Three days later, Empress Zhou's body had improved greatly and she could already start walking on the ground.

According to this state, as long as she takes care of herself, recovery is not a problem at all.

Haicheng is indeed inferior to Jingshi in terms of the richness of goods and materials, but the huge seafood advantage near the sea is completely crushing Jingshi, Zhu Cihong, Zhu Yujiao and everyone at this time have not only let go of their hearts, but also begun to adapt to the life of Haicheng.

And the news of Queen Zhou's recovery also spread quickly in Haicheng, among which Xu Changqing's 'ancient prescription', especially Xu Changqing's 'secret medicine', is even more rumored to be miraculous, it is like a fairy medicine, which can live and die human flesh and bones.

In this regard, Xu Changqing is also happy to let it spread and develop, after all, this is extremely conducive to the spread of Xu Changqing's reputation.

At this critical juncture, nothing is more important and valuable than fame.

There is no problem on Queen Zhou's side, and one of Xu Changqing's biggest hidden dangers has been removed, which also allows Xu Changqing to have more time and energy to concentrate on the military.

The war is imminent, and the world is in chaos.

It is urgent for the model army to expand the army again and reorganize the army!

"My lord, my model army has recruited more than 14,000 auxiliaries at this time, more than 18,000 reserve auxiliaries, and nearly 20,000 reservists......

"My lord, in terms of weapons, the armory workshop has produced more than 4,000 iron armors, 18,000 pairs of leather armor, and more than 9,000 pairs of cotton armor these days, and the first batch of bird guns of the Zheng family has been put in place......

In the official hall, Li Yan, Li Hongyun, Xu Zhong and other military and political bigwigs reported to Xu Changqing in detail the results of this time.

Xu Changqing kept nodding.

In the battle of Tongguan and the Jingshi, the model army's efforts were not unbearable, with more than 4,000 casualties, and nearly 2,000 were killed in battle alone.

This is also the most tragic one since the model army was formed.

However, at this time, Xu Changqing is no longer the rookie he was back then.

At this time, the population of Haicheng alone has exceeded 500,000, and most of them are young and strong, if you add the surrounding area, the population directly controlled by Xu Changqing at this time has exceeded one million, which is more than the Guan Ning ancestral family and the Wu family combined.

Moreover, because of Xu Changqing's prestige, Haicheng has displaced people coming to take refuge almost every day, and after the weather is warm in the spring of next year, the population of Haicheng will surely increase further.

So at this time, even if the model army paid a huge price, which made Xu Changqing feel very distressed, it could no longer hurt Xu Changqing's muscles and bones.

"Well, you have worked hard, the military, it is the root of my Shandong Left Association, my Haicheng, and my model army, and it must be heavy! Tomorrow, tomorrow the expansion of the army will officially begin! The specific establishment is still in accordance with the original structure, directly charged into each 1,000 corps, each 1,000 corps, reaching a scale of 2,500 people, with the old leading the new, it is imperative to let the new army and the old army integrate in the shortest possible time, and form combat strength as soon as possible! ”

"Yes!"

Everyone hurriedly said yes respectfully.

A group of bigwigs retreated to make specific plans, worked out more precise plans, and prepared to be officially implemented tomorrow, Xu Changqing also came to the sand table in the inner study and began to deploy the overall situation.

Before going to the Beijing Division, the number of soldiers of the Model Army was about 20,000, divided into more than a dozen thousand corps, but when the Beijing Division returned from this campaign, the number of soldiers who died in battle and those who retired from the seriously wounded remained at the level of about 17,000.

At this scale, it is barely enough to defend Haicheng, but as the situation begins to change and the front of the model army begins to lengthen, this is not enough.

Even if Xu Changqing is distressed about military spending, he must grit his teeth and harden it!

According to the current situation, not to mention that there are only 30,000 after the expansion of the army, it is 80,000, 100,000, 150,000, which is not much.

But Xu Changqing was not carried away.

With Haicheng's current fault tolerance rate, productivity, and potential, 50,000 soldiers is already the limit, after all, the model army is not the old army of the Ming Dynasty that eats empty salaries and drinks the blood of soldiers, this is a real army with a complete system.

With an army of 30,000, the monthly expenses of military salaries, food, weapons consumption, and other aspects are already a terrible astronomical amount.

Before, when the Jingshi was not destroyed, even though the food and salary of the imperial court were delayed again and again, there was still a little bit of it, but at this time, everything was solved by Xu Changqing himself, and Xu Changqing could not be cautious.

Fortunately, at this time, although the auxiliary soldiers of the model army received all-round training like soldiers, they could still use the treatment of auxiliary soldiers to settle them for the time being.

This is the benefit of Xu Changqing's fame.

As a result, although the model army is nominally 30,000 people, the real number of soldiers has reached 50,000.

Specific to each thousand corps, the number of people can already reach 4,000, or even 5,000, and it is completely possible to set up camp.

However, after thinking about it, Xu Changqing still decided not to set up camp for the time being.

After all, low-key is the king, at this time, the queen and the prince are in their own hands, and if they set up more than a dozen battalions at once, how can Nanjing still sit still?

I'm afraid they'll have to sleep with one eye open.

This is clearly not the choice of the wise.

After the scale of 50,000 people is reached, the model army's defense of Shandong will also have more spare strength, with Haicheng as the center, including Wuding Prefecture and Shanghe, and has been extended to Jiyang and Zibo.

It's a pity that it's still deep winter at this time, and the weather is too cold to build a lot of construction, but the Xiaotunpu defense line that should be in place is still in place.

This thing doesn't actually cost too much money, the adobe will do, the key is to get stuck in the position, create and make reasonable use of the favorable terrain.

Even if when facing the main force of the Qing army in the future, these defenses may not have much effect, and it is still necessary to shrink the defense and even strengthen the wall and clear the field, but Xu Changqing has to bother with this situation!

It's okay if the dog tartar doesn't come, as long as he dares to come, he must hurt them, so that they don't dare to easily invade his Xu Changqing's territory!

……

Just when Xu Changqing was in full swing in Haicheng's army.

Outside the city of Qufu.

Many southern soldiers who had been patient for a long time finally couldn't help but be the first bird to mutiny.

The reason for the incident is simple.

These soldiers have been in Qufu for more than half a month, and they have gathered for two or three months, and this is about to approach the New Year's Festival, but everyone can't go home for the New Year, and their hearts are definitely not happy.

Finally, in the evening, someone slipped away and went to the city to visit the kiln.

But Qufu is the hometown of Confucius and Mencius, a prosperous place, coupled with market changes, all aspects of the New Year's Festival are expensive, there is a small always just drank the head, ordered a small Oiran, but can not take out the silver when it is done, was scolded by the woman and looked down on, impulsively, directly cut off the head of the little Oiran.

The little Oiran has a good reputation in Qufu, and it has a certain reputation in Jining City, so it can be a hornet's nest.

Originally, this little guy always wanted to count on his boss, a guerrilla cover in Songjiang, and spend some money to avoid disasters, but he didn't expect that the guerrillas couldn't stop and were ready to secretly hand him over to calm the situation, but unexpectedly, this little boss was very righteous on weekdays, and someone revealed the news to him in advance.

So, just like Daze Township back then, he directly led a group of people to expose the rod, and by the way, he also slaughtered a surrounding village.

Even if the chickens and dogs start to jump!

The suppression of the suppression, there are all kinds of learning, Shi Kefa didn't have time to pay attention to Xu Changqing's side, and he was completely anxious.

When the news reached Haicheng, Xu Changqing was inspecting the work of the Red Lady's 13,000th Corps, and when he heard the news, although Xu Changqing didn't care, the Red Lady and Feng San were all a little dumbfounded.

Feng San was speechless and said, "No, isn't it?" History, Shi Butang is an army of 300,000 people, how can it not even be able to contain a rebellion of hundreds or thousands of people? This, isn't this a joke? ”

The other henchman of the red lady, a one-eyed man Ma Biao, was happy, scratched the back of his head and said: "Third master, don't take those people seriously, back then, I was a sworn brother, and I took hundreds of people to kill and kill under their noses for several years, and they had no choice." In the end, he was still recruited. ”

"This ......"

Everyone immediately burst into discussions.

The red lady frowned, bit her red lips and looked at Xu Changqing and said, "Dashuai, this, this won't happen, right?" ”

In private, although she has no respect for Xu Changqing and is extremely casual, in this public place, she has always been respectful to Xu Changqing, and it is impossible to weaken Xu Changqing's face.

At this time, watching the red lady is obviously different from the crowd watching the excitement and watching the jokes, and has begun to look at the overall situation, Xu Changqing couldn't help but nod appreciatively: "The problem shouldn't be big, we still have to believe in Shi Butang's means." Moreover, with the support of so many nobles, they don't have to worry about eating and drinking, and when this rising bird is destroyed, there should be no problem. ”

Looking at Xu Changqing's appreciative eyes, the red lady's pretty face couldn't help but blush, and she couldn't help but glance at Xu Changqing with disgust, and said with a smile: "Don't mention these things first, Dashuai, come, please review the new sons and daughters of our thirteenth thousand corps!" ”

"Huh!"

As soon as they heard the words of the red lady, everyone stopped talking and straightened up like javelins.

The red lady seemed to be very satisfied with the performance of her sons, and suddenly pulled out the saber at her waist, and exclaimed: "My model army-"

"Mighty, mighty, mighty, mighty......"

In an instant, there were nearly 5,000 people in the 13,000th Corps, like a sea of red, and everyone shouted frantically without thinking.

"Dashuai—"

"Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng......"

Seeing that the red lady actually changed the slogan and replaced Daming with herself, Xu Changqing was a little funny and helpless, but she still accepted it happily!

At this time, this is not the time for hypocrisy!

……

After finishing the work of the Red Lady's Department, Xu Changqing was just about to go back to the official hall to accompany his wife and children to dinner, but as soon as he arrived at the door of the official hall, Ergou walked over quickly, and said in Xu Changqing's ear: "Handsome, Master Wu is here......"

"Huh?"

Xu Changqing's brows suddenly furrowed.

The one who can be called 'Master Wu' by Ergou is definitely not an ordinary person, it is Xu Changqing's old Taishan Wu Xiang!

But during this time, because of the general trend, Wu Xiang has been living in the house in Haicheng and has never shown up, but at this time, he suddenly came to find himself......

"Where are the people?"

"The old man is not in the official hall, waiting for you at the Feng Ji Restaurant on the corner."

Even Ergou didn't dare to breathe at this time.

"Whew."

Xu Changqing couldn't help but let out a sigh, I'm afraid, the Wu family is ...... Make a choice!

But as the old saying goes: "It's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married!" "Can you still stop it? What's more, can it be stopped?

"Let's go, let's see!"

"Yes!"