At midnight the next day, Liu Chan, who had chatted with his mother for a long time and read late at night, appeared at the military camp in the suburbs on time.
Liu Chan was in high spirits at this time and did not feel sleepy or tired at all.
This is the benefit of improving physical fitness.
If it were the same me back then, marching for more than a month, the troops and horses were bumpy, and staying up all night after coming back, I would definitely be seriously ill.
At this time, three teams were lined up in front of the school field in the military camp.
One group consists of 500 uniformed soldiers.
A reserve team of more than 400 people has the same military appearance standard and looks no different from regular soldiers.
The last one is Hu Li and other new bandits Qingzhuang.
It can be seen that they are also desperately trying to line up neatly like other soldiers, so as not to appear too out of place.
It's a pity that the queue is still loose. When he saw Liu Chan arriving, Hu Li was winking at him, while others were whispering to each other and looking around on tiptoe in the back row.
They are still far from being able to form their ideal combat effectiveness.
But it doesn't matter. At the beginning, the refugees who were poor and emaciated and had sallow muscles were brought out by themselves.
Nowadays, both the quality of the soldiers and the soft and hard conditions have been greatly improved, and there is no difficulty.
If I remember correctly, Lao Liu completely captured Hanzhong in May, became king in July, and granted all the ministers great titles.
At the same time, Uncle Guan began his Northern Expedition.
In leap tenth month, Soochow was stabbed in the back.
After more than half a year, I still had time to train this last group of people.
"Report to the Major General, our army has been assembled." Military Marquis Li Er stepped forward to report.
Liu Chan nodded and said loudly: "Li Er, you select ten people to be responsible for the selection, and the rest will practice as usual."
"yes!"
Li Er went to arrange the selection, and Liu Chan walked to the front of the bandit queue.
The bandits were all a little nervous at this time. How had they ever seen such a scene before? For a moment I didn't know where to put my hands.
Liu Chan smiled slightly: "Since you have chosen to serve as a soldier under me, I will first tell you the benefits of being under my command."
Over the past few years, Liu Chan has become very experienced in dealing with new recruits Danzi.
In short, the cake needs to be drawn first.
Talk to them about ideals and righteousness, talk about helping the Han Dynasty, and bring here what I talked about with the Chengdu officials yesterday...
They'll just stare blankly and ask you what you're going to eat next.
The cake must be drawn first, and it must be a cake that can be seen and eaten.
Liu Chan still remembers the conversation he had with an honest man when he was a rookie recruiting refugees.
Liu Chan: "My valiant man, now that the country's traitors are in power, are you willing to join the army and help me support the Han Dynasty?"
Man: "You are..."
Liu Chan raised his chest and said, "I am Liu Chan, the son of General Liu Bei of the Left."
Man: "I mean, what do you mean? I don't understand."
Liu Chan: "...I mean, would you like to join me as a soldier and fight?"
Man: "That's a good feeling."
At that time, I felt happy, thinking that the man was about to bow his head and bow.
Man: "We have no land and no food to eat. Before the war, can you lend us food to eat and then give us a piece of land to plant?"
Liu Chan: "...If we don't fight, how will we get any extra land for you?"
Man: "Without land, we can't have enough to eat, and we don't have the strength to fight."
Liu Chan: "So you go to fight with me first. Only if you win the battle and perform meritorious deeds can you have land."
Man: "Then you have to eat first before you have the strength to fight."
…
The military advisor is not allowed to use public funds. Even if he is Liu Bei's son, it is a fool's errand to support an army with pocket money.
What's more, there is also the work of relocating family members, which is where money is spent.
At that time, I was really scratching my head for a long time.
Of course, everything is different now.
"First of all, it is also the most basic. As long as you pass the selection and can join the reserve team, you can receive 2 bushels of food and 200 money per month. Daily meals are calculated separately and will not be deducted from the money and food.
"Anyone who passes the selection today can first receive this month's money and food."
This alone made the bandits excited.
2 bushels of grain per month is enough to feed four adults, which is enough to keep them full.
Not only myself, but also my family members are protected.
Even if you have a large family, saving a little is enough.
I usually eat in the military camp, and I still have meat every day.
Is this a soldier? This is a blessing!
"Every ten days of training, you can take one day off. On holidays, you can get an extra bottle of wine."
The bandits were shocked, what else?
"I will be responsible for all medical expenses required for injuries."
Hu Li was dumbfounded.
He hates it, why didn't he send someone to Chengdu to inquire about it earlier?
If I had known there was a place like this, I would have been a fucking bandit.
Instead of the master going all the way into the mountains to suppress the bandits, we kidnapped ourselves and sent them here.
I kill myself!
"If I can be promoted to the regular army in the future, my monthly salary will be doubled. My family can rent my private land and the size of the land will be determined according to the population.
"As long as it does not violate military regulations and laws, the rented fields will never be taken back. The rent is calculated according to the harvest, and is paid at 30% to 70%. In disaster years, if there is no harvest, the rent will be waived."
Liu Chan's private land does not need to pay taxes to the government.
Hu Li's eyes shone, and he said, "30 to 70"... The rent is high, which is fine. In many places, there are clever pretexts to squeeze the people, but in fact, there are 28 to 80.
The key point is that other places basically ignore the harvest and collect rent based on the land. If the year is bad, you may be busy for a year and still be in debt.
The mere fact that rent is free in disaster years is very attractive.
No wonder when they first arrived, the reserve team looked envious.
It turned out that he was envious of regular soldiers who had land to farm at home!
"Seventy percent, that's yours."
Seventy percent is yours.
It's yours...
These words kept echoing in the minds of the bandits. Before they could digest it, Liu Chan spoke again.
"Once you join our army, you are not allowed to go home except for holidays. If there is no one in the family to farm, I can hire people to help you farm the assigned fields, and you will only need to take 30% less of the harvest.
"If you don't have farm tools, you can rent them from me, and you can get 10% less."
? ? ?
Hu Li and the bandits were completely shocked and began to whisper in confusion.
The stupid person hasn't figured it out yet.
Liu Chan didn't care and let them quarrel.
After a heated discussion, they finally came to the conclusion:
What the hell is the difference between this and getting something for nothing?
In the end, this group of bandits, who had always made a living by robbing, even felt a sense of shame.
With this condition, the lord suffers too much.
"In addition, you have also seen before that all regular army soldiers can treat me as brothers when they get along with me during their daily rest."
Seeing that their enthusiasm had been mobilized, Liu Chan became serious.
"Quiet, now that we've talked about the benefits. Let's talk about something else."
Hu Li and others quickly calmed down.
"In war, you will be injured or even killed. If you die in battle under my command, I will support your wife and children. In addition to the 5,000 yuan pension, the original monthly money and food will remain unchanged and will be distributed to the family until the children come of age.
"Those who have no heirs will be supported by their parents for the rest of their lives. If their wives have no parents, if they do not want to remarry, they can continue to receive money and food."
Everyone was stupid again. Didn't they want to talk about something else?
Isn't this still a benefit? It's a huge benefit.
Some people who are not very determined because they have parents and children at home are now completely relieved.
Why do you lick blood from your knife and become a bandit? Isn't it just to help your family and children survive?
Will you die in war? Doesn't it mean that if you become a common people, you won't die?
Human life is the most worthless thing these days.
"If you surrender to the enemy in wartime, your family's treatment will be revoked. Anyone who sees it will be punished together!"
Um? Shouldn't it be to punish the whole family as a warning to others?
"If you run away during wartime, you will be expelled from the army. You will never be reused, and your family will cancel your treatment. If you run away during wartime, if you are caught, you will be jailed first. After the war, you will make a decision based on the circumstances."
Shouldn't he be beheaded immediately?
"Those who are willing to serve as enemy soldiers and secretly betray our army's intelligence and military resources will be killed! Their family members will cancel their benefits and be expelled from the country. They will not be allowed to set foot on the land of the Han Dynasty for the rest of their lives."
Finally there is a decent punishment, but...does the lord really no longer think about punishing the Manmen and Yi tribes?
Now that Liu Chan’s price has been explained, the bandits still feel...
The conditions are so generous, why should you still run away, surrender to the enemy, and be careful? Is that still a human being?
This does not involve beheading, nor barbaring the three tribes.
Is there any royal law? Are there any laws?
My lord, you have suffered too much.
