The Commander's Office had issued an order for the Ganzhou Guard to recruit troops independently, and Xiao Yeyang immediately had people post recruitment notices at both the gates of the guard station and the city gates.
Upon receiving the news, Fan Tong and Xia Jianren gathered at the notice posted outside the gates and looked at its contents—one furrowed his brows disapprovingly, while the other remained silent, seemingly deep in thought.
Fan Tong shook his head, "Why suddenly start recruiting? The guard station is so poor they can't even supply the border army's grain, where would they get the money to recruit?"
Traditionally, the Ganzhou Guard supplied the food for the border army, whereas the military pay was allocated by the Imperial Court to the Commander's Office and then distributed by them.
