Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 585 Wei Jiansu's Little Action

After Hu Yu received Wei Jiansu's policy of recruiting soldiers, he established the first racecourse in Chengdu and began to sell horse coupons to the people of Chengdu.

Even Hu Yu and Yang Zhen'er, who were organizing the racecourse, did not expect that horse racing would be so profitable!

After the launch of horse racing, the people in the entire Chengdu area fell into madness, and a large amount of money flowed into the racetrack. Hu Yu and Yang Zhen'er had to restrict horse racing.

For example, the original six games in the morning and afternoon were changed to five games each, and the betting limit was also increased, and minors were prohibited from entering the racecourse.

However, these restrictions still cannot prevent the common people from rushing to the racetrack. Even after the upper limit of betting is set on the racecourse, there are also private gambling markets outside the racecourse with no upper limit. In the end, Hu Yu led the new army to destroy several A gambling stall that opened a private gambling table broke this bad atmosphere.

Both Hu Yu and Yang Zhen'er felt a little scared about this state. They didn't expect to open this Pandora's box because they wanted to recruit recruits to raise some money.

But at this point, Hu Yu could only bite the bullet and go on.

He set up a barracks outside Chengdu to recruit "loyalty soldiers", which were recruits recruited according to the treatment of Longyou.

Those who join the army can receive a monthly salary, which is higher than the income from farming and enough to support a family.

Once you die in battle, you can get a large amount of pensions for your family. If you are seriously injured and disabled, you can also get a large amount of disability retirement money. Compared with the original treatment of the Xichuan Army, the treatment of the Zhongyong Army can be said to be quite generous.

In addition to these benefits, joining the Loyalty Army only requires training every day, and you can eat three full meals a day, and you are guaranteed to have meat for lunch and dinner.

This treatment also attracted many idlers in Chengdu. Being a soldier can eat a lot of food, which is better than wandering the streets starving.

The 5000 members of the Zhongyong First Army were recruited soon, and at this time, the generals and players who rushed to Chengdu from all over the country also arrived.

The first batch of more than 100 player generals rushed to Chengdu. Hu Yu was overjoyed and took the group of players to have a "hot pot" meal in Chengdu, but it was a pity that the meat was boiled in white soup, because pepper had not been discovered in this era .

Hu Yu immediately used these generals and players as the backbone to set up the instructor group of the Zhongyong Army.

Divide the 50 loyal and brave troops into a small team of [-] people, each team is a standard combat unit, and let a general and player be in charge of training for the team.

During the battle, Li Zheng was the most basic commander. Indeed, many of the players who rushed to Chengdu were ordinary generals and had no experience in commanding large-scale troops.

However, it is not too difficult to lead fifty natives to train.

Hu Yu copied the recruit training drills from Zhechong Mansion in Longyou, and these generals and players can just follow the drills.

Another group of Baigong players also took refuge in Hu Yu. Hu Yu set up an iron workshop in Chengdu City and began to make armor and weapons for recruits.

There are many rivers in the middle of Sichuan. At the suggestion of several Baigong players, Hu Yu asked the new army to build a small dam near Minshui, set up waterwheels under the dam, and built a small water conservancy iron workshop.

Outside the city of Chengdu, there was the sound of water conservancy hammers beating steel, and the sound of ping-ping-pong-pong brought weapons and armor to the recruits in central Sichuan.

The Xichuan Festival at this time made Wei Jiansu feel very anxious. A few days ago, the Nanzhao army captured a Jimi County in the south of Xichuan, the county government was breached, and the county magistrate died in battle.

Wei Jiansu understood the emperor's character very well, such a defeat must be unbearable for the emperor, but now the Xichuan army is struggling to defend, let alone take the initiative to attack.

Wei Jiansu summoned Hu Yu to the Jiedu envoy's mansion. General Wei Jiansu sent Hu Yu his feelings and said, "Now that Nanzhao has captured two counties, the official documents issued by the Zhengshitang and the Ministry of War should be on the way. You can join the army, Hu Yu. When will the new recruits be refined?"

Wei Jiansu originally agreed with Hu Yu to train the new army because there was really no other way but to let Hu Yu try it. Anyway, at that time, the Jiedu envoy had no money or soldiers, and Hu Yu clamored to To train the new army, let him go out and try.

But Wei Jiansu didn't expect that Hu Yu actually raised a huge amount of funds for running the racetrack, and really set up a new army in Chengdu.

Wei Jiansu was jealous when he saw the income from the racetrack, but Hu Yu only recruited 5000 people with such a large income, which also made Wei Jiansu quite critical. What kind of elites need so much money to support them?
Wei Jiansu recruited Hu Yu today, naturally to ask about the formation and training of the new army. If Hu Yu shirks and refuses to fight, Wei Jiansu will force Hu Yu to fight.

Seeing Wei Jiansu's bad tone, Hu Yu knew that his patience had reached its limit.

Now Nanzhao took turns provoking at the border, but the Xichuan army could only forge castle defenses, and this battle was too aggrieved.

Even the voices of the new army began to fight, and Hu Yu immediately said to Wei Jiansu: "Jie Shuai, the new army has completed preliminary training and is ready to fight!"

Hearing this, Wei Jiansu was overjoyed and said, "Have the recruits trained?"

Hu Yu said: "The basic training has been completed, and the rest is training in battle. No amount of training can compare to the training on the battlefield."

Wei Jiansu was very satisfied with Hu Yu's answer, and immediately said, "Then use Hu Yu as the envoy of the Zhongyong Army, and go to the front line tomorrow!"

But before coming, Hu Yu discussed several issues with several other generals and players, and he immediately said, "Excuse me, Marshal Jie, my loyal and brave army is a self-contained army, is it not controlled by the Xichuan army?"

Independent command is naturally very important, and this is what Hu Yu is fighting for today.

Wei Jiansu thought for a while and said, "The Loyal and Valiant Army is also a new army independently organized by Xichuan Jiedu's Mansion. It does not receive restraint from the generals of the Xichuan Army, but only accepts orders from the Jiedu Mansion!"

After Hu Yu finished bidding, Wei Jiansu also started bidding.

He said to Hu Yu: "The racetrack is used to support the loyal and brave army. Now that the Zhongyong army has been recruited, what is the income of the racecourse?"

Hu Yu understood that all the yamen in central Sichuan were staring at the racetrack, coveting the income from the racecourse.

The Xichuan Army, in particular, has always been jealous of the income from the racetrack. Hu Yu and Yang Zhen'er have dispatched several high-level Xichuan Army officers who attempted to seize the shares of the racecourse.

Hu Yu also understood that it wasn't just the Xichuan army who were eyeing the racetrack, even Wei Jiansu, the Xichuan Jiedu envoy, coveted the income from the racecourse.

Hu Yu immediately said: "Jie Shuai, these 5000 people are just the first batch of new troops, and the second batch of new troops will be trained after the subordinates leave."

Wei Jiansu's face turned ugly immediately, it seemed that Hu Yu was still unwilling to give up the income from the racetrack.

Hu Yu said forcefully; "When training the new army that day, Jieshuai said that the Jiedu envoy had no money or food, so Yu had no choice but to come up with the method of raising money by running a racetrack. Why is it that a new army is only now being trained? Jieshuai Are you going to take back your promise?"

After all, Wei Jiansu was a scholar who had been a prime minister, and he was ashamed to plunder like those rude generals, so he could only dismiss Hu Yu and say, "How can this section be contradictory? The money from the racecourse can only be used to train recruits." , must not be used for other purposes, if this Jiedu envoy finds out that someone is greedy for ink, he will definitely not forgive him!"

Hu Yu knew that Wei Jiansu was saying cruel words to scare herself, but Hu Yu also said tit for tat: "Yu can guarantee that every penny earned by the racetrack will be spent on the new army, and none of it will go to the private team." If you don't believe it, you can send someone to check the account at any time."

Seeing Hu Yu's righteous words, Wei Jiansu could only make amends and said, "It's not that the envoy of this festival doesn't trust you, but that the whole Xichuan is watching the matter of the new army. You must not Something went wrong!"

When Hu Yu returned to the new army camp when he came out of the Jiedu envoy's mansion, Yang Zhen'er came out holding the account book of the racecourse, and seeing Hu Yu's face was ugly, he asked:
"It's not all discussed. Why do you still look so ugly when you agree to send troops this time?"

"It seems that Jiedu Shifu has taken a fancy to the big fat of the racecourse!"

Hu Yu told Yang Zhen'er about the conversation in the Jiedu envoy's mansion, and Yang Zhen'er tapped the account book and said, "Wei Jiansu is a melon! He said he had no money to train the new army that day, but now he sees that our racecourse is making money." , I'm about to reach out again! You really are shameless!"

Hu Yu knew his girlfriend's fiery temper, and quickly persuaded him, "Isn't this all expected? I'm not afraid of thieves stealing, but I'm afraid that thieves will think about it. I'm going to lead troops this time, and I'm afraid the Jiedu envoy will have to make some small moves." .”

Yang Zhen'er said: "The outside gambling table that was taken away last time must have been set up by the Jiedu envoy's mansion. If you don't want me to continue to investigate."

Hu Yu said: "This is all a small fight, I'm afraid the Jiedu envoy will come up with new tricks."

Hu Yu sighed and said: "It all depends on the record of our loyal and brave army. If we can win the record on the battlefield, we can keep the racecourse. If we lose the battle, the Jiedu envoy will definitely mention this matter again." thing."

"After I go to war, I will definitely find a way to win a few battles. If the Jiedu envoy makes any moves, you must discuss it with me, and you must not be impulsive."

Yang Zhen'er said dissatisfiedly: "Understood, I understand, Luo Li is talking too much."

After Hu Yu led the [-] loyal army and set off at the South Gate of Chengdu, news came out from the Xichuan Jiedushi's mansion the next day——

The Xichuan Jiedu Mansion wants to discuss the sale of the second racetrack license, as long as the license is taken, the second racetrack can be established.

(End of this chapter)