"Thank you, Lord General Banner."

Wu Nian said politely.

That's how he is. People respect me one foot, and I respect others one foot.

Although Li Kun helped him because he was incompatible with Cheng Gao, he helped him just because he helped him. And Li Kun was really always very polite to him.

Li Kun was actually shocked.

He heard that Kingman City ordered the killing of tigers and rewarding Xiaoqi's official positions, and he felt it was unreliable.

That's a tiger, the king of all beasts. Is it so easy to kill?

Unexpectedly, someone really killed it, and it was Wu Nian.

He suspected that Wu Nian had killed Li Ding, and felt that Wu Nian was extraordinary, so he got closer, but he did not expect that Wu Nian would become a small banner in this way.

There are only thirteen officials in the hundred households.

Xiaoqi led his troops directly.

The two general flags each carry five small flags.

Everything else is under their jurisdiction.

But Li Kun knew that Wu Nian would definitely not be the same as Cheng Gao.

To win over Wu Nian is to win over Wu Nian's soldiers.

Wu Nian has more weight.

Yesterday he thought about it carefully and sent someone to the county town to buy gifts today.

All in all, the two are allies.

After the two said some more, Wu Nian explained his purpose.

"You actually want to expand your troops, pay enough food and salary, and train troops." Li Kun looked at Wu Nian in surprise.

He was amazed.

Nowadays, the people of the Mongols and Yuan dynasties in the north are becoming more and more powerful, but both civil officials and military officials are trying hard to make money, and they are drunk and dreaming of death.

People like Wu Nian are rare, not to mention that they are rare.

"Yes." Wu Nian nodded, then bowed and begged: "Master General Banner knows it too. I, Wu Nian, was born in a small soldier and don't know much about the tricks here. Please give me some advice."

Li Kun cares more about Wu Nian.

If something really happens, Wu Nian is definitely more reliable than anyone else.

"Okay. Be ambitious." Li Kun raised his thumbs up, praised him, and began to ponder. At this moment, a servant walked in with a teacup.

Li Kun picked up the teacup and drank it a few sips, then put it down, looked up and said to Wu Nian: "In recent years, the court's finances have become increasingly difficult. The court, who is an official, has not deducted its salary, and has been from the seventh-rank small flag to seven stones of rice per month."

"But it's not all rice, some are copper coins, goods."

"Every soldier can receive eight dou of rice every month."

"But this is a full salary."

"In fact, a hundred households draw two dou of rice, the general flag draws two dou of rice, and the small flag draws two dou of rice. When it comes to the hands of the soldiers, there are only two dou of rice left."

"You make a big noise to them, and you'll have four dou of rice every month."

At the end, Li Kun raised his head and looked at Wu Nian and said sincerely: "These are all things on the surface. When it comes to the battlefield, soldiers are not as reliable as domestic slaves. I suggest that you take out part of your salary, deduct some of the food and rice of soldiers, and cultivate reliable domestic slaves."

"Thank you, Lord General Qi, for your advice." Wu Nian knew it in his mind after hearing this.

He sneered in his heart.

He had no choice but to seize two dou of food for Baihu Jinman City. Jinman City was the local emperor and supreme ruler of the entire Baihu Institute.

And Kings City is quite polite to him.

However, if the general flag is high, he will take away two dou of food, but he will never let the other party succeed.

After thinking about it for a while, Wu Nian temporarily let go of this matter.

Food and salary will be distributed on the first day of each month.

It's the eighth day of the lunar month now, and there are more than 20 days left.

Let’s talk about the soldiers who have expanded their troops first.

As for the family slave, he has no intention of raising the family slave for the time being.

To raise soldiers, you have to raise them.

Full salary is only the most basic condition.

The daily training of soldiers, the update of weapons, the update of battle jackets, and the update of armor. Each item is like a flow of money.

He didn't care about Xiaoqi's salary.

He can definitely take it out and subsidize soldiers.

It is not that there is combat effectiveness if you have soldiers, but that there is only that you have elite soldiers in your hands.

After thanking Li Kun for some thanks, Wu Nian stood up and went back to the Wu family courtyard.

Liu Xiang has returned and is feeding the chicks in the yard. She has personally selected these chicks, all of which are hens who can lay eggs.

"Brother. I went to the store to ask. The quilts are not ready and it will take a few days to make them. If it is cold in the evening, burn the brazier to keep warm."

Liu Xiang raised her head and said to Wu Nian.

Actually, she wanted to say, why don’t we sleep together.

But she didn't dare to say it.

I haven't gotten married yet, so shameful.

"It's okay, I can get through it in just a few days." Wu Nian said with a smile.

Wu Nian stayed at home for a whole day. Early the next morning, Wu Nian had just had lunch. Li Yong and others brought a dozen young people to the Wu family courtyard.

"We have brought people to you, even though they are a little thin, they can become stronger as long as they can eat a lot, and they must be good soldiers."

Li Yong pointed to the young people in front of him and said with a smile.

Wu Nian stood in front of the main hall, stood with his hands behind his back, glanced at the young people, and nodded.

The life of military households is hard, with more thin people and few strong people.

These people are considered strong.

The young people are a little nervous. Nowadays, they are a good way out for military service to receive imperial food. Unfortunately, officials have to pay empty salary.

Even if they want to join the army, they have no way to go, so it is rare to meet a small flag that wants to expand its army.

A rare opportunity.

"Okay. I, Mr. Wu, expand my troops. You can come here to give me, Mr. Wu. I am here, thank you."

Wu Nian held his head up and his chest was raised, his eyes shining brightly, and his aura was very strong.

The young people felt this "tiger power". When they remembered the huge tiger corpse they saw, they instinctively felt awe and lowered their heads slightly.

Wu Nian said again: "You should know the rules and things too. But I will repeat it here."

"I'll give you enough noise. But at the same time, you need to practice once every three days and practice more depending on the situation."

"You have to be on the battlefield, you have to be afraid of death."

"Did you understand?"

In the last sentence, Wu Nian took a deep breath, filled his lungs with air, and drank it out loud.

"Yes." The young man shuddered, subconsciously straightened his back and drank it out loud.

"Okay. Run. Just run in my small yard. I only have six soldiers. Whoever persists until the end will be my soldiers."

Wu Nian smiled, stretched out his right hand and pointed to his small yard, and came up with a plan that had been prepared long ago.

These people look similar, but their physical fitness is definitely different.

Choose the tallest among short people and choose the one with the best physical fitness.

"yes."

More than a dozen young people had been completely stunned by Wu Nian. After responding together, they began to run.

"Wang Gui. Stay here to supervise. The rest of the people come in and talk." Wu Nian greeted and entered the kitchen with Tienniu, Li Yong and Zhang Sheng.

As usual, he took out wine and peanuts to entertain him.

"Brothers, select the first one today, and we will go to the barracks for training tomorrow. The weapons we seized from the Black Tiger Help will be sent to the new recruits."

"Also. I'll tell you something."

"I want to lead you to grab the food that Cheng Gaoke took away. Do you dare?"

Wu Nian raised the wine bowl and took a few sips, spit out a sip of the wine, narrowed his eyes, his eyes as sharp as a blade.

The rest of the people were drunk before they could drink.
Chapter completed!