Chapter 170: Manager Xu
Li Meng couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, thinking that this Huang Ping could still see this, it was really not easy, but he didn't answer explicitly and just smiled.
Where are the outposts and sentinels, although there are clear texts in the military books and drill books, but the application of each army is different, it is confidential, Li Meng smiled and did not answer, and his identity is precious, so Huang Ping didn't want to say anything, just muttered and continued:
"According to the subordinates, there should be no less than three swimming secret sentinels, this military camp is like a busy city, but the hundreds of soldiers of the adults are silent, the personal guards of the adults are really so powerful!"
Hearing the other party's admiration, Li Meng nodded and didn't say much, in fact, there should be six secret whistles outside, and four of them were shown by this person, which can be regarded as keen-eyed. Moreover, Huang Ping is obviously regarded by these 200 people as Li Meng's personal guards, among the generals of the Ming Dynasty, those who have the heart to train their troops are not unusual, and it is common to have so many hundreds of personal soldiers in their hands.
However, according to the standards of this year, hundreds of people Xiao Xiao has the spirit of an army, which is indeed an unusual thing, what people see at the time are those pro-soldiers of the general army and the guerrillas, brave and brave, but the same is scattered, except for the generals of the family, it is difficult to restrain at all.
Since he saw that his sons and daughters were settled, Li Meng also let go of his worries, such a scattered military camp, Li Meng really didn't have the heart to continue watching, but he felt that he felt that he had a lot of ideas suddenly burst out, greeted Liu Qian, and went back to rest together.
Before leaving, Mr. Qian looked at Huang Ping quite unkindly, he knew his own shortcomings, why bother to publicize it to outsiders, Huang Ping seemed to have no feelings. The etiquette was quite solemn. It made Li Meng stay a little
After resting all night and dissipating his exhaustion, Li Meng pondered that since things had been settled, there was no need to delay here too much and go back as soon as possible. But it has been less than a day since he came to this town to guard the mansion, and it is inevitable that he will be too rude to say goodbye, and when he was about to say goodbye, Eunuch Liu sent someone to ask for a meeting.
It's still the small mansion from yesterday, but this time there are more people in the main hall than yesterday. Looking at the appearance of the dress, he was also a eunuch, a round and fat man, standing there with a smile, and when he saw Li Meng coming in, he bowed over and said hello.
Li Meng was a little confused, and he didn't know what the origin of this eunuch was. also nodded, and he stepped forward to say hello to Eunuch Liu first, Liu Fulai saw Li Meng, it was completely the attitude of the elders when they saw their nephews, and their faces were already smiling, and when Li Meng sat down, he said with a smile:
"You are on my side, our family is Shutai in my heart, I have been lonely all my life, and I still have a nephew to accompany me when I am old. I really don't know if it's a blessing from that life, but Xiao Meng, you are a leading general, and it is too taboo to leave your post without permission, so it's better to go back as soon as possible. ”
Li Meng was still worried about something, but he didn't expect the old eunuch to say it for him, so he quickly stood up and said a few polite words, Liu Fulai nodded with a smile, and continued:
"Shandong is not rich in that place, and you have a lot of expenses there, but you can be a soldier to fight. Always pay attention to armor and weapons, otherwise you will suffer a loss when you go into battle, and it is estimated that your sons and daughters will not be rich! ”
In fact, it is quite generous, but at this time, don't open your mouth to speak. I heard the old eunuch continue to say slowly:
"There are several arsenals in the city of Nanjing. It was to support the supply of several provinces in the south, but some of the belongings had been stored in the treasury for a long time. It's always rusty and mothy, and it's unbearable to use, we think, it's always useful for you, Mr. Xu, don't you say? ”
But he asked the chubby eunuch directly, and when the eunuch heard Liu Fulai's question, he hurriedly took a few steps forward, his body bent down, his face was full of sneers, and he said:
"Lord Zhenshou is right, those tattered goods, put them in the warehouse are all wasted, but they are all military supplies, they can only be so rotten over there, if you use it for Li Gongzi, it can be regarded as doing our best for Daming."
Eunuch Liu nodded lightly, with a look of approval on his face, and said with praise:
"Mr. Xu's thoughts, he is really loyal to the monarch and the country, this is our true nature as a slave!"
Turning his head to Li Meng, he said:
"This is Xu Xiaochu, the chief supervisor of the arsenal, today we have some affairs to discuss with the military department and the garrison, so I ask the chief manager Xu to lead you to the arsenal to see, what is the use of scrapped clothes and armor weapons, just take it back to Shandong to use."
The manager Xu had a flattering smile on his face, and he greeted Li Meng, but Li Meng was a big surprise in his heart, he went to the arsenal to carry the rags, even if it was shabby, there must be good things in it, and if he spent some silver on his side, he might get a bigger harvest, and immediately got up with a surprise on his face to thank him.
Eunuch Liu smiled and said a few words, and then went out, and Manager Xu waited until this Eunuch Liu left, and hurriedly came to Li Meng's side, and said with his mouth:
"Sure enough, it's the nephew of Lord Zhenshou, with such a brave appearance, it is also a matter of security to worship the marquis in the future!"
Li Meng hurriedly clenched his fists and said a few polite words, and Manager Xu continued:
"If Master Li is not busy, how about we leave now, if the arsenal is all turned around, it will take a lot of effort?"
"Then please wait for a while, Manager Xu will go and prepare to come right away."
Li Meng hurriedly returned to his mansion first, about the arsenals in various places, Li Meng has heard a little, for example, the eunuchs regard the weapons in the arsenal as private property, if each military camp wants to get weapons, if they don't give silver, they won't give it to you at all, the silver is not enough, what kind of rags are given.
And the maintenance measures in the arsenal are extremely poor, rusty armor, poor weapons, etc., etc., which is also one of the important reasons for the low combat effectiveness of the Ming army, but now it is a great opportunity for himself, there must be a lack of weapons in the arsenal, there must be a lack of weapons in the arsenal, there is the face of Eunuch Liu, and he is spending more silver on his side, and he will always get good things.
When he went out, he first called Liu Qian and asked him to arrange for someone to go to the barracks to transfer 60 of his men, and then he arranged for these men to go to the place where they lived and brought 5,000 taels of silver, which were pulled by carts.
After these things were done, after tossing for most of the hour, Li Meng and Manager Xu were drinking tea, chatting without a word, this Xu Xiaochu was good-tempered, he had always been a smiling face, and he could hear that this fat eunuch was very knowledgeable and knowledgeable, so that Li Meng sighed.
However, there was no friendship between the two sides, and everyone would not talk too deeply, and when the preparations were finished, the two of them came out of the town guard mansion.
Behind the town guard mansion is the Praetorian Guard barracks and the dilapidated Nanjing Imperial City, which is the center of the entire Nanjing City, and this arsenal is also an important place, and it needs to be in a place with relatively convenient transportation, and it is still a little far away from the location of the town guard.
Li Meng has long been mentally prepared for the rhythm of life and work efficiency of the ancients, saying that it is early in the morning, but it is still time for lunch in a hurry, and it is close to the meal.
"Lord Xu must not have used wine and rice, why don't you eat and then leave?"
Nanjing City is prosperous everywhere, they have only walked for half an hour, it is quite a prosperous place in front of them, look at that appearance, I don't know that it is the two banks of the inland river tributaries, this is similar to the modern real estate speculation, modern people are flaunting themselves as river view and sea view, Nanjing City is a restaurant and green building near the river, which is also a modern concept.
Over there, Li Meng spoke, but Manager Xu's face was ** a few times, this expression Li Meng could understand, it was a painful expression of reluctance to give out money, Li Meng took dozens of people, and Manager Xu himself also had more than a dozen servants, these people ate in this restaurant that seems to be of a high grade, but it is not a small amount of expenses.
Li Meng felt a little relieved in his heart, since he was afraid of spending money, and he was so round, he must be a character who was greedy for money and loved money, the more like this, the greater the benefits of going to the arsenal on his side, but there were tens of thousands of taels of silver in his hand that he didn't spend!
Thinking of this, Li Meng smiled heartily and said loudly:
"There are a lot of people on Li's side, and they don't take advantage of Lord Xu, this meal is all paid by Li, come here, you can't go hungry, right?"
As soon as Li Meng said this, the embarrassed expression on Manager Xu's face was suddenly swept away, and he just smiled and said politely:
"How this is made, how is this made, so many people."
But there was not even a push, fortunately at this time a little earlier, there were no guests in the restaurant, the restaurant owner saw that there were nearly 100 people outside, and he was happy to have a big deal, and greeted him repeatedly. In order to calm Xu Xiaochu's heart, Li Meng also paid the silver in advance for a "rudeness", so everyone was even more happy.
When he hadn't entered the restaurant yet, Li Meng had that rare good mood in his heart, looking at the scenery of this ordinary street in Nanjing, the weather was fine, and people were very comfortable on this street.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in the house on the edge of the restaurant, first a person ran out, and by seeing more than a dozen people chasing out, the person who ran in front of him was tall, wearing a green cloth cardigan, and his steps were running fast, and the people behind him were also not slow, and they were still shouting loudly there:
"The surname is Fei, you bastard, don't you exchange the arrears of thirty taels of silver today, and the grandfathers burned down your sheep temple?" Just support it