Of course, Beiping is still very good, and the buildings there are beyond the reach of Taiwan.

The city is tall and the imperial city is splendid, reflecting the extremely high level of construction engineering technology in the later period of feudal society.

In addition, there are many materials in Beiping, and there are many businessmen, and the degree of prosperity is far beyond that of Taiwan.

The Southeast Mansion only overtook the imperial capital in terms of hygiene and cleanliness, but it was not comparable in other aspects.

However, the more you look, the more you feel!

Especially in the capital, seeing the officers and soldiers there were lazy and lazy, standing without standing posture, sitting without sitting posture, and some openly sleeping when they were on duty, which surprised a group of visitors from the southeast prefecture!

In the southeast province, the sentry sleeps while on duty, which is a felony to kill the head!

Yan Changwu touched the Dutchman's ass when he started, and there was a serious problem of the Dutch sentry dereliction of duty, how could he not be vigilant, so he was extremely strict with military discipline, and his Southeast Mansion sentry dared to do this, and he would never forgive!

Everyone in the Southeast Mansion discussed privately: "This kind of army is still the Beijing army, and it is not even as good as an ordinary soldier in my Southeast Mansion!" ”

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Yan Changwu went to several Quanzhangxia and other township associations set up by the Fujianese, and accepted some Fujianese in Beijing, and in the name of the townspeople's association, he made friends and invited some minor Fujian officials of six or seven grades to eat and drink with them.

Although these guys are of low grade and well-informed, Yan Changwu intentionally or unintentionally inquired about the war in the north, knowing that Yuan Chonghuan was able to be reactivated since the new emperor ascended the throne, and was appointed as the secretary of the military department and the right deputy capital Yushi, supervising Ji Liao, and supervising Denglai and Tianjin military affairs. Last year, Yuan Chonghuan returned to the capital and reported the military affairs, and Zhu Youzhen summoned Yuan Chonghuan on the platform, and Yuan Chonghuan claimed that he could return to Liao in five years.

Someone sneered: "Five years to return to Liao? If the barbarians outside this pass are so easy to pacify, they will not be defeated by Salhu! (The Battle of Sarhu was in 1619, where Nurhachi defeated the Ming army, and after this battle, the offensive and defensive forces of the Ming and Qing dynasties were exchanged)

"Don't look at his current scenery, there is nothing to do outside the Guan, I dare to say, the barbarians outside the Guanwai will provoke sooner or later, see what happens to him!" Those people don't like Yuan Chonghuan, it's best that he is unlucky, no misfortune, but they don't want him to be unlucky, the wild boar army will hit the city of Beiping, and everyone will be unlucky!

Yan Changwu asked another person: Sun Yuanhua!

"That guy who believes in the gods of the West?" Officials were dismissive of him.

Why specifically asked Sun Yuanhua? This person is a first-class cannon casting master in the Ming Dynasty, but because he believes in religion, he was ostracized by officialdom.

Yuan Chonghuan came back and asked Sun Yuanhua to praise the military affairs of Liao Province by name, and followed Yuan to Guanwai.

After knowing the news of the two people, having seen and eating, Yan Changwu left Beiping, he took his guards, went out of the city gate, met with the subordinates outside the city, and carried tea, milk candy and rum (so that they would not enter the city to pay taxes) and medicinal herbs, etc., about 100 people, and went to Shanhaiguan.

Shanhaiguan is located at the eastern end of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty and is the only place where the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty meets the sea. To the north is the western section of the Liaoning West Corridor, the terrain is dangerous, and it is the location of the ancient Jieshi, so the historian also calls it "Jieshi Road". Guancheng leans on Yanshan Mountain in the north and connects the Bohai Sea in the south, so it is named Shanhaiguan.

Guancheng was built in the 14th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1381), experienced the expansion of many emperors, the circumference of the city wall is more than 4,000 meters, the height of the city is 14 meters, and the thickness is 7 meters. The east wall is the main line of the Great Wall, there are four city gates on the east and west north and south sides of the city, the east gate is the "town east gate", that is, "the first pass in the world", the west gate is the "Ying'en gate", the south gate is the "Wangyang gate", the north gate is the "Weiyuan gate", and the city gate tower is built on the four gates. There are urn cities built outside the four gates of the city, and the doors are opened on the side.

"The first level in the world! Hey! Yan Changwu sneered: "What is the first level in the world in this world, how can there be any unbreakable pass, you say, what is the most stable?" ”

He asked Chen Hebin, who was young and intelligent, and said smartly: "People's hearts! ”

"Bingo! Won the lottery, but unfortunately there is no prize! Yan Changwu laughed and said, "How do you know that it is the human heart? ”

"Because of our last conscription!" Chen Hebin grinned and said, "In that conscription, the people of the Southeast Mansion sent the best children to the army!" ”

He was talking about the conscription in the summer and autumn every year, and the conscription began in July, and the people of the southeast province actively participated, scrambling to send the best children to the army, and all those who could come came for the army to choose.

Although the salary of being a soldier is lucrative, and the propaganda is also very effective, the key is that everyone has a pole in their hearts!

For a long time, Yan Changwu has been a bit high-minded, and he has no intimate relationship with the people to engage in "family" interaction, but after the people of Taiwan came, they knew that their happy life was tied to this eldest young master!

The hearts of the common people are very bright: "If he falls, everyone will be unlucky!" ”

Where in the world did the main family get the share of the two tenants and the eight?

There is one in the southeastern province!

The will of the people belongs to him, and all the power is for him, this is the most powerful pass in the world!

Over the years, we have also made some achievements, and Yan Da is rarely proud.

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The precautions at Shanhaiguan were very urgent, and the guards were on strict alert, and the officers and men guarding the customs looked at their customs clearance documents again and again...... It is very solid, from the document of the Ming Army, they will send 300 flintlock pistols to the front line of Ningyuan to support the defenders of Ningyuan.

The paperwork couldn't be more true, if the intelligence bureau stationed in the capital can't even handle this, then the northern branch of the intelligence bureau can be canceled.

Knowing that he was supporting Ning Yuanjun, the faces of the officers and soldiers at the gate eased a lot, and they were happy to let them go, and even wanted to send troops to see them off, but Yan Dashao politely refused.

As fellow soldiers, they know better the importance of Ningyuan City, if Ningyuan can't hold it, they will have to face the murderous wild people outside the Guan, so it is difficult not to act.

Ningyuan (Xingcheng County, very close to Huludao) is the residence of Yuan Chonghuan's supervisor, there are more than 200 places from Shanhaiguan, the further north you go, the more scarce the merchants come and go, and the prefecture and county on the road are very depressed, and some small cities have closed the city gate very early, showing that the situation is tense.

Even if Ningcheng is not lost, but the cavalry of the savages outside the pass is terrifying, and the reputation is far and wide, only a hundred horsemen come over, if they can enter the city, the small city will be broken in seconds.

Except for the baggage teams of the officers and soldiers, their "caravan" could be regarded as a relatively large caravan, but after walking less than a hundred miles, they found that they were following behind the tail.

Two horsemen, dressed like Mongol cavalry, adorned them, and soon disappeared.

After more than ten miles, I saw that the dust was rising in the northwest direction, and a large group of Mongolian cavalry came galloping with bows and swords!

Horse thieves want to rob pirates?

Zhang Shouyun stood up and said, "Prepare for battle!" ”

With a bang, everyone is ready with four shots!

Yan Changwu smiled, opened a box next to him, and put eight well-loaded pistols for him to use!

My southeast province has more money, more boats and more guns!