Lao Liu was surprisingly generous this time.
After receiving the Red Star Army's food and salary standard, he doubled it as previously agreed without blinking an eye.
For the twenty-four fallen martyrs, the 5,000 yuan pension for each person is only a small amount. The most important thing is the follow-up support for their families.
Although it is not even a drop in the bucket for the Liu Bei Group as a whole, it still requires expenditure every year.
Lao Liu still didn't blink at this.
Except for the land that Liu Chan promised to the families of regular army officers and soldiers, which still had to be paid out of his own private property, and the arrangement of work for the military families, which still had to be handled by Liu Chan himself, Lao Liu had to bear almost all other expenses of the Red Star Army.
As for the equipment problem, Lao Liu was also bleeding heavily this time.
The Red Star Army's mysterious armor ratio has been set at 20:1. Now one thousand Red Star Army can be allocated 50 collars of mysterious armor, and two thousand is one hundred collars.
Each person has one piece of leather armor and one piece of rhubarb crossbow. As for other weapons such as crossbows, spears, swords, etc., Liu Chan can take them as needed.
Except for war horses, if Liu Chan wanted to add cavalry to the Red Star Army, he would have to do it himself. In terms of other equipment, Lao Liu was very generous, and it was completely allocated to the most elite troops.
Old Liu didn't know that Liu Chan still had a reserve team in the Red Star Army, and the equipment was given based on the total number of people.
As for the generals in the Red Star Army, Liu Bei gave his son a general with a miscellaneous title, one for partial general, and one for general Pi. The partial general was regarded as Ding Feng.
There is one military commander and three captains. These are all quotas. Liu Chan can decide on his own.
Liu Chan can also set up other grassroots officers such as military marquis, village chief, and chief officer as needed, and Lao Liu only has to pay for them.
In order to increase the combat effectiveness of his son's personal army, Lao Liu also spent a lot of money.
If this equipment, money and food were spent on an ordinary army, the number of soldiers could be multiplied several times.
Of course, it was only after listening to Guan Yu and his son's detailed report on the battle of Jingzhou and understanding the combat power of the Red Star Army that he was willing to pay for it.
And Liu Chan wanted to expand the Red Star Army, so Lao Liu also opened the door to the issue of troop sources. The Chinese soldiers were allowed to choose from except Chen Dao's white soldiers.
If new soldiers are to be recruited, officials from various places also need to fully cooperate.
It's not that Lao Liu is reluctant to give elite soldiers, but the white soldiers are also "special forces" with special purposes.
Chen Dao has trained the White Star Army for many years, and has accompanied Liu Bei in the north and south. His tactics have long been fixed and are not suitable for Liu Chan's Red Star Army.
As for the recruitment of new soldiers, Liu Chan had already made plans. Now that he has Lao Liu's support, he no longer needs to recruit people from the refugees.
Moreover, during this period, the war between Hanzhong and Jingzhou settled down, there were gateways to the east and north, and there were not that many refugees coming to Yizhou.
Those who can be selected and qualified are even rarer. After that, they need to strengthen their bodies before they can participate in training, and it is too late to form combat capabilities.
He was also thinking of using next year's strategic buffer period with Cao and Sun to resolve the South-China issue, but he couldn't wait that long.
At this time, Nanzhong was nominally subordinate to Liu Bei, but it could hardly collect taxes. Although several counties had governors, they actually had very little control over the local area, and their lifeblood was controlled by local wealthy families and foreign tribes to govern themselves.
Either they have become estranged from the central government, colluded with the local forces, and become the emperor of the country.
This time, Manager Zhao's caravan went to Nanzhong. Although they failed to find cotton and mineral veins, Nanzhong's gold, silver, elixir, lacquer, cattle, and war horses were also indispensable resources.
What's more important is the people. The folk customs in Nanzhong are fierce, the tribes have constant conflicts all year round, and they are full of martial arts. These are high-quality sources of troops.
The famous Wudang Feijun in later generations was composed of Qingqiang and other foreign troops here.
Only by mastering Nanzhong can we fully master all the resources of Yizhou.
This is extremely critical to the future Northern Expedition.
Moreover, historically speaking, once Liu Bei was defeated in Yiling, Nanzhong immediately started to riot.
At that time, he was so poor that he lost all his family wealth.
Even the hexagonal Prime Minister Zhuge is a clever woman who cannot make a meal without rice, so he can only appease him.
Wu Laoer, who had the army of Cao Wei pressing down on the border in the north and the new Jingzhou in the east, was clamoring every day to capture Yizhou in the west and the three rebel counties of Nanzhong in the south... This is the phrase "the autumn of life and death".
The unstable bomb in South China's rear must be resolved as soon as possible during the short period of peace.
Therefore, Liu Chan plans to recruit Liangjiazi this time. Of course, the salary will be announced, and whether you want to apply or not is completely voluntary.
The operation model of the Red Star Army also determines that the recruitment of soldiers must be voluntary, and recruiting strong men is meaningless.
Liu Chan is intensively preparing to expand the Red Star Army in Chengdu. On the Yangtze River, several large cargo ships of Zhao's company are also sailing from Jiangling to Yizhou.
Even in winter, the water of the Yangtze River will not be frozen, and there is no freezing period throughout the year. This also brings great convenience to logistics and personnel exchanges between Jingyi and Yizhou.
However, this time the ship did not carry cargo such as grain and oak like before.
Instead, there were about four hundred strong and sturdy men and their families... and Chai Rong's family, who was in an uneasy mood.
"If you want to join me, you may have heard that after Jiangdong was defeated, he went to Jiangling to look for Zhao's business."
These were the last words Liu Chan left to Chai Rong.
Apart from the joy of completing the mission, he calmed down and began to think about the significance of the mission.
Is it really just a test for them? That would be too generous.
They attacked the county town in a sneak attack and marched all the way to Ruxuwu. Jiang Qin was forced to lead his army back to defend, and Jingzhou Jiangdong was defeated.
"After Jiangdong is defeated, go to Jiangling..."
Chai Rong, who has become famous in the Lujiang and Danyang areas, and many poor people in the two counties are willing to act as his informants, has recently come to an unexpected conclusion based on the information he obtained.
General Song Jiang and Song Gongming, who helped them plan the development route of the village, taught him how to fight guerrillas, be a thief, and choose the site to build the village...maybe he was from the government.
It is very likely that he is under Liu Bei's command.
Thinking about it this way, it can be explained why a bandit team can have such combat power, such high vision and knowledge.
Chai Rong was very troubled by this discovery.
To go or not to go?
His past experience made him have no favorable impression of the government, but General Song Gongming's personal charm really impressed him.
The most important thing is that he is not optimistic about the future prospects of people like himself.
Now that he has been given some advice from General Gongming, his vision is not as good as before.
After the new defeat in Jiangdong and the loss of troops and generals, it was necessary to replenish the troops and restore their strength.
Where do the troops come from? According to Koto's usual style, the first thing to consider is to squeeze Yamakoshi!
Although his village is still strong, but compared with other villages, he doesn't think he can withstand Jiangdong's army.
Even if it can be carried for a while, how long can it be carried? One year or two years?
Chai Rong, who struggled for several days, finally decided to vote for Liu!
After the plan was decided, Chai Rong showed his resolute side and immediately summoned his "four generals" to discuss the matter.
After saying their thoughts, the other four people had different expressions.
The bearded man who also admired Song Gongming immediately expressed his approval, while the other three looked troubled.
After several conflicts with the local Shanyue, many people under Chai Rong's command have now changed.
Even among the bandits and soldiers in the village, there were many Danyang people who could not survive the Danyang Mountains and fled to the mountains.
It can be said that his copycat has undergone a blood change.
The four generals also changed two.
Many people do not want to change their current lives, let alone join the government.
When Chai Rong saw that the other three looked troubled, he did not force himself and immediately expressed their willingness to go with him and followed him.
Not willing to leave, Chai Rong chose the best one among the "general commanders" of the cottage and gave it up.
When leaving, take only the necessary money, food and supplies for living and combat, and leave all other money, food and materials behind.
Seeing Chai Rong's generosity, the other three immediately beamed with joy. They immediately wished the commander a smooth trip and said that you would still be our commander when he comes back in the future.
In this way, Chai Rong, wearing a big beard, led his troops and his family on a journey to find General Song Gongming.
The reconstruction work of Jiangling City is proceeding in an orderly manner under Zhuge Liang's arrangements.
Although the people of Jiangling have not yet returned, the soldiers of the Jingzhou Army with high morale are unambiguous in their work. Besides, many of them are from Jiangling.
There were many people in Zhao's company among the six hundred civilians. As soon as Liu Chan led his army back, they restored their contact network and trade routes.
Now he is actively helping supply and transport the supplies needed for Jiangling's reconstruction, and he is also making a lot of money reasonably and legally.
Zhuge Liang, who knew who was behind Zhao's business, not only did not interfere, but also provided a lot of convenience.
If a businessman really wants to become a big business, he must always have the support of officials behind him. This has been true throughout the ages.
Facing the arrival of Chai Rong and others, when the people of Zhao's firm heard that they were looking for Song Gongming, they immediately remembered Manager Zhao's instructions.
They were immediately entertained with delicious food and drinks, and then sent to Chengdu by cargo ship.
As for what they were sent for and who Song Gongming was, it was none of their business.
When he heard that the destination was Chengdu, Chai Rong knew that his guess was correct. General Song Gongming must be under Liu Bei's command!
But Liu Bei's general Chai Rong also heard about it. He had heard about Guan, Zhang, Zhao, Ma, and Huang, but there was no general named Song.
But then I thought about it, since I had to conceal my identity, I guess I used a pseudonym in the first place, so I felt relieved.
"Husband, I am not familiar with this place... and I don't know what the future holds." Chai Rong's wife, the thin girl at the time, now looks plumper and healthier, with a baby in her arms.
Chai Rong was unsure, but thinking of his past contact with General Gongming, he comforted him: "General Gongming will definitely treat me well. Without him, you and your son would have been killed."
Chai Rong's wife felt a lot more at ease when she thought about the danger of being humiliated that day and the heroic young man who led the troops to save them.
"Come on, let's go into the city!"
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