Immediately, Guo Wendong wrote a list on a piece of paper, including Chen Zilong, Yan Yingyuan, Zhang Huangyan, and Song Yingxing.

Except for Chen Zilong, the other three all indicated their corresponding identities.

Ma Shiying took the note and looked at it, and then said: "Chen Zilong, who is in the military department, I can just talk to the military department." ”

Continue to look down, Yan Yingyuan is the current Jiangyin official, from the seventh grade, this is no problem.

Zhang Huangyan was promoted two years ago, but now he is not in office, so he can send someone to inform him.

Seeing the last Song Yingxing, Ma Shiying frowned and said, "Song Yingxing was the fifth grade governor before, let him obey your orders, I'm afraid he won't want to." ”

During his tenure as governor of Fengyang, Ma Shiying met Song Yingxing once.

Guo Wendong has already taken measures for this, and said: "I will repair a book, and he should agree to come." ”

These four people are all talents that Guo Wendong is optimistic about.

For Chen Zilong, he felt that he had the potential to become an excellent officer.

And Yan Yingyuan needless to say, the last time they met, they verified that their martial arts were extraordinary, and judging from the "Jiangyin Eighty-one Day" in history, the ability is there.

As for Zhang Huangyan, Guo Wendong saw his introduction in the modern Du Niang Encyclopedia. Zhang Huangyan cultivated both civil and military, and was determined to resist the Qing Dynasty during the Southern Ming regime, and achieved good results, but unfortunately he was unable to return to the sky, and was finally arrested in the third year of Kangxi.

As for Song Yingxing, he was a famous scientist in the late Ming Dynasty, in the late Wanli period, he served as the governor of Bozhou, Fengyang Prefecture last year (Zheng Wupin), because of the corruption of officialdom, he was disheartened, and resigned at the beginning of this year to return to his hometown in Fengxin, Jiangxi, and since then, Song Yingxing has spent the rest of his life in poverty.

Song Yingxing devoted himself to the scientific investigation and research of agriculture and handicraft production, and collected a wealth of scientific materials, "Heavenly Creations" is his most outstanding work, which was praised by later generations as "the encyclopedia of craftsmanship in the 17th century".

His main contribution was to summarize and systematize the knowledge of agricultural and handicraft production that had appeared for thousands of years, and then to make it available in a book.

"Heavenly Creations" includes agriculture and handicrafts, such as machinery, bricks and tiles, ceramics, sulfur, candles, paper, weapons, gunpowder, textiles, dyeing, salt making, coal mining, oil extraction and other production techniques, which is an extremely rare work of scientists.

Guo Wendong wanted Song Yingxing to manage the arsenal and study artillery and gun technology.

After the conversation, Ma Shiying took Guo Wendong to the military department.

"Chen Wozi, you were transferred to the Jingying Shenji Battalion, Ren Qianzong, and the grade remains the same! Obey the orders of Guo Wendong, a guerrilla general of the Shenji Battalion. ”

Originally, under normal circumstances, it was rare for a thousand to always be a sixth-grade official, and a seventh-grade official to serve as the general manager of a thousand.

After Chen Zilong heard Ma Shiying's words, he was first stunned, and then saw Guo Wendong next to Ma Shiying, and then turned to joy.

The Forbidden City of Nanjing, the thousand-step corridor, the east and west sides of the official offices, here is the administrative center of the Ming Dynasty, is the heart of the imperial court.

Guo Wendong called Chen Zilong out and walked in the thousand-step corridor, talking as he walked.

"Wendong, I really didn't expect that I would become your subordinate."

Chen Zilong sighed with emotion, he was raised in Chongzhen for three years, Chongzhen was a jinshi for ten years, and he has served abroad for many years, and he is only a seventh-grade official.

And Guo Wendong relied on money and his father-in-law, the first assistant of the cabinet, to easily become a six-rank official.

Guo Wendong smiled faintly and said: "What, Brother Wozi, are you unwilling to train with your junior brother and go to the battlefield to kill Jiannu together?" ”

Chen Zilong said: "At present, the mountains and rivers are broken, and only half of the Ming Dynasty is left, if there are no elite soldiers and horses, once Jiannu goes south, it will be difficult to resist." I can't ask for the opportunity to train soldiers and horses and lead troops to kill the enemy. Just ......"

He stopped, hesitating.

Guo Wendong also stopped and said to him: "Brother Chen, do you have any concerns, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

Chen Zilong said solemnly: "Wendong, do you donate your official to become a guerrilla general, do you want to have an official position, have a good scenery, and train the troops just for show?" Or are you really planning to train an elite army? ”

Guo Wendong did not answer directly, but asked: "What will happen to you if the Qing soldiers go south?" ”

Chen Zilong said: "Kill the enemy in the army!" ”

Guo Wendong asked again: "If the Qing court sends someone to surrender, what will happen to you?" What would happen if you were captured by the Qing court and could survive as long as you were willing to surrender? ”

Hearing these words, Chen Zilong became emotional, and said loudly: "I, Chen Zilong, will never be a lackey of Jiannu, I will definitely fight to the last moment, and I would rather die than surrender!" ”

"Good, good!"

Guo Wendong smiled heartily, in history, Chen Zilong did it.

"Brother Chen, I'm just like you, I'm not at odds with Jiannu, either he dies or I die! Therefore, I fought to take charge of the Shenji Battalion and train the soldiers in order to deal with the Qing army, which required the assistance of Brother Chen. ”

"Wendong, you are also good!"

Chen Zilong also smiled heartily.

After the laughter stopped, Chen Zilong knelt down on one knee to Guo Wendong and arched his hand: "See your lord!" ”

Guo Wendong helped him up and said, "Brother Chen, in order to fight against Jiannu and defend the country, let us work together." ”

Chen Zilong nodded, he was willing to follow such a person.

Today, Ma Shiying gave instructions to the Ministry of War, sending people to Jiangyin, where Yan Yingyuan is located, and Yinxian County, Zhejiang, where Zhang Huangyan is located, as quickly as possible, so that the two of them can come to Nanjing as soon as possible.

Guo Wendong, who returned home, immediately took up the pen and wrote a letter, this is a letter to Song Yingxing, which will be handed over to Ma Shiying tomorrow, so that the officials who went to Song Yingxing's house to convey the dispatch order will hand over the letter to Song Yingxing.

On the second day, in Dongxing Village, the members of the supervision team came here, gathered a large number of personnel, told Guo Wendong that he had become a guerrilla general in the Beijing camp, and conveyed Guo Gongzi's order that 6,000 people would be selected among tens of thousands of people to become soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, and ordinary soldiers would be paid one or two or five dollars of silver per month.

Whoever can become a soldier in the Beijing camp, everyone can sign up on the principle of voluntariness, select the best, and go to the training ground tomorrow to gather.

This news was very surprising to everyone, and they were immediately happy, their owners were no longer just landlords and merchants, but court officials.

The 200 nursing staff who were originally trained as instructors no longer serve as nursing homes, but are promoted to middle-level and grass-roots managers.

For the planters who are half soldiers and half farmers, due to the large number of people, Guo Wendong was reorganized, 12 people were a squad, and a squad leader was established; 5 squads are a squad, plus a total of 61 squad leaders; 5 squadrons are a squadron, plus a total of 307 squadron leaders; As for the captain, there are several squadrons under his jurisdiction, depending on the situation.

Chen Zhenlian is a native of Dongxing Village, originally the squadron leader of the nursing home, but in the spring of this year, after the team member training, he was promoted to team leader, managing nearly 2,000 people involved in the training in the entire Dongxing Village.

After the supervision team left, Chen Zhenlian said loudly to the team members: "Last year, Guo Gongzi said that Jiannu is very likely to enter the customs and fight to the south of the Yangtze River. Now, Jiannu has entered the customs and occupies Beizhili, and it is really possible to hit Jiangnan. If we can't keep our homeland, our good days will come to an end, and even the lives of our whole family will be lost. I was the first to sign up and take up arms to fight Jiannu. ”