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Outside the suburbs of Zhangqiu.

The morning is full of mist.

The rising sun was blocked by fog and vapor, and only emitted a little white light.

In a flat open space at the foot of Changbai Mountain in the northern suburbs, teams of county soldiers are training.

In the early morning of autumn, the county soldiers were all naked and had two sandbags tied to their feet and were running. They should not run too slowly. Those who fell behind would be beaten by the coach on the side, but they would not run too fast, and they would also be beaten when they ran out of the team. They must maintain the same speed and rhythm as the entire team.

Jia Runpu, who was wearing one-armed yellow, stood in the distance, and watched the troops of county soldiers running into the distance like long snakes.

"These rookies are not even in a team, it's so bad!"

Luo Cheng smiled, "You have too high requirements. They were still a group of farmers not long ago. They didn't know so many rules in normal times. It's normal to stretch their left and right feet incorrectly."

"By the way, congratulations on becoming the captain!"

Lao Jia was a little proud, "It's just about five hundred rookies, it's nothing."

Since the battle to destroy Zhiselang, the county magistrate Zhang Xutuo has further strengthened the recruitment and training of county soldiers. He originally established 12 regiments of county soldiers in the county, but after this time, he expanded the scale of county soldiers.

Originally, a county had a regiment of county soldiers, basically keeping a regiment of 200 people in the camp training and on duty, and there were also 400 people who were rotating for training.

This time, the county and county soldiers were directly upgraded to one battalion of five hundred, with one battalion under two regiments.

Lao Jia was originally the regiment lieutenant of the Zhangqiu County soldiers. The Zhangqiu County soldiers were promoted from regiment to camp, so he was directly promoted to the newly established commander.

"In order to respond to the arrangement of the county magistrate, I plan to set up five township corps in the five townships in Zhangqiu, each township, each township under the jurisdiction of 200 township soldiers. When I am free, I will cooperate with our county soldiers to suppress bandits and catch bandits. Shicheng, you are the captain of Zhangqiu County and the person valued by the county magistrate. How about you be the captain of this Changbai Township Corps?"

"Brother Jia, you are joking. In your eyes, the county soldiers are all nonsense, let alone the village soldiers." Luo Cheng still understands some inside stories. The so-called village corps are actually not even considered militias. After all, county soldiers can be considered militias.

The county soldiers are divided into several levels. For example, those who are stationed in the county town must be elite. Among them, the county magistrate's personal guard team is even more elite, and the county soldiers in each county are one level shorter.

Now each township also wants to get rural soldiers, but in fact it really feels like everyone is a soldier.

However, these rural soldiers must be just arrogance. If you want money but no money, weapons but no weapons, what kind of climate can you achieve? At most, you will follow behind to transport some supplies and escort some prisoners when catching thieves.

However, Zhang Xutuo must have his intentions when doing this. Luo Cheng guessed that the most likely thing was to put the young and strong men in Qi County and townships into the organization, so that the fire could be removed from the bottom of the pot, so as not to increase the possibility of civil unrest under the current situation.

"Come and help me. Anyway, being the lieutenant of this village soldier will not affect your position as the captain of Zhangqiu." Lao Jia continued to persuade that establishing a village soldier was the task above.

However, the county magistrate only asked the township corps in various places, but did not give him money or others, and did not even give him some weapons and equipment. In this case, it was not easy to get a team.

"What kind of rank is the township lieutenant?"

The fourth brother finally couldn't help asking, "If Xiaowu refused to come, I can be the captain."

Lao Jia just looked at him and did not answer. Last time, Lao Si led a team to reconnaissance, but almost sent off all the people. In the end, Lao Jia helped him to catch them. He was worried about such a guy and asked him to come to the village corps.

"The township soldiers and lieutenant is just a name, but they are actually rankless and rankless. After all, the township soldiers. My county soldiers and lieutenant said he was in charge of five hundred people, but in fact he just gave him a ninth-rank official. Of course, our brother Luo is different. He is a hero who has suppressed thieves and destroyed bandits with the county magistrate. Therefore, as long as you are willing to take charge of the Changbai Township Corps, I will definitely find a way to help you get a ninth-rank."

Luo Cheng was not moved at all with Lao Jia's promise, because he knew that this was impossible. Although the ninth rank was low, the system of the Sui Dynasty was there. Even if it was such a lowest official position, it would have to be appointed by the Ministry of Personnel of the Daxingcheng Court. Local officials had no power at all. At most, they had the right to recommend, but in fact they were not very useful.

Before the Sui Dynasty, there was a melee between the north and the south, and the local governors had great power and had great power to recruit and enlist. Many low-ranking officials were directly recommended by the governor or directly recruited and appointed.

But after the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian had been weakening local authority and strengthening centralization. Nowadays, the power collection is tighter, and local civil and military separation is separated, and there is no power to recruit and detach.

Lian Lao Jia was originally an old subordinate of the ninth rank, and he was promoted to Zhengjiu because of his meritorious service in the fight against bandits this time.

"Old Jia, this village corps is just an empty name and has nothing. How can you take me to lead?" Luo Cheng did not refuse directly.

"Why is it an empty name? There must be people. Two hundred township soldiers, and the county issued a document to ask the county to cooperate. It is still possible for you to recruit 200 township soldiers in Changbai Township."

"What can I do? You also know the situation now, the schoolwork is heavy, and a large number of young and strong people have been recruited to serve, and there are not many young and strong people left at home."

"Then you can sign up for the male lead. They are all young men who are in good health at the age of sixteen to twenty." Old Jia said.

"But in fact, most of the people who are elected by your county soldiers are middle-aged men."

Lao Jia smiled helplessly. Indeed, there were actually a large number of middle-aged men of seventeen or eighteen years old in the county training and running at the foot of the mountain.

There are not many young and strong people left in the countryside.

"The fourteen or fifteen years old has actually grown up, and the training is also a good guy." Old Jia said again.

Luo Cheng stared at Lao Jia and smiled without saying a word.

Give him two hundred teenagers, what's the use?

If you really face the thieves, you will probably be so scared that you can pee your pants.

"Shicheng, please help me, and I will pull up the village corps as soon as possible. This is the death order given to me by the county magistrate. In a month, he will come to Zhangqiu to inspect it himself. If there is a county brigade here and the five town corps cannot be pulled up, I will have to eat the board by brother. Don't think I have been with the county magistrate for many years, but the county magistrate has always been a perfect choice. You can't stand by the death and refuse to save me, right?"

"Brother Jia, you helped me a lot last time and saved my brother. I should really help you with this. But you said there was nothing, and let me take care of a group of children, and this will be the one who will lose you at that time."

"If you want anything, just say what your brother can do, you will definitely get it for you. You must help you support this place."

"To get up the team, you must have money and food first. Even if you are a teenager, you must have one or two trainings. If you want to train, you must have money and food, at least you must have food and drink, and you must have a place to live. Also, there must be some weapons and equipment. Otherwise, we can't just bare hands, right?"

Luo Cheng held his fingers and said to Lao Jia.

Old Jia looked helpless.

If he really has money and food, why should he come to Luo Cheng to discuss it?

"My brother is good at fighting, but if you really want to talk about this, you really don't know how to start."

"Why would I give Brother Jia an idea?" Luo Cheng smiled.
Chapter completed!