A few days later, Shen Yourong sent a naval boat from the water battalion to Phi Island to transport the Liao people who had been cleared from various places back to Denglai, while Yang Guanggao handed over the weapons and equipment he brought to Mao Wenlong, a total of 3,000 flintlock firearms with bayonets, 3,000 pairs of armor, and 3,000 guns, knives, shields, etc., which should be enough for all the soldiers in the Dongjiang River to change their outfits. The Dongjiang generals looked at this brand-new firecracker, fiddled with it in their hands, and couldn't put it down for a while, and soon they competed with Mao Wenlong one by one.

After Yang Guanggao waited for Mao Wenlong and them to finish dividing the spoils, he said with a smile: "There is a booklet explaining the use and maintenance of this new type of firecracker, and we must practice using it repeatedly according to the above method." General Mao, the Dongjiang soldiers are the first troops outside the Guards to install this kind of weapon, and the saint said that the Dongjiang River wants to contain the Jiannu, so the best equipment must be used. ”

Mao Wenlong was naturally grateful again, and Yang Guanggao said: "Each firearm can only be used a hundred times, because it is not easy to preserve the fixed gunpowder, so we will regularly send the gunpowder to the Dongjiang River." ”

Mao Wenlong has 12,000 men under his command, and 3,000 of them have the equipment of the Guards, although the land combat ability of 3,000 sailors is not to be counted on, but there are 9,000 elites, naturally there is no reason to be dissatisfied.

Yang Guanggao waited until all the Liao people were sent away, and then he and Man Gui prepared to go back. Before going back, he said to Mao Wenlong: "General Mao, if there are Liao people fleeing in the future, please send them back to Denglai together, and the grain and rice consumed will be paid to Dongjiang by the Yuan Guild according to the amount of Liao people transported back." ”

Mao Wenlong is also a smart person, seeing Yang Guanggao say this, but he also understood a little, so he said: "Why don't Denglai send an official in the Dongjiang River to manage the affairs of the Liao people's westward transportation, and also take charge of the reception of rice and grain, what does Qin Cha think?" ”

Mao Wenlong belongs to the jurisdiction of Denglai, although the imperial court issued internal money and rice grain, but when Denglai is discounted, generally only the actual seventy percent, called "drifting", that is, the loss of water transportation. Mao Wenlong was deeply distressed by this, and he also wrote to the governor of Denglai to protest, but this matter is not a problem that the governor can solve with a word, it involves a lot, if the officials of Denglai can be received on this side of the Dongjiang River, and then he only needs to send the number from above, then although there will still be drifting, at least there will not be as many as thirty percent.

Yang Guanggao said in surprise: "Hasn't the chief soldier always disliked the supervision of the army? How did you let Denglai send someone here? ”

Mao Wenlong is not very easy to answer, he doesn't like Wenchen to manage him, but he obviously said that he wants to send officials to manage the affairs of the Liao people's westward movement, and at the same time receive Denglai's rice grain, how can he become a prison army in the mouth of the Qincha, but he can't say that Denglai's officials can only take care of civil affairs, and now that all the Liao people have crossed west, the matter of Tuntian is obviously not able to continue, so what civil affairs are Denglai's officials in charge of? If he said that he wanted to follow the verification head or even go out with the army, he really didn't have any reason to refuse him.

He was thinking about how to answer, Yang Guanggao spoke again: "Guanggao understands, but don't send Denglai officials here, I will play the emperor, and I will send an official from Beijing to supervise the army, and by the way, supervise the payment of Denglai's military salary, what does the chief soldier think?" ”

Mao Wenlong couldn't wait to slap himself a few big mouths, he originally wanted to let Denglai discount a little, but he invited a prison army, he was bitter in his mouth, so he had to retreat to the next best, and said with a forced smile: "Please send the emperor to play the emperor, Mao Wenlong asks the emperor to send a prison army for Dongjiang Town, so as to verify my Dongjiang military merits." ”

Yang Guanggao thought for a while and said: "Guanggao understands, when I go back, I will be loyal to the imperial court, and ask the imperial court to send a supervisor to report to the saint, please wait for the good news here." ”

Mao Wenlong was slandered, but there was nothing he could do, he could only comfort himself, the prison army was coming, at least Denglai didn't dare to discount his food and salary, and finally had one more benefit.

On the boat back, Man Gui looked at Yang Guanggao with admiration on his face and said, "I have a good conversation, and I can handle this matter properly in a few words." ”

Yang Guanggao said with a smile: "Actually, it's just a matter of time, Mao Wenlong also understands very well in his heart, he has a heavy army here, there is no supervising army, who dares to rest assured of him?" The Holy One is relieved of him, but what about the ministers? The Dongjiang River is too important to be without the means of restraint and absolute impossibility. ”

Man Gui said with a smile: "The regular supply of gunpowder stuck his neck, and the saint was merciful, but Mao Wenlong is not a trustworthy person like me Man Gui, Master Lu's move is indeed high." ”

Yang Guanggao said: "Bachelor Lu's plan really made Mao Wenlong have to be obedient, and the generals outside are still better guarded, who knows if they will have other thoughts." The Holy One said well, don't give others the opportunity to make mistakes, this is really good for them. ”

After listening to Yang Guanggao's report, Zhu Youxiao asked Fang Congzhe and Xu Guangqi about the candidates for the prison army, Fang Congzhe pondered for a while and said: "Let Chen Qiyu go, this person is clear-minded, it is difficult for Mao Wenlong to hide from him, and he is an upright person, and the officials of Denglai can also fight, and the ministers ask the Holy Judge." Xu Guangqi also thinks this person is good.

The next day, the emperor decreed: Chen Qiyu was appointed as the supervisor of Dongjiang Town, and he was also in charge of the pacification of the Liao people.

Chen Qiyu, a Jinshi in the forty-fourth year of Wanli, was the first magistrate of Luoyang County. In the second year of the Apocalypse, he was promoted to Like to the middle of the matter. Originally, in history, the rebel army in Shaanxi basically wiped him out, but in the end he was deceived by the thieves, believed in their fake surrender, and lost cleanly.

After he received the holy decree, he was actually not very happy. The Dongjiang River is far away from the mainland, which can be said to be created by Mao Wenlong, and it is definitely a thankless task to be a supervisor here. Zhu Youxiao called him into the palace and said to him: "Chen Qing, after you go to Dongjiang, you will do three things, one is not to let Mao Wenlong lie about his merits, and the other is not to let Denglai officials deduct Dongjiang's food and salary. I will soon send the Guards to Liaonan, and someone will contact you at that time, and you urge Mao Wenlong to cooperate with the Liaonan Guards, which is the third thing. You don't have to worry about the rest, of course, if you learn the art of war by the way, that's also a good thing, and maybe you will have the opportunity to be on your own in the future. “

He can still understand the meaning of the emperor's words, in fact, many civil officials have a dream of being crowned a wife and a son by virtue of their military exploits, Chen Qiyu's mentality is different, if he wants to lead the troops in the future, the current position of supervising the army is indeed a good opportunity, familiar with the battlefield, and maybe even a few henchmen in the army, then one day when leading the army, it will not be at a loss.

So he replied: "The minister has thanked Your Majesty for your kindness, and the minister will definitely live up to Your Majesty's expectations, learn the art of battle formation, and serve the country." ”

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