time travel system

Chapter 339
Chapter 366 The Army's Mortal Disintegration
It was a construction site for cleaning up waste, mainly collecting the construction waste left over from the demolition of houses, and pulling them to a designated place outside the city by car.

Yizhou City has just been reborn, and there are not many large animals, so at least half of the garbage needs to be pulled by people.

Jiang Xiaobai saw that in front of a two-wheeled cart, the person in charge of pulling the cart turned out to be Chen Kui, the company commander of the Second Company of the Third Battalion of the Xiang Barracks. soldier.

The two walked forward one by one, with joyful smiles on their faces.

Not only that, but the original camouflage uniforms on them were gone, replaced by blue overalls unique to the construction site.

No way, they defected?

Jiang Xiaobai immediately stepped forward and shouted, "Chen Kui, what are you doing?"

"Ah, Master Xianshi!" Chen Kui was taken aback, stopped the car quickly, and said, "I went to the city to take a look, and found that there are temporary workers here, so..."

Jiang Xiaobai looked around, and sure enough, he found a recruitment notice posted.

Jiang Xiaobai asked: "You came here just to recruit, did you forget that you are a soldier?"

Chen Kui was a little nervous and embarrassed, but he still said bravely: "This is the order of Lord Du Yuhou. He asked us to go into the city to have a look. Except for the "Three Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention", other things You can do everything. I saw the recruitment here, and the wages are very good, so..."

The soldier pushing the cart at the back said: "Master Immortal, the wages here are really high. It takes only five miles for a round trip, and you only give twenty copper coins. You also take care of three meals a day. And There is meat in the stew. If it is in Baozhou, if you do the same thing, not to mention eating bran and swallowing vegetables, it will only cost [-] copper coins a day."

Chen Kui said: "I calculated it. If we run faster, the two of us can pull fifteen times from sunrise to sunset. Each of us will share 150 copper coins, which is enough to buy a bag of grain. To tell you the truth, I In the past few years in the Xiang Barracks, it is not bad to get so much money in three months."

People die for money, birds die for food, and the lazy Xiang soldiers are willing to sell coolies for a little wages, which is indeed beyond Jiang Xiaobai's expectations.

"What else did Marquis Du Yu say?"

"Master Du Yuhou said, let's take a look and decide for ourselves. Those who want to go home can go home, and those who want to stay can stay."

"Anyway, I'm planning to stay here. There's plenty to eat, new clothes to wear, and wages." The soldier in the back was full of longing, and said, "I earn more than 100 copper coins a day, and more than 4000 a month. After working for three months, I can marry a wife."

It is a good thing that Xiang Bing can stay, Jiang Xiaobai asked: "Aside from the two of you, is there anyone else?"

"Yes, there are more than 20 people pulling stone materials." Chen Kui pointed to the front and said, "There are more than 30 demolition houses over there. I don't know if there are others. Lord Duyu asked us to install them in installments." We entered the city in batches, and there were more than 400 people who came with us, and they dispersed soon after entering."

Even if only these people join the ranks of temporary workers, the proportion is high enough.

Not taking action does not mean that there is no heartbeat. Maybe the next time I enter the city, I will give in.

It seemed that the Xiang barracks had disintegrated, and it also proved from the side that Chang Zilong was sincerely surrendering, and a stone in Jiang Xiaobai's heart fell to the ground immediately.

Continuing to walk forward, Jiang Xiaobai saw more Xiangbing soldiers. Although most of them were watching curiously, many people chose to join the ranks of temporary workers.

Anyway, it's piecework wages, you get as much as you do, and you get paid immediately, and take advantage of the opportunity to come to the city to earn some pocket money, why not do it?
When he was about to reach the end of Yuzhu Street, Jiang Xiaobai suddenly discovered that a large number of Xiang troops had gathered near the North City Gate, and something seemed to have happened.

Jiang Xiaobai was worried that the soldiers would make trouble, so he immediately quickened his pace.

It was only after I arrived that I realized that this was a conscription station, and the soldiers were inquiring about conscription.

"How many times have I told you?" A yamen servant in charge of conscription management said impatiently: "For those who are quite soldiers, fill in their name, age, hometown, previous occupations, and specialties, and then go for a medical examination."

A soldier asked: "What about the physical examination? Is it enough if you look pleasing to the eye?"

"It's a joke. You are a soldier who has to fight. If you grow up to be a little boy, you can go to battle and kill the enemy?" The yamen servant said: "No one whose height is less than five feet five inches (Song Chi, about 1.65 meters), and one who weighs less than one hundred catties No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, body odor

When the yamen servant said this, most of the soldiers immediately showed disappointed expressions.

Most of the soldiers were malnourished, and some were disabled and had tattoos. No more than half of the ten could meet the standard. This is what they thought. If they really participated in the physical examination, the elimination rate would be even higher.

"Can you really give one or two taels of silver every month? You won't deduct the military salary, right?" A soldier who thought the conditions were suitable was overjoyed.

"It's a joke, the stately Yizhou Kingdom is blessed by the gods, how can you lose your three melons and two dates?" The yamen servant got angry, picked up a piece of paper and shouted: "I'll tell you again. Anyone who passes the physical examination is a reserve soldier Recruits, during the training period in the new barracks, can get two sets of training uniforms, three meals a day, and a monthly salary of one tael, or 880 cash.

Three months later, those who were eliminated were given an additional severance pay of one tael of silver, and those who passed were enlisted in the army to serve, and their salary was increased to one tael or five per month. They had two sets of winter clothes and two sets of summer clothes each year. An extra ten catties of polished rice and three catties of meat were subsidized.

This is only the lowest level, and based on performance in the future, the salary will only be much more! "

Is this a soldier? It's simply doing business to make a lot of money!

Not to mention the Xiang soldiers, even the most elite imperial guards in the imperial court would not receive more than half of the salary in name, and if they were deducted by the officers, they would not even get one-fifth of it.

"I regestrated!"

"I'll sign up too!" The soldiers were excited.

However, the yamen servant shook his head and said, "You are the Xiang army stationed outside the city, right? I'm sorry, the lord has ordered that your application will not be accepted for the time being."

"Why, I am sincere!"

"Ask your generals, I don't know!" The yamen servant was already dry-mouthed, and drove away the soldiers and said, "You give way, they are all crowded here, how can I recruit troops?"

"Go back and ask, didn't you agree that you can leave if you want, and stay if you want?" Some soldiers were anxious and went out of the city yelling.

Jiang Xiaobai smiled, and followed the soldiers out of Yizhou City.

The camp of the Xiang army outside the city was much deserted, with more than a quarter of its personnel reduced, and the rest of them were walking back and forth bored.

But the big tent of the Chinese army was very lively, surrounded by hundreds of people.

Chang Zilong inside suddenly let out a long sigh, and raised his hand to pick up the military uniform on the table.

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