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It was already afternoon after the new army of Guangdong crossed the Qinhuai River, and the rain began to fall heavier and heavier, so Zhao Guodong found a small hill three miles away from the river bank according to Zhu Hongsan's order and set up camp in that place.

Although the Guangdong New Army only stayed here for one night, they could not be sloppy in terms of safety. Fortunately, there are 20,000 migrant workers in the New Army, and they are the main force in the earthwork industry.

Before dark, the camp is not an ordinary circle, but a polygon, making full use of crossfire. Two hundred meters in front of the battalion, a large amount of thistle terrestris was sprinkled, this kind of thing is cast in cast iron, and the cost is only a few pennies, but this inconspicuous cold weapon is definitely a cost-effective weapon to deal with a sneak attack at night. Zhu Hongsan's factory still couldn't produce barbed wire, and if it wasn't for two layers of barbed wire outside the camp, plus muskets and artillery, no one would be able to rush in.

After all the preparations were completed, the army had already started to eat, and Zhu Hongsan stipulated that as long as he was in the army, no matter who he was, he would have to eat the same meal. Of course, the scholars are not among them, it is better to kill them than to let them eat with Qiu Ba of the army, Tong Yangjia and Qian Qianyi both brought their own families, and they did it alone.

But Zhu Hongsan didn't have this treatment, and after the meal was finished, he and Zhu Hongyi also came out with tableware to cook together. Zhu Hongsan set up this regulation to create a good relationship between officers and soldiers, after all, he still needs his subordinates to work hard for themselves.

When the soldiers saw the emperor and a group of senior officials coming out to eat, some of the recruits were so frightened that they quickly knelt down and prepared to kowtow, while the veteran and squad leader on the side kicked this disgraceful guy in the ass and quickly pulled him up.

This time, it was the Second Division and the Praetorian Guard Division that came out to fight with Zhu Hongsan, needless to say, the Praetorian Guard Division stayed by Zhu Hongsan's side all the year round, and the Second Division also had many veterans for many years.

Zhu Hong greeted as he walked: "Lao Li, how is it?" Is your leg hurt? ”

"Ergouzi, why are you still a company commander? and you have already become the head of the regiment, you have to work hard! ”

"Three babies, your wife gave birth! It's a boy? Congratulations! ”

If Qian Qianyi, Jiang Yueguang and other literati around them must have secretly scolded Zhu Hongsan for hypocrisy, but they did not know Zhu Hongsan's military system. In this era, there were two systems: the conscription system and the guard system, the advantage of the conscription system is that it can ensure the combat effectiveness of soldiers, and the guard system can reduce state investment, but Zhu Hongsan is not ready to adopt these two systems, and he uses a system similar to that of the military compound in later generations.

Soldiers are about the same as junior officers, leading the army to divide the land, and if you mix with the major battalion commander, you can bring your family members with the army, so that you will enter the military compound, which is a relatively closed environment. The supply is so abundant in this environment that children under the age of 14 can drink a glass of milk every day and eat beef, which is unthinkable outside. At the same time, the strict hierarchical concept of the army in the compound of the military region has not been abandoned, and the residence, supply, and escort of the military rank will be one level higher, so that these second-generation generals have been in class society since childhood, and they know at a very young age that they must struggle to get more. Zhu Hongsan estimated that within 50 years, he would cultivate a large number of military aristocrats like the German Junker aristocracy, who would be the favorable backing of the German emperor.

Of course, this kind of military aristocracy will inevitably cause bureaucracy and institutional rigidity, but that is a matter for the future, and now Zhu Hongsan must ensure that the army he created is absolutely loyal to him. Even after his own death, the control of this army will be firmly in the hands of his successor. As for democracy and constitutionalism, that was hundreds of years away.

Zhu Hongsan came to the officer's meal window and made a meal of his own, and saw that it was good today, pork stewed with potatoes, green vegetables were fried with meat and cabbage slices, and soup was stewed with pork bones and winter melon. Now it's raining, it's cold, and the soup has a lot of pepper and chili peppers in it, and I feel hot when I drink it.

Zhu Hongsan has never been tired of eating, but today he has to eat all of his meal. Zhu Hongsan was laughing loudly with the officer while eating heavily.

Zhao Guodong lives in the army all year round, this kind of meal is naturally no problem, but he didn't eat, he is from Henan, grabbed two big steamed buns and chewed them there, and whispered while eating: "Sir, it seems that the rain is getting heavier and heavier tonight, and you must be careful of the sneak attack of the Qing army at night!" ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded and asked, "The gunpowder must be preserved, and there are more scouts to be sent!" We are only more than 20 miles away from Nanjing, and I estimate that tonight is the last chance for the Qing army, so don't slack off! ”

The divisional and regiment-level officers present were all veterans who had fought many battles, so they naturally knew the seriousness of the matter, and they nodded when they heard Zhu Hongsan say this, so that the emperor could rest assured!

Zhu Hongsan returned to his big tent after eating, and as soon as he came in, he smelled a burst of aroma. It turned out that Wang Wan'er had already prepared wine and food in the big tent, waiting for Zhu Hongsan to come back and enjoy it.

In the past few days, Wang Wan'er has found that Zhu Hongsan is different from the kind of faint gentleman who kills people without blinking in society, Zhu Hongsan is very respectful of women and treats them as equals. Wang Wan'er is from a big family, and she knows that the status of the concubine is a little stronger than that of Yahuan, and there are also people who make the master unhappy and give it away directly. But Zhu Hongsan feels very different, just like your friend, and he makes a little joke with you when he has nothing to do.

After Wang Wan'er got to know Zhu Hongsan, she gradually opened up and accepted her identity as a concubine. In fact, although Zhu Hongsan's wives are canonized, except for Ma Xiaofang, everyone else is treated the same, even Bian Yujing, who is the lowest-born, is also the same as Ma Ruyan. It's not that Zhu Hongsan loves these women, but that as a modern person, he really doesn't have the class consciousness of ancient times.

Wang Wan'er knew that Zhu Hongsan was delicious, and today he went out to eat with the soldiers. Zhu Hongsan definitely couldn't eat enough, so Wang Wan'er made a few typical Huguang dishes in the small kitchen in the back, waiting for Zhu Hongsan to come back to eat.

Zhu Hongsan looked at the four large bowls on the table, which were a steamed fish, a white chopped chicken, a bowl of stewed lotus root with pork ribs, and a pork head with garlic.

Zhu Hongsan looked at it and said happily: "Oh! All these delicious foods, Wan'er, are you making them? ”

Wang Wan'er smiled: "I made those three, isn't Your Majesty's hometown Wuchang?" So I made some Huguang dishes, I don't know and don't have the appetite for His Majesty. The pig's head meat was asked for by Gonggong Li when he went to the back kitchen, and he said that His Majesty likes this bite! ”

Zhu Hongsan was a northerner in his previous life, and his favorite was garlic pig's head meat. I didn't expect you to remember this, not bad! ”

Li Chengen was very happy to receive the compliment, and hurriedly said: "It is the blessing of an old slave to be able to serve the emperor!" After speaking, hurry up and arrange the dishes and chopsticks, and wait for Zhu Hongsan to sit down!

Zhu Hongsan was half-full outside, and when he came back, he saw that the pig's head meat index finger moved, and he took a chopstick and dipped it in garlic paste and sent it to his mouth. "It's delicious! I remember that when I was a child, I had no money, and after stealing the silver of foreign merchants with my eldest brother Tie Niu, they all went to Xicheng Lao Wang's deli and cut two catties of pig's head meat, but unfortunately there was no garlic at that time, which was really not enjoyable! ”

Wang Wan'er was very puzzled, you must know that this kind of eating method is only available in the north, and it is only eaten in the area of Zhili in the northeast of Shandong, and there is no raw garlic in the south.

"Your Majesty, who did you learn this way of eating? Huguang doesn't seem to have such food! ”

Zhu Hongsan can tell him that he is from the afterlife: "Oh! I learned it with a merchant in Shandong, I was not used to eating it at first, but then I became addicted to it, which is paired with rice wine, and there is really no one! ”

After eating the pig's head meat, Zhu Hongsan looked at the steamed fish again, and he remembered that his mother Zhao Chunhua was here. Wang Wan'er suddenly found that Zhu Hongsan stopped talking, and looked at the bowl of steamed fish in a daze, with tears in her eyes. Wang Wan'er was very surprised to see Zhu Hongsan like this, you must know that in his impression, Zhu Hongsan is murderous without blinking, and there are thousands of relatives of the Eight Banners in Hangzhou, and Zhu Hongsan cut off all his heads without blinking. I didn't expect to see this master shed tears today, it's really a wonder through the ages.

"Your Majesty, why are you sad!"

"Oh, when I saw this steamed fish, I remembered to come to my mother! My mother liked to make steamed Wuchang fish for me at that time! ”

This is the first time Wang Wan'er has heard Zhu Hongsan play about his residence in Wuchang, and she can't help but gossip in her heart, after all, everyone on the market says that this emperor is a fake clan, why not ask now?

"Your Majesty, can you tell us more about your past!"

Zhu Hongsan was seduced by Wang Wan'er, and after drinking two glasses of rice wine, he opened the conversation.

"I came from the Chu Domain, you know, my ancestor was the tenth son of the first Chu King Zhu Zhen, Jiangxia Kangjing King Zhu Mengju, but when it came to my great-grandfather, he was already a lieutenant of Fengguo, with 400 stone of grain per year. Before the Jiajing year, it could still be distributed in full, but in the future, as the number of people in the clan increased, the quality of Lu Mifa became more and more insufficient, and when I arrived at my grandfather, I was only given 100 stone of grain and 300 stone of treasure money every year, do you know what treasure money is? That kind of thing is too hard to wipe the ass, and it can be spent as money. My grandfather and buddies are four, and the others are still in contact when my father is still alive, and when my father dies, they will also lose contact, orphans and widows will take care of you! A few of my unlucky relatives ran to Guangdong with their lives, and they still had the face to come to me to ask for a seal, so that I could all beat them out with sticks, and since I didn't recognize this relative back then, don't come to ask for it now! ”

Listening to what Zhu Hongsan said, Wang Wan'er couldn't help but smile, and asked with a smile: "Is it more difficult for His Majesty's family after the collapse of the emperor?" ”

It took Zhu Hongsan a long time to react to what the Emperor Taishang said was his dead ghost father: "That's not it, after my father's death, my grandfather helped me, and I took over the position of lieutenant of Fengguo early, and I can still receive the full amount of 200 stone of grain every year, plus my mother Zhao Chunhua is very diligent, and she also opened a grocery store, selling some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, needles and threads, etc., but you can also mix food and clothing!" Zhu Hongsan said that he was thirsty, and drank all the rice wine in the cup, and Li Chengen next to him hurriedly gave it to him.

When Wang Wan'er heard the fun, she hurriedly asked, "What about later!" ”