Chapter 37 Army Expansion
Where to recruit soldiers is another big problem.

The county soldiers have been trained for such a long time, but they are still not as useful as the Baiyue soldiers (later they are collectively referred to as the Baiyue Army, and are no longer subdivided into the Yao Army, Minyue Army, etc.).

According to Jin Mao's wishes, the more Baiyue soldiers there are, the better, and county soldiers are a complete waste.

However, what Jin Yun said makes sense. Walking on two legs is always better and more stable than walking on one leg.

"Hey!"

Jin Mao suddenly had a different idea: "If Baiyue and county soldiers have two legs, then male soldiers and female soldiers also have two legs?"

Seeing Pan Linzheng directing the county soldiers to load grain onto trucks, Jin Mao recalled the past.

"Baiyue women are no worse than men!"

In the past, in the Yao ethnic group’s ancestral land, both men and women could fight.

It just so happened that he had a lot of Baiyue women under his command, so he could easily afford to recruit a thousand or so young and strong women, and he could also easily spare them.

"But who will be the leader of the Baiyue female army?"

An ordinary face appeared in Jin Mao's mind.

"Madam Poison Lan" Lanzhi meets all the requirements, but I don't know if she will be unable to lead troops like Liu Mu.

"No matter what, let's first get the Baiyue female army ready when we get back."

No matter how you look at it, it's better than county soldiers.

Lunch.

Jin Mao was very surprised: "Pan Lin, what did you say? You want to recruit more county soldiers?"

In the morning, he just thought that the county soldiers were bad, but now Pan came to tell him that the county soldiers were very strong?
The face was slapped with a loud bang, and Jin Mao couldn't help but blush.

"Lord God, I think Lord Liu Mu is too kind and unfit to lead the army."

After sincerely surrendering and being reused, Pan Lin boldly expressed his inner thoughts: "These soldiers are as brave and loyal as the Baiyue Army, and in some places they are even stronger!"

"In fact, everyone wants to practice well and fight for the Lord, but..."

Pan Lin scratched his head. He had not read many books and could not express his understanding.

"But the general is the courage of the soldiers, and the soldiers are the power of the general!" Jin Mao continued.

"Yes, yes, yes! This is what I meant!" Pan Lin silently kept this sentence in mind.

Jin Mao fell into deep thought. Compared with Jin Yang, Liu Mu was indeed better, but time proved that no matter how Liu Mu changed, he still could not control the army.

Why should we force others to do something against their will?

Loyalty alone is not enough, talents should shine where they are needed.

"Okay! As you wish."

Jin Mao thought that he could give it a try, as men are always stronger than women on the battlefield.

Of course, a women’s army should also be established.

"How many people can you take?"

Pan Lin fell into deep thought and Jin Mao did not urge him.

This was the first game between the two. Jin Mao wanted to see how capable Pan Lin was, and Pan Lin also knew this.

Finally, Pan Lin replied conservatively: "Lord God, I can lead 500 people."

"Okay! I'll allow you to recruit 350 county soldiers, making a total of 500 people."

Jin Mao said: "But, I have a request."

"Today is May 28th, and there is still more than a month until the next assessment."

"If you can guarantee that the county soldiers can be trained properly during this period of time, you will be the leader of this team of 500 people!"

"When I get promoted in the future, you will be General 500!"

Pan Lin was overjoyed: "Thank you, Lord God! I promise to complete it!"

The county soldiers were expanded to 500, and when the wounded soldiers of the Baiyue Army returned to the team, there were more than 500 of them, which was a team of 1,000 people.

If the female army recruits another thousand people, that will be two thousand people!
In the past, Jinmao wouldn’t even dare to think about it, but now that it has food in hand, it has nothing to fear.

"However, the number of Baiyue troops is a little less, and I feel uneasy."

Jinmao has set its sights on the small Shanyue groups in the surrounding area. Now there is a former Shanyue leader among them.

Talented people should shine where they are needed.

"Pan Lin, when you are not training, I have something for you to do."

Good thing! Pan Lin felt that thinking for a second would be disrespectful to Jin Mao, so he immediately agreed: "God, please give me your orders."

Jin Mao told him the whole story of recruiting Xiao Shanyue. That's it? Simple!
Pan Lin patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, Lord God, as long as you spread this word, the Shanyue people within a thousand miles will rush to tell you and join your army."

"Oh?" Jin Mao thought it would be difficult, but he didn't expect it to be so easy.

Seeing this, Pan Lin explained: "Lord God, you probably don't know how attractive your policies are to these people with cheap lives."

According to Pan Lin's narration, the Yao people were not a single tribe, but were formed by the gathering of countless small groups of mountain people from thousands of miles around, which led to their current size.

Even the Yao people were starving, let alone those small groups of Shanyue people, who were lucky to be alive.

As long as Jin Mao opened his mouth, there would be countless Shanyue people coming to join him without even having to fight.

Even the most powerful Yao people in the area have surrendered, only a fool would not surrender.

Jin Mao was speechless, he really didn't expect that in Baiyue's heart, he actually had such a lofty status.

There is nothing much to say, just one word.

trick!
Pay as much as you come!

No matter men, women, young or old, Jinmao can use it.

He alone owns more than 15,000 acres of land. If each household owns 20 acres, there will be 750 households. Not to mention that with intensive farming, a young and strong family may not be able to take care of 20 acres of land, so even more people will be needed.

After arranging everything, Jinmao was finally able to go out and get some fresh air.

The first thing you see is the skinny Taimo County residents working hard.

"Alas, the county magistrate is as fat as a pig, while the people are so thin."

"I can't just sit there and do nothing."

Jin Mao called He Wei and Jin Yang and asked them to talk to the county residents about the win-win cooperation.

Unexpectedly, the effect was surprisingly good.

Within a few days, more than a dozen village heads and dozens of village heads in Taimo County came to seek cooperation.

The people below don’t know Jinmao’s name, but they are well-known to him.

However, this time they were not intimidated by his power, but were sincerely seeking cooperation.

It is true that Taimu County has been suffering for a long time, and even these gentry are living a miserable life.

Therefore, Jinmao reaped 60% of the profits from 7,000 acres of dry land in Taimo County through win-win cooperation.

At present, Jinmao directly controls more than 15,500 acres of land and has more than 20,000 acres of cooperatively managed land.

Compared with the early Jinyun Mountain period, it has grown ten times!
Similarly, if the territory is large, there will be many problems.

First of all, it is a human problem. It is impossible for Jinmao to just leave its own land uncultivated and give guidance to others.

The second issue is the human problem. With so much land, how many people are needed to take care of it?

The Baiyue no longer invade, but there are still wild beasts and man-made disturbances, and people are needed to maintain order.

In the end it’s still a question of people. A township must have one person to preside over affairs, right?

But talents are hard to come by, and among Jin Mao's subordinates, only Jin Yun can barely control the area.

In addition, the problems that Jinmao urgently needs to solve are not limited to this.

He found Liu An's letter in the Jiao family's correspondence, and Liu An's letter said that he would unite the family's side branches to put pressure on Jin Mao.

"The thief within is the most hateful!"

Jinmao hates this kind of stabbing in the back the most.

If a family has a problem, can’t they talk it out face to face?

Do you have to do these disgusting tricks?
This time Jinmao won, so the problem is not big.

What if I lose?
Jinmao is doomed!
So, this time Jinmao decided not to show any mercy and must deal with this unstable factor.

Of course, the news in the letters was not all bad.

"There are branches of the Jiao family in Shanyin, Zhuji, Shangyu, and Yuyao. Old Dog Jiao can only hide in one of these four places."

Jin Mao never shows mercy to his enemies.

"If these branches are sensible, they will just hand over the people."

"If you don't hand it in..."

"hey-hey!"

That's really great!
These four counties are all richer than Wushang County. I think the branches there must be much richer than Wushang branch Jiaoqian.

The four families swept along the way, and the harvest they got was enough to compare with the Jiao family's old nest.

(End of this chapter)