In midsummer, the rice fields outside the city are golden and the sun is dazzling and brilliant.

In front of the South Gate Public Relations Temple in Macheng County, a few gongs sounded, attracting the people who came to the market to shop and sell them all morning.

Under the row of big willow trees in front of Guan Gong Temple, there were several wooden tables. In front of the table were a row of people wearing red robes, similar to military robes. One of them was beating with a gong and was very energetic. Two flagpoles were inserted on one side, one was painted with "recruitment" and the other was embroidered with the word "country hero".

A literate person stood there and introduced to the other people who were surrounded, "It seems that this is recruiting rural soldiers."

A large circle was also drawn with lime in front of the flagpole, and several strong young people were standing outside the line to maintain order, so that the onlookers would not squeeze through the line.

The recruiter was Liu Jun. Yesterday he brought a group of brothers and Lu Xueqi to the county town. After meeting with Li Chunjiang, Li Chunjiang was going to come here to personally lead the recruitment today, but because of a temporary matter, Liu Jun finally asked him to recruit first. He sent a few servants to come here, but it was obvious that these servants of the Li family did not take Liu Jun, the future deputy team of the horse team seriously.

Although the person came, he deliberately worked but did not work hard, so he sat aside, yawning lazily, and didn't care about recruiting soldiers at all.

Liu Jun was very clear about these guys' thoughts, but he didn't bother to pay attention to them. Anyway, he had more than ten brothers to help him, and he didn't need these guys to work. It would be easier to worry without them. As a soldier who had been a soldier for seven years in his previous life and had been in martial arts for two years in this life, how could he make it difficult for Liu Jun to recruit a few rural soldiers?

Liu Jun looked at the crowd that was gathering with the sound of gongs, and his face showed a satisfied expression.

"Put our wooden man to the left."

"Last brother, please read our recruitment conditions carefully to everyone."

"Okay." Wang Qian replied. While posting a few early recruitment notices to the row of willow trunks, he also stood under the tree to read them.

"Listen, listen, listen. This is the township team established by Mr. Chunjiang of Xieyuan and Mr. Liu Jiye of Xiwan. It is affiliated with the Baoshengbao Township Group under Mr. Mei of Shenzhuang. Anyone who is willing to participate will register in the front. Once the conditions are appropriate, each person will have five taels of silver to settle the house. From now on, there will be two taels of silver to pay every month, and there will be six dou of monthly grain, and clothes and shoes..."

When Wang Qian shouted loudly, the onlookers suddenly became excited.

"This is true or false. Can I get two taels of silver per month? And six dou of monthly grain?" A young man who came into the city with a bunch of fish to sell fish asked loudly.

"I'm going to give you clothes and socks." Another middle-aged man carrying a basket of eggs also said excitedly.

"I'll give you salt, oil and pickles!" An old lady driving a donkey shouted unwilling to fall behind.

"It must be a lie, and it is impossible to have such good conditions." A businessman in a long robe thought he was knowledgeable and did not believe it at all. "I heard that the government in Shaanxi only soldiers for ten taels of silver a year. How could he call the rural soldiers so much? It must be a lie."

"Brother, please be careful when speaking. You don't even look at who is recruiting people. Of course, the court recruits soldiers with little money. This is because Mr. Chunjiang recruits soldiers. How can the treatment be the same? Who is Mr. Chunjiang? Duke Jie Yuan, the genius of the four ministers of the Shangshu."

"That's right, this soldier is still from Meigong Township." Someone shouted.

The merchant was robbed of white and blushed, but he was still unwilling to be outdone. "I don't believe it. I'll watch it here today. Is it true or false?"

Many young people ignored this business, but they had already asked Wang Qian how to register. For a time, countless young people flocked to the person to register.

The treatment of two taels of silver per month is really tempting. You should know that the court inspectors also selected the soldiers of the local good families to serve, and usually chose young children from families with fifty or sixty acres of land. At first, it was a service, but after the one-whip method, all kinds of service were paid by one-whip method, but all kinds of service had to be served. However, while serving, the court would pay the work-and-food silver.

The archers in the inspection department have only seven taels of silver for a year. In addition, there are also shops in the emergency shop, which is about the same number in a year. There are also various services such as fast-season and strong team guarding the warehouse and access control, and not even so many.

Although Macheng is a wealthy land, because there are many gentry, most of the land is concentrated in the hands of a few landlords and gentry, most of the people live by tenant land or even by hand.

How much is the salary of those craftsmen at this time? Generally speaking, they are divided into craftsmen and husbands. The craftsmen are divided into long-term workers and short-term workers. The salary of craftsmen is higher than that of craftsmen, and the salary of long-term workers is higher than that of short-term workers, but the difference is not very big. The salary of different types of jobs varies.

For example, a painter has six cents of silver a day, while a binding maker has seven cents of silver a day, a charcoal maker has five cents of silver a day, a transporter has one cent and two cents a day, and a female sedan chairwoman has four cents a day, and a cleaning maker has only two cents a day.

In general, if an ordinary worker in Macheng is engaged in non-technical work, he will only cost three to four cents of silver a day. Some jobs with relatively high labor intensity may receive five cents of silver a day. Craftsmen with specialized skills may receive about five to seven cents of silver a day.

One tael of silver costs ten yuan, and one tael of ten yuan.

An ordinary civilian with no skills costs three or four cents a day, and a month lasts for thirty days, only about one or two cents.

Now, Liu Jun recruits soldiers and offers a price of 2 taels of silver per month. In addition, there are six dou of monthly grain, not to mention hair, shoes, cloth, oil and salt, etc., and there are also a huge amount of 5 taels of Anjia silver.

This is far beyond the monthly salary that a craftsman can earn, and no one is moved. Besides, it is just a village soldier, not an official army of the court. The Li family and the Mei family have a good reputation, and everyone is not afraid of being deceived.

There are many people who sign up, including young people, middle-aged people, and even some old men with white hair, who are also crowded to sign up, and there are also some thin little guys.

Zhang Shan stood there with a few wooden men next to him.

The first choice that people who sign up need to pass is height.

These wooden men were made by Liu Jun yesterday, and they were made very rough and had a personal shape. However, the function of these wooden men is to be taller than their height. Several wooden men are the same height, each five feet and two inches. In the Ming Dynasty, each foot was about 32 centimeters, so five feet and two inches was about one meter and sixty-six.

The standard for setting this height is not high, but it is not short. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the people in the south were generally not too high, and the height of Yiliu should be considered relatively high.

"If you see these wooden men, you can't see them. If you are older than wooden men, you will be older than wooden men, and you will be older than wooden men, and you will be between 18 and 28 years old."

A height of five feet and two inches is the first recruitment condition, and the second condition is age. Liu Jun’s age requirement for recruiting new recruits is between 18 and 28 years old. It is not suitable to be too young, and it is not suitable to be too old. Although the upper limit could have been relaxed to 40 or even 45 years old, since he was recruiting new recruits and the conditions were so good, Liu Jun was not afraid of not being able to recruit people, so he simply tried to recruit younger ones.

As soon as these two conditions were released, a large number of eager people were immediately discouraged. Many people were either not as old as possible or were not tall enough.

"I am only thirty years old, and I am still young. It's much more suitable than those guys whose birds are not yet fully grown." Several people in their thirties shouted there in discontently, but unfortunately, the standard is the standard, and there is no possibility of compatibility.

The guy sent by the Li family was sent by Liu Jun at this time. They looked merciless and cold, and drove all the guys who opposed the protest aside. Several people were like door gods, standing on the white line, and no one who was beaten down could pass through them.

However, even those who pass the basic requirements of height and age are not happy.

There are still many tests waiting for them.

The applicants who passed the height and age screening were brought aside, all of them were young men. Liu Jun nodded with satisfaction. It has to be said that Macheng is indeed rich and has a large population. Even though many places in the late Ming Dynasty were generally sad, it seemed that it was not much affected.

"The third test strength is that there is a row of stone locks, which are 100 to 300 kilograms. Everyone can choose according to their own skills and try it a few more times. After the test, each person can go to that end to get two sesame cakes." Liu Jun shouted to the group of applicants who passed the first two levels.

The first level is to measure height, the second level is to measure age, and the third level is to measure strength.

The lowest standard is to lift a 50-pound stone lock with both hands, and lift it ten times to be qualified. Of course, if the strength is greater, the better the score will be. If you can directly lift the 200-pound Qinglong Yanyue Knife borrowed from Guan Gong Temple and dance, you will get the highest score.

Liu Jun could lift a 200-pound big sword, but he could only dance a few times. Of course, he could only dance a few times and could not fight. This was just a test of strength. In the Ming Dynasty, except for Liu Dadao who really used a 100-pound big sword as a combat weapon, there was no such a great man.

Many people were ruthlessly brushed in the third level. Even if they lifted fifty kilograms of stone locks with their hands ten times, they were not something that everyone could pass. Most people couldn't do it, so they could only take two pancakes outside the line to watch the fun.

Although many people were stolen, they were still very satisfied that they could still get two fragrant pancakes in just a while.

On the side of the table, a servant from the Li family frowned at the lively scene, and smiled distractedly, "Why are you doing this trouble? Just lead the horse out and put the bow on it, and let someone try to ride and shoot." The man had a wide shoulders and narrow back, a curly beard and a very burly face. Among the servants from the Li family, this man was obviously tall.

Liu Jun smiled and said, "Macheng is not the north after all, nor is it the nine-sided place. How can so many people who can ride horses and shoot arrows? Therefore, I have no choice but to choose the closer ones. We will recruit a group of young and strong ones, and it will be the same when we go back to train."
Chapter completed!