(Thanks to Chen Fengbaili for the four 588 rewards, thank you!)

"Run - walk, one, two, one, two, three, four, step, stand firm!" With Lin Weihongliang's command, a neat step sounded on the training ground at the gate of Wang Li Village.

"Look right, look forward, rest, stand attentively!"

Li Jing held the roster in his hand and stood on the temporary stage with the officers to review. Among the 1,200 people, 250 of the best soldiers were finally selected from them, and these people will officially become war soldiers today.

After half a month of training, the soldiers all changed a lot one by one. At this time, they stood neatly on the training ground, with a neat line and a strong military appearance. Two hundred and fifty people were divided into five teams, and today they had completed their dressing changes and all had neat new military uniforms.

They all held their heads with their chests raised, with a fiery red hat on their heads, a crotch-deficient robe on their upper body, a warm swivel jacket on their outside, a calf-long back on the outside, and a new style of trousers on the lower body, all of which were the same fiery red, like rising flames.

Since the 400 sets of equipment I bought were still in the Dengzhou warehouse, the soldiers now basically have no armor or weapons. Only veterans who served as officers were equipped with equipment. However, when they changed into new military uniforms and stood there, they still envied other soldiers and craftsmen watching around.

After more than half a month of training, although I dare not say that these people are now elite, at least they already look like a soldier. Especially the two hundred and fifty selected soldiers are all tall and mighty and strong among all the soldiers. More than 200 people stood there, and their heights were basically the same. Compared with them, the 100 servants led by Liu Shouqian and Zhang Chengzong on the other side were a little worse. Although the servants of the two teams were equipped with the same equipment as the fifth team of soldiers, their quality was much worse. Those servants who were refugees half a month ago, even if they wore brand new military uniforms, they always felt a little worse.

Zhang Hong looked at the momentum of the five teams of soldiers and couldn't help but caress his long beard and said to Li Jing: "After changing the new military uniform, it's really a different thing. It's worth it. The cost of the new military uniform. It's really like the old hen turns into a duck when wearing the new military uniform. It's worth it."

Lin Wei nodded, and the military uniform was really different after changing it.

"That is inevitable. A neat military appearance can greatly enhance the soldiers' sense of honor. Now it is too late to rush to get the system, and each person only has one set. In the future, each person must have at least three sets of military uniforms and will have to be replaced every year. Our soldiers must be a group of soldiers full of honor, and must not be a group of ragged beggars. Now we give them brand new military uniforms, and then we have to give them strict military discipline and generous food and salary rewards." In the early Tang Dynasty, most of the soldiers were government soldiers, and basically all wealthy families. After the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the status of military service was getting lower and lower, and even now many soldiers under the Jiedu Mansion were almost becoming slaves. In Hebei, there were even vassal states on the faces of soldiers. This custom would become more and more intense by the late Tang Dynasty, and until the Song Dynasty, the status of soldiers would be the lowest.

Li Jing did not agree with this approach. If the soldiers lost their sense of honor, how should they rely on these people to defend their country? It is precisely because more and more vassal states do not regard soldiers as human beings that all kinds of illegality among the soldiers of the Five Dynasties in the late Tang Dynasty.

After scanning the queue, Li Jing shouted: "From now on, you are the soldiers in Shamen Town. From now on, the people around you are your comrades, eating and sleeping together. On the battlefield, you will be brothers who depend on life and death! Now, the start is imminent. As a reward for your hard training and good performance, this general will personally award you the reward, the war team, each with five pieces of silk, and each with three pieces of silk!"

The soldiers below suddenly became excited. Five pieces of silk could buy a stone of rice. Everyone in Anjiafu had already received it. Li Jing also specially distributed their first month's food and salary in advance, which made them very happy. Unexpectedly, there was another reward now. Although the rewards of the servants team were less than those of the war team, they were still fleeing famines half a month ago. Now they can become servants of the general, not only will the Anjiafu and salary, but they also have rewards. They are very grateful to Li Jing at the moment.

Zhang Chengzong, Liu Shouqian, Li Shugen and Wang Shi, four servants, immediately pushed up two carts of silk from behind. Li Jing stood in front of the car. Zhang Hong held the roster and called a soldier out of the line, Li Jing personally sent the silk to the soldiers.

"Do it well!"

Every soldier who received the reward was excited to kneel down and kowtow to Li Jing. Li Jing encouraged him kindly, which was also a good way to buy the morale of the army. Although the method was a bit simple, the effect was amazing. A few pieces of silk completely bought the hearts of the soldiers. Li Jing believed that even if he wanted to rebel with these soldiers now, no one would object.

In addition to referring to some methods from later generations, Li Jing often reads Li Jing's military books. Especially for the method of setting up formations in Li Jing's military books, formation teams are the first priority. Fifty people are a team, and three people are in love with each other, forming a small team, combining three teams into one squadron, and five squadrons into one squadron. Three people and one squadron, usually these three people cultivate relationships and enhance tacit understanding, so as to cultivate friendship from the beginning. When they go to the battlefield, these three people can also exert greater combat power.

After receiving the rewards from the fifth team of soldiers and the two teams of servants, they began to set off. After the Yanghou Li Jing accompanied the officers' families. Han was originally worried about his family and wanted to stay. However, after Li Jing persuaded her, she finally told her to help her. As for the more than a thousand acres of land in her family, she was handed over to several uncles of the same clan to take care of her. Li Huier and Yu Youniang and others also followed her on the way, and even Xiao Han even proposed to follow her, saying that she had not had enough time with Li Jing's mother.

Li Jing left Lin Wu, Du Zhongwu and Cui Zhiyuan, and asked them to take the remaining craftsmen and soldiers and the families of the soldiers to Dengzhou Port by land. Because there were too many people, they could only set out in batches.

When Li Jing arrived at Chishan Port, when Li Jing led the team, Old Man Cui was already waiting for him at the port. After these days, Old Man Cui had already taken the money given by Li Jing and recruited all the crew members needed. Because Li Jing offered a generous offer, it was not much trouble to recruit crew members. After spending the money, more than 200 crew members had already been recruited.

Li Jing took more than 400 people to board the Ninghai. With more than 200 crew members, there were nearly 700 people on the ship at once, but it was still not crowded.

"Start the anchor! Set sail!"

On the bow of the boat, the dark captain's long voice sounded, and the boat was busy immediately. The anchor was raised and the sails were sailing. The huge Ninghai also began to slowly leave the dock.

The boat sailed smoothly along the coast, and after two days, it had arrived at Dengzhou Port.

After arriving at Dengzhou Port, Li Jing did not go directly to Shamen Town, but took Zhang Hong and Lin Wei to temporarily stop at the port and went to Penglai first. The three hundred sets of equipment stored in the dock warehouse were taken out and transported back to the ship, Li Jing went to the Han family's warehouse to receive the silk cloth grains given to Li Jing by the Han family. There was too much of this grain, and Li Jing could not take it away for the time being, but after receiving it, he continued to temporarily store it in the warehouse.

After dealing with these things, Li Jing and Zhang Hong went directly to visit the governor Song Wen.

After nearly a month of not seeing each other, Song Wen was a little haggard. According to what Zhang Hong said, Song Wen was happy for a while after becoming the governor, Wang Jingwen took over as the chief minister. Now the two are as powerful as water and fire, and they are invincible. Although Song Wen is the governor, Wang Jingwen is not simple. Relying on his younger brother, the Navy of Qingzhou, the Dengzhou Navy and the soldiers and horse envoys of Daxiezhai are both Wang Jingwu's people, and they openly fight against Song Wen.

As soon as Li Jing met, he directly gave Song Wen a gift of 1,000 guan. Song Wen accepted it with a smile. Last time, Song Wen accepted it for the Han family, Song Wen accepted 5,000 guan at once. His attitude towards Li Jing was very good.

Song Wen smiled and said, "Last time you said you wanted to buy a batch of weapons. There was a batch of equipment originally planned to be supplemented for Daxiezhai and Dengzhou Navy. You said you were going to eat them all? Last time, Zhang Bingcao sent 10,000 yuan, saying that the rest would be delivered later. This time you came, but have the money ready?"

"I'm ready. I've brought the remaining 40,000 guan. Please collect some." Li Jing took out the 40,000 guan and sent it to Song Wen. Song Wen carefully checked it, nodded with a smile and accepted it.

"Song Envoy, we have paid the money. I wonder when this item will be collected?"

"It will take another few days, within half a month. This batch of goods was shipped from Qingzhou, so it will take some time to go."

"I wonder if there are any such goods? If so, I would like to buy some more." Li Jing said with a smile.

Song Wen shook his head: "You, what do you think of me as? A dealer who resells the arms? Tell you that this batch of goods is because Feng Zhang from Da Xie Village and Wang Jin from the navy have been making small moves recently, wanting to fight against Wang Jingwu. Jie Shuai took down their batch of weapons just to kill the chicken to warn the monkey and give them a warning. Otherwise, if you have 50,000 jin of money, do you think you can really buy a thousand sets of such excellent equipment?"

"By the way, I have to tell you about something. I heard that you have recruited soldiers and horses in your hometown and have recruited thousands of people. What do you want to do? The number of soldiers in Shamen Town is only 300. Why do you recruit so many people? Tell you, someone is already talking bad about you. If it weren't for the suppression of Jieshuai and I, you are a small town general, and what do you want to recruit so many soldiers? This time, you have to be low-key. Feng Zhang is not easy to deal with. If you are caught by him, it will be painful for me to talk to you."
Chapter completed!