Guo Wendong said: "I will ask the imperial court to issue an order for transfer, and I will repair another book, together with the letter of Vice President Zheng, and send someone to send it to Annanbo." ”

Zheng Zhilong is a treacherous and cunning person, he will not really be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and his son's request may not be listened to, in 1646 in history, under Zheng Sen's strong opposition, he still insisted on surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, and in the end, he still died at the hands of the Qing court.

However, if handled properly, Zheng Zhilong still has value.

Next, to deal with important matters, Guo Wendong said: "The self-generated fire gun is about to be equipped in the army, and I believe that Mr. Song will soon develop a more powerful cannon." It is true that hot weapons are powerful, but the role of cold weapons cannot be ignored. The Shenji Battalion has 12,000 people, and all arms must be matched with each other in order to give full play to their maximum combat power. I have already figured out the number of troops in each branch, and if I have different opinions, I can speak freely. ”

He stood up, picked up the paper on the countertop, walked down and handed it to Yu Yufeng.

Yu Yufeng looked at it carefully, and the paper read: 5,200 musketeers, 2,000 artillerymen, 1,500 crossbowmen and spearmen, 1,000 sword soldiers, and 800 cavalrymen.

Subsequently, each military general looked at it in turn.

All the personnel of the Shenji Battalion belong to the front-line combat personnel, and as for logistics, Guo Wendong's method is to get another batch of personnel who do not have the establishment of the Beijing battalion.

Even if there is no staff, they will also practice militarized management, and strictly enforce military discipline like the Shenji Battalion.

It is all too common for the actual number of people in the army to be less than the number on paper, and for officers to be paid empty salaries. If there are more people on paper than there are on paper, as long as it is not too obvious, it is not a big problem.

Chen Zilong said: "My lord, I think that this equipment is quite reasonable. ”

The other generals did not disagree.

Zhang Huang said: "Two points are added to the humble position. First, musketeers must not only shoot accurately, but also need to train their ability to fight in close combat, and if they are approached by enemy troops, they can pick up swords and guns to fight; Second, as the initial cavalry team of the Shenji Battalion, the 800 cavalry should not fight hard with the enemy cavalry, and only when they encounter the enemy infantry can they rush into close combat, and can be used for reconnaissance and luring the enemy for the time being. ”

"Xuan's words are reasonable!"

Guo Wendong nodded in affirmation, Zhang Huangyan This person is indeed good, although he did not have the experience of actual combat and actual training of soldiers and horses before, but since he was a child, he has been familiar with military books and studied the affairs of soldiers, and after being used, he can effectively combine theory and practice, and do military work very well.

"The officer decided that the musketeers would be divided into two teams, Zhang Huangyan and Liu Jifang would each lead one team; The spearmen were led by Yu Yufeng, the sword soldiers were led by Chen Zilong, the crossbowmen were led by Yan Yingyuan, and the artillery was led by Zheng Sen. ”

Everyone was looking forward to the hot weapons, but Yan Yingyuan, Chen Zilong, and Yu Yufeng, who were arranged to be in charge of the cold weapons troops, were a little depressed.

Guo Wendong saw the thoughts of several people, and said: "There are more than 10,000 people in the Shenji Battalion, but multiple arms are fighting together, if you meet the Qing soldiers, not a single branch of the army can win, if you win, each of you will have merit and will have the opportunity to be promoted." ”

After the commander explained, the three of them dissipated their gloom.

Gu Yanwu next to him said: "My lord, the doubling of the expansion of the Shenji Camp means that more money is needed to build weapons, which cannot be counted on by the imperial court, and the adults need to come up with more money." ”

Guo Wendong said: "Don't worry about this, I said, even if the family is bankrupt, you have to fund the Shenji Battalion." I can still afford these military salaries, and I don't have to go bankrupt. Today is worth celebrating, everyone came to my house and shared lunch. ”

Bringing his subordinates home for dinner, this is an important means to enhance feelings, Guo Wendong wants to encircle his subordinates, let them follow them with iron heart, and only obey his own orders.

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In the Guo Mansion kitchen, the cooks are busy.

This morning, the young master gave cumin powder, soy sauce, chili pepper, chicken essence and other condiments, and told them the function and the method of cooking together.

"Wow! The lamb fried with cumin powder is so fragrant! ”

The chef Xu Afu stole a piece of natural mutton, and the taste amazed him.

Several other people also tried a bite and were full of praise for it.

Chef Ling Xiao said: "This must be a condiment that the young master got from overseas, it's really good!" It's a pity that there aren't many. ”

The Guo family's business has to be in constant contact with overseas, and the strange things that are taken out by the young master are usually believed by the people below to be obtained by the young master through overseas people.

In the dining room of Guofu, eight people sat around the dining table.

In addition to Guo Wendong, it is Gu Yanwu and the six military generals.

A variety of carefully prepared delicacies are served one after another, and the dining room is filled with aromas.

Zheng Sen looked at a plate of cumin mutton and asked curiously, "It tastes so fragrant, what kind of powder is added to this mutton?" ”

Guo Wendong said: "It is cumin powder, which is very fragrant when used to fry meat." ”

The cook brought the charcoal-burning stove and hot pot soup base, and everyone saw garlic, Sichuan pepper, longan, etc. in the pot, but there was one thing but they didn't know what it was.

Yu Yufeng said: "This is chili, I often eat it in my hometown. ”

Zhang Huangyan said: "I have heard of chili peppers, and I have heard that some people eat them in Yunnan, Guizhou, and southern Huguang. ”

Chili peppers were introduced to China in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and were initially only popular in the Yunnan-Guizhou area, and Yu Yufeng's hometown was in Guizhou.

Liu Jifang said: "I also love to eat chili peppers, I ate them many times when I was young, and some people in my hometown planted chili peppers. ”

His hometown is in Leiyang, south of Huguang.

Guo Wendong introduced: "Chili pepper plus Sichuan pepper is a spicy hot pot. ”

Afterwards, the maid brought the wine and poured a glass for everyone.

This is a wine taken out of the space warehouse, Guo Wendong specially chose a kind of wine that is not too high and tastes good, and put it into the wine vat before taking it out.

Guo Wendong said: "I'm here, don't treat me as a superior, just treat me Guo Wendong as a friend, I also treat everyone as a friend, come on, let's try good wine and good food." ”

He picked up a glass of wine and stood up and said, "This cup, I wish our Shenji Camp invincible!" ”

A few people clinked glasses and drank again.

Yan Yingyuan shouted: "Good wine! Wine! ”

He drank a lot and had a bold air.

The rest of the people felt that it was good wine.

"Whatever you want, just pick it up."

Guo Wendong picked up a lot of mutton and put it in the hot pot, spicy hot pot is his favorite dish in modern times, and he hasn't eaten it for a long time.

"Let's try the spicy hot pot!"

Let's first pick up a piece of mutton and put it in your mouth, the taste is refreshing.

Each of the seven took a piece.

Yu Yufeng ate a piece of mutton and exclaimed: "Okay, the pepper and chili pepper taste so good, I really didn't know it before." ”

Zheng Sen ate several pieces of meat in a row, he was eating chili peppers for the first time, and after tasting the taste carefully, he said, "The taste is really good, I like it." ”

The other four didn't like it very much.

Gu Yanwu said: "No, no, no!" I can't stand the spiciness! ”

He ate only half a piece of mutton and stopped eating.

Zhang Huangyan, Yan Yingyuan, and Chen Zilong also don't like spicy taste.

In modern times, most Jiangnan people don't like to eat spicy food, and this period is no different.

Guo Wendong picked up the cumin mutton again and ate it with relish, which was also his favorite dish.

Cumin powder has a strong aroma, and cooking beef and mutton can remove its fishy smell and make its meat more tender.

For cumin mutton, everyone can accept it and praise it for being delicious.