The Pingjiang Battalion was born in the Dashun Peasant Army, Tian Jianxiu turned out to be a senior general of the Dashun Army, and Wang Kefan transferred him to be the division commander of the 16th Division, which made it easier to control this army.

Early that morning, Ding Zongwang received a notice that because of his outstanding performance in the battle to conquer Zhenjiang, he and Xiong Yuanzhong and several others were selected as representatives of the officers and soldiers of the 16th Division to go to Nanjing to attend a large-scale group wedding.

Among the middle and high-ranking officers of the Chu army, there were a large number of young generals in their twenties and thirties, all of whom had reached the age of starting a family and starting a business, and because they were too busy with military affairs in the past, they would definitely be even busier in the future, so they took advantage of the rest of the army to hold a group wedding and solve everyone's personal problems.

The wedding was very trendy, hundreds of couples held a ceremony together, the women were all dressed as ordinary brides, the men all wore military uniforms, there was no big feast, but there were thousands of officers and soldiers and the gentry of the people to cheer the scene, Wang Kefan personally acted as the officiant, not only witty words, but also made a few interactive games with these newlyweds, the whole process was lively and festive.

After the wedding, Ding Zongwang and Xiong Yuanzhong returned to Zhenjiang Station that night, and did not sleep well all night, both of them were singles with strong blood, Xiong Yuanzhong had not yet married, but Ding Zongwang had tasted the taste of a woman, and was greatly stimulated at today's wedding, the two of them lay head to head on the bed and talked non-stop, because the mood was too excited, Ding Zongwang couldn't help but confide the secret in his heart, and liked a girl surnamed Miao in the backyard.

"Are you really? There's nothing special about that girl, oh, it seems like this place is very big, and there is a ...... here," Xiong Yuanzhong said. While gesturing on his chest and buttocks, he also remembered Miss Miao's graceful figure.

"Let's just want to be strong, with big breasts and big buttocks. The Miao woman looks like us northerners, but she speaks softly with one mouth. Just to my liking. Ding Zongwang preached and taught his friends with a posture of a passer-by: "Don't look at her face when marrying a daughter-in-law, the most important thing is to have fine skin and tender flesh on the body, which can be hugged and slept for a lifetime, and it will be unlucky to touch your hands like you, the last time I saw the belly of the Miao woman, it was a piece of white flesh......

"Ha, you goods, peeking at people!" Xiong Yuanzhong patted the head of the bed excitedly. Sit up.

"It wasn't intentional to peek, it just so happened that I was wearing thin clothes in the summer." Ding Zongwang said embarrassedly: "I'm thirty years old this year, and I'm only nineteen years old, so it's not easy to do!" However, she was kicked out by her family, and most of the time she will stay in the Chu army in the future, so I thought about finding a chief to go to her house to propose marriage, maybe it can be done. ”

"That's going to happen! You have made the first contribution to Zhenjiang this time, a company deputy can't run, and if you're lucky, you can still be a company commander. In the future, there will be three and a half salaries in the next month, and her daughter will be Gao Pan. Xiong Yuanzhong sighed, with a look of longing in his eyes: "Hey." I still like to be thinner, just like today's new wife of General Wang Liu, in the end, she is the daughter of the governor's family, and it makes people feel distressed to look at it. ”

Wang Kebin's marriage has been repeated several times, and finally chose Miss Zhang Kuang's daughter, in addition to the two lovers, there is also some taste of political marriage, driven by Wang Kefan, the entire Hengshi Wang family is rising rapidly. Marriage with a feudal official like Zhang Kuang, the two sides can achieve a win-win situation. Chuxun Group will also become more stable.

"It's too tiring for such a daughter-in-law to marry into the family, unless you can also be the commander of the division and brigade. Otherwise, don't think about it. Ding Zongwang poured cold water.

"No matter how tired I am, I don't feel tired if I'm willing. You see how good Wang Junmen is to his two wives, if I can marry such a daughter-in-law, I can do cows and horses every day to carry her...... "Xiong Yuanzhong is a philanthropic person, that is, he likes the pure type, and he likes the mature type, and the seal Ji is very eye-catching at today's wedding, Xiong Yuanzhong is very impressed.

Ding Zongwang was robbed, but he was not angry, he smiled and diverted the topic: "Hey, tell me, if I ask our division commander to propose marriage, can Master Tian promise me?" ”

Xiong Yuanzhong slapped him on the shoulder: "Don't dream, Senior Commander Tian heard that he is also going to be a military commander, and he is very busy these days, how can he have time to take care of such a trivial matter as you." ”

Ding Zongwang was stunned: "Master Tian is also a military commander?" How many armies does our Chu army have? ”

After the reorganization, the Chu army did not have a regimental establishment, and jumped directly from battalion to brigade, and there were only more than 3,000 armored soldiers in a division, and on the one hand, it had to be equipped with other auxiliary arms, and on the other hand, it also left room for future expansion. Because there were too many establishments at the "division" level, Wang Kefan decided to set the "army" as a regular establishment, and when necessary, set up a similar establishment of the front army at the top.

Among the two armies, Wang Jincai and Tian Jianxiu, the intensity of mixing was the greatest, and each army still had three divisions, all of which came from different sources. Among the three divisions under Wang Jincai's department, the 15th Division was the old unit of the Pingjiang Battalion, and another division was transferred from the Chuang Battalion to form a new division with the old leading the new.

On the whole, Wang Jincai and Tian Jianxiu are not the elite of the Chu army, and the soldiers are not even as good as the original Pingjiang battalion, Wang Kefan formed these two armies in order to launch the Northern Expedition before the end of the year and fight with the Qing army.

"I heard that this newly formed division is the 32nd Division, and officers are being selected from various departments, and those selected can at least be promoted to one level, hey, do you think the two of us should try it?" Xiong Yuanzhong's gossip is a lot.

"Okay, just try it, why don't you go if you can be promoted? There are a bunch of old guys in the recruit division who are officers, and they are not far behind. Ding Zongwang counted with his fingers and said: "If you can become the battalion commander, you will have a salary of five taels of silver a month, and other miscellaneous things will add up, and you can save a hundred taels of silver a year, as long as you work like this for two years, even if you accidentally lose your arms and legs during the war, you don't have to worry about it for the rest of your life." ”

With a family background of two hundred taels of silver, it can definitely be regarded as a well-off family, and they can also get a pension after being discharged from the army due to injury, and the officers and soldiers of Chu have no worries, and they are willing to work hard when they fight.

"Bah, how can you be so easily injured when you become a battalion commander. Unless there is a vicious battle like the Battle of Ningzhen, it is the turn of the battalion officers to fight hard. Xiong Yuanzhong said: "Wang Junmen really didn't say anything about the brothers, and the salary was never in arrears. Every time you win a battle, you will have a large amount of silver, and if you really want to be a battalion commander for a few years. Both of us will be rich in the future. ”

"Hey, since I've talked about this, I was just about to ask you, after the battle of Ningzhen was fought this time, except for one or two pieces of silver issued by the imperial court, why didn't Wang Junmen give everyone a reward for silver?" Ding Zongwang picked up a canvas bag from the bedside, pulled it in for a long time, and found a crumpled piece of paper: "What the hell is this 'stock'?" A fluttering piece of paper. Is it a silver deed? ”

A beautifully printed red paper with a line of small print on it - Lengshuikeng II Silver Mine Stock, 100 shares, with numbered information and some explanatory text underneath.

"Hey, you're too careless, this 'stock' is a good thing, you can eat dividends every year in the future, you must collect it." Xiong Yuan saw Ding Zongwang's puzzled look again, and explained enthusiastically: "There is a big silver mine in the cold water pit, you know, it was originally Wang Junmen's own livelihood. A few days ago, a new mine was found there, and if all the silver hidden in it was dug up. At least one million silver, Wang Junmen thought that it was not easy for the 100,000 brothers of the Chu army, so he divided this new mine among the big guys, and your 100 shares will be able to share 100 taels of silver in the future......"

"Really? Just this piece of paper? How do I feel unsteady. Hey, it's better to have hard silver, and it's the most reassuring to sleep on a pillow. "Ding Zongwang has no feeling for stocks and doesn't trust them.

"Don't you know, if someone collects stocks in private, a hundred shares can be sold for seventy taels of silver. But I advise you not to sell it. In case a big mine is found in the cold water hole, it will not be able to stop it again...... "Xiong Yuanzhong also knows a little about stocks. But in front of Ding Zongwang, he is an all-knowing expert, and he dies for money. In order to die for the birds, Wang Kefan gave large-scale stock issuance to the meritorious soldiers of the Chu army, because it was obviously profitable, many shrewd people flocked to it, and secretly formed a black market for reselling stocks.

Although prohibiting the reselling of stocks can protect the interests of the officers and men of Chu, it is easy to cause misunderstandings, and when the generous dividends in the first year come down, the officers and men of Chu will understand the value of the stocks, and this time they will be deceived by a loss is to buy a lesson, and if Wang Kefan introduces any policies in the future, everyone will not make clever moves on their own.

The days to come are still long, the value of a cold pit silver mine is limited, as the territory occupied by the Chu army is getting bigger and bigger, many famous mines in the future generations can be developed, with these sufficient resources, Wang Kefan has a steady stream of financial resources, can continue to expand and develop the Chu army...... After the initial capital accumulation reached a certain level, the Chuxun group had to go out, ask for more wealth from the ocean, pass on all kinds of domestic contradictions, carry out drastic reforms, and create a new era......

At the beginning of the year, when Wang Kefan returned to Guilin, he was assassinated in the Xianggui Canal, and one of the men and horses was the Xiadao Battalion of the Ming Dynasty Army that fled to the border of Hunan and Guizhou...... After the Western Army invaded Guangxi, the Yuezhou Battalion, the Tongshan Battalion and the Xiadao Battalion were all transferred to the southwest of Hunan to garrison, far away to protect the periphery of Guilin, there were such a strong force on the side, the Western Army did not dare to attack Guilin from the north road, and could only go to Liuzhou in the west, but was defeated by the troops loyal to Emperor Longwu.

Under Sun Kewang's order, Liu Wenxiu's troops were reduced to zero, and 3,000 and 5,000 people were an army, and wave after wave gathered near Liuzhou, and the battle situation became tense again. Seeing that the shape was severe, Du Yinxi was very anxious, and kept urging Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong to enter Guangxi and reinforce Liuzhou.

Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong did not move, as if they were all right, and even began to carry out military reform, the elite troops of the Yuezhou Battalion and the Tongshan Battalion were organized into two divisions, and the other troops and the Xiadao Battalion were mixed into two divisions, which was also a model of the old leading the new. Seeing that the Chu army had not moved, he had to take the Junzi battalion to support Liuzhou, and fought a vicious battle with the Western Army outside the city, both sides suffered heavy casualties, and seeing that the reinforcements of the Western Army surrounded him from all directions, he had to lead the remnants to retreat to the vicinity of Guilin.

Immediately afterwards, the Western Army besieged Liuzhou City and launched fierce attacks continuously.

On the Sichuan side, Jie Chongxi took the initiative to launch an attack on the Western Army, avoiding Li Dingguo near Chengdu, and launched an attack on southern Sichuan diagonally, conquering Luzhou in one fell swoop, Li Dingguo was forced to send troops to meet the battle, and the small-scale friction finally turned into a war. Although Jie Chongxi is good at guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, he is still far worse than a generation of famous generals Li Dingguo, the whole army collapsed after a fierce battle, and the remnants of the defeated army fled back to Chongqing, but fortunately, Li Dingguo did not kill them all, and most of Jie Chongxi's soldiers fled back, but they gave armor, knives, guns and various baggage to the Western Army.

In Yunnan, those officials loyal to Emperor Longwu were dealt with severely, the governor of Yunnan appointed by the Longwu court was placed under house arrest by Sun Kewang, and some other civil and military generals went underground, secretly contacted, and tried to use drastic means to control Kunming in one fell swoop, but Sun Kewang discovered it in time, killed these officials, closed them, and at the lightest, they were dismissed and rushed back to their hometowns...... Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qianguo, was also involved in this matter, but his reputation in Yunnan was too high, and Sun Kewang did not want to cause too much shock, so he did not move him on the surface, but secretly strengthened his control over the Mu family.

Bad news came one after another, and the Longwu court was forced to be helpless and began to plan for the worst.

Represented by the Chu Xun group, more and more people in the imperial court advocated abandoning Guilin and temporarily avoiding the advance of the Western Army, but as for where to move, various factions debated endlessly. The Southern Party advocated going to Guangzhou, Zhaoqing was also an option, the Imperial Party advocated going to Ganzhou, and the Donglin Party and the Chuxun clique both advocated going to Jiangnan...... This kind of thing has its own reason, and there is no result in quarrelling, unless it is forced to the point of attack, everyone will put their interests aside, and it is important to run away first.

The progress of serious matters was slow, but some other miscellaneous matters were grasped very tightly, and Zhu Youlang, the king of Gui, soon received a decree ordering him to leave Nanning immediately and retire to Guangzhou for a temporary stay...... Emperor Longwu couldn't help but secretly rejoice that he had pulled warlords such as Wang Kefan, Zheng Chenggong and Jin Shenghuan to his side, and the territory controlled by the Longwu court was relatively stable, and now he calmly chose to retreat.

"It's a big deal, just leave Guilin, if the Western Army occupies Guilin, can Wang Kefan still sit idly by?"

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This chapter is written about stocks, and the text is already more than 4,000 words, by the way, two gossips.

Recently, the stock market has fallen very sharply, and it seems that it will take a period of adjustment. China's stock market is reincarnated every 10 years, which is determined by our political system and economic system, and the national leaders are held every 10 years, the economic plan is 5 years, and various policies are 10 years cycle...... The '97 bull market, the '07 bull market, the third and fourth generation leaders have seen a record high bull market during their tenure, and now it is the fifth generation of leaders, and friends who are trapped will definitely be able to wait until they break through 6000 points.

Life is colorful, don't be troubled by the temporary ups and downs of the stock market, I wish all book friends a happy Dragon Boat Festival. (To be continued)