"Hahahaha. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" Xu Lang smiled, "I told Han Wantao a long time ago, I will sell it to you to become a brigade." ”

"Xu Lang, stop kidding." Zeng Guangxian asked, "Do you have any way to burn your eyebrows?" ”

"Don't worry." Xu Lang stopped joking, "I've thought about the timing you said." It's only April, and we still have time to plan. But let me ask you a question first, how is the reorganization of your mixed brigades? ”

"It's not started yet." Zeng Guangxian sighed, "With the people who were transferred back from Vietnam and the 2 companies that Ye Zhan brought back from Wanzhou last time, there are almost 4 battalions of infantry in the mixed brigade now. However, the Western battalion will definitely have to be transferred to the navy, that is, there is still a shortage of 1 battalion of infantry. The cavalry, as you know, has just begun to train. The plan of the heavy artillery battalion is 4 companies, one company with 5 6-pounder guns, I asked Shen Daxing, 20 6-pounder guns are no problem, they can be given to us on time, but the heavy artillery battalion is currently only about 100 people, and even 2 companies are not in order. ”

"That's right." Xu Lang lit a cigarette and thought silently.

"What is that?" Wang Zhaoxing was anxious first, "Xu Lang, you are talking." ”

"Lao Wang, don't worry." Xu Lang said with a smile, "Guangxian, if the conscription is increased, will the mixed brigade be fully conscripted by August?" ”

"That's fine." Zeng Guangxian said suspiciously, "But it's too late in August, it's too late, and the recruits still have to be trained, so it's impossible to set off directly as soon as they join the army." ”

"I know that. In this way, you can discuss it with Zhang Guodong and Jiang Beiming. Xu Lang said his thoughts, "Transfer the current army in Yulin Bay into your mixed brigade, first let the mixed brigade be fully manned and ready to go." The recruited recruits are added to the original troops, anyway, there is no major event in Yulin Bay now, and the recruits can be trained slowly, and if your mixed brigade is full of veterans, it is easy to prepare for going to North Korea in advance, saving training time. ”

"That's a way, but." Zeng Guangxian raised doubts again, "If these veterans all set off in June, wouldn't the defense of Yulin Bay be empty, I don't think Zhang Guodong and Jiang Beiming can agree." ”

"No, you don't have to leave in June." Xu Lang explained, "Anyway, your plan is to take four warships to North Korea, and these four warships can carry about two battalions of land forces. First gather a part of the Daming Fu ship, let the Yazhou and Wanzhou escort the ship, take all the logistics supplies and most of the soldiers to set off in June, and the remaining two battalions will first defend in Yulin Bay, wait until the end of the replenishment of recruits in August, and then be carried by four warships such as the Guangzhou, and go directly to North Korea to join the vanguard force. In this way, the Dengzhou operation will not be delayed, and the defense of Yulin Bay will not be too problematic. ”

"It's not impossible, but there are two problems here." Wang Zhaoxing asked, "First, there are only Yazhou and Wanzhou escorts, and the voyage of more than 3,000 nautical miles will there be any problems on the way?" Second, if the remaining warships depart together in August, there will not be a single warship in Yulin Bay, and this will not be appropriate. ”

"The second problem is easy to solve." Xu Lang said, "I estimate that by the time we wait until August, there will be a few warships built by Qiu Peng for Zheng Zhilong to be delivered, so we will delay it, use it ourselves, and then hand it over to Zheng Zhilong when the Yazhou and Wanzhou come back." ”

"Huh." Zeng Guangxian and Wang Zhaoxing laughed together, "Xu Lang, you are really bad. ”

"It's not bad, it's not good." Xu Lang also smiled, "But the first question that Lao Wang said is indeed a problem, and I don't have any good way, you still ask Zhang Guodong and them to see what they mean." ”

On the outskirts of Guangzhou City, four people dressed up were galloping in the direction of JX.

The four men came to a fork in the road and stopped their horses, and one of the leaders turned his head and asked, "Head, should we take the road on the left or on the right?" ”

Ge Tao rode on the horse and took out the map from his arms and looked at it for a while, then stretched out his hand and pointed: "On the left, there is a town 50 miles ahead, let's hurry up and rest there tonight." ”

As the sun set, Ge Tao and the four of them finally arrived at Mudrisi in Panyu County.

Ge Tao dismounted in front of an inn, looked up at the inn signboard, and threw the reins in his hand to a catcher behind him: "Let's go, let's stay here tonight." ”

"Several officials have worked hard." The innkeeper hurriedly greeted him, "The small shop is a small profit。。。。。。 ”

Ge Tao glared at the guy: "What are you talking about with your silver." ”

"Yes, yes, the little ones don't dare." The guy hurriedly said, "Do you want to be sharpened or stay in the hotel?" ”

"I'll stay with you tonight." Ge Tao took out a piece of broken silver from his clothes and threw it to the man, "Arrange two upper rooms, feed our horses, and get some wine and meat, we are all hungry." ”

The guy took the silver with a courteous face: "The little one understands, a few officials are invited." ”

The four of them entered the inn and sat down by a window.

Ge Tao put the Yanling knife in his hand to the side and stretched his waist: "This way, my back hurts when I run." ”

The catcher on the opposite side hurriedly poured a glass of water for Ge Tao: "Head, drink saliva and rest first, this way is really tiring enough." ”

Ge Tao looked around and saw that there were no other guests in the lobby except for them, so he lowered his voice and said, "It's all hard, when we go back, Director He and the principal will naturally have your benefits." ”

"Understood, understood." The catcher on the opposite side responded, "The little ones have followed you, and naturally they have a bright future." ”

"Liang Er, don't just talk about it, be smart." Ge Tao glanced at the other two people majestically, "You are the same, cheer up." ”

"The little ones understand." Liang Er hurriedly responded.

The innkeeper served wine and meat, and Liang Er gave Ge Tao a bowl of wine: "Head, the little ones will give you a bowl first." ”

Ge Tao took the bowl and drank it all, and just put down the wine bowl, but he heard another crowd shouting outside the inn.

With the voice, several people walked in from outside, these people were dressed in brocade clothes and armor, and they were equipped with a single knife at their waists.

"Jin Yiwei." Ge Tao secretly cursed in his heart, "How did you meet them here." ”

The brocade guard at the head also noticed Ge Tao and them, standing at the door and staring coldly at the four people.

Ge Tao was helpless, so he had to stand up and arch his hand and said: "Qiongzhou Mansion Yazhou catch quickly, come out on business, I don't know where you are on a bad business?" ”

"Yazhou is coming to me, what is my business trip in Guangzhou?" The brocade guard didn't answer Ge Tao, walked over and stretched out his hand, "What is the evidence?" ”

Ge Tao untied his waist card and handed it over: "There is a case, the criminal is now JX, and I have been ordered by my family to go to JX to arrest him." ”

Jin Yiwei looked at Ge Tao's waist card, arched his hand and said: "Ge Zhutou, where the responsibility is, just ask, don't go to your heart." ”

"How dare you, how dare you." Ge Tao glanced at Liang Er, and then said, "It's better to meet by chance, if a few adults don't dislike it, how about inviting a few adults to drink a little bit today?" ”

Liang Er also hurriedly stood up and said, "A few adults, please take a seat, you must give us this face." ”

The brocade-clothed guard at the head sat down with a big grin and arched his hand: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." ”

Ge Tao filled a few brocade guards with wine and asked, "I don't know what this adult is called, but he is on an errand in Guangzhou City?" ”

"We are the Jinyiwei of Guangzhou." A brocade guard in the back replied, "This is our Chief Banner Lord Wu." ”

"It turned out to be Lord Wu, disrespectful and disrespectful." Ge Tao picked up the wine bowl, "I salute Lord Wu with a glass." ”

Wu Zongqi dried his wine, wiped his mouth and said, "You Yazhou officials are good." ”

"I don't know what Lord Wu means by this?" Ge Tao didn't understand, "It's not good to be an official, it's not comfortable to be an errand." The errand officials in Yazhou also listened to the dispatch of the officials. ”

"Even if it's an errand, it's naturally uncomfortable. However, since a group of overseas merchants came to Yazhou, you have made a lot of money in recent years. Wu Zongqi suddenly said in a low voice, "I heard that your Lord Wang and Zhou Qianhu also have a lot of dealings with them. ”

Ge Tao's mind was spinning rapidly: "We are just an errand boy, how can we know about the affairs of adults." ”

"Hahahaha." Wu Zongqi drank a bowl by himself, pointed at Ge Tao and smiled, "Cunning." There is nothing bad to say, their business has been done in Guangzhou City, even the adults in our family know Yulin Bay, what does Ge Zhutou have to hide. ”

"How dare you, how dare you." Ge Tao's mind turned, "Indeed, as Lord Wu said, since those overseas merchants arrived in Yazhou, I don't know where they came from to make some strange things, but they are all people's, and we have nothing to do." ”

"Someone else's? Hum. Wu Zongqi's nose snorted, and his face changed, "The land rental fee of 5,000 taels is also from someone else?" ”

"Land rent? What is the land rental fee? Ge Tao was confused by this Wu Zongqi. Regarding the fact that Yulin Bay leased 50 square kilometers of land from Wang Kezong and handed over 5,000 taels of silver to Wang Kezong every year, it is still in a semi-secret state. Except for the traversers, most of the Ming Dynasty people in Yulin Bay didn't know about it and didn't care, so Ge Tao didn't know about the five thousand taels of silver.

"Hehehehehe, drink and drink." Seeing Ge Tao's bewildered face, Wu Zongqi picked up the wine bowl, "I salute Ge to catch the first glass." ”

"Thank you Mr. Wu, drink together." After drinking wine, Ge Tao took out 5 taels of silver from his clothes and secretly stuffed it into Wu Zongqi's hand, "What is the land rental fee that Master Wu said?" Did they take the money and hide it from us? ”

"Ge Zhutou." Wu Zongqi pinched the silver in his hand, "I advise you not to inquire, this matter 。。。。。。 Hehe. ”

Ge Tao was heartbroken, and hugged his fist at Wu Zongqi: "I still hope that Lord Wu will make it clear." ”

"That's fine." Wu Zongqi said, "I see that your brother is also a sincere person, so I will give you a reminder." ”

After speaking, Wu Zongqi looked around, lowered his voice and said: "Yulin Bay imitated the Hongyi people in Haojing, and rented tens of thousands of acres of land with five thousand taels of silver, but these silver were not handed over to the imperial court. My family has received several secret reports, and now they are secretly investigating the matter, so I advise my brother not to wade into this troubled water. ”

"Really?" Ge Tao pretended to hesitate, "But my family has just been promoted to the prefect of Qiongzhou a few days ago." ”

"Hahahaha." Wu Zongqi pointed at Ge Tao and said with a smile, "Don't talk about a prefect, no matter how big the official is, we have done it." ”

"That's, that's." Ge Tao picked up the wine bowl, "Thank you Lord Wu for reminding me." ”

At night, Ge Tao and Liang Er lived in the same room.

"Liang Er, how many carrier pigeons did we bring?"

"Heads, you know, just two."

Ge Tao thought for a while: "You go find some paper and pen, and put one back in a while." ”

"Head." Liang Er asked, "We don't have anything important, why do we let it go now?" ”

Ge Tao glared: "Why are you asking so much." Remember, don't ask questions if you shouldn't. ”

"The little ones know." Liang Er shrank his head and went out to find a pen and paper.

Early in the morning of the second day, Ge Tao and the four of them were about to set off for the road after breakfast, and it happened that Wu Zongqi and his party also came to the door of the inn.

Ge Tao saluted Wu Zongqi: "Thank you Wu Zongqi for your reminder yesterday, we will have a meeting later." ”

"Ge Zhutou is so self-conscious, have a good journey."

"Drive." Ge Tao and the four turned their horses' heads and galloped away in the direction of JX.