July 18, 12th year of Chongzhen.￡∝

The weather has turned colder, and the newly repaired Hutou Fort has raised a banner of recruitment. He heard the news and came to join the army. Many people even came from the capital and provincial capital. When they arrived, they found that Hutou Fort was full of recruits everywhere. They thought they were late, but this time, Hutou Fort recruited a large number of new recruits.

"Recruiting three thousand new recruits!"

"Oh my God, why are you recruiting so many?" Someone looked at the recruitment list in surprise, and it was a little unbelievable.

The companion next to him hurriedly said, "It's not good to have more recruits. We'll have a chance to get more recruits. You haven't seen the treatment mentioned on it. All soldiers are paid according to the level of soldiers. Even the lowest level privates have 200 points coupons per month."

"What is the point coupon? Is it a treasure money?" A young man on the other side asked hurriedly.

"Oh, you are from a foreigner, this point coupon is a good thing. With the point coupon, you can go to the military service club in Hutoubao to exchange things online. You can exchange whatever you want. One hundred points are exchanged for one tael of silver, and even exchange for other products is almost 100% off, which is quite cost-effective." The person who spoke was obviously this local.

"That's at least two taels of silver. If you can get enough money, it will be much better than the border army's treatment. Even the servants of many border army are only two taels and five taels of silver per month."

"You have to get it for two or five cents. Now, no army in various places can deduct that little, but it's just that the more you deduct and the less you deduct."

"When talking nonsense, the Nine-Headed Bird never deducts silver, and even if you do well, you will often receive rewards. Good training is rewards, and good performance in war is rewarded. In short, you have to work hard and your money will definitely be bright. Do you know that those earliest Nine-Headed Birds team members have only been in the camp for about three months, but do you know that one of them is said to have received hundreds of taels of silver in front of them."

“Wow!~”

A group of young people who came to the expedition all opened their mouths wide and were filled with wonder. Most of these people were nearby farmers, even the sons of tenants, and even some military servants of the guards. It was difficult to fill their mouths on weekdays. If you do some work, you can only make up for three or four cents of money for a day.

Not to mention making hundreds of taels of silver in three months, they can already be moved by one tael of silver in a month.

"Are you still recruiting people?" several people couldn't help asking.

"Don't worry, I'll recruit 3,000 people. I've been recruiting for a few days, but Liu Shoujiu has very strict requirements on recruits. He has to take many exams in a row. Finally, he was eliminated and selected based on his total score. We still have a chance."

"Liu Shou Ge?"

"It's the boss of the Nine-Headed Bird."

"Isn't he practicing?"

"When did you get news? Lord Liu wiped out thousands of bandits last time and made such a great achievement. Now he has been directly promoted to the garrison of Macheng by Premier Xiong, who is in charge of the defense of the five counties, so he expanded his troops."

"So that's it. Then where can I sign up? Let's hurry up."

A group of young people were excitedly looking for the registration office.

In the official hall of the Yacheng City, Liu Zhao hurried in, "Second brother, someone has come to visit again. Look at Mingla, it is Zhu Qianhu, the next Qianhu Office in Huangzhou Wei. He said he is an old acquaintance with you, should you let him in?"

While Liu Zhao said, he threw a silver ingot of five taels in his hand.

Since Prime Minister Xiong Wencan's reward order was issued, Liu Jun's identity has risen rapidly. From a county troupe training chief, Qingyun went straight up, and suddenly became the garrison of Macheng, who was the commander-in-chief. This was a dignified fourth-rank official position.

Liu Zhao, the former logistics manager of Jiutou Bird Firefighting Shop, immediately followed the ranks of the chickens and dogs and the waters rose. Originally, he was just responsible for idle things like the canteen dormitory in the Firefighting Shop. Since Liu Jun was promoted to the garrison of Macheng, countless people have come to visit these days, and Liu Zhao immediately took the initiative to come outside to welcome guests.

In fact, he was just to show off his elder brother Liu Shoujie and to collect the little gifts from the visitors.

Liu Jun could only let this elder brother who was not motivated and had no ambitions. However, there was one thing that he had no intention of asking for money on purpose, nor was he allowed to look down on others. He would bring in and ignore others if he had no money.

"Zhu Qianhu?" Liu Jun suddenly thought of the extremely obese Zhu Chong. This guy is quite familiar. Although he is a little cowardly, he is still a more realistic person.

"That's an old friend, please come in."

Speaking of which, Liu Jun is still Zhu Chong's boss. He was not a member of the same system as Zhu Chong, but because he had studied in Huangzhou Weiwu Martial Arts, he was considered to have something to do with him. But this time, Liu Jun was promoted to the garrison and was given a position as a guard. His garrison was the commander of Huangzhou Wei. This was the fourth-rank military position and a higher leader in Huangzhou Wei. Even if this was just a secondment, he could not manage the affairs of Huangzhou Wei.

But at least on the surface, he was in the same system as Zhu Chong and the same person in Huangzhou Guard. Zhu Chong was also good at being a human being. He immediately ran over when he heard this news. He naturally knew that Liu Jun, the boss, actually couldn't control him, but he knew better that Liu Jun was now a garrison at the age of 20 and had to be promoted by the Prime Minister himself. He obviously had a bright future. Thinking about the first time he met Liu Jun, he was just a martial artist and the deputy of Li Chunjiang Horse Team. But in just a few months, Liu Jun had already taken up the position of garrison with his real military merits. This position of garrison was specially established by the Prime Minister for him.

Comparing people with others is so angering. Although his thousand households are hereditary, he is still a thousand households for half his life. Liu Jun, who is, in a blink of an eye, becomes his boss.

Zhu Chong valued this relationship with Liu Jun very much. He came over and prepared a generous gift, ten horses with 888 taels of silver, which was considered a bloody speech.

There are indeed many people visiting Liu Jun these days. Now Liu Jun’s Macheng garrison is no longer just a training camp in one county, but is responsible for the defense and suppression of bandits in the five counties. Speaking of which, the training camp in the five counties, the civilians and the inspection department are all under the jurisdiction of Liu Jun.

Speaking of which, the fourth-rank military rank seems to be very high, but Daming values ​​martial arts and is sometimes not as noble as a seventh-rank county magistrate who is from a Jinshi. But this is not absolute. Now, when is the time when there are thieves everywhere, this time, nearly 20,000 bandits attacked. If Liu Jun and the others had not repelled, Qi Huang would have been in dire straits.

Therefore, under this situation, Liu Jun, a fourth-rank official, became very popular again, especially as a guard with three thousand soldiers. No one was willing to offend Liu Jun. Even if he didn't want to make friends with him, he could not offend him rudely. The rich and wealthy families of the counties lined up to give gifts these days, and all kinds of gifts were loaded with carriages.

In addition, like the former Liu Jun's former boss, Lu Jinxi, who was the magistrate of Macheng, now has to come to give gifts. Although Liu Jun is not in charge of the magistrate, his rank is much higher. Usually, everyone can ignore Liu Jun, a martial artist, but in the current situation, if the thieves attack again, why should Liu Jun save your county first?

In addition, everyone must prepare a gift from the head of the county, the inspection department, and the military officers of all sizes in the training regiments. Maybe the new garrison master doesn't care about your 520 taels of silver, but if you don't give it to him, he might remember you immediately.

Especially after Liu Jun was promoted to the garrison, the positions of Macheng Tuanli and Hutouguan Inspection were vacant, and many people wanted to come and ask for this position.

Zhu Chong also came today. Of course, he was not here to seek the position of General Manager or inspector. He just wanted to have a better relationship with Liu Jun.

In fact, Liu Zhao has been busy over the past few days and wants to make some progress. Unfortunately, he is embarrassed to speak to his brother. His sister-in-law came over yesterday and said that he was sending some home-made dishes to Liu Jun. In fact, he took the opportunity to mention this matter to Liu Jun. According to his sister-in-law's intention, Liu Jun is now in garrison, so it is also appropriate to bring his own brothers by the way.

But my sister-in-law didn't go too far. She just hoped to take it with her, but she didn't ask for a position to be done.

Liu Jun still has a good impression of his sister-in-law, so he could not refuse such a request. In the end, he promised her that she would consider it, but he had not yet decided on what to do and it remains to be seen.

Zhu Chong didn't come alone, and he also brought several young people with him.

"What are these?" Liu Jun stood up and greeted him, asking with a smile.

Zhu Chong walked in with a fat belly. When he saw Liu Jun trotting for two steps first, then he was about to kneel down. Liu Jun hurriedly supported him. Zhu Chong looked very good, and Liu Jun used a lot of force to pull him up. After getting up, Zhu Chong immediately called a few young people forward.

"Why come over and pay homage to Liu Shouge and call Uncle Shi."

"Meet Uncle Liu Shi." Several young people looked about eighteen or nineteen years old. They were very strong and not as fat as Zhu Chong, but they still looked a little like that on their faces.

"They are all my sons and nephews. The two on the left are my concubines, and the five on the right are the sons of my three brothers. They are all strong boys. They have practiced riding and shooting with them, and even fired muskets. They are placed in the garrison, which means being a humble man. I thought, since Brother Liu is going to recruit soldiers and horses here, our family must not support us, so I simply called all these boys. If I had not left a family to inherit the family business, I would send you the boss."

Liu Jun looked at the seven young people, all of whom were above 1.7 meters tall, and they were considered taller at this time. And it was not a pity that they were children of military officials in the ward office. They had practiced as young people and had good physical fitness.

"All of them are good seedlings, but there is an ugly saying that in the front, the Jiutou Bird Camp has no mercy, and there is no back to leave. Therefore, although you are the nephews sent by Zhu Qianhu, if you want to enter the Jiutou Bird Camp, you have to look at it from the benevolence, start from the beginning and start from the low. After entering the camp, you must start from the private, what is the private? It is the lowest-level big-headed soldier. You must be the commander of the squad, be the general of the team, the general of the flag, or even the general of the hundred generals. You can, with your ability, climb up step by step."

Zhu Chong looked a little embarrassed when he heard Liu Jun's words. He didn't expect that Liu Jun would not say anything about his affection.

But unexpectedly, the seven young men did not look impatience at all. Their faces were calm and they shouted loudly, "I understand!"

"A very good young man. If you are willing to put them in my place to experience, then I will accept it." Liu Jun turned to Zhu Chong and said.

Zhu Chong originally wanted to go through the back door and send his nephew into the Nine-Headed Bird, and then let his nephews be the general flag of the team, and then make some contributions later. At that time, he would earn a military position in the military office, which would be better than staying in the garrison and becoming bad and moldy. However, Liu Jun actually asked them to be a soldier.

He hesitated a little, but several Zhu family members agreed. In the end, Zhu Chong had to smile and said, "Okay, that's it."

He asked someone to take the seven Zhu family children to the registration office. Although Liu Jun has agreed to accept a few people, he still has to undergo a fair assessment. If the goal is not achieved, he may still be eliminated.

This is not that Liu Jun is ruthless, but that after the rise of the Nine-Headed Bird, many people wanted to send their nephews into the Nine-Headed Bird. Some of them really wanted their nephews to find a way out to earn fame on their own, while many people simply regarded the Nine-Headed Bird as a gilded place, allowing their children to come in and become officials.

No matter how big the origin is, Liu Jun will refuse. He sets rules that everyone must be evaluated and selected. Those who fail the grades will be returned no matter who sends them.

"Brother Liu, I want to do a deal with you here, I don't know if it can." Zhu Chong said the second purpose of this trip. "I want to buy the flying dragon guns I used in Huang'ancheng last time from me, and I plan to purchase 100. In addition, I also want to purchase ten tiger squat cannons."

Last time in Huang'an City, Zhu Chong almost fell into it. After this, he also had some reflection. His Thousand Household Office was already in ruins. Although it was not in his hands, he could still survive, but now there are wars everywhere, and his Thousand Household Office is often transferred. It is possible to be lucky once or twice, and it is impossible to be lucky all the time. If you encounter a tough battle, you must have a few pieces of life-saving equipment. Anyway, you can't buy the kind of 100 tigers running together, just a fucking cut corners.

After thinking about it, Liu Jun's Feilong Gun is powerful. With a fixed-loading paper bullet and the self-opening door cover, it is really convenient and quick, especially the Jiutou's musket is obviously more sophisticated and there is basically no blow-off situation. Moreover, equipping muskets is not as good as buying knives and guns. When fighting, it is safer to fire guns from afar.

He has a team of fifty-man servants. If he can all be equipped with such advanced flying dragon guns, he will lose less servants in the future.

"Oh, I didn't expect Brother Zhu to have this demand, of course there is no problem. Our flying dragon gun is called the strongest musket today. It's not that I blow it. It's a 120-step range. Even if the thief wears a wet blanket, it can still penetrate it. And you also know that many muskets are easy to explode, and a musket can only shoot thirty or fifty rounds, but our flying dragon gun, I promise you that each gun can hit at least 500 rounds. As long as you don't deliberately load several lead bullets into the gun barrel, our flying dragon gun will never have the danger of blowing the barrel!"
Chapter completed!