Niu Fu is very cautious and is most afraid of his wife. When his mother-in-law is right now, she dares to say a word. In the end, she has to leave with a wry smile.

Mengdu sent Beigong Boyu again, burned Lao Wang, Han Sui and others to report that when he saw that Beigong Boyu had recruited 10,500 soldiers in a short time, Dong Hu felt a little suspicious about his judgment...

"Brother."

Dong Hu hesitated whether to increase the investment in recruiting mercenaries again. He was distracted and did not notice that someone had entered the thatched hut. He looked up and saw that it was Da Ya who was over 18 years old, so he couldn't help but take the paper from her.

Paper is different from paper that is not qualified to rub the butt today. Although it is not as good as paper in later generations, it is not much different.

Dong Hu lowered his head and read the material statement carefully, then looked at Da Ya's gentle eyebrows and eyes and said, "The number of iron armor is still insufficient. We must ensure that each of us must be equipped with iron armor, and also with iron horse armor. Each heavy armored cavalry must be equipped with two war horses and one horse mule, but this matter must be kept confidential first, so that it can be used at critical moments to exert its greatest deterrent power."

Da Ya nodded slightly and said with some concern: "Brother, the court does not allow others to hide armor privately. Let's make armor... will it cause trouble?"

Dong Hu was not very worried about this. Although he didn't know how many years Guanghe's Gregorian calendar were, he always felt that the world was in chaos.

After the world is in chaos, who cares whether you create armor or not?

Seeing that Da Ya was a little worried, Dong Hu laughed and said, "The imperial court does not allow ordinary people to hide armor and armor privately, which does not mean that soldiers are not allowed to use them. Only one armor for each soldier cannot violate the law.

Dong Hu knew what was worried about her and said, "We are not a soldier now, but when we enter the Hehuang land, the court will definitely give us a name. As for defeating the Po Qiang and burning the Qiang, we will be the same as the guys in Jishishan, and become a branch of the Hu tribe. The court has no way to take care of us."

Da Ya nodded slightly, as if she agreed with his words.

"Although the eight hundred mercenaries only provide some food for their daily life, the eldest brother doesn't want them to be just a group of vulnerable and loose sand. They still need to have standard swords, guns, arrows, and armor shields. But we are still poor now, but we must prepare eight hundred wooden shields within a month. The wooden shield is made of lighter paulownia wood, without being too thick, and inlaid a layer of iron on the outside of the wooden shield."

"Eight hundred soldiers must be equipped with wooden shields, spears, bows and arrows, waist knives, and two hundred people with projection short spears... It's almost all, and these will be used as standard mercenaries in the future."

Da Ya said hesitantly: "Our inventory, coupled with the gift from the lieutenant, is barely enough, but my elder brother also promised to give Jishishan some swords, guns and arrows. In just one month, I'm afraid that there will be so many in the workshop."

Dong Hu sighed in his heart. It was not that he had no way to build more swords, guns and arrows. Although the quality may not be as good as that of a blacksmith, he could still deal with it. It was just that there was not enough iron, which was troublesome.

I wanted to ask other blacksmith shops for help, but when I thought about how much money I would lose, I felt extremely reluctant.

"It's amazing to give the mercenary's original rag to Jishishan for the number of numbers."

"Just according to the eldest brother." Da Ya couldn't solve the problem, so she had to nod and agreed.

Although the Han Dynasty was in the Western Regions, Longxi County has always been considered a major border area, because to the west of Longxi County is the Hehuang River Valley where the Qiang people live. Han people and Qiang people have to fight from time to time. The more chaotic the place is, the more swords, guns and arrows are indispensable in the hands of the people, but there are a variety of things and all kinds.

Most of the eight hundred soldiers were paupers without horses, and they just wanted to make a living. As Dong Zhuo thought, Dong Hu also believed that those who could sign up for joining the mercenary were all desperate people who did not take their lives seriously. He did not want to treat people as disposable items.

The more chaotic the place, the more boys and girls there were. The Han Dynasty also had the punishment of "five times the tuition of the unmarried daughter" which led to the lower status of women in the Han Dynasty, so that they even wanted to give women to others. This was the case with Daya.

When she was twelve, her parents were going to let her get married. Although she looked good, she had not married until she was fifteen. Until the government came to ask for 600 yuan, her parents drove her out of the house without mercy and became a beggar in a dilapidated temple outside the city.

Living in Lintao, Dong Zhuo knew that Dong Hu could fight the tiger, and he was particularly dissatisfied with his inability to do his job. According to the survival rules of this era, Dong Da was Dong Zhuo's family general, and Dong Hu should also be a family general, but the boy always refused because he was "too much".

Through memories of previous life, Dong Hu knew that Dong Zhuo was miserable in the end. None of his generals and counselors were lucky. He was either chopped up his head or his head was chopped up by his subordinates. This made him particularly resist getting close to the Dong family.

But reality is cruel. If you want to survive in Lintao, you must rely on the power, prestige and land production of the Dong family.

At any time, people have everything. Dong Hu lost his or her own body at the age of ten. He couldn't believe that adults taller than him could only work hard to survive in this world with beggars of the same age. Sometimes he lay in bed and recalled the hardships and difficulties he suffered over the years. He also doubted whether he had the courage to start again...

Dong Hu still underestimated the energy of the famous scholars of this era. Unexpectedly, Han Sui, a famous scholar in Western Liang, actually had 150,000 troops in a short time. He knew that people were herds and that once the snowball rolled out of a certain scale, the huge destructive power it produced was unimaginable.

Lying in bed for a day, Dong Hu calculated the food in his hand, gritted his teeth and then recruited personnel in Lintao City, surrounding villages and expanded all the quotas to 1,500 people who were also trembling with Dong Zhuo.

"Xiao Chi is a little confused..."

Seeing Dong Hu gritting his teeth again to expand the limit of mercenaries, Dong's family, who was in the Dong Mansion, became a little worried. Just when Dong Zhuo was a little annoyed and asked someone to catch the muddy boy into the mansion, Dong Hu actually came to the Dong Mansion by himself...

"Young Master, Huwa has been a little bit big this time. Can you help us again?"

Dong Hu scratched his head, Dong Mao pointed in front of him, his big head stretched out, and he made two more "bangbang" sounds. Looking at the bitter boy, Dong Mao smiled.

"You don't know how much money and food you have to support for a whole family since childhood? What's more, you have recruited so many mercenaries. Tell me, what do you want to do?"

Dong Hu scratched his head and said, "That damn Beigong Boyu, Han Sui expanded tens of thousands of soldiers in a short time. If Huwa didn't get more mercenaries, those bastards in Jishishan would probably retreat cowardly. Without Jishishan's help, if the court wants to quell the rebellion, it can only take every step to attack Jincheng, Yunwu..."

"Brother also knows what kind of terrain the Hehuang Valley is. It is like a canyon like an intestine, just like a long snake formation. Facing the canyon occupied by such a rebel, the only way is to let Beigong Boyu stretch out his head and hit the key of the three-inch snake belly. Jishishan is the best weapon to kill one blow."

Dong Mao has had poor legs and feet since he was a child, and he was not favored by Dong Zhuo. He is a marginal person with a low sense of presence at home, but it does not mean that he doesn't know anything. He naturally knows the importance of Jishishan and nods in agreement with Dong Hu's words.

Dong Hu was more willing to cooperate with Jishishan and more willing to have no relationship with the court. The Han people were more determined from top to bottom. Once the court intervened, Dong Hu would lose the right to fight independently. He knew very well.

But he had no money and food to recruit more soldiers to lead or influence Jishishan. Only the Dong Mansion in Lintao could give him money and food. Only when Dong Zhuo gave him enough support could Dong Hu achieve his expected goals, but it was extremely difficult to convince Dong Zhuo.

If you want to convince Dong Zhuo, you have to show enough temptation. For Dong Zhuo, there is nothing more tempting than a new resurgence, which led to the "bewitching" words from the previous few days.

After dealing with the muddy boy in front of him for many years, Dong Mao knew Dong Hu's shrewdness and knew that he would rather wait for the opportunity to kill Jishishan.

Thinking of Dong Zhuo's plan to "raising enemies and respect themselves", Dong Mao was silent for a moment and said, "You are right. If there are not enough soldiers, Jishishan may retreat, but you should also know what it means to have more than a thousand mercenaries."

Dong Hu sighed in his heart, not saying that the money and food used by 1,500 mercenaries was a heavy burden, nor did he say that the attitude of the magistrate of Longxi County and the Southern School Office was an insurmountable mountain. Thinking of this, he sighed helplessly.

"well……"

"Huwa is not stupid or stupid. He understands the eldest son's meaning, but we really have no choice but to run over and want to ask the eldest son to help us."

Dong Mao was silent again, shook his head slightly and said, "Thirty thousand stones of grain are already the limit, and it is impossible to give you more."

Dong Hu was energetic and hurriedly said, "Tiger kids don't need money and food. Although the 30,000 shi of grain is less, they can barely support a thousand five mercenaries for a year. Our Tiger kids don't believe that the court can delay for a year."

Dong Mao nodded in agreement, and was puzzled and said, "Then why did you come to the Dong Mansion? Are you afraid that my father would be angry and knock your head?"

Dong Hu said with great stern emphasis: "Tiger Was transcending the rules this time, so my uncle naturally wants to irritate his head. In order not to let his uncle knock on our head, wouldn't he come to find the eldest son to help?"

Just when Dong Mao was speechless, a woman with a girl walked into the door. It was Li and her daughter Dong Bai. Dong Bai liked the uncle who gave her malt sugar very much. He was not afraid of Dong Mao, who had no temper, and trotted into Dong Hu's arms.

When Dong Hu met Li, he put Dong Bai on his thigh, took out a piece of malt sugar and stuffed it into the girl's mouth, and said, "Uncle is a general in the battle formation. The eldest son is not favored by his uncle due to physical reasons, but it does not mean that the eldest son really cannot lead the troops and can't be the commander..."

Dong Mao, Li didn't expect him to say these words...

"The eldest son cannot be the commander of the battle because of his health, which does not mean that he cannot be the commander-in-chief who commands the battle. Of course, his uncle was dismissed from his post because of Taiwei Duan, and the mercenary has not been recognized by the court. At most, he is a local chariot who defends his country. Even so, the eldest son should not be the commander-in-chief of the Thousand Five Mercenaries directly. This will put a lot of pressure on his uncle, but it is still possible for the eldest son to be a military sarcasm for the time being."
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