At dusk, Li Yanqing returned to his mansion, more than a hundred steps away from the mansion gate. Then he saw a large group of young women gathered in front of the mansion gate, about thirty or forty people, chattering non-stop. Li Yanqing immediately understood that this must be Qing'er's subordinates coming from the capital.

At this time, Hu Qing'er walked out of the mansion. She had taken off her armor and changed into a green warrior uniform. She walked to the steps and dozens of women calmed down. Looking at Hu Qing'er together, Li Yanqing couldn't help but nodded secretly. It was obvious that they were well-trained female soldiers. They had been hiding in Baoyanzhai, but they didn't know.

At this time, Hu Qing'er saw Li Yanqing and hurried over, "Brother, my former subordinates, they have all arrived!"

Li Yanqing turned over and got off the horse and smiled and said, "Have you arranged food and accommodation?"

"They just arrived and haven't had time to arrange it yet."

Li Yanqing turned around and said to Zhang Ying: "Go to Wasine and pack all the Qujiang Inn, and pack all the food together for ten days. Let's go now!"

"I understand!" Zhang Ying led a few personal soldiers to gallop away.

"Brother, is it a little far away to stay in Qujiang Inn?"

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "For the time being, I will rent the house next door to my personal soldiers to the camp. The Western Courtyard of the Mansion will be freed for the female guards to live in, and the other female soldiers can enter the military camp."

"Do you want to select the female guards first now?"

"You decided to choose fifteen female guards, and the remaining female soldiers will serve as the team leader to help you recruit 500 female soldiers. I have explained to Mr. Mo, and he will also send someone to help, and he will prepare the necessary materials."

Hu Qing'er immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It would be better if Mr. Mo helped her, otherwise she wouldn't know where to start!

"Then I'll take them to rest and have a meal first. I'll discuss the specific information with my elder brother."

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "It's not about discussion, it's about reporting!"

Hu Qing'er's pretty face turned red, she gave Li Yanqing a blank look, turned around and left. She walked to a group of female soldiers and waved her hand and said, "Everyone, come with me, let's have a meal first!"

Thirty-five female soldiers quickly lined up and followed Hu Qing'er towards Wasi.

Seeing that more than a dozen personal soldiers were stunned, Li Yanqing laughed and said, "Go along well in the future, your future wives will be among them!"

The soldiers immediately laughed embarrassedly. Li Yanqing was in a good mood and walked quickly towards the mansion.

Two days later, all counties in Jingzhao Prefecture posted notices on recruiting female soldiers. The notice stated the responsibilities of female soldiers, treatment and nursing wounded soldiers, and the monthly salary was 8 jin. Unmarried women over 16 and under 20 were required to be given priority for women with strong physiques. All hiring people receive 20 jin of family settlement and serve for three years.

In name, it is used to treat and care for wounded soldiers, but Li Yanqing has a deeper consideration. He wants to train a group of women to sneak into enemy cities during the war to collect intelligence. Women have more innate advantages in serving as fine arts than men.

This time, Mo Jun was responsible for the recruitment of female soldiers, and Hu Qing'er led 30 female soldiers to assist, setting up three recruitment points in Jingzhao Prefecture. The recruitment of female soldiers quickly caused a sensation in various parts of Jingzhao Prefecture.

Due to the Hundred Years of War in the Song Dynasty and Western Xia, the number of women and few men in the northwest was generally common in various parts of the country. The daughters of many poor families were difficult to get married for life. This made the labor labour hiring fee for women in Jingzhao Prefecture and counties in Shaanxi Road much cheaper than in Beijing. For example, maids and cooks only have three stakes per month, while at least five stakes per month.

The notice stated that the monthly salary of female soldiers was eight jin of coins, which was very attractive to poor families. In addition, their positions were clear and the Western Army did not have the tradition of camping prostitutes. On the morning of the first day, many people brought their daughters from all over Jingzhao Prefecture to sign up.

The registration point for Jingzhao Mansion is located in Beicheng, a courtyard covering an area of ​​five acres. Four soldiers stood at the door, and no idle people were allowed to enter. There were seven or eight tables placed at the door, and several civil servants were responsible for registration.

First, register, ask for basic information such as hometown, address, age, marriage, specialties, etc., and then the woman took a wooden sign into the hospital for testing.

The test is conducted by ten female soldiers, and the test is relatively simple, namely, weightlifting, dancing sticks, and running. It mainly depends on physical fitness, flexibility, and specialties. Generally speaking, people with thin physiques basically have no hope. However, when they climb trees and race all day at home like tomboys, they are easily hired. If they are women from a martial arts family, they are the most popular.

On the morning of the first day, 52 people were admitted at the Jingzhao City registration site, which was beyond Hu Qing'er's expectations.

Li Yanqing came to the registration site at noon to inspect the registration. The chief officer in charge was Hu Cao Aishi, named Han Cheng. When he saw Tongzhi coming, he quickly stood up and saluted, "See Tongzhi!"

"Han Absen, what is the recruitment situation?"

"Reporting to Tongzhi, it's not bad. Fifty-two people have been admitted, and almost one in every three people has been admitted."

At this time, a young and well-behaved girl ran out of the yard and shouted excitedly: "Dad, I'm admitted!"

Her father was an honest middle-aged farmer, squatting on the ridge in the corner of the wall, and it was stunned. From the clothes covered with patches between the father and daughter, they could see that their family was poor. When the middle-aged man heard that his daughter had been admitted, he stood up excitedly. His old mother was lying in bed, waiting for her daughter's 20-yuan family expenses to treat the disease and save the patient.

"Daughter! What should we do next?"

Seeing that he was so anxious, Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Since you have been admitted, you can officially register."

"well!"

The middle-aged man hurriedly brought his daughter to the table. The registrant asked, and they said something, and the registration was completed quickly. He pressed his handprint. Li Yanqing looked at the registration form of Xiaoniang, Zhu Feng, sixteen years old, from Lintong County, Jingzhao Prefecture.

At this time, a soldier put a small willow basket on the table. Li Yanqing took a twenty-stop meeting from Han Cheng and handed it to the middle-aged man: "This is your daughter's twenty-stop settlement fee. Any money shop in the city can be exchanged for cash. From now on, she is a member of the Jingzhao Army. According to the military rules, she will go to the military camp to train today. After resting for one day every ten days, you can visit your daughter or write a letter."

"Then please take care of the little girl."

The middle-aged man told his daughter a few more words and turned around and left. Li Yanqing handed the willow basket to his little girl, "This is your military uniform and two sheepskins!"

When the little lady saw two sheepskins in the basket, her eyes lit up and she hurriedly shouted: "Dad, wait!"

The man had just walked more than ten steps and stopped again. The little girl ran up and handed the sheepskin to her father, "These two sheepskins are given to her grandmother!"

A soldier next to her couldn't help but remind her: "Little girl, these two sheepskins are your military blankets. You must put them under your body when you sleep at night, otherwise you will catch a cold."

The little girl whispered for a while: "Grandmother is sick, she is afraid of the cold at night."

She bit her lip and put two sheepskins on her father to her grandmother. When Li Yanqing saw her father staggering away, she shook her head and said to the soldier: "For her sake, I'll give her another one!"

The soldier took two more sheepskins and handed them to Xiaoniang. Xiaoniang bowed to Li Yanqing, "Thank you, General!"

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "Go! Train well and strive to achieve meritorious service as soon as possible."

"Why!"

The little girl nodded happily and followed the soldiers into the side door with several other admitted girls. After they changed their clothes, they would follow the side general Hu Sanniang to the military camp as the first group of female soldiers.

Li Yanqing did not come specifically to inspect the recruitment of female soldiers today. He also had important arrangements. Leaving the recruitment site of female soldiers, Li Yanqing brought several personal soldiers to the Qiao clerk in the north city.

Qiao's Trading Company is one of the largest trading companies in the northwest, mainly engaged in fur and oil business. Baoyanzhai purchased tallow from Xixia and the Western Regions and was managed by Qiao's Trading Company.

The head office of Qiao's Trading Company is in Taiyuan Prefecture, and Jingzhao Prefecture shops are also the foundation of the business. Li Yanqing and Qiao's Trading Company were dealing with each other a few years ago during the Song and Xia War. Qiao's Trading Company helped them obtain a lot of important information. At that time, Li Yanqing was still an army in the Hedong Army Intelligence Department.

Li Yanqing walked into the business bank and a manager came out, "What's wrong with the official?"

"I am friends with your boss, Qiao brothers. I don't know if they are in Jingzhao Mansion?"

Intuition tells Li Yanqing that the Qiao brothers should be in Jingzhao Prefecture and Jinxia countries in Yunzhou, which directly threatens the security of Taiyuan. As a businessman's nature of seeking profit and avoiding harm, the Qiao brothers are very likely to leave Taiyuan. They either hide from the capital or come to Jingzhao. In comparison, the possibility of coming to Jingzhao is even greater.

The manager hurriedly smiled and said, "It's a coincidence that my second boss just arrived in Jingzhao Mansion a few days ago and is now in the business bank. I'm going to report now. Who is the official?"

"You are Li Yanqing, the co-magistrate of Jingzhao Prefecture, who is here to visit!"

The manager was shocked, "It turned out to be Li Tongzhi, the villain was neglected just now!"

"No need to be polite, go and report quickly, I'll wait here for a while."

"Please go to the guest hall for a while and I will report it."

Li Yanqing nodded and followed a follower to the guesthouse to sit down. As soon as he sat down, he heard a hearty laughter, "Li Tongzhi, I haven't seen him for many years!"

I saw Qiao Zhongan, the second brother of the Qiao brothers, appear in the hall. Li Yanqing stood up and smiled and said, "Why are you doing well by Lord Qiao?"

Qiao Zhongan walked in and smiled and said, "I have always wanted to visit officials when I went to Baoyanzhai several times, but Lingzun said that you are in Jiayu County, so I have never had a chance."

"Thank you, the second boss, still remembers me. I came to Jingzhao at the end of last year, and it has been less than half a year."

"So that's it, no wonder I don't know, please sit down!"

The two sat down, and a maid served them tea. Li Yanqing picked up the tea cup and asked with a smile: "What's the situation in Taiyuan?"

Qiao Zhongan shook his head and sighed, "The Jin soldiers and Xixia have been fighting for Yunzhou for a month. I heard that the war is very fierce. A large number of people in Yunzhou fled to Taiyuan. Taiyuan is in a panic. My elder brother and I are preparing to move the main store to Jingzhao Mansion. Unexpectedly, the military of Jingzhao Mansion was actually Li Tongzhi in charge!"
Chapter completed!