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Chapter 1307 Recruiting Logistics Soldiers

Having made up his mind, Zhao Hu turned around and walked towards the gate of the camp, where there was a carriage for sending soldiers into the imperial capital for free.Of course, there must be a certificate of entry and exit from the imperial capital.

It was only when Zhao Hu arrived at the foot of the imperial capital that he truly realized how huge the city was. Looking left and right, he couldn't see the sides at all, and when he looked up, he couldn't see the top no matter how he looked.

This city gate is [-] meters high and [-] meters wide. I don't know how much manpower is needed to open and close the heavy city gate?Outside the city gate is a nearly [-]-meter-wide moat of unknown depth, with a wide and sturdy wooden bridge above it.

Zhao Hu was not surprised that there was no suspension bridge.

It is very difficult to make a suspension bridge that spans the moat twenty meters away. It is better to build a fixed wooden bridge. Anyway, if the enemy invades, just set fire to the bridge.

The [-]-meter-wide aisle of the city gate was divided into ten gates by fences, with eight gates for entry and two gates for exit. The two teams of city guards at the exit looked around with ease, allowing those who left the city to pass through.The city guards of the eight teams guarding the entrance were sweating profusely to check the IDs of those entering the city.

Those like Zhao Hu who only need to check the pass quickly passed through the gate, and those traders who drove the horse-drawn carriage were carefully checked. come over.The voices of reprimands, excuses, and grievances immediately sounded on the national road at the city gate, and the team's progress became even slower.

Zhao Hu noticed that many people who wore civilian clothes but carried weapons were only allowed to pass through after checking their passes, and they didn't care at all that they entered the imperial capital with weapons.

While thinking about what was going on, Zhao Hu walked through the passage.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man dressed as a driver said to Zhao Hu with a smile on his face: "Master Jun, where are you going? Do you need a car? The cars of our Centrino car dealership are cheap, fast and stable, and the entire 36th district of the outer city of the imperial capital There are no streets and streets that we are not familiar with."

Hearing this, Zhao Hu discovered that the outside of the passage was lined up with crude one-horse carriages, each of which had its own dealer's logo printed on them.

Zhao Hu nodded lightly, and said, "Go to the reserve yamen of the imperial capital."

The middle-aged coachman glanced at Zhao Hu's rank of second lieutenant, and said with a smile, "Are you going to recruit personal guards? The reserve yamen is in the eighth district, and it will take less than an hour." Seeing Zhao Hu nod, he hurriedly took Zhao Hu Hu greeted a carriage, and just as the carriage drove away, the carriage behind hurriedly took its place.

The carriage was galloping on the avenue, and Zhao Hu found that the avenue was surrounded by crowded shops, restaurants, brothels and other buildings, but did not see a single dwelling.

Hearing Zhao Hu's question, the coachman smiled and said, "The main roads of the 36 city gates are the golden passages of the imperial capital. Of course, these profitable shops are built on both sides, and the houses are all behind the main roads."

"Just now I saw some ordinary people carrying weapons into the city, but the city guards didn't care at all. Why?" Zhao Hu asked the question just now.

"Hey, you must be a foreigner. You must know that there is no ban on weapons in our empire. People can own any weapons. The weapon shops in the imperial capital are very prosperous." The coachman said proudly.

Hearing this, Zhao Hu couldn't help sighing, this is a sign of a strong country, and those in power are not afraid that the people will rebel if they have weapons.

The coachman changed his voice and said, "However, I heard that apart from the direct control of the empire, other places have begun to prohibit people from owning weapons such as bows and crossbows for long-range attacks. Some places even completely prohibit people from owning weapons."

Zhao Hu froze for a moment, muttering in his heart.

Is it because the law and order in other places is not as good as that of the empire?Perhaps, after all, the direct leaders of the empire have regular troops stationed there.

Zhao Hu asked curiously: "The imperial part is divided into inner and outer cities?"

The coachman shook his head and said, "No, the imperial capital is divided into three cities. Needless to say, the inner city is the palace where His Majesty the Emperor lives, while the middle city is where the nobles live, and the outer city is where we civilians of the imperial capital and the imperial military and government offices are located."

"The military government office is in the outer city?"

Zhao Hu, who thought that everything was handled in the palace, asked in surprise.

The coachman smiled at Zhao Hu: "Hey, I know what you want to ask, except that the imperial meeting on the first day of each month is held in the imperial palace, and on other days, the heads of all departments handle affairs in the outer city. The people who came to work came in and out, messing up the two cities of Zhongnei and Nei.

"But if you think about it, there are so many people who go to the yamen every day to do business. If they are allowed to come in and out, the nobles in the two cities may not be able to stand it."

In the chat with the coachman, I learned that because of the particularity of being in the capital, the people in the imperial capital are not forced to be recruited like other places, but join the army voluntarily. Served in local troops.

"What about the reserves? Will they not be willing to become the officers' personal guards?" Zhao Hu asked with a frown.

After getting in touch with the soldiers of the imperial capital, Zhao Hu found that they were very proud. Now that he recruited support soldiers, even though he was ordered by the superiors, he might not be able to get along with them friendly.

The coachman smiled and said: "Hey, don't worry, the imperial capital's reserve army is the same as the reserve army in other places. They are all compulsory conscripts. The guys in our imperial capital's reserve army are either idlers or prodigal sons who have been kicked out of their homes. , or those who have no real property, they are not qualified to choose chief officials, but it is inevitable to obey others. If you have connections, I suggest that you best recruit official slaves."

"Official slave? Prisoner?" Zhao Hu asked.

"They're not prisoners of war, they're family members who have been ransacked by the government and committed crimes. Most of them are strong and strong guys." The coachman explained.

"Guardian? Is it from Zhulian? Are there many people?" Zhao Hu asked again.

"Hey, that's right, it was the one who was implicated, so in this year, we must follow the right master. I don't know the number of people, how many are there, just see who is the one whose house was ransacked, remember to go to The next time a powerful official was ransacked, tens of thousands of servants were arrested from all over the country."

The coachman smiled and said: "Using the words of these official slaves, their life and death are in your hands, and they don't need to pay salaries. How wonderful. And you don't have to be afraid of their rebellion. Being recruited as a personal guard is their best ending. Because as long as they make meritorious service, their original crimes will be erased and they will become regular soldiers. It’s better than being bought by other people as slaves.”

Zhao Hu doesn't care about salary or not. Now he only has one army of logistics soldiers, and his monthly salary is only five gold coins. His salary is more than enough.

What Zhao Hu cares about is that if he recruits those sluts, they will definitely look down on him and treat him in the wrong way. The most fearful thing is that they will lead him in the wrong direction, and it will be troublesome to delay his arrival in the army. It is better to be an official slave, at least obedient.

But I just don't know if I can get it?

If there is an introduction from the marshal, it shouldn't be a problem, right?
Zhao Hu, who is used to ordering, will subconsciously choose the official slave as his orderly.

"Hey, here we are."

Just as the carriage stopped suddenly, Zhao Hu poked his head and saw that there were many main roads that deviated from the city gate, and there was a spacious square in front of his eyes, and at the end of the square was a huge building covering a large area.

On the side of the gate of the building is a plaque that reads "Reserve Yamen of the Imperial Capital", and there are four soldiers dressed as city guards guarding the gate.

Now this place is a bit deserted, there are only a few carriages waiting to carry passengers in the square, other than that, no one enters or exits this building.

Because I was only focused on talking, I didn't pay attention to how this place came here. Anyway, there is a carriage here, so you can just take the carriage wherever you want.

When Zhao Hu got out of the car, the driver said with a smile on his face: "Hey, Cheng Hui has two silver coins."

Zhao Hu didn't care whether the money was more or less, anyway, he was not aware of money, so he took out a gold coin and handed it over.The coachman looked at the appearance of the gold coin carefully, and then happily found eight silver coins for Zhao Hu.

The coachman didn't have so much money, and he didn't know what he relied on to borrow it from the coachmen of several different car dealers in the square.

After entering the yamen, Zhao Hu found a middle-aged major with a haughty expression and squinting eyes. This major is the chief officer in charge of the lieutenant's personal guard.

However, when Zhao Hu handed the major the certificate signed by the marshal and recruiting a logistics force, the major immediately changed his face, and greeted him like a friend for many years: "Oh, second lieutenant Zhao Hu, he is a second lieutenant at such a young age." Yes, you are really young and promising, what kind of personal guards do you want to recruit? What is your job? What kind of manpower do you need? Tell me, let my brother measure and measure for you."

When the major knew that Zhao Hu was actually the logistics chief of the brigade, he was obviously stunned for a moment, but he didn't know if he was considering the marshal's autograph, so he still said enthusiastically: "Hey, this is your Excellency Marshal, brother you, let me think about it." What kind of manpower is needed to engage in the logistics of the brigade.

"Well, the most basic thing is that you need someone who can keep accounts and share affairs for you brother, and then someone who can speak well and know how to serve people, to serve you brother, and a clever person who knows how to inquire about news, as your brother's eyes and ears, and finally come Two strong, somewhat airy ones, to be brothers' guards."

Zhao Hu, who didn't understand the situation, could only nod his head.

The major took out a few ledgers and flipped through them, and after a while he said: "Hey, brother is really lucky, I just entered a group of official slaves, and they are all available. Brother, I will help you choose the best one, but the accountant It may be a little old, is it okay? No problem is the best, in fact, you still need to be a certain age to be safe in accounting.

(End of this chapter)