The sun is shining.

Chen Ji slept very peacefully, and entered an unprecedented state, as if he had unloaded all the burdens, and there were many beautiful things in his dreams, and he was no longer as anxious and hard as usual. Xiao Ran guarded him for a while, and seeing that he wouldn't wake up for a while, he took the white porridge and left the courtyard, found Shen Qiu and a few people, and explained not to disturb.

……

Different from the comfort in the courtyard of the Chen family, in the deep mountains and old forests more than 100 miles east of Qingzhou City, Zhu Chenghu, who had just escaped from danger, took more than ten people under his command to bid farewell to the panicked situation for the time being, and found a hidden place to rest for a moment.

The scar-faced man he named "Dog-headed Military Division" touched him from behind, sat down beside him, and threw a hard biscuit that he had been carrying for an unknown amount of time, saying, "There should be no problem for the time being."

Zhu Chenghu pulled a few times, but his teeth were not bad, otherwise he really couldn't bite it down, his face was full of bitterness, he ignored this stubble, and sighed to the sky: "I'll go, today is the first day of the first month, the first day of the new year." After that, he took another bite, snatched the kettle from the dog-headed military division's hand, poured a mouthful, and burped with difficulty.

Luo Rongding, the dog-headed military master, frowned, and then took out a kettle from his back, and said helplessly: "When, I became the subordinate who brought you a kettle."

Zhu Chenghu said: "How dare I treat you as a subordinate, now I treat you as a brother, you have given me some bad ideas, and I have fallen into this tattered situation." If I had that thought, I don't know if I would have survived until tomorrow. ”

Luo Rongding said: "Disturb the morale of the army, believe it or not, I will report to the top."

Zhu Chenghu said bitterly: "Why did you only learn these bad things from that guy." The two of us are now living and dying together, better than brothers. You have to stand firmly on my side. ”

Fights like this, as long as there is spare time, are very common, and the whole team is not surprised. Speaking of them, since they left the stockade and took a radius of 50 miles as the maneuver radius, they said that they were training, but they encountered several actual battles. There may be losses, and some brothers who came out together will never be able to go back.

Zhu Chenghu didn't want to think of this, but just put them quietly in the deepest part of his heart. Even if these people are not "good people" in the eyes of many people, in his case, they are all lovely people who have given their lives for the "common cause".

Zhu Chenghu could never have imagined that he would one day live like he is now, and in a very short period of time, he transformed from a second-generation official to a number one of the "Jianghu figures" in Qingzhou.

At first, he took advantage of the gap in disaster relief to entrench in that Tianzhu Mountain, and then according to the news sent by someone, he accurately "robbed the rich and helped the poor" several times, except for a small part of which was used as a reward for a group of "brothers", and finally secretly flowed into Zhengjiawa. After the disaster, more than 300 teams have been pulled up, and there is a "settled" village, and the business is no longer simply "robbing the rich and helping the poor", or according to someone's will, a team was organized in the village and began the so-called "autumn training", with the purpose of doing a "survey" of Qingzhou's "rivers and lakes", including the terrain and some temptations of peers.

As a result, he faced Zhang Xiao, the first bandit in Qingzhou, and later evolved into a unilateral pursuit and killing of Zhang Datou. After more than a month of wandering, the squad has now lost a third.

In recent days, it may be the reason for the holiday, but the leader of Zhang Da relaxed a little, and only left a team of more than ten people to chase them. The two sides are evenly matched, Luo Rongding came up with some ideas, and also took a few heads from the other party.

It's a small part of the interest back.

At present, Zhu Chenghu has finished his "autumn training" and is rushing to the village, and when the time comes, he must sum up the lessons and lessons of this operation.

Of course, this period of exhaustion is not without half a gain, at least I know that Zhang Xiao's power is not ordinarily huge, at least for a short time, Zhu Chenghu has no confidence to face each other anymore.

As everyone knows, the pursuit of them is nothing more than a conspiracy between someone and someone, seeking an opportunity to penetrate the enemy's interior with the most cruel and direct and effective bitter tactics.

Zhu Chenghu was kept in the dark, and this big scene couldn't be more real.

Luo Rongding may be able to guess some, but he doesn't necessarily understand, he only knows everything at the moment, just so that one day in the future, he can take down the leader of Zhang Da and return Qingzhou to a clear state. And many insiders of Qingzhou officialdom also need to find a breakthrough from Leader Zhang.

After a stick of incense, the team set off again, and the route was probably still in some relatively remote places, although it was difficult, but it could save a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Zhu Chenghu is actually a little homesick.

……

The white clouds are long.

Chen Ji woke up, rubbed his eyes, stretched his waist again, took the blanket and sat up, and at first glance he saw Fang Jingyu sitting quietly not far away, and he was really startled. If this were an assassin, he wouldn't be hiccups.

Xu was frightened and stumbled a little when he spoke, "Why are you here?" Looking for me? ”

Fang Jingyu nodded, took out a piece of paper and threw it over, and said with a straight face: "It's been approved."

Chen Ji opened it suspiciously, and glanced at it: "What the hell is this?"

"The sailor has added a new thousand-household, and I will also serve as a thousand-household, and you are one of the two deputy thousand-households."

"I'll go, aren't you afraid of gossip outside? Deputy Qianhu, I think it's funny myself. ”

Fang Jingyu said: "Tomorrow, the outside world will know that you are involved in the affairs of the water master as an imperial businessman, and it is natural for you to be a deputy thousand households."

Chen Ji was helpless, "You roasted me on the fire." ”

Fang Jingyu did not deny it: "Song Qingming of Zhan Guogong will also serve as a deputy thousand households."

Chen Ji remembered that it wasn't this what he said before. However, Fang Jingyu didn't give him a chance to refute at all, waved his hand and said: "Grandpa asked me to tell you, since you have such a big determination, then really do something to show him, otherwise even if you fight hard, he will stop you, and even do not hesitate to inflict the most painful blow on you."

Chen Ji smiled bitterly.

Fang Jingyu said again: "After the fifteenth day, you will go to Dengzhou with me, and then the affairs will begin."

"By the way, the people of this Thousand Households, you can have the final say."

Chen Ji came back to his senses, "For a while, I can't recruit so many people." ”

Fang Jingyu said: "That's your business." But I can give you a suggestion, among the more than 300 tenants you have in Qingxiu Mountain, isn't there one person in each family to be 300? Zheng Jiawa has not left yet, so he can make up more than 100 people. ”

Chen Ji shook his head and said, "I have other plans for these people."

Fang Jingyu thought about it and understood.

The Jokhang has a special "military system", and a private team based on the "family members" who know the roots and knows the bottom of the story is often raised by the capable clans.

Chen Ji probably plans to do it too.

Fang Jingyu didn't speak anymore, his Fang family had a "sudden horse" of 800 people, which was relatively capable of fighting on the ground in Liaodong. Now in the hands of his second uncle, it was originally going to be handed over to him, but now he has been transferred to serve as a water master, but it is a layer away.

Although the imperial court explained that the order was not accurate, it promoted people of insight several times to train the new army, but the result was no substantial achievement, and finally acquiesced in the existence of these "family army", and even for some people who held great power, they had to be honored to be raised by the imperial court with money.

I don't know how many people have made it big over the years.

Fang Jingyu, who has vested interests, is also worried in his heart.

Fang Jingyu put away these thoughts and said, "What do you think about the treatment of the water master?"

Chen Ji turned to ask: "What is the treatment of the various branches of the imperial court now?"

"The treatment of the towns in eastern Liaodong is better than that of the rest of the places, and there are eight coins of silver per month."

The implication is that the treatment in many other places is less than eight cents.

"In addition, the families raised by each family are different."

Chen Ji nodded, pondered for a moment, and asked, "How about a tael of silver a month?"

"Even if it's just this price, an ordinary soldier of the Navy Division will cost 5,600 taels for the call, not counting the military attachés at all levels, plus a single thousand households, at least more than 10,000 taels! In addition, there is food every month, training wear and tear, etc., and this money will only go up. At present, the imperial court only says that it will allocate 100,000 taels every year, which means that you have to fill in at least 200,000 taels. ”

Chen Ji silently counted it and said: "I'm afraid it's not all, warships, artillery, etc. are the real big ones." Today's imperial court is not enough to build satisfactory warships and artillery, which has passed for more than a hundred years, and the Shenji Battalion is still equipped with the bird guns at the beginning of the founding of the country. Therefore, if the sailor guard wants to gain a foothold, he must buy more advanced warships and artillery. Or if you apply, can you try to allocate a sum of money, and let's also study how to build it ourselves? ”

Fang Jingyu rolled her eyes and asked knowingly.

Chen Ji was not reluctant, "The account is incomplete." Let's talk about it, how many warships did the court promise to give us now? ”

Fang Jingyu said hatefully: "The three ships are all rags that Tianjin Weishui Division doesn't want."

"As long as it can be used for military training. We'll have to figure out the rest ourselves. ”

Chen Ji said: "That's the only way. Also, I took a few ships from the Sun family not long ago, which can be used for military training in a short period of time. ”

Fang Jingyu looked over, obviously waiting for Chen Ji to say the rest of the words.

Chen Ji cleared his throat and said: "There are several groups of pirates along the coast, I have asked the people of the embroidered clothes guard to help collect some clues, and then I will send people to break into them, and the sailor guard must have at least a thousand households to reach the combat conditions in the shortest possible time."

After a pause, Chen Ji said: "During this time, I will find a way to hoard enough sand boats for a thousand households, and I need a thousand households to expand the financial route, so General Fang, training is very important."

"It's also a training opportunity for them to put into real combat."

Fang Jingyu said: "You want to make money from pirates?"

"Yes and no." Chen Ji smiled meaningfully, "In such a prosperous trade on the sea, there are always some big fish, as for who gets into the net, or how big the net we are capable of, it depends on how well your sailors are trained." ”

Fang Jingyu thought about it seriously, "It's a little out of order." ”

"There are no rules, you and I just need to be sincere for the country. As for what kind of way to use, let's talk about the time and situation. ”

Fang Jingyu is not a dead brain, and he will soon stop caring about this, he knows how important silver is to an army. As long as Chen Ji is not tossed from the hands of the people, he will not ask. For a while, he was a little glad that he had encountered such an "imperial businessman" as Chen Ji, and he didn't need to think about logistics matters, as long as he ensured that the authority of the water master guard was in his hands.

The two of them summed up some more details, Chen Ji asked Xiao Ran to boil new porridge, Fang Jingyu drank a bowl, and left. When he arrived at the door, he turned around and asked, "Do you want to help with a word?"

Of course, Chen Ji said very doggedly: "I want to ask for it."

Fang Jingyu's head was big for a while, and he scolded, and his mouth was cheap.

In an instant, the smile on Chen's face was much more sincere.

Fang Jingyu was a little puzzled.

Whether you like someone or are liked by someone, how can you be happy to be like this.

The man's eldest husband should be on the battlefield and die.

How can you be obsessed with you and me, Yanyan Yingying?

With these thoughts in his mind, Chen Ji had already gone back to the house to write a letter, and when he handed it to Fang Jingyu, he smiled directly as if he had just crawled out of bee droppings.

"It must be delivered."

Fang Jingyu said: "Don't blame me if you are scolded."

"That's that, I'll invite you to drink another day."

Fang Jingyu turned to leave, Yu Guang caught a glimpse of the letter in his hand, and said with a wry smile, accidentally reduced to a letter delivery?

In the courtyard, Xiao Ran came up and said curiously, "Who did the young master write to?"

Chen Ji turned around, raised his hand and pinched the little girl's face, and pulled it to both sides, "Of course, it's for your young grandmother." ”

Xiao Ran blinked, "Who." ”

"Well, a woman as gentle as water."

"Oh......"

"......" fell into inexplicable joy and did not notice the slight change in Xiao Ran's expression.

The little girl grinned and said, "Xiao Ran is happy."

……

After that, Chen Ji came to visit one after another.

In the evening, Chen Ji had time to call Gui Chun and ask about the preparation of the "First Qingzhou Cup".

Gui Chun also made some reports on the situation.

As early as November last year, at the request of Chen Ji, various industries under the name of Chen Ji set up a Keju team, and at the same time solicited willing teams through newspapers to participate in the competition. The deadline for registration was to draw 16 teams, and then after two rounds of preliminary rounds, the semi-finalists were decided. The third day of the first lunar month is the first semi-final. And Gui Chun has the title of "Chairman of the Keju Association" during this time, and he has also gained some fame.

The current report is on the progress of "ticket sales", "title sponsorship", etc.

In addition, in addition to the Keju competition, Chen Ji also arranged a garden party, and at present, only people who have business dealings agree to go to the appointment.

Gui Chun held the booklet and dipped it in saliva from time to time, and every point could not be finer.