Xiaogan County, Hubei Province, can now be called the Longxing land of the Fu Han Army, so it has also been valued by the Fu Han Army, and even the prefect of Xiaogan County is a little more important than the prefect of other ordinary state capitals, because this is now the real emperor's hometown - although Ning Zhongyuan has not officially proclaimed the emperor, but everyone thinks that day will not be too late.

In ordinary seasons, Xiaogan County will be very lively, the streets and alleys are full of people, including some soldiers in red clothes patrolling, after all, it is the land of Longxing, so the guards here are relatively tight, that is, I am afraid that the Qing court will send people to make trouble, if there is any chaos at that time, the face is not good-looking.

A moment passed after the noisy noon, and the vendors on the street had basically sold out their own food, but they did not disperse immediately. They looked at the street in the distance against the sun, but they seemed to be waiting for something.

Just a moment later, a one-armed man wearing the red uniform of the Fu Han Army slowly came from the side of the road with a carriage, and the merchants who had been waiting for a long time saw him coming, and hurriedly picked up some leftover meat and vegetables from their stalls with an enthusiastic face and put them on the carriage.

"Today's food is fresh......

"This pork of mine is good..... The prince used to taste it and said it was good! ”

The man didn't care about this group of vendors who were selling and boasting, and set up the carriage all the way forward, but he collected all the leftovers from the vendors, so he barely squeezed out a smile: "This money is still on the account first, and it will be settled at the end of the month." ”

The vendors seemed to be used to it, and they all agreed, but the smiles on their faces became a little stronger as they spoke.

In fact, these vendors know that the money they give out now will be a few points higher than the usual price when the settlement is made in the future, because their proprietor is a sanatorium, and the salary has always been very rich, and he will never be greedy for the money he spends on the food.

The man set up the carriage and did not return directly to Ningfu, but went to the east of the city, where there was a place where there were newly built houses, and the people living in the houses were all disabled soldiers of the Fu Han Army like the Hanzi.

Strictly speaking, there are not many disabled soldiers in the Fu Han Army at present, about seven or eight hundred, of course, this is not because of how superb the medical skills of the military doctors are, in fact, the real reason is still one point, many people either died directly on the battlefield, or returned from the wounded, and the number of disabled people is not very large.

Speaking of which, this is also a current virtue of the Fu Han Army, Ning Yu knows in his heart that if those soldiers die on the battlefield, then they don't say anything, just bury them alive, but if they are disabled, it is a very headache, if they are simply put back to their hometown, I am afraid that the silver and fields in their hands will be difficult to keep, and the future days will be difficult.

In addition, many disabled people have no place to go at all, and it is not feasible to simply put them back, so Ning Yu thought of a way, that is, to place these disabled soldiers and their families in Hanyang Mansion together, find a place in the counties of Hanyang Province to establish a sanatorium for disabled soldiers of the Han Army, and then concentrate their land together for disposal, although it is not a generous support, but it can also ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing.

The one-armed man is one of the members of the Sanatorium for Disabled Soldiers in Xiaogan County, named Li Liansheng, it is said that he was still a veteran of Conglong, all the way through Huguang and Jiujiang, and later lost an arm during the battle of Jiujiang, so he came to the sanatorium, and became the logistics director, the old and young in the sanatorium, all pointed to him to buy vegetables every day to feed him.

"Anyway, this Jiangnan is about to be defeated, and our country can be regarded as defeated!"

"Those little rabbit cubs, you have to fight hard, if it weren't for Lao Tzu's current ghostly appearance, it wouldn't be their turn!"

Before Li Liansheng entered, it was already bustling inside, and many people were talking and laughing loudly inside.

"Iron Egg, come on, the Governor has sent someone to see us." When several disabled soldiers saw Li Tiedan, they shouted loudly, some of them lost their arms, some lost their legs, but there was not much grief on their faces. After all, it's already remarkable to be alive.

Two middle-aged men wearing the red uniforms of the Fu Han Army followed everyone's gaze, and then gave a solemn military salute.

"Li Liansheng, the Metropolitan Governor sent us here to ask you, do you still have the heart to come out and do things?"

Li Liansheng's face was hot, he waved his empty right arm, and laughed at himself: "We can live now thanks to the grace of the Grand Duke, but when we come out to do things, how can we do it without arms?" ”

Everyone fell into silence, they were all twenty or thirty years old, if they continued to live like this for the rest of their lives, even if they had no worries about food and clothing, but their hearts were empty. After all, the big guy is not willing to let this life pass like this.

The two middle-aged men glanced at each other and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, except for those who really can't walk, other people can participate in the selection, as long as they pass the review, they can be sent to the provinces south of the Yangtze River to be county lieutenants, which is a great virtue." ”

Speaking of which, Ning Yu conquered the city in the south of the Yangtze River, but a big problem also appeared, that is, the official gap of the Fu Han Army began to become bigger and bigger, and the group of officials selected by the imperial examination before, although they have all been assigned to the localities, but they are also county commanders and other official positions, as for the county officials, county lieutenants and ambassadors of the cang, there are not enough people to do it.

In this case, Ning Yu naturally hit the idea into the army, and prepared to transfer a group of veterans to act as these backbone forces, which was also the previous practice, but the ideal is very full, but the reality is very backbone...... In fact, there are not enough manpower in the army!

Of course, the manpower mentioned here is naturally not the kind of raw melon eggs, generally refers to veterans who have fought several battles, they are the backbone of the army, especially after many expansions, such veterans are the treasure of the treasure, if it is taken away too much, the impact on combat effectiveness is also very huge.

In desperation, Ning Yu had to hit the idea of disabled veterans, these people are all veterans of the Fu Han Army, and their loyalty to the Fu Han Army is the highest, and they are now given enough money and food, the only thing missing is this face-using them to be county lieutenants, and taking charge of the security and theft of a county can be regarded as being able to exert residual heat.

"You are all veterans who have come down from the battlefield, even if you can't shoot, you can pass on your experience to others, and more importantly, with you in the prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River, most of the governors can sleep with more peace of mind."

When everyone heard this, they were immediately touched, especially Li Liansheng, who sighed and said: "When I first fought Jiujiang, the Metropolitan Governor didn't sleep all night, and I stayed outside, and then the battle was over, and I didn't know what happened to the Metropolitan Governor....."

After listening to it, everyone understood, it turned out that this silent Li Liansheng was not small, and he knew that he came out of the guard camp at a glance, if he hadn't lost this arm at the beginning, it is estimated that he can reach the level of company commander now, and it is not impossible to reach the regimental camp in the future....

The middle-aged man had a smile on his face, "Since this is better, brothers who want to sign up, you can register first, and then you have to participate in a one-month short-term government affairs training course, and only those who pass can be sent to Jiangnan." ”

Everyone was silent, only to see Li Liansheng raise his only hand and say word by word.

"I'll sign up!"

"I'll sign up too!"

"Hehe, such a good errand, count me in!"

.............

Wu Jingzi changed into a clean and neat Fu Han officer uniform, the overall style is very clean and neat, and the big red looks very festive, which looks similar to the military uniform of the Fu Han Army from a distance, but compared to the military uniform, it is a little more generous and graceful.

It is said that after the Fu Han army became king, the official's clothing was also put on the desk, and Ning Yu quickly put forward an opinion, that is, the first can not have those so-called birds and beasts, in order to save labor, try not to have patterns, the second cloth used is the same as the military uniform, and cannot be purchased separately, and the third shape must be simple and generous, easy to move. These three opinions later became the principles for formulating the uniform of the Fu Han officers.

It has been two days since Wu Jingzi arrived in Jiangning, but he had not been able to wait for the summons of the Grand Governor, so he first received the official position in the official office and the experience of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and the things he was responsible for were also very simple, first practiced in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and then went to Ningyu's chamber to serve as a chamberlain for a period of time after half a year, and then he would decide where to be assigned to serve according to the achievements of the Governor's Mansion and the experience of the chamberlain's room.

The whole process seems very complicated, but it is a glittering avenue within the current Fu Han Army. Because he did not practice politics in the various yamen of the Governor's Mansion and did not serve as an attendant under Ning Yu, it was impossible for him to be placed in a local position of real power, and it was impossible for an official who had no experience in a position of local power to hold an important position in the center of the Fu Han Army.

With the restrictions of these two points, it also causes many people to squeeze their heads and want to go to the attendant room, and then strive for release, and only after these two points are completed, can they have the opportunity to talk about the next step, otherwise everything will be in vain.

"The Metropolitan Governor summoned him, and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion went through Wu Jingzi's face-to-face meeting."

Gao Jing, the director of the chamberlain, looked at this Tanhua with a smile on his face, but he knew that the current Metropolitan Governor didn't even want the champion, but he just called such a Tanhua to serve in the Governor's Mansion, thinking that this person might have some skills, but he couldn't see it on his face at the moment.

Wu Jingzi followed Gao Jing all the way forward with a humble face, both of them were such taciturn personalities, but there was no politeness along the way, not even ordinary greetings.

It wasn't until he arrived in front of the festival hall of the Governor's Mansion that Gao Jing turned his head, his face was like a spring breeze, and he said warmly: "The Metropolitan Governor likes to listen to other people's ideas, and he doesn't like to listen to other people's nonsense, so if he has any ideas, he can talk more and talk less if he has no ideas." ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand."

After this episode passed, Gao Jing led Wu Jingzi into the festival hall, only to see a handsome young man who was writing at the desk with his head bowed, and this person was Ning Yu, the current governor of the Fu Han Army.

Gao Jing asked Wu Jingzi to stand at the door, walked over slowly, and whispered a few words in front of Ning Yu, then waved his hand and motioned for the other party to come in.

Wu Jingzi felt that he was a little nervous, and his whole state was a little stiff, so he had to walk in slowly, and said in a low voice: "The Governor's Mansion has experienced Wu Jingzi and seen the Metropolitan Governor. After finishing speaking, he glanced up in a ghostly manner, only to see Ning Yu looking at him with a smile on his face.

"As soon as the restaurant was parted, the governor thought that with your Wu Minxuan's talent, you should be able to meet the governor again soon." Ning Yu sighed with a little sigh on his face, this celebrity in history is indeed not simple, and it is really rare to be able to show his talents in this situation.

In fact, in this imperial examination, the most surprising and surprising thing for Ning Yu was not Wu Jingzi, but Liu Tongxun, logically speaking, Liu Tongxun's ancestral home is Zhucheng, Shandong, and his father Liu Di died of illness in Sichuan a few years ago, Liu Tongxun should have returned to Zhucheng in Shandong, no matter how the butterfly wings fluttered, Liu Tongxun should not be flopped to the banner of the Han Army at this time, but this scene happened.

Wu Jingzi smiled a little humbly, and said in a low voice: "I didn't expect that I had already met the Metropolitan Governor at the beginning, and my past behavior was really a bit of Meng Lang's rebellion, and I ask the Metropolitan Governor for forgiveness for the scholar's words." ”

Ning Yu smiled, "Speaking of which, it is the drunken confession that makes the governor better understand what kind of person you Wu Minxuan is." It is not advisable to listen to the words of a scholar, but it is even more undesirable to not listen to them at all. ”

Speaking of this, Ning Yu said meaningfully: "You Wu Minxuan think that what is most lacking in my Han Army now?" ”

This is an exam question given by Ning Yu to Wu Jingzi, and only by passing this exam question will Ning Yu further consider putting Wu Jingzi into his pocket to cultivate.

Obviously, Wu Jingzi also understood quite well in his heart, and he seemed to have thought about this issue for a long time, and slowly spoke: "I think that what I am most lacking in the Han Army at the moment is neither talent nor land, but righteousness. ”

"Righteousness? Could it be that Min Xuan means that my Han army lacks righteousness? Ning Yu's eyes became a little sharp, which almost negated everything in the current Fu Han Army.

Wu Jingzi was a little flustered, forced himself to calm down, and said in a low voice: "I think that the pacification of Jiangnan is just around the corner, and when the time comes, the Han army will unify the south within this year or two, and the future can be called very good, but at this time, the Qing court is obviously no longer our primary opponent." ”

"Go on." Ning Yu said calmly, he seemed to underestimate this great talent.

"Taking the south does not mean that our army is about to go on a northern expedition, because the ambition of the metropolitan governor is greater than this." Wu Jingzi calmed down more and more, he obviously caught some kind of idea of Ning Yu.

"When the time comes, sorting out the interior is the key to the Grand Duke, and the external Zhu Yigui and the White Lotus Sect will also become the objects of the Grand Duke's consideration...... Then the righteousness that our army is advocating now is somewhat inappropriate. ”