Pirate Song

As the name suggests, archer in the Song Dynasty means archer. It is actually a kind of military service in the military system of the Song Dynasty. Although in the two Song Dynasties, the regular army mainly recruited soldiers, but for local armed forces, they still had to rely on the local government to solve their own problems. The same goes for archers.

Local armed forces were controlled by local governments in various places. However, unlike the regular army, the Song Dynasty court was afraid that local officials would support their own troops and implemented a strategy of strong officers and weak branches in the military system. The number of local armed forces in each local government was extremely limited.

Generally, small counties can only have twenty archers. A medium-sized county like Daye County is located on the defense line of the Yangtze River and has heavy guard pressure. It can only have fifty standing armed men. Therefore, the county captain Gao Huaiyuan can only have at most fifty archers.

With fifty archers, this kind of strength is basically enough to deal with an ordinary bandit, but if a foreign enemy really invades the country, this small number of soldiers is simply not enough to fill their teeth.

Therefore, the imperial courts of the two Song dynasties did not have to worry about what kind of scandals local officials in various places could make. Although their rule was consolidated, it greatly weakened the role that local governments could play in fending off enemies when war came.

Gao Huaiyuan and Ji Xiancheng both saw this clearly. If this situation was allowed to continue, once the Song Dynasty faced the invasion of the Mongols, even if these farmers were organized, they would never be a match for the Mongolian army.

It was impossible to deal with the already much weaker Jin Army.

Therefore, after Gao Huaiyuan formed the archers, he was not satisfied. In addition to training these archers in person every day, he also found Liu Zhixian and brought up the old things again, talking about the bow and arrow club that he had wanted to start before.

"Master Liu, after I took up the post of county captain this time, I deeply felt that our county's daily patrol strength was insufficient! If there were patrols in the villages in the county, I would not have allowed Cao Laosan and others to behave like this.

Rampant, committing crimes and killing people wantonly! What's more, when Xiaguan led the expedition the year before last, although he led more than 500 local warriors, they rushed into battle due to lack of training. When encountering enemy troops, they almost lost the entire army several times.

Even so, five hundred Xiangyong were lost in less than a year, which makes people feel sad when they think of it!

I think that Daye County is located on the bank of the Yangtze River. The Jin people invaded the border from time to time. Although they did not cross the river to invade our county, they made people uneasy all the time. If our county could follow the example of the border areas in the early years, and the villagers united to protect themselves,

If you can plow with a bow and cut firewood with a sword, and let the people in the countryside practice martial arts to protect themselves, why worry about the unrest in the county's boundaries?

And if something happens, we can always summon the village warriors to protect ourselves. This will definitely make our county worry-free from now on! So during this period, Xiaguan has been thinking about whether we can follow the old system and set up bow and arrow clubs in each township.

How about allowing the country warriors to train in their spare time in order to protect themselves?" After Gao Huaiyuan sat down in Liu Zhixian's study, he spoke to Liu Zhixian.

Liu Zhixian can finally take a breath during this period. For more than two years, there has been basically no peace and quiet in Daye County. After Wang County Lieutenant left, it was like no one in the county took care of the County Lieutenant's affairs.

In addition, the constant banditry troubles made him have a headache. This time, after Gao Huaiyuan filled the post of county captain, he solved some of the biggest cases in the county and brought the murderers to justice.

He breathed a long sigh of relief and once again felt very satisfied with Gao Huaiyuan's abilities.

And what Gao Huaiyuan said is indeed the truth. In his early years, Gao Huaiyuan once mentioned this matter to him and Wang County Lieutenant, but it did not attract his attention, so that in the past two years, Daye City has been

He bravely joined the army, but in the end many came and went, but few came back. Not to mention that the entire army was wiped out, almost half of them died in front of the army. Moreover, banditry occurred from time to time, and there was no manpower available to fight against it, which made him very anxious some time ago.

Even if Gao Huaiyuan doesn't say anything now, he still has lingering fears.

So when Gao Huaiyuan brought up this matter, County Magistrate Liu nodded and agreed. This was not because he was bold, but because after the war between Song and Jin Dynasties in the past two years, the imperial court began to pay attention to strengthening local defenses along the river.

After the war, they also began to relax controls and allow local governments to strengthen local armed forces. Zhao Fang, the envoy of Jingxi Road Institution, even ordered the prefecture and county governments to strengthen the preparation of rural warriors to meet the needs of larger wars at any time.

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With the two parties so relaxed, Liu Zhixian naturally had no reason to stop Gao Huaiyuan anymore. Besides, he would also rely on Gao Huaiyuan to help him with many things in the future, so he gave the green light, agreed with Gao Huaiyuan's opinion, and settled this matter.

Leave it to Gao Huaiyuan to do it. As for how far Gao Huaiyuan can push this matter, he doesn't care.

But Liu Zhixian played a trick and told Gao Huaiyuan: "If Gao County Lieutenant thinks so, I will naturally be happy! But there is something I want to tell Gao County Lieutenant. At present, the county has been frequently transferring food and salary in the past two years.

, the treasury is quite empty now, and I can’t come up with much money, so I asked you, Lieutenant Gao, to use it on this matter! I hope Lieutenant Gao will understand my difficulties and think of some solution on his own! This matter

Gao County Lieutenant is worried, I still have many affairs to deal with, so I will not personally supervise this matter!"

When Gao Huaiyuan heard this, it was good. Liu Zhixian just said a word and asked him to do this. Is it possible that he would have to spend his own money to buy bows and arrows for the village warriors? Is it possible to use swords and guns?

But it’s a huge expense! Even if he has money, he can’t just throw it away on this matter now!

But Gao Huaiyuan saw what Liu Zhixian meant. He had no objection to this matter, but it was probably unrealistic for the county government to provide money to support his plan to strengthen the people!

Gao Huaiyuan returned to his office courtyard inside the county government office a little depressed, sat heavily on a chair, touched his chin and began to figure out how to proceed with this matter.

At this time, Ji Xiancheng was holding a teapot and strolled out of the back hall leisurely: "I wonder what the outcome of the county lieutenant's discussion with the county magistrate will be?"

"Don't mention it. This old guy promised easily, but he is a tough guy who never pulls out a cent! If I want to set up bow and arrow societies in various towns, I have to find ways to make money myself to buy bow and arrow weapons for those villagers. I am really naughty in the extreme.

Yes! You made it clear that you want to see my joke!" Gao Huaiyuan replied depressedly.

"What's so difficult about this matter? Master, you don't have to worry about it. It's easy to handle now, and the county magistrate doesn't mean to make things difficult for you. There really isn't much money for you to do such a thing in Daye County now. This matter

It's not surprising that the county master knows what happened. The young master might as well think of a solution on his own!

Didn't the young master have a lot of contact with the wealthy families in various townships during this period? Now you can invite them to come out together, help out, and raise some funds. As long as the young master sets an example, then they will naturally be embarrassed to spend nothing. In this way,

Come on, can't this matter be solved?

What's more, Daye County is the foundation of these people. If something happens here, if the skin is gone, how can the hair be attached? I think we only need to make it clear to them that the preparation and training of village warriors is for the long-term stability of this place. These

People should be able to figure out who benefits the most!

Besides, even though you have captured Zhang Cheng, Cao Laosan and his gang, aren't there still incidents of Liangzi Lake bandits raiding the place from time to time? With the power of the imperial court, there is no energy to destroy them now. If you want to protect yourself,

, we still have to rely on the strength of the township itself. If you are on the ground, the head of the household will probably be very happy with this! What's more, the elders are under your jurisdiction. They themselves have the responsibility of arresting bandits, so why worry about not succeeding in this matter?

?" Ji Xiancheng said to Gao Huaiyuan with an indifferent expression.

After Gao Huaiyuan heard this, he stood up with a slap on his head and said with a smile: "This is a good idea, then just do what Mr. said!"

Within two days, Gao Huaiyuan followed Ji Xiancheng's idea, rented a restaurant in the county town with his own money, sent out Xing Baotou and others to act as errands, and invited big businessmen from various townships to gather in the county town. He just said that the county captain

He wanted to hold a banquet to express his gratitude to these big business owners for their support during this period, without saying anything else.

The county captain was treating guests, and naturally the big families in each township had to show their respect, so they quickly rushed to the county seat and arrived at the restaurant rented by Gao Huaiyuan.

Gao Huaiyuan was dressed in casual clothes and personally stood in front of the restaurant to welcome the group to the banquet, which made everyone feel quite proud. Moreover, this restaurant was also a newly opened restaurant in the county. It was Zuixian Restaurant owned by Gao Huaiyuan, but now he knew

There are very few people who know that Zuixian Tower is Gao Huaiyuan's property. The rich people know the reputation of Zuixian Tower. Gao Huaiyuan can hold a banquet here, which shows that he has invested money, so everyone bowed to Gao Huaiyuan.

I was invited to sit down in the lobby on the second floor of Zuixian Tower.

These people usually interacted with each other, and they were all wealthy people. They had to exchange pleasantries. Before noon, everyone who was supposed to arrive arrived. Gao Huaiyuan then walked from downstairs to the second floor, and talked with him again.

The people here exchanged pleasantries before the guests and hosts were seated.

Gao Huaiyuan glanced at the people present. These people all represent a wealthy class in the contemporary era. Most of them are the heads of households in each township, including the elders of each township. Most of them are also

They were all invited here, and now they are all looking at him, waiting for him to speak!

Regarding Gao Huaiyuan, the young and newly-appointed county captain, no one dares to underestimate him now. He has been an official for two generations. They do not dare to underestimate him now. They only wait for Gao Huaiyuan to speak.

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Gao Huaiyuan first gave a speech of gratitude to this group of people, which was basically completely devoid of nutrients. It was just a cliché in official circles. It was considered a prelude, but the conversation was very humorous and made everyone burst into laughter.

Although Gao Huaiyuan was an official, he did not have much airs and was considered an easy person to deal with.

As the banquet started, Gao Huaiyuan invited Shenxian Zui out. Everyone was attracted by such good wine, and they drank from cup to cup. They were all excited to drink such good wine today, and

These people rarely came forward to toast Gao Huaiyuan.

After going back and forth, everyone became more familiar with each other. After seeing everyone here begin to relax, Gao Huaiyuan picked up his wine glass, stood up and toasted everyone: "It's so important that you all can accept the invitation to attend the banquet today.

Give me some face! Gao is deeply grateful to you all and invites you all to drink this cup together!"

Everyone stood up, picked up their glasses and drank together. Gao Huaiyuan then changed the subject and said to the people present: "You are all celebrities in our Daye County. I am afraid you have been deeply troubled by bandits in the past two years.

It’s such a pain, and you all are the heads of households, heads of households, and elders in each township, so I’m afraid you are all deeply troubled by this matter!

Gao is not talented. I invite you all to come to the banquet this time. In addition to thanking you for your support of Gao, there is one more thing I want to discuss with you!"

When everyone here heard what Gao Huaiyuan said, they all knew that today's banquet was about to get down to business, so they all put down their chopsticks, turned their eyes to Gao Huaiyuan, and listened carefully to what he was going to say next.

Gao Huaiyuan saw that these people's attention had been focused on him, so he went on to say to them: "Although Gao Xin took office not long ago, everyone also knows that Gao is also a person from Daye County, and he is not familiar with the local situation.

We understand that our Daye County is located on the bank of a large river. After the war between the two countries, although this place did not suffer military disasters, the number of refugees increased and the place was still unstable. Banditry has continued in recent years, which always has an impact on everyone!

Moreover, all your family properties are in Daye County. If the river defense is compromised, we in Daye County will definitely bear the brunt. I am afraid that all your wealth will not be protected by then!

For this reason, Gao Mou has been working hard on this matter since he took office, trying to find a good solution. Now the imperial court has ordered various places to strengthen their defenses, and our county currently only has fifty archers, not to mention defending against the enemy.

Outside the county, it is said that it can only deal with large groups of bandits, but there are many shortcomings. It is not enough to defend the county. Don't say that it is to defend the countryside. When the time comes, there is a risk that it will be beyond the reach of the whip!

Therefore, during this period, Gao Mou had many discussions with the county magistrates, and wanted to set up bow and arrow clubs in various townships, and use the leisure time to train the strong people in the villages to prepare for emergencies. Do you have any opinions on this matter?

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Gao Huaiyuan spoke eloquently, and then looked around at the people present.

The people present looked at each other and felt that overall, this matter was beneficial to them. In the past two years, when the Song and Jin Dynasties went to war and refugees poured into the county in large numbers, there were more roosters and dogs robbers on the ground in each township.

There are quite a few, and the elders in each township are basically deaf and have little ears. Even if they can deal with such small thieves, they are unable to do anything, let alone deal with large groups of bandits. There are always some wealthy families throughout the year who want to

Being invaded by bandits and ending up with their family and people destroyed, Gao Huaiyuan wanted to resolve this matter after taking office, which would be a good thing for them.

So everyone began to nod and agreed with Gao Huaiyuan, saying that this idea was a good one. Moreover, they all knew that Gao Huaiyuan had been in the army and had made many military exploits. Doing such a thing should be a no-brainer.

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Gao Huaiyuan saw that such people had no objections, so he continued: "Although Gao is determined to promote this matter, the finances in the county government are currently stretched, and it is really difficult to make ends meet. As you all know, we in Daye

The county is close to Ezhou, and it needs to transport military supplies from time to time. At present, the county has no money to do more things. Therefore, if you want to implement this matter, I would like to ask everyone here to spend some small money to implement this matter!"

As soon as Gao Huaiyuan finished speaking, the group of people immediately understood. It turned out that Gao Huaiyuan's meal was not for free! Now he was about to ask them for money, so some people suddenly became unhappy. They had

The money is true, but some people are not happy if they are asked to use the money to build a bow and arrow club for poor people to practice martial arts!

Gao Huaiyuan did not wait for these people to cry out and complain, so he immediately stopped them and said first: "Gao also knows everyone's difficulties, so since Gao is also from Daye County, he will not just ask everyone to contribute money.

Gao is not talented in handling this matter. Although his family background is not as good as yours, he must definitely contribute to this matter. Today Gao also expresses his position here. Gao is a senior citizen in the Gaojiazhuang area.

Mr. Gao will naturally not be stingy with the expenses required for the bow and arrow club there. Today, Gao is willing to spend 500 yuan as the cost of establishing the bow and arrow club to purchase weapons and other items for the people of the village. As for other towns, he will need

You all do your best!"

When everyone heard this, they were all shocked. Five hundred guan was not a small amount to put here. Gao Huaiyuan was young and the Gao family was not too rich. Everyone did not expect that Gao Huaiyuan would spend 500 guan to do this.

, this made it difficult for them to refuse.

What's even more amazing is that Gao Huaiyuan immediately ordered one of his supervisors to set up a table next to it, covered it with rice paper, and began to register the pledges of the people present, and immediately took out five hundred Guan Huizi and handed it over to Gao Huaiyuan.

After getting this escort, everyone in the province thought that he was just talking. Now he was forcing the people attending the banquet to express their stance.

Everyone is summing up this matter in their hearts, and many people feel that no matter what they say, this matter is not a bad thing for them. They themselves are the upright figures of the township, and they have the responsibility to safeguard the integrity of the township.

Public security, not to mention they are the ones who benefit the most. If they don't nod today, they will definitely offend the county captain Gao Huaiyuan. If something happens to their family in the future, if Gao Huaiyuan just ignores it, then sooner or later they will be the ones who suffer. Now they have offended Gao Huaiyuan.

Huaiyuan is not a good thing for them. There will be a lot of time in the future, and it is not a big loss to spend some money to buy a safe place.

So after understanding this, some people stood up and expressed how much money they would pay to do this. Once someone came forward to agree to this, the remaining people couldn't help but go to that place one after another.

The custodian told the custodian how much money each paid, and asked the custodian to record it.

Gao Huaiyuan is also very good at what he does. Just registering is not enough. He talks without proof. After registering, he also asks these people to sign and sign on paper, which saves them from regretting it in the future. After having this signature, when the time comes,

Then you can send someone to ask them for the account, and now this group of people can no longer evade and say they have forgotten the matter.dd