In modern times, Li Meng received a complete history education in primary and secondary school, as well as the historical knowledge he came into contact with after serving as a soldier and working, he didn't know much about Kong Youde, who was generally said to be the executioner who led the Manchus into the customs and slaughtered the Han people. When it was time to work, the trend of the film and television dramas he watched changed, saying that Kong Youde was a great hero in promoting national integration and unity, and a common hero of the Han and Manchu peoples.

Li Meng was not deceived by anything, in modern times, he knew that this person was a traitor, and he was a traitor without shame, no different from those puppet soldiers during the War of Resistance Against Japan.

It's just that Li Meng doesn't know what the harm of Kong Youde's traitor is, and the day after receiving this report, the training of those "family members" was handed over to Chen Liudai for processing, and Li Meng himself called the Liaodong military households who were accepted as slaves into the room one by one to ask.

These Liaodong military households, who had eaten and slept for more than half a year, were trembling all this day, and every time someone entered, Li Meng's face became gloomy, and Guo Dong, who was vaguely a Liao people's leader, was even more frightened, and asked a few cronies everywhere if anyone had made a mistake recently, or was greedy for money.

As a result, everyone denied it one after another, Li Mengzhi's family exercised military law, not angry and self-authoritative, everyone was in awe, and the Liao people knew that the day in front of them was Li Meng's gift of compassion, and there was gratitude in addition to awe, and no one did anything bad, Guo Dong was also confused, and the fire gun has been constantly experimenting and producing, but Li Meng was always dissatisfied, is it because of this big anger, but the day before yesterday he still smiled and told him, don't be afraid to spend money, just experiment, just make the best.

The reason why Li Meng was unhappy had nothing to do with the people around him, but Kong Youde defected to the Manchu Emperor Taiji and listened to those Liao people. The combat effectiveness of this Liao army under Kong Youde is not to mention him, but the firearms are the strongest among the Ming army, with nearly 40 large and small artillery, as well as a sharp weapon like a red-coated cannon. Nearly 40 percent of the soldiers in the team of more than 10,000 people are equipped with firearms.

Since the beginning of the Eastern Captivity, the field siege has had an absolute advantage over the Ming army. The only thing that could still restrain them was the firearms equipped by the Ming army.

But now this advantage is about to change because of the addition of Kong Youde and his soldiers, Kong Youde's troops, with the guidance and training of firearms expert Sun Yuanhua, are very proficient in the operation and production of firearms.

Moreover, Huang Taiji also has the ability to train and expand the firearms unit, which is why the Di newspaper said that Huang Taiji gave Kong Youde such a high treatment, a Ming general who surrendered. can get the same status as the Eight Banners and Shobele, to put it bluntly, it has the same status as Dolgon and Duoduo, who are full of Tartar relatives.

Li Meng's heart is indeed angry and depressed, in the modern Internet, I have also seen the golden finger and other sayings, saying that someone traveled to ancient times, and the result was to make MSG from sea intestines. It is the opening of a restaurant again, and the king's spirit is full of energy. He also dug up the treasure of the Eight Tigers, overthrew Emperor Jiajing in one fell swoop, and unified the world.

Look at yourself, you work hard to make money by selling illicit salt, and the money you get every month changes hands and spends it on the people under your hands. Once upon a time there was a logistics department in the army. There is an administrative department in the escort company, and when you come to the Ming Dynasty, you have to worry about everything. Li Meng racked his brains to make money, but the number of people under his command has not expanded to too large a scale, so far it is only about 2,000 people, 200 horses, 30 pairs of bows and arrows, and more than a dozen sets of armor.

But this Huang Taiji didn't do anything, out of thin air, there were more than 10,000 troops who were proficient in firearms, and his strength instantly increased by a huge margin, this is not cheating.

However, in Li Meng's vague historical knowledge, he also knew that this incident was not caused by the butterfly reaction caused by his coming to the Ming Dynasty, but a real historical event. Speaking of which, it's God cheating.

It is true that in history, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty got Kong Youde's Han army, the ability to attack the ground has been greatly strengthened, and many cities that cost a lot of casualties can be blasted with artillery, and it can even be said that the Ming Dynasty was destroyed because of Kong Youde's surrender.

After a day, Li Meng's mood recovered, and then he began to arrange resolutely, in the past, Li Meng was cautious, for fear of attracting the attention of the government and the imperial court, but his current actions are not caring about anything, and he directly arranges people to recruit salt everywhere.

Aoshanwei in Jimo County, except for all the differences between the geographical location and Lingshanwei, the rest of the situation is simply out of a mold, Li Meng used to feel that Lingshanwei is after all acquaintances and children, easy to control, Aoshan is very unfamiliar there, and it is a Ming military town, so it is not easy to touch.

In the past year and a half, Li Meng has also figured out what the situation is in the military town of Weisuo, and it is basically the commander of the Weisu and the thousands of households who led hundreds of armed soldiers to manage the land farms, and there are a large number of surplus people who have no way out, because only the eldest son or the person who is chongding can inherit the land from the five thousand military households of the Weisuo.

Ao Shanwei looked at Lingshanwei, these young people who became salt poles and salt rods were drooling with envy, walking with a straight waist, the family did not have to work hard to farm but they were full of food and warmth, and their reputation was good.

All kinds of rumors have long been spread to Ao Shanwei, and these people always sigh why our place has such good feng shui, why can't there be a heroic man like Li Erlang?

Now that someone is coming here to recruit salt ding, isn't everyone in high spirits, everyone has signed up, lest the number of recruits is limited, and there will be no such shop in this village.

Li Meng still wanted to control the impact of this action to recruit Yanding as much as possible, but the news was not so easy to control, and the young people from Dengzhou Mansion and Laizhou Mansion rushed over, hoping to find a position in it.

Therefore, the physical fitness indicators of this assessment are much stricter than the last few times, such as push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups and long-distance running.

For example, if you can ride a horse, then the assessment indicators will be reduced accordingly, if you bring your own horses, the assessment indicators will also decline, will shoot, can shoot lighters, will make firearms are relaxed requirements to enter, there are so many relaxed requirements, many scattered in Dengzhou Liao people are also here to sign up, these Liao people are relatively stronger than the soldiers in the Denglai area, and the skills they master are more.

However, there are all kinds of special selection and relaxation of standards, so many people who have signed up, but the final result of the selection has made Li Meng a little dumbfounded.

After April, Li Meng's time to come to the house in Jiaozhou City was much more than before, and he regularly went to the porcelain shop and the river to walk around, always hoping to meet the young lady of the Zhizhou family, so the office and handling all the things were carried out in the inspection yamen.

Now it has entered the beginning of June, but the weather is still very cool, Li Meng leaned on the back of the chair, listened carefully to Ning Qiangui's report in front of him, Zhao Neng and Wang Hai on both sides, since the implementation of rotation to be stationed at the checkpoint intersection, Li Meng's side is usually accompanied by a captain, but there are two at this time.

However, Zhao Neng and Wang Hai's faces were very embarrassed, Ning Qiangui held a few pieces of paper in his hand, and said loudly:

"Aoshanwei and Zhuangding from all over Dengzhou, Laizhou, a total of 530 people are recruited, and 40 people who are good at riding are specially selected, all of whom are good at horses, 30 people who are good at bows and arrows, and 46 people who are good at firearms.

After speaking, Ning Qiangui bowed down to the three people sitting there, and then prepared to exit the room, Li Meng opened his mouth at this time and said:

"Lao Ning, you go to Hou Shan to discuss, set the expenses for food, clothing, housing and transportation that these newcomers need, as well as weapons and armor, report to me together, and send someone to send a message to Ma Gang to ask him to change guards with Xiaohai."

Ning Qiangui over there agreed one by one, and immediately except for the room, Li Meng turned to Zhao Neng and Wang Hai with a gloomy face, and said in a cold voice:

"No wonder, Kong Youde can make trouble in Dengzhou for three years, half of Shandong can't find a thousand strong men, I went to see those who are good at riding, who are they, they are all cottage horse bandits, they want to be good citizens to come to me, those who can bow and arrow and firearms are the defeated soldiers of Liaodong."

Zhao Neng and Wang Hai glanced at each other, they were very embarrassed, Zhao Neng was closer to Li Meng after all, coughed and said:

"Master Li, the benchmark we set this time is a bit high, and the salt we recruited has only reached this level after practicing for about half a year, if you relax it a little ......"

Zhao can speak, Li Meng is not good-tempered, he felt a little anxious, rubbed his forehead with his hand, sighed, and said out loud only after half a sound:

"Relax the standard, this time we have to recruit at least 3,000 people, the movement is still too big, and I am also anxious, Xiaohai, you go to find our old brothers, go to follow those who are good at riding, learn riding, and keep an eye on them for me, the reckless smell of these people is too strong, I'm afraid there is something else, do it now."

Wang Hai stood up and hurriedly agreed, turned around and strode out, there were only two people left in the room, Li Meng and Zhao Neng, and they spoke a lot more casually, Zhao Neng looked at Wang Hai's back and smiled:

"A year and a half ago, Xiao Hai was still a half-grown child, but now he looks like a general!"