Li Jinghuai heard the order, but did not leave directly, he opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it.

Xu Shiyang glanced at him a little strangely: "What's wrong?" What else? ”

"There are ...... on board, and there are several troupes singing southern opera on board."

Li Jinghuai smiled bitterly and said:

"The subordinates asked, it was a gift from the big families in the south of the Yangtze River to the Tartars, these people ......, and the dependents of the craftsmen were a little afraid of us and didn't dare to get off the boat."

"And the troupe?"

Xu Shiyang thought about it and probably understood what was going on.

The regime of the Jurchen Tartars has been stable for more than ten years, and it is normal for this kind of regime in which the whole people are noble, all the people are soldiers, and maintain the economy by squeezing other ethnic groups, and its hedonistic style has begun to spread widely.

Especially the high-level nobles of the Jurchen people, wearing silk and satin, drinking and having fun are common, and it is also common to raise some courtiers, opera troupes, and invite friends to have fun together.

If it weren't for the fact that they still maintained a little bit of the barbaric style brought out from the white mountains and black waters, I am afraid that they would have been corrupted to the point of the Jiangnan Imperial Court.

In fact, as long as you look at the fact that the Jurchens are always being robbed by the Mugsuls but are basically helpless, you can see some clues.

Xu Shiyang felt that this was also a good news, the more corrupt the enemy, the easier it was for him to achieve his goals in the future.

It's just a little troublesome at this time, those actors are quite afraid of Jiangbei refugees and bandits, and they seem to be a little more afraid than Tartars.

You can't keep them on the boat, can you?

"I'll go and persuade them." Xu Shiyang said: "I have a little reputation in Jiangnan, I don't know if they have heard of it, if they know me, they should be able to put their minds at ease." ”

Xu Shiyang planned to absorb as much population as possible from the Heqin fleet - except for the eunuchs and monks whom the princess married and he didn't want, everyone else was useful to Xu Shiyang.

Needless to say, young court ladies and various craftsmen are of great use to these populations wherever they are.

The soldiers of the forbidden army and the captain of the boat are also considered professionals:

The soldiers of the Praetorian Army lacked confidence in the Tartars, but their equipment and physical fitness were very good, and if they had the right training, they would have won one or two more victories and built up their confidence, and they were very good candidates to replenish their forces.

Cao Chuangong walks on the canal all year round, and if he stays in Qi Province, it can be used as another communication route between Xu Shiyang and Jiangnan.

Even those opera troupes can also enrich the propaganda team newly formed by Xu Shiyang - Nanqu is indeed too glamorous, but no matter how you say that everyone is a professional, even if the current style is changed, it is much stronger than the pure entertainment laymen of the Qingzhou Army.

Therefore, Xu Shiyang thinks that these people are worthy of showing favor to themselves, and everyone who is willing to stay in Qi Province is a help to the Qingzhou Army.

……

Xu Muhe successfully appeased Princess Renfu herself, and the princess promised to go to the temporary palace specially prepared for her by the Xu family to live temporarily, and the palace maids and eunuchs who married with her should naturally live with the princess.

It's just that Qingzhou doesn't have such a suitable big house, and the temporary palace for the princess can only accommodate half of the princess's entourage, and the rest of the people have to live elsewhere whether they want to or not.

This is also the small strategy of the head of the Xu family - to disperse people, it is easier to find opportunities to stay.

Unlike Xu Shiyang, Xu Muhe also wanted to leave some eunuchs behind - there were some things he didn't tell Xu Shiyang, after several major victories in a row, now he has a faint idea of bending his bow and shooting deer, so he really wants to build his own harem now and enjoy it.

There is such a thing as a harem, it is not enough to keep accepting women - women are everywhere, and it is nothing more than a quality problem.

But it's hard to find a man who can take care of the harem, take on the necessary heavy work, and don't wear a certain color hat for himself - giving birth to a eunuch is also a technical job.

Xu Muhe asked Princess Renfu to decide who would live with her on the grounds that he didn't dare to cross the border, which could also show who was the princess's cronies, and he felt that the rest of the people had a great chance to get it.

Of course, now is not the time to show her ambitions, the princess still has to have the treatment she deserves, and the escort work is personally arranged by Xu Shiyang to select the elite of the front soldiers, and a considerable proportion of the pacification soldiers are also mixed in to maintain military discipline.

In addition, in order to show his sincerity, Xu Muhe specially arranged for his daughter, Xu Shiyang's sister Xu Shimei to live with the princess, which can make the princess feel more at ease, and can also bring the relationship between the two parties closer.

Xu Shimei is 14 years old this year, and she is quite beautiful, but I don't know if it is due to the influence of Xu Shiyang, she has a strong wild personality, and she has run away several times to join the new army.

Xu Muhe hopes that this daughter can learn a real lady's demeanor from the princess, instead of pestering Xu Shiyang all day long to get a musket.

……

Xu Shiyang met the representatives of the craftsmen on the side of the canal.

This is an old man named Dai Zi, with gray hair and beard, he claims to be a master craftsman in the ordnance superintendent, and when a young man next to him introduced him, he even said that he can be called a national hand in the ordnance superintendent!

This name really scared Xu Shiyang a big jump - Da Zhou didn't dare to say anything else, the ordnance supervisor is indeed a bull, if this Dai Zi is really a national master, then he has to be left in Qingzhou by force!

"This king ......, everyone from the old generation will ask, what does the king plan to do with us?"

No matter how powerful the weapons prison is, when you go to Qingzhou, a place that you are not familiar with, you have to be careful when facing a local warlord like Xu Shiyang, after all, the young man in front of him is holding the handle of the knife.

Of course, when he wants talents, Xu Shiyang can't be domineering in front of the old man.

"Uncle Dai, I'm not a king." Xu Shiyang replied: "Under the command of the envoy of the Great Zhou Qingzhou Festival, Xu Shiyang, the chief soldier of the new army. ”

They may not understand the commander, but the position of the chief soldier is relatively clear.

"Qingzhou Festival Envoy?"

Dai Zi was stunned for a moment, Da Zhou still has local power in Qingzhou?

The young man next to him had a slightly different focus:

"Your name is Xu Shiyang?"

"Some time ago, there was a good man named Xu Shiyang in the south of the Yangtze River, who burned down the Duting Station and killed all the Tartar messenger......s."

"That's me." Xu Shiyang said with a smile: "I left my name in Dutingyi, did those guys in the Golden Gun Class erase my words?" ”

When killing all the Tartar envoys, Xu Shiyang left the handwriting of "Murderer, Qingzhou Xu Shiyang", the purpose of which was to promote his reputation.

It's a pity that in order to somewhat clear up their relationship, those guys in the Golden Gun Class erased Xu Shiyang's words, although everyone still rumored that Xu Shiyang from Jiangbei killed all the Tartar envoys, but that was just a rumor, and it was still a little different from the above board.