Chapter 122: The Storm in Mongolia (2)
At the front of the line, there were three knights lined up and talking.
Of these three knights, in the middle is Cao Gan with a bare head, on the left is Gao Mo, who is usually inseparable from Gao Shi, and on the right is Gao Ming, who has been under Qi Jiguang for half a year and has just been temporarily dispatched.
Judging from the parallel position of the three people, there is no doubt that this trip is dominated by Cao Gan, followed by Gao Mo, and then Gao Jue.
"Gao Tuanza, there is one thing that I have been holding in my heart for several days, and I have always wanted to ask you." Seeing that he was about to reach his destination, Cao Gan, who couldn't hide his words in his heart, couldn't help but ask.
The "regimental seat" in his mouth refers to Gao Mo, because of the rapid expansion of the soap industry and the big sales of products, Gao Pragmatic upgraded the specifications of the Jiading Guard Team by two levels in advance, and the previous "team" actually corresponded to the company level, but now it has crossed the battalion level and directly reached the regimental level, and Gao Mo is the first head of the Jiading Guard Regiment.
Cao Gan has actually been deprived of his "military power" by Gao Shipra, and has been reappointed as the "president of foreign trade", and is known as the "treasurer of the Jinghua Chamber of Commerce". The title of president is a common word in the Ming Dynasty, such as "the president of a certain official history", which is generally the director of compiling a certain history book, and the meaning is basically the same as that of later generations.
In fact, at that time, when Gao Pragmatic decided to combine the infantry and cavalry and unify and reorganize into the Family Guard Regiment, even Gao Mo, who already knew that he was appointed as the head of the regiment, was very worried, and he was afraid that something would be out of control.
Because at that time, although the infantry establishment of the Jiading Guard had been expanded to more than 600 people, and the squad leaders who were the backbone of it were all personally trained by Qi Jiguang, the entire team was also inclusive of the military regulations and training rules of the Qi Family Army that had been set by Gao Pragmatic for more than two months, which was a force that could be relied on.
But the problem is that the cavalry unit with the Baili Gorge Xiangma as the main force has also expanded a lot at that time, with a scale of more than 1,000, except that it has not been equipped with firearms and armor, it can be called well-equipped in cold weapons, not to mention that due to the more urgent and abundant financial resources than before, the number of horses in the cavalry unit is sufficient, and the average two cavalrymen can have about three war horses.
This is already a powerful cavalry that makes Ma Fangdu blush in private, after all, Da Ming's current cavalry background...... It's not enough to see.
Cao Gan has always been responsible for the armed cavalry, and the leaders in the team are all old people he uses, and even many of them are relatives of his wife's family...... This is a well-equipped more than 1,000 elite cavalry, and they are all the core combat power of the family level in the regular army of the Ming Dynasty, if it is really a backwater, even if it can't take the important towns of Xuanfu and Datong, and break through some county seats, even the capital city with limited troops!
If there is such a thing, don't say that Gao Pragmatic himself can't get out of it, I'm afraid that even Gao Gong will be implicated - this is your family's family, your family has rebelled, do you dare to say that you are not guilty?
But Gao Pragmatic has prepared enough follow-up for this, he has the courage to do so, and he knows that he must hurry up while the number of armed cavalry is still under control, otherwise it will be more troublesome to take power in the future.
The most important ones are the following:
First of all, all the infantry guards were sent to Datong, and they were gathered in the name of asking Ma Fang to train them, and then the infantry was ordered to guard the camp, and the horse farm of the cavalry was also guarded by the infantry.
Next, in the name of "communicating with Zhao Qi", Cao Gan was transferred to Xuanfu on business, and at the same time, Gao Gao was transferred to Datong to be responsible for managing the two major escort teams of infantry and cavalry, and Gao Mo was sent to Xuanfu to announce the reappointment order to Cao Gan and be responsible for persuading or appeasing Cao Gan.
Then, on the pretext that he had been attacked by Alta in April, Ma Fang was asked to mobilize elite troops to secretly monitor the camp of the Jiading Guards in the name of patrolling and strengthening the defense, and once any abnormal movement was discovered, he would immediately take action to control the situation.
In the end, Gao Ming took Gao Shi's position adjustment order, as well as the "Jiading Guard Half-Year Award" - a full 80,000 taels of silver - to Cao Gan's adjustment order to the cavalry guard chief who stayed in Datong Yingpan.
There is also an important time lag here: Gao Mo announced to Cao Gan that the adjustment was in advance, and he needed to persuade Cao Gan to order a summons to Datong, saying that he had "gladly accepted the order" - how to persuade Gao Pragmatic to care, but try to ensure that those who come to the letter will not come to Wu.
This is the entire action plan, and before the plan, Gao Shishi's set of "eating the eldest son's meal and listening to the eldest prince's order" had been implemented for several months, and the so-called "half-year award" was not temporarily proposed, but had already been informed to all armed families.
In this way, under the combination of soft and hard, it is basically difficult for the low-level horsemen to oppose the adjustment out of the so-called "loyalty" to the "old master" - because the "old master" is not there at all, and there is news that he has taken the initiative to accept the adjustment.
The middle and upper class petty bosses, though they may be suspicious, can first get enough bounties; Secondly, the place where the adjustment was announced was the main camp guarded by infantry soldiers, who were completely isolated from their subordinates, and only after agreeing to the adjustment and appointment would they be arranged to be transferred out of Datong in batches - this did not allow them to form a joint force. How dare they rebel when there are only a hundred or so people left in each force, and the logistics and supply are completely dependent on high-level pragmatic arrangements?
Even so, Gao Pragmatic's means are still not over, as early as when he asked Ma Fang to help him train the cavalry, he began to expand the cavalry guards, some of which are down-and-out Mongolian knights with the same background as those wandering Mongolians in Ma Fang's family, these people were fooled by Gao Pragmatic's brainwashing Dafa, and they had long been eager to call Gao Pragmatic a godfather - well, in fact, there is no need to deliberately fool, they were originally frustrated knights in the battle of the grassland tribes, and suddenly hugged the thick legs of a Ming wealthy family like Gao Shiyu, and the fool was willing to let go.
This group of people recognized the important guiding ideology of "eating the food of the eldest prince and listening to the orders of the eldest prince" more than Handing, and the best of them were either appointed as the deputy captain of the cavalry escort team, or were named the head of the cavalry instructor, which divided part of the military power.
Some of the young riders who were originally born in Baili Gorge were appointed as "Ji Gang" (military judges) after training, and enjoyed some unique status and power.
Under such circumstances, the reorganization of this team was put on the agenda and carried out by Gao Shipra.
The only problem at that time was Cao Gan's own attitude.
However, Gao Pragmatic gave Cao Gan a condition that Cao Gan felt unable to refuse, and his wife strongly persuaded him to accept it: Gao Pragmatic promised him a dividend amount of 1% of the annual profit of the smuggling business.
The wealth is moving, although Cao Gan privately feels that he only gets the dividend amount instead of "shares", which is really a pity, but thinking about it, after clearing his identity as Xiangma, he is just a family leader in Gaojia District, can get such a large sum of money, and his son can continue to study with Gao Shi, what else is there to complain about?
You know, he was in charge of smuggling this business before, although this year's business has been affected by the war, but after the eldest prince successfully got the goods sent from Yangzhou, the trade volume is still more than double compared with previous years, and it is expected that this year's net profit will exceed 100,000 taels, and one percent will also exceed 1,000 taels of silver, which is not a decimal!
Originally, he was a big boss, and it seemed that all the income was distributed by him, but the family had a big business and a lot of expenses, and he had to bear the responsibility for the life and death of the entire Baili Gorge.
In the final analysis, Cao Gan's hard work in his early years has exhausted him, and he, a person in his forties, has long turned his mind to "Jackie Chan", and now that he can let go, why not be a good thing? Originally, he had been worried about the suspicion of the eldest prince before, but now that the military power has been handed over, presumably the eldest prince will not have to kill them all, right?
So, he directly asked his wife to go and interrogate him on his behalf.
This is the end of the major task of reorganization.
But less than three months later, Gao Pragmatic sent him to go to Fengzhou in person, but did not explain the task.
What's even more surprising is that the new head of the Jiading Guard Regiment and the deputy head of the regiment, Gao Mo and Gao Jue, actually went out at the same time and came together.
When he arrived outside Fengzhou City, Cao Gan, who had endured all the way, finally couldn't help but ask.