Overlord!

Chapter 37 Mastering Recruitment Sources
The sudden noise in the camp even alarmed Sun Ce who was talking with Cheng Pu.

The soldiers cheered excitedly, causing Sun Ce to walk out of the tent curiously, and saw more than a dozen ox carts pushing in the middle of the camp, and each cart was loaded with a cart full of ironware!Hammers, saws, axes, chisels, awls, sickles, shovels, etc. are all available.

These are all the marching and camping equipment that the soldiers urgently need, which can greatly facilitate the soldiers to build camps and solid military uniforms. They are the most convenient equipment for ordinary soldiers.

Huang Gai walked up to Sun Ce and said, "General, the Lord of Shicheng County has brought them here. These equipment are gifts for the general's army from the Lord of Shicheng County, Gao Cheng, and the hero Xu Yi."

Sun Ce looked at Gao Cheng, who was dressed in soap, with great interest, and said, "Mr. Gao's deeds are far-reaching, such fine gold and iron, the amount is huge, and it can't be collected in a few days."

Gao Cheng bowed his hands solemnly, and said: "Nowadays, Han Zuo is in a small state, and the world is in turmoil. The powerful and the heroes are all embracing the crowd for personal gain, and there is no one who can help the crisis. When the general army arrives in Danyang, he punishes the cruelty and saves the people. Autumn did not commit any crimes, and even sent out millet to support the shortage. The reason is to know that the generals are not limited to the imperial court, and their hegemony will not be weaker than that of Huan and Wen."

Huan and Wen are Duke Huan of Qi and Duke Wen of Jin among the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period.Hegemony is not weaker than Huan and Wen, so it is naturally worthy of heroes and sages competing to follow suit.

Gao Cheng then pointed to Xu Yi and said: "I know that the general's great cause was first established, so I recruited the heroes of Shicheng who have the style of being a chivalrous man, and worked together for the general. This is Xu Yi, a hero of Shicheng. Feng, on the banks of the Yangtze River, Yangzhou Qingxia, many returned, gathered together, held bows and slaves, and heard that the general had just risen, so he poured out money and stashed it, and used it for equipment."

Sun Ce raised his eyebrows and looked at Xu Yi.Heroes of Stone City!
The Ren Xia of this era is different from the previous dynasties. It is definitely not the kind of lonely knight who walks the world with his sword.

On the contrary, the real heroes are Yuan Shu, Wang Kuang, Zhang Miao, Xu Chu, and Lu Su, who stand strong in the world and strive to be attached to them when they are young.

Even heroes should belong to the tyrannical category, but they are different from those tyrants who are greedy and tyrannical, resist the imperial court at the top, and abuse the common people at the bottom.

On the contrary, there is quite a feeling of being a great man, serving the country and the people.

Therefore, if Gao Cheng really intends to recruit many heroes in Shicheng County in the past few days.

Gao Cheng, the county magistrate of Shicheng, was very strategic and left a deep impression on Sun Ce as soon as he met.

"You are all heroes and righteous men, and you will come to the tent with me to contribute to the great cause of the Communist Party. If you are in public, you will also come in. You have made outstanding achievements and are worthy of promotion and heavy responsibilities."

After the guests and hosts were seated, Sun Ce was very interested in Xu Yi, a hero.

In fact, many people in Sun Ce's army are heroes who have the ambition to be a hero, such as Lu Fan.Although he is a civil servant, his ambition is a typical representative of heroes. He gave up his native land and entrusted him to Sun Ce's tent. He was not a wife.

This kind of idealist cannot be for everyone, but it will never be lacking in any era.This Xu Yi and Lu Fan may become close friends.

Sun Ce asked, "You are a hero of Shicheng, how can you have so many tools and equipment?"

Xu Yi cupped his hands and explained to Sun Ce with a smile: "This has something to do with the customs of Danyang. A powerful family has to take care of the mountains and seas, mine iron and stone drums, boil salt, and gather a family or even more than a thousand people."

Sun Ce immediately understood that Danyang did have such a favorable location.The valley is ten thousand and thick, and there are more copper and iron, and the powerful and powerful all privately forge armored soldiers.Iron and steel smelting is very prosperous.As a powerful party, Xu Yi gathered thousands of people, and it was very normal to smelt equipment.

Sun Ce looked at Gao Cheng and asked, "Mr. Gao has a far-reaching plan. Do you recruit many such heroes?"

Gao Chengzhi held his beard proudly, and replied: "To tell you the truth, I have recruited three heroes from Shicheng County. They gathered together and gathered more than [-] people. Heavy, and voted under the command of the general."

Sun Ce asked in surprise, "Three heroes? Why do you have so many heroes in this county of Shicheng?"

Just count the numbers and you will know. Although the other two heros are not as good as Xu Yi, there must be hundreds of people.

Even if these hundreds of people gather in Qiwubao as retainers, a large amount of land is required to support so many retainers.

The wealth of a pavilion may only support the existence of one hero, and one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. If there are more heroes, there will naturally be fighting.

There are a total of thousands of households in Shicheng County. There can be several kiosks, so they can't all be heroes with aspirations, right?
Gao Cheng had no choice but to explain: "This is related to the customs of Danyang. Every pavilion has to choose a hero to resist Shanyue's attack. Does the general understand Shanyue?"

"Having a little understanding, he went up the mountain to go to danger, hid in the valley, and had noble strength, defended against danger and resisted the government."

Gao Cheng nodded: "That's true, this is the impression of the world. But when it comes to specific places, these people never enter the city. When they meet the officials, they all fight with soldiers, flee into the wild, and collude with the powerful. If there is no heroic deterrence, They ran wild in the countryside and abused the people."

Sun Ce frowned slightly. Sure enough, Shanyue's most serious problem was colluding with bandits.

These people dared to fight against the chief officials, and the rule of the imperial court naturally collapsed here.In essence, this is a force that does not pay taxes and is armed and separatist.

Any age!In any era, with this kind of armed separatist forces, the people at the bottom will always be the people at the bottom who suffer the most.Because you can't expect them to have any military discipline or ideals.With a sharp weapon in his body, he will kill himself.They don't have any ambition and integrity, they only follow their nature, bully the weak, and annihilate women.

Naturally, those chivalrous men with great ambition and integrity will join a force, promote heroes, and crush these strong beams and Xiaoxiao.

Obviously, Sun Ce's military discipline and moral integrity perfectly meet the expectations of these heroes.So in Shicheng County, there were three heroes who gathered together and led more than [-] people to defect.

Sun Ce immediately said to Gao Cheng: "I swore an oath to the three armies, to create an army and build a business, in order to set up guidelines and disciplines, open up Jiangdong, and relieve the people of Sima. Shicheng County has now been brought under my command, and I will protect it comprehensively. For the safety of the soldiers The hearts of the people, the hearts of the people, the family property of our soldiers will be left here."

Gao Cheng laughed excitedly, and said to Xu Yi: "How is it? I said that General Sun's bearing will surely bring stability to rule and quell chaos."

Xu Yi got up, and solemnly bowed his hands to Sun Ce and said, "Yi is on behalf of the elders of Shicheng, and I thank the general. Hearing of the general's benevolence, the elders of Shicheng will eat the pot of milk to welcome the master."

The words of the heroic officials can basically represent the attitude of ordinary people. They welcome the army to settle in, and Sun Ce will make it easier for the soldiers to settle down in Jiangdong.

Even with the help of heroes from various pavilions, Sun Ce's understanding of each pavilion may be even better than those greedy and powerful.

So Sun Ce asked in detail: "How many pavilions are there in Shicheng County? I plan to house the wives of soldiers. Where do you recommend?"

Gao Chengxian replied: "The population of Shicheng County was about [-] households before Fan Neng plundered it, and it was divided into five pavilions and one town, namely Hengjiang Pavilion, Jiangbo Pavilion, Dangtu Pavilion, Xianqi Pavilion, Anqing Pavilion and Shicheng County. County."

"How many households are left now?" Sun Ce asked.

Xu Yi said: "Fan Neng's more than [-] troops are stationed in Shicheng County, which is far from being able to supply [-] families in Shicheng County. Therefore, Fan Neng burned, killed, and looted extremely seriously. The Hengjiang Pavilion and Jiangbo Pavilion near the Yangtze River already have ten houses It is empty, and there is no trace in the countryside. If the general wants to place soldiers, he can choose these two pavilions."

Gao Cheng added: "Now that Shicheng County is at peace for the first time, fleeing from Hengjiang Pavilion and Jiangbo Pavilion to the other three pavilions, the people who went to their relatives may return home one after another. It may conflict with the general's placement of soldiers. If the general trusts, accept I would like to lead a hero to mediate for the general."

Sun Ce was overjoyed: "That's exactly what I mean! The first batch of soldiers to be resettled in the camp may be less than a thousand, and one pavilion at Hengjiang Pavilion is enough. When the people of Hengjiang Pavilion return, they can be placed in Jiangbo Pavilion. I will fully entrust this matter to you." To Lord Gao and all the righteous men."

There may be only a few dozens or even a dozen households in Hengjiangting who can come back alive.These heroes are all good people who are active in each pavilion on weekdays, and almost every household has heard of them. It is easy for them to tell whether they are from Hengjiang Pavilion or not.At least those who have hundreds of acres of land and several houses in Hengjiang Pavilion, they all know each other.

With their help, some treacherous people would not be able to come suddenly, claiming that they have a large number of fields and houses in Hengjiang Pavilion, and plundered and plundered the family assets of the soldiers who were resettled.

Gao Cheng was full of confidence in this matter, and immediately got up and solemnly promised: "Cheng will live up to the general's entrustment, and properly complete the arrangement."

Sun Ce nodded: "In addition, the Lord of Gao County must quickly sort out the number of households in the county and register the land registration. Post a notice to the people and declare the land registration by themselves within a time limit. If it is not in the government's land registration, it is all barren land. , will be granted to the refugees."

Nowadays, there are few people in Dahan Tian. Regarding the ownership of the land, the government does not have much conflict with the powerful, and there is no need to suppress mergers. In fact, Sun Ce doesn't care about the powerful reporting more.

After all, Sun Ce is now a prince, and there is no such thing as tax exemption or tax exemption.

As long as the registered land is in the hands of the powerful or the common people, it has to pay taxes to Sun Ce.

The tax paid by the powerful is also a tax, no dirtier than the tax paid by the common people.

So if they declare more, Sun Ce can collect more taxes.This is actually a good thing for both parties.

Because the people and powerful people who are willing to declare are willing to pay taxes.

Those who didn't want to pay taxes and ran to the mountains early to become armed bandits would never accept Sun Ce's rule anyway, and the two sides could only see swords.

Sun Ce was even ready to use force for a long time to conquer these Haozong thieves, Haoqiang and Shanyue who refused to accept the rule.

It is said that there are three names, but in fact they are all Shanyue in the impression of later generations, and they are completely vulnerable.Soochow generals marched into the mountains, and there were many battles where tens of thousands of men and women were recruited.

After arranging the government affairs, Sun Ce started to deal with military affairs, and said to Huang Gai, "Gongfu has made outstanding contributions. He was promoted to Sima of another department, and he and Xu Yi will lead the new army."

Huang Gai and Xu Yi clasped their fists in agreement at the same time.

Both of them were promoted to other ministers, but there was a significant difference in the division of labor.

Sun Ce ordered: "The public can be civil and military, and you can take on a big job. After you streamline the soldiers and weed out the old and the weak, you will immediately lead your troops to Liyang to garrison. Liyang is a county with thousands of households, and Lu Dudu opened warehouses there. Food and recruiting refugees are enough to recruit thousands of soldiers. The recruitment of heroes and the training of recruits are all entrusted to you."

This is a powerful appointment. Although he can no longer participate in the Jiangdong battle, it also laid the foundation for his promotion.After all, he once commanded thousands or even thousands of people. If there is no fault, he would not be demoted to lead hundreds of people.

So Huang Gai accepted the order happily and said, "Gai will live up to the general's trust."

Sun Ce then said to Xu Yi: "The same is true for Xu Sima. Wu Zhonglang pacified the rebellion in the south of the county and collected more than [-] thieves. I will hand them over to you. You are responsible for selecting young men and training soldiers. The people of Shicheng County There are also thousands of households, and you have to try to recruit new soldiers."

Although under Sun Ce's command, there are constantly powerful troops who come to seek refuge.However, Sun Ce still has to establish his own recruitment system to ensure that he has another means of expanding the army that he can master besides the heroes.

Xu Yi is a hero in Shicheng County, and he is well-known in Shicheng County. If he recruits troops, Shicheng County can also provide Sun Ce with hundreds of qualified soldiers.

And with the help of these stone city chiefs and heroes, Sun Ce also successfully determined the place where the soldiers will be placed, and then it's time to distribute women to the soldiers!

The news of rewarding the soldiers came out, and the whole camp was boiling.Countless soldiers gathered together to compare meritorious deeds, arguing over who might get a place in this round of rewards.

Generous rewards are always the best way to motivate the army and boost morale.

Especially for soldiers who may be rewarded and who may not be rewarded, the incentives are the most significant.

They are not soldiers, they are soldiers who dare to fight. With this reward in front of them, they all regret that they did not fight more violently before.The desire to fight is the most urgent.

If there is another war, we will go forward and gain military merits.

Sun Ce was also very generous, taking out a lot of wealth and materials in the camp to motivate the soldiers.

Not only did they distribute fields, houses and women to the soldiers, but they also distributed silk, grain, money, and coarse salt.

He mobilized tens of thousands of shi grains, more than 3000 pieces of cloth, a thousand shi salt, and a thousand catties of silver.

Under the Niuzhu camp, thousands of soldiers, tens of thousands of soldiers and even people from ten miles and eight villages gathered around to watch this scene.

Except for the rewards of the army commander who were distributed separately, the officers and men below the head of the village all received Sun Ce's rewards in the middle of the Hengjiang Pavilion.

The spring breeze in the south of the Yangtze River is blowing, half mountains, half waters and half hazy, the hills are green, the fields are quiet, the breeze blows, and the vermilion flags are hunting and flying in the air.

In the middle of the field surrounded by Zhu Qi, nearly a thousand meritorious soldiers lined up happily, and in front of them were ox carts full of goods.

Standing in front of the soldiers of the three armies, Sun Ce smiled masculinely, and announced to everyone: "I promised you once, follow me to fight Jiangdong, and I will help you get married and start a career!"

"A man cannot stand without faith, a business cannot prosper without faith, and a country cannot prosper without faith! Today I will practice what I have said and reward meritorious soldiers."

The soldiers of the three armies reveled instantly, cheering up and shouting: "Long live!"

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

(End of this chapter)