While chatting, Cui Hao came in to report to Yongxiang and Chen Chongtong and others for a meeting.

After going out for so long, there must be a lot of official business to do, Han Xiufeng could only apologize to Wu Zhaoling, got up and walked into the lobby in his official uniform.

Zhang Gui led the first batch of soldiers who went to serve in Jinghai back, and only one hundred and six people were left after the dismissal of the wounded, including his garrison. The second batch of soldiers who went to serve in Jinghai had just returned the day before yesterday, and there was a complete difference between being prepared and not being prepared, Yang Debiao brought 382 people, brought back 358 people, only 9 were killed in battle, 13 were wounded, and two died of illness.

Gu Dehui and Da Tou led the third batch of 391 people to Jinghai half a month ago, and there are now more than 1,100 people in the battalion, of whom more than 460 have been in battle, more than 420 newly recruited recruits, 113 horsemen who were just incorporated into the river camp half a month ago, and six secretaries and more than 80 horsemen who accompanied them.

The sentry officer who commanded the horse team was a four-grade coat leader, surnamed Fan, called Fan Dapeng, and was born in the blue banner of the Han army. There is also a five-grade defense, a sixth-grade Xiao riding school, and two eighth-grade leaders.

The Northeast Horse Team, the world's strongest force, the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, according to the rule, each person should have three and a half horses, so a total of more than 110 people, actually brought more than 300 horses, and had to be issued money and food according to the rules of the Eight Banners, the annual salary of the vest is 24 taels of silver, the horse dry silver is 3 taels per month, and each horse soldier has to give 60 taels of silver a year!

In this way, those Eight Banner horsemen who had just entered the customs were still too few, not only ignoring the camp rules and harassing the people, but even molesting women from good families, and were arrested by Wu Tingdong, who had long seen Han Xiufeng unpleasantly, and arrested four a few days ago, and they are still locked up in the class room of the Provincial Department of Justice.

If it weren't for Yongxiang and Chen Chongtong to stop them, Fan Dapeng would have led his men to the Provincial Bureau to rob people, and finally waited for Han Xiufeng to come back, so he naturally asked Han Xiufeng to help their horse team "administer justice".

Looking at him and his subordinates flying and domineering, Han Xiufeng suddenly regretted asking Su Shun for horsemen, and was silent for a moment and asked coldly: "Ge Erxiao, General Yuan Qian and General Yang Qian led the troops to Jinghai, and the military discipline in the camp is that you are patrolling, and this official wants to ask you, is it true that Bu Jia, Tuketan, Guo Buluo and Fan Yuanzheng blackmailed the people and molested the people's girls?" ”

"Master Han, it's true!" Ge Erxiao hurriedly said.

"You are responsible for patrolling military discipline, why don't you stop it?"

Master Han came back, Ge Erxiao was no longer afraid of Fan Dapeng, and gritted his teeth and said: "Master Han, I have been stopped by my humble position, if it wasn't for the timely arrival of Yongdu Division, I would have almost been beaten by them." ”

"Yongxiang, what do you say?" Han Xiufeng turned around and asked.

Yongxiang hated these Qiu Ba from outside the Guan, and wanted to give them some color to see, but he was just a four-grade capital, and Lord Fan was not only the same official residence as the fourth-grade, but also the four-rank coat and leader of the Eight Banners, he didn't dare to manage it and had no right to manage it, so he could only stubbornly say: "Master Han, the lowly Nian Bujia and others have just arrived, and they don't understand the rules." After stopping it, he handed over Bu Jia and the others to Fan Zuoling, and asked Fan Zuoling to restrain them, but he didn't expect those bastards to be dead, and they ran out to make trouble again two days later. ”

"Master Han, the lowly position is ordered to enter the customs to quell the chaos, but when the promotion is opened, the Shangguan Gong will give the lowly position a little silver, the saddle mattress must be repaired, the cloth drawer, the back sheath, the bridle head, the belly belt and the belly belt, the wide leather strip, the leash, and the narrow leather strip must be done by yourself. Saddle bridges, oily skins, tanskins, iron chews, full equine pistols, bows and arrows, waist knives, straw knives, and forage pockets must all be brought by yourself! ”

Fan Dapeng looked back at Chen Chongtong, and said unhappily: "I have approached Master Chen more than once, but Master Chen only gives money for horse feed, and the humble position can only let the brothers figure out their own way, otherwise how to deal with the guys who go into battle, and how to support the wives and children outside the gate." ”

To the surprise of Chen Chongtong and the others, Han Xiufeng nodded slightly: "Think about it, although your monthly salary is more than that of the green battalion soldiers, the expenses are also large. No matter what, you have to bring your own and have to support your family, it's not easy! ”

"Master Han is aware that it is really not easy to be humble!" Fan Dapeng was even more energetic, arched his hand and gritted his teeth and said: "What kind of thing is Wu Tingdong, you dare to take my brother, Master Han, you must be the master of the humble position." ”

Han Xiufeng didn't say that he wouldn't help him, nor did he say that he would help, but turned around and asked, "Brother Yixiang, what did Master Wu say?" ”

Chen Chongtong thought to himself that you are not in the camp, and no one can control those Qiu Ba, so I can only ask Lord Wu for help, pretending to be unrelated to him, bowing down and saying: "Master Han, the lower official sent someone to the Provincial Department to inquire, but I didn't expect that Lord Wu had already reported the matter of Bu Jia and others to the Yamen of the Taiwan Establishment, and planned to punish Bu Jia and others. ”

"Ming Zheng's punishment?" Fan Dapeng was anxious, got up suddenly, and said: "Master Han, as the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat a dog, and the surname Wu obviously doesn't give you face to Master Han!" ”

His subordinate defense Rui Ming said even more eagerly: "Master Han, I heard that the surname Wu has also impeached you, he is obviously coming at you, Bu Jia and Tuktan If they are really beheaded by the surnamed Wu, how unjust they should die!" ”

"Yes, Master Han, you and Lord Wu are fighting, you can't let us little ghosts suffer!"

"What are you talking about, why did you get involved with Master Han again?" Yongxiang really couldn't stand it, got up and said, "If you listen to my advice at that time, if you restrain your subordinates, can you have these things?" ”

"Brother Yongxiang, you don't have a backache when you stand and talk, I want to restrain you, but how much grain does it cost for a person to eat a horse for a month, and Master Chen will give so much money and food, how can you let me restrain it?"

Han Xiufeng realized that this was a gang of scourges, and made up his mind to let them get out of the way as soon as possible, and said lightly: "Fan Zuoling, you can rest assured that the officials of Bu Jia, Tuketan, Guo Buluo and Fan Yuanzheng will not sit idly by, and will definitely think of ways to protect them." ”

"Master Xie Han."

"Don't be in a hurry to thank you," Han Xiufeng waved his hand, and continued: "But Lord Wu is really not easy to speak, you should have heard that he even dares to contradict the Lord of Taiwan, so you should also plan for the worst." ”

"Master Han, what do you mean by that?" Fan Dapeng asked subconsciously.

"Speaking of complaints, it's too late to come back, if Lord Tai has already approved Lord Wu's invitation, then there is no room for maneuver in this matter, even if I bow my head and beg for it, at most I can only help Bu Jia and others to serve in front of the battle and atone for their sins." Han Xiufeng paused, and then said: "Then the officers and soldiers of my river battalion have to take turns to serve in Jinghai, but this is nothing to you, after all, you entered the customs to quell the chaos, hurry back and prepare to prepare, the day after tomorrow happens to be an auspicious day, and the day after tomorrow the official will send you on the expedition!" ”

"Master Han, it's only been a few days since you came here, you've walked so far, and you're sleepy, can you hold off for a few days?"

"It's not impossible to postpone it, but with the emperor's permission, do you want to make a break, and I beg the emperor to let you rest for a few more days?"

"Master Han, that's what you say, you can't alarm the emperor because of this."

"Then the matter of the expedition is decided," Han Xiufeng nodded with satisfaction, and then changed his words: "Then there are rules for going on the expedition, no matter whether it is each battalion or each outpost, it is impossible to go all at once." Yongxiang, you can look at the roster later, and leave thirty horsemen and twenty horsemen. As for the horses, keep a hundred and fifty. ”

Yongxiang couldn't guess Han Xiufeng's good intentions, and immediately bowed down and said, "Huh! ”

"Master Han, this is not good! People and horses are brought by lowly duties, and since lowly positions are going to Jinghai to quell the chaos, people and horses naturally have to go with lowly positions! ”

"Fan Zuoling, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense. The people and horses you brought are not your Fan Dapeng's, nor are they your own officials', but those of the imperial court and the emperor! How many soldiers should be dispatched from each battalion and each outpost to take turns to serve in Jinghai, I, Han Xiufeng, am acting on orders, do you want to resist the order? ”

"Master Han, that's not what you mean, ...... lowly position"

Han Xiufeng didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, stared at him and said undoubtedly: "Fan Dapeng, you have heard it clearly to this official." If you want to make a contribution, you will honestly lead your subordinates to serve in Jinghai. If you dare to disobey the yang and the yin, then the day of the opening will be the time when Lord Wu will sacrifice the flag of Nabujia, Tuktan and others! If you dare to disobey, then you don't have to go to Jinghai and you can't go back to the Northeast, your wife and children will have to travel thousands of miles here to give you a grave every Qingming Festival in the future! ”

"You ......"

"What's wrong with me, I don't believe you resist and show me!" Han Xiufeng glared at him fiercely, and then turned around and said: "Zhang Gui and Gu Dehui listen to the order, this official ordered you to lead the left and right battalions to surround the horse team barracks, no one dares to go out without the warrant of this official, or act rashly, and kill him!" ”

"Yes!"

"Yongxiang listened to the order, took the official's sign to the horse team barracks to pick people and horses, whoever dares to obstruct it, will be killed!"

"Order!" Yongxiang was waiting for this moment, took the lottery drawn by Han Xiufeng, turned his head and glared at Fan Dapeng and the others, and then walked out of the lobby without looking back.

Fan Dapeng was in a hurry, and as soon as he stood up, Ge Erxiao walked behind them with a few personal guards.

Han Xiufeng didn't think they had the courage to rebel, and said lightly: "Fan Dapeng, a few of you should also go back to the camp, as long as you don't make trouble, the official who opened the money will not miss you." ”

Looking back at the muzzles of the guards' black guns, Fan Dapeng realized how powerful Han Xiufeng was, so he could only stubbornly say, "Huh." ”

……

Sending away a group of Qiu Ba, Han Xiufeng asked lightly: "Brother Yixiang, are the second batch of pensions for the war dead and wounded ready to be burned and buried?" ”

"Master Han, the lower officials are not only ready, but they have also sent someone to inform the families of those soldiers."

"When are their families coming?"

"The lower officials asked them to come tomorrow morning."

"Okay, tomorrow morning, the official will personally go to the school to distribute the bereavement pension and burn the silver." Han Xiufeng nodded slightly, and then changed his words: "Brother Yixiang, you still have to tie the bell to the bell, I bother you to take someone to the Provincial Department to escort Bu Jia, Tuktan, Guo Buluo and Fan Yuanzheng back." ”

"Master Han, Xia Guan didn't want to make his own decisions, and Xia Guan was really helpless."

"I know, I'm not in the camp, and Yongxiang can't cure them, if you don't ask Lord Wu to clean up military discipline, can it be so difficult to watch them harm the place?" Han Xiufeng sighed lightly, and continued: "If it were a normal time, I wouldn't let you go to ask Lord Wu for this favor, but the horse team will go out the day after tomorrow, and it is not appropriate to cut off the heads of those four bastards at this time." ”

"Xia Guan understands, in fact, Xia Guan has already spent some money to appease those bitter masters."

"It's good to be appeased," Han Xiufeng nodded, and said, "Send them to Jinghai the day after tomorrow, I don't plan to let them come back, but the horse team can't be slackened because of this." Thirty of them will be left to look honest, and then seventy more will be selected from each battalion who can ride horses, and from now on, each horseman will be paid two taels of silver per month according to the rules of the green battalion, and the saddles, weapons, and horse materials will not be brought by them, but will be provided by the battalion. ”

"It's best to use them, it's better to use the horsemen we recruit ourselves."

"This is no way, if it is about horse martial arts, these of them who grew up on horseback must be stronger than the ones we recruited, but they are too uncompetitive, and staying is a scourge, so they can only choose the lesser of two powers."

Chen Chongtong thought so, and after thinking about it, he couldn't help but ask: "Master Han, why don't you let the lower officials send them to Jinghai later, the lower officials are worried that they will make trouble on the road." ”

Han Xiufeng weighed it and shook his head: "No one in the camp can leave you, you are at home, let Yongxiang go this time." ”

"Will Yongxiang be able to stop them?"

"Let Yongxiang bring the shotgun team, I want to see if they dare to make trouble on the road!"

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