Borrowing money to tide over the difficulties is Jiang Meiao's intention, speaking of which, Zheng Cai's department has been wandering outside for more than a year, and was also raided by the Zhejiang Ming army in the third plate, and the embarrassment can be easily seen from the soldiers who look like beggars in Jiang Meiao's department. And no matter how they say it, they have been entrenched in Zhoushan for a period of time, with a stable base area, the Ming army and the righteous army on the east coast of Zhejiang, and the military salary is less, but there are still a lot of family backgrounds, at least they are stronger than Jiang Meiao.

For borrowing money, they are resistant, firstly, the relationship between the two parties has not reached this point, and secondly, they also need to continue to work in the future, at this time, it is natural to reduce some unnecessary expenses. There is a saying that a penny is difficult to defeat a hero.

With almost no hesitation, Ruan Shu was about to say no. Unexpectedly, at this moment, Zhang Ying's eyes rolled, but she took the lead in saying that she needed to give them some time to discuss, so they chatted casually about something else, and Jiang Meiao took her leave. After Jiang Meiao left, everyone was puzzled by Zhang Ying's refusal, but Zhang Ying's answer directly made everyone stunned.

"The person surnamed Jiang came to us to borrow money, but it is true that he can't borrow it. But have you ever thought that now that he has a request for others, isn't it just right to solve our biggest problem? ”

Speaking of which, what is the biggest problem of these generals of the Zhejiang Ming Army, it is nothing more than that there are too few soldiers, especially when it comes to each of them, which is less than 700 soldiers, and it has reached the point that a general officer does not even have 100 soldiers.

What does a hundred soldiers mean, when you get to the Qing army, at most, it is just a thousand generals, and those deputy generals, staff generals, guerrillas, or something can't even sit on the thousand generals. If they are really asked to be these lowly officials, they may not be happy, and before that, their only hope is to spend more money and rely on the upper and lower points to seek a better official position. If you don't have a chance, then simply hand over the military power and become a rich man with the money in your hand, and that's the only way.

"There are only a few people surnamed Jiang, and it's just about the same as us. Even if he sells all the soldiers and horses to us, not to mention whether we have so much silver, even if we have enough silver, he is happy to do so, but there are only some more soldiers, at most they are promoted to one level, maybe it is not as useful as silver to the governor's yamen. ”

This is the truth, everyone nodded yes, and then their eyes refocused on Zhang Ying, and he did not live up to everyone's expectations and told his thoughts.

"Buy more people, it's more soldiers. You don't need to buy too much, just a small amount. After making a deal with him, we will take him to the coast to rob those people. The silver is kept for themselves, the men are exchanged, and when there are more people, it will not be clear who is against whom with those mud legs, and we can also be exempted from blame. ”

If there is a soldier, he is the king of grass, which is the eternal truth. However, they soon expressed embarrassment about the reporting of the inspection, and they were soon told by another officer who was inclined to Zhang Ying's opinion that we had spent some money and said that we still had a follow-up unit scattered at sea, and that it would not be a matter of waiting for ten days and half a month.

"The inspection, as well as the one surnamed Jiang, said that the current sailor surnamed Zheng Ci on the ground in Fujian has overwhelmed the Qing army sailor. There are more of us, they will use us to fight against Zheng Ci, they need us, and our life will be better. But first, we need to have enough troops. Without soldiers, it's useless to say anything! ”

After setting the tone, they found Najiang Meiao and laid out the plan and plan. Jiang Meiao thought about it for a while, and soon, as soon as she gritted her teeth and stomped her feet, the matter was settled. Immediately, after Jiang Meiao sold some of their auxiliaries, he went to the Yamen of the Inspection Department and paid bribes, and the inspection was also a capable official who took money to do things, so he no longer embarrassed him, and sent someone to Fujian to report.

Next, Jiang Meiao and these generals of the Zhejiang Ming Army also made a special trip to find the inspection and gave bribes, and the inspection was also happy to help them cover up for some time so as to earn more bribes.

Originally, they would have been able to go to sea to pull Zhuangding, but the inspector told them to wait for a day or two on the grounds that he did not know what the governor's yamen would approve of the previous report on their coming, so as not to be in the dilemma that they could be transferred to Fuzhou and they were not here. Inevitably, the lie was exposed, and they had to wait patiently for a day or two, who knew that the reply from the Fujian governor Yamen had not arrived, but a group of guys who had surrendered to the Qing court came.

"Danghu Hou? Nguyen Mei? The inspector raised his head suspiciously, as if he was a little puzzled, and then asked the visitor: "What is the relationship between Ruan Jin and Your Excellency?" ”

"It's my brother."

"I see, then I want to congratulate Master Hou."

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Danghu Hou Ruan Jin died in the Battle of Hengshuiyang, which can only be said to be unlucky. After his death, in order to take care of Ruan Jin's deputy, that is, his younger brother Ruan Mei, Lu Jianguo let Ruan Mei attack the title of Marquis of Danghu, and assigned Ruan Jin's old department to his son Ruan Jun, and canonized Ruan Jun as Yingyibo.

This kind of disposal was originally intended to take care of both sides, but the problem was that Ruan Jin was a powerful faction of the Lu Jian Dynasty, and the losses in the First Battle of Hengshui Yang were also minimal, as a deputy, Ruan Mei had already had the idea of being a brother and a brother after Ruan Jin's death. After all, if you can take on so many generals and ships, you can cooperate with this self-respect. Who knows, for the sake of balance, the Lu Supervisor Congress will make such a decision. Ruan Jun didn't have too much thought, he just listened to the order; But Ruan Mei was extremely dissatisfied with this, and then waited for Zhang Ying and others to flee, and he organized some generals to find an opportunity to leave King Lu's fleet.

Like Zhang Ying and the others, Ruan Mei encountered a Qing patrol boat in the northern part of Guantang Mountain, so she waited here to be inspected. But when he did so, he filled in some variables to the wishful thinking of those who came first.

"Ruan Mei is a marquis, the Qing court will not use him, and nine times out of ten it is to settle the mainland. If you're lucky, you might be able to go to the capital and get a Han military flag or something. ”

"Come on, if he is Ruan Jin, the Qing court will definitely provide for him, who will let Ruan Jin fight." But he also has a knighthood, not to mention that his ability is far behind, the soldiers are not even half of us, and there are only eleven ships, what to take into the flag! ”

"If he settles in the mainland, it's also a good thing, we can buy some soldiers from him, they are all veterans trained by Ruan Jin, aren't they better than those mud legs?"

"It's okay to say, I'm afraid that Ruan Jie and Wei Bin will not be happy."

“……”

Although Ruan Mei did not inherit Ruan Jin's military power, she also had some troops in her hands. Up to now, there are still two chief military officers Ruan Jie and Wei Bin, as well as several lieutenant generals and staff generals such as Ou Rijin. It is very likely that Nguyen My will be resettled in the mainland, but these people may not be willing to give up military power. But if Ruan Mei is dragged to do it together, Ruan Mei will have more soldiers, and maybe the Qing court will have to consider whether to use him, the deputy and younger brother of the former famous general of the first water division in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, to fight against Zheng Chenggong. At that time, Ruan Mei's status will rise, and the proportion of cakes they can get will likely be reduced because of this.

"Let's talk to them first, and then we'll talk about it."

Zhang Ying is the highest official in this group, and now he has faintly become the leader of this Qingming army fleet. He made the decision, and the people did as they were told. Unexpectedly, without waiting for them to go to the meeting, the inspector sent someone to inform them, saying that the order of the governor Yamen had arrived, and they were asked to go to Fuzhou immediately to resume their lives the day after receiving the order, and Zhang Xuesheng, the governor of Fujian, wanted to see them in person.

"Inspection, do you think you can be accommodating for a few days?"

"I'm afraid it won't work, this time it's a death order."

Speaking of this, the inspector beckoned them and immediately whispered: "Silver, you can't let you spend a hundred flowers." There is a matter that the lower officials specifically asked, saying that the imperial court plans to reuse the Yanping Bo Shifu who defected half a year ago, and let him rebuild the Fujian Naval Division. It is not clear whether it is the Admiral of the Water Division, or the Chief Soldier of the Left Road in charge of the Water Division, but this time it is so urgent for you to rush to Fuzhou, nine times out of ten, it is related to the reconstruction of the Water Division. When you arrive in Fuzhou, you can try to walk the path of blessing, maybe the willows and flowers are not known. ”

There is indeed a lot of information in this, but they are not too disgusted by the inspection and do not plan to return the silver, after all, they get what they pay for.

It will take time for them to digest this information and maximize their benefits. However, the inspectors said that they would arrange a farewell banquet in the evening, and it was necessary for them to attend - not to eat the silver back or something, but to be able to get more information, especially about the blessing, that was the key.