu Zongbao deeply and said calmly: "Remember, you are a descendant of the Zhu family, and you have the responsibility and obligation to share the worries of the Zhu family."
After finishing his words, Zhu Huaimin closed his eyes again, leaving Zhu Zongbao alone in a daze.
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Halfway through Chen hour.
Xu Yi, who was dressed in a dark jade prince's uniform, slowly boarded a battle platform in Wang's Camp.
Xu Yi stood at the edge of the military command platform, his eyes slowly passing over the crowds of young and strong people outside the camp.
Seeing this, Xu Yi couldn't help but smile.
Obviously, his good intentions of building a nursing home and providing a salary that was far higher than that of other princes were not in vain.
Xu Yi calmed down, walked towards the Grand Master's chair aside and ordered: "Send the order, open the camp gate! Recruitment has officially begun!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Dengyun, Lu Wensu and others immediately raised their hands and saluted, "General (minister), I obey your order!"
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After a while, the closed main gate of King Yan's camp was slowly opened from the inside.
More than a hundred soldiers slowly led countless young men to the camp's school grounds.
As soon as Fang arrived at the camp's school grounds, the young men who had not yet had time to look around were immediately divided into more than a hundred long queues by more than a hundred soldiers.
The front of each long dragon corresponds to an official of Prince Yan's palace sitting next to a bookcase, and a soldier wearing half armor.
Next to the soldiers, various kinds of ordnance were placed impressively.
Obviously, this recruitment of troops does not reject all comers.
Just when everyone was staring at the school grounds in a daze.
Gu Dengyun stood on the school grounds, holding a large copper trumpet and loudly ordered: "Pass the prince's order! Recruitment has officially begun!"
After the words fell, more than a hundred people at the front of the team were put into the school grounds.
"What is your name?"
"Where are you from?"
"How old are you this year? How many people are there in your family? How many brothers and sisters are there?"
"What do you do for a living on weekdays?"
"Have you ever learned martial arts? What weapons are you good at using?"
Lu Wensu slowly walked behind the officials of the Prince of Yan's Mansion, supervising the officials to carefully register the young men and women.
After the mistake is registered, a clerk from the five old trading houses will guide him to the corresponding soldier.
Qingzhuang, who is good at archery and lives by hunting, will focus on testing his archery skills.
If you are a young man who usually makes a living by farming, you will focus on taking exams in school.
Its strength and stamina.
If you are a martial arts practitioner, you will focus on testing your martial arts skills.
After the examination is completed, the clerks from the five old trading houses will truthfully inform the officials of Prince Yan's palace about the results of his examination.
The official of Prince Yan's Mansion will faithfully write the results of the examination on the back of the roster.
The exams in Wang Daying come in all shapes and sizes.
Anyone who doesn't have any special skills, or even Julien's physical strength and endurance, will naturally be eliminated mercilessly.
Xu Yiduan sat in the Grand Master's chair on the military platform, quietly looking at the young and strong Yandi who were showing off their talents on the school field.
The corners of his mouth could not help but raise slightly for a moment or two.
It can only be said that Yandi is well-known for its martial arts.
Since the recruitment of soldiers officially started, Xu Yi has rarely seen those who were eliminated on the spot.
Xu Yi watched quietly for a moment, then stood up and walked down the stage.
If the 20,000 young candidates were to pass the exams one by one, it would take at least three days.
Xu Yi naturally couldn't waste all his precious time waiting.
As soon as Xu Yifang stepped off the military command platform, a man dressed in the clothes of a servant of Prince Yan's Palace ran over quickly holding a famous assassination.
"Your Majesty, the Zhu family has a famous assassin." The servant came forward and bowed his hands in salute.
'The Zhu family's famous thorn? , Xu Yi murmured in a low voice, and then motioned to Zhao Shou to get the famous assassin.
Zhao Shou stepped forward quickly, took the famous assassination from the servant, and presented it to Xu Yi.
Xu Yi took the famous thorn, and all he could see were the three little characters of dragon and phoenix dancing.
'Zhu Huaimin. , Xu Yi murmured in a low voice, and then ordered: "Please come to the Chinese army's tent."
Xu Yi naturally knew who Zhu Huaimin was.
It doesn't take a while.
Zhu Zongbao supported Zhu Huaimin and slowly walked into the Chinese army's tent.
As soon as Zhu Huaimin entered the Chinese army's tent, he faced Xu Yi and saluted respectfully: "Old Zhu Huaimin, I pay my respects to His Highness King Yan."
Xu Yiduan sat on the Grand Master's chair, his eyes sweeping over Zhu Huaimin and Zhu Zongbao.
Then he said calmly: "Mr. Zhu, please get up quickly."
After he finished speaking, Xu Yi said, "See where you sit."
"Thank you, His Highness King Yan, for giving me the seat." Zhu Huaimin stood up and bowed his hands again, saying thanks.
After Zhu Huaimin took his seat.
Xu Yi looked at Zhu Zongbao next to Zhu Huaimin and asked calmly: "Is this the famous Zhu Zongbao?"
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Zongbao trembled with fright. God knows how King Yan knew his appearance.
And being targeted by a prince is obviously not a good thing.
Especially since he had just been sent to the county government by the prince's men for beating up an old soldier.
Zhu Zongbao looked at the old man of the Zhu family as if he was asking for help.
Unexpectedly, the old man of the Zhu family seemed not to see it at all.
Zhu Huaimin faced Xu Yi and bowed his hands again, saying, "If I ask the prince, this son is Zhu Zongbao, the unfilial son of the Zhu family."
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