Wei and Jin Cooks

   Chapter 155 Recruitment One

   Zhao Hanzhang handed over the two envoys of the county government to Zhao Ming, took Zhao Erlang and returned to Shangcai.

   She set up a table directly on the official road that entered Shangcai, and asked people to carry two baskets of money and a truckload of grain on the side of the road, beating gongs and drums to recruit troops.

   Refugees stopped to watch when they saw it.

  Lonely, without even thinking about it, he stepped forward to ask about the conditions for recruiting troops, and learned that as long as he was young, obedient, and willing to endure hardships, it would be fine.

   Of course, if you have a skill that is better, or if you are physically strong, can ride horses, know kung fu, and have great strength, no matter what special skills you have, as long as you have them, you will not only have higher military pay, but also higher status.

   Ji Yuan sat beside her and recruited troops with her.

  Because of the large number of people who fled, Zhao Hanzhang not only recruited bachelors, but also people with families and families, and promised that they would be arranged to cultivate the fields and have food to eat every month.

   Yes, those who come here are determined not to be tenant farmers. Even Zhao Hanzhang said that they don’t want to give them land. They only do long-term labor, or they can directly sign a death contract and let them do whatever they want, as long as they ensure that their family has food to eat.

   Zhao Hanzhang didn't understand this. Taking advantage of the fact that Ji Yuan took over the recruitment, she squatted beside a newly recruited soldier and asked, "I said just now that I will send you fields, why are you not excited at all?"

  The soldiers saw Zhao Hanzhang and immediately got up to salute, but Zhao Hanzhang stopped him, "Sit and talk, sit and talk, don't be polite."

  Bing then squatted down and said cautiously: "I think it's good to be a slave, as long as you work hard, you will have food to eat, and you don't have to worry about making a living."

   Zhao Hanzhang asked, "With my own land, isn't it more rewarding to work hard?"

  Bing shook his head, "I also have land at home, a total of 28 acres, but it's useless."

   Zhao Hanzhang was surprised, "How can it be useless?"

   "I can't live anymore," he said, "Yingchuan started to dry up in autumn last year, and the harvest was less than that. As a result, there was a snowstorm in the winter, and a lot of the winter wheat that was planted was directly frozen to death."

"It hasn't rained much since the beginning of spring this year. We knew at the time that it was a sad year. As soon as the snow melted, there was no wheat in the fields. The weather was very dry. Those who barely survived died. If you want to switch to spring wheat, or plant rice, it won't work."

He said: "There is no water at all. We even have a problem with drinking water, let alone farming. The yamen still has to pay summer and autumn taxes. I have sold my wife, a son and a daughter, and now this is the only place left. One is with my father, and I can't sell it anymore."

"I figured it out. If we can't farm the land ourselves, we still have to rely on the big landlord. We will work to get the grain. The tax grain is paid by the landlord. We can live as long as we are obedient." After a pause, the soldier asked Zhao Hanzhang, " Girl, if I die in battle, will you really support my father and son as you say?"

   Zhao Hanzhang looked at his dark and sad face. If he didn't say it, she couldn't tell that he was only twenty-two years old. He looked like he was in his forties, and his temples were a little white.

   She nodded and said, "Since the death deed has been signed, then you are all my people, and I will naturally raise them."

   He didn't know whether to believe it or not. Anyway, he looked relieved and smiled: "The girl is a good person."

   Zhao Hanzhang smiled at him and got up with a heavy heart.

There are many people who think like him. They would rather sign a death contract or a live contract to become a long-term worker. They don’t even take a look at the tempting conditions she puts forward, such as sending land and renting cheap land. wages or food.

   Zhao Hanzhang sighed faintly, sat beside Ji Yuan and said, "The world is difficult."

   Ji Yuan turned his head and glanced at her, and said indifferently: "There is no way, and there is no way to punish him."

   "Punishment from heaven?" Zhao Hanzhang murmured, "This is really a natural and man-made disaster. Is it because of the Northern Hemisphere's Little Ice Age?"

   Ji Yuan didn't hear clearly, turned his head and asked, "What did the girl say?"

   "It's nothing, I just sighed in my heart that at such a difficult time, if there is no stable situation, it will be difficult for the people to survive such a natural disaster."

   Ji Yuan murmured, "It's only if the Sima family has a talent."

  Zhao Hanzhang: "How many days does it take to suppress so many ambitious people in the Sima family? Alas, so there are too many people in the clan, and it is not good to divide the seal too widely."

  Ji Yuan took it seriously and was just about to have a deep discussion with Zhao Hanzhang. When he saw Da Da's carriage running over, he immediately stopped his words and whispered, "Girl, the county magistrate of Chai is here."

   Zhao Hanzhang turned his head, only to see the carriage coming from behind.

   As soon as the car stopped, the county magistrate hurriedly helped Chang Ning's hand down.

   Seeing that there were many people lined up in front of Zhao Hanzhang and the others, all of them were people who came to seek refuge, and there were many people standing around. He hurriedly picked up his robe and trot over, "Sanniang, what are you doing?"

   Zhao Hanzhang smiled and got up and saluted, "Xianjun, I'm recruiting troops."

   "You, how can you privately arm the army?"

   Zhao Hanzhang immediately took out the recruiting order and showed it to him, "I am not a private company, I am ordered to recruit, you see."

When the magistrate of Chai opened it, she didn't expect that the prefect actually gave her an order to recruit troops, and he was speechless for a while, "Well, then I can't recruit troops in Cai County. It clearly states that Xiping County is chartered to recruit troops, and Sanniang should be in Xiping. The county recruits troops."

"Isn't this the only time Xiping County has fought, isn't there so many people?" Zhao Hanzhang said: "Don't worry, I won't rob your people, so I set up a platform at the intersection to recruit troops. All the refugees here come here, and now they are here. Cai County can't gather so many refugees, can it?"

   "Oh," the magistrate of Chai County stomped his feet, "it's not just the refugees, there are also our people from Shangcai County."

   "Impossible," Zhao Hanzhang said righteously: "They have a land and a home here, and it is good to be a good citizen. Who would come to be a soldier and sell themselves as servants?"

"It's not for tax evasion," Chai county magistrate looked around and quickly found someone, "that, that, and those few are all thorns, and they fled without paying taxes. I didn't expect them to run away. I've come to Sanniang."

   He said: "I won't stop you from recruiting these refugees, but you can't recruit people from Cai County. You are setting up a platform here, and people in the county are moving, and many people come running."

   Zhao Hanzhang immediately said: "I didn't know they were from Shangcai. They said they were from Yingchuan and escaped from Yangyang, so I believed them. How did I know they would lie to me?"

  Chai County magistrate asked tentatively, "Then Sanniang gave them to me to take back?"

   Give it to the Chai County magistrate to bring it back, and even if you don't die, you can go to Half-Life. According to the law, tax evasion, severe beheading, and light imprisonment.

   Instead of being in prison, it is better to farm with her.

   (end of this chapter)