The pawnshop case was finally settled with Mr. Tian taking all the blame.
Everyone else on the list turned in property worth hundreds of thousands taels.
This made Song Ningzong realize that it was not his Song Dynasty that was poor, it was just him, the emperor, who was poor.
As a result, there was a vigorous act of self-donation, starting from the imperial court and all the way to the Xiaochazi of the Imperial City Department, everyone had the amount of donation.
Zhao Bai, the Protector General's Mansion, could not escape the passive donation, and the amount was so large that Zhao Bai tore through the flowers and trees in the yard.
However, Zhao Bai was finally the main contributor to this matter, and Song Ningzong finally decided to spend one million silver taels to recruit troops for Zhao Bai.
Zhao Bai took the one million silver taels and moved his bed directly to the Zhao Army's military camp at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain.
While expanding his camp, he asked Bai Min and Qin Shaobai to recruit troops for him.
This time, Zhao Bai behaved very humbly. While listening to Qin Shaobai's opinions, he installed many new facilities in the military camp, and on the other hand, he discussed the recruitment rules with the two recruitment leaders.
"If there is only one male in a household, don't recruit him."
"When recruiting soldiers, adequate subsidies must be provided. This subsidy is based on the amount of silver an adult tenant can earn per year."
"All conscripted soldiers will be provided with food, clothing, and daily necessities. When there are no combat missions, they can go back to visit relatives once every half month."
Zhao Bai's eyes became round when he looked at the conditions listed by Qin Shaobai.
"Shaobai, as soon as you come up with such conditions, I want to become that soldier who enlists in the army."
"General Zhao, if you want the soldiers to fight for the country wholeheartedly, then you won't have to worry about their future. And these terms are the minimum respect a person should have."
"Okay, I'll do as you say." Zhao Bai took out his commander's seal and pressed it on the snow-white recruitment notice, "Come here, post this notice everywhere. Tomorrow, we will be on Phoenix Mountain.
Select the virtuous."
As he spoke, he was a little excited. He looked back at the soldiers who were chopping at the scarecrow and said, "First of all, according to this request, give my thousands of soldiers midday rations and winter clothes."
"General, if we do this, will someone report us to the emperor and say that we are too extravagant?"
Yu Yao asked worriedly.
"Squandering is just squandering. I can't treat my Zhao Jiajun badly. These are my brothers who fought hard on the battlefield with me."
Yu Yao hummed, wiped his eyes with his hands, then ran to the camp, jumped up, stood next to the big Zhao flag, and yelled at the soldiers.
"Brothers, the general has asked for a great favor for us. You should practice hard and train yourself into an iron wall. Once you train yourself, you can defeat one against a hundred. Follow the general on the battlefield to kill the enemy.
To repay the general for his kindness."
"All the officers and men of the Zhao Family Army are willing to follow the example of the great general who protects the country and swear to serve the Song Dynasty to the death."
The passionate oaths of the soldiers echoed on the mountain, and one by one the mountain birds were heard fluttering their wings and flying high into the sky, leaving behind a clear chirp.
Zhao Bai stood there, looking at the soldiers who were neatly arranged and full of fighting spirit. His heart was filled with excitement, and his eyes shone with perseverance.
"Shao Bai."
Zhao Bai called softly.
"If I could have met you earlier, if you could have accompanied me earlier to create our Zhao family army, would there have been no shame for Xining, would we not have wiped out loyal ministers like Han Yuzhou, would we have
Take back Zhongdu instead of living in this small Lin'an city with humiliation and humiliation."
Qin Shaobai looked at Zhao Bai, and he was frightened by the light in Zhao Bai's eyes.
Zhao Bai's eyes were filled with resentment and a hint of cruelty that made one's heart palpitate.
Qin Shaobai immediately guessed Zhao Bai's thoughts. He wanted to raise the flag of the Northern Expedition. He wanted to take advantage of the current unstable situation in the Jin Kingdom to draw fuel from the cauldron and drive the Jin Kingdom out of the Central Plains.
This is naturally not possible.
The Kingdom of Jin is indeed no longer what it used to be, but it is still more than enough to deal with the Song Dynasty, which is still in a weak position.
What the Song Dynasty should do most at the moment is, first, to restore the production and life of the people of the Song Dynasty as soon as possible, and second, to actively train the army.
"General Zhao."
Qin Shaobai called out.
"Shaobai, I know what you mean."
Zhao Bai's eyes finally returned to normal.
"It takes a thousand days to raise an army, but it takes a thousand days to be able to cope with the moment when the troops are used. Don't worry, I will not let the Zhao family army die on the battlefield before their wings are full."
"General Zhao's mind and courage really impressed Bai. With General Zhao leading the Zhao family army like this, the Zhao family army will definitely be as famous as the Yue family army and the Yang family general."
Qin Shaobai glanced sideways at Bai Min, "Since when have you become so good at slapping your beard and running around?"
Zhao Bai was very impressed by what he heard and burst into laughter.
"Teacher Bai has been working hard with us these days. After these few days of military conscription, Zhao Bai will definitely find a restaurant that Teacher Bai likes, have a few drinks with Teacher Bai, and then ask a girl to play a song.
A little song to cheer up."
As soon as these words came out, the three of them lowered their eyebrows at the same time, naturally thinking of the poor Rouge girl.
"Shaobai, has Mr. Li settled the matter for Miss Rouge's future, and where is his child now? Has it been properly arranged?"
"General, regarding this matter, I made a special trip to the Yamen yesterday. Master Li has buried Miss Rouge. As for her and Boss Xiao's child, Master Li has sent someone to Boss Xiao's hometown. I believe the Xiao family will
Be kind to this poor kid."
"That's good. After settling the child, we have done something for Miss Rouge. No matter what wrong things the adults have done, the child is innocent."
As Zhao Bai spoke, his voice suddenly became lower and his eyes became a little red.
"If Lan'er and I's child were still alive, he would probably be called daddy by now."
Qin Shaobai really couldn't help but smile. The child is not yet one year old, how can he call you daddy?
But he himself began to feel a little sad, and he didn't know if Lian Huan and Mei Qingyi had taken good care of the child.
He immediately thought of the dream he had a few days ago, in which the Sixth Prince Zhao Tian gave a seemingly confused warning, as well as the worries in his heart that he was unwilling to express.
Bai Min felt even more strange when he saw that the two people who were originally happy suddenly turned gloomy. He also heard what Zhao Bai said about Xiaolan and the child.
He originally wanted to pull Qin Shaobai over and give him a little kiss, but he saw that the sadness in Qin Shaobai's eyes was no less sad than that of Zhao Bai.
This made Bai Min even more confused.
People are mourning their children who died in infancy, and it is understandable that they look sad. What kind of drama are you singing with all your sadness?
While Bai Min was staring at the two men in front of him in confusion, he heard someone outside the camp shouting, "Call."
Zhao Bai was shocked and quickly opened the tent.
I saw a soldier jumping off his horse, and immediately knelt down when he saw Zhao Bai.
"What kind of panic is there? What happened?"
"Back to the general, a group of people seemed to have discovered the entrance to our camp. Yu Tou led a few brothers to intercept it. I specially asked the younger one to tell the general."
This shocked Zhao Bai.
His Zhao family army is different from the capital defenders, and it is also different from Feiyu's Imperial City Division. In the final analysis, it is a private enterprise and has not yet received official status.
Ningzong of the Song Dynasty proposed more than once that he would organize all the soldiers of the Zhao family army into the Ministry of War, but Zhao Bai declined them all.
Zhao Bai's reason is that his Zhao Jiajun wants to become a special mysterious weapon that will be effective at the most critical moment.
Song Ningzong thought that having a mysterious army would be very exciting, so he actually agreed to Zhao Bai's request.
Therefore, Song Ningzong only knew that the Zhao Family Army was stationed in the Phoenix Mountain area. As for the entrance of the Zhao Family Army, he did not know.
He had also come to Phoenix Mountain to look for it, but he could not find the entrance to the military camp that Zhao Bai had carefully hidden.
Zhao Bai changed the entrance to this military camp almost every three days. Every time he changed it, the original entrance would be sealed, so this has always been a place that Zhao Bai was proud of.
Now, there was actually a group of people rushing towards the entrance of the Zhao Family Army. It was the new entrance that had just been changed yesterday. How could it not make Zhao Bai feel panicked?
When his soldiers are not yet strong, it is definitely not a good time to draw the sword out of its sheath.
Who is this team?
Are they enemies or friends?
Did you encounter it accidentally, or did you do it on purpose?
With all these questions, Zhao Bai got on his horse and galloped towards the entrance.
Qin Shaobai and Bai Min looked at each other, got on their horses, and chased Zhao Bai.