Chapter 23 Open warehouses to release grain and recruit troops on the spot
When Wang Jian and the Meng brothers saw Yuan Zong's body, their original joy at taking control of the Xinzheng and Han palaces disappeared.
"Meng Tian, you should go to Commander Meng Ao for help now!
Remember to bring the royal order prepared by the king in advance."
"Yes! General Wang Jian!"
After watching Meng Tian leave, Wang Jian looked at Meng Yi aside and found that he also had a frown, so he comforted him and said, "For us soldiers, these things are inevitable!
I believe the king will not blame us!"
"I'm not worried about the king getting blamed.
It’s just that during this period of time, I developed a relationship with Senior Yuan Zong.
Seeing that senior Yuan Zong was killed like this, I feel a little uncomfortable!"
Wang Jian patted Meng Yi on the shoulder, "The current situation does not allow us to be sentimental!
We must cheer up and truly control South Korea as soon as possible."
"Well! What General Wang said makes sense!
General Wang Jian, do you have any plans?"
"Before leaving, the king told me to open a warehouse to store grain and recruit troops on the spot!
Meng Yi, what do you think?"
"Opening a warehouse to store grain? How much grain will this cost?
And the troops recruited locally, can they have a sense of belonging to our Great Qin?" Meng Yi's eyes widened in shock.
"Meng Yi, the king said that we can unify the world, but it is impossible to rely on the old Qin people alone!
Only by treating the newly conquered people as our own citizens can we truly unify the world."
"Eh? What the king said makes sense!"
“I also think it’s a bit wasteful to just open a warehouse to store grain!
Why don't we use rations to recruit soldiers? Each soldier has five shi of rations a year.
We will definitely be able to gather a force of soldiers and horses, and then after our rigorous training, we will definitely become a soldier who can fight in hundreds of battles."
"Yes! General Wang Jian's words make sense!
Let's do it!
Not only do they have to train every day, they also have to teach them official script.
Most of them are common people who cannot survive, and with so much food, they will definitely agree to follow Da Qin!"
"Meng Yi, you first arrange for the Huben army to return to Xianyang to announce the good news to the king!"
"Yes! General Wang Jian!"
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After a night of fighting in Xinzheng yesterday, Xinzheng once again regained its tranquility. Many people did not notice anything unusual. They only started to be shocked when the tiger soldiers in Qin army uniforms appeared on the street.
"What is going on? Could it be that Xinzheng was captured by the Qin army overnight? This is incredible!"
"Isn't it possible? Alas? Look at what those Qin troops are posting?"
"Let's go! Let's go take a look!"
When the officers and soldiers of the Huben Army saw more and more Koreans gathering, they did not take it seriously. Instead, they explained loudly, "Great Qin and South Korea have always been good neighbors and friendly, and now Han Wangran has reached a series of reconciliations with King Qin of Great Qin.
And he agreed to our Daqin conscription in South Korea."
"What? Let us Koreans serve as soldiers for Qin?
What do you Qin people think?"
Ignoring everyone's surprise, Huben Jun continued to explain loudly, "This conscription order is stamped with the royal order of your Han Wangran. It is absolutely legal and reasonable!"
"Hey! It's really stamped with the royal seal of our King Han!"
"Any Korean who joins the Qin army will not only no longer have any taxes or corvee.
There are still five stones of food every year!”
"What? Could it be that you Qin people deceived us?
Will there really be five stones of food?"
"Of course! We, Great Qin, will not deceive our own soldiers!"
"Impossible! Where can such a good thing come from?"
"The recruitment begins today. As long as you are selected, you will be given five dan of food immediately!"
"Ah? You're serious!" Hearing Hu Benjun's explanation, the Koreans were shocked, and then they began to feel a little excited.
"Even if you have five stones of food, it won't work!
Who among the six kingdoms of Guandong doesn’t know that you, the Qin Dynasty, have strict laws?
Either various punishments or confiscation of the family and genocide!
Don’t let us live to get food, but not live to enjoy it!”
"Yes! I also heard that Qin's laws are strict!
He cuts off his legs and feet at every turn!
I heard that one of their Qin clan members had his nose cut off!"
"Don't get me wrong!
Our laws in Great Qin are relatively strict!
But our King of Qin has changed the military law and abolished all instruments of torture, only retaining imprisonment and the death penalty!"
"What is imprisonment?"
“Incarceration means to sentence the offender to a prison sentence ranging from a few months to a few years, depending on the seriousness of the offender’s crime.
There will be no physical punishment for the offender!"
Hearing the Huben Army's explanation of the new punishment, the Koreans were all excited, but there were also troublemakers among them.
"Haha, now that your King Qin has begun to learn kindness!
Why not just abolish the death penalty!"
"That's right! Haha! Let's abolish it together!" Many people shouted and cheered together.
"Joke! Some crimes of murder and treason cannot be forgiven!
Do we also need to be pardoned?
If you don’t want to join the army, stop causing trouble here!
Otherwise, I won’t be polite with the Qin sword in my hand!” The officers and soldiers of the Huben Army drew out the bronze swords in their hands and shouted away the troublemaker in front of them.
Although Koreans are timid and fearful, there are still bold Koreans who want to try it, and then they come to the officers and soldiers of the Huben Army tremblingly.
"General, I want to join the army. Can you really give me five stones of food?"
The Huben Army officer looked at the Korean in surprise, then looked at his tall physique, and then explained with a smile, "Of course! But you must undergo a physical examination in advance!"
"Name?"
"kiln!"
"age?"
"Nineteen years old!"
"Is there any disease?"
"No!"
Huben Jun carefully inspected "Yao"'s body and saw that there was indeed no disease, so he nodded with satisfaction.
"Home address?"
"Xinzheng North..."
"Then just sign here! Then you can receive five stones of food!"
Seeing that it was so easy to join the army and receive five shi of food, the Korean was very happy. Thinking that he could not write, he looked embarrassed and said, "General, don't you know how to write?"
"It's okay! Just press your fingerprints here!
Later, I entered the military camp and learned more about reading and writing.
It’s easy to learn to write your own name!”
"Ah? Qin Jun still allows us to read and write?"
"Of course! We tiger soldiers can read and write, and we will arrange jobs when we retire!
It can be anything from a pavilion chief to a country squire!
Coupled with the land rewards obtained through military exploits, you will have enough food and clothing for the rest of your life!"
"Ah? It's so good?"
"Haha, even if you die fighting for Great Qin, your family will be taken care of by Great Qin!"
"Great! I want to join the army! I want to be a Qin Army!
I want to conquer the world for King Qin of Great Qin!" This Korean shouted excitedly.
The Koreans watching the show all around saw how easily they could get five shi of food and heard the various benefits introduced by Huben Army. They no longer hesitated at all.
Because people nowadays are loyal to their promises and would not suspect that the Huben Army was deceiving them. Besides, the five shi of grain was actually placed in front of them.
Soon, Koreans rushed to sign up to join the army. Those who were not selected because of their poor health and age showed sad expressions, but those who were selected after getting their wish went home happily with five stones of food of their own.
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Xinzheng became lively on this day, because the same scene was played out in different places in Xinzheng. The grain collected from the Han Palace and the homes of dignitaries in Xinzheng was gradually taken home by the new Qin army.
When Wang Jian and Meng Yi saw the newly recruited 50,000 troops, they were finally no longer so afraid, because during this period they had always had trouble sleeping and were always worried that the Huben Army would be hunted down by the angry Koreans, and then they would have to train to death.
The new Qin army composed of Koreans.
In order to prevent these Koreans from being frightened by the high-intensity training, the food in the military camp is very rich every day.
They Koreans had never had such good food before. When faced with high-intensity training, they just gritted their teeth and persevered. After a period of training, they gradually became accustomed to it.
Wang Jian was very satisfied when he saw that these Koreans were becoming more and more impressive, but he did not relax his ideological education.
Literary soldiers from the Huben Army were mobilized to discipline these Koreans and teach them how to read. Finally, Wang Jian and Meng Yi went into battle themselves.