The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 85 Jiang Zhaomo is my uncle!

"Song Lingguan, the document issued by the government said that our fifth battalion will have at least [-] volunteers to go to the front this time. We have to discuss a regulation on how to recruit volunteers." Wen Ling arrived at Yanchuan Gorge and discussed with Song Yingkui how to recruit volunteers to go to Ningxi City to help in the war.

"Han Tingwei, in my opinion, the main thing is to take the initiative to apply for the collection. Didn't the court documents say that one penny can be used to offset ten mu of land tax, and all volunteers who come to apply for the collection will have their grain tax reduced in accordance with the regulations." The court's official The policy is very clear, whether to send people or whether to send food.Ten mu of land tax is about three stones of grain, which is equivalent to a year's ration for two people.Many families are short of food rations this year. In Song Yingkui's opinion, it should be no problem to gather 300 people to move food to the front line.

"I'm afraid the commander is too optimistic. The frontline soldiers are fierce and dangerous. Who would like to take this risk? If you use the method of drawing men, it will be easier to handle. Volunteering, it will be difficult." Han Yuhong More pessimistic than Song Yingkui, going to the front is not a joke, and few serious people really want to go to the front.

"Well, starting tomorrow, Ting Wei's side will start collecting grain, and I'll start recruiting volunteers. Anyone who registers with me, I will write a note, and someone will take the note to your side to deduct taxes. In addition to the ten-mu grain tax for one cock, those who bring their own weapons can offset the three-mu regular tax, and those who bring their own mules and horses can also offset the five-mu regular tax. Those who don’t have tax credits can use their own means to collect grain in the kiosk.”

At a time like this, it's not a time of kindness, and Song Yingkui can't go to the front line alone to transport food if he doesn't have three hundred volunteers, can he?The second uncle said that it was a little troublesome for him to become the commander-in-chief of the Wuying Volunteer, but the trouble was actually how to gather enough people.

If it was someone else, this matter might be very difficult to handle, but Song Yingkui's situation is better.The family has discussed it, and the third uncle and the second brother have to go to the battlefield with him this time.There is a lot of land in the old house. Song Yingkui's family and the old house have a total of four mules and horses that together can cover two people. Song Yingjun, Song Yingxiao, two cousins, and Song Xuezhen apply for the job. They only need to pay ten mu of grain. Tax will do.

Counting down, there are six people from the Song family who have volunteered for volunteerism. Yang Shun'an from the Yang family in Zhuangzi has already stated his position. Five of the men in his family who survived the death will go to the battlefield, and there are also four brothers Song Yingqing from the Song family in Yangxi.About 30 young men like Ding Huanyi in Zhuangshang expressed their intention to follow Song Yingkui to the front line.

About 80 to [-] people from Yanchuanzi and Liujiaying who had been in the Zhuangzhuang Team had already decided to join the Volunteer Team. people.If there is no three, two, three, who would dare to take this diamond?
The other Zhuangzi couldn't get along, so let Ting Wei and the others come up with tricks.More than one-third of the tasks in Qinglongling Sanzhuang have been solved.The Wuying town pavilion is a big pavilion, and there are three small pavilions under it. There are more than 20 Zhuangzi in total, and they can't even make up less than two hundred volunteers. How can we talk about affection?
The recruiting went fairly smoothly. After Ting Wei used some intimidating means, it took only five or six days for a team of more than 300 people to gather together.

Relatively speaking, there are more people in the poor Zhuangzi, while the big Zhuangzi like Goujiahe has fewer people.Because of the drought this year, they have a lot of paddy fields, so the harvest will not be affected much.

"Song Lingguan, our Wuying town has recruited more than 300 volunteers, but we have to waive the food quota of about [-] Ding. How can I report to the county?" People are enough, but Han Yuhong took the food waiver approved by Song Yingkui However, there was a problem, the amount of exempted food exceeded the actual application for more than one-third, how can this account be settled?
"Ting Wei reported the facts according to the facts, saying that in order to let the volunteers have weapons to rely on when they went to battle, the commander decided to use mules and horses to pay part of the food. If the county is uneven, please send my five battalions of volunteers. The front-line armaments, mules and horses are all ready, and the rations will be allocated, and the five battalions will set off again."

With a team of more than 300 people gathered under his command, Song Yingkui spoke a lot harder.Going to the front line to fight, it's fine if the county doesn't have any indication, and you have to keep an eye on the attendance rate. How can there be such a thing?Song Yingkui could probably figure out the situation in Yuyuan County, they didn't have the ability to settle accounts with the Volunteer Team.Now it is not a peaceful year, and the authority of the government is not as heavy as usual.

As expected, Song Yingkui's policy of self-assertion was echoed by other volunteer teams in the county, and they also used this method to bargain with the county government.In the end, the policy of the county is that armaments and mules and horses can deduct part of the tax, but the proportion cannot exceed [-]% of the total number of volunteers.You can't rely on a bunch of equipment to reach the manpower, can you?

On November 300th of the first year of Jingli, more than [-] volunteers from the Fifth Battalion, under the leadership of commander-in-chief Song Yingkui, rushed to the front line of Ningxi Acropolis along the mountain road.

Forty mules and horses, a dozen carts, and more than 300 people, the size of the team seems to be okay.After walking for seven days, they arrived at Dahekou Town, a transit farm between Wazhou City and Ningxi Weicheng.

Dahekou Town is where the Yellow River and the Huangshui River intersect. To get to the Ningxi Acropolis in the Huangshui River Valley, you must cross the Yellow River from here.The volunteers recruited will report and assemble here, and then assign specific tasks.

Holding the report post stamped with the official seals of Wazhou Prefecture and Yuyuan County, Song Yingkui entered the Yamen of the Transit Department of Dahekou, and found the study room and clerks who were in charge of specific affairs.The clerk stared at the post for a long time, as if he wanted to see the flowers from the post.

After a while, he opened his mouth and said, "The volunteers from Wuying Town, Yuyuan County? How many of you have come?"

"Returning to my lord, Xiaomin has brought a total of 310 people to help the war this time, and it is stated in the documents." Is this official illiterate?How many people are there in the Volunteer Team? It is clearly written in the document, why do you still ask?
"The official is asking you how many people have arrived, not how many people you have written on the paperwork. You are a thief, but you want to fool me with the paperwork?" Just after saying a few words, the official's face changed, feeling like It's like I owe him money!
Are all officials so weird?Song Yingkui was a little confused about the situation.But no matter what you think, the 310th Battalion Volunteer Team actually arrived at [-] and four people, so he said stiffly: "There are actually so many people in my department. Are you a donkey? You don't look at anything and just tease Son! I see Master Jiang Zhaomo in the province doesn't have such a temper as you."

Song Yingkui intentionally revealed that he was a related household for a low-ranking official who was so difficult to speak.Relationships are for showing off. If you don't show off, who can know that you are related?

"Do you still know Lord Jiang Zhaomo?"

"Which is my uncle, how can I not know him." The official's reply made Song Yingkui more confident. He had obviously heard of his uncle's name and knew what he was doing!

"Forget it, since all of you have arrived, take the note from our transfer department and immediately cross the river to Haishibao to report. From now on, you will be under the control of the Haishibao garrison yamen transfer station, and will be in charge of Haishibao to Ningxi Wei. Transport and escort missions of military supplies on the front line of the city. If you lose your military supplies, the military law will do it!"

(End of this chapter)