Qiushou pointed at the words 'Wuhuan' in the north and smiled."This is easy. My lord only said that this is a temporary measure to prevent foreign invasions.
After some small achievements, even if the lord wanted to change it, the people who benefited from it would not agree, haha!”
Liu Heng nodded and praised," That's good. I'll write a complete plan in a few days, including the establishment of various systems and procedures."
All of this will depend on you. Brother Zhao is in charge of the industry and commerce. I will try my best to raise funds to build a new workshop so that the three counties will have enough funds to support the construction.”
" Don't worry, my lord," Zhao Feng said." Sheng will definitely sell the books and paper at a good price to provide enough money for the construction of Xuantu."”
Liu Heng nodded gratefully at Zhao Feng and continued,"The establishment of the new army will be discussed with Commandant Gao.”
After deciding on the strategy, everyone went home. Qiushou, Gao Shun, and Zhang Xian were temporarily staying in the guest room.
In the next few days, Liu Heng and Gao Shun gathered all the servants together. At the same time, they also sent people to gather more than a thousand landless refugees in the workshop courtyard by the river outside the city in the name of recruiting.
"Some of you may have heard of me before." Liu Heng stood on the stage and said loudly. That's right, I'm the famous rich man here-Liu Heng!”
The poor people in ragged clothes and emaciated faces coldly sized up the unattractive youth on the stage. Other than a few people who let out muffled laughter, most of them had one word written on their faces: Coldness.
Liu Heng glanced around and continued,""However, I am different from those rich people. They are heartless and forget righteousness for the sake of profit, but I, Liu Heng, want all hardworking people to become rich so that they will no longer starve and have beautiful clothes to wear.”
His words resonated with the crowd, and the people below all raised their heads and stared at Liu Heng.
"It takes hard work to get rich. Can you do it?" Liu Heng said in a kind tone.”
The subordinates looked at each other and only shouted after a long time,"Yes, I've suffered all kinds of hardships. I'm not afraid anymore!”
"Good!" Liu Heng praised. Those with families stood on the left, while those without families stood on the right.”
At the same time, the fragrance of rice drifted over, attracting everyone's attention to the door. Soon, the carriage stopped, and more than ten workers moved large buckets of food and dishes into the courtyard.
The hungry people on both sides were restless. If it wasn't for the dignified Gao Shun leading people to patrol, they would have long rushed up to fight for food.
When everything was ready, Liu Heng said," Don't talk. Everyone get a bowl and then go get food. Remember to line up. Everyone has one. Don't fight." Anyone who violated the rules would be chased out immediately!”
Hearing that they could eat such delicious food, everyone, including men, women, old and young, quietly lined up to get their bowls and rice. Some people kowtowed to Liu Heng when they received their bowls, while others had tears in their eyes when they ate. They had never seen such a rich person.
Two hours later, after more than a thousand people were done eating, Liu Heng said,""Men, those who are willing to stay and work to earn a little money stand on the left. Those who are willing to earn a lot of money with me stand on the right.”
Before he finished speaking, most of the men rushed to the right, leaving only a few elderly, women, and children on the left.
"You might lose your life if you earn big money. You can still consider it?" Liu Heng chuckled.”
"We've all died several times," everyone shouted in unison.”
Liu Heng nodded at Gao Shun.”
Gao Shun nodded in agreement and walked in front of this group of people. He carefully examined their physical conditions one by one and inquired about their ages and ancestry, registering them one by one.
Then Gao Shun suddenly ordered," Listen up. Everyone, run laps in the yard. Stop when you're called to stop. Those who fall behind will be eliminated. Run!"
One round after another, after an hour, half of the people had fallen behind. After another hour, there were less than 300 people left.
"Stop!" Gao Shun shouted. Those who remain, report your names to me. The rest will listen to my lord's orders.”
Soon, these two hundred people were led away by Gao Shun after they reported their names.
" Don't worry," Liu Heng said to the rest of them." You can still live a good life as long as you work hard."”
A middle-aged man walked out from the crowd and asked,""We peasants only know how to farm, but the government taxes are heavy. How can we live a good life?”
Liu Heng walked down the stage and stood in the middle of the crowd. He looked at the people around him who were a head taller than him and said,"In a while, there will be people who will divide you into groups and teach you the skills. After that, you can work in the newly opened workshop. You will be paid monthly.
In addition, there are additional rewards based on performance, ranging from 1,000 to 5,000 yuan. In other words, the more you work, the more you get, understand? Women could also work, and the wages were the same as men.”
The surrounding people were shocked and did not react for a long time. They looked at each other and were all shocked by these words. "Two thousand! Is this true?"
" Absolutely," Liu Heng said with certainty." However, you have to sign a contract with the workshop to guarantee that you won't spread the craftsmanship. Violators will be sent to prison."
You will also have to supervise each other. If one person in a group divulges their skills, the rest will be punished. Tomorrow, I'll pay you 500 yuan in advance.”
Hearing this, the crowd knelt down and kowtowed, shouting Liu Heng's name. Several people even cried out.
The salary of a township official in the Eastern Han Dynasty was only a hundred dan, which was about 20,000 yuan per year, which was 2,000 yuan per month. And now, the salary that Liu Heng gave them was equivalent to the monthly salary of the villagers.
Even if they used this money to buy their lives, they would not hesitate to give it up.
After arranging them, Liu Heng did his best to train the 200 or so people he had selected.
First, together with Gao Shun, they screened these two hundred people again. Those who had families and relatives were all eliminated. Then, according to their physical fitness and physique, they selected two hundred people who passed and divided them into two hundred-man teams.
Secondly, he would divide the work with Gao Shun. In the morning, Gao Shun would teach basic martial arts and battle experience.
In the afternoon, Liu Heng trained them to stand, walk, sit, lie down, and other military postures according to modern methods. They also used the morning and evening to train their physical strength.
Liu Heng used some modern methods. Five thousand meters of weight-bearing cross-country, push-ups, sit-ups, horse stance, basic military boxing, and so on. Just these alone made Gao Shun marvel.
In addition, Liu Heng also explained the military techniques of the future, such as reconnaissance, counter-reconnaissance, tracking, setting traps, setting obstacles, trapping, encirclement, and so on. This time, not only these people, but even Gao Shun listened attentively.
After a few days, these 200 men had been reborn. They stood neatly together and showed the initial temperament of a modern soldier, which made Xun Yu and Ju Shou's eyes light up.
Liu Heng was not satisfied. He arranged for a ten-man team to fight and strengthen their sense of teamwork while discussing with Gao Shun about forging weapons.
He mainly relied on the current technology and bought high-quality refined iron at a high price. He forged combat weapons according to Liu Heng's memory of the future generation's battle swords that were good for infantry hacking and arm shields that were good for close-range flexible defense. Due to the limited amount of refined iron, he only forged more than 200 sets of battle swords and arm shields.
As for rare items such as armor and shields, they could only find cheap items to make them. After all, a set of armor was expensive. Even the elite border soldiers of the Eastern Han did not have them.
Therefore, Liu Heng adopted Gao Shun's suggestion to secretly purchase cowhide and hire craftsmen to make leather armor. He also sent people to purchase it from the soldiers of the surrounding counties at a high price. In order to not attract attention, Liu Heng also came up with a superb method: The armor of ordinary soldiers was made of rectangular leather armor, so it did not matter if a few pieces of armor were missing.
As a result, while a large sum of money flowed out, more than 200 sets of armor were quickly made, including the young men in the personal guards.
As for the shield, Liu Heng had no choice but to ask the carpenter to forge it according to his memory. The structure should be as reasonable as possible in order to reduce its weight and improve its defensive ability.
Of course, all of this was done secretly in the paper workshop, just like how the guards and personal guards hid in the dense forest outside the city for training.
Half a month later, the 200-man guards had formed their initial combat strength.
Under Gao Shun's and Liu Heng's combined training from ancient times to the present, other than the lack of combat experience, their weapons, protective gear, combat thinking, and military training were on par with or better than the county soldiers. However, according to Gao Shun's evaluation, there was still a gap between them and the regular border troops, mainly in terms of training time and experience.
Liu Heng heard Gao Shun's evaluation and said with a smile,""Commandant Gao, there's nothing we can do about it. After all, these 200 people are undergoing temporary training. It's far from the systematic training I've envisioned. It can be considered an experimental stage of systematic training.”
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