I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 323 Military and Civilian

"You woman, you know nothing!" Yuan Dasen couldn't help but scolded, "Last year I wanted to protect the salt, but you said it was dangerous. Protecting the salt in such a cold weather is a thankless task and it's easy to offend Mr. Zhang."

"I listened to you at the time and didn't go to protect the salt. Wang Laoliu next door went to protect the salt. It was hard to protect the salt in such a cold weather. My hands and face were all frostbitten. The Royal Group just gave me a small piece of iron and said it was a commemorative medal. We laughed at him and said some sarcastic words to him at the time, but what happened next?"

Yuan's wife's face fell and she remained silent.

"The Royal Group was recruiting new employees and specifically asked for young people from families with commemorative medals. Wasn't the eldest son of Wang Laoliu the one chosen? But look at how much the Wang family has changed in just one year."

"It turned out that Wang Laoliu's eldest son was useless and was far inferior to our son. He was not better than our son in any way. But after entering the Royal Group for a year, he was like a different person. There was a teacher teaching him to read and write, and he became more knowledgeable and well-mannered. His conversation has changed, his body has become stronger, and his whole spirit has changed. He can earn at least one or two taels of silver a month. With this way to make money, he doesn't have to dig in the dirt for food anymore. Matchmakers are lining the door. Wang Laoliu's family can be said to have changed their destiny because of this!" Yuan Dasen said with great emotion.

Yuan's wife's face became even uglier. She had seen clearly what happened in the neighbor's house. Just one decision and a small piece of iron had created a huge gap between two similar families.
"I'm worried that something might happen to you. This time is different from the last time we protected the salt. This time you are really going to be a laborer for the army fighting against the Mongols. I heard that the Mongols..." Yuan's wife said weakly.

"It's impossible to change our family's fate without taking any risk. Don't I know how cruel the Mongols are? But if you don't take the initiative to fight for such a thing, you will never get it, and you will never be able to change your fate," Yuan Dasen immediately retorted.

"Dad! Mom! Stop arguing. I'm going to sign up to be a laborer. I'll earn my own future!" Yuan Dasen's son Yuan Xiaolin appeared at the door at some point and turned to walk out after saying this.

"Oh, my son! Why are you interfering? You can't go. Your father and I only have you as our son." Yuan's wife grabbed Yuan Xiaolin.

"You bastard, get back here now. Is this your turn? You haven't even married a wife yet, and you haven't left any descendants for the Yuan family. Leave this dangerous matter to your father. Your father will fight for a future for you even if it means risking his own life," said Yuan Dasen with red eyes.

Similar scenes occurred in Yanqing Prefecture in Northern Zhili, Bao'an Prefecture, Weizhou in Shanxi, and other places. These are all prefectures and counties around Xuanfu, and are also places where the Royal Group operates carefully.

The efforts of the past two years paid off at this time. The conscription of laborers went very smoothly. In less than three days, all 40,000 laborers were recruited. After the recruitment, there was a steady stream of people asking about this matter, but they could only return home disappointed.

The enthusiasm and enthusiasm of the people of the Ming Dynasty shocked many people.

In the past, conscription of civilians had to be done by capture and force, but this time the people were so cooperative.

The Royal Group also selected a large number of Royal Group employees from all over the country to manage these laborers and serve as commanders and backbones among them.

The enthusiasm of the civilians made them highly obedient to the various orders of the Royal Group. This made the civilian team more organized.
Cartloads of supplies were transported to Xuanfu and piled up like mountains inside the city, along with cartloads of laborers.

The General Staff, the General Armaments Department and the General Logistics Department all sent a large number of personnel to form a wartime logistics command center to organize and command these civilian laborers.

Therefore, the supplies in Xuanfu City were not piled up for long before they were quickly distributed.

Huai Anwei.

Huaian Wei is located in the southwest of Xuanfu, forming a horn with Xuanfu.

Wang Dayong was an ordinary soldier in Huai'an Guard. As soon as he heard the horn to gather troops, he hurried over with his weapons and equipment.

Ever since Wang Dayong could remember, the Wang family had not had a good life. According to his father, during the time of his great-grandfather, the family still had more than 100 acres of land. Then, for some reason, those lands became the property of the commander of the garrison, leaving only 20 acres of land for his family. However, he had three brothers, so they could only rent the land from the commander's family.

The land was barren but the rent was not low, so the four brothers of the Wang family did not live well.

This is also the case with many military households in the garrisons. In recent years, many military households have also fled.
Fortunately, Wang Dayong was one of the few cavalrymen in the garrison, and the commander paid more attention to him and gave him some subsidies. He could also deduct a little from the mouths of his war horses, so his life was better. However, since he had to support his younger brothers frequently, his good days were limited.

Wang Dayong is in a bad mood now, because his fourth brother came to him last night and said that he couldn't live in Huai'an Guard any longer. He could see the end of this hard life at a glance. He couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to escape from the guard post, but he didn't know whether to escape to Mongolia or to the inland.
Wang Dayong was not optimistic about these two places. He had been in the border town for a long time and didn't know much about the situation in the inland areas. But he also knew that to go to other places, the government had to check something called a road permit. His fourth brother didn't have a road permit, and his family didn't have many relatives in the inland areas. He really couldn't imagine how his fourth brother could survive in the inland areas.
But he did not think that fleeing to Mongolia was a good option. His childhood friend Jia Gui had offended the commander ten years ago and was forced to flee to the grassland overnight. Ten years had passed and no news had been received from him. He was probably dead and no one knew where he was buried in the wilderness.

However, it was gratifying that their previous commander of the garrison was arrested by the mighty general more than half a month ago, and a new commander of the garrison was sent. He didn't know who the mighty general was, but he was very grateful to the mighty general in his heart, because the mighty general asked them to report the illegal acts of the former commander of the garrison and took away all the land of the former commander of the garrison, saying that the land would be redistributed to the military households.

This gave Wang Dayong hope, but unfortunately Jia Gui would not be able to see the former commander being captured.

Last night he persuaded his fourth brother for a long time before he finally got him to calm down.

When he arrived at the parade ground, he found that everyone was in high spirits because the table on the stage was piled with silver coins...

(End of this chapter)