After Hu Yu received Wei Jiansu's policy of recruiting troops, he built the first racecourse in Chengdu and began to sell horse racing tickets to the people of Chengdu.
Even Hu Yu and Yang Zhener, who planned the horse racing casino, did not expect that horse racing could be so profitable!
As soon as horse racing was launched, people in the entire Chengdu area went crazy. A large amount of money flowed into the racecourse. Hu Yu and Yang Zhener had to impose restrictions on horse racing.
For example, the original six races in the morning and afternoon were changed to five races each day, the betting limit was also increased, and minors were prohibited from entering the racecourse.
However, these restrictions still could not stop the people from rushing to the racecourse. Even after the racecourse set a betting upper limit, there were also private betting markets with no upper limit outside the racecourse. In the end, Hu Yu led the new army to destroy several gambling houses.
A gambling stall opened a private betting market, and this unhealthy trend was eradicated.
Both Hu Yu and Yang Zhen'er felt a little scared about this situation. They didn't expect that they just wanted to recruit recruits to raise some money, but they opened this Pandora's box.
But having reached this point, Hu Yu could only go on bravely.
He set up a military camp outside Chengdu and recruited "loyal and brave troops", which were recruits recruited according to Longyou's treatment.
Those who join the army can receive a monthly salary, which is higher than the income from farming and is enough to support a family.
Once you die in battle, you can get a large amount of pension to your family. If you are seriously injured and disabled, you can also get a large amount of disability retirement money. Compared with the original treatment of the Nishikawa Army, the treatment of the Zhongyong Army can be said to be quite generous.
In addition to these benefits, joining the Zhongyong Army only requires training every day. You can eat three full meals a day, and there is a guaranteed supply of meat for lunch and dinner.
This treatment also attracted many idle men in Chengdu. Being a soldier and having free food was better than wandering the streets and starving.
The five thousand men of the Zhongyong First Army were quickly recruited. At this time, the generals and players who rushed to Chengdu from various places also arrived.
The first batch of more than a hundred player generals arrived in Chengdu. Hu Yu was overjoyed and took this group of players to have a "hot pot" meal in Chengdu. It was a pity that it was meat boiled in white soup, because this era has not yet discovered
chili.
Hu Yu immediately used these generals and players as the backbone to establish the instructor group of the Zhongyong Army.
Divide the 5,000 loyal and brave troops into teams of 50 people. Each team is a standard combat unit, and a general player is responsible for training the team.
During the battle, the team is the most basic commander. Indeed, many of the players rushing to Chengdu are ordinary general players and have no experience in commanding large-scale army operations.
But leading fifty indigenous people to train is not too difficult.
Hu Yu also copied the recruit training code of Longyou Zhechong Prefecture, and these generals and players can train according to the code.
A group of Baigong players also joined Hu Yu. Hu Yu set up an iron workshop in Chengdu City and began to build armors and weapons for new soldiers.
There are many rivers in Shuzhong. With the suggestions of several Baigong players, Hu Yu asked the New Army to build a small dam near Minshui, set up a waterwheel under the dam, and built a small water conservancy ironworks.
Outside the city of Chengdu, the sound of water conservancy rams striking steel could be heard, and the ping-ping-pong-pong sound brought weapons and armor to the new recruits in Shu.
At this time, Xichuan Jiedushi Wei Jiansu was in a very anxious mood. A few days ago, Nanzhao's army captured Jisi County in the south of Xichuan. The county government office was captured and the county magistrate died in the battle. This news has been reported to the court.
Wei Jiansu understood the emperor's character very well. Such a defeat must be unbearable for the emperor, but now the Xichuan Army was struggling to defend, let alone take the initiative to attack.
Wei Jiansu summoned Hu Yu to the Jiedu Envoy Office. Wei Jiansu sent his general's message to Hu Yu and said: "Now that Nanzhao has captured two counties, the official documents issued by the Political Hall and the Ministry of War should be on the way. Hu Canjun, you
When will the new recruits be ready?"
Wei Jiansu originally agreed to Hu Yu's formation of a new army, but it was because there was really no other way but to let Hu Yu give it a try. Anyway, at that time, the Jiedushi government had neither money nor soldiers, and Hu Yu clamored for it.
To organize and train the new army, we might as well let him go out and give it a try.
But Wei Jiansu didn't expect that Hu Yu would actually raise a huge amount of funds when he opened the racecourse, and he would actually start a new army in Chengdu.
Wei Jiansu was jealous when he saw the income from the racecourse. With such a huge income, Hu Yu only recruited 5,000 people. This also made Wei Jiansu complain. What kind of elites need so much money to support?
Wei Jiansu summoned Hu Yu today, naturally to ask about the training of the new army. If Hu Yu continues to shirk and refuses to fight, Wei Jiansu will force Hu Yu to fight.
When Hu Yu saw Wei Jiansu's unkind tone, he knew that his patience had reached its limit.
Now Nanzhao is taking turns to provoke at the border, but the Xichuan army can only build castles for defense. This battle is really too frustrating.
Even the new army began to make sounds of going to war. Hu Yu immediately said to Wei Jiansu: "Commander, the new army has been initially organized and ready to go to war!"
Hearing this, Wei Jiansu was overjoyed and said: "Have the new recruits been trained?"
Hu Yu said: "The basic training has been completed, and the rest is to train with battle. No amount of training can compare with the training on the battlefield."
Wei Jiansu was very satisfied with Hu Yu's answer. He immediately said: "Then let Hu Yu be the loyal and brave army envoy and go to the front line tomorrow!"
However, before coming, Hu Yu discussed several issues with several other generals and players. He immediately said: "Excuse me, Commander-in-Chief, my Zhongyong Army is an army of its own. Is it not subject to the control of the Xichuan Army?"
Independent command rights are naturally very important, and this is what Hu Yu is fighting for today.
Wei Jiansu thought for a while and said: "The Zhongyong Army is also a new army trained independently by the Xichuan Jiedushi Palace. It does not receive control from the generals of the Xichuan Army and only accepts the orders of the Jiedushi Palace!"
After Hu Yu finished bidding, Wei Jiansu also started bidding.
He said to Hu Yu: "The racecourse is used to support the Zhongyong Army. Now that the Zhongyong Army has been recruited, what is the income of this racecourse?"
Hu Yu understood that now all the government offices in central Sichuan were eyeing the racecourse and coveting its income.
The Xichuan Army, in particular, has always been jealous of the income from the racecourse. Hu Yu and Yang Zhener dismissed several senior officials of the Xichuan Army who tried to seize the shares of the racecourse.
Hu Yu also understood that it was not only the Xichuan army that was eyeing the racecourse, but even Wei Jiansu, the governor of Xichuan, also coveted the income from the racecourse.
Hu Yu immediately said: "Commander Jie, these five thousand people are only the first batch of new troops. After my subordinates set out, they will organize and train the second batch of new troops."
Wei Jiansu's face immediately turned ugly. It seemed that Hu Yu still refused to give up the income from the racecourse.
Hu Yu said forcefully, "When we were training the new army that day, Commander Jiedushi said that the Commander-in-Chief had no money or food, so Yu had no choice but to come up with the racecourse as a way to make money. How come we have just trained a new army now, Commander Commander Jiedushi?"
Are you going to take back your promise?"
After all, Wei Jiansu was a scholar who had served as prime minister, and he was too embarrassed to rob like those rude generals. He could only send Hu Yu away and said: "How can we go back on our word in this section? The money from this racecourse can only be used to train new recruits."
, must not be used for other purposes, if this Jiedushi discovers that someone is greedy for ink, he will definitely not spare it!"
Hu Yu knew that Wei Jiansu was saying harsh words to scare him, but Hu Yu also said tit for tat: "Yu can guarantee that every penny earned from the racecourse will be used for the new army, and not a penny will go into private life."
If you don’t trust me, you can send someone to check the accounts at any time."
When Wei Jiansu saw Hu Yu's righteous words, he could only say good things: "It's not that the governor doesn't trust you, but that the whole Xichuan army is watching the matter of the new army. You must not do it."
Something went wrong!”
After coming out of Jiedu Envoy's Mansion, Hu Yu returned to the new army camp. Yang Zhener came out holding the account book of the racecourse. When he saw Hu Yu's face was ugly, he asked:
"Weren't we all agreed upon and agreed to send troops this time? Why do you still look so ugly?"
"It seems that the Jiedushi Mansion is interested in this big piece of fat at the racecourse!"
Hu Yu told Yang Zhen'er about the conversation in Jiedushi's house. Yang Zhen'er patted the account book and said, "Wei Jiansu is such a melon! He said he had no money when he wanted to train the new army. Now he sees that our racecourse is making money.
, I’m reaching out again! It’s so shameless!”
Hu Yu knew his girlfriend's hot temper, and quickly tried to persuade her: "Isn't this what was expected? I am not afraid of thieves, but I am afraid that thieves will miss me. This time I lead troops to go on an expedition, I am afraid that the Jiedushi Palace will still have to make some small moves.
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Yang Zhen'er said: "The peripheral gambling board that was taken away last time must have been done by the Jiedushi Mansion. If you insist on refusing, I will continue to investigate."
Hu Yu said: "This is all a small fight. I'm afraid the Jiedushi government will come up with new tricks."
Hu Yu sighed and said: "All this still depends on the record of our Zhongyong Army. If we can achieve results on the battlefield, then the racecourse can be saved. If we are defeated, the Jiedushi Mansion will definitely mention this matter again.
thing."
"After I go on an expedition, I will definitely find a way to win a few victorious battles. If the Jiedushi Mansion makes any moves, you must discuss it with me and don't be impulsive."
Yang Zhener said dissatisfiedly: "I know, I know, Luo Li is so embarrassed."
After Hu Yu led 5,000 loyal and brave troops and swore to fight at the south gate of Chengdu, news came from the Xichuan Jiedushi Palace the next day -
The Xichuan Jiedushi Mansion wants to discuss the sale of a second racecourse license. As long as this license is obtained, the second racecourse can be built.