Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 98
Gao Qi pondered all night before he figured out how to recruit soldiers.

Early the next morning, Gao Qi sent out the bandits who were born and bred locally, and asked them to recruit people in the villages and towns around Hongshanling.

These people are all local people, and they have relatives in the surrounding villages and towns. It is obvious that they are more effective in recruiting people than Gao Qi himself.

These people were vigorous and resolute. They wandered around the nearby villages and towns. As soon as they said the conditions, hundreds of people came to Hongshanling that day.

Hearing that so many people came all at once, Li Jing couldn't help but be full of doubts. How can there be so many young people in this place?

Li Jing came to the training ground in a hurry, and was immediately disappointed when he saw it.

Most of the people who came here were too old, at least eight of the ten people were over 50 years old, and three of the 40-year-olds were young, and only a dozen or so people could meet Li Jing's requirements.

Li Jing wondered, didn't Gao Qi explain clearly to them?Otherwise, why are all the old men here?
Gao Qi himself was very helpless.

The brothers who went to recruit people made the conditions clear, but they heard that there was a monthly salary of one tael of silver. This group of people, regardless of their age, wanted to try their luck and begged the recruiting brothers to take them up the mountain.

The brothers who were doing propaganda were not sympathetic, so they had to be taken to the mountains.

These people are not stupid, they all understand that whether to accept these people is one thing, and whether to take them is another matter.If you don't bring it, you will offend others, and they don't want to do things that offend others.

After hearing the reason, Li Jing suddenly realized that all these people came here for a monthly salary of one tael. Could it be that his own military salary is set very high?
Immediately Li Jing shook his head, Gao Qi, Old Man Chen and the others would not lie to him about how much the military salary should be paid. It was obvious that these people did not understand what kind of situation they would face after going up the mountain.

In the final analysis, the reason still lies with Li Jing, that is, Li Jing's gang of bandits did not do many things that bandits should do, and the officers and soldiers basically did not come to encircle and suppress them.

It was so easy to come here once a year ago, and finally went back in a disheartened manner, which made these ordinary people think that being a bandit in Hongshanling is a good job, the income is not low, and the safety is also very high.

These people don't understand at all, how can they not make trouble when they are bandits?Moreover, the troubles are all major events, and sooner or later the officers and soldiers will encircle and suppress them.

Li Jing wanted to understand the reason, and immediately understood that these people could not be simply dismissed at this time, and he had to explain the reason why they could not be accepted.Moreover, they had to be told that the one who went up the mountain was a bandit, so they couldn't talk nonsense about it, otherwise, they would be in trouble if they were found out by the government.

That is to say, after Li Jing arrived in Hongshanling, he did a lot of good things to the villagers around him. The people believed in him and knew that Li Jing would not lie to them. Otherwise, it would be really difficult to do ideological work.

After Li Jing explained to them for a long time, they finally understood that being a bandit is a physical job, and the elderly cannot do this job.Moreover, being a bandit is risky, and it will hurt the family. The timid people can't do this business, so you must be cautious when entering the business.

Li Jing was so frothy that he finally got these old men back, but the young ones stayed.

Young people are always more courageous, and their spirit of adventure must be much stronger than those old men.

Seeing that the people around Li Jing were well-dressed and well-groomed, all of them were upright and full of energy, and seeing themselves in ragged clothes and green faces, it would be a lie to say that they were not envious.

Of course they understood what was causing it.

The head of the family is rich, and the brothers under him eat well, dress well, and train all day, so they are full of energy.

What about yourself?Tossing the few acres of land all day long, the poor can't even put on pants, and can't solve the problem of food and clothing, let alone marrying a wife, and the night life is all handwork.

After all, these people are young, how could they have no pursuit at all?
What's more, they also understood the meaning inside and outside the words of Li Jing's words. Wealth and wealth are sought in insurance, and one cannot make a fortune without taking any risks.

If you want to live like others, you have to put your head on your belt like others.

If these people are determined to do it, wouldn't they die at worst?At least I had a good life and a good life before I died. If I'm lucky, I can find a woman to have a baby before I die.

So on the first day of recruiting, a total of 11 recruits were recruited, which was a good start.

However, this number is too different from Li Jing's expectations. It takes a thousand soldiers to recruit, and it takes the year of the monkey!
Li Jing could see that Gao Qi's idea of ​​recruiting troops was right, but the specific way of recruiting these people was wrong.

This matter should not be told to these old people at all, nor can it be said in front of the old people at home, it should be directly told to those young people in private.

Otherwise, I would have to get a bunch of old men and old ladies up the mountain every day, and I wouldn't be exhausted!
Li Jing did ideological work for these old men for a long time today, but at this time he deeply realized that political work is not easy to do.

Rubbing his temples, Li Jing waved to Gao Qi.

Gao Qi hurried over.

"Brother, you can't do it like this! Do you have any ideas?" Li Jing said while pressing his head.

Gao Qi smiled wryly and said: "Brother didn't handle this matter well, it made big brother suffer."

Gao Qi could see that Li Jing was very patient when explaining to those old men, no matter what the old men said, he never got angry.

Gao Qi admired Li Jing's patience. If it was him, these old men would have been sent down the mountain.

Li Jing shook his head and said: "Brother, I'm not saying that you are doing this wrongly. Your thinking is completely fine. The key is the people who execute it. It's hard for you to talk about it. Those people are big bosses. Where would you do this?"

Gao Qi nodded and smiled wryly: "Yes, these guys let them drink, brag and fight, it's not that material at all."

Li Jingjing nodded, and was about to speak, when a flash of inspiration suddenly occurred, he grabbed Gao Qi's hand: "What did you just say?"

Gao Qi was startled, not knowing what he said wrong, he just repeated: "I said those people are not suitable for this job at all."

Li Jing shook his head and said, "It's not this sentence, it's the last sentence."

Gao Qi thought for a while and said, "The last sentence is that it's okay to let those guys drink and brag and fight."

Li Jing patted his thigh: "Yes! That's it, I know what to do."

Gao Qi was puzzled: "You want those guys to go down the mountain to drink and fight?"

Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile: "How can our brothers on the mountain go down the mountain to drink and fight? Isn't that bad for our reputation. I want these people to go down the mountain to drink and brag."

As he spoke, Li Jing pointed to the eleven newcomers.

"Let them go down the mountain to drink and brag?" Gao Qi repeated in a murmur.

Li Jing smiled and nodded, "Brother, let me ask you, who do you usually drink with?"

"Of course I'm going to have a drink with my like-minded brother." Gao Qi replied without thinking.

Li Jing smiled and asked: "If you are asked to drink with Uncle Shen and Uncle Chen, can this wine be drunk?"

Gao Qi didn't know what Li Jing meant, so he pondered for a while and said, "It's okay to talk about things, but if it's okay to drink and chat, then I definitely won't drink with them."

"Why?" Li Jing asked.

Gao Qi glanced around, saw that there were no shadows of Shen Zheng and old man Chen around, and then he said: "Brother, no matter how old they are, no matter how old we are, we can't chat together."

Li Jing laughed and said: "Hahaha, that's the reason. Then if you tell these boys to go down the mountain to find someone to drink, who will they find?"

"Of course it is..." Gao Qi suddenly reacted when he said this, slapped his thigh and shouted: "I understand, big brother is really clever."

Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile: "You don't have to flatter me, if it wasn't for your words, I wouldn't remember that. Well, you can figure out what to do next."

Gao Qi nodded, looked at those people and thought for a while and said, "Brother, bragging also requires capital. Look at these boys' outfits, and they can't afford to brag."

Li Jing smiled and said: "Since you can see this, then you have an idea, you can figure it out."

"That's fine, then I'll give the order." Gao Qi said with a smile.

Li Jing waved his hand.

Gao Qi turned around and looked at Zhang Ao who was registering the information of the eleven newcomers: "Zhang Ao, come here and call the new brothers over."

Zhang Ao didn't know what Gao Qi asked him to do, so he put down his pen hastily, and waved to the newcomers who were registering: "Instructor Gao told us to go over, you follow me."

After finishing speaking, he rushed over in a hurry, first saluted Li Jing, then Gao Qi, and then said, "Instructor Gao, I don't know why you are looking for a student?"

Gao Qi said with a smile: "Zhang Ao, don't call yourself a student in front of me, Gao Qi is a big bastard, you call yourself a student, isn't that an insult!"

Li Jing pointed at Gao Qi and scolded with a smile: "He was born as a scholar, so he can be as rude as you? Stop rambling and talk about business."

Gao Qi scratched his head, smiled and said, "Zhang Ao, buy a new set of clothes for each of these new brothers immediately, and give each of them a tael of silver."

Zhang Ao was taken aback, looked up at Li Jing, saw Li Jing waved his hand, nodded immediately and said, "I'll do it now."

After Zhang Ao left, Gao Qi said to the ten or so newcomers: "After you have changed into new clothes, go down the mountain with your silver to find your familiar friends, and then"

Gao Qi explained his thoughts in detail, and finally asked, "Do you understand everything?"

"Understood, but there is one thing I want to ask, is this tael of silver counted as our military salary?" one of them said.

Li Jing and Gao Qi couldn't help but laugh.

Li Jing smiled for a while and said: "This tael of silver is for your work, and has nothing to do with your military salary. But if you spend the money and can't find someone, then I will have to deduct your salary."

The man was overjoyed and said: "Master of the family, Senior Instructor, just go ahead, I will definitely drag all my brothers to the mountain."

Gao Qi looked at Li Jing in a blink of an eye, saw Li Jing's head, and immediately continued: "If you can attract ten people, I will give you a reward of one tael of silver, and if you can attract thirty people, I will give you five taels. Come fifty people, I will reward you ten taels."

After finishing speaking, Gao Qi turned to look at the other people and said, "It's the same for you, as long as you can get the number of people I mentioned, I will reward you as well."

Li Jing shook his head and smiled after hearing this: "Hehe, let me tell you, this reward was paid out of Brother Gao's own pocket, you must bring more people in, and let him bleed hard."

"Brother Gao is the instructor, right? He paid us out of his own pocket. If the flesh hurts in the future, won't he torture us?" One person said cautiously.

Gao Qi was furious when he heard this: "Fuck you motherfucker, what kind of person would I be to care about this with you?"

Li Jing burst out laughing when he heard this.

(End of this chapter)