In order to recruit new recruits and recruit brave men to join the army, Zhao Ming ordered the vassal state to offer excellent conditions.

At the same time, the Propaganda Department of the Party Affairs Department of the Kuomintang also created momentum for recruitment and promoted the benefits of the expansion of the Southeast Asian colonies, describing Taiwan, Luzon and other places as paradises with fertile land.

For this purpose, the Propaganda Department specially found several typical examples, all of which changed their destiny after joining the army.

Originally, he was just a child from a poor family. He was poor and farmed for the landlords. After joining Donghai Town, he was given dozens of acres of military land. His military achievements were exchanged for nearly a hundred acres of merit. After retiring, he became a landlord.

Now my wife and children are warm on the kang, there are still a few cows and several North Korean tenants help farm, and they live a life of rent collection that they could not have imagined before.

In Zhao Ming's opinion, these copywritings are really not good at their best, but they are very attractive to the people who have not been exposed to too many false advertisements and have caused a huge response.

After the peace talks between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there was no reason for the people to join the army, the military pay was not much, and their lives were still in danger. It was better to go to work for the workshop.

Now the people have a reason, it has nothing to do with justice, but with their own interests.

The righteousness and slogans need to be shouted, but after all, they cannot be eaten as food. For most ordinary people, they still value their own interests more.

Zhao Ming did not object to the people's pursuit of profit. On the contrary, he believed that the driving force of interests was more useful and longer than just shouting slogans, and could provide a steady stream of motivation to expand outward.

Under the temptation of interests and publicity, some young and strong people gradually gathered at the recruitment sites of Jiangdong counties, and some places even lined up in long queues.

In the east of Suzhou City, more than a dozen soldiers standing with guns beside the city gate, while several clerks were sitting at the table, busy registering the information of the applicants.

Previously, Donghai Town's soldiers were mainly selected from the garrison troops, and their quality was not too bad. However, before Donghai Town expanded its troops, it selected a group of soldiers from the garrison troops. Now it has to recruit more than 30,000 people, so it can only select a group of people.

Of course, although the recruitment was not smooth, Donghai Town still had to conduct a simple test instead of collecting all kinds of people to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army.

First, the medical officer screened the soldiers to ensure that the young and strong are healthy, and there were no hidden diseases or epidemics. Then they were asked to lift a pair of stone locks to ensure that they were strong. Finally, when asking about their identity, the workshop employees and tenants were given priority.

At this time, a burly man walked to the front and easily raised a pair of stone locks, and threw them into the sky, and took them in his hand amid a burst of exclamations.

This casual move immediately attracted a lot of cheers from many young men, and he was obviously a trainer.

Zhao Ming happened to be inspecting recruiting soldiers. Seeing this, he couldn't help but say something to his subordinates. Soon, the burly man was brought up.

Zhao Ming smiled and said, "What's the name? I've practiced it before?"

In the battle of Jiangbei, Donghai Town suffered heavy losses, and Ding Weiyue, Wang Deshun and others all died in battle. When Zhao Ming saw the man in front of him, he developed a love for talent.

When the man saw Zhao Ming, he was not panicked and bowed with his fists, "The villain Liu Qian is all the tricks passed down from his ancestors."

When Zhao Ming heard his accent, he couldn't help asking, "Are you a northern military household?"

Liu Qian nodded, "Report to the Grand Marshal, a villain from Daizhou, Shanxi, who has recently been living here and works in Huaxing Workshop."

"Daizhou, Shanxi?" Zhao Ming was a little surprised, and then smiled and said, "In my commander's army, there is Xie Qian, who is now the commander of the first army. Your name is Liu Qian. I hope you can do your best and make some achievements."

Zhao Ming patted his shoulder, then turned to the registered clerk and said, "Record him the armor book!"

After saying that, Zhao Ming led his subordinates away and returned to the governor's mansion. On the way, Zhao Ming asked again: "Have you come to Jiangnan recently?"

"Reporting to the commander, after the peace talks between the north and the south, the Qing Dynasty carried out a major purge on the anti-Qing forces in the north, and began to weaken the power of the Han generals, implement high-pressure rule, and persecuted the Han people. There were indeed many northerners coming to Jiangnan." Gao Huan, the assistant of the Military Information Department, who was following him, hurriedly replied.

Zhao Ming nodded. It seemed that after the peace talks, the Qing Dynasty was not idle. While sending the prince Yue Le to seize Chenyang, gathered 30,000 troops to harass Liaodong and North Korea, trying to drive Donghai Town out of the sea, while clearing the internal rebel forces, it was obviously unwilling to fail.

Xie Qian sent a message from Pyongyang, North Korea that Yue Le used the tactic of harassment of cavalry to raid the stronghold of Donghai Town in Liaodong, causing great losses to Donghai Town. Zhao Ming wrote to the court, but the court did not respond. Instead, he suggested that Donghai Town withdraw and not cause trouble.

Zhao Ming was full of anger. He wanted to give up Liaodong, but Zhao Ming knew very well that the ambition of the Qing Dynasty was like a hungry wolf, wandering outside the fence. Once he had the chance, he would definitely go south again and bite the Ming Dynasty.

With Liaodong in hand, the Qing Dynasty could not go south with all his might. Zhao Ming did not do it in the end and really didn't care about major affairs in the world. Therefore, in the face of the Qing Dynasty's provocation and the court's failure to support him, he still did not withdraw his troops from Liaodong, but instead tug of war with the Qing army in Liaodong.

Zhao Ming pondered: "Jiannu wolf's ambition, but his heart will not die. The Heaven and Earth Association and the Military Information Department must pay attention to people from the north to avoid making detailed intrusions."

The Tiandihui mainly reconnaissance and inquire about external military information, and operates in enemy war zones and areas controlled by hostile forces. The Military Information Department was recently established by Zhao Ming to monitor the internal affairs.

"It's the Grand Marshal!" Gao Huan quickly bowed his head and bowed with a respectful attitude.

Outside Suzhou City, around the workshop gathering area is a low and messy shanty town with more than 100,000 poor people who come to Suzhou to make a living.

At this time, outside a thatched hut, a woman in her twenties was cooking porridge in a small stove, while a child of six or seven was playing with a group of children.

"Aming!" Liu Qian came over with a bag of flour and called out. Seeing this, the little boy rushed over, "Dad!"

Liu Qian threw the flour at the door, picked up the little boy, and walked towards the woman, "My wife, I know you still can't eat rice, so I bought a bag of face and came back."

The woman hurriedly wiped her hands on her body and couldn't help but ask, "My husband, where did you get the money? Could it be that the workshop will pay the food?"

Liu Qian put the child down and asked him to play with his friends. Then he pulled the woman aside and whispered: "My wife, I'll tell you something, don't be angry, I'll join the army and join Donghai Town."

The woman was stunned when she heard this, and tears came out in an instant, "My husband, the court has stopped fighting, why are you still joining the army? We finally escaped from Daizhou. Now you are in the workshop, and the monthly money is enough for our family to live. Why do you join the army again? Have you thought about me and my children?"

Seeing this, Liu Qian was a little panicked and explained: "My wife, this time I did not want to kill the Tartars, but for you. Zhao Dashui, Donghai Town, posted a notice and gave him thirty acres of land when he joined the army. I was selected as the A Book of Books, and gave him 40 acres of land, ten taels of settlement, and made contributions in the future. Working in the workshop can get a stable income, but I don't want to be so mediocre."

The woman cried, "But I just want my husband to be safe and safe, beside me and tomorrow."
Chapter completed!