Hearing Feng Quan's question, Hong Chengchou's eyes were gloomy, his face was mildew, and he said very dejectedly: "Where is the Huaxia Army, it is simply like an iron bucket, like a foreign barbarian land, where it is difficult for the meticulous workers to survive. ”

"Why?" Feng Quan couldn't hold back his curiosity, so he asked casually, completely ignoring the identity of his subordinates.

Hong Chengchou didn't care, or he didn't have time to take care of it, he was calm in frustration, and he answered his question.

"Where is the border area bordering our DPRK, there are patrol cavalry of the regular army of the Huaxia Army, there are village guards in the village, checking suspicious characters, and militia patrolling mountain roads, passes, forests, mountain peaks, river bends, and a little larger places have militia and volunteer garrisons, and there are garrisons equivalent to the green battalions of the Qing army, garrisoning towns and other places, three miles and one sentry, five miles and one sentry, and ten miles and one tunbao, and this garrison battalion is stationed in the county seat, and the regular army of the Chinese Army is stationed in dangerous places at important passes, I can only follow the merchant's caravan to enter in a dignified manner, and the Huaxia army does not care about the caravan from me. ”

"Such a tight guard? Isn't there anyone secretly loyal to my Qing Dynasty? Like in other places where the Ming army was stationed? Feng Quan asked.

Hong Chengchou shook his head, "Maybe there is, but it is impossible for our fine work to be tempted, every time we go to the test, or want to bribe the guards, they all disappear without a trace, and later according to the businessmen, there is even a village guard in the Huaxia Army called the Ministry of Civil Affairs to sit and guard, if someone tries to accept bribes from others, or has bad intentions towards the Huaxia Army, they will be reported by their companions the next day, and then taken away, and the people who were taken away were thrown into the prisoner camp that I heard was like hell, and they never came back." ”

Feng Quan shouted angrily: "It's really appalling, persecuting the people like this, no wonder God let the Ming Dynasty die, there is no reason not to die." ”

Hong Chengchou looked at his subordinates coldly, he had already seen the facts clearly, he was very disgusted with Feng Quan's pretentiousness, but he didn't go back to expose it, after a pause, he said: "Even if Xizuo enters the territory of the Huaxia Army through the caravan as a guarantee, he still can't do much, those original gentlemen of the Ming Dynasty, scholars, few of them cooperate with my Daqing, their loyalty to the Huaxia Army has reached the point of madness, once the identity of the Xizuo is exposed, even the caravan is immediately detained, and then reviewed, and the business license is immediately revoked, Deportation, heavy to the Ministry of Supervision for examination, the facts are all in place, immediately sent to prison, heavy to work in prisoner camps, hateful to hard labor camps. ”

Ao Bai suddenly interjected: "This is what our family knows, the officials of the hard labor camp heard that they were the former king of Dashun, Lin Yangsheng, a devil, no one who enters the hard labor camp can come out, and working to death is their best result." ”

Feng Quan arched his hand towards Aobai, "Lord Ao knows this hard labor camp of the Huaxia Army? ”

Ao Bai said with a smile: "Those heroes and squires who fled back from the Huaxia Army know that it is a place like the palace of the king of Hades, and it is more suffering than the eighteenth layer of hell, and the final result is death." ”

"A group of brutal and barbarian people," Feng Quan shook his head.

Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "Not necessarily, many places in the Huaxia Army are quite good, such as household registration, the Huaxia Army has a household registration system, five households are a team, ten households are one mile, one hundred households are one village, one thousand households are one mile, five miles is one township, three townships are one town, and five towns are one county."

Some villages are large and small, some townships are large and small, some towns are large and small, and some counties are large and small, but the most basic households have household registration.

How many people are in the family, where they live, where their children are married, where their parents are, where their ancestors are, where their ancestors are, how many people are officials, how many people are farmers, and how many people are businessmen, all of them are clearly stated.

Otherwise, they will be punished as thieves and criminals, and they will all be imprisoned in the county jail, and the officials of the Ministry of Supervision and the Ministry of Civil Affairs will find out the facts. ”

As Hong Chengchou's words fell, Feng Quan took a breath of cold air, "Good eyesight, this is more severe than the road guide of the previous dynasty, the precautions are strict, and the people are regarded as enemies." ”

Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "This is not too severe, is there a government servant, arrest quickly, cooperate with the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to go to the countryside, go to the village to carry out the so-called household registration check, the place where you pass is like a sieve, all the criminals have nothing to hide, and all the places where the fine work is hidden will be revealed in less than three days." ”

"Alas-" Feng Quan sighed, such a strict precaution, let alone meticulous, it is difficult for flies to penetrate into it.

Hong Chengchou was silent for a while, "The old man is not a man of great ambition, but he has to admire that Zhang Qiang, and I don't know where he learned such a method, it is so useful, this person is a great talent, if it can be used by my dynasty, it will be a pillar, I am afraid that he will already dominate the country." ”

Ao Bai was on the side, and nodded secretly, remembering this person, he had no contact with Zhang Qiang, and he didn't know Zhang Qiang, but he was worried about this person from the bottom of his heart, and if he could catch him in the future, he would definitely keep this person for his own use and be a flag-carrying slave.

Hong Chengchou waved his hand, "Don't talk about him, it's useless to talk about him, this person is now our great enemy, and we need to be careful to deal with it, otherwise I will learn from the past, if I despise him, I will be like Duoduo and Azig, there is no place to die, and even people like Bolobel can't save the whole body." Many have folded in his hands. Lord Feng, look at the following sergeants, how much does it cost to dress like this? ”

Hearing Hong Chengchou's words, Feng Quan's face was embarrassed, "My lord, it costs a lot, this is only an army, and it has already cost millions of silver taels, and the military expenses sent by the imperial court are only enough to equip an army, and the other weapons and armor, war horses, are all equipped by the generals and family members in the army, and these sergeants below are only a few extra pennies of silver." ”

Hearing Feng Quan's words, Hong Chengchou's face became extremely gloomy, and he was speechless for a long time.

Feng Quan saw that Hong Chengchou didn't speak for a long time, and couldn't help but speak again: "My lord, the elite muskets and artillery made by Huai'an Mansion are all used by those generals, and the sergeants below are all the guns of the previous Ming army, three-eyed guns, guns, and thousand-pound artillery, this first army is neat, and the generals of the Qing army who led the army only received some silver, and most of the sergeants below are holding new guns and new guns, which are counted as the last combat strength of our army." The general you have chosen is a loyal and capable man, usable and reusable. ”

Hong Chengchou finally had a little blood on his face, and he was secretly happy in his heart, it seems that he didn't misunderstand that person, what is it called, yes, Tian Bin, since this is the case, I have to find a way to arrange those Qing army Manchurian generals, as well as other Han army banner generals, into other teams, to maintain the purity of this army that he can fully control, not to mention what he can do to the Huaxia army in the battle that is about to start, but he has such an army in his hands, so he is also tough to speak in the court, this is his confidence in the court in the future.

Keep it firmly in your hands.

(End of chapter)