Chapter 15 Procurement
After Guoxinga announced the dismissal of the meeting, the exhausted and excited officers returned to the barracks, but Xishou was stopped by Fuquan. When everyone walked away, they secretly led Xishou to the small courtyard where Guoxing's residence was lived.
"Slave Xishou greets Lord Saling!" After Xishou entered the door, he knelt down on one knee and saluted Guoxing A.
"Sit down! I want to see you alone and have something I want to ask you! "Goxinga is writing something on the bookcase.
"Please command, sir!" Xi Shou, who was sitting sideways in the chair, had already guessed eighty percent in his heart, but he still bowed his head humbly.
"Last time you said that Jiangnan Daying was like a big market, really? What are they selling! Guo Xing'a wrote intently, not looking up as he spoke.
"Lord Hui, the slave doesn't dare to lie, the camp in Jiangnan is indeed prosperous. But what exactly is sold, the minions can't tell. Xishou peeked at Guo Xing's face.
"Opium, realgar, sulfur, spirits, red phosphorus, lead ingots, fire crackers, are you all these things?" Goxinga's face did not change at all.
"Your Excellency, the opium you are talking about is smoke!" The meaning of opium is somewhat vague.
"That's right, Fushou ointment! That's it! Guo Xinga nodded, but the pen in his hand did not stop.
"There must be smoke, lead ingots, fire crackers, and spirits, but the realgar and sulfur minions are not for sure. Even if there were, I'm afraid not much. Xishou was a little apprehensive.
"Buy as much as you can! I've got a list here, look at it! Guo Xing'a stopped his pen and handed the written list to Xishou.
"Minions are useless, minions are illiterate." Xishou was even more frightened.
"Oh! Fuquan said that Fushun is literate, and it would be good if you took Fushun with you when you went shopping. The list is the number of these things I just told you, and they are all labeled. Goxinga took a sip of water a little apprehensively.
"Huh! The minions of the things have been written down, and when the time comes, take Fushun and let him mention the number. "Xishou's mood calmed down a little.
"Good! You are a clever person, Fushun just learns a lot with you! Guo Xing'a replied very much.
"The adults praise falsely, and the slaves are ashamed!" Xishou felt that something was wrong, but he was not sure how to eat it.
"Going to Jiangnan Daying to buy things is only one of them, the key is the batch of guns you talked about last time. Our training has been delayed for these days, and those guns won't already have owners! Although Zuoling's weapons are basically enough at the moment, Guo Xing'a still thinks that there will be more guns, and he has the bottom in his heart.
"Don't worry, my lord, those guns are something in the eyes of adults, and others will definitely not be able to take them." Xishou has a plan in his heart.
"How so?" Guo Xinga was a little puzzled.
"My lord, you have entered the things of your eyes......" Xishou, like many flag people, likes to use blessings to say things.
"Say yes!" Guo Xing'a interrupted Xishou very unhappily.
"Huh! Everyone else has money in their pockets, how can anyone like you, like you, be willing to spend silver for a few foreign guns. The silver of the white flower is comparable to the foreign gun, which makes people's hearts warm...... "Xishou doesn't understand why Guo Xing'a doesn't love silver and foreign guns."
"Hechun Junmen will not be issued to others?" Goxinga is still not at ease.
"My lord doesn't know that the daily military affairs of the Jiangnan camp are mostly in charge of Wang Jun, the close wing commander of the Hechun Military Gate. At present, there are still a total of 300,000 taels of silver in arrears in the green camp, where will this batch of foreign guns be issued! What a strange thing to live in! Hehe! Hee-shou smiled with a bit of "you know" charm.
"Three hundred thousand taels! Then will our little money not be enough to see! Instead of marveling at the huge amount of arrears, Guo Xinga was very worried about his own small abacus.
"Don't worry, my lord, the slave said something that should be slapped! This batch of guns is also an adult, you can give up this hundred taels of snowflake silver, and others are afraid that they will not be willing to give up ten taels! The 300,000 taels are also in arrears, and he Wang Jun can't get it in his own purse. Besides, Wang Jun dared to bully and bully the Han army in the green camp, your lord, you are a serious leader of the Eight Banners Army, a dignified four-grade master. Borrow his two guts, Wang Jun, and don't dare to break ground on your Tai Sui's head! "Xishou is very proud of the flag people, and he doesn't look down on Wang Jun.
"That's good! Since sooner or later is our thing, there is no hurry! Goxinga let out a long breath.
"My lord......" Xishou didn't understand what Guo Xing meant.
"I was worried that the gun would be gone, and I wanted you to go to Jiangnan Daying tomorrow for business. But since the gun won't run away with long legs, there are still some important things that you need to stay! Guo Xing'a was obviously still a little worried that the gun would run away with long legs.
"I don't know what the adults command!" Xishou also wants to have a future in front of Guoxinga.
"Your miscellaneous team is different from a combat unit, and you will not be required to participate in combat training with the second company for two days of shooting and bayonet training. I also planned a direction for the miscellaneous service team, mainly two points: field care and equipment maintenance. The battlefield ambulance is equivalent to Langzhong on the battlefield, and equipment maintenance is the work of carpenters and blacksmiths. Goxinga said as he stretched out a finger and gestured.
"The minions are incompetent, and the minions belonging to the miscellaneous team are afraid that they will not be able to heal, and they will not have the skills of carpenters and blacksmiths!" Xishou was a little embarrassed.
"Battlefield ambulance is a medical soldier, and they don't need to know anything about what they want to see, hear, and ask, it's all about wound bandaging and emergency rescue work. I will, you don't have to worry, I'll teach you. As for the carpenter's blacksmith's craft, you have to take them to learn, and they are also ready-made masters. "Goxinga said it very simply.
"Huh! The minions will urge them to study hard! Xishou bowed and replied.
"Leave you down, first, to urge them, and secondly, you must also understand this, if there is a real fight in the future, it is good to command and deploy! The soldiers you bring must be counted in your own heart. "Guo Xinga is not a person who asks about everything.
"Huh!" The words "with soldiers" are particularly popular.
After chatting a few more words, Guo Xing'a sent Xishou back to rest, and sorted out the drawings he needed in the near future. The blacksmiths and carpenters from the Jiangnan battalion were originally craftsmen who accompanied the army, and they were quite familiar with weapon transformation. As long as Guo Xinga can draw the drawing, he can make it in the same way. The barrel seal left over from the transformation of the gun and install * to make a new gun is done well. Moreover, the blacksmith also made a few pairs of broaches according to Guo Xing'a's requirements, but the texture was not good, and it only needed to be repracticed after only a few uses. The carpenter also imitated the grinding machine for drilling and grinding porcelain, and built two grinding machines for Guoxinga, which greatly increased the speed of Guoxing's rifling. All that remains at the moment is to complete the transformation of the lifting gun, and then there is to load the flint* into a firing pistol, and then pull out the rifling. It's simple, and the process is not complicated, but there are few guns, and it won't take a few days to complete all the transformations.
In the next ten days, Guo Xing's busy can be said to be without touching the ground. In the morning, I had to direct the cavalry to charge the wall, just let the cavalry knees together. At noon, he had to command the second company to train to attack and defend the fortification, and the trench next to the earthen wall had just been dug up. In the afternoon, I had to take Hatan to practice the use of * and *, and my ears, buzzing from the sound of gunfire and explosions, had just been quiet for a while. In the evening, it is necessary to conduct tactical training for all the officers, to shoot guns and cooperate with the troops, and to teach the officers to read and write with the cooperation of Xiande. It's easy to be busy, and I have to popularize medical aid knowledge to the miscellaneous team.
Guo Xing'a, who felt that his body had been hollowed out, finally bid farewell to his procurement team after half a month. Hee Shou and Fu Shun set off with a few members of the chores team and the silver that Goxinga had taken out of the crotch of Saishan's pants. From the day Xishou left, Guoxinga became a wangfu stone. Every day, as long as there is a little free time, even when it is time to eat, Guo Xing'a will hold a steamed bun in his mouth, standing at the entrance of the village and looking at the direction of Xishou's departure. It's a pity that Xishou seems to have absconded with the money, and he didn't see anyone for ten days, leaving behind a figure like a resentful woman in Guoxing, standing alone at the entrance of the village.
The training of a small month has achieved initial results, and all departments have some shadows of modern troops, and skill training has also become a little interesting. Forty spears were used to produce more than 200,* not only two of Hatan and Duosan's troops, but even the cavalry units were also equipped. The rifles of the second company were all changed to firing guns, and all of them were rifled. Guo Xing'a did not spare ammunition and trained with live ammunition almost every day, and the unit grew very rapidly. And Guo Xing'a has the painful experience of being scared to pee his pants by a bullet flying overhead, so he naturally wants to share it with you. Zuo led all the members of the team, and even the old man Xiande lay under the target and experienced the feeling of bullets flying overhead. On that day, the courtyard of the deserted village was full of pants of various styles.
On the twelfth day, Hee-shou finally came back just in time before the little eye Guo Xing'a turned into a stone statue. Xishou brought back most of the things on the Goxinga list, realgar, sulfur, spirits, red phosphorus, lead ingots, fire folds, and a lot of them, and a cart brought back 300 brand-new firing shotguns. Excited, Guo Xinga almost took off his pants and rewarded Xishou. However, after handing over the materials, when Xishou secretly offered treasures, he took two catties of fine tobacco and soil into Guoxing's small courtyard, and Xishou's hot face was pasted with a cold ass for the first time.
Guo Xing'a was very patient and popularized the scientific knowledge of Bansu to Xishou. The smoke was not for Goxinga to smoke a lot, but to relieve the pain of the injured brothers. The next day, Xishou, who was reprimanded, led the miscellaneous team under the escort of Guo Xing'a, and spent a day making more than 300 first-aid kits from two catties of tobacco, gauze, sulfur and other materials. Then I put myself into the hard work of pulling the big saw, pulling the big saw, and pulling the rifling together.
Guoxinga, who got new materials and was preparing to continue research and development, ushered in a bitter gourd-faced Saishan.
"My subordinates say hello to Lord Salead!" Cézanne's face almost bloomed.
"Uncle Sai, what's wrong?" Even fools can see that something is wrong with Cezanne.
"My lord, I'm afraid we won't be able to train this soldier anymore." Seishan's brow was almost furrowed into a flower.
"What's wrong?" Guo Xing'a didn't understand very much, but now that even Xiande has surrendered, why did Saishan'a suddenly rebel.
"This is the account book of money, food, equipment and equipment that I have received for more than a month, please take a look at it." Sezanne pulled out a crumpled account book.
"Uncle Sai, just say it!" Guo Xing'a, who scored eight points in the high math test in college, is allergic to everything in the digital category except for weapon data.
"My lord, Zuo Ling's money and grain are transferred from the Jiangnan camp on a quarterly basis, and because of the savings up and down, there is still a balance of more than 1,000 catties last season. But since the training, the amount of food has surged. According to the current food stockpile, if the training continues, it will only be supported for another month at most. However, there are still two months before the next season's allocation of money and grain, and our department is already worried about running out of food. And the wear and tear of shoes and socks is even worse, and the flag-bearers have long been insufficient, and the purchase of silver in the public is very expensive. In terms of copper caps and leads, the inventory of * has consumed more than 10,000 catties, and the copper caps and lead have long been exhausted, and now it is necessary to rely on the miscellaneous team to make supplies. And the new rules for the adults to set the ammunition are rolled by the miscellaneous team every day, and the paper consumption is quite large. The adult's newly customized Minne bullet also consumes more lead as usual, and now the lead has been exhausted, and the lead ingots purchased by the previous Xishou have begun to be used. "Saishan'a is like a housekeeper's wife, babbling about all kinds of materials in the collar.
"Do we have any silver?" Goxinga didn't care like a loser.
"There are still more than 200 taels of silver in the public deposit." Sezanne's voice was a little sad and indignant, when Lao Zuo was there, there was no time when the silver in the gong was less than three hundred taels.
"If there's anything missing, just let the chores send someone to buy it!" Guoxinga is a bit of a fortune boy.
"My lord, there are only more than two hundred taels of silver at the bottom of the box in the public middle school!" Sezanne really wanted to strangle the loser in front of him for Hui Yang.
"Money is a bastard, let's earn it after we spend it. If you don't spend money, it's just a pile of stones! "It's absolutely refreshing to spend money on Goxinga.
"The last time Xishou went to the Jiangnan camp, it cost one hundred and fifty taels!" Seishan's heart was bleeding.
"There are 100 taels to buy guns, and it cost more than 30 taels, so why don't I look for you more than 10 taels when I come back!" Guo Xing'a thinks that buying a gun and spending money are not the same thing.
"The money has been spent, what will I do in the future!" Cezanne's hands trembled.
"Uncle Sai, why am I here to train soldiers?" Guo Xing'a looked at Sai Shang'a with a cheap smile.
"Win the battle! Take everyone back home! "The slogan of Goxinga's foolish training, Saishan'a naturally remembers.
"What's the good of winning a battle?" Goxinga blinked his little eyes.
"What's the benefit?" Sezanne is not a hatan, and he will not follow Goxinga every word.
"The Taiping army must have robbed a lot of things from Guangxi to Jiangsu and Zhejiang! I've heard they have treasures! "When Guoxing pretended to be a child, he wasn't cute at all.
"What do you mean, sir?" Sezanne felt that Goxinga had some bad intentions.
"The soldiers are trained, let's go and rob the Taiping Army! They must have money, and the money in the public will come back! "It's as if Goxinga is planning to grab the rattle of the neighbor's child.
"Fifth Master, do you want to ......" Sai Shang'a was so frightened that he habitually called Guoxing's Fifth Master.
"Take the initiative!" Goxinga nodded as he spoke.
"How can it?" Seishan's voice was an octave higher.
"Why not?" Goxinga blinked his little eyes again.
"Will it work?" There were neat slogans from the back of the village, which seemed to give Saishana a reassurance.
"It's not a big problem, practice for another month, and these boys will succeed!" Guo Xing'a is a bit old-fashioned.
"The silver in the public is the back road of the leader!" Cezanne still couldn't make up his mind. After all, if you return to your hometown, there is really a day when you can't open the pot, and the silver in the public is the last reliance.
"If you can't win the battle, your life is gone, who will keep the money?" Guo Xinga didn't think about the way back.
"Let's spend three percent first! There aren't many things that are in short supply. Sezanne was still reluctant.
"Let's see!" Goxinga doesn't matter.
Saishana didn't say much, picked up the account book and went back to be distressed. Guo Xing'a, who was about to learn to ride a horse and fight with Mu Shun, was stopped by a thin figure again.
"Slave Fushun greets the master!" Fu Shun is a great gift of kneeling.
"Get up! Don't always be so polite. Looking for me? Guo Xing'a has never been impressed by this child laborer.
"Back to the master, the slave came to report on the purchase of the Jiangnan camp." Fushun always had a feeling of affection in his eyes when he looked at Guo Xing'a.
"Let's talk about it!" Fuquan recommended his brother to go to Xishou to be a small undercover agent, but Guoxing Aben didn't take it too seriously.
"Back to the master, this time I went to the Jiangnan camp to buy sundries, and the miscellaneous team was greedy for a total of 11 taels and 8 dollars. Xishou is greedy for five taels of silver, and the rest of the people are greedy for five taels of silver, ranging from five cents to one tael and one dollar, and the slave scores one tael. Fushun seems to have a small ledger in his head.
"So much?" In addition to buying guns, it only cost more than 30 taels of silver in total, and the miscellaneous team actually embezzled one-third, which really scared Guo Xing'a.
"Back to the master, the people in the Jiangnan camp originally intended to be shoddy, and Xishou was afraid that the master would blame him, so he resigned. Everyone is greedy for Mo to inflate prices and ask for rebates, and the subordinates get the benefits of the rebates and each share of it to Xishou, and Xishou shares one or two to the slaves. "Fushun is also clear about everyone's greedy methods.
The "...... on the gun" rifle is the main part of this purchase.
"Back to the master, how to hand over the firearms of Xishou The minions are not allowed to participate, but the minions privately checked the bags of Xishou, and the silver is correct. I think the master values a piece of firearms, and the amount is too huge, and Xishou doesn't have the courage to do anything. Fushun didn't look like a twelve-year-old at all when he replied.
"You also got a tael or two?" There is no problem with the gun, and Guo Xing'a can be relieved.
"Back to the master, the slave divided one or two. Xishou muttered a little in his heart about the minions' participation in the purchase, and gave one or two to the minions, thinking that he wanted to block the minions' mouths. "Fushun is very calm.
"Well done!" Guo Xinga felt that Fushun was really an undercover material.
"The slave is bold, I hope the master will not punish Xishou and others."
"Oh! Are you afraid of revealing your undercover identity, or do you accept other people's money to speak for others! Guo Xing'a made a joke about Fushun.
The master joked, and the slave just felt that although Xishou and the others were greedy for ink, they were still honest. The miscellaneous team is mostly some slippery old fritters, and others can talk about five dollars for a tael of silver. Although they reported to the master according to seven yuan, they still saved the master three yuan. If you change the solid eye, I'm afraid that the master will have to spend three more dollars. "Fushun's small account is a game, and Shang Ah still understands.
"You get the idea!" Guo Xing laughed.
"And the master is of good cheer, the servants have received their money, eaten their wine and meat, and wet their shoes, and are their own people. There are minions watching them for their masters, and they can't get out of Dageer! Fushun said and saluted Guo Xing'a again.
"There aren't enough people! You're going to mess around with Xishou. You're better than your brother! There was someone that day, and you should be a captain too! Guo Xinga put away his smile.
"The minions are incompetent, they are young, and they can't fight with their masters." Fushun faced the temptation of the captain, and was much stronger than Changlu Xishou and others.
"You should be a captain, a captain who doesn't fight, a captain who takes the head of our army in a million-strong army!"