Chapter 52: Snowballing
87_87379Because of the suppression of the Boxers, the news channel on Li Dacheng's side was cut off, and the Cangzhou Mansion was no better, and the transmission of the Di newspaper was now broken, and it seems that the imperial court was still determined to kill the Boxers.
Killing the Boxers, this matter may be unfavorable to other Boxers, but it is extremely beneficial to Li Dacheng, Yuan Devil in Shandong has the will of the imperial court, and he spares no effort to kill the Boxers, and once again the Boxers are coming from Lu to Zhizhi, it is not difficult for Li Dacheng to seize such an opportunity, and now the Yellow River Fist has money and food, and more than 100,000 people can still feed it.
In the area of Tianjin Wei, the actions of the Wuwei Army are also pressing the Boxers who originally entered the boundary of Beijing and Tianjin to the south, and the boundary of Cangzhou Mansion has become one of the meeting points of the torrent.
The screening of the disciples of the Yellow River Boxing has been carried out since the beginning of the establishment of the boxing, and after several screenings, the age and physical quality of the disciples of the Yellow River Boxing have also made great progress compared to before.
This time, the Boxers from Shandong and the Boxers brought by Beijing and Tianjin are almost all young and middle-aged people, they are different from refugees, they are not dragged down by their families, and they are a little more aggressive, let these people disperse, it will inevitably harm others, and gathering together not only strengthens their own strength, but also reduces the danger of the Boxers, why not!
With such an idea, Li Dacheng opened the account and gathered the generals to prepare to start, he now has five generals under him, Li Cheng is in charge of the economy, and he also has an elite escort fleet of Yellow River Boxing from Shandong; Cao Baofu was in charge of military training, and although the old Cao Yong in his hands was half of the old stuff, he was the courage of the Yellow River Fist.
Cao Baochu, now he is one of the generals with the largest number of people under Li Dacheng, thousands of shipwrights, and more than 1,000 strong Cao Yong are all his subordinates, but these people are doing the right thing and are responsible for Cao Yun.
Li Dahan and Li Dagou are the backbone of the Yellow River Boxing, which is the youngest and most refined, but the composition is a little messy, and there are boxers in Zhili and Shandong, and the cohesion is slightly worse.
If you really want to count it, Li Dacheng's manpower has already exceeded 10,000, but the combat effectiveness cannot be measured by the number of people, and sometimes the more people, the weaker the combat effectiveness, and Li Dacheng's Yellow River Boxing is like this now.
When he was in Gaozhai, Li Dacheng gave an order, and he could still fight in a group, now? If it is against a team like the Shangwu Guard, there is no need to charge, and one is afraid that the Yellow River Fist will disperse by itself.
O rabble, living rabble! Looking at the five generals in the tent, thinking about the rabble under his hands, Li Dacheng was also planning a way to train his troops.
Li Chengyou and Cao Baochu's people can't move, more than 10,000 people and horses are gone, Cao Baofu's old Cao Yong doesn't have to move, they have that kind of fierce spirit, and the old guys who are forty or fifty years old, fifty or sixty years old can't stand the drill, and they may be tired to death if the intensity is high.
Li Dahan and Li Dagou's subordinates, there are twenty people from Li Zhuang and Xiao, these people are not brothers or uncles, but they are separated from Li Dacheng, unlike Dahan and them, who know their roots and know the bottom of things, and going down to take people is not only to take care of them, but also to increase Li Dacheng's control of the Yellow River Boxing.
The original team of six or seven thousand people was reorganized in Duliu, and half of it was cut in one fell swoop, and the remaining 3,000 people were mixed with factions and it was not easy to lead, and the selection of troops from more than 3,000 people was inevitably a little less, and it was necessary to gather troops before selecting troops, which was also in line with Li Dacheng's plan.
"Cheng Yes, you arrange the blacksmith below to build a thousand ghost head knives weighing six or seven pounds according to the style of Qian Laoba's ghost head knife, and finish the work in five days, without being too meticulous, you can kill people, can you do this?"
The ghost head knife is both a weapon and Li Dacheng's guard, the name of the ghost head knife is good, and the style of the ghost head knife is also bluffing, expanding a thousand elites who directly control zhì, as the supervision team of the entire Yellow River Boxing, in the tent behind, there are 3,000 foreign guns, there are 1,000 people in the supervision team, at least one or two thousand people can control the team of 10,000 people, mutiny also needs to have a group of courage, with these 1,000 people to supervise the war, the Yellow River Boxing can barely be regarded as an army.
The Warlord is a thing that only the Eastern World and Tsarist Russia have, and the role is quite obvious, and the fear of death is not born, but forced out!
"Senior brother, the copper ghost head needs to be melted money, is it made of iron?"
Of course, in front of everyone, Li Cheng has a higher seniority, a thousand ghost head knives are not a small amount, and the weight of copper ghost heads is not small, just 800,000 taels of silver, this money can be saved.
"Done! But the ghost head must be hideous and scary, otherwise it will be made of copper!
The grain that comes these days should also be stored in the camp, and the price of grain in Beijing and Tianjin should be raised, so we might as well spread some rumors in Tianjin Gate to raise the price of grain. ”
Jiang Huiyun's excerpt, Li Dacheng also needs to cooperate, only if the imperial court pays attention to the benefits of short-term luck, the soldiers of the Wuwei army or other official troops will not point to the vicinity of Cangzhou Mansion.
"Got it! I'll do it! ”
"Don't worry, let's leave after listening!
Cao Lao Er, there are not many Cao workers on your side, and the Yuan devils in Shandong will definitely vigorously kill the Boxers in the near future, if you encounter refugees in Shandong, you don't care, isn't the canal a little silted? Give them some food to unblock.
Then the number of boats is less, try to recruit more boatmen, now the Zhilu area is exterminating the Boxers, some boatmen who have strayed into the Boxers, you also have to accept it, these people only care about food, and the wages will be talked about later.
Boats, but also continue to buy, this matter is Cheng There is also some strength over there, it is good to exchange salt for ships, this time the imperial court exterminated the Boxers, the price of salt and grain in the south is bound to rise, and we can take advantage of the change of ships.
I am honest, I would like to tell you again, the price of rice is too high, and the grain in the south should be mainly coarse grains. ”
In the current grain trading, Li Dacheng also has no match on his side, and the most important thing is to ensure the consumption of grain on his side.
"Senior brother, there are too many boats, the canal is silted up and narrow, there are already a lot of grain ships in the south and salt ships on our side, and the route will not be smooth if we continue to buy ships!"
The canal is silted, narrow, the water transport is too long, and the volume is not large, which is the main reason why the canal is crushed by sea, and the vast majority of the salt goods in Cangzhou Mansion are still transported by land by buyers in northern Henan and Shanxi.
"Yes, what is the main thing we are doing now?"
After listening to Cao Baochu's words, Li Dacheng thought for a while and decided to start with the type of goods.
"Salt, grain!"
"What is the most goods going out of Shandong?"
"Cloth, shochu."
"Where are they sold?"
"Northeast, Henan, Ganshan area!"
"Hmmm! Yes, you kid is attentive, Cao Lao Er, the canal leads to the Yellow River, right? Where can our boat go along the Yellow River? ”
Li Cheng has the information here, and Li Dacheng has a powerful way, so it depends on Cao Laoer's next.
"Henan Xingyang Taohuayu! But going upriver is time-consuming and laborious, and there are at least ten middle-aged boatmen on one boat!
Senior brother, it's not easy to walk the Yellow River! ”
As an old boatman, whether it is the Haihe River in Beijing and Tianjin, or the Yangtze River and Qiantang in the south, or the Yellow River in the north, Cao Baochu is familiar with the main waterway.
"At least ten? Then with fifteen, the more people the better, Cheng has you to follow a trip, see what goods need to be Zhilu over there, salt goods are forgotten, the lighter the goods when you go, the better, and when you go back, the heavier the better, Cao Lao Er is not this reason?
The same is true for the Yangtze River and Qiantang, and there is no Zhilu needed in Henan, so just look for goods in the south of the Yangtze River, and make less money, mainly to feed the boatmen! ”
The essence of buying and selling, four words: interconnected! Now it is not necessary to make money by doing business, even if it is subsidized to some Li Dacheng who can save people, how to calculate water transportation is also more expensive and labor-saving than mule and horse transportation, as long as the goods are selected, the probability of loss at this time is not large.
"Senior brother is benevolent! Big brother understands! ”
What does it mean to understand people, the senior brother is, although it has been almost a month, Cao Baochu doesn't know who the senior brother's surname is, but these can't hide that they, the shipwrights, follow the right owner.
"Cao Er, you have eaten well, your mouth is oiled, remember! It doesn't matter where he is, he can help him!
Lao Cao, Da Han, Big Dog, your errand is simple, draw a circle with Cangzhou Mansion as a point, only not Shandong, Beijing and Tianjin, the Boxers in this circle, one by one to Lao Tzu and come back, dissatisfied, chopped up, Lao Tzu around Cangzhou Mansion did not allow any Boxers to attack the state and county! ”
After saying a joke, causing everyone to laugh out loud, Li Dacheng's face sank, and he issued a bloody military order, the Boxers are all their own people, although the good and bad are mixed among the people, but the good people are in the majority, and the foreign devils in the same room are seen as a joke, it is better to gather them and have a good fight with the foreign devils in Beijing and Tianjin, some disasters are caused by the Boxers, and they must bear the responsibility when they should be responsible, right?
The more the state and county are attacked, the more ferocious the imperial court's slaughter will be, now is not the time for internal friction, Li Dacheng will naturally take action to manage it, and there is no way to control it!
"Senior brother, Caoquan's people are old, your circle is a bit big, I'm afraid it will run away!"
The first person to ask questions was Cao Baofu, the old Cao Yong under his hand, to be honest, he really couldn't run, they were doing it, but they were running around, and they really didn't have that leg power!
"This is the truth, your old Cao Yong is moving along the canal by boat, Da Han, big dog, you two are responsible outside the canal.
I want to say hello to Cangzhou Mansion for this matter, you two let our brothers take the township as a point and fight everywhere, remember our method of issuing the Yellow River Banner of benevolence and righteousness, and the rich and unrighteous families will knock along the way, this is also a financial road, isn't it?
Yes, you let the river come down, and I will give him some men to guard the camp, and he is still a little brave; Dafu is more detailed, let him take someone to protect the boat, if there is not enough manpower, pick a few good hands from Weishan and Cao Laoer, you have to keep in mind the robbery! ”
Lao Caoyong's embarrassment Li Dacheng knows very well that this group of people is really not afraid of death, they are more than enough to fight a defensive battle and a water battle, and the field battle will be thin, and these old Caoyong have to lie on the ground and fight along the canal, which is still competent for Lao Caoyong.
As for Li Dahan and Li Dagou's Yellow River Boxing disciples, they also happened to take the opportunity to hone their skills, after a long-distance attack, the disharmony of the team will inevitably be revealed, and some really reliable people will also be revealed, but this method, Li Dacheng will not teach Dahan and Dagou in front of Er Cao, they have learned it, I am afraid that they will have to stand on their own.
"Do you understand what you just said?"
"Got it!"
"Good! Sincerely, take 500 Shinai, and each of the five of you will have a hundred, as for how to divide it, you can do it yourself!
Lao Cao, Shi Nai has to use it, right? ”
"Yes! That thing, you can learn it with a bag of cigarettes, and I took it over teaching the brothers to practice guns! ”
"Hey...... It's not enough to use it, remember to teach them to clean the chamber, and clear it once in five shots, otherwise it will blow up the chamber!
Cheng Yes, you take Lao Cao and Cao Lao Er to get guns, and Da Han and Da Dog stay for a while! ”
There is a difference between intimacy and intimacy, and the second Cao brothers also know that their senior brother is already good, whether it is a boatman or Lao Caoyong, they are all thinking about it! If you want to get closer to the senior brother, you can only do a good job, the senior brother is benevolent and righteous, and if he does a good job, he will naturally not treat the brothers badly, and the second Cao followed Li Chengyou away, and Li Dacheng opened his mouth and dug people from the big dog.
"Big dog, those selected by Jinmen, leave them for me!"
"Brother, you are not benevolent, I have dozens of good hands under me, what should I do if you give it to you?"
"Cold salad! Let your kid talk back! ”
Don't wait for Li Dacheng to comfort him! Li Dahan went up to the back of his head, and Li Dagou wilted!
"This is what I want to teach you, this time I went out and punched, and the brothers under my hands were to the death, and the two days and half a day should be completed, and those who exploded the thorns should be beaten and killed, and the reliable brothers have remembered them one by one, and they must be reused.
And in the fist, the brothers who can fight and dare to kill should also be reused, these reliable brothers have wine and meat, and the disobedient let them drink the wind, and some people are hungry for a few meals, and they will know who is good and who is bad!
Don't treat the brothers who come together, eat and drink enough, this is fundamental, people will definitely be more and more, the brothers and uncles of Li Zhuang should also look at their abilities, and if they don't succeed, they will be pushed to Chengyou!
Reliable brothers can lead people, but who leads people, who eats and drinks well, only the two of you have the final say, and this matter cannot be handed over to outsiders!
When you punch together, you can fight and dare to kill, don't be stupid and go all the way forward, there are no reliable brothers around, don't be reckless!
Before the fist, remember to inquire about the news, if you have more people in your hands, you will scatter out to pick up the stubble and punch, and when you meet a large number of Boxers, you will join forces together, and if it is too big, avoid it, and wait for the horses to come back and then fight!
And then there's the guns for you, at least in a set of ten, and it's useless if there's less of that thing! ”
After these explanations are over, Li Dacheng doesn't need to look at it to know that his Yellow River Boxing will grow as quickly as a snowball, and when the manpower is enough, it should be time for a serious selection of troops! .