"The most important thing is whether you are sure?" Min Qiande looked at Min Yuanqi and said: "If you are sure, you will follow the method I said, if you are not sure, then you can wait for Ansheng first, and after autumn, you can turn into a formal hundred households......"

Are you sure?

Min Yuanqi grinned, and the answer was self-evident.

His subordinates had been training for more than a month in the early days, practicing weight-bearing running and various physical training plus queues in the morning, practicing personal skills such as knives, cards, marksmanship and boxing in the afternoon, and practicing the golden drum banner in the evening before receiving food. All the banner armies can almost be fed, although the training is non-stop, everyone has no complaints, Min Yuanqi's prestige is gradually increasing, this army is gradually taking shape, plus after the night attack on Yang Shida, everyone can be regarded as having common interests, once something happens, everyone can't run away, and the trust and dependence on Min Yuanqi has gradually deepened, this army is formed by Min Yuanqi single-handedly, as long as a few salts, the equipment and daily treatment have been improved, whether it is combat effectiveness or loyalty, there should be no problems at all......

"That's fine." Min Qiande was also very happy, patted Min Yuanqi's shoulder, and looked at the people who were working in the salt pond like an ant colony, the salt came out smoothly, and the laughter and laughter on the side of the salt pond were also non-stop, the scene was full of relaxed and happy atmosphere, everything in front of him was happy, Min Qiande twisted the gray beard on his chin, and said with a smile: "Yuan Qi is easy to do, I won't say much." ”

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In the evening, more than 200 people came from Wang Sanyi and Li Guoding's 100 households, and this was still an advance personnel, after all, there were many military households who could not get out of their homes for a while, and they had to arrange people to serve those living creatures such as chickens and ducks raised by the land, and to prepare bedding and items to use, and most of the people who came over at once were young men who had not succeeded, most of them were fifteen or sixteen to twenty-five or six, and even many bachelors of about 30 were also empty-handed, or they used hemp rope to wrap the futon around their shoulders and came directly.

When they went to the river to cut the reeds, hundreds of people giggled and did the same thing before dark, and then weaved straw mats, first burned the ground with an open fire, and then dug a smooth hole with a shovel, and then put wooden sticks and branches on top of them, covered with thick reed mats, and a simple shack appeared.

"Don't keep the shacks too close, and when the weather is hot, you must prevent epidemics." Two hundred households and a group of small flag officials are standing to listen to Min Yuanqi, Min Yuanqi was very respectful and polite to Min Qiande and Wang Sanyi, Li Guoding before, but at this time when it comes to business, Min Qiande has left and does not interfere, and the other two fathers of the hundred household officials can only listen to Min Yuanqi's orders, which is also a tacit agreement reached by the two sides, if there is no such tacit understanding, Min Yuanqi would rather spend money to hire strong people from afar, and will definitely not use the personnel of the neighboring hundred households who do not obey his orders......

"The kitchen stove should be dug around the ditch to divert water for fire prevention, and the latrine should be dug in the camp for half a mile, not too close, and it should be filled in every few days, which is also an epidemic prevention disease, otherwise the smell and mosquitoes and flies look inconspicuous, and once the epidemic is a matter of human life. In addition, garbage should also be collected and landfilled, not discarded at will, we have fine salt here, and we are also ready to give everyone a tooth shabu, personal hygiene should also be maintained, do not pass on your epidemic disease to others......"

When Min Yuanqi spoke, everyone could only listen, although many people disagreed with it on their faces, everyone has been living in the same and similar environment for so many years, life is difficult, what kind of cleanliness and hygiene are the things that rich people care about, what is the use of poor mud and clean legs? Many people not only splash sewage garbage in front of the house at will, garbage is also piled up at will, and even many people do not know how to wash their teeth from childhood to adulthood, at most go home after going out to wash the dirt and dust on their faces and hands, and even people who take a bath once a year and a half are also very present, there is only a bathhouse in two or three hundred households nearby, there is no business in spring, summer and autumn, and only in winter are people willing to spend a few big money to soak in a soup, mainly concentrated in this period of time before the year......

But no matter how impatient these trivial and even somewhat harsh regulations are, everyone honestly listens to the instructions of the young man in front of him, who told him to go to someone's pot to get food?

Not far away, a dozen cauldrons were erected, and the women poured brown rice and polished rice into the pot, this kind of rice is called two rice, and the general middle-class family will eat like this, and Min Yuanqi has already instructed, after that, the camp provides three meals a day, that is, pickled vegetables and radishes with two rice, each person is unlimited, until he is full.

With this kind of benefit, what is a little impatient rule? Isn't it necessary to wipe your teeth and take out the garbage more tiring than to plough the field?

"These people will continue to repair the camp tomorrow, pull fences around the perimeter, and at the same time assign some people to prepare to follow Chen De and them to set up a kiln to make bricks, and prepare to open the kiln to burn bricks." Min Yuanqi stood beside Han Sen, Min Yuanzhong, Min Yuanjin and Liang Shifa and others, in the evening, the flag army of the hundred households called Gao Cuncheng and Yang Zhijin and others to pull back to practice, no matter how tired they were last night, the flag army rested for more than an hour at noon, and recovered some mental and physical strength.

After the night, we will continue to push the salt, but tonight we will just leave some of the surplus and some sturdy women, and in two days, the remaining 100 strong men who have come over will be able to take care of the affairs of their camp and live in a clear way, and the remaining strong men and men will arrive one after another, and then they can continue to dig the salt pond and the pond......

In addition, Min Yuanqi plans to allocate money one after another to start building a large area of formal barracks in the east of the village, in addition to the school field for military training, the shack area is gradually changed to a brick and tile building, so that the flag army who comes to recruit workers and participate in training can gradually settle down, and completely regard this place as a second home, or even take Yanchi and the military camp as their home!

"Shifa, you have your hands free and take two clever people to the north to inquire about the news." Min Yuanqi turned to Liang Shifa and said: "Where are Deng Qi and Yu Lezi usually entrenched, how far away from us, how to go along the road, how many hundreds of households and villages along the way, and several market towns, these are all inquired for me." Remember to be secretive, don't show it, and show the news. ”

Liang Shifa hurriedly agreed, he was the most alert and clever among the small flag officials, and being sent to this kind of foreign errand was also an affirmation of his ability, and Liang Shifa also felt that it was quite hard to stay in the hundred households to train, but he did not dare to have the slightest objection, Han Sen, the general banner, is actually no longer in charge, and now the ten small flags under the hundred households are all owned by Min Yuanqi, Han Sen was appointed as the governor of the hundred households, in fact, even if there is no pacification officer in the thousand households, only the health department has a pacification officer, and the Chinese military governor's office has a judge, but Min Yuanqi wants to appoint, No one may dare to go to the Thousand Households City or the Health Department to sue for this matter?

Han Sen showed his iron-faced selflessness after he became a pacification, this person was originally such a character, otherwise he would not have shown it openly when he was not used to seeing Min Yuanqi, and after he was attached, Min Yuanqi used this person as a pacification officer, and during training, he was iron-faced and selfless at all, Liang Shifa had been whipped several times during training, and he was able to get a bad trip, not only would he not resist, but he was very excited.

"Suppressing bandits is good for my personal military merits, and it can also train troops in actual combat, so that the officers and men will know that what they have trained is effective." Min Yuanqi said to everyone: "In addition, it can also protect the territory and the people, so that the surrounding hundreds of banner troops and households know the prestige of my 300th banner army, if you only practice and do not fight, the bandits will not dare to kill, in the future the rogue or rebellious soldiers will come, what is the use of our training of soldiers who do not fight, our training is to protect the territory and the people, and there are many benefits of suppressing bandits, so we must prepare now." ”

Everyone nodded yes, Min Yuanqi pondered for a moment, and then said to Min Yuanjin: "Yuanjin, you will negotiate with Wang Baihu and Li Baihu in a while, follow them to their respective hundred households, and ask the two hundred household officials to recommend a banner army of about 60 people, 30 people for each of the 100 households, they do not dig salt ponds or do chores, and immediately enter our camp to participate in training, and each person receives four liters of grain per day like you, but this time it is not miscellaneous grains, half of refined grains and miscellaneous grains." ”

Min Yuanjin hurriedly nodded in response, now that Min Yuanqi's authority is getting heavier, everyone can only obey his orders, and they will not do their own things more than a month ago, and even watch Min Yuanqi fight with outsiders single-handedly.

Min Yuanqi has some regrets and shortcomings, most of the people around him now don't know a few big characters, only Han Sen, the Min family and Liang Shifa are literate, and even fewer are literate and then know arithmetic, very few. He has more and more daily affairs at hand, whether it is digging salt ponds, opening ditches and building camps, as well as registering foreign flag army Yu Ding women, employing people from hundreds of households, craftsmen making materials, buying food and utensils, and daily training plans, there are a lot of miscellaneous things every day, but these things are only done by Min Yuanqi himself for the time being, and others can't help.

Thinking of this, Min Yuanqi finally ordered: "After that, there are many affairs, I am afraid that it is not good to be illiterate and do not know how to learn, from tonight I will teach everyone from the small flag officer and above to the official hall, and those who are absent will be deducted half of the grain, and the next ten days will be examined, and those who fail will be deducted from the next ten days, until they are qualified." ”

At this time, everyone was bitter, and everyone never expected that there would be such a play, which was really unexpected.

"The eager and motivated flag army can also come voluntarily, but when they come, they are the same as the small flag officers, they are not allowed to quit without reason, and they must also be assessed, and each small flag is divided with the flag army under their command to see if anyone comes voluntarily."

Min Yuanqi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Scattered, I will send two hundred households." ”

Wang Sanyi and Li Guoding are also preparing to leave, but fortunately, the two are quite close to each other, and if they change to a hundred villages in the distance, they will not be able to go back.

The two hundred households are quite satisfied with the things in front of them, the shack area is very well planned, Chen De Shen Yong and other craftsmen came to pull the line planning, every five shacks in a row, 20 steps apart before and after, 10 steps apart from the left and right, it is obvious that this is to prepare for the future transformation into a house. They also heard Min Yuanqi's orders, and the two hundred households were quite confident in the rest of the matter.

They won't worry about their banner army and Yu Ding gradually falling under Min Yuanqi's ownership, it's really indifferent. It is not beneficial to them to occupy these banner armies, the flag army and the Yu Ding people plant very little land for the hundred households themselves, most of them are owned by the commanders and fellow intellectuals, as long as the grain handed over is planted, the rest of the 100 households can be ignored, the more the flag army and Yu Ding of their own 100 households earn, the more stable the life, the more beneficial it will be to these two hundred households, and Min Yuanqi also promised to give the two of them a benefit, if the salt pond is fully opened 200,000 catties of output per day, that is, more than 1,000 taels per day, More than 30,000 taels a month, nearly 400,000 taels of silver a year, and more than 30,000 taels a year. The two of them don't dare to calculate this figure now, this figure can be earned by almost only salt merchants in the Lianghuai area, and in Jiangnan, there are also big gentry and sea merchants who can earn this figure or more.

The two also understand that this is a benefit that Min Yuanqi will only give in the initial stage, if Min Yuanqi now has hundreds of soldiers, more than 10,000 silver dollars, and has a deputy thousand households or thousands of official positions, give each of them a few hundred taels, and the two of them will not be able to obediently hand over the general's household? I can be regarded as taking a big advantage in the initial stage of the other party, and the person who comes back after this is not so good.

If Kanchi did not launch the salt, the two hundred households could still maintain a relative posture, and now these two people have been extremely polite to Min Yuanqi, and even have the feeling of being half a subordinate.

With Min Yuanqi's ability, it is a matter of time before he is promoted to an official position, and the two hundred household officials are also quite interesting.