One kick to the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 172 Miscalculation

In the afternoon, Qin Yi called Wei Kai alone to the second hall of the county government office, and the two had a long conversation for the first time as superiors and subordinates.

"Mr. Wei..."

As soon as Qin Yi opened his mouth, Wei Kai got up and bowed his hands to him, and said, "Xianzun, Wei is your assistant officer now, and I hope the county will stop using the word 'Mr.' to call XX."

"Oh, since that's the case, Qin won't be hypocritical, so I'll call you Boru." Qin Yi changed his words.

"It's so good!" Satisfied, Wei Kai sat back down again.

Qin Yi said again: "Boru, you can abide by the previous agreement with Qin and donate so much food. Qin is very grateful. However, there is still a big gap in our food. I don't know if Brother Boru promised to lend it to you. When will Qin's food arrive?"

"The county official said that most of Wei's property is in the countryside outside the city, and there is not much food stored in the city. It will take several days to deliver the food that he promised to lend to the county official." Wei Kai explained.

Qin Yi nodded, and said a little ashamedly: "It's not that Qin is unkind, but that Qin, after careful consideration, thinks that Baolu County will not be attacked by Baibo bandits or other forces with ulterior motives just by relying on the current strength. Not enough time, besides, Qin Mou also promised to help Boru avenge his father, and sooner or later he will turn against the Baibo bandits, so Qin Mou decided to expand the army to prepare for war, food is an urgent need!"

"The county lord plans to expand the army?" Wei Kai asked in surprise.

Qin Yi said: "The situation in Bingzhou is complicated, and we cannot tolerate Qin not expanding his troops!"

After a short pause, he asked Wei Kai: "Qin is going to ask Boru for advice, what's your opinion on the expansion of troops in Lu County?"

"But I don't know how the county officials want to raise soldiers?" Wei Kai asked.

Qin Yi was startled: "How to raise soldiers? When the soldiers are fed, I naturally provide food and recruit troops. Is there any other way to raise soldiers?"

Wei Kai smiled slightly: "The county lord doesn't know something. The imperial court's army is divided into recruits and conscripts. The recruits are usually directly under the imperial court, and the court provides food and salaries. That's what the county lord just said, 'be a soldier and eat food'. Conscripts are different. , Most of the conscripts are the people of local counties and counties, they serve the people in peacetime and the army in wartime, and they provide their own rations and ordnance."

"Then what are the advantages and disadvantages of recruiting and conscription?" Qin Yi was very interested and asked Wei Kai again.

Wei Kai said: "The recruited soldiers have been trained for a long time, are well-organized, have strict military disciplines, and are more powerful than conscripts, but the cost of raising them is quite high. To put it bluntly, conscripts are temporarily formed by the common people when there is a war. They lack training. He also neglects military discipline, so when fighting a war, he is naturally weaker than recruiting soldiers. But the advantage is that the cost of raising soldiers is very small."

In fact, Qin Yi already knew something about the military system of the Han Dynasty, and he knew everything Wei Kai said.The reason why he asked Wei Kai was that he wanted to test whether Wei Kai knew about military affairs.

Wei Kai answered fluently, which made Qin Yi secretly happy: It seems that this person is really not a nerd, at least he is proficient in military common sense.

After being silent for a while, Qin Yi said: "Nowadays, the world is not peaceful, and the military service is an embarrassing task, so it can only be used as a reserve soldier. What I want to raise is naturally recruiting. Does Bo Ru have a way to recruit?"

Wei Kai thought about it for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Master Xian, if you want to expand your army, it's better to post the recruitment notice immediately."

"Why?"

"Now that the autumn harvest is over, the common people have nothing to do in farming, and there is not enough food left at home. It is the time to worry about sitting idle. If the county officials tell the common people that joining the army will be supported by the government, the common people will flock to sign up."

Qin Yi thought for a moment: That's right, being a soldier can save one person's rations for the family. This kind of good thing, everyone must be eager to be the first.

Thinking about it again, no, it must be so in a peaceful age, but the world is not peaceful now, being a soldier means fighting, means desperate, do the common people dare to come?
"Bo Ru, you also know that the soldiers I have recruited will definitely go to the battlefield in the future. Will the people be afraid of their lives and dare not join the army?" Qin Yi asked Wei Kai immediately.

Wei Kai said: "The county lord is too worried. In troubled times, human life is the cheapest. The common people are already precarious, and they are always in fear. Although they can fight in the army, they can at least have food, and there are many people, and the chance of survival is higher. "

After a short pause, Wei Kai said again: "To tell you the truth, there are nearly a hundred private soldiers in Wei's family. These people are all tenant farmers recruited by Wei. Almost as soon as Wei asked, countless people signed up."

"Oh, if that's the case, why don't you bother Boru to draft a recruitment notice today?" Since Wei Kai is so confident in recruiting troops, why not leave it to him.

"I don't know how many troops the county official wants to recruit?" Wei Kai asked.

Qin Yi stretched out a slap: "Tentatively, five thousand."

"Five thousand? Too much!" Wei Kai exclaimed.

"Is it many?" Qin Yi was a little confused. One county recruits 5000 people. Is it a lot?

Wei Kai smiled wryly: "Does the county lord know how many people there are in Lu County?"

"I've checked the registration book. There are 620 three households in Luxian County, and seven townships under its jurisdiction. The registered population in the countryside is 390 households. The total population in Luxian County is about 4000 households." Qin Yi memorized the numbers fluently, and then said: "I always count the population by the number of households, which is very inaccurate. The population of large households and small households is very different. But a conservative estimate, even if there are five males in a large household and two in a small household, if you do this calculation, you only need to recruit [-] people. One person per household, shouldn’t be too much, right?”

Wei Kai shook his head and said: "Honorable County, the book you are looking at is from several years ago. Over the years, my court has been in constant turmoil, and the population has dropped sharply. According to Wei's estimation, if our county can recruit a thousand strong men, it will be enough Insane."

"It's like this?!" Qin Yi was surprised and disappointed.

Thinking about it carefully, he is indeed too optimistic. In this era, family planning is not implemented, but births are encouraged. The increase or decrease in the number of population households is one of the important indicators for considering the performance of local officials.The registers in the county government office are probably the same as the GDP figures of later generations, and they are already full of moisture.Coupled with the population reduction caused by the war, the book is even more innumerable.

"If the county magistrate does not believe Wei's words, he can send someone to conduct a detailed investigation of the population of our county."

Qin Yi waved his hand hastily: "That's unnecessary, I naturally believed in Bo Ru's calculations. It was my plan that was hasty, and I made a quick decision without careful consideration."

"How many troops do you plan to recruit?" Wei Kai asked again.

Qin Yi thought for a while and said with a wry smile: "I won't decide on the number of collections yet. Let's see how many people sign up."

"What does the county lord mean to let the common people sign up first, instead of directly recruiting them into the army?"

Qin Yi nodded and said: "That's the case. We are short of food, if we directly recruit the people into the army, how can we raise soldiers. Let's post the conscription notice first, and then make a decision after seeing the specific situation!"

"Wei understands the meaning of the county lord, so I will write the notice now."

As he spoke, Wei Kai stood up.

"Bo Ru is not in a hurry, I have other matters to consult."

(End of this chapter)