After signing the petition and becoming an official, Lu Yuan could be considered as progressing and retreating with his friends.
As the new county captain, he is in charge of public security and order in the area. Although he has not yet taken up his post, he has already begun to plan for taking office.
"Normally speaking, one hundred and fifty officers and soldiers in one county is more than enough. But Wugang County is different. There are chaos there. With just these few officers and soldiers, we can't suppress them. We need to recruit more." Lu Yuan put forward his own opinion.
"Brother Lu is right."
Sun Siwen nodded in agreement, then spread his hands and said: "But I only have these three thousand taels of silver. Even if I add in my savings over the years, it is only more than a hundred taels. I have no money to recruit more people."
Lu Yuan glanced at him and said bitterly: "You are really taking advantage of me. Forget it, since I have become a county captain, I should do more to be worthy of the official position given to me by the court.
I can contribute three thousand taels of silver and use it together to recruit troops.
However, you, the county magistrate, are responsible for the payment of the one hundred and fifty people we recruited. "
Over the years, while Lu Yuan was practicing in seclusion, he would go hunting in the mountains from time to time to relax and unwind.
Over the past few years, he had accumulated more than five thousand taels of silver by selling prey in the mountains.
Now it is easy to spend three thousand taels to help my friends recruit troops.
'Just think of it as spending three thousand taels to buy a county captain. ' He thought a little depressed.
"Thank you Brother Lu for your help."
Sun Siwen knew that he was very wealthy and knew that his friends could earn hundreds or even thousands of taels of silver by hunting casually. Therefore, he had no doubts about this and immediately said with great joy: "If Wugang County can be successfully pacified this time, I will definitely go to the county government to help Brother Lu."
Lu Yuan waved his hand: "Okay, don't say so much. It's enough for me to be a county captain. I'm not interested in getting promoted or making a fortune. But first of all, since I paid to recruit the soldiers, then these soldiers must return to the army. I direct.
I also have the right to recommend all official positions, big and small, in the county military attache. "
Based on the idea that money spent should be worth the money spent.
Lu Yuan was now ready to maximize the value of his money.
"No problem, I originally wanted to leave this matter to Brother Lu." Sun Siwen agreed.
What Lu Yuan said before was right, he was just a weak scholar.
Sun Siwen was good at teaching and educating people, but he could barely govern the place. But leading troops to fight is a big deal.
At this time, Lu Yuan was willing to take over these troublesome things, and it was too late for him to be happy.
As for the risk of being ignored?
Sun Siwen has never worried about these things for his friends.
"Okay, let's just say it."
Lu Yuan nodded with satisfaction, then glanced at Sun Shiwen, and gave instructions to his immediate superior: "Since I am in charge of the military, I will take care of the recruitment matter when I get the three thousand taels of military pay.
You can take advantage of this time to recruit a group of left-wing officials in the county.
As a county magistrate, it is not enough to have a county lieutenant to assist the left. Other chief registrants, teaching edicts, academic edicts, tax envoys, etc., all need to be found. "
In a local county town, counting from the ninth rank upwards, there are as few as twelve or three officials with high grades, and as many as sixteen or seventeen. Most of them are civil servants.
As for the military attache, Lu Yuan could solve the problem, but as for the civilian officials, Sun Siwen had to rely on him to find someone.
"Okay, there are some students in my academy. They rely on their own imperial examinations and it is difficult to pass the examination. This time there is a county official, it is also an opportunity for them. There should be someone who is willing to take the risk and join me for the sake of their future."
Sun Siwen was instigated by his friend, and without any resistance, he immediately said excitedly: "I'm going to contact them right now."
With that said, he hurried out the door.
Watching him leave, Lu Yuan shook his head, and then found his student Zhou Qing.
"Weishi has taken over the post of county captain of Wugang County. We are preparing to recruit 500 officers and soldiers in Changning County. We are going to take office with Brother Sun."
After briefly explaining the situation to his apprentice, Lu Yuan said to him: "You will also come with me when the time comes. I will ask Brother Sun to arrange an inspection for you. Then you will be my deputy and help manage these things. officers and soldiers.
Now go to the city and ask if there is anyone who is good at training soldiers. If so, try to recruit them.
At the same time, the wind was released, saying that Sun County was preparing to lead troops to take office, and the army was short of several inspection and patrol leaders.
There are those who want to take advantage of this official vacancy and gain a better background. If you pay five hundred taels of silver, you will be promoted to a ninth-grade patrol officer. After paying a thousand taels of silver, he was promoted to a ninth-grade inspector.
Quantity is limited, while supplies last.
Let those who are interested come to this county captain to pay the money as soon as possible. "
Lu Yuan immediately used the promise he had just received from his friend for three thousand taels of silver.
According to Dai Viet's control, from the ninth level of patrol, fifty officers and soldiers can be controlled. A nine-level inspection officer can supervise one hundred officers and soldiers.
This time, in order to pacify Wugang County, the county government gave Sun Siwen a battalion of 500 people.
This means that Sun Siwen has the official positions of one county captain, five patrol inspectors, and ten patrol officers.
Of these sixteen official positions, Lu Yuan took the county captainship and arranged an inspection for his disciples. There are still fourteen official positions left that can be sold.
If you sell them all, you are expected to get nine thousand taels of silver.
He gave away 3,000 taels and earned another 6,000 taels. In one hand, he tripled his profit. Where could he find this deal?
What?
What if you buy an official position with nothing but wine and rice bags?
Not to mention those wine bags and rice bags, do you dare to follow the army to fight in battle? After all, it requires death.
Just saying that the other party is really a loser, Lu Yuan feels that Wugang County can be pacified by himself.
After all, the strength of a top-notch master is not just something to talk about casually.
Therefore, it doesn't matter to him whether the officers and soldiers he recruits are strong or not.
A world where one person becomes an army and the power belongs to oneself is so refreshing.
"Yes, disciple, let's do it now."
After several years of training, Zhou Qing is now twenty years old and has matured a lot.
Especially since practicing martial arts, with his breakthrough in cultivation, he has now reached the third meridian and is ranked among the third-rate masters in the world.
The increase in strength brings about changes in temperament and the birth of self-confidence.
Now that Zhou Qing is released, he will be a young man with extraordinary prowess, wander the world, and maybe gain a reputation as a young hero.
Of course, with this strength, Lu Yuan would definitely not be worried about letting his apprentice go out.
With the two-way action of Lu Yuan and Sun Siwen, their group of officials who went to Wugang County to take up their posts also quickly set up a framework and established a prototype.
Some of Sun Siwen's students who had failed the exam for a long time could not help but be moved for the sake of their future and official position, and chose to take up the post with their teacher.
On Lu Yuan's side, following Zhou Qing's propaganda, people who wanted to buy an official position soon came to him.
