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Chapter 15 Nest County Barracks
Two soldiers outside the barracks held spears and stared at the front. Seeing Jia Nian coming with Guo Dapang, Tang Gaoming, and Tang Yanqing, he hurriedly shouted: "Stop, the idlers leave quickly!"

"We are here to register with the militia," Jia Nian said to the two soldiers quickly, thanks to the notification from the waiter in the shop, he saved a lot of trouble and went straight to the point.

A soldier looked Jia Nian up and down, then looked at the carrying pole and the empty fish basket, his eyes were full of suspicion: "Are you here to register with the militia?"

"That's right, I ask the military master to be accommodating," Guo Dapang said to the soldier with a smile.

The two soldiers looked at each other, both showing hesitant expressions: "The imperial court expressly stipulates that if you want to train the militia, you need to report to the military camp of the county government in person."

"Since you have come to register the militia, where is your village chief?" The soldier standing on the right asked Jia Nian and the others.

Jia Nian came quickly and replied to the soldier: "I am"

"Are you the village chief?" The two soldiers looked Jia Nian up and down, their eyes full of doubts.

Looking at the puzzled looks of the two soldiers, Jia Nian replied to him: "I am the village head of Changhe Village."

"Changhe Village? Is there such a village in this county?" The soldier standing on the left subconsciously asked, gradually falling into deep thought.

The soldier standing on the right seemed to have thought of something, so he nodded slowly and his tone softened: "I know Changhe Village, it is a village on the shore of Chaohu Lake."

"Since you are the village chief, do you have something to prove your identity?" The two soldiers looked at Jia Nian at the same time and asked him.

Jia Nian couldn't help being taken aback, something to prove his identity?As if I didn't.

"Yes, yes, the token on the village chief's waist can prove his identity." Seeing Jia Nian in a daze, Tang Gaoming said to the two soldiers.

Jia Nian then turned his gaze to his waist, and saw a token hanging on it.Reaching out to take off the token, he handed it to one of the soldiers: "I don't know if this token can indicate your identity?"

"Mr. Jia, I was rude just now, please Haihan." The two soldiers carefully identified the token, saw Changhe Village on one side and Jia Nian on the other, so they bowed to him and said.

Jia Nian smiled at the two soldiers: "It's okay."

"It's just a matter of registering the militia. Please tell me the details." After all, there is something to ask, Jia Nian said to the two soldiers.

The two soldiers looked at each other again, as if they were having a silent communication: "Please wait a moment, Village Chief Jia, the villain will go to the barracks and inform the county captain about this matter."

As soon as the words fell, a soldier quickly ran into the barracks.

Looking at the soldiers running towards the barracks, Jia Nian and the others stopped talking and waited quietly.

Not long after, there were footsteps, and a burly man in armor and a sword walked over, and bowed to Jia Nian: "I, Zheng Lianzhong, have now been added as Chao County and county captains, and I have met Jia Village Chief of Changhe Village." "

"Lieutenant Zheng is being polite," Jia Nian said to Zheng Lianzhong, a message appeared in front of him.

Name: Zheng Lianzhong
Position: Nest County, County Captain

Occupation: Warrior

Occupation Level: Level 2 Level 5

Brief introduction: The son of the Zheng family, a rich family in Chao County, holds the military power in Chao County.

Sensing the gazes of Jia Nian and Guo Dapang, Zheng Lianzhong frowned slightly displeased: "I heard that Village Chief Jia came to register for the militia."

"My Changhe Village has a poor population and is close to Chaohu Lake. I want to make two young men in the village into militiamen to calm people's minds, so I came to trouble County Captain Zheng." Jia Nian's lips moved, and the words flew out.

Hearing Jia Nian's explanation, a strange look flashed in Zheng Lianzhong's eyes, but he quickly hid it: "Mr. Jia is very bold. Since he wants to register as a militia, Zheng, as a county captain, naturally wishes for it."

"It's just that registration as a militia requires a fee. I wonder if Village Chief Jia will be willing to do so," Zheng Lianzhong said to Jia Nian.

Jia Nian asked Zheng Lianzhong, "How much does it cost to register as a militiaman?"

"The registration fee is not too high, it only costs [-] yuan per person." Zheng Lianzhong paused for a while, and then said earnestly: "In fact, the biggest expense of becoming a militia is not registration, but weapons. equipment"

"Armor, knives, guns, swords and halberds all require a lot of expenses, and village chief Jia should think carefully about it," Zheng Lianzhong said earnestly.

Looking at the warm-hearted Zheng Lianzhong, Jia Nian had a good feeling in his heart: "I don't know how much these weapons and equipment cost."

"That depends on the choice of the village chief. The equipment is good or bad, and the price will naturally vary," Zheng Lianzhong said with a smile.

Immediately afterwards, he seemed to think of something, so he sighed to Jia Nian: "Forget it, the county captain will explain the matter clearly to you, so as not to complain in my heart after registration."

"There are many kinds of weapons, such as [-]-refined steel sword, [-]-refined steel sword, [-]-fifty steel-refined sword, [-]-fifty steel-refined sword, ordinary military sword, ordinary military sword," Zheng Lianzhong said to Jia Nian.

Jia Nian and the others listened quietly while making quick calculations in their hearts.

"The most expensive one is the hundred-steel-smelting sword at around 15000 yuan, followed by the one-hundred-steel-smelting sword at around 14000 yuan." Zheng Lianzhong paused here, leaving time for Jia Nian and others to digest.

After a long while, he continued: "The cheapest of them is the military knife, the price is about 800 yuan. The second is the military sword, the price is about 900 yuan."

"Next, let's talk about armor. There are also 8000-refined armor and [-]-refined armor. The cheapest common armor set costs around [-] yuan," Zheng Lianzhong said to Jia Nian.

Tang Gaoming, Tang Yanqing and Guo Dapang secretly clicked their tongues when they heard this, it seems that the cost of raising a soldier is really high.

"The militia has armor and weapons, and the next step is long-range attack. It is divided into bows and crossbows. The county captain recommends the village head to buy crossbows, which are more powerful and easier for the militia to operate," Zheng Lianzhong said to Jia Nian.

Jia Nian subconsciously asked the question he was most concerned about: "What are the prices of bows and crossbows?"

"The price of a bow is around 600 yuan, and the price of a crossbow is around 2000 yuan. Of course, these are the cheapest prices." Zheng Lianzhong continued, "The reason why the county captain recommends crossbows is because the price of crossbows is lower than that of bows and arrows." The price is a penny cheaper, and the training time for crossbowmen is shorter than that of archers, this is the most cost-effective choice.”

Jia Nian suddenly felt that he was very poor. It seemed that he still had to go a long way to strengthen his army.

(End of this chapter)