Min Yuanzhong is as his name suggests, honest and kind, not as clever as Min Yuanjin and Liang Shifa, and has always been not very favored in the Min family.

This time, he directly added a deputy to a thousand households and served as a hundred households, and the actual position in the battalion should be the battalion officer of the Chinese army at the level of a thousand generals, Min Yuanzhong really raised his eyebrows.

"The second uncle also gave Dahewei the command." Min Yuanzhong smiled: "They should also be almost there." ”

Min Yuanqi also had to stop, and after a while, Min Qiande, Li Kecheng and others arrived one after another, they came from the ferry, Han Sen and Yang Zhijin, Gao Cuncheng and others heard the news, and they also rushed over.

Only Shen Liang, who followed over, should have taught hundreds of households this time, but he didn't pay much attention to it, seeing that Han Sen and the others were all coming over with a happy face, Shen Liang pursed his lips and simply turned around to leave.

"What are you doing?" Shen Yong looked at his brother in surprise, and he didn't understand what Shen Liang meant.

Shen Yong has been looking at the people in front of him with envy, and at the same time, he is very happy in his heart.

Although Shen Yong himself is still just a craftsman, even if there are many people under his jurisdiction, Shen Yong still thinks that he is a craftsman in private, no, a craftsman, the lowest and most humble craftsman.

Seeing his brother go from a child of a craftsman to a hundred households in the guard, this sense of joy and impact made Shen Yongdu feel dizzy.

Once upon a time, the most humble son of a craftsman could also become a serious Ming military attaché?

Even in the current situation, identity is still an unavoidable shackle.

Even in the Qing and Ming dynasties, in addition to the reshuffle of the pro-vassal and the nobles, the giant businessmen are still the giants, the official gentry are still the official gentry, the commoners are still the commoners, and the lowly households are still the lowly households.

Shen Liang was awarded the title of 100 households, which represents that the Shen family has changed from the lowest lowly craftsman family to a family of military attachés in the guard, and the starting point is 100 households, which is much higher than the general flag and small flag class!

As a result, seeing his brother leave with an indifferent face, Shen Yong was extremely surprised in his heart.

"I'll go to the workshop and wait." Shen Liang smiled and said, "My lord will still go over in a while." ”

"It's such a big deal, can you still see the workshop today?" Shen Yong shook his head and said, "Why do you look unhappy?" ”

"Your Excellency will definitely go, he knows the priorities." Shen Liang said: "I'm not unhappy, I just don't care. ”

"You must be stupid, you are still not satisfied with the official body of a hundred households?"

Shen Yong was a little anxious, Shen Liang was just a foreign white ding when he joined the Banner Army, and he didn't have a fart position.

Later, when he was trained, he showed the strength of an elite veteran, coupled with the first battle of Shuiguan and the skills of firearms, which allowed him to sit in the position of flag captain.

Now that he has become a hundred chief officials, Shen Yong is working in the workshop again, Shen Li is a supervisor in the sewing factory, and the Shen family has gone from being a fugitive refugee to such a field now, and they are grateful to Min Yuanqi, and even if it weren't for Min Yuanqi's refusal, I am afraid that the Shen family is the first batch of families to give Min Yuanqi an immortal tablet.

If Shen Liang was dissatisfied with his treatment and had resentment, once he was known to Master Min, Shen Yong was not worried about anything else, but worried that he would be poked in the backbone by everyone, and at the same time, he was also afraid that Min Yuanqi would be disappointed.

"Brother thinks crookedly." Shen Liang grinned and said, "I don't have any complaints, I have my current position, status, and salary, so what else is there to be dissatisfied with." I just feel that the imperial court can't even keep the Beijing division, and then Nanjing will definitely be able to protect it? It's better to follow our lords, no matter what the name is, than to follow the court. We can protect the territory of Dahewei, even if there is a new dynasty in the future, Lord Min will be the official of the new dynasty, let's follow the military attache of the new dynasty, then it will be really stable, now these hundred households, to be honest, I really look down on it. ”

Shen Yong frowned and listened, at first he had the intention of refutation, but in the end, he felt that he was persuaded by his brother.

If the Ming Dynasty dies, what kind of command is this, thousands of households, hundreds of households, and a bird?

It is easy to get ahead in troubled times, as long as you choose the right one in the end, follow the master of the new dynasty, and you can get a military attache job.

Min Yuanqi eats meat, and with his character, everyone will definitely be able to gnaw on the bones and drink the soup.

That's enough.

Thinking about it this way, the official position of the Ming military attache really seems to be nothing.

"Then you have to be cautious ......about what you say," Shen Yong said, "It's not good to talk about it casually with others." ”

"This brother is wrong again...... Shen Liang shook his head and said: "The more I say, the more important I will be in the hearts of adults." Of course, I won't publicize it wantonly, and it's not good for people to feel like they are flattering. ”

Shen Yong felt that he couldn't catch up with his brother's train of thought, so he had to watch his brother walk away with his long legs very calmly.

When he turned around, there were already more than 100 people gathered near the dock, and he didn't know who got the firecrackers from where, and the crackling explosions rang out.

"Congratulations, congratulations!"

There was also Zhu Wanchun in the crowd, his face was full of spring breeze, and he was really happy for Min Yuanqi.

"Brother Zhu, thank you for your grace."

The Zhu family is now Min Yuanqi's most important ally, not only a channel for selling salt, but other salt merchants may not be as knowledgeable as the Zhu family, maybe they will think about reducing the price of salt when the amount of salt is large, and they will have to find other salt merchants to cooperate with at that time.

The Zhu family has always insisted on starting to negotiate a good price, even if it is now more than 200,000 catties a day, they have not discussed reducing the price of salt. On the contrary, the Zhu family is working hard to open up channels, and hopes that Min Yuanqi will further increase the amount of salt.

Min Yuanqi's consideration is the same, the seaside place is large enough, and the manpower is sufficient, and it is not difficult to get tens of thousands of people to dry salt and push salt.

As long as the Zhu family eats and the market is not saturated without being impacted, expanding production is also something he has to do.

Now the consumption of silver in a day is too much, it is almost difficult to have too much surplus, plus the purchase of war horses and the expansion of fire gun production, as well as the consumption of water conservancy projects in the acres of land will be higher and higher, for the time being, there is no good way, can only expand the production of salt ponds.

If the annual income reaches 300,000 taels of silver and 600,000 stone grains, Min Yuanqi is still confident that he can muster an army of 10,000 people.

Seven thousand steps, three thousand horses, it is not enough to run rampant in the world, but can you break through your own foundation here in Jiangbei, further meet the Qing army in the south, change the ending of being instantly won by the Qing army in Nanjing, go down to the south of the Yangtze River, and then wait for the shaving order, will the whole overall situation change earth-shaking?

At present, he still thinks too deep and too far, these thoughts are only stored in the depths of Min Yuanqi's heart, and he has never confided in him.

Even if it is Zhu Wanchun in front of him, as well as the elder Min Qiande, as well as Min Yuanzhong, Min Yuanjin, and Min Yuanzhi, the brothers and henchmen of the clan, Min Yuanqi will not talk about this topic with them.

The rice should be eaten in one bite, and the battle should be fought slowly.

The current Yunti Pass Banner Army has only fought with scoundrels and bandits, even if the training intensity is ten times that of ordinary battalion soldiers, and the armor and weapons are excellent, but there is still a distance from the real elite.

If you can't fight and can't be scattered, you have faith and determination, and at the same time you are well-equipped, so that you can be regarded as the top strong soldier of this era.

The current Manchurian soldiers are indeed wealthy, but they all know that following the master to sweep the world will be rewarded, blessing the descendants, this belief is quite firm and correct, is that at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, although the Manchurian soldiers numbered, they were indeed elite.

In the process of the Qing army's southward movement, the main force was indeed the surrendered Han army.

But once there is a difficult battle and a difficult bone to gnaw, without exception, the Manchurian elite will play, and most of them will be final.

At this time, it is still Min Yuanqi who is developing well, and he doesn't dare to think too deep and too far.

The cooperation of the Zhu family is also crucial.

All kinds of qualified craftsmen were collected, and the sulfur bought from all over the place, as well as war horses, and all kinds of livestock animals.

Relying on Min Yuanqi alone, he is afraid that he will not be able to find a place to buy it even if he has silver.

What's more, this time Zhu Wanchun ran for Min Yuanqi, although the official position was finally determined by Huaiyang Dao, but the Zhu family's previous paving work was also not small.

Min Yuanqi and Zhu Wanchun held hands to greet each other, and they were very affectionate to each other.

Here in the 300th household, Zhu Wanchun will come every ten days, and every time he comes, he will stay for at least a day or two before leaving.

The residence is, of course, Min Yuanqi's 100 official halls, and the two often sleep on their feet and talk before going to bed.

For Min Yuanqi, his conversation with Zhu Wanchun helped him deepen his understanding of the business class of the Ming Dynasty. For Zhu Wanchun, Min Yuanqi's insights are often refreshing.

There is no shortage of Qing guests in the Zhu family, but when it comes to it, Zhu Wanchun prefers to talk with Min Yuanqi, and he feels that he has more insight than those nerds.

A martial artist has such an extraordinary opinion, which is also one of the reasons why the Zhu family's father and son fully support Min Yuanqi.

A martial artist like Min Yuanqi will not be a thing in the pool sooner or later in the future, and there will be a day when he will soar.

It seems that Zuo Liangyu's courtesy and care for the father and son of the Hou family may not be able to happen to the Zhu family?

This statement is somewhat utilitarian, but aside from all utilitarian ways of getting along, pure bosom friends, how many are there in this world?

After Zhu Wanchun congratulated, he was followed by Min Qiande, who came forward with a smile.

This time to repay the merit and reward, Min Qiande directly commanded the envoy from the signing of thousands of households.

This is a trivial matter not worth mentioning for the imperial court, the Min family has been a commander of a family, and has solid military exploits, plus Min Qiande and the Zhu family work together, even Shi Kefa's friend Ying Tingji spoke for the Min family, what is a commander worth?

There are dozens of guards in the south and north of the Yangtze River directly under the control of Nanjing, and each guard has several commanders, plus dozens of commanders and commanders, and this kind of military attache of the guard is also of terrifying rank, in fact, in the eyes of the imperial court, the official position of the guard post is far worse than the official position of the battalion.

It is not uncommon for a guard commander to serve as a battalion commander, and most of them are garrisons and divisions. If you want to be a guerrilla general, you must at least have the official position of commanding the affairs or commanding the same knowledge.

As for the current few strong domains, most of them are about to be knighted.

Zuo Liangyu has been named the Marquis of Ningnan, and he has been ranked above all civil officials, and the marquis with heavy troops in his hands has finally reappeared since the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

In contrast, Min Yuanqi's governor and Min Qiande's guard commander are nothing at all.

Even so, Min Qiande still had a smile on his face that couldn't be concealed. Even when Min Yuanqi hugged his fists and bowed down, Min Qiande slapped Min Yuanqi a few times, and his palms were trembling slightly.