Chapter 77 Professional Warrior
Yang Huaiyu was thrown in Cangzhou. Although the wound on his chest healed, the pain was still there, and it penetrated from his skin into his flesh, into his bones, into his heart... He had never been so humiliated before!
It’s not unreasonable for the aunt to scold me. What did I think of bullying a child? I even lost, which made people feel ashamed. I just wanted to find a piece of tofu to kill him.
Young Master Yang had no face to see his sister. He thought hard every day and practiced his life. Wang Ning'an's sword impressed him too deeply, fast and as fierce as a poisonous snake. He kept thinking about how to avoid it, but he was not sure at all. He could only toss around, spend all his energy aimlessly, and his mind was blank and he fell asleep. Then he got up and continued to repeat the life of the previous day...
"Brother, you should do something useful." Yang Xi squatted beside Yang Huaiyu and said with concern.
Yang Huaiyu just turned his eyes and said powerlessly: "I will surpass Wang Ning'an. I have a way. As long as I make the sword longer and attack directly five feet away, he will not have time to draw the sword..." Yang Huaiyu murmured to himself, his eyes getting brighter and brighter, and it seemed that he had really found a solution.
Yang Xi shook his head when he heard this, "Brother, if you change your weapons, they won't change them! Besides, the aunt asked you to stay in Cangzhou, but it's not just a trick to crack the prince's move!"
"Your Majesty? You're so kind!" Yang Huaiyu snorted angrily: "Do you look down on your elder brother?"
Yang Xi stretched out his finger and poked Yang Huaiyu's forehead hard.
"If you continue like this, I really look down on you. I will tell you before leaving."
"Oh, what did you say?" Yang Huaiyu said curiously.
"She said that you should take a good look at how the Wang family attracts talents and how to do things and behave. In less than a year, they have such a big family business. It's really not to be underestimated!" Yang Xi said with admiration.
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The opportunity came soon. After the spring plowing ended, the Wang family summoned all members of the Bow and Archery Club, a total of more than 300 young and strong men gathered in the Wang family's courtyard.
Last year, Wang Ning'an planned to form a real Wang family army, but it was only until now that he had enough financial resources. To be honest, raising soldiers is not an easy task.
The imperial court gave the general imperial guards 50 guan, and the utility of the soldiers was much more elite than ordinary soldiers. The general military salary was more than 100 guan. The remaining armor, horses, weapons, food, meat, forage, and money for exemption were all over the place. It would take at least 200 guan to raise an elite soldier, which was just a daily expense! The cost of formal wars would be doubled!
No wonder the emperors of the Song Dynasty knew that the utility man had such a loophole, but they didn't care, because they knew that no one could afford to support an army that threatened the court.
Moreover, these useful men have been rewarded for their merits and rewards to honor their ancestors and serve the court. Let them rebel with you, and the cost will be more than doubled! Therefore, the emperors of the Song Dynasty were fearless.
Wang Ning'an and his father discussed that he could not afford the Wang family's weak foundation as much as others. Besides, relying solely on preferential treatment for money and food, soldiers will inevitably have to fight for the sake of money and cannot bite the toughest. The Wang family does not want such a waste.
"Uncles and uncles, you have been joining the Archery Club for a long time. We are planning to choose the best to pull out the formal utility. From then on, we will be completely out of business and concentrate on training our killing skills. Let me introduce the treatment of the utility officer."
Each selected utility man can get 100 acres of land suitable for sorghum cultivation. The sorghum produced is purchased by the winery and there is no need to worry about sales at all.
If sorghum is grown, it is enough to have wasteland. The land price of 100 mu will not exceed 50 jin, which is the annual food and salary of an imperial guard. However, if the land is reclaimed, there will be harvests every year, which is equivalent to a one-time and for all. The heaviest human resources burden has suddenly become countless times lighter.
Of course, it’s useless to see others when they look at it. Who made Cangzhou wasteland and cheap land? Moreover, Wang Ning'an was holding a wine business and could consume as much sorghum as possible.
In fact, his method not only solved the pressure on military pay, but also obtained a stable source of sorghum, which was a killing two birds with one stone.
Someone asked if the utility is willing? Of course they are willing!
Even if the sorghum yield is low, 100 mu, and 50 stones are harvested every year, according to the market price, there are still 40 stagnants, which seems to be less than the imperial guards, but the fields are returned to the soldiers' homes and are not deducted. Even if the soldiers are injured or killed, the fields will always belong to the family, which is equivalent to earning a job for their descendants!
The simple farmer loves the land the most, and they accept it without hesitation.
Of course, Wang Ning'an would not let everyone suffer. He continued to tell that every utility man can get 30 kilograms of fine wine, a pork, and 20 kilograms of soybean oil a year. These three are produced by Wang Ning'an's workshops. The cost is not high, but they are all necessary for the people's lives and are very popular.
Many people silently calculated that the treatment given by the Wang family is no longer low. They are not so superstitious about currency. After all, copper coins cannot be eaten or drunk, so they still have to be replaced with things. Instead of taking off their pants and farting, it is better to give them something directly!
The rebound that Wang Ning'an was most worried about did not appear. Seeing everyone convinced, he was even a little embarrassed.
Next he announced the reward and punishment method. Each utility soldier can get 300 yuan of basic military pay and one stone of food in a month. If he participates in the battle, the food pay will be doubled, and the battle time will exceed one month, and the food pay will be tripled. Kill the enemy, each head level will be 50 yuan, and the soldiers will be killed. In addition to a pension of 100 yuan, the parents will be raised by the Wang family, the son will be raised until the age of 20, and the daughter will be married until the adulthood will be married... Each welfare has detailed regulations. In the end, Wang Ning'an also posted an item that the children in the effective scholar's family can be sent to Cangzhou Academy to study, and will be taught by Ouyang Xiu, the great scholar and the leader of the literary world.
This article was proposed and everyone went crazy.
Ouyang Xiu, how famous! Wang Erlang found a shortcut for the children. Some people were excited and kept bowing, and tears came out.
"A group of countryside brains, letting them study, and how many people can win the toad palace are simply delusions!" Yang Huaiyu criticized contemptuously.
Yang Xi glanced at the elder brother and said to himself that Wang Ning'an was right, he was jealous and became a mess! Without a normal mind, how could he see the excellence of this method!
"In life, there must be hope. Even if there are not many opportunities, I am willing to try it. But brother, where is your pursuit?"
Yang Huaiyu was stopped. Yes, is his pursuit? Is it the girl of Fanlou? Or is it the sword drawing technique that defeated Wang Ning'an? Yang Huaiyu became more and more irritable. He rushed to his room angrily, closed the door, sat on the bed and fell into deep thought...
The men who were so excited by Wang Ning'an's various treatments have begun to show their abilities. First of all, they have to pass the physical strength. They carry 60 kilograms and have 10 miles off-road.
It’s not that Wang Ningan is cruel, but that the Buren armor in the Song Dynasty weighs 60 pounds and cannot carry armor. How can he go to the battlefield? After crossing the country, there were more than 300 people, and only less than 200 people were left, and a small half were eliminated.
Then he raised 100 kilograms of stone locks, fists, bows and arrows, horse riding, weapons... all of them were checked. There were only 18 people who could pass all the projects, among which Liang Dagang ranked first!
Seeing such a few people, Wang Liangjing was worried. After all, he had been training for so long. Is it just so useful for such a few people?
Wang Liangjing hugged his head and fell into thought.
"Ning'an, should you lower the standard?"
Wang Ning'an has a lot of ideas, but he has never done it before. According to the principle, he should choose the best among the best, but...
"Ahem, actually, you don't need to know everything. Just master one or two things. The same is true for our division." Yang Xi reminded softly that the Wang family's father and son woke up like a dream. He was really confused. He was actually a stubborn army. The formal army also had to be divided into different types of troops. Few of them were all-round. In addition to passing the physical strength, if one or two outstanding performances in other events, you can be selected for the division.
After the afternoon of the struggle, the number of qualified people expanded to 93. From now on, they were the official division of the Wang family, and the first batch of completely full-time warriors were born.
Chapter completed!