Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 86 Selection of Non-commissioned Officers
The man smiled lightly and said, "I'm from Tiger Ridge, so if I ask you for some New Year's money, Master Yang won't be reluctant, right?"

Yang Baifu was shocked when he heard this, he got up with a grunt, and quickly waved his hands and said: "No, it's really gone. I just came to help someone who claimed to be a hero, and they wanted 500 taels of silver from me. I can't get any more money."

The man's complexion changed, and he immediately scolded: "Damn it, you gave 500 taels of silver when the man from Haohanling came, and you actually said that you have no money when I come. Is it easy to bully me? Brothers fuck, he doesn't Here, let's take it ourselves."

Seeing that this group of people seems to be more difficult to speak than the group just now, Yang Baifu was startled, and hurriedly said: "Don't bother the good guys, I'll bring you the small ones."

After speaking, he hurriedly ran to the back room, not wanting to slip his feet, and fell suddenly. Yang Baifu hurriedly got up, regardless of whether he fell or not, and hurried into the house.

After a while, Yang Baifu came back with a purse and said, "My dear fellows, there is only so much silver. Here are two pearls, and they can be sold for 200 taels of silver. Let the brave fellows let the little ones go."

The bandit leader picked up the pearl and looked at it for a while, wondering: "Can this thing be worth so much money? Okay, I will ask someone later. If it is not worth it, I will settle the score with you later. Brothers, thank you, Mr. Yang, we I'll be back."

"Thank you, Mr. Yang, I wish you a prosperous Chinese New Year." All the bandits said.

Yang Baifu murmured: "I don't get rich, it's you who get rich."

After a while, Yang Baifu suddenly jumped up and shouted: "Close the door quickly, no one will open it."

At this moment, I suddenly heard a person in the distance say: "It's Chinese New Year, why do you see that the guests are still closed?"

Yang Baifu took a closer look and saw more than 20 people walking slowly with knives and guns.

Yang Baifu only felt a humming in his head, and everything was going down at once, and he didn't know what to do.

Red Mountain Ridge.

Liu Erleng and others happily put this harvest in front of Li Jing.

"Brother, the real 500 taels of silver, you count, but I haven't moved a penny." Liu Erleng said excitedly

Li Jing waved his hand with a smile, and pushed the silver towards Shen Zheng: "Uncle, please take it, Zhang Ao, please remember."

Shen Zheng smiled and brought the silver to him for a look, then said to Zhang Ao with a smile: "500 taels is a lot."

"En." Zhang Ao smiled and took a pen to write it down in the account.

"Brother, this is mine. This kid has no money, so he gave me two pearls. Look, is it worth five hundred together?" Zhang Chu said.

Li Jing shook his head and smiled, "I don't understand, let Uncle Shen take a look."

Shen Zheng took the pearls with a smile, looked at them for a while and said, "The quality of these two pearls is not bad, about the same."

Turning back to Zhang Ao, he said, "350 taels of silver, plus two pearls."

After hearing this, Zhang Ao hurriedly recorded it.

Then Zhou Huo stepped forward and said: "I have no more silver here. This kid gave me two ingots of gold ingots. Do you think it's true?"

Shen Zheng took it and said with a smile, "Enough."

Zhang Ao also recorded it immediately.

Finally, Wang Ermao stepped forward and said, "I am the worst. I only gave this piece. Let me see, is it worth 500 taels?"

Shen Zheng took it and looked at it carefully: "It's worth it, Zhang Ao, take a piece of fine jade, write it down."

Zhang Ao nodded and picked up a pen to record.

Gao Qi smiled and said: "Damn it, this kid surnamed Yang is quite rich, and he probably has a lot of good things, why don't I ask the brothers to make two more trips?"

Li Jing smiled and waved his hands and said: "Although Yang Baifu is rich and unkind, he hasn't done any evil deeds to bully men and women. Next time, I won't ask for money. Ask him for food. You four teams can estimate how much you can carry." How much does it cost to come back?"

"Okay." Liu Erleng said happily.

Li Jing turned to Gao Qi and said with a smile, "Who is the next family?"

Gao Qi laughed and said, "Zhang Deju from Gaozhuang."

Li Jing smiled and said, "Has this family done anything immoral?"

Gao Qi nodded and said: "Done, Zhang Deju's second son forcibly snatched a woman from a good family."

Li Jing pondered for a while and said, "How is that woman now?"

Gao Qi said silently: "He threw himself into the well and died."

"I want Zhang De to offer 5000 taels of silver to kill his second son." Li Jing said coldly.

Gao Qi was silent for a while and said: "I'm afraid the Zhang family can't afford so much money. And letting him go bankrupt now may go against our original intention."

Li Jing nodded silently and said, "Then you can figure it out, but forget about Zhang Deju's second son, let's break his two legs first."

Then Li Jing patted Gao Qi's shoulder lightly, and said: "Brother Gao, well done, you must remind me when it's time to remind me, we can't spoil the big things just because of a moment of anger."

Gao Qi nodded slightly.

Then Li Jing turned to everyone and said, "It's the same with you, if you see that I'm doing something wrong, you must remember to remind me."

Sun Meng suddenly wondered: "Reminder? The second boy of the Zhang family should be killed, why let him go?"

Gao Qi looked at Sun Meng and said helplessly: "We are going to these people's homes to extort money in the name of other copycat bandits this time. After these people are blackmailed, they will definitely go back to report to the officials. Naturally, the reports cannot be controlled. Then in order to protect themselves, they organize their own people to fight against us, and the other is to ask for our protection."

Sun Meng stared and said suddenly, "Wait, they begged for our protection? Didn't we just blackmail them? Why would they beg for our protection?"

Gao Qi looked at Sun Meng with helplessness on his face, and said angrily: "Brother Sun, did you hear what I just said? Our people used other names to blackmail them. They don't know that we did it." .”

Sun Meng slapped his head: "Yes, I forgot about this. They don't know that we did it, but they can ask others to protect them. Why are they looking for us?"

Gao Qi glared at Sun Meng and said angrily, "Are there any other bandits within a hundred miles around here? Who, get some water for Big Brother Sun, I think Big Brother Sun hasn't sobered up from yesterday's drink."

"Don't, don't, I'm already sober, but I didn't hear clearly just now." Sun Meng waved his hands hurriedly and shouted.

Everyone laughed.

After laughing, Gao Qi continued: "These people have suffered a lot. One is to organize their own people to fight against the robbers, and the other is to ask us for help. We definitely want to help, but our help is not for nothing. , They have to pay us food and money. In this way, our tax system is slowly implemented.”

Sun Meng nodded quickly and said: "I understand, if they don't pay the money and food then, then we don't have to be polite to them anymore, right?"

Gao Qi nodded yes.

Li Jing smiled and said: "There is no need to rush this matter. We have to take it slowly. After the next year, our main energy will still be on the implementation of the new military system. I plan to implement it on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. Gao Qi, this It's up to you to catch things."

"Brother, don't worry." Although Gao Qi didn't know why Li Jing was in such a hurry, he still nodded without hesitation.

The next day, Li Jing arranged for the brothers on the mountain to prepare for the New Year. Shen Zheng sent dozens of bandits down the mountain to buy wine, meat, chicken, duck and other necessities for the New Year.

Amidst the commotion, Li Jing spent his first Spring Festival in this world.

The fourth day of the first month of the seventh year of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Jing gathered the bandits on the mountain, big and small, and read out the classification of departments on the mountain and the new military system in public.

Most of these bandits were illiterate, and they didn't understand the importance of staff, logistics, and intelligence to an army, but they knew that Li Jing assigned several ranks to soldiers in order to give them the opportunity to get more military pay.

These people actually have only one purpose as bandits, which is to live a good life. Now they can get paid without them robbing, and the pay is higher than that of the officers and soldiers of the imperial court. Where can they find such a good thing.

The so-called strike while the iron is hot, Li Jing immediately ordered the bandits to start a competition of various skills amidst the joy of the bandits.

According to statistics, not counting those who are in charge of inquiring about news and information, there are still more than 520 combat personnel in Hongshanling. Except for Zhuzi who took away a dozen brothers, there are still 510 combat personnel left.

Li Jing first classified them according to their occupations. For example, those who are good at bows and arrows let them compare archery; those who are good at using knives let them compare sword skills;

As for those special occupations, such as those who inquire about news and intelligence, these people will not be assessed.

Because these people have special occupations, the risk is much higher than that of ordinary soldiers, so these people are treated as first-class soldiers at the beginning.

As for the bandits who acted as scouts, their strength was far higher than that of ordinary bandits. If they mixed with ordinary bandits, wouldn't that be bullying?Therefore, the twenty or so people serving as scouts had to be assessed at the end.

For the rest of the bandits, Li Jing divided them into two and asked them to catch a comparison test, and the winner was promoted to a second-class soldier.

Following Li Jing's order, there was a sound of shouting on the Hongshan Mountain, and all the bandits became one in an instant.

However, the strength of the bandits is obviously not on the same level.

The earliest bandits who followed Li Jing were the original Jinniuling bandits. They trained with Li Jing for the longest time and had the strongest strength.I saw them knocking down their opponents to the ground three times and five times.

And the officers and soldiers who followed Sun Meng Gaoqi up the mountain were also unambiguous, and they won the victory without much trouble.

As for the bandits who went up the mountain later, everyone was equally divided, but they were evenly matched.

After a while, the first competition ended, Li Jing let the bandits rest for a while, and then proceeded to the second competition.

The second game is a contest between the winners of the first game, and the winner is promoted to private first class.

After the privates were selected, Li Jing looked at the list and nodded, all those he liked won.

What followed was a competition for non-commissioned officers, and the winners were promoted to corporals. At this time, those scouts were also ordered by Li Jing to participate.

To say that these people are far more powerful than ordinary bandits, these people were selected from among these bandits, and after Li Jing's strict training, their strength is far above everyone else.In the competition of corporals, whether it was bow and arrow or knife skills or marksmanship and melee, these people won quickly.

After the corporal is selected, the competition continues, and the winner is promoted to a sergeant, and finally a sergeant is selected.

(End of this chapter)