"Ming Yan, you still have some ability, you will stay in the Shenji Camp in the future, I will recommend to the imperial court and let you be the deputy general manager of the eighth grade."

"Thank you, sir!"

Zheng Sen knelt down to Guo Wendong and saluted.

Outside, it was already completely dark, Guo Wendong looked at his watch, it was almost eight o'clock.

"Everyone is hungry, let's eat together."

The door of the house was reopened, and the maids brought their food.

The subordinates are happy, and so are the leaders.

For his subordinates, it is naturally a good thing to be able to fight the enemy in the army and still be in Beijing, and they are also willing to obey Guo Wendong's orders.

As far as stability is concerned, with these five subordinates, the team of the armed forces can be regarded as being established.

A few people chatted while eating, Guo Wendong did not put up a shelf, and treated the five people cordially, and everyone talked happily.

In early June, in the southwest outside Nanjing, two old men rode horses on the official road to Nanjing.

These two people are Song Yingxing and his brother Song Yingsheng.

Looking at the golden ripe rice on both sides of the road, the long and dense ears of grain, the two were excited.

Song Yingsheng said: "Third brother, if this kind of rice is promoted in the early Ming Dynasty twenty years ago, the imperial court may have the ability to provide disaster relief to the north, and it will not let the hungry people in the north rebel, and the people will not have a good life." ”

Song Yingxing said: "After we go to Nanjing to take up a job, we have to buy some of this kind of rice, and quickly send someone to send it to our hometown, so that the villagers can use it to make seeds, and maybe we will have time to plant the next season of rice." ”

Since last autumn's bumper harvest of high-yielding rice, farmers in the surrounding area have been collecting small amounts of rice from growers' homes as seeds. In addition to Guo Wendong's land, there is already a lot of arable land in Nanjing where high-yielding rice is grown.

In ancient times, the speed of promotion was not as fast as in modern times, and high-yield rice was currently limited to cultivation in the south of the Yangtze River.

On the morning of that day, Guo Wendong again inspected the barracks and arsenal under construction, which will be completed tomorrow, and the arsenal will take about 10 days.

Next to the barracks, a mansion has been specially purchased as a guerrilla general's mansion and the official office of the Shenji Battalion, which has been put into use in the past two days.

Before that, Guo Wendong worked from home.

In addition to the soldiers, the Shenji Battalion also needs some civilian personnel, such as daily expenses in the army, account checking, etc., which need to be worked by special officials.

Guo Wendong is in charge of the Shenji Battalion, and there are many military affairs to deal with, and a master bookkeeper is needed. Chen Zilong recommended the resumption of the society, such as Hou Fangyu, who had a good relationship with Guo Wendong, Mao Bijiang and others.

Guo Wendong selects and appoints people, not only according to friendship, but to appoint people on the basis of merit. Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi are the most ideal candidates in his mind. In the end, it was decided to let Gu Yanwu be his main bookkeeper.

Guo Wendong should make the best use of the 6,000-strong establishment of the Shenji Battalion, and planned to use all of them as front-line combat personnel, and logistics personnel and civilian personnel would not occupy the establishment.

"It's only six thousand taels, is it called Hanako? Hurry up and urge your Shangshu and Shilang to send the balance down as soon as possible. ”

In the General's Mansion, Guo Wendong was "furious".

Wai Lang, a member of the household department, just brought someone to send the military salary, and it was only 6,000 taels of silver.

Yuan Wailang was very embarrassed and explained: "Lord Guo, I can't hide it, the household department currently has only eighty or ninety thousand taels of silver, and His Majesty's palace has a lot of money, and there are still many places that need silver taels, so I can only squeeze out six thousand taels to the Shenji Battalion." The first season of rice has begun to be harvested, and after the tax revenue comes up, it will definitely make up for the Shenji Camp, so please bear with me! ”

"How can the military pay be in arrears! Even if the officials were accommodating, how could the soldiers agree? The official is very angry, and the consequences are serious! Guo Wendong said loudly, "Very unhappy."

The staff is very depressed, Guo Wendong is the son-in-law of Shoufu, how can he be offended.

He said: "Lord Guo, the lower officials are also acting on orders, and there is really nothing they can do. ”

Looking at the bitter face of the outsider, Guo Wendong didn't need to embarrass him, he expected this situation.

"Go back and tell your Shangshu that if you dare to default on even the military salary of the Shenji Battalion, you will bear all the consequences."

Guo Wendong said sternly, he still has to do what he should do, in fact, he wants to be like this.

The outsider Lang Nuo retreated, and left with people depressed.

Gu Yanwu, the chief bookkeeper, kept accounts in the account book, and the clerk moved the silver into the warehouse.

Subsequently, Gu Yanwu said: "My lord, as far as the lower officials know, the imperial court really has no money. It is recommended that adults can use their own money to make up for military salaries. ”

Gu Yanwu in history was an outstanding thinker, scholar, historian, and phonologist in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and was known as the "three great Confucians" in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties along with Huang Zongxi and Wang Fuzhi.

But that was later, now these three people are not very famous, all three of them have fallen to Sun Shan in the late Ming Dynasty scientific expedition, and Wang Fuzhi is only a mere talent.

Last year, Gu Yanwu became a prisoner of Nanjing Guozijian by donation.

Guo Wendong first wooed him for his own use and gave him the title of Zhengjiupin Sesame Official.

Gu Yanwu, a native of Kunshan, Suzhou, is now Chinese New Year's Eve one year old, he is not tall, about 1.6 meters, and his first feeling is that he is a humble Confucian.

Guo Wendong said deliberately: "The Shenji Battalion is a soldier of the imperial court, not a private soldier of the official, and you want me to pay enough for the military salary out of my own pocket?" Why? ”

Gu Yanwu advised: "My lord, this is really no way, I hope that my lord will donate some money to ensure the needs of the Shenji camp for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the people of the world." ”

Guo Wendong looked reluctant and said: "If the Qing soldiers go south, there are no elite soldiers to resist, and the mountains and rivers are broken, even if there is more money, what is the use." Anyway, the official had to pay out of his own pocket. ”

Gu Yanwu showed admiration and said: "Your Excellency is righteous, generous, and admired, the officers and soldiers of the Shenji Battalion will definitely remember it." ”

At this time, the guards walked in and said, "My lord, two people came to the gate of the mansion, claiming to be Song Yingxing and Song Yingsheng, saying that they were ordered to see your lordship. ”

The guards guarding here were originally the guards of the Guo Mansion, but they became the guards of the court officers, Guo Wendong did not register them in the list of the Shenji Battalion, but only selected some of the guards to serve as their own guards, there was no imperial court establishment, and they were essentially his private soldiers.

The long-awaited talent finally arrived, Guo Wendong was happy in his heart and walked out quickly.

When I got out of the gate, I saw these two old men in their fifties and sixties, and the two of them were not good-looking, if they didn't know their identities in advance, no one could see that one of them was a technical talent.

The guard said to the two: "This is Lord Guo, the guerrilla general of the Shenji Battalion. ”

Guo Wendong took the initiative and said humbly: "I saw two seniors in my later life. ”

The two returned the favor.

Song Yingxing said: "Lord Guo, the harvest of overseas rice seeds you brought has doubled, benefiting the people of the whole world!" ”

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