Chapter 129: Return to the garrison
Cai Qirong also offered incense in front of the spirit, and Guo Xing'a invited him to talk in the main hall of the small temple. Guoxing Ah thought that Hechun had some subordinates who wanted to use him, so he sent his deputy general Cai Qirong to report, not wanting Cai Qirong's intention to just convey the edict of the imperial court.
Not only did Guo Xing'a feel bad in his heart, but Saishan'a, Xiande and others who accompanied him also secretly shouted that it was not good. If the recruitment of the imperial court is not particularly serious, He Chun can just send a herald over, where is the need to work Cai Qirong. Cai Qirong, who is a deputy general of Hechun's cronies, personally went out, fearing that the punishment would be extremely severe or that the Guoxing Asuo Department would be transferred to some poor mountains and bad waters. If Guo Xing'a is not convinced or the generals make a fuss, Cai Qirong can persuade him on the spot.
"General Cai, please announce the edict!" Guo Xing's face was very ugly.
"The counselor misunderstood, what Cai brought was not an edict, but the text of the military department, please take a look!" Cai Qirong took out the text stamped with the seal of the main hall of the Ministry of War and handed it to Guo Xing'a.
"There is the eleventh leader of the eight banners of Gu'an garrison with blue flags, who went to Jiangnan to help suppress rebellion, fought hard for many years, and made outstanding achievements. Nian Er and other labors, the martyred general Zuo was not buried, and the special order plus staff led the leader Guoxinga, and the command department returned to the garrison, rested and fought again. The subordinate subordinates are integrated into the defense, and they must not be delayed, and the subordinates are strictly controlled along the way, and the places must not be disturbed, and the orders are not delayed!, "What Guo Xing'a feared the most still happened.
Guo Xing'a had imagined that the imperial court would transfer him to various places, and Guo Xing'a, who had already encountered a near-crisis and was tired of fighting with the Taiping army, was also looking forward to being transferred, but he was very afraid that the imperial court would let him return to Gu'an. Although Hui Gu'an can have a stable rear and can really fight against foreign invaders, Guoxinga still does not want to go back. Because as long as he returns to Gu'an, Guoxinga must face two major worries, one far and one near.
The worry is that it will not be able to develop, Gu'an is too close to Beijing, and even under the jurisdiction of Shuntianfu, Guoxinga does not think that he can develop into a warlord under the nose of the Qing Emperor. Zhili is the ruling center of the Qing Dynasty, whether it is the strength of the garrison or the monitoring of the place, it is first-class. It is more practical to go there to cultivate your own forces, and little by little develop into a warlord and a central court to resist, than to directly raise an army to rebel.
The recent worry is the problem of soldiers, Xianfeng gave Guoxinga the right to recruit troops, but these soldiers must be used to exterminate the bandits, Gu'an does not even have a few bandits, how can Guoxinga maintain his own team. And even if these soldiers who surrendered and recruited can still be used, what should Bi Yuntao, Ji Ying and Bo Ritu do. Bo Ritu and Ji Ying have their own garrisons outside the pass, and follow Guo Xing'a to Gu'an to calculate that one. Bi Yuntao is even more simply, he and the one hundred and fifty soldiers he brought are still under the name of the Jiangnan battalion, Guo Xing'a can't go home and take away a group of people from the Jiangnan battalion! These people were originally lent to Guoxinga by Hechun, and Guoxinga is in Jiangnan or going to other places to say, you have all gone home, and no one has returned to the original owner!
After reading the paperwork, Guo Xing'a's face was like ashes, and he also wanted to understand why Cai Qirong came, he didn't come to comfort Guo Xing'a, he came to ask for an account. It seems that He Chun has seen through Guo Xing'a's thoughts, this is because he is afraid that Guo Xing'a will not be honest and hand over the people, and send Cai Qirong to directly absorb the people.
"General Cai, Bi Yuntao and his men, and how are the Chunjun Men going to be arranged?" Guo Xing's brain is running at a high speed, and he knows that people can't do it, but he has to find a way to get it back if he returns it.
The first person to leave must leave the equipment, the person is from your Jiangnan battalion, and the equipment is Guoxing'a. Bi Yuntao is very easy to do, go back to the Jiangnan camp to take a picture and return to his hometown, and then go to Gu'an to keep up with the army. Guo Xing'a believes that Bi Yuntao still has loyalty to him in this regard, Bi Yuntao will not follow Guo Xing'a to oppose the emperor, but Bi Yuntao is still willing to follow Guo Xing'a to fight in an official position. The relationship between the two is a bit like that of Cao Cao and Xun Yu, Xun Yu is loyal to Cao Cao, but he is also a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.
However, these 150 soldiers who were easily trained were not easy to manage. Bi Yuntao, the official of the imperial court, can return to his hometown, as long as Guoxing is willing to spend money, Hechun will not stop him, but the soldiers can't be discharged! If these soldiers secretly went to Guoxing'a like Bi Yuntao, their identities were not veterans, they were deserters from the Jiangnan battalion. As long as the soldiers are not dead or disabled, they will never be able to leave the barracks, and Goxinga will not be able to help one hundred and fifty people to cheat to death.
"I'm afraid that the counselor is overjoyed when he hears about it, and he hasn't read the documents carefully!" Holding up the teacup and laughing.
Guo Xing'a, who heard this, hurriedly read the text again, and found a sentence that made him ecstatic, "The subordinate department is integrated to defend." This sentence can be understood to mean that the original subordinate leaders of Guoxing'a have to go back, and it can also be understood that the troops under Guoxing'a's jurisdiction now have to go back. This sentence gives Guoxinga a lot of autonomy, Bi Yuntao doesn't care about Hechun, Bo Ritu and Jiying belong to Guoxinga's subordinates and have no independent rights, Guoxinga can understand it however he wants. If you are stingy with money and food, you can kick these people away, and of course you can pack them up and take them away.
"Indeed, I am desolate! General Cai smiled! Goxinga's face immediately returned to blood.
Guo Xing'a handed the official document to Sai Shang'a and the others around him to circulate it, and was polite to Cai Qirong happily. When Cezanne and the others read the official document, they all smiled happily, and it was really a godsend to be able to go home. When he came out to fight, he had no money in his hands and no food at home, but now he is relying on the looting of the Taiping Army, and everyone in his department is very rich, and it is a good time to go back and buy a house and buy land.
"General Cai has worked hard all the way! How can Guoxing Ahed, how dare you bother General Cai to deliver the letter in person! "Guo Xing'a was worried again after a while, I'm afraid there is still a conspiracy! It's a good thing to go home, and you don't try to plot your own people, what kind of messenger should Cai Qirong be the deputy general!
"In the six-in-one battle, Cai followed General Huang to attack Pukou, and he didn't have the opportunity to see the tiger power of the commander. After returning to the camp, I often heard Admiral Zhang praise that the headquarters of the staff leader was really the first class strong army in the world. Cai's curiosity started, it happened that there was nothing to do in the camp recently, and I came to see how powerful the world's first-class strong army is. "The battle of Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng besieging Guoxing'a, the Taiping Army and Guoxing's department are called the Battle of the Dragon and Tiger Battalion, because everyone thinks that it was fought in the Dragon and Tiger Battalion, and it doesn't matter anything else. And because the Jiangnan battalion captured Liuhe, and the Dragon and Tiger Battalion was also in Liuhe, it was called the Battle of Liuhe.
"Admiral Zhang praises falsely, Guoxing is ashamed to be ashamed!" Guo Xing'a was very unhappy, Cai Qirong came to see the excitement, and almost made Guo Xing'a a persecution paranoia.
Guo Xing'a and Cai Qirong talked in the hall for a while, dragging time to prepare for dinner, but there was a sudden uproar outside the hall. One step away, everyone didn't bother to send someone to check, they all stood up to take a look, but saw Fengsheng'a, Cao Meng, Actun and others outside the hall pulling Bi Yuntao, and Bi Yuntao was desperately trying to break into the hall.
"Rain, what are you messing around!" Guo Xing'a walked out of the hall and scolded, although it was a reprimand, but the tone was not heavy, although the thoughts could not be unified, but Guo Xing'a still valued Bi Yuntao very much.
"Your Excellency, you can't leave the last general behind! The last general follows you before and after the saddle horse, there is no merit and hard work, you can't leave the last general! The last general doesn't want to go back to the Jiangnan camp to suffer that nest! Bi Yuntao, who was held by Cao Meng and others, roared loudly.
"That gives you anger, and the Chunjun Gate is strict in governing the army, where is anyone angry with you!" Cai Qirong was behind him, and Guo Xing'a couldn't help but say some official words.
"My lord, the last general will resign, the last general will not go back to be angry, and the last general will follow you as a pawn!" Cai Qirong chatted with Guo Xing'a in the main hall, and a few Goshha who followed Cai Qirong were naturally not badly treated, and Bi Yuntao personally took a few company commanders to entertain them for tea. After the two sides were polite for a while, a few Goshha knew the content of the official document and reported the good news to everyone in advance, but they suddenly frightened Bi Yuntao. Bi Yuntao lived extremely comfortably with Guoxing's half-year life, and he fought a good fight, and he was even happier to be added to the ranks. Suddenly heard that Guo Xing'a was going back to the garrison, he and Guo Xing'a also thought of going together, what should he do if Guo Xing'a left, so he came to Guo Xing'a in a hurry.
"Is the famous weapon of the court such a casual nonsense of you? Don't stop talking! Bi Yuntao's attitude, Guo Xing'a was very satisfied, if it weren't for Cai Qirong by his side, Guo Xing'a would have wanted to praise him.
"My lord, the gang of Wang Ba ...... in the Jiangnan camp" Guo Xing'a has never made it clear that in fact, everyone is walking together, every sentence is vague, Bi Yuntao thought that Guo Xing'a was not ready to ask him, and his emotions were even more out of control.
"Shut up!" Bi Yuntao scolded, Guo Xing didn't want to offend people inexplicably, so he stepped forward and slapped Bi Yuntao's words back.
"Pull him down and confine him for a day!" Afraid that Bi Yuntao would say something inappropriate again, Guo Xing'a hurriedly asked the people in the guard platoon to pull Bi Yuntao down.
"This guy is arrogant and spoiled by me, General Cai laughs!" Guo Xing'a hurriedly apologized to Cai Qirong.
"Your Excellency, this is a deep win in the hearts of the military! Bi Shoubei is also attached to the Consulate! Haha...... "Cai Qirong didn't care, there were not a few soldiers who made trouble in the barracks because of their attachment to the old commander, and Cai Qirong was not surprised for a long time."
After accompanying Cai Qirong to a dinner party and arranging for him to stay, Guo Xing'a couldn't wait to meet Shi Guang.
"Greetings to the master!" There were only three people in the secret room, Guo Xing'a, Fushun and Shi Guang, and Shi Guang's face had an expression that did not match his age.
"How's it going in Shanghai?" Guo Xinga asked eagerly.
"Rongda people are honest, and they talked in Shanghai for seven days, and there is nothing special except for procurement. Four thousand seven hundred and sixty-two taels of silver were spent before and after, and five machines, more than 100 pieces of small instruments, and 3,000 catties of various materials were purchased. I spent more than 200 taels on social life, so I had no other special expenses. Only spent more than 100 taels to buy a strange thing, and the minions couldn't figure it out, but Master Rong said that the master must like it. Shi Guang recounted the general situation of Rong Hong in Shanghai.
"Why are you the only one who came back?" Guo Xing'a was very anxious about those machines, but he still had to ask about Rong Hong's situation first.
"Lord Rong said that Shanghai can't buy the machine that adults want, and he wants to go overseas to buy it. He hired a cargo ship in Shanghai for three days, and bought tung oil, tea, silk, and the rest of the silver, and then went to sea, and asked the servants to send back to the master what he had bought first. Shi Guang bowed and replied.
"It's called being honest, you're pig brains! Rong Hong bought all the silver tea and silk, and you still don't do it, this guy wants to ignore the master's silver, and you still can't see it? Before Guo Xing'a could speak, Fushun had already scolded Shi Guang loudly.
"Captain, the servants have discussed, and they feel that Lord Rong is indeed working hard, although he must have bought tea because of him." Shi Guang is neither humble nor arrogant, he firmly believes in his own judgment.
"Hmmm! Reasonable! Goxinga nodded.
"Master, the slave is useless, please punish the master!" Fushun pleaded guilty to Guoxinga.
"Don't you trust your own people? He kept looking at Rong Hong, and you and I didn't see it. I trust you, so I trust your judgment. Guo Xinga said with a smile.
"Thank you for your trust!" Fushun and Shi Guang saluted Guoxing A thousand times at the same time.
"I also believe in Rong Hong, he is not a person who gives up his dream for a few tens of thousands of taels of silver!" Guo Xing'a patted Fushun on the shoulder.
"What's that weird thing? Show me! Guo Xing'a was a little curious about what Rong Hong bought, and he dared to say that he must like it.
Shi Guang didn't go out much, and walked in with a boxy wooden box, and respectfully placed it in front of Guo Xing'a.
"This thing is worth more than a hundred taels?" Fushun still set off Guo Xing's words just now, but now he really doesn't believe it. Shi Guang was a little embarrassed on the side, he also felt that this thing was useless, just a wooden box and a black cloth.
"Value!" After seeing the footage on the wooden box, Goxinga figured out what this thing was, the original camera.
Guo Xing'a played with a camera the size of a black-and-white TV for a long time, and suddenly said to Fushun with a smile: "Fushun, I want to go to Nanjing to take a photo!" ”