Chapter 669 Acquisition of Bingjia
"My friend, I heard that Qiao Zhongan is back?"
As soon as Li Yanqing walked into the big tent of the military camp, Mo Jun greeted him with a smile.
"It was Liu Fang who told you!" Li Yanqing laughed.
Liu Fang is the God of Wealth in the army. Hundreds of thousands of military expenses for recruits are in his hands. He is also in charge of silver mines and trade. Liu Fang should have met Qiao Zhongan.
"I heard from Liu Fang that Qiao Zhongan has a special mission when he comes back this time?"
Li Yanqing sat down and said: "The Xixia intelligence leader Li Yin we captured is actually Liang Anping's son. He wanted to rescue his son, so he asked Qiao Zhongan to come back to work."
"What does Tongzhi mean?"
Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "Don't you think this is an opportunity, sir?"
Mo Jun knew that Tongzhi had always wanted to get a wedge in the upper echelons of Xixia, but he couldn't find this opportunity, and this time Liang Anping came to ask for help, so Tongzhi saw the opportunity.
Mo Jun pondered for a while and said, "I'm afraid he doesn't have much say in the Xixia senior management."
Li Yanqing smiled and said: "I have already asked Qiao Zhongan. Although Liang Anping is Han, he is in charge of the logistics of the Xixia army. Li Qianshun will also listen to his opinions for major military operations. Although he is not the best candidate, at least he is also in within the decision-making circle.”
Mo Jun nodded, "It is better to have a bird in the hand than a thousand birds in the forest. Since we have this opportunity, we must seize it."
Li Yanqing waved his hand, "I will leave Qiao Zhongan's affairs to Liu Fang for the time being. Sir, tell me about the training of the village soldiers. How is the progress?"
Although Li Yanqing now has nearly 40,000 troops in his hands, considering that once the Jin soldiers go south, Xixia is likely to send troops to contain them. Soldiers are assembled into furs. When needed, there are at least tens of thousands of troops in the townships of the states.
This idea was also supported by Kang Wang Zhao Gou, and Mo Jun was handed over to formulate a detailed plan.
Mo Jun nodded, took out a map and spread it on the table, "The low-ranking official and the two-way transfer envoy Liu Kai discussed it. Liu Kai promised to subsidize the village soldiers with 15,000 shi of food every month, and then Jing Zhaojun would take out the food every month." With 30,000 guan money, 30,000 xiang soldiers will be trained with the standard of guan guan money and five buckets of rice per month for each xiang soldier. In addition, there are 20,000 xiang soldiers on Qinfeng Road. Assemble within."
"Is the subsidy of consistent money and five buckets of rice enough?"
Mo Jun smiled slightly, "This is not the long-term training of fellow soldiers, this is the training of ordinary soldiers. The monthly subsidy for the training of the soldiers on Hebei Road is only 300 Wen, and participating in the training of the soldiers can also be exempted from hard labor." I believe these subsidies will be welcomed by many people.”
Li Yanqing's long-term training of rural soldiers is only rural soldiers in name. In fact, they are newly recruited forbidden soldiers. It is not the same thing as the rural soldiers Mo Jun said. In the name of staying behind in the military office, the number of rural soldiers to be recruited and the money and food subsidies will be uniformly distributed to all states, and then the Jingzhao Army will dispatch elite soldiers to take charge of training. The training will be about ten days a month. If a war breaks out, they can also be assembled quickly.
Li Yanqing nodded and asked again: "Is there any difficulty?"
"The main difficulty is the lack of armor, and the imperial court is unwilling to support it. This is indeed a problem."
Li Yanqing took a few steps with his hands behind his back, and said slowly: "After so many years of war with Xixia, I think the people should have a lot of soldiers. We can spend a sum of money to buy soldiers from the people. I believe we can buy them." I got a lot of good armor, and last year when we suppressed the black party rebellion, we also seized more than 18,000 pairs of leather armor. I remember that they were stored in the Gyeongju warehouse. Armor, if these resources are gathered together, the problem of insufficient armor can be solved.”
Mo Jun happily said with a smile: "It's better that Tongzhi has considered it carefully, and the humble job will start now, and try to complete the preparations before the New Year comes!"
Since Mo Jun promised to complete the preparations before the new year, after Li Yanqing agreed to his plan, he vigorously implemented the established plan. Early the next morning, he set up hundreds of booths in various places in Jingzhao Mansion to buy civilian soldiers for a fee.
It should be said that Mo Jun chose the timing very well. There is less than a month before the New Year, and every household is in a hurry to buy new year's goods. It is also the time of the year when money is most scarce, and some things are useless and reluctant. It is of course the best choice to exchange the discarded items for urgently needed money. For a while, almost every household was rummaging in the room where old things were piled up.
On the bank of the river not far from Li Yanqing's mansion, there are also several tables for collecting soldiers. leather armor.
After special training, they can roughly identify whether the armor is good or bad, but they are not experienced enough, and there are still fish that slip through the net. Hu Qinger is holding a shield to criticize several female soldiers for their lack of detail.
"The surface of this shield looks very smooth, as if it has never been used, but the shield cannot be seen with the eyes, but must be touched with hands. You can touch the back of the shield yourself. The inside of the shield has been broken, and a crossbow bolt can blow it away. It pierces."
Several female soldiers touched the shield and blushed. It was obvious that they could feel the cracks. Hu Qinger asked again: "How much did you pay for this shield?"
The leader of the female soldiers, Zhu Feng, blushed and said, "It's probably new, and the price of 400 Wen will be accepted."
"This lesson must be remembered. This kind of shield can only be used for rural soldiers' training, not for the battlefield. Money is a small issue. If soldiers die because of it on the battlefield, it will have too much impact."
At this time, an old woman came over with a big bag and asked timidly, "I have a pair of armor, can I take it here?"
"Mother, the armor is taken!"
The old woman put the bundle on the table, "This is left by my old man. He died of illness last year, and I am the only old woman left in the family. Seeing the New Year, the family has no money. Let's see how much this pair is worth." ?”
A female soldier opened the package, and immediately exclaimed, several female soldiers surrounded her, and inside the package was a pair of red lacquered mountain armor. This is the first general armor of the Song Dynasty, and it is also the pinnacle of armor manufacturing in history. Hu Qing'er stepped forward, her eyes flashed with brilliance, like a pair of exquisitely crafted armor.
"Put it up!"
The female soldiers brought special armor hooks. A piece of armor can only be seen if it is fully propped up. Soon, the female soldiers propped up the armor. This is a large red lacquered mountain character armor. It is very well preserved, the breastplate, body armor, and animal head belly guard are all intact, and the laces are also very strong. There is no sign of decay over time, and it can be seen that its owner is very good at maintenance.
"Ma'am, it still has a helmet!" Hu Qinger laughed.
The red lacquer mountain character armor is usually matched with the phoenix-winged douhou. There will not be only one pair of armor. The old woman nodded repeatedly, "There is a helmet and a knife. I want to keep it as a souvenir."
I heard that the old woman wanted to keep it as a souvenir, so Hu Qinger could only forget it. At this time, the old woman asked again: "Girl, tell me, how much is this armor worth?"
"If it's just this armor, we can give you ten taels of silver, but if you give us the helmet and the knife together, it will be a complete armor, and I can give you twenty taels of silver."
There were not many Zhuqishan character armors in the Song Dynasty. If it was a brand new set of armor, it would be worth at least a hundred guan, but this is the purchase of second-hand armor, so it must not be paid at the original price. However, twenty taels of silver is already the price of this armor highest price. ,
The old woman originally only wanted to sell a few hundred Wen for the New Year, but she did not expect to be able to sell it for twenty taels of silver. She already had pension funds. She said repeatedly: "I will give you the helmet, and there is a big gun at home. Heavy ones, let's send you off together!”
Hu Qinger immediately ordered: "Zhu Feng, you take two people to help the aunt get the helmet and the iron gun!"
"Follow the order!"
Two female soldiers from Zhu Feng drove a donkey cart and took the old woman home to get armors. At this time, Li Yanqing came out from the mansion and came to the purchase point. Li Yanqing looked at the various armors in the bamboo basket and said with a smile : "Business is good!"
"Brother, look at this!"
Hu Qing'er spread out the Shanzijia, Li Yanqing's eyes lit up, "Feilongwei's vermilion lacquered Shanzijia, a good thing!"
"Brother, I think your figure seems to be suitable for this pair of mountain characters."
"I already have two sets of mountain character armor, so I don't need them, give them to Agui! He has always wanted to get a good pair of armor."
Li Yanqing asked again with a smile: "Is there only armor? Where's the phoenix-winged hood?"
"I went to pick it up at home, brother. The highest purchase price is only twenty taels of silver, which seems a little less." Hu Qing'er was a little uneasy.
Li Yanqing said with a smile: "The cost of making this armor is far more than 20 guan, and the price of the Armor Supervisor is 110 guan."
At this time, Zhu Feng came back with the old woman. The donkey cart had a phoenix-winged hood, a sword, and a big gun.
"General, we got it back."
Hu Qing'er took the bag and looked at it, and it was perfectly preserved like the armor, without any rust, and it was wiped clean, shining in the sun.
The war knife is also a standard general's knife, very sharp, and it is estimated that the old woman's husband is a Song general.
At this time, Li Yanqing was attracted by the big gun. He went to the donkey cart and picked up the black iron gun. It was made of high-quality iron, black all over, and the tip of the spear was extremely sharp. Li Yanqing took a fancy to this iron hook and sickle spear at a glance. This is no longer an ordinary weapon, but a precious collectible.
"Mother, for this armor and this knife, I will give you fifty taels of silver!"
"Thank you so much, girl, I didn't expect the old man to leave me a treasure!" The old woman was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth.
"Old family, the treasure your husband left for you is here!"
Li Yanqing waved his spear and said with a smile: "I want this gun personally, and I will give you five hundred taels of silver!"
The old woman was stunned for a moment. The clumsy iron gun she used to prop up the beam was worth five hundred taels of silver.
Li Yanqing laughed loudly, "I took advantage of five hundred taels of silver, this is your husband's treasure!"
【Ask everyone for a monthly pass again! 】
(end of this chapter)
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