204, Recruiting Yiwu soldiers [3/3]

As soon as Yi Yun said his first condition, Chen Dacheng was shocked: "Give me the military pay in advance? Are you not worried that I will embezzle the military pay and not send it to the soldiers?"

"According to my observation of you, you are a good official who cares about Yiwu people, and I can trust you. (Piaotian Literature Registration Member Recommends This Work" Piaotian Literature Registration Member Recommends This Work.)" Yi Yun took out a silver note of 50,000 taels and put it in Chen Dacheng's hand, and smiled and said, "Look, I can put 50,000 taels in advance to show my sincerity. After I recruited soldiers, I will increase it according to the number of soldiers."

The military pay of soldiers from Dameng Kingdom is very low, about ten to twenty taels of silver a year. Where the war is not tight, ten taels of silver can pay the soldiers' wages in a year. Where the war is tight, twenty taels of silver can be used.

Yi Yun took out a deposit of 50,000 taels of silver at a time, which was enough to recruit 2,500 soldiers in the border area to pay a year's salary, and was quite sincere.

Chen Dacheng felt aroused when he took the money... Yiwu is really too poor. It would be a good thing if he could find other means of making a living for the Yiwu people. As long as they can really get military pay, it would be better than digging out the pitiful little silver from the mountain of silver here.

Seeing that he was a little shaken, Yi Yun smiled and said, "My personal soldiers in the royal palace pay higher than those in the frontier soldiers. Each person has a salary of thirty taels of silver every year. After making military achievements, there will be another reward."

Chen Dacheng was so moved, thirty taels, Yiwu people had to spend five or six years on Yinshan to get so much money. They also made contributions and rewards... The treatment was really good. Not only Chen Dacheng felt it was good, but several wounded soldiers around Yiyun who were being treated for injuries also showed a look of yearning after hearing this, but they respected Chen Dacheng very much, so they did not make a statement before Chen Dacheng.

Chen Dacheng thought about it, swallowed his saliva, and said with difficulty: "Okay, we can accept this first one, what about the second one?"

Yi Yun smiled and stretched out two fingers and said, "Two, their enemies will be Japanese pirates, not the people of the Great Manchu Kingdom. If I ask them to attack the people, they can disobey them. I will not hold them responsible for disobeying. "Piaotian Literary Registration Member Recommended This Work" Piaotian Literary Registration Member Recommended This Work."

"Fight the Japanese pirates!" Chen Dacheng jumped up suddenly and said excitedly: "Do you mean to fight the Japanese pirates?"

"That's right!" Yi Yun smiled and said, "You know where Jiashan is? It is on the coast of Hangzhou Bay, and it is one of the most serious areas where Japanese pirates are rampant. I came to recruit Yiwu soldiers in the hope of borrowing the power of the Yiwu people to defend their country."

"How can I believe you?" Chen Dacheng stared at Yi Yun's eyes and said, "I really can't believe the prince of Da Mengguo spoke. Although I know that saying this is rude to the royal family, I can only accept the emperor's head if he wants to kill me. But no matter who comes to ask me, I will say that the prince of Da Mengguo is really unreliable."

Yi Yun spread his hands and pulled out an imperial edict from his arms. Another imperial edict appointed him as the commander-in-chief of the Jiangnan Anti-Japanese Front". He sighed: "Look, my purpose in Jiangnan is to fight against the Japanese, but the soldiers in Jiangnan are useless. I think there are no soldiers available to fight against the Japanese. If you are really patriotic, if the Yiwu people are really patriotic, they should help me."

Chen Dacheng snatched the imperial edict and looked carefully. After a few minutes, Chen Dacheng's whole body trembled, bowed north, and cried: "My emperor is wise, my emperor has finally decided to deal with the Japanese pirates... Our Dameng Country has a group of confused princes, but there is a wise emperor!"

Damn, are you cheating? The most unreliable thing in Dameng Country is the emperor. Yi Yun was crooked, but he didn't say this.

Chen Dacheng got up from the ground and said with tears on his face: "Okay, I think we must accept the second condition, what about the third one?"

Yi Yun smiled and stretched out three fingers and said, "Three, they are just mercenaries, not military households, and they don't need to be a soldier for generations. They just think that when they want to make money, they can resign in the second year. "Piaotian Literary Registration Member Recommends This Work" Piaotian Literary Registration Member Recommends This Work. In other words, I will not restrict their freedom."

When Chen Dacheng heard this, he was overjoyed. In fact, what he was most worried about was that these people became "military households" after being recruited, and their descendants would join the army in the future. You should know that there has always been a saying among the people: "A good man does not join the army, and a good iron does not make nails." Anyone who joins the army will be forced to become a soldier only if he has no way out. As long as ordinary people can still live, who would be willing to join the army?

However, Yi Yun's third condition directly gives Yiwu people greater freedom. As long as you make enough money, you can retire and return to Yiwu for retirement. How cost-effective it is.

Chen Dacheng no longer had any worries, raised his palm and said to Yi Yun: "Okay, I'll admit these three things! Let's slap high fives as a vow, make three rules, and I will issue an announcement to let the volunteers who are willing to join the army go to your place to join the army."

The two raised their hands and hit each other three times.

Chen Dacheng said without saying a word, and said to a yamen runner next to him: "I have changed my mind about Prince Jiashan's desire to recruit soldiers in this county. Anyone who is willing to go can sign up for the yamen. The annual salary is thirty taels, and if you make merits, you will also be rewarded. Don't worry about the prince owing military salary, because I will get the military salary first, and I will explain other details to them in person."

"yes!"

The yamen runners quickly scattered all over the city, and the wounded people standing beside Yi Yun also heard these words. After Yi Yun was cured, they volunteered to run around the city and sent orders. For a moment, the entire Yiwu Oasis was crowded with people, and I don’t know how many people were running around to tell each other.

Yi Yun was not in a hurry and slowly helped the wounded. By that night, all the wounded were treated by him. He made himself sleepy and tired. After returning to the room, he fell to bed.

This time, Chen Yuanyuan learned her lesson and did not dare to come to the bed again. She was afraid that he would eat tofu randomly, so she put the table flat and fell asleep on the table. Unexpectedly, until midnight, she slept with her "death" and suddenly found someone approaching her. Just when she was about to jump up and attack, she realized that it was Yi Yun who had come over.

He gently picked up Chen Yuanyuan and put it flat on the bed. Then he shrank backwards and fell asleep far away from Chen Yuanyuan. Chen Yuanyuan was surprised in his heart: Although this guy has annoying mouth, he is actually gentle in his heart. He also knew that he was rude to me last night, so he retreated far away tonight... Alas, he is also a good person.

That night, Chen Yuanyuan slept a little hard and it was not until dawn that she woke up. She saw that she was already empty and Yi Yun had already gotten up and went out.

In the morning in Yiwu, the sun shines brightly... There is nothing to block the sun on the bare stone mountain, so the sun shines on every stone here. The heavy snow yesterday has stopped, and today is another wonderful day.

Yi Yun stood in the Yamen Square, with nine hundred soldiers in front of him. Chen Dacheng reported to him: "Prince Jiashan, there are nine hundred Yiwu warriors, including three hundred second-level 'soldiers', three hundred second-level 'guards', and three hundred second-level 'archers', all of which we carefully selected. We will earn you thirty taels of silver for a year of military pay, and will never treat you unfairly."

Yi Yun was overjoyed and nodded with a smile.

Chen Dacheng waved his hand and asked the nine hundred soldiers to go out and wait for Yi Yun to take him away. Then he waved to let the five hundred Yiwu people behind him come in, sighing: "These five hundred Yiwu warriors are also second-level, but their profession... a little embarrassed, uh, or a little strange... I don't know if Prince Jiashan can use it. If it doesn't work, our Yiwu people will not blame you, so it's okay not to take them away."

Yi Yun was a little curious: "What are these people's professions?"

Chen Dacheng said a little embarrassedly: "Their profession is - gun soldiers. This profession is very embarrassing. Without muskets, there is no combat power at all. But how can we have advanced things like muskets in Yiwu? Muskets are extremely expensive, and there are very few officers and soldiers in Dameng Kingdom, so their profession is useless. Alas... Speaking of which, it is really strange that Dameng Kingdom has few people with the profession of "gun soldiers". It is not easy to encounter in other areas. But our Yiwu is rich in gun soldiers. If you mess with Shi Wenliu a few days ago, these gun soldiers were completely useless and could only worry behind them..."

He was still talking useless nonsense, but Yi Yun was overjoyed: "Damn, gun soldiers? Isn't this a musket soldier? What a handsome profession! I didn't expect that Yiwu has a lot of gun soldiers. It's really God's help. I want them all, I want them all!"

Chen Dacheng wiped his sweat: "Does the prince have many muskets?"

Yi Yun shook his head and said, "Not many, I have one! I snatched it from the Fusang Japanese pirates."

Chen Dacheng said, "Then you need a gun soldier. What are you going to do? It's useless!"

Yi Yun didn't care about so many things. As a later generation, he had almost blind admiration for hot weapons. He shouted: "If you don't have a gun, I'll buy them guns! If you buy one by one, will it all be useful?"

"This..." Chen Dacheng sweated wildly and whispered: "Prince, you don't know the cost of a musket, right? A fine bird gun costs 100 taels of silver... If you get five hundred gun soldiers, you have to build at least five hundred muskets. Can you afford such a high military expenditure?"

After hearing this, Yi Yun sweated suddenly and made a mental arithmetic in his mind. Five hundred soldiers multiplied by one hundred taels... equals fifty thousand taels... the waterfall sweat! The cost of a musket can be used to pay a soldier for several years. This is really a huge sum of money.

Yi Yun had only 300,000 taels on him. He didn't dare to use it all, and he had to leave some money to develop Jiashan. He could only spend at most 200,000 taels on conscription. After this calculation, it would cost 50,000 taels to buy a musket, and the annual military expenditure of 500 soldiers would cost 15,000 taels. The 900 soldiers just now had to pay 27,000 taels of military pay. After this calculation, it was nearly 100,000 taels of expenditure. He had to prepare armor and weapons for them, and another tens of thousands of taels, and prepare them for another year of food... Is 200,000 taels enough?
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