Standing in hell and looking at heaven, for whom you are working hard and for whom you are busy; Standing in heaven and watching hell, the world is like a melodrama.

Thinking about the time when Shi Lang was dragged on one hind leg and couldn't stride forward, he seemed to grit his teeth with hatred, and even ran to the early destination where Shi Lang fled in his memory to get a shot. Now, seeing that Guo Zhiqi and Lian Chengbi were fighting for control of Guangdong with them, they were immediately dragged by their pig teammates, and they knew that this pig teammate really had to see where they were placed.

It's funny, it's just a moment of effort, and soon Chen Kai's heart has a feeling of sadness like the death of a rabbit and a fox. As for the reason, it is actually very simple, that is, Guo Zhiqi and Lian Chengbi are civil officials, and he is also a civilian official, and the political reality of the military general's loss of control is also not a good thing for him.

The difference now is nothing more than that he has fought for many years and has a very high prestige in the army, plus Zheng Chenggong's strict punishment and strict laws, that's all. But once Zheng Chenggong dies suddenly, will the Zheng Group fall apart like Zheng Zhilong after he was escorted north, in fact, Chen Kai also thought about it, and the conclusion of the deduction was even more unpleasant.

The two provinces have been recovered, history has changed too much, and Chen Kai has not seen many things very clearly. Worry is inevitable, but we also need to make more preparations in order to better face the changes in the future.

"Be a better version of yourself."

poured himself a mouthful of chicken soup for the soul, and Chen Kai almost choked on it. The truth is still right, but he has passed the stage where he needs to use other people's successful cases to brainwash himself, and what he needs to do is to stick to his ideals according to the established plan until he succeeds. During this period, there will be doubts and wavering, but if you can't even stick to your heart, then you don't deserve to succeed.

Back in Xingyuan, Chen Kai re-read Zheng Chenggong's letter, pondered carefully for a while, and then washed up and rested. Early the next morning, the order went down, the military conference was convened, and in addition to a few generals sitting on the outer line, such as Zhou Hezhi, Ke Chenshu, Zhou Quanbin, Lan Deng, Chen Bin, Li Jianjie, Wang Qifeng, etc., all of them were present.

"Fujun, listen to the people on Henan Island, those guys in western Guangdong dare to play tricks on us!"

Last night, the reason why Li Dingguo invited Chen Kai over was that the first batch of people who were coerced approached Henan Island, but they were stopped by Li Dingguo's troops halfway. Guo Zhiqi's reaction was very fast, Chen Kai had already prepared, here, the generals had heard about it somewhat, and probably knew that Chen Kai would not suffer, but Chen Bin was a straight intestine, with a mouth, and that posture seemed to be what happened if he didn't give those guys a glimpse of his slap method.

"It's okay, it's just a bunch of jumping clowns, Inspector Guo has already gone to worry about it, so it's not good for us to make trouble for Inspector Daxue."

The words were very relaxed, with a smile, and the generals saw it and put their hearts in their stomachs, even Chen Bin didn't say anything more, just nodded heavily at Chen Kai's explanation.

After the interlude, Chen Kai picked up a letter from the case and motioned to everyone. While everyone's attention was focused on it, he also spoke: "This letter was delivered by the surname of the country at nightfall yesterday, saying that a group of recruits will be sent from Fujian. This is to convene the princes to discuss this matter. ”

Replenish new soldiers, this is what must be done after every major war, and even non-combat attrition on weekdays, such as illness, death and other reasons, as long as it is attrition, it is necessary to replenish new soldiers to ensure the integrity of the battle formation. Zheng Chenggong's department strictly forbids empty salaries, so the public will be given certain convenience as subsidies through trade channels. As far as Chen Kai knew, almost every ship in the Zheng family's merchant fleet carried different goods for different officers, and they were called "officials and merchants". Even he himself has a certain share, but he is not interested in it on weekdays, and he is handed over to the people below to take care of, and when he gets married, he is even more thrown to Zheng Xiyuan, and the little rich woman who marries more than Chen Kai has accumulated over the years will be in charge, anyway, he does not rely on the pocket money leaked from his daughter-in-law's fingers to live.

Men and women match, don't get tired of working, Chen Kai said this to Zheng Xiyuan, and Zheng Xiyuan just laughed. However, this time, Chen Kai mentioned the matter of replenishing new soldiers, and the generals, especially those generals from Fujian, were inevitably infected with a trace of worry, but Li Jianjie, Wang Qifeng, Chen Bin, and several non-Fujian generals were more calm.

"Fujun, Fujian's grain shortage ......"

Zhou Quanbin wanted to speak and stopped, and the generals had already thought of this. Originally, this batch of supplementary soldiers was to be recruited in Guangdong, but the problem of food shortage in Fujian had not yet been solved, so Chen Kai suppressed the time for recruitment, and as a result, Zheng Chenggong really sent a batch over.

Those present were all clear-eyed people, and of course they understood that it was the Zheng group that used military recruitment to pack Ding Zhuang, who had the ability to make trouble in the local area, and send him to Guangdong for food. This is not a new thing, and the Zheng Group has not done it before. However, when Fujian regained such a large territory in one go, and the local area still needs a large number of troops to defend the counties, counties, and strategic points, but is still sending manpower to Guangdong, things will not be so simple.

In this regard, Chen Kai nodded, without any intention of concealing it, affirming the current situation in Fujian where the situation is still tense. However, after the affirmation, he didn't want the crowd to continue to worry about it, so he simply mentioned two things that could ease the mood.

"Over there in Fujian, a large number of sweet potatoes purchased from Chaozhou have been planted, and you probably know that thing."

Sweet potatoes have been cultivated in Fujian and Guangdong provinces for more than half a century, and the yield is much better than that of rice. Some of the generals present have heard of it, and some have even eaten Naraushzi, and when they heard this, they were relieved.

"It's going to take some time to harvest. However, there is no hurry, this official transported grain from Hong Kong and Chaozhou some time ago, and it is possible to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall. ”

When such a word came out, the generals couldn't help laughing. They are all military generals, regardless of these civil affairs, they are just worried about their hometowns and whether there will be any chaos in Fujian, so that it will affect their behavior in Guangdong. Now that Chen Kai seems to be confident, the matter will not be mentioned again, and the group will continue to discuss the matter of replenishing new recruits.

"Fu Army, Jiangmen battle, there were many casualties in various departments. Especially the two towns of the left commander, Fubiao, Qianchong Town, Houzhen and our cavalry of the two towns. ”

These troops were the elite of the interception force led by Chen Kailai to break through Xu Degong, who had fought bloody battles with the Qing army on the northern front and finally achieved a breakthrough and a combined attack, while most of the other troops only undertook the task of chasing the dead, and the damage was minimal.

Ke Chenshu mentioned here that there will be many people who will echo Zhou Quanbin and Lang Deng. Chen Kai already knew about this, and he had already made a plan in his chest: "Those recruits are all trained, and if they are sent here, they can directly replenish the troops." Vacancies in the ministries should be reported from time to time. ”

"The last general will obey."

"Li Jianjie, Wang Qifeng."

"The last general!"

After adding things, Chen Kai named the names of the two cavalry commanders. All the generals present knew very well that in the first battle of Foshan last year, nearly 3,000 war horses were captured, and the previous Jiangmen and the subsequent two battles in Guangzhou, as part of the coalition army second only to Li Dingguo, they also received a lot of war horses, pack horses and horses. Together, there are more than 8,000 horses.

Some of these horses were to be shipped to Fujian. Although Fujian regained the territory of a province in one go, there were no horses there, and most of the Qing troops chose to flee without a fight, and there were very few captures. It is necessary to control such a large area, and for a period of time in the future, it is close to Zhejiang, and it is bound to be the target of the Qing army's key attack, and more war horses are urgently needed to expand the cavalry troops, and a large number of horses and pack horses are also needed to enhance the mobility of the troops, so as to better deal with the Qing army.

Aside from these, there are nearly 5,000 horses left. There are war horses, pack horses and horses, Chen Kai advocated replacing some of the thin and unscrupulous horses, and then expanding the cavalry troops and scout troops in various towns, and there are probably not many left. As for those pack horses and pull horses, they are inconvenient to ride and fight, and their belonging is nothing more than logistics.

"How far is the expansion mission for Iron Rider and Hussar Town progressing?"

These two towns were originally a battalion of 500 cavalry, but Chen Kai wanted to directly double their size to 1,000 cavalry, which together was a pure cavalry force of 2,000 people. In addition, coupled with the scout troops in various towns, this large army of Guangdong also has a cavalry scale that cannot be underestimated. Even if such a scale is still far from enough in front of the Eight Banners Army, it is no longer as disadvantageous as it once was against the green battalion soldiers on the left.

The expansion of the army is what Chen Kai is most concerned about. Asked here, the two also talked about some issues about the training of cavalry, and the first to bear the brunt was the personnel.

"Fu Jun, those recruits are too stupid. What's even more ridiculous is that those guys have ridden donkeys and donkeys at most before entering the camp, and some have only been cattle herders when they were young, can this be the same as riding horses? ”

When it comes to those newly added soldiers, Li Jianjie has nowhere to vent his grievances, and even with Wang Qifeng, it is not too close, but the relationship with Chen Kai is not as close as Li Jianjie, and he is not as accustomed to saying whatever he wants like Li Jianjie, but echoing is also indispensable.

After all, this is the south, Guangdong, Fujian, such a province, do not produce horses, and there are very few people who have ridden horses. Those who rode donkeys, mules, and even bulls were regarded as having experience in riding and were thrown into the cavalry camp for training, which was for northern generals such as Li Jianjie and Wang Qifeng, who had seen more people who had ridden horses when they were in their hometowns, and there were also many people under their command who had already worked in cavalry or ridden horses, so it was naturally irritable for these inexperienced new pawns.

"It's different, there's no way, anyway, I don't mean that they will immediately form combat effectiveness, practice slowly, don't rush."

Chen Kai said so, Li Jianjie and Wang Qifeng also had no way. They hadn't proposed to select cavalry from among the soldiers and prisoners to replenish the troops, but Chen Kai always had a distrust of these goods, and it took time to smooth them down. And they can't guarantee that these people will find an opportunity to flee after getting the war horse, which will inevitably lead to the loss of valuable war horse resources, so they can only do so.

It's not just a matter of replenishing troops, Chen Kai also plans to transport all the soldiers of the First World War in Guangdong and the Qing army to Fujian anyway, so that Zheng Chenggong can train him. It's not a habit of cleanliness, rather than putting them in the more familiar Guangdong, it is better to send them to the more unfamiliar Fujian, and maybe it is better to integrate into the Ming army.

This matter is very important, and Chen Kai has not yet decided. However, it is estimated that it will not be long before a conclusion can be reached.

"In the near future, all towns should also train soldiers and defend places. The rest of the things will be discussed when the official returns. ”

It has been several months since the reconquest of Guangzhou, and half a year has passed since he left Fujian, and there is a constant correspondence between Chen Kai and Zheng Chenggong, but no matter what the era, letters are always less effective than face-to-face negotiations. Especially now that the situation has changed dramatically, it is difficult to explain many things purely by referring to the exchange of letters once or once every two months.

Chen Kai set off and went to Li Dingguo to say goodbye, the latter heard that Chen Kai was returning to South Australia to see Zheng Chenggong, so he naturally asked Chen Kai to bring some gifts to his in-laws, and sent a greeting to Yunyun, and also wrote a letter to Chen Kai to help bring over.

"I will be fortunate not to be dishonored."

The boat departed from the Chengnan Wharf in Guangzhou, sailed out along the Pearl River, diverted to Hong Kong, and then headed east. Over the years, Chen Kai can't remember how many times he has been on this route, but one thing is very interesting, that is, the time spent is different every time, as short as ten days, as long as one or two months, and sailing on the sea is nothing more than that.

This time, there is a little stronger than before, that is, due to the recovery of Huizhou Mansion, the possibility of encountering pirates will be greatly reduced - although it may be funny to say that pirate ancestors like the Zheng Group will encounter pirates and rob, but in fact, when pirates go to sea, most of them can't control others, including the historical Guting Village, the ships of the Zheng Group may not be absolutely safe on the route, especially when they are alone.

Chen Kai was on a warship, escorted by several smaller ships, with flags fluttering, and even if a pirate saw it, he would quickly run away, because they knew very well how the characters on the ship were that could not be provoked.

Swaggering towards South Australia, after half a month of sailing, the fleet arrived in South Australia. At this time, it was April, and Chen Kai walked out of the cabin, the sun and sea breeze seemed to be the same as when he first went to the island. It's just that many years have passed, and the identity, status, and especially the state of mind, just like the ship on which he is riding, have long been different.