Chapter 417 You are not a united soldier!
Lin Zhao is indeed very rich.
When he entered Chang'an, he brought a huge sum of 5,000 guan with him. Later, when he went to Hengzhou, Mrs. Lin was generous and gave him 10,000 guan directly.
Of course, the wealth of Wanguan Family is nothing to a large group. Lin Zhao’s real wealth is in Sanyuan Bookstore and Datong Business.
Sanyuan Bookstore started in Yuezhou, and the story collection in Yuezhou was no longer included. The word model business in Chang'an City in the past few years has made Sanyuan Bookstore make a lot of money.
In addition to having already started a regular business, under the guidance of Lin Zhao, Xie Sanyuan has also opened many side jobs in Chang'an City in the past two years. To this day, Lin Zhao's father-in-law has more than ten stores in the east and west cities of Chang'an City.
If he was asked to pay out the cash, it would be no problem to think that 40,000 to 50,000 jin.
However, compared to Datong Business, these are decimals.
A few years ago, Datong Business Company provided food and supplies to nearly 100,000 troops under Kang Dongping!
Moreover, this business involves all walks of life. In addition to cabinet shops, escorts and grain stores, there are also various other categories. Not to mention the entire Great Zhou, at least most of the Great Zhou exists.
This business name grew to this point with the deliberate indulgence or even intentional support of the late emperor.
After all, the former emperor was born and raised in this era. Like the people of this era, he felt that no matter how strong the merchants grew, they were just a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered and would not have any particularly great influence.
That's why he allowed Datong to expand his business and used it as compensation for the Zheng family back then.
However, what the previous emperor did not understand was that when a business name grew to the level of Datong Business name, although it still had no influence on the surface, its ability in the dark had exceeded that of most officials in the court.
The real power of Datong Business is not entirely because it has money.
Money is essentially a transaction voucher, and once it reaches a chaotic world, it will depreciate significantly.
During the Anshi Rebellion in another world, a mouse in Chang'an City could be sold for 7,000 yuan.
The greatness of Datong Trading is that it controls many means of production, such as grain, cloth and logistics and transportation capabilities.
It is no exaggeration to say that the financial resources of Datong Business can easily support an army of about 10,000 people.
Qingzhou where Lin Zhao is located is still only Zhongzhou. The number of united soldiers in the state shall not exceed 1,55. Under this number of people limit, Lin Zhao's financial resources can easily train them into elite soldiers.
In this way, Lin Zhao and the thirty members of the Funiushan Zhao family stayed in this Unity Barracks camp for three days. In the past three days, they expanded the scope of the camp by more than three times.
The location of the Unity Barracks camp was originally a mountainous land where no one was cultivated. In such an unmanned area, Lin Zhao, as the governor of Qingzhou, could enclose land at will, and no one could interfere.
On the morning of the third day, Song Yan, who was riding a horse on Qingzhou, hurried from the city with Ma Cheng, the magistrate of Yidu County. The two of them turned over and got off the horse and took small steps to Lin Zhao.
At this time, the expansion of the camp of Governor Lin had been basically completed, and he even set up a shed in this camp, and was lying halfway under the shed to enjoy the cool air.
Song Biejia and Ma Ma came to the shed together and bowed respectfully to Lin Zhao: "Eunuch, the united soldiers of Yidu County have been notified. Those who can come here are on the road now, but the other four counties are still unable to get there for a while because the journey is a bit long. Please forgive me for some time..."
Yi is all supported by Guo County, and Qingzhou City is Yidu County, so it comes faster.
After seeing these two subordinates, Lin Zhao stretched, stood up from the mat on the ground, yawned, and asked, "How many united soldiers are there in Yidu?"
This time, Song Yan did not speak, but the Ma County Ma of Yidu respectfully bowed: "I have the envoy to Hui, because Yidu is close, most of the united soldiers in Qingzhou are in Yidu, and there are estimated to be more than 200 people."
There are only three or four hundred united soldiers in Qingzhou, and Yidu, one of the five counties, accounts for most of them. This is not because Yidu is close, but because the core of power in Qingzhou is in Yidu, and most of the powerful people in Qingzhou are in Qingzhou City, that is, Yidu County, which has led to a large-scale bias in the number of united soldiers towards Yidu.
Lin Zhao stood up, frowned and thought for a while, then looked at the direction where Song Yan and the other two came, and asked, "How long will those Yidu united soldiers arrive?"
"Most of them have no horses, and it will probably take half an hour."
Governor Lin nodded and said, "In this way, I will wait for them again."
Lin Zhao and his two subordinates waited under the shed for nearly an hour, and the united soldiers of Yidu County arrived one after another.
After they arrived, these people stood loose in the open space in front of Lin Zhao. Master Lin held his hands and looked at the people.
At a rough look, there are probably less than 200 people who have arrived here, most of whom are in their twenties or thirties. Some are younger than 14 or 15 years old, while older ones are afraid that they are over 40 years old.
Although these people did not recognize Lin Zhao, they recognized Song Yan's official uniform. After arriving at the place, they stood there and whispered from time to time.
Governor Lin carried his hands on his back and his voice was low.
"Silence."
Lin Zhao's voice was not loud, and these people ignored him, but Song Biejia and Maggie Ma could hear it clearly. The two men immediately stepped forward and shouted loudly at the united soldiers.
"Silence!"
"This is the new envoy and the new Qingzhou Troupe Training Envoy. I'll give you a lecture!"
The magistrate of Pojia County was exterminated by the governor of the family, and the magistrate of Azuma County spoke. After hearing the word "Envoyant", these people immediately shut up and dared not speak anymore.
They all stared at the young man in blue in front of them, with a little shocked look in their eyes.
Such a young governor...
Seeing these people finally calm down, Lin Sanlang nodded with satisfaction. He carried his hands on his back and said, "Today, Qingzhou Unity Soldiers recreated the roster, you all listen!"
Because he had to talk to hundreds of people, Lin Zhao's voice became louder unconsciously.
"As aged over thirty-five and whose family has more than twenty acres of land, all of them will stand up and go home."
After saying this, Lin Zhao narrowed his eyes and said, "If there is any concealment and failure to report it, it will be investigated for the crime of deceiving the court!"
As soon as this sentence was said, forty or fifty people immediately came out of 180 or 90 people, leaving only about 130 or 40 people.
Lin Zhao didn't care and continued: "From today, Qingzhou Tuanjie Army will be renamed Qingzhou Army. No matter what the four seasons, they will be trained in this camp. There is no allowance and no return home."
As soon as these words were said, everyone was upset.
Because... the Unity Soldier was originally a militia and did not delay the daily farming work. In this way, he became a professional soldier.
Master Lin's face was calm and continued to speak: "You are not allowed to go home, there will naturally be compensation. From today on, the Qingzhou army will start paying wages, which is tentatively set to be one year...two jin of money."
"If you don't want to do it, you can leave now."
Two jin a year, but in a month it is less than two hundred yuan, which is less than Lin Zhao’s previous salary for working in Sanyuan Bookstore.
However, united soldiers can also be exempted from taxes, which adds up to a lot.
So, after the remaining people muttered, more than thirty people left out of 130 or 40 people, leaving only 100 people.
Governor Lin looked up at the hundred people, and a smile appeared on his face: "Okay, someone will register you later, and you will be the first Qingzhou army."
"After that, I will recruit soldiers in various counties one after another until there are 1,500 people."
After hearing Lin Zhao's words, Song Yan was stunned.
He swallowed and bowed carefully to Lin Zhao, "Eunuch... You are not a united soldier, but a soldier..."
"According to the Great Zhou Dynasty, the prefectures and counties shall not recruit soldiers from the government without the imperial decree..."
Lin Zhao frowned and looked back at his deputy.
"What nonsense? I am the unity soldier!"
"Just changed the name."
Chapter completed!