Various rumors from the outside world made Qin Guan more and more famous.

Nowadays, many people in Xiongzhou believe that Qin Guan is the reincarnation of an immortal, and he also knows how to cultivate immortality. The king of Xiongan County has now been subdued by Qin Guan and worshiped under Qin Guan's sect.

Qin Guan also heard these rumors, but he did not explain anything.

He is currently busy dealing with Xiongzhou affairs.

The Xiongzhou government office has issued an announcement to recruit Xiang soldiers from among the refugees. They can be between the ages of 16 and 40, and their physical condition must meet the requirements, at least over 1.6 meters tall.

Yes, it's one meter six.

Living conditions in ancient times were poor, and people who were 1.6 meters tall were considered to be of average height.

Qin Guan's initial standard was to expand the Xiongzhou Xiang army to 10,000 people. If there were not enough refugees, the scope could be expanded and even recruited among ordinary people. However, Qin Guan's decision was opposed by Xu Qing.

Xu Qing's reason was that he couldn't afford it.

"Sir, our military system is that of the State of Zhao, every 100 people in the Xiang army have a capital, the horse army is a military envoy, deputy soldiers and horse envoys, the infantry is a captain and a deputy captain, and every 5 people have a commander, a commander, and a deputy commander.

"Shi", 5 commanders form one army, and there is a guerrilla general. Further up, there are 5 armies forming one wing."

"Today, our Xiangzhou Army has only one corps, the guerrilla general Hu Yuanfa. Although he was told to have an establishment of 2,500 people, due to dissatisfaction with the establishment, in fact, our Xiangzhou Army only has more than 1,700 troops, and many of them are scattered in various places, such as warehouses.

The capital, the ferry capital, the craftsman capital, the miscellaneous work capital, etc.”

In fact, the Xiang army cannot be considered an army. They are just a group of armed and organized laborers with no combat effectiveness at all. The last time we went to encircle and suppress the Prince of Xiongan County, we barely managed to gather 600 Xiang troops. It was already very difficult.

Xu Qing continued: "As for the reason for the dissatisfaction of the personnel, the main reason is that we cannot afford to support them. Your Excellency, recruiting refugees into the Xiang army requires a large investment in equipment, and it also requires a large amount of expenses every month, including food and wages. According to the imperial court,

It is stipulated that each person in the Xiang army must be paid three cents per day as service money."

"If your Excellency recruits ten thousand Xiang troops, then the annual service fee for Xiang soldiers will be more than ten thousand guan. Our annual tax in Xiongzhou is only more than 10,000 guan."

"Although we have a lot of money in our hands now, this money will eventually be spent. How will these soldiers be supported by then? We can't continue to sell land. Even if we sell land, we may not meet wealthy businessmen like last time.

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Xu Qing calculated it based on the current situation in Xiongzhou. His worries were indeed correct, but in Qin Guan's heart, more than 10,000 guans a year was really nothing to him. He only raised 10,000 guan.

With 10,000 people, it’s a great deal.

He firmly believes in the saying that when there are many people, there is great power and it is easy to get things done when there are many people. Especially in this ancient time, this is simply a truth.

He would rather spend more money now than have no one available when something happens. Besides, he really doesn't care about the money.

Qin Guan nodded with a smile, put down the tea cup in his hand, and said to Xu Qing: "Xu Tongpan, I understand your worries, but I can give you a guarantee that the money for raising the Xiang Army will never come from taxes.

Come out, what do you think?"

Xu Qing was stunned. If it doesn't come from taxes, then where can it come from? Couldn't it be achieved by blowing the immortal energy?

"Then how do you raise an army?" Xu Qing asked doubtfully.

Qin Guan chuckled and said, "Actually, there are many places in this world where you can make money. As long as you have a keen eye, you don't have to worry about money."

Xu Qing thought for a while and asked: "There is really no need to pay taxes."

Qin Guan shook his head, "No need."

"Sir, can you find some money?" Xu Qing asked again.

Qin Guan nodded, "No problem at all."

Xu Qing suddenly said: "I absolutely support your decision!"

"Since you have a way to make money, why don't we recruit more people?"

Qin Guan was stunned by Xu Qing's words.

The pace has become too fast.

Just now I tried to stop them in every possible way, but now I hear that there is no need to pay taxes, and I want to add more people in the blink of an eye.

Xu Qing didn't wait for Qin Guan to speak, and then started talking to himself: "I think the reason why you formed the Xiang army is for the safety of Xiongzhou. Just like the last time the Liao Kingdom invaded our state, we didn't even have the manpower to organize the people to retreat.

No, later we occupied the city and defended it. We only had more than a thousand people standing on the city wall. If the Liao army really attacked the city, we would not even have the strength to protect Xiongzhou."

"Since your Excellency has the means to support the army, we might as well recruit more manpower. At the very least, we can fill up the vacancies in Hu Yuanfa's army. At that time, these people will be specially responsible for miscellaneous tasks. As for the 10,000 people, they can be specially responsible for the miscellaneous tasks.

What do you think of being trained as a sergeant?"

"Even if we can't get a complete set of weapons and equipment together for the time being, let's issue a long gun to each person first, and then we will slowly figure out a way."

Qin Guan laughed.

It seems that Xu Tongpan doesn't want to recruit people, but he is afraid that he won't be able to support them.

If Qin Guan is around now, he wants people more than Qin Guan.

"Xu Tongpan, I'll leave the recruitment of Xiang troops to you. I can give you a word. I can raise as many as you can recruit. Don't worry about money. I'll figure it out." Qin Guandao.

The smile on Xu Tongpan's face was thicker than Qin Guan's: "If I really don't have to worry about money, then I have nothing to fear. You can leave all other things to me."

Then the issue of resettlement of the rest of the refugees was discussed. The Xiang army only recruited young adults, and their family members, old, young, women and children also had to be resettled. This group of people was larger in number.

Qin Guandao: "My idea is to form a work team with those who are not qualified to join the Xiang army. They can build roads and cities and make a living. However, there is no rush to build roads and cities. The first thing they have to do is

Build a house."

"I plan to use the government's funding to select a suitable place in the city to build rows of houses to house the families of these Xiang soldiers and refugees."

Xu Tongpan frowned and said: "The place is easy to find, and we have reserved some land, but the investment in building a house is not small."

It's money again.

Qin Guandao: "This money is not spent in vain. Firstly, it can stabilize the morale of the Xiang army. Secondly, it can accommodate the old, young, women and children. Thirdly, this money can be recovered."

Xu Qing was confused: "Sir, are you talking about repairing the house and selling it to the homeless people? But they have no money."

"Can I repay the mortgage if I don't have money?" Qin Guandao said.

Xu Qing didn't know why and asked: "What is a mortgage?"

Qin Guan explained: "To put it simply, he pays a rent every month. After a few years, the house will belong to him. Our government office counts it as a mortgage, but I am not going to make any money, and I am even going to subsidize part of it."

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Xu Qing thought for a while, his eyes lit up, "I understand, this method is good, sir, just leave this matter to me."

But then, Xu Qing frowned and said: "I estimate that it will only take two months to build these houses, but what should these people behind do for a living? We in Xiongzhou don't need to build anything now."

Qin Guandao: "I have already arranged their future work for them."

Xu Qing quickly asked: "What kind of work?"

"Remember the wealthy businessman who bought Xiulong Mountain?" Qin Guandao.

"Of course I remember."

Xu Qing was afraid that he would never forget that person for the rest of his life.

"That man came to see me yesterday and said he hoped to build a road from Xiongzhou City to Xiulong Mountain. I calculated that this road is about 16 miles long. It is a highway with two cars running parallel. He left 20,000 guan of money.

, more refunds and less compensation.”

"And maybe we will build stone roads in the mountains in the future. This will be enough for those people to work on it for a year or two."
Chapter completed!