"Little girl, I will treat you well. ”

Chen Xin said softly, and then neither of them spoke, quietly listening to the faint breath in the microphone, enjoying the strange silence. The snowflakes in the sky began to fall again, gently falling on Chen Xin's body, slowly piling up on his shoulders。。。。。。

"It's all lined up. ”

Zhu Guobin stood by the boat with the roster. It's still the original simple dock. There are a lot of such piers nearby. Every year, a part of the grain in the south is transported to Tianjin through a sea sheltered ship, which is in the form of a lucky ship, so there are also such wharves nearby.

Chen Xin stood on a box so that everyone could see him. In front of him were five groups of orderly trackers, all of them standing with their heads held high. Their hair is tied in a bun with a net towel. Everyone had their hair trimmed (Note 1). They put on a new thick coat, which was a blue one. The fat coats of the Ming army were worn on both sides, blue on the inside and red on the outside, and the recruits distinguished them from the veterans with their blue faces. Nor is it so noticeable in Tianjin.

During this period, Zhu Guobin and others trained a little. These trackers already have a certain shape, but the situation of the Yanggu people who have just been taken away by Dai Zheng is even worse. They stood awkwardly from east to west, stupidly looking at the ranks here.

Liu Min got on the boat first, ordered bedding and food with Zhang, and came to the deck to watch. Liu Min looked at Chen Xin's back at the front of the team and knew that this old friend was still on the way to hegemony. He didn't listen to himself. He has his pursuits. When he was studying, Chen Xin was a strong-willed person who couldn't change himself.

But when will he be born safely? Liu Min subconsciously looked in the direction of Tianjin and touched a pair of gloves in his arms. When he went to the store to say goodbye today, Shen Lishi put it on without seeing it. They were all sewn from torn clothes. I don't know how long she did it. Liu Min sighed in his heart.

Zhu Guobin was next to Chen Xin. Listening to Chen Xin's respectful whisper, he came to the crowd of people in Yanggu and said loudly: "Now reassemble, 12 people in each group." The original members of each group are still there, and Yanggu's name is called. ”

Dai Zhenggang hurriedly told them to stand up. Half of the people in Yanggu are complete farmers. For the past two days, they have been busy cleaning up their personal hygiene. They had never been trained before. They learned a lot from the way to Tianjin, so they looked very different.

"Huang Yuan, Jiang Zhe. ”

"Here we are. Huang Yuan and his wife stood up.

Zhu Guobin pointed to the first team and said: "Make up to the end of the team." ”

The two men reached the end of the line and stood timidly. The surrounding Zhangjiawan trackers turned their heads to look at them. Chen Xin looked at them lightly. A little thing makes the queue rise and fall. After all, they didn't have the discipline to strengthen their training, and they look good now.

When five teams joined, it was Chen Xin's plan. There are a total of 5 mandarin duck formation squads. Chen Xin coughed and began to lecture: "I am Chen Xin, Weihaiwei Baijia." Remember your teammates. From now on, we should eat and sleep together. You can be scheduled to do things at any time on the ship. You can do it yourself. If you don't, the whole team will be penalized. The five of you are a squadron, and I am the squadron leader. This Zhu Guobin is the training officer and is responsible for your regular training. The other group will lead directly. Lu Chuanzong and Dai Zheng were the squadron's deputies, each leading two squadrons. Other disciplines will be announced by Zhu Guobin at a later date. Let's get on board. ”

There was a cacophony of people in line. Everyone looked around. A lot of people are worried about what the punishment is. It was not uncommon for Ming Dynasty troops to cut off their ears, noses, and heads. How did they know that Chen Shui-bian's new disciplinary regulations had not yet been formulated, and they were desperately looking for a new disciplinary effect every day.

Chen Xin didn't explain either. He stood next to the gangplank. For every soldier who passed by, Chen Xin gave him a silver ingot and encouraged him: "Pay your salary this month, work hard." "Each of them knelt down and kowtowed.

Chen Xin helped Zhou Shaoer carry the iron pot to Tianjin all the way, and asked Zhu Guobin, Dai Zhenggang and others to help the weak. Discipline is important, but not all discipline. He highly praised the Prussian army during the Franco-Prussian War, which from the very beginning cultivated friendship between army comrades. Luckily, the three captains went through tough times and weren't leaders. They all follow their orders and help those who are weak, people are not fools, whoever is good to them, they will be good to them. Zhangjiawan's trackers all respect Chen Xin and others. They were all happy to be right and met a good host.

Every day I can eat a full meal, take a bath in Tianjin, put on new clothes, everyone is new, and now I have money. It's all true. The person who was worried about punishment just now also let go of his worries.

After the five teams of soldiers went up, they were handmade family armor. In fact, there are only five families and more than ten people. The leader of the team is Tang Zuoxiang, who looks like an honest farmer. They are all military workers in Tianjin. They can't live anymore. When Dunkshan went, they replied that they were in a hurry to go, because if they didn't go, they wouldn't have any money.

In order to appease people's hearts, Chen Xin paid money to everyone before getting on the ship, so as not to cause trouble at sea. When the craftsman Hu family went up, there were still Yanggu people and 11 people. They were all simple farmers. Chen Xin also asked them to form a team temporarily. He plans to let them do some logistics first.

After all the family members got on board, there were more than 100 people on board. The Zhu Yin can still be loaded, but it is crowded. This time, the flag of the Tianjin Navy was hoisted on the ship. This was bought by Song Wenxian for a few hundred taels of silver, and he wanted to pass a manager of 1,000 people, which was more than the original province.

Two groups of 24 trackers, both of whom had been in the canal for a long time, were more interested in these things. They propped up the harbor with bamboo poles and sailed into the Wei River, where ice was floating. Lao Cai and Deng Keshan, who came to see them off, hugged each other on the dock. Liu Minyou and Chen Xinyou bowed and said goodbye to them.

Once in the river, the tracker helped Skazy and the others pull up the sails on the deck, while others held poles, ready to push away the ice.

Liu Min came to Chen Xin and said, "Isn't Zhu Guobin the commander of the Corps? How did he become a training officer again?"

Chen Xin replied lightly: "I remember, when is the team sent down, what do I care." ”

Liu Min knew that he did not believe in handing over the army to others. Looking at the busy blue figure on the deck, he asked Chen Xin, "Are you willing to spend money to make them new clothes?" My store is not profitable enough this month. ”

Chen Xin was surprised and said, "I didn't let Zhang go to the clothing store to get silver bars." ”

"After that, I thought it was too expensive to raise soldiers. This time, each person had a fat jacket, a lining, a short suit, two pants and two pairs of shoes. As long as they are worn, each person will use more than 32 of them. Your cost from Zhangjiawan has not been calculated. Luckily, the ship is your own. Otherwise, this is for you. ”

Chen Xin took a deep breath: "What is this? They need more than a hundred taels of silver every month. When they arrived in Weihai, they had to spend money on houses, farm tools, seeds, cows, weapons, armor, and food. "Then you still buy so many clothes, and you don't know how to save money. ”

"Look at them, Boss Liu. When I first saw them in Zhangjiawan, they were like the African refugees we saw. They were dirty and stuffy, numb and timid. What do you see now?"

"Hope?"

"And a sense of honor. Don't look down on this beautiful new dress. This is the basis for the most intuitive change and sense of honor they feel. Before the formation of the modern army, the sense of honor was the most reliable spiritual motivation of the army, which surpassed the spirit of sacrifice, bravery, and responsibility. So the money is worth it. ”

"Shhhh How do you know? Who said that?"

"Comrade Romini!"

"Who's Jomy?"

He was a general of the Napoleonic era, a military theorist, and the two great authorities of Western military thought

Liu Min joked: "Then you plan to buy them new clothes and cultivate a good army." ”

Chen Xin smiled: "Of course, this is not only necessary, but also not enough. I don't know much, I'm still learning. I'm going to Weihai to explore slowly. ”

Learn more. When it comes to the battlefield, the tuition fee is less. ”

The two stood side by side on the rudder tower, watching the silhouette of Tianjin City get farther and farther away, and finally disappear into the sea.

Zhu Yinchuan arrived in Dengzhou seven days later. Chen Xin and Song Wenxian met Sun Guozhen. Sun Guozhen was indeed very haggard, but he still gave Song Wenxian a letter, which was addressed to Commander Weihaiwei and asked him to settle Chen Xin. It is estimated that Chen Xin's fame did not spread to Dengzhou. Sun Guozhen didn't know that he worked so hard in the Eunuch Party, but even so, he didn't dare to wear Chen Xin's shoes now. Wei Zhongxian has been hanged, and the eunuch party across the country is no longer struggling.

Chen Xin still respects him very much. Chongzhen quickly cleaned up Wei Zhongxian, but he didn't deal with the counter-case for a long time. Sun Guozhen didn't decide for a day, so he was still the governor of Dengla, what should he do.

Zhong Daotai also wrote to Wei Haiwei's commander. He did not know what was going on in the capital. He was a little worried about the fall of the eunuch party. Recently, he was going to send someone to the capital to inquire. At this time, it is more likely to use money, so he is very polite to Chen Xin.

Chen Xin mentioned that he would place his wife in Dengzhou. Zhongdaotai is more satisfied. He said he would send a maid to take care of her. Jongdodai needs to be supervised. Chen Xin is ready. He said that he would put it in Song Wenxian's house first, wait for Song Wenxian to help buy the yard, and then trouble Zhongdaotai to send the maid.

Chen Xin said that Xiao Jiahua's deeds were to explain the whereabouts of the hostages, and then ask Zhong Daotai for some military expenses.

Zhong Daotai asked, "I don't know what weapon Chen Qianhu wants." If it's like a gun, you don't have to open your mouth. The Navy and Dongjiang Town are not enough. If I don't press the three cannons in red on your ship, someone will make up their minds. ”

"The corporal knew he wanted some swords, guns and gunpowder. ”

Zhong Daodai breathed a sigh of relief. Haiphong Province is in charge of Arsenal. He has a lot of these things. "What does Chen Qianhu want?"

Chen Xin handed over a list and looked at the Zhongdao table, "Two hundred thick jackets, two hundred pairs of net boots, three hundred long knives, three hundred spears, three hundred rattan cards, three hundred waist knives, three hundred palladium bows, twenty bows, five thousand arrows, iron armor ......"

Zhong Daotai looked at it, raised his head and said to Chen Xindao: "Bow and arrow to Weihaiwei." There is no iron armor. I'll give you ten cotton coats, and don't wear thick coats, and don't wear net boots. "I can give you anything. Zhong Daotai handed the list to a soldier behind him, and ordered the soldier to collect it in the arsenal and send it to Fu Chuan. Fu Chuan, Chen Xin, plans to leave this time. However, for the hostages, Zhongdaotai ignored them. After arrangement, Zhong Daotai didn't want to talk to Chen Xin anymore. He brought tea to the guests. Chen Xin and Song Wenxian came out and took Xiao Jiahua to Song Wenxian's house. Xiao Jiahua was unconscious. He asked about the new house along the way. Song Wenxian was very resistant to the young grandmother living in his own home. However, Chen Xin repeatedly asked that he did not have time to buy a yard. Song Wenxian had no choice but to cover his nose with his hand to recognize it, and only waited for the morning to help Chen Xin buy a good yard for his aunt to see him off.

When he arrived at Song Wenxian's house, Song Wenxian called Zheng's wife and children and saw Chen Xin one by one. He had a wife, two concubines, four children, and the eldest son was sixteen years old. Chen Xin came to the Song family for the first time and gave each child two taels of silver. The Song family is the courtyard of the Second Jin Dynasty. Xiao Jiahua was arranged on the third floor to the west of the Second Jin Dynasty. Everyone was satisfied, but Xiao Jiahua was not satisfied. He kept complaining about not staying in the main room.

They planned to leave in the afternoon. The knife went nearby and called the sailors to take the ship away. After having lunch at Song's house, he went out. Song Wenxian went all the way east into an alley and came to a courtyard. After knocking on the door, Wang Yong appeared in front of him, and Chen Xin followed him into the courtyard behind Song Wenxian.

After Wang Yong closed the door, his face sank. He said to Song Wenxian: "Mr. Song, Mr. Chen, you told me to pay attention to Han Bin. He's really not right. After the last time he came back, he drank and gambled every day. In recent months, he has lost at least a few thousand silver coins. In the evening, he and his wife went to the Sleeping Spring Hospital for prostitution. ”

Song Wenxian and his family have been worried about Han Bin. They are in Dengzhou. They are very clear about Zhu Yinchuan. If they go to Haiphong Island and talk nonsense, it will cause a lot of trouble. He may even split more members to gain dominance of the maritime trade. Now both adults are using money. If they knew that they had robbed Zhu Yinchuan, they might come to blackmail. Looking at Han Bin's current state, it doesn't look like a veteran. It's like an irregular bomb.

Song Wenxian said depressedly: "It's hard to say what this person should do. Did he say what to do?"

Wang Yong recalled, "I didn't hear it. ”

Song Wenxian and Chen Xin looked at each other. After all, this man has been on the ship for many years, but now he just eats, drinks, prostitutes, and gambles. If you kill him, it seems impossible. Song Wenxian turned his head and said, "Wang Yong, you have to pay close attention to him every day. If anything changes, you should notify me as soon as possible. If I wasn't here, you could find Chen Qianhu in Weihai. ”

"The villain understands. ”

Song Wenxian and Chen Xin returned to Shuicheng together and transferred the three teams of trackers to the ship. Scar found Wang Zugui and others. They were very happy to meet Chen Xin. They lived together and died together. Of course, they feel differently.

Chen Xinyao's cold weapon was quickly sent by the soldiers of Zhongdaotai. 30 long knives, 10 capture flags, 30 spears, 30 medals, 30 waist knives, 30 palladium, 30 clamping knives, 10 iron shoulder rods, 10 detoxifiers, 5 large axes, 10 cotton armors, 300 pounds of gunpowder, 2,000 pounds of pig iron. Except for the rattan medal replaced by a round card, everything else was in accordance with Chen Xin's requirements. Chen Xin had no confidence in the guns of the Ming army. It turned out that there were seven or eight bird cannons on the prayer boat, and Tang Zuoxiang said that he would make cannons, so he didn't even want a gun.

Zhu Guobin arranged for three teams of trackers to hang sails. He told them to hang them in a quarter of an hour. According to Chen Xin's instructions, he did not guide them and let them find their own way. The three teams joined forces for half a day and tried several times. Two teams finally hung their sails, while one team did not. They were collectively punished for doing 100 push-ups. Chen Xin noticed that there were already one or two people who could make up their minds. After setting sail, everyone did not delay. Fu Chuan and Zhu Yin successively left the water gate and entered the Bohai Sea and sailed to Weihaiwei.

Zhu Guobin asked Chen Xin: "My lord, do you want to appoint a team leader to lead the work?" Chen Xin shook his head. "Now is not the time. I will arrange it myself when I come to Weihai. ”

Zhu Guobin knew that Chen Xin had a good idea, so he stopped persuading him. He itched to see that the weapons of the regular army were filled with armor plates. He couldn't wait to pick a team of people and give them weapons. A group of trackers had never held a weapon, they watched with it in their hands.

"Adults, we don't like each other. Do two free people use knives and sticks?" Zhu Guobin did a little research on the Mandarin Duck Formation and came to discuss with Chen Xin.

Chen Xin holds a long knife in the game. It's a very long knife. The blade is over 5 feet (1.6 meters) long, has a protective shield and a 2 meter long shank. The blade is not wide. It looks like a long Qi family knife, weighing 2 catties and 8 taels. "This knife is not for cavalry. We don't have a horse's head to fight. We don't need it at the moment. Big and inconvenient. We need to turn it into a spear, and there are many mountains around Weihai. For now, spears and knives will work. Then he handed the long knife to Zhu Guobin.

Zhu Guobin picked up the knife and skillfully compared it. He was very murderous. After Qi Jiguang went to the market town to practice, he made many changes to the Mandarin Duck Array. Therefore, Chen Xin's new book, Discipline and Effectiveness, is different from actual training experience. Qi Jiguang finally completely separated the hot and cold-weapon-weapon and used them together in battle, which was similar to the formation of European infantry in the same era. The cold weapon is called the killer team, which adopts the mandarin duck formation, which is canceled in the southern mandarin duck formation, and has guns, long knives, and bird spears. Added sticks and spears. Because bamboo is not produced in the north, the wolf is sometimes replaced with a spear. Sticks and spears were used to better control the nomadic cavalry in the north. Spears and spears are far away in the sky. Large sticks are used to hit horses on the head and face, or to use heavy armor against enemies. It is inconvenient to camp on horseback with a stick. A blade was added to the front. Now it's the gripper stick on board. Chen Xin thinks it's okay, I'll try, I'll eat some.

At present, Chen Xin goes to Weihai mainly in the mountains. Chen Xin asked Zhongdaotai today. There are many bandits and bandits in Weihai. These people had very few horses, let alone heavy armor. They may not even be neatly dressed, so long knives are more intimidating.

Zhu Guobin arranged the first batch of soldiers on the deck. The first group consists of two coin soldiers, each armed with a waist knife and a medallion. There were two pikemen in the second row, two pikemen in the third, two boring hands in the fourth row, and two swordsmen in the last. Zhu Guobin is just trying now, because the team is not decided by Wuchang, so he can't decide on the official formation.

This team is usually armed with flag guns and waist knives. It directs the firefighters. The firefighter is a cook and a handyman. Every soldier can call him. Chen Xin is entangled in the role of a firefighter. Firefighters use an iron-tipped flat pole to get more supplies and reduce the physical exertion of the main soldiers. However, Chen Xin believes that if he fights in a short distance, if it is a foreign war, firefighters cannot be used, and firefighters do not get more supplies, which seems to be a waste of a soldier.

Chen Xin helped Zhou Shaoer carry the iron pot at the beginning, not only to buy the hearts of the people, but also to cultivate friendship between officers and soldiers of the army. The existence of the role of a firefighter has allowed a second person in the team to be in the team, which is contrary to his own ideas, but after careful consideration, Grandpa Qi has been struggling for decades and establishing a set of systems. Don't pretend to be smart with this half pot of water. He didn't want to keep it. "Zhou Shifa, what is the former Deputy Director Qian going to do?" Chen Xin asked Zhou Shifa for advice. He was a steward and was beheaded. Chen Xin took him to work as a guard. In addition, he also picked a stronger one from the tracker, named Nie Hong, plus the Shanghai paparazzi and Zhang Cong, a total of four conscripts.

"Master, Deputy Captain Qian has more than 3,000 people. He had half a free salary and raised 300 servants. Most of them have horses, but they don't have any organization. They use whatever weapon they use. The monthly salaries of the remaining soldiers were cut. They barely had enough to eat. If it's war, they'll have to rely on us. ”

Chen Xinqi said strangely: "Last time you were asked to go to Shanhaiguan, how could Deputy Director Qian get together?"

"It's to catch some beggars and vagabonds on the road, or to find some hooligans and vagabonds before you set out. Even if the number of people is counted, Dunkshan has counted twice before. ”

"Okay. Chen Xin nodded. Such a team can defeat construction creeps. At present, the establishment of the Mandarin Duck Array lacks a long-range strike force. He plans to turn Zhu Guobin's team into firefighters. Only Zhu Guobin and Zhou Shifa can shoot arrows. It takes at least half a year to train an archer, and it takes at least two or three years to master an archer. Moreover, he had requirements for height, arm length, and strength, but he did not have the energy to train, so a spearman was a must, and a Weihai had to let the craftsman start making firearms.

The most important opponent in Chen Xin's heart is the backward-in. These Tatars are almost famous among the Ming people. They can scare half the people away, relying only on their fame, and half on their braids. He remembered that Zhu Guobin was from Liaodong, and turned to ask him.

"Guo Bin, what kind of soldier did you serve in Liaodong before? Have you ever seen a Tatar fight?" Chen Xin asked for the first time about Zhu Guobin's origin. Zhu Guobin is clearly a professional soldier and a man of letters. In the past, everyone's life experience was not clear on board. It's not easy to ask. Now Zhu Guobin is willing to be his subordinate, so naturally he has to ask.

"My lord, my subordinates have all participated in the Liaoshen War. At that time, they did not accept the commander at night. Their army was only ten miles away from the Zhejiang army. Their men had been miles away from the Hunhe battlefield. By the time I arrived, the Sichuan soldiers had already returned from the north shore. ”

Chen Xin said movingly: "The state guests witnessed the bloody battle of the Hunhe River. What was the situation?"

Zhu Guobin expressed his memories: "The Tatars fought rigorously and orderly, and the soldiers were brave and fearless, not afraid of death. At that time, the guns of the Zhejiang soldiers roared, and the Tatars roamed in the meantime, inducing the Zhejiang soldiers to shoot. The Zhejiang soldiers ran out of gunpowder, surrounded by slaves, and their arrows were like flying locusts. When they rushed into the camp, the heavy armor and the long soldiers in the front, and the light and short soldiers in the rear, led the expeditionary force and the white armor, and gave strict orders and did not retreat. After breaking through the formation, the Zhejiang soldiers were the best Ming army I had ever seen. Every time I think of them, I feel sorry for them

Zhu Guobin stopped talking. Chen Xin has a certain understanding of the bloody battle of the Hunhe River. Because the Ming Dynasty deliberately publicized it, it was widely spread among the people, but he didn't expect that there would be witnesses around him. Chen Xin listened to the stories of bystanders. His heart was heavy. Before the Liaoshen War, who would have thought that Shenyang would not be able to defend for a day. The Zhejiang soldiers and the stone pillar soldiers were the elite warriors of the Ming Dynasty. They became so famous that they even lost their entire army. They had a great impact on the morale of the Ming army. The slavery wars of the Rising Period were fierce.

Chen Xin said: "What happened later? How did you get out of danger?" When the soldiers in Zhejiang and Sichuan were destroyed, everyone was terrified. The generals took the lead in fleeing. The soldiers under them were disbanded. While they want to kill their enemies, they don't want to die in vain. They robbed two horses and returned to their hometown in southern Liaoning. When they returned, their families were gone. They couldn't find them for a while. They didn't expect that every Dunbao would soon surrender to make slaves. I thought that when I went to Liaoxi, I couldn't leave, so I went with them and a few people made a raft to go to sea. When they thought of Dengzhou, the waves were strong and the raft broke. Others died in the sea. I took a piece of wood and was saved by Zhao Dong's family. Then you know, sir. ”

Chen Xin nodded. Behind everyone who escaped from Liaodong, there is a history of blood and tears. Countless people who did not want to be slaves drifted out to sea and died in the sea. There are more than 20,000 righteous people who have just fled to the Yalu River and do not want to die as slaves.

Zhu Guobin finally sighed, "I don't know what happened at home." Did you run?"

"Don't worry, we'll call back that day. ”

Zhu Guobin looked in the direction of Liaodong in the north, with a firm expression on his face: "Of course, Jiannu only has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and I am at a disadvantage in the Ming Dynasty, and one day I will be able to eliminate them." ”

Chen Xin's voice was very long. At this time, no one dared to believe that Jiannu could conquer the Central Plains, because the later Jin people always behaved more like an organized horse thief. The truth is true. If Da Ming hadn't been exhausted by the internal mess, these barbarians wouldn't have had a chance.

In the next few days, Chen Xin led a few people to practice weapons and formations on the deck. On the morning of the fifth day, two steamers passed through Liugong Island and arrived at the Weihai Acropolis. Weihaiwei is located in Wendeng County, Ninghai District, Dengzhou City, 320 miles away from Dengzhou. Founded in Hongwu for 31 years. It is located in the northeast of Xinwangdu, Wendeng County, three miles away from Dengzhou. Take the meaning of "Megatron Sea Boundary" and take the name Weihai. Weihai is a relatively late group. It has 3,000 houses on the left front and left back, and there are only more than 3,000 people, far less than the 5,600 people in the general health center. It was built in the first year of the Yongle Acropolis, 18 steps into the city last Saturday, 3 zhang high, 2 zhang wide, 5 feet wide, and 8 feet deep, much smaller than Jeju and Tianjin. A Fu boat and a Zhu Yin boat circled Qingdao and the underworld and stopped at the pier outside the Weihai Acropolis. Song Wenxian, Chen Xinliumin and others got off the ship and, after a fight, entered the city. The soldiers they saw along the way were hardly called soldiers. None of them were neatly dressed. The beggars of the Hereafter were better dressed than they were. Did they take a tassel or a boring palladium with bent hands and feet to hide in the leeward of the city gates? There are very few pedestrians, and they look cold. After entering the city, Liu Min took several soldiers to buy grain as rations for the development stage. Chen Xin and Song Wenxian went directly to the Weihaiwei headquarters

Because now it is a guardhouse under the jurisdiction of the governor of Dengla. Song Wenxian took the governor's letter and came down to be the leader. Chen Xin can only be a subordinate temporarily. Half an hour after Song Wenxian, he arrived at the Weihai Guard Command Post located on Dongjie.

A runny guard came up and asked. Song Wenxian picked up the shelf and didn't even look at the guards. "I am the vice governor of the capital, the governor of Denglai, and a subordinate of Lord Sun of Dongjiang. I'm here for an important thing. I want to ask you to take him out. ”

Hearing that Governor Denglaj was accompanied, the snotty soldier opened his mouth. The two snots almost fell into his mouth. He immediately took a deep breath, recycled his snot into his nasal cavity, and stumbled into the office. Soon, he called out a middle-aged businessman. Seeing Song Wenxian, he bowed and bowed.

"This is not Mr. Song. Do you remember my corporal? He was the commander of Weihaiwei. I know Wang Yuanzheng. When I went to visit Mr. Lee two years ago, he contacted me. ”

Song Wenxian watched it for a long time, but he didn't remember that there were too many officials in the guardhouse. He came here only a few years ago and said, "It's Lord Wang." Wang Yuanzheng hurriedly let them in. After entering the second hall, Song Wenxian was invited to sit on it and arrange for someone to serve tea. Chen Xin knows the rules of officialdom. Although he has a backstage, Wang Yuanzheng knows the same thing after all. He was several floors above himself and sat first on the right.

After Song Wenxian drank tea, he asked Wang Yuanzheng: "Lord Wang, I have a handwritten letter from Lord Sun." I would like to hand it over to Commander Yang personally. I don't know where Lord Yang is. ”

As soon as Wang Yuanzheng heard that there was a letter from the provincial governor, he hurriedly said: "He has already sent someone to invite him just now. Lord Yang has been in poor health these days and has been adjusting his breathing. ”

It is normal for these officers not to come to work. Even Wang Yuanzheng always wears a uniform. It can be seen that they are more casual on weekdays. As far as Song Wenxian knew, Weihaiwei actually taught them, in addition to the seal leader Yang Yunnong, there were two Tongzhi and four Zhijin, who were respectively responsible for land reclamation, military inspection, camp operations, patrols, water transportation, defense, outposts, guards and garrisons in the late Ming Dynasty, the barracks and garrisons had stopped, and all the soldiers were farmers.

Comrade Wang was very respectful, and Song Wenxian had to wait. He was idle and asked Wang Yuan if he was right: "It's been two years since I last saw him." I don't know what Tongzhi is doing in Weihaiwei right now. ”

Wang Yuanzheng stood up and said, "I want to manage land reclamation and water transportation. ”

"Well, there aren't many grain ships coming from the sea at the moment. The prince's business is mainly farming. ”

Mr. Song Mingjian said that there are not many sheltered boats from Jiangnan. They only ship just over 30,000 stones a year, and they usually don't stop at Weihai. If there is a hurricane, they stay in front of the Haikou Temple, which is not much. However, there are many things going on in land reclamation. The maid has to deal with these things every day. They don't have much time to visit all the adults in Dengzhou. ”

Song Wenxian glanced at Chen Xin, and Chen Xin nodded to him slightly. After Song Wenxian learned about it, he introduced Wang Yuanzheng and said: "Mr. Wang, this Chen Xin is the military household he received last time. He killed and manufactured slaves during the Battle of the Golden Bough in Nanjing. Because of his merits, he was raised to a hundred households. The governor was very grateful to him. He decided to let him be a family member, and then put him in Weihaiwei, "Song Wenxian now represents the governor Yamen, and he doesn't say that he wants Wang Yuanzheng to pay attention." He had the governor's calligraphy. If in his words, Chen Xin has grown up, Wang Yuanzheng knows how to do it.

Wei Haiwei has issued Chen's new admission letter. Wang Yuanzheng knew that this person was arranged by Zhong Daotai. Now the governor has written his calligraphy. The background is strong. No matter what the official system is, he stood up and bowed to Chen Xinyi and said, "It's Chen Qianhu." If there is any difficulty in the future, as long as they ask, the junior officials will do their best to raise money. ”

Chen Xin still knelt in front of Wang Yuan according to the official rules and said, "Why did you come here at the beginning of your career? I don't know a lot of things. Please give me some advice. ”

Wang Yuanzheng saw that Chen Xin was not putting up a shelf just because he had a backstage. His mother-in-law disagreed with Wei Haiwei. Many people have relatives doing business here, and their petty officials usually have headaches when they have accidents. It seems that Chen Xin is very polite and reasonable.

Wang Yuanzheng personally helped Chen Xin up and said politely: "How many people does Chen Qianhu need to be placed here?"

"I brought more than 100 people, mostly strong men and women, and wanted to pile them into military families. Please allocate some land and let them start farming as soon as possible. ”

Wang Yuanzheng is in a dilemma. He didn't expect these 100 families to bring more than 100 people. According to the order of the early Ming Dynasty, each household is 50 acres, and 100 people are 5,000 acres. However, the better land of the guard has been stolen, and he himself occupies more than 1,000 acres. Most military families became tenants of officials. Song Wenxian reminded him: "Master Sun is saying that Chen Qianhu killed the sword girl in the sea. In the future, patrols around the sea will also be carried out, and a quay fortress will need to be built by the sea. ”

As soon as Wang Yuanzheng hugged his grandson, he was anxious and said, "I will do my best." After a while, Commander Yang came. I'll discuss it with Lord Yang again. In any case, I will set aside some land. ”

Chen Xin knew that he should take this opportunity to ask more questions. Otherwise, as soon as Song Wenxian left in a few days, these people would find countless reasons to drag themselves into the water. He still wanted some land and always got some food subsidies.

Just then, a fat man in a red military uniform appeared in the back hall. He has a leopard-shaped patch on his chest, a round head, and a round official uniform. It's like a small ball on top of a big ball, and it doesn't look poor and thin.

As soon as he saw Song Wenxian, his face was full of intimacy, and he also piled up a face of fat. As he walked, he arched his hand and said, "Mr. Song is a great driver, and his medical malpractice department is also full of brilliance. Why didn't he inform the junior officials earlier to go to the dock to meet him in person? It would be rude for a tired gentleman to wait here for a long time. ”

Chen Xin looked at the fat man, the officer of the third grade. He didn't say hello to Wang Yuanzheng first. Most of the time, he should be the commander of the mudra.

Sure enough, Song Wenxian didn't put up a show. He stood up and said with a smile, "Yang Da is much more generous than last time. I heard that he married two concubines. It was only a few days ago that he found out that he was not here to congratulate me. I'm rude. ”

This person is Yang Yunnong, the leader of Weihaiwei. Seeing his appearance, there should be a lot of oil and water in normal times. After all, he was the first official in a blind way. Chen Xin has a background, and he should respect the current management. He immediately knelt down to watch the ceremony.

Yang Yunnong grabbed Chen Xin's arm, and the speed did not match his figure. "Please hurry up. This is Chen Qianhu, who was captured by Jiannu. It's really better to see him. Look at this majestic country. We can't compare someone else's eyes to a governor being a governor

In a few words, he praised not only the governor, but also Song Wenxian and Chen Xin. Regardless of the presence of the leader, he should take every opportunity to flatter. This person seems to have a deep understanding of the way of officialdom and has a good heart. Chen Xin defined him as a veteran of officialdom in his heart.

The Palm Print Commander of the Security Office is selected from all qualified commanders, co-governance commanders and commanders. Performance is reassessed every five years. It turned out to be an assessment of the Shandong Provincial Headquarters. Now he is the Governor of Teng Lai and the Governor of Haiphong Province. Performance appraisals are also an important source of income for them. When Sun Zhengcai completed the performance appraisal, he had to take the silverware to Beijing for inspection, and the silverware had to be sent to the top. Therefore, the performance appraisal is justified, and capital and talent are the most important. Yang Yunnong's hospitality is two levels higher than Wang Yuanzheng, and he deserves to be a handprint commander.

Song Wenxian smiled, flattered: "Needless to say, Sun's eyes are very important to Yang's commander, and it can be seen that Yang is also a rare national cadre." ”

At the same time, they laugh and brag at each other. Song Wenxian returned to the truth, took out the letters from Governor Sun and Zhong Daotai, and handed them to Yang Yunnong. After receiving the letter, Yang Yunnong raised his hands and knelt on the ground to bow, and then carefully opened the letter.

Chen Xin naturally knew that this letter was just praising herself, and then asked Yang Yunnong to arrange things he thought was appropriate. Although he will not say that there are any concessions, his special letter shows his attitude. Yang Yunnong read the letter respectfully, without any special expression on his face.

He carefully loaded the letter, put his hand on the coffee table, and then looked up at Song Wenxian. Both adults praised Chen Qianhu in the letter. I am truly grateful that the two adults were able to send such a strong general to Weihai. This is an honor for lower-ranking officials. Chen Xin hurriedly said politely. The superior officers seemed difficult to deal with. Letters and messages were brought. He was full of praise, but useless. Chen Xin is not good at talking. Of course, Song Wenxian didn't let this adult play. He went straight to the point: "I just told Lord Wang that Chen Qianhu and his men are all naval soldiers. Put Chen Qianhu here, they are not selfish at all. This is really to prevent the sword girl from floating in the sea. They are making waves in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty. This means that Lord Yang should understand. How to arrange Chen Qianhu and his subordinates has a bearing on the actual results of this maritime patrol. ”

"Mr. Song said it thoroughly, and I will definitely solve it. Yang Yunnong's small eyes rolled a few times. He didn't really understand the new intentions of the two adults to plant Chen. The reason for arresting Jiannu was to deceive the child. Weihaiwei is not an important place. Moreover, now the islands off the coast of Liaodong are under the control of Dongjiang Town. Jiannu did not have enough money to support himself. What did he do in Weihai? In the end, he estimated that there were too many grain ships in Jiangnan. Two adults come and eat a slice.

That was Wang Yuanzheng taking the opportunity to talk about Chen Xin's situation. Yang Yunnong's expression was still calm, and he couldn't see his thoughts.

Yang Yunnong looked at Chen Xin and asked, "Since Chen Qianhu is a sea patrol, he must settle down by the sea before he can moor the ship." We have several ports in Weihaiwei, two facing the Liaohai Sea and two facing the East China Sea. Let's see which one Chen Qianhu wants to choose. ”

"The next officer's duty is to patrol the sea and defend the slaves, so he is going to Liaohai. "The Weihai Acropolis faces the East China Sea. The north shore and the Acropolis are a bit far away if it's not convenient, and there are two mountains in between, so the location is better. In addition, the anchorage in front of the Weihai Acropolis has a general shelter from the wind. Although Liugong Island is used as a barrier, easterly and northeasterly winds from the two natural waterways in the north and south are unavoidable, and they are greatly affected by the waves of the East China Sea. So Chen Xin chose an anchorage facing the Liaohai side.

After discussing with Wang Yuanzheng, Yang Yunnong told Chen Xindao: "There are two good ports in Xiangliaohai, one is Shidao Port and the other is Mazi Port, which is about 10 miles away from the Acropolis. It's just that the house and the field Yang Yunnong also looked embarrassed. There is no surplus land.

Song Wenxian frowned: "Chen Qianhu was actually granted to hundreds of families, and the adult Mr. Sun has repeatedly told us not to snub the hearts of the righteous people in the world. In any case, Commander Yang had to allocate some of the population. Moreover, how can more than 100 people live safely without shelter and farmland?"

Yang Yunnong quickly explained: "Mr. Song, there are many families who have fled. After the acceptance of the documents at the next level, I moved a lot of places, but I could only divide them into 20 households. There is very little land near the two northern ports, but I was able to get 12,000 acres. I'm afraid the harvest will be less, unlike Chen Qianhu. However, when the two places go to sea, the profit of the fish is very good. "Oh. Song Wenxian's brows stretched slightly, and the acting was almost over. He and Chen Xin looked at each other, "Since it is limited by conditions, it is no wonder that Mr. Yang can build his own house, but there is no harvest here." Please reduce his allocation as appropriate. ”

Yang Yunnong knew what Song Wenxian meant. He was just a little bit done. Anyway, these people come out more often and have a strong background. He didn't want to get too much benefit from Chen Xin. "If you save money, you won't bother Chen Qianhu. ”

Song Wenxian said again: "Brother Chen is understaffed. The class army of the Spring and Autumn period ......"

Commander Yang said, "I don't bother Chen Qianhu," but in fact he was still heartbroken. The two seasons of teams sent by Weihaiwei every year also bothered him. Shandong is located on the mainland and does not have a nine-sided garrison system. There are very few soldiers in the army. However, the imperial court did not intend to let Shandong do nothing. Every spring and autumn, the Shandong Provincial Guard Department will send troops to the market town. These people can't fight with sticks. They mainly do household chores. Ning's coolies who built tortoiseshells on the Jin defense line were basically these squad soldiers, and their salaries were meager. They have to take care of the food on the road, which is a heavy burden for the Shandong Provincial Police Station. The old sparrow Song Wenxian blocked himself in the ground. Not only did he have to give up these 110 people, but he also had to build twenty houses.

Song Wenxian and Chen Xin discussed it before they came. Chen Xin's current status is very low. He rarely has hands. He can harvest the land and plant it. If he doesn't have land, he can lighten the burden. He could spend more time training and doing maritime trade. In particular, this group of soldiers must be driven out. How can someone who is difficult to recruit be a coolie.

Song Wenxian felt that it was a good thing that the matter was over. He smiled and said, "I would like to ask Lord Yang to issue the land deed as soon as possible and set aside some farm tools for cattle raising." These people will be reassured. ”

Yang Yunnong knew that he couldn't hide. He didn't have the tools. It doesn't hurt to give them at all. He turned around and pushed it to Wang Yuanzheng. He shouted, "Lord Wang, you should divide the farmland." Chen Qianhu needs cattle and farming tools. You should do everything you can to improve. Don't mistake them for agriculture. ”

"Here... Yes. ”