When Wang Chengen saw Chongzhen say this, he didn't say anything anymore, so he had to respond: "Hey, the slave maid will arrange it immediately." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

In the camp of the officer training regiment, Jiang Beiming asked Zhang Hai: "Is the formation of the fast gun team finished?" ”

"It's done, here's the list." Zhang Hai put a list in front of Jiang Beiming.

The quick-gun squad adopted a new infantry four-three formation. There are 10 people in one infantry squad, 40 people in four infantry squads in one platoon, 160 people in four platoons in one company, and 185 people in the company headquarters plus guard squad and cooking squad. The first battalion has 740 people in 4 infantry companies, 50 people in the baggage platoon, 40 people in the guard platoon, and 860 people in the battalion headquarters and medical team. The three battalions were organized into a regiment of 2,580 people, plus 20 regimental headquarters, for a total of 2,600 people. The two regiments were organized into a brigade, with a total of more than 5,200 men. Jiang Beiming personally served as the brigade commander and commander of the First Regiment, and Zhang Hai served as the deputy brigade commander and commander of the Second Regiment.

Jiang Beiming picked up the list and looked at it: "I haven't been able to take care of it for a while, have you started training?" ”

"I've been training for more than half a month." Zhang Hai said with a smile, "At present, we are still in the training queue, and the firearms training has not yet begun." ”

A sentry came in and reported: "Report to the sir, the prince of the palace is here." ”

"Please." Jiang Beiming was just about to go out to greet him, when Wang Chengen walked in, "General Jiang, Zhang Qianhu, our family has congratulated the two of you." ”

"Princess, please take a seat." Jiang Beiming hurriedly gave up his seat, "I don't know what good news my father-in-law brought?" ”

"Hooray, I'm going to come and review the fast guns." Wang Chengen said with a smile, "The two of you are ready, Banzai still values you very much." If Banzai is satisfied this time, General Chiang will be able to reinstate himself. ”

"Thank you for your grace and for your father-in-law's kindness." Jiang Beiming thanked.

The sergeant brought the tea, Wang Chengen glanced at it and said slowly: "I don't know when you will be convenient for the Banzai review?" ”

"Back to the prince, you can do it at any time." Zhang Hai replied, "Now the fast gun team has been organized and trained, and it has been training for half a month. However, they are all in the training queue, and they have not started shooting training yet. ”

"Shooting has to be done quickly, and what Banzai wants to see is the shooting of the fast gun team." Wang Chengen said, "Is it okay to give you another ten days?" ”

Zhang Hai thought for a while: "Ten days is a bit tight, half a month is about the same, we will start shooting training immediately, half a month should be able to." ”

"Huh." Wang Chengen said with a smile, "Do you know what our family likes most about you, the best thing about your Yulin Bay is that you never panic and say anything." ”

"Thank you father-in-law for the compliment." Jiang Beiming responded, "The lower officials don't dare to lie to their father-in-law in Banzai. ”

"That's good, Banzai wants to hear the truth." Wang Chengen said casually, "Now the squad leader and officers of the fast gun team are all transferred from your Yulin Army, right?" ”

Jiang Beiming's heart chuckled, and he immediately understood what Wang Chengen meant: "Back to the prince, the lower officials are doing this wholeheartedly in order to train the fast gun team as soon as possible, and there is nothing else to think about." I also ask the prince to explain more in front of Banzai. ”

"General Chiang doesn't have to worry too much." Wang Chengen smiled again, "Our family has already told Banzai, and Banzai also understands your thoughts." It's just that someone in the court has discussed this matter, and our family is just talking about it casually. As long as you can train the fast gun team for Banzai, you don't have to worry about anything else, we know it in our hearts. ”

"Thank you, Princess." Jiang Beiming and Zhang Hai thanked together.

"But there's one more thing we want to ask the two of you." Wang Chengen's tone changed suddenly, "You Yulin Bay did not have an order from the military department, why did you send more than 2,000 people to Yanchang County?" ”

Jiang Beiming and Zhang Hai didn't expect Wang Chengen to suddenly ask this question, and they didn't know how to answer for a while, and the scene cooled down.

"Why, is there anything else you in Yulin Bay that you can't hide from our family?"

"Back to the princess, we don't dare to hide it from the father-in-law." Jiang Beiming knew that it would be impossible not to explain this matter, "My father-in-law has also been to Yulin Bay, and my father-in-law must know that we have two iron ships in Yulin Bay." ”

"I've seen your iron ships." Wang Chengen said with a smile, "It is said that your iron boat can do without sail oars, but our family looks at those two ships but they are motionless, do you go to Yanchang County for these two ships?" ”

"Back to my father-in-law, exactly." Jiang Beiming said, "The two ships were built by us in our homeland, and after arriving in Yulin Bay, there was a problem, and we couldn't find anything to repair them." We heard that Yanchang County had something that could move the two boats, so we sent someone to take a look. Father-in-law, now the southeast sea is not calm, the Hongyi people and the Japanese have always been a problem of my Ming Dynasty, as long as our two ships can move, we can pacify the southeast coast, which is also beneficial to the imperial court. ”

"It's just that we don't know if we're going to find something to get the boat moving." Zhang Hai also explained, "That's why I have to go and see it first, and I didn't report it to the court, and I hope my father-in-law will forgive me." ”

"Oh, that's it." Wang Chengen nodded, "Two, someone in the court has said about this matter, and our family has not returned to Long Live for you, so I will suppress it for you." But if you have anything in the future, you should tell our family in advance, and our family will know it. ”

"Thank you father-in-law, I must report to my father-in-law in advance after I leave the official."

"General Chiang, there is one more thing." Wang Chengen said again, "Long live is also very concerned about the tax collection that I told you, and General Jiang also told our family that the imperial court will have an income of five or six hundred thousand taels of silver next year." The cowhide is blown out in front of Long Live our family, General Jiang doesn't want our family to lose face. ”

"Please rest assured that my father-in-law is this." Jiang Beiming patted his chest and said, "The lower officials can guarantee that as long as they can collect taxes in Qiongzhou Mansion, there will only be a lot more silver." ”

Wang Chengen chatted casually again and went back to the palace to resume his life, and Jiang Beiming and Zhang Hai immediately began to arrange the training of the fast gun team.

Fan Qiuming returned to Datong after helping Tan Jing discuss with Wang Kezong about setting up factories and doing business in various parts of Qiongzhou Prefecture. At present, the finances of Datong Town and Xuanfu Town are completely solved by Zhou Lei and other four people, and they are facing a lot of problems, Fan Qiuming discussed it with Wang Qianxiang, and the two of them went to Yulin Fort together to meet with Zhou Lei and Liu Jun.

At present, the manufacture of firecrackers and tobacco production in the two places are on the right track, and at the same time, the tuntian fields are also proceeding step by step, and the two places have reclaimed a total of about 10,000 acres of farmland, but they are still short of money. The root cause of the lack of money is conscription. The two localities sent about 800 soldiers to Yulin Bay on the orders of the Military Commission, and now each regiment is not yet full, so they can only continue to recruit locally.

The four of them sat in Zhou Lei's office eating together, and there were two jars of wine on the table.

"Old Fan." Zhou Lei asked, "You didn't tell your family about our situation when you went back to the meeting this time, and now you have sent more than 800 people home at once, and it is very difficult for us to be here." ”

"I said it." Fan Qiuming picked up the wine bowl and took a sip of it himself, "At home, it's still those old sayings, overcome difficulties and obey the arrangement." ”

"It's easy to say." Liu Jun complained, "Let them try for themselves how to overcome difficulties." ”

"Stop complaining, it's no use complaining." Zhou Lei said with a smile, "Let's discuss what to do next, this year's cigarette production plan will definitely not be completed." ”

"It's already early October." Wang Qianxiang asked, "Have you finished harvesting your tobacco leaves?" ”

"I'm done, haven't I already sent some to you?"

"That's enough for something." Wang Qianxiang shouted, "Wu Sangui wants 2 million boxes over there." Wang Pu came to me when Lao Fan was away, and he also wanted to underwrite our cigarettes. ”

"He wants to too?" Liu Jun put down the wine bowl, "Didn't we promise Wu Sangui to let Wu Sangui do it north of the Yellow River, where does Wang Pu want to sell it?" ”

"I explained it to Wang Pu." Wang Qianxiang said, "What he means is that it can be sold to the Mongols, and a point can be set up in the city of naturalization." ”

"I came to you with Qianxiang this time for this." Fan Qiuming said, "Now we have given the cigarette market to Wu Sangui, and the arms market in the Jiubian town to Lu Baozhong, Wang Pu is a little dissatisfied." ”

"You said these imperial soldiers." Zhou Lei said with a smile, "I don't think about how to train, how to fight, I want to do business." ”

"There's no way around it." Fan Qiuming also smiled, "Who is called poor, now that there is such a good opportunity to make money, then everyone is staring at it with wide eyes." ”

"But that's what you're talking about." Liu Jun said slowly, "It is precisely because we gave all the arms business to Lu Baozhong and Guan Mingke, and now Zhou Lei and I are basically moving freely in Xuanfu Town. It's really time to give Wang Pu a little benefit, and this is also for the sake of your sake. ”

"So." Wang Qianxiang said with a smile, "How many raw materials can you provide, I can give Wang Pu a reply when I go back." ”

Liu Jun thought for a while: "There are only so many tobacco leaves this year, you can take them all with you when you go back." However, it would be good to be able to meet Wu Sangui's order this year, and Wang Pu can only talk about it next year. ”

"Will it be okay next year?" Wang Qianxiang asked.

"Next year should be fine." Zhou Lei replied, "Now one acre of land can produce about 200 catties of tobacco leaves, and 3,500 boxes of cigarettes can be produced." I calculated that if I needed 10 million boxes of cigarettes next year, I would need about 3,000 acres of land. We are now stepping up the reclamation of the land, and we can reclaim the land next spring. ”

"An acre of land is only 200 catties?" Fan Qiuming asked, "How do I remember that we should be more than 400 catties in the next life." ”

"Old Fan, can you compare with the next generation now?" Zhou Lei said with a smile, "200 catties is already a very good output." ”

"How much can you produce now?" Fan Qiuming asked again.

"We've recruited some more craftsmen, and it's almost 1,000 a month." Zhou Lei replied, "The current army is also training for half a day and producing for half a day, there is no way, there is a shortage of people." Isn't there a shortage of people there, and even if we grow tobacco, do you have so many people who produce it? ”

"We're just as short of people." Wang Qianxiang said, "I told Wang Pu about this problem, and he said that he would solve it, and I guess he would have a way, after all, he is sitting on the ground." ”

The door of the office was pushed open, and Li Muqing came in with a bowl of soup: "Sir, the soup is ready." ”

"Mrs. Liu has worked hard." Fan Qiuming joked, "It's really a blessing for me to let Mrs. Liu cook for herself." ”

"Come on, Fan." Liu Jun smiled, "Drink your soup honestly." ”

Li Muqing put down the soup bowl and went out, Wang Qianxiang stared at Liu Jun and asked, "Liu Jun, why do I see that her belly is a little big, is there it?" ”

"Humility." Liu Jun scolded with a smile, "Why are you looking at my wife's belly?" ”

"Hehehehe." Wang Qianxiang also smiled, "When we were in the same class of the Marine Corps, you said that when you marry your daughter-in-law and have a child, I will be a godfather to your child, and I am anxious to be a godfather." ”

"Huh." Liu Jun smiled, "Yes, it's been more than 2 months." ”

"Okay, Liu Jun, I'm going to be a father." Fan Qiuming raised the wine bowl, "Respect one, I congratulate you first." ”

"Thanks, drink." The four of them dried the wine in the bowl together.

"Old Fan, I have one more question." Liu Jun put down the wine bowl and asked, "I heard Lu Lao say that in the original history, Huang Taiji would enter the customs again next year. When you go home this time, have you discussed this issue at home? ”

"It's not officially discussed at home, after all, history has changed a lot now." Fan Qiuming explained, "But I talked to Xu Lang and Wang Hua about it, and the opinion of the Military Commission is to wait and see. Tao Min and Tao Gong are now carrying out land reform in North Korea, and their agreement with Jiang Beiming to truce for two years has not expired, so they should not make any moves. As for whether Huang Taiji will have an idea, it depends on what news our agents in the Northeast can send back. ”