Chapter 55: Fighting and Recruiting (Part II)
87_87379 After Wang Tingxiang was so frightened, Li Dacheng simply didn't wait for tomorrow, and directly asked people to shout open the gate of Cangzhou Mansion, drove the carriage with silver, and pulled Old Man Wang into the city to buy medicine.
Cangzhou Mansion is not the capital, plus Li Dacheng and Cangzhou Mansion have a relationship during this time, it is still necessary to give face when opening a city gate at night, and there are people sent to buy medicine, and the camp is not idle, killing cattle and sheep and picking up donkeys, without waiting for the old man Wang's medicine to be prepared, more than ten sheep, two cows, and three donkeys have already been put into the pot.
Because of the high-intensity training, Li Dacheng was somewhat short-circuited in his thinking, and then he was so frightened by the old man Wang, Li Dacheng let the male cattle, sheep and donkeys kill at night, and the cattle, sheep and donkey meat over there went into the pot, and Li Dacheng's bunch of waist whips on his side also went into the pot.
Old man Wang is also very familiar with the medicinal materials merchants in Cangzhou Mansion, and Li Dacheng purchased some valuable medicinal materials, so naturally there is no such thing as not doing business at night, and five carts of silver entered the city and only exchanged for three carts of medicinal materials, and the price of medicine in Cangzhou Mansion is not cheap.
Dispensing medicine is not a trouble for Old Man Wang, scratching and scratching, the dispensing of more than a dozen pots of medicinal food was also selected, and the rest of the errand Old Man Wang handed over to his apprentice, and he came to Li Dacheng's side with a package of specially configured good medicine.
"Boy, this is a pack of old ginseng, keep it well, most of the money tonight has bought these old ginseng, I am really tired or seriously injured, this thing can save my life!"
There is fire and water, an old ginseng is boiled in a pot with a bowl of water for half an hour, and the rest is drunk with soup and medicine, and the knife wound given to you by the old man is scattered, as long as it is not a broken stomach, it should be saved! If you eat two sticks without water or fire, you can also save the emergency. ”
handed a pack of old ginseng to Li Dacheng, Wang Tingxiang threw the medicine bag into the pot, the water in the pot rippled, and then the firelight Wang Tingxiang saw the objects in the pot clearly, and glanced at Li Dacheng with a narrow smile, and the old man shook his shoulders and left.
Drinking the boiled water of eleuthero, staring at the bonfire in the camp, Li Dacheng and a group of ghost head knives, only in the middle of the night did they eat the medicinal food with thick soup and rotten meat, perhaps because the training intensity during the day was too great and the waiting time was too long, Li Dacheng ate three bowls of meat, drank two bowls of soup, and added a bag of medicinal residue.
After eating and drinking enough, Li Dacheng's excitement passed, and the fatigue of the body came, and he fell asleep in the second half of the night, but unfortunately this sleep was destined not to sleep peacefully, Li Dacheng woke up early in the morning, not that he couldn't sleep but his body was burning panic, and there was an inexplicable excitement all over his body, and the fat Burmese crotch pants on his legs couldn't hide this excitement.
Glancing at his own internal camp, there are a lot of savings like himself, and the foodie Qian Laoba, who can eat seven flatbreads, is lying on the ground doing the push-ups he just learned yesterday, Xu Jiutong and Qi Shiduo are also practicing with their rice buckets, they used their real skills to find their own status in the ghost head knife yesterday, and when they eat meat, they naturally come first, and most of the remaining medicine residue is pulled away by these people in front, and they now feel similar to Li Dacheng, and there are five holes in the ground to do a push-up.
"Don't even play with this! Let's go out for a run with Lao Tzu! ”
Li Dacheng understood, the problem was the old man Wang's medicinal diet, they all said that Chinese medicine was slow to work, who would dare to say this in the future, Li Dacheng slapped him to death with a big mouth.
After running for more than 20 kilometers for more than half an hour, Li Dacheng's excitement disappeared a little, and breakfast was not wasted on the medicinal broth left over from last night, and the multigrain dry rice made of big bone broth.
"Old man Wang's goods, it's definitely not good!"
After eating breakfast, after the ghost head knife was put into high-intensity drills, he first became familiar with the firearms and digested the breakfast, and then there was no end to squats, push-ups, military body boxing, and knife techniques, looking at the ghost head knives with red eyes, showing enthusiasm and sweat on the temporary training ground, Li Dacheng smiled, this is like a military training, but I don't know if the old man Wang's medicinal diet will have side effects.
The things that should be taught are very simple, Li Dacheng has basically finished teaching, familiar with firearms, practicing knife techniques, honing military body boxing, constantly increasing physical fitness, endurance, and explosiveness, these are enough for half a year of military training, without half a year, it is difficult for the soldier's su zhì to have a significant growth, and during this time, the big guys eat the old book.
Looking at the interval between training, Li Dacheng intercepted the old man Wang in the outer camp, this old man is not a good thing, since he saw himself, the narrow smile on his face has been hanging, is this a joke?
"Mr. Wang, this medicine is so powerful, will there be any danger?"
"It's not dangerous, it's just going to be a scourge, if you want not to be a scourge, just play with your life!
Feel relieved! The medicines prescribed by the old man are all good medicines for replenishing qi, invigorating blood, strengthening the body, strengthening bones, and calming the nerves.
Just remember one, the more tired the better! Otherwise, the hyperfire in the body lingers, which is a big problem! ”
I have to say that spending a lot of money is good for training, after the training with greater intensity than yesterday, Li Dacheng exhausted himself with the two hundred ghost head knife exercises, after such a heavy exercise, although he was tired, he did not have the kind of soreness and numbness that was unbearable, and he was poor and rich and martial arts said that it was not bad at all!
Even if those old ginseng are excluded, a palm-sized medicine bag is worth five taels of silver, and five taels of silver is enough to buy four or five stone of coarse grain, two or three meals a day, such a consumption even ordinary rich households can't afford it!
While practicing the ghost head knife, Li Dacheng is exploring the business opportunities around him, medicinal materials, livestock, medicinal materials in the south, cattle, sheep and horses in the grassland, ginseng in the northeast, these can be assembled in Zhili, Shandong in the south, Henan and Shanxi in the west, and Jiangnan in the south, there is a demand for these things, Li Cheng is not there, Li Dacheng can only let the boatman carry the letter over, in addition, the bamboo basket in the south is good, and a large number of them should be prepared.
Li Dacheng practiced in the camp for five days, with the support of silver, soju, and stew, he also established absolute prestige in the ghost head knife, Qian Laoba, Xu Jiutong, and Qi Shiduo are all real people, with the three of them, even if they go into battle to fight, Li Dacheng is not afraid of encountering strong enemies.
In five days, Cao Baofu, Li Dahan, and Li Dagou returned one after another, because they also found a problem, there were too many people and horses sent back to the camp, Cao Baofu's side at least one day was five boats, and the most was twenty boats a day, Dahan and Dagou were less numerous, but those sent back had to be raised, although the grain ships from the south had been unloading grain these days, but the food in the camp was not much.
Let Li Dahe estimate the population of the camp, the number is surprising, the small number of 100,000 horses, the outer camp has expanded to the south more than twice, and the continuous tents and grass huts are also spectacular at a glance.
In order to make the fight fairer, after Li Dacheng chose once, he did not choose again, but kept letting people spread the news in the camp, the settlement fee of hundreds of taels of silver may not be anything to some of the senior brothers and second brothers of the Boxers, but for ordinary boxers, such a price is enough to sell their lives, and now there is no need for Li Dacheng to maintain his reputation, and the boxers who came are carefully stammering the disciples of the Yellow River Boxing, and they are all looking forward to the next fight!
After Cao Baofu, Li Dahan, and Li Dagou came back, Li Dacheng was planning a second fight, because there were some differences, the fight dragged on for a day, according to Li Dacheng's idea, if you can't beat ten people, you will be repatriated, and only those who can beat ten people will be taken in.
But Cao Baofu thinks that something is wrong, he thinks that it is enough to knock over five people, so many people are let go, I am afraid that it will cause trouble, Li Dacheng thought about it, most of the boxers are refugees and ordinary people, and it is not very realistic to expect them to fight ten at a time, with his standards, it would be good if there were more than 100,000 people left in the front and back, and what should I do with the remaining 100,000?
Will they work here for a few days, and after getting the money and food, will they return to their hometowns in peace? It's obviously impossible, so what are they going to do next? Fist after stubble!
Lower the standard, select a group of elites, let ordinary boxers play cover, it is also a good way, after this time to go out and box, Li Dahan and Li Dagou have gathered a group of brothers, in this way, relatively elite people, they can also roughly control, Cao Baofu's opinion is pertinent, Li Dacheng adopted, a day's time, he is considering the division of manpower.
After having a detailed plan, the vigorous ring battle started again, this time in addition to the ghost head knife, Lao Caoyong, and the people and horses guarding the boat, everyone involved in the disciples of the Yellow River Boxing, Li Dahan, Li Dahe, and Li Dagou, naturally there are some special cares, and those who are not good at their team can also lower the standard a little, first, they can make these people closer to the three people, and secondly, they also set a rule for the disciples up and down the Yellow River Boxing, sometimes obedient and loyal, the senior brother will not forget you, There is extra care.
The small 100,000 people fought in the ring for a day and a night, Li Dacheng's ghost head knife expanded to 1,200 people, Cao Baofu's Lao Cao Yong also added 3,000 young people to enter, Da Han, Da Gou, Da He three people, one person 4,000 people, the number of the elite of the Yellow River Boxing, to about 15,000, its elite Cheng dù is not the same as before.
In addition to the Yellow River Boxing under his command, Li Dacheng specifically required the three to train a team of 300 elites, these people are equipped with guns, and the rest of the soldiers have to Li Dacheng did not forget Cao Baofu's old Cao Yong, and five Boxers with a certain amount of firepower were built in Cangzhou Mansion.
There are too many people, and the drill has become a troublesome matter, practicing under the nose of Cangzhou Mansion, some are not very reliable, but Li Dacheng can only leave Li Dahan in the camp, and push Cao Baofu, Li Dahe, and Li Dagou in the direction of the Sun family compound, there are no prefectures and counties over there, even if there are many people, there is the cover of Cangzhou Mansion, and the Yellow River Fist is still a Boxer force lying in the shadows.
Li Dacheng, the seven generals under him, also has a clear division of labor, and Li Cheng's responsibilities are still to do business and hide silver.
Cao Baochu and Li Dafu are responsible for the shipwright and the other is responsible for the escort of the boat; Li Dagou and Li Dahe are pioneers and generals; Li Dahan is brave and strategic, and can take charge alone; As for Cao Baofu's Lao Cao Yong, they are the shield of the entire Yellow River Boxing, and once something goes wrong, they are the ones behind the palace.
Seven or eight days, Li Chengyou also came back, he did not carefully explore the Yellow River channel in Henan, but went to visit the two major salt barons in northern Henan, through their relationship, straightened out the trade routes in Henan, this approach Li Dacheng is also very in favor, the current business is only temporary, there is no need to lay too many things, just have a general framework, even if the construction is complete now, after the Boxer Rebellion is over, it is necessary to break up and start over.
Li Cheng brought back not only good news, but also bad news, this period of busy canal shipping, so that Shandong side of the target of them, the Qing officials are stupid? They are not stupid, they are very shrewd, the short-lived Cao Yun Xing in Zhili, and there are many Shandong people, no need to think about it, this caravan also has an unclear connection with the Boxers.
Shandong's side is not in trouble, just because Li Dacheng is constantly catering to them, in the future they may not be in trouble, boats, silver, grain are wealth, Caogong is the merit of exterminating the Boxers, once the sky is overturned, Shandong will immediately attack, it is time to disperse most of the refugees.
The salt goods around Cangzhou Mansion, because of the addition of a huge number of Boxers, have all been transported to the banks of the canal, and the next need for manpower is less, the original refugees, also earned about the same, the silver in their hands should be enough to maintain a livelihood for a period of time, leaving the new ones, sending away some of the family funds, in case all parties are in trouble, is Li Dacheng's next main task