In contrast, the treatment of being a private soldier is much better than that of ordinary joining the army!

Because private soldiers are not compulsory, nobles will pay military salaries and provide supplies out of their own pockets.

Not only are the logistics guaranteed, but generally speaking, the nobles cherish their feathers and will not send them to carry out too dangerous tasks. Most of them are to maintain public order in the local area, and at most they can fight against bandits and thieves.

Compared to fighting with barbarians, such things are easier than eating and sleeping.

Of course, the most important point is that once you become a private soldier, you can refuse the imperial court's recruitment and no longer have to accept ordinary military service!

Although there is still a risk of being recruited by the court, the probability is much smaller than death on the battlefield.

Being a private soldier is almost a benefit without any harm.

In fact, this is also one of the reasons for the declining quality of the Dakan soldiers.

The law of Dagan stipulates that if you are over 16 years old and are not the only son in the family and have not served in the service, you will be recruited into the army!

Any man in the countryside who is healthy has not been recruited yet, his first choice must be to find a nobleman to be a private soldier!

With more people wanting to do it, the nobles are qualified to choose.

Those young and strong will be picked out immediately!

After all, the nobles recruit soldiers, they are not recruited for free.

Only when the excellent seedlings are picked up will the rest be left to the court for selection.

In this way, the quality of the soldiers is naturally difficult to guarantee, and occasionally a few fish that misses the net cannot affect the overall situation.

In addition, in order to escape military service, some people became bandits and fled into the mountains to become refugees, etc., the quality has further declined.

As a result, the frontline suffered more and more defeats, and people were even more reluctant to be arrested and served, which became a vicious cycle that was difficult to solve.

Of course, this is not a question that Song Tianming can consider now.

It is imperative to quickly organize a group of combat-capable private soldiers.

He had this idea when he was caught up with bandits before, but he had no title at that time and was a private equity fellow, which was a serious crime.

But now he has become the Baron of Xiahe. It is reasonable to recruit private soldiers by himself, and the emperor cannot say anything.

But he did not intend to gather those ordinary young and middle-aged men.

It’s not because they are worried about stealing the imperial soldiers, but because these people can’t be pulled out and can fight!

Although you have the strength, the actual combat is not enough to depend on who has the strength, but also on the comprehensive qualities of deployment and practical experience.

In contrast, retired veterans who have been baptized by war are better choices!

But other nobles didn't think so.

What they need more is the loyalty of private soldiers to themselves.

In theory, veterans are the best choice for nobles to recruit private soldiers, but in fact they are not.

Although veterans are experienced, they know how to judge the situation better than ordinary young and middle-aged people, and they are more dependent on their original generals. They are more interested in the military pay they give them.

This is the unstable factor.

Fighting skills can be slowly trained and cultivated after the day, but the private soldiers have time and energy.

But the belief in loyalty must be established from the beginning, otherwise there will be endless troubles!

To some extent, they were not wrong.

However, Song Tianming has a natural advantage in recruiting veterans.

At first, he had a reputation for the Baron of the River. People not only paid for money, but also for him, and loyalty was guaranteed!

Secondly, with generals like Dingbei Hou and Jiang Yu as their protection, he was not afraid of these veterans having any other thoughts.

Third, the soldiers of the Pioneer Army have experienced the most cruel battles, and are more tenacious in spirit than ordinary soldiers in the army and can afford tough battles!

As long as people's hearts are in harmony, these veterans will definitely be hundreds of times stronger than the young man.

When they returned to the venue, all the soldiers were shocked and excited.

Song Tianming's light cough brought their thoughts back and forth: "Everyone is calm, I know everyone is very excited, but not everyone wants it here."

Everyone knew that Song Tianming was going to make the conditions, and they suddenly became nervous again.

“First of all, please divide yourself into two teams:

If you are healthy and have no disabilities, stand on the left;

If you are physically disabled, please stand to the right."

After a brief hustle and bustle, the crowd consciously divided into two teams.

Unexpectedly, nearly half of the brothers, including Chu Xiong, have disabled!

I won’t say that I have broken my hands and feet. I have blind eyes, deaf ears, and half of my nose is missing. I can’t speak, and I have all kinds of things. I feel heartbroken when I see it.

He didn't have to think about it, and everyone knew how hard their lives should be.

And these are just living people.

I'm afraid there are many people like them who have left this tragic world in obscurity...

After adjusting his emotions, Song Tianming picked out a few people with low disabilities from the disabled team and joined the left.

Then he said, "I know, everyone wants to join the private soldiers, but some brothers' bodies are no longer suitable for going to the battlefield..."

The disabled brothers bowed their heads one after another, and were extremely desperate.

The brothers on the other side were not happy at all.

They are all comrades. They can be cruel and ruthless to their enemies, but they are not allowed to suffer.

Song Tianming then changed the subject: "But everyone knows that you are all heroes who sacrifice their lives and blood for the people!

As a commoner in Xiahe County, I will not abandon you.”

Everyone's eyes lit up again!

"Disabled brothers, I will arrange for you to work and work in my shop and workshop. The wages may not be much, but I can guarantee that every brother can eat, wear and live in the house!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a blind brother plopped to Song Tianming to kneel down!

"Thank you, sir, for your kindness, I, Wang Erzhu, are willing to be a cow and a horse for you!"

One of them took the lead, and the remaining brothers, including those who were in good health, also knelt down for Song Tianming!

Song Tianming really didn't like this kind of kneeling ceremony, so he said:

"Everyone, get up! Please remember that no one is allowed to kneel down unless you see Your Majesty!"

But everyone still couldn't kneel down, and Song Tianming could only threaten: "Who is still kneeling? The salary is gone this month!"

These words scared everyone so much that they were shocked and they quickly got up and stood up.

But his face was still full of joy and excitement.

"But before this, I still have some requests, I hope everyone listens carefully..."

In addition to the three rules discussed with Jiang Yu before, Song Tianming added another new rule.

They all have a probation period before formally recruiting.

Every brother, whether he works in a workshop or a private soldier, has a six-month probation period to examine everyone's character and ability.

This is also in order to prevent illegal people from getting involved in the team, Song Tianming also left himself time to investigate everyone.

He doesn't need to doubt people, and he doesn't want to worry about someone in the team every day.

As for wages, the probation period is only half of the normal period, and it will return to normal after becoming a regular person. You can get a bonus like the villagers in Dongpan Township.

The same is true for private soldiers. After becoming a regular soldier, corresponding allowances and subsidies can be issued based on the training and task completion and performance.

However, the bonus of private soldiers is determined according to the degree of danger of the task. The more difficult and dangerous the task is, the more money you will get after completing it.

Everyone accepted this.

After all, they are different from the villagers in Dongpan Township. Most of them meet Song Tianming for the first time. Even with Jiang Yu's guarantee, it is not guaranteed that Song Tianming will definitely trust them.

The best way is to use your own practical actions to win Song Tianming's recognition!

In fact, Song Tianming was willing to give them this opportunity to try, and everyone was extremely grateful!

Everyone has already been working hard in their hearts, so they must perform well at that time!

Seeing that everyone was full of morale, Song Tianming asked his friend to advance ten taels of silver for each person as his first month's military pay and wages!

Some people have never seen so much money in their lives, and their hands holding the silver cannot help but tremble.

"Look, I didn't lie to you, are you?" Chu Xiong said to the people around him with a smile.

"Mr. Song is too generous..." My companion heard that Song Tianming had visited Chu Xiong before and left him money, but he didn't believe it at all.

As a result, this good thing has fallen on me now, which has made them more determined to think in their hearts!

Mr. Song, we have decided!
Chapter completed!