There was a long queue at the gate of Shenyuan, and there were many people in the city watching the fun on both sides of the street, but they were mostly envious.

The boxes of open wooden boxes were filled with copper coins and gold and silver coins. After the veterans who came to apply for the recruitment reported their identities, they could get the deposit and settle the house after checking the documents issued by the Protectorate's Office after they had returned to the field.

"Thank you, my husband."

Shen Guang personally handled the money. Chen Mohe told him that most of the retired soldiers in the four towns stayed in Anxi with rectal nature. If they wanted to be kind, they had to do it themselves to let them know whose money they were taking and who they worked for!

Chen Guang gave money, but he was not so particular. He grabbed nearly ten coins of coins and gave them to others. He would only give more, not less, and his generous manner also made the old soldiers admire him.

Feng Changqing, who was dressed in casual clothes, looked at the team that could not be seen at first sight and thought that only Chen Guang had the financial resources and courage to recruit these veterans, and he was not afraid that they would refuse to admit their accounts after taking the money.

However, thinking about the prestige of Chen Moha and the other two among these old soldiers, Feng Changqing felt relieved. Many things cannot be calculated reasonably, and they cannot be considered too much.

The Protectorate actually acquiesced the matter of recruiting old soldiers. The 24,000 Han soldiers from the four towns all came from the pass, but when they came, the court was responsible for their expenses. However, when the six-year period expired, if good luck survived, the money saved by these retired veterans might not be enough for them to return home in glory.

As for the military farming in the four towns of Anxi, most of them are concentrated in Kucha Town, but the capital of the Anxi Protectorate is also here. How can those military farming be enough for the retired veterans? Even if some in the Protectorate are quite jealous of Chen Lang or even dislike him, no one will cause trouble for Chen Lang in this matter.

"Bai Zhendra, forty-five years old, has two sons in the family, and they are willing to burn the city."

Chen Guang was also quite happy to hear that the veterans were willing to take their families to the Huokui City before they were clerks who were played by the playboys. Although the veterans were good, those young and good children were the future.

Due to the rules of the court, the four towns in Anxi were unable to enlist local soldiers in the city. The tribal soldiers were the main army and could only be incorporated into the subordinate army of the entourage when they went out to fight. However, these soldiers were wasted, but it was an excellent opportunity for him to win.

Throughout the morning, Chen Guang recruited no less than 500 veterans, and these were the elite of the veterans of the four towns of Anxi in recent years. In addition to those who were willing to take their families to Huotan City, the final registered list was no less than a thousand people.

Of course, compared to Shen Guang's last time recruiting Chen Mohe and others, these veterans, Chen Guang could not apply to the Protectorate's Office to buy armor and weapons for them. After all, his Yanqi camp had only more than 200 people.

However, Anxi is not as good as the mainland. The Protectorate turns a blind eye to many things. For example, these veterans who remain in Anxi after they have been lifted out of their armor and returned to the fields will have some private armored military crossbows. However, some people have no money to maintain and finally fall into the Hu merchant teams.

Otherwise, how could those Hu merchants secretly match their guards with Mingguang armor and crossbows!

Looking through the list, Chen Guang didn't expect that there were many foreign soldiers among these veterans, most of which were Turkic soldiers, with about one hundred people. So he couldn't help but look at Feng Changqing. He remembered that all the four towns used Han soldiers, so why do you see that there are many foreign soldiers now?

"Don't know anything about Chen Lang. During the Kaiyuan period, the saints had several general amnesty and mercy, allowing the Turkic tribes affiliated with the Tang Dynasty to be naturalized in the Tang Dynasty."

Feng Changqing explained to Chen Guang that it is true that the four towns in Anxi were mainly Han soldiers in the pass, but when the four towns were first established in the past, the soldiers were mainly subjugated Turkic soldiers. Even at that time, Turkic cavalry was the main force in the Anxi army. Until the Kaiyuan period, the four towns were stable and the proportion of Han soldiers increased significantly. The Anxi army also transformed from a light cavalry-based unit to an elite army of mixed infantry and cavalry.

But even so, among the Han soldiers in the four towns, there were many Turkic soldiers and Goryeo City soldiers recruited in the past. However, these people can no longer say that they are foreign soldiers, because they are all registered in the Tang Dynasty. For example, Turkic soldiers can still distinguish them from their appearance, but those Goryeo City soldiers who were moved to the Tang Dynasty were completely sinicized.

"A person with such a background as the Great Protector may even remember that this family of Goguryeo is born as a so-called attack, but those soldiers in the Goryeo city have long been integrated into the Tang Dynasty."

Feng Changqing sighed that among the 24,000 Han soldiers, there were actually several thousand so-called naturalized Han soldiers such as Turks and Goryeo, but these people were often treated less than those of the Han soldiers in the pass after being discharged from their armor and land. Therefore, among the veterans recruited by Chen Guang this time, he estimated that there were no less than half of these naturalized veterans, which was already very exaggerated in terms of proportion.

"These veterans have never let the Tang Dynasty down. It is a great act of good to be able to give them this livelihood."

Listening to Feng Changqing's words, Chen Guang didn't know what to say. In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, when it comes to wealth, the Eastern Roman Empire and the Arab Empire had to stand aside. However, the taxes of the Tang Dynasty were mainly collected in kind, and the tax rate was not high, which could be regarded as a model for hiding wealth among the people. However, as land annexation became more and more serious, the richer the people became richer and the poorer the poorer.

The saints worked hard to govern in their early years, but now they are inevitably a little foolish. They rewarded their favorite ministers in Chang'an City for hundreds of thousands of yuan, but they often have difficulty in military service in border towns. In addition, many civil officials in the court have never liked the saints to emphasize martial arts. In addition, Anxi is far away from Chang'an, and military expenditure is even more difficult, so the court gave Anxi Protectorate great autonomy.

However, even so, it is difficult for the Anxi Protectorate to properly resettle the retired soldiers in the Anxi Army.

Chen Guang knew this, and this was also his willingness to raise those veterans, because when everyone was immersed in the prosperous Kaiyuan era and the romantic atmosphere of Tianbao, only he knew that there were more than eight years left, and the glorious Tang Dynasty was about to usher in the Anshi Rebellion, and this turmoil could not be easily eliminated. All he could do was to prepare in advance and preserve the strength for Anxi as much as possible.

"Brother Feng is so serious. I am just doing something within my ability to burn the city. I still need Brother Feng to take care of him in the future."

Chen Guang said to Feng Changqing that recruiting veterans can only be done in Anxi, but thanks to Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing's maintenance help, otherwise he would not have thought it would be so smooth.

"Why do you and me say this? You can't protect the veterans' work, and others are not able to do it. Chen Lang, you can stand up and do this, which is also a great help."

Feng Changqing's eyes fell on the list, and his face was a little sigh. There were many horse thieves and robbers on the Silk Road, most of which were barbarians who were not good at production and only knew how to loot. However, many of them were old soldiers from Anxi who were forced to be thieves. When Chen Lang's escort business opened, the news here would probably be able to give those old soldiers who became bandits a way out.

"Brother Feng, I still need to discuss with you something, and I don't know if it's feasible."

When Chen Guang thought of the two bands of rangers who had subdued Huang Hu and Wang Zhene, he wanted to make a brief statement with Feng Changqing to see if he could imitate the British in later generations and create a secret and unannounced legal robbery permit in Anxi. If he wanted to rob the Silk Road, he had to see if Tang Jun agreed.

There is no reason to let those Gelulu and Uighur barbarians come to Anxi to rob. To strengthen their strength, the troops of the four towns of Anxi are indeed limited, but these barbarians do not have the courage to start a war with the Tang Dynasty. As long as they can get official support, Chen Guang believes that the gangs of rangers in Anxi and the escorts under his command can at least drive the barbarians out of the four towns.
Chapter completed!