The return of Huo Shun and Lin Qingwen is a great event for the Huo family and the Lin family, and it is also a major event for the Chuzhou Army.

Especially Huo Shun here, he also brought news from outside the customs.

That night, Huo Wu held a banquet in the Taiwei Mansion, and all the leaders of the Chuzhou army came.

Except for Xue Biao in Hangzhou and Monk Feng who was preparing for war in Taiping Mansion, everyone else arrived.

When they heard that Liaodong was chaotic, everyone looked at each other, and they didn't know whether they were happy or worried.

The good news is that the backyard of Daning is in chaos, only Gyeonggi and Liangguang are still quiet, and the country has been in chaos for most of the time.

"It's a broken lantern, and it can't be repaired!"

Master Lin sighed a little.

Huo Wu glanced at the owner of the horse village, and the brothers were heavy.

"If you are not of my race, your heart will be different", for readers, this sentence may be just a slogan, but for Huo Wu, Ma Zhai and others, it has verified that this sentence is true.

Although the Daning royal family is also a foreign race, it has been educated by Confucianism, and it will overthrow the previous dynasty a few decades ago with the strength of cavalry, especially from the north to the south.

The rise of the Northern Barbarians in Liaodong, will it become the second Daning?

You can't give time for the rise of the Northern Barbarians.

The two brothers have a tacit understanding and have a plan in their hearts.

It seems that there is no room for relaxation.

After the "Western Expedition", it is impossible to say that the "Northern Expedition" will be carried out.

Huo Wu was taken guard by the Northern Barbarians, so he put down the Northern Barbarian affairs for the time being and asked about the war horses.

The two brought back 800 horses, plus 100 stallions.

More than 100 horses were lost on the way, and more than 700 horses remained.

It is not only the war horses that are expensive, but also the channels for selling horses.

Huo Shun said: "Speaking of which, I also want to thank Mr. Song, the horse farm in Liaodong is divided into official horse farm and private horse farm, and the official horse farm is divided into Taifu Temple horse farm and military department horse farm. The horse farm of the military department is in vain, and there are no horses in it for a long time; Even on the side of the Taifu Temple Horse Farm, the actual number of stocks is several percent different from the number of horses recorded on the books...... On the contrary, it is a private horse farm, and the back is full of powerful people in Beijing, and there are many herds...... In the end, it was the field supervisor of Taifu Temple who took the lead and ordered horses from a private horse farm, which was the first batch, and there were 4,200 horses to follow...... It's just that horses are expensive now, ten taels of silver for war horses, and eighteen taels of silver for stallions...... I made a deposit for the gold I brought, and I said that I would make up the balance when I went this time......"

Huo Wu heard that something was wrong.

Song Lin Zhishi was a servant Siqing before, and some incense with his subordinates was normal, but a prison was just a seventh-eighth-grade official, saying that it was normal to connect the Chuzhou army, and it was not enough to say anything else.

Huo Shun's previous mission to the north was to find a channel for selling horses, and he also brought a lot of gold and silver with him, but the quantity was limited.

The private horse farm allowed him to transport 900 horses only for a deposit?

"But I asked, which one is behind the racecourse?"

"It's the capital Fanguo Mansion!"

"It's his house!"

Huo Wu was a little surprised, but also a little expected: "Do you know that you are from Chuzhou?" ”

Huo Shun couldn't help but be stunned: "The other party inquired once, and my nephew said that it was from Jinling." ”

Huo Shun set out from Chuzhou in June and arrived in Liaodong before the Mid-Autumn Festival, when Jinling was still under the rule of the government.

When I got in touch with the supervisor of the Taifu Temple Racecourse and knew that the horses in the official racecourse were out of play, it was already the end of the year to contact other racecourses.

Huo Wu shook his head and said, "You took the letter of recommendation from Lord Song, the other party should know it." ”

Song Lin is a native of Chuzhou and retires in Chuzhou.

Chuzhou, occupied by the White Shirts in May.

The owner of the horse village touched his chin and said: "We captured Bujian and Pang Liang, Fan Guogong just pretended to be dead, but he sold us behind his back!" ”

Master Lin nodded and said: "Pang Guogong has a temperament to protect his shortcomings, otherwise he would not have taken his daughter back after being treated slowly, and robbed his grandson to return home, but he is more humane than other powerful families......"

The Chuzhou army also inquired about this, and only after capturing Pang Liang, the commander of the Jinling Navy, did not kill him, and used him to contain the Yangzhou Sailor Commander Bujian.

The two cousins grew up together and were like siblings.

Bu Jian really had scruples, so he was hindered when the Chuzhou army attacked Yangzhou, lost to the Chuzhou army, and became a difficult brother with his cousin Pang Liang.

Huo Wu cherishes talents, knowing that these two people's relatives are in Beijing, and he did not force the two to join the Chuzhou army, he just wants to wait for the chaos in Beijing to talk about employing people.

I didn't expect that there would be such a generous reward now.

All of them are the leaders of the Chuzhou Army, and there are no outsiders, but Huo Wu still instructed: "The affairs of Liaodong are confidential, and they should not be spread in the future." ”

Everyone agreed in unison.

Whether Fan Guogong showed favor to the Chuzhou army because of the safety of his grandson and grandson, or was disappointed in the imperial court, it was a good thing for the Chuzhou army.

This time, the two sea ships transported 900 horses, and when the fleet turned over, it was impossible to say that the remaining 4,000 or so horses could be transported back to Jinling once or twice.

Even if it was lost by 20%, the Chuzhou army would be able to pull out a cavalry of four or five thousand people.

Cavalry, plus firearms, what else is the Chuzhou army afraid of?

Now the Changzhou Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, and Songjiang Prefecture in the east, as well as Shouzhou and Shuzhou in the northwest, are all conscripted.

Single Ding does not smoke, three Ding draws one, and five Ding draws two.

When the soldiers are recruited, they will be more than 100,000 or 200,000 recruits.

Coupled with the more than 200,000 horses and horses of the Chuzhou Army at present, it is a strength of 300,000 or 400,000 troops.

Everyone is full of confidence.

"Huo Shun and Counselor Song have meritorious service in military affairs, and they need to be rewarded for their meritorious deeds!"

Huo Wu said to the horse village.

The master of Ma Zhai nodded and said: "It should be, especially Huo Shun, who has traveled thousands of miles, and finally succeeded, when he was promoted to three levels in a row to a thousand households!" ”

Last year, Hou Xiaoming and Li Yuan went to the Changzhou iron mine to find out the news, and then chased them to Hangzhou to open up the arms trade for the Chuzhou army, and they were all promoted to the third level in a row.

Huo Shun set out in June last year, after the Chuzhou Incident, with a total of more than 20,000 troops.

Huo Shun is the deputy of the supervision team, holding the post of 100 households, and he has been promoted to three levels in a row, that is, he has crossed Qu Chang and thousands of households, and he is directly a thousand households.

Today, there are more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in the Chuzhou army, and more than 2,000 people in 1,000 households.

However, the monitoring team has now been changed to the Supervision Department, and the total number of people is only 1,000.

The old monk, the director, is only a 5,000-person deputy general, and the left and right deputies under him are thousands of households, and now the left and right deputies are vacant, and one of them is reserved for Huo Shun.

Everyone knew it, so when they heard the owner of the horse village say that it was "a thousand households", they did not despise it, but congratulated Huo Shun.

Lin Qingwen, as a first-hand witness of Liaodong, was also here.

Huo Wu thought for a while and said to Master Lin: "Brother Lin Xian has returned from afar, so let's rest for a few days first, and then how to settle it depends on what Mr. means." ”

Master Lin said: "He was in the Hanlin Academy before, and I don't know if it has been abandoned all these years?" If it is not deserted, let him hang a document in the Taiwei Mansion first......"

When everyone heard this, they were a little surprised.

Lin Qing was born in the Liberal Arts Expedition, and he was born in Sandingjia, and he has deeper qualifications than many ministers.

It is a good way out to let him go out and govern a state, or to give Song Lin as his deputy first.

However, Master Lin mentioned the Hanlin Academy and arranged for Lin Qingwen to be the clerk, which meant that he had no intention of letting him take real power.

Huo Wu sighed in his heart and said, "Don't worry, wait for two days to rest and see what Brother Qingwen means, we are short of people everywhere now......"

This statement is not true.

The Chuzhou army is not short of people, what is lacking is high-level.

Lin Qingwen has asked enough, he has also been an official, and he has his back to the Lin family, so he doesn't have to start from the bottom.

But Master Lin also has a lot of scruples, no matter how good Lin Qingwen was in his early years, he is now in exile in Liaodong for more than ten years, and his actions are not thorough, if he is rash and high, it will not be good except for mistakes.

Just like on the dock, when I first saw my father, I first stated that the matter of Fuzheng Spring Cherry Blossoms was a bit out of place.

It's not that he doesn't think about love and treats his wife who is suffering together, but he doesn't put it in his head like this.

In this way, how can Lin Jin, the son of the Yuan Yan who met his father for the first time, deal with himself?

There were also people from the Huo family at that time, who were not relatives and friends of the Lin family, among whom Huo Wu was the master of the Chuzhou army, and he had a master-slave relationship with the Lin family.

Even if Lin Qingwen didn't recognize the master, he should first thank Huo Wu for sending people north to pick up people......