Chapter 372: Internal Healing, Suspicious Foreigners

The war was approaching, and Li Meng was embarrassed to find that he was in a state of having nothing to do, the military salaries and grain were stubble, Ning Qiangui's salt administration inspection yamen and Lingshan commercial bank were making all-out preparations, and the grain reserves of Tuntian Grange could also be called abundant.

As for intelligence and other work, the inner account office and the outside Lingshan Commercial Bank and Shandong Salt Gang are also organized in accordance with the normal process, and the current Nanzhili noble officials in Nanjing City do not know as much about the Shouzhou War as the general shogunate in Jinan City.

As for the mental outlook of the soldiers, Li Meng knew this most clearly in his heart, the big battle was imminent, and all battalions were training hard, so there was no need to worry about it at all.

Because Li Meng has relied on the system to support a complete system, this system will automatically and consciously operate when there is a goal, as a leader, Li Meng only needs to pay attention to supervision on a regular basis, with this current structure, the progress everywhere has Liu Fulai and Sun Chuanting to check, a little slack or wrong, immediately report to Li Meng's side, and there will be no delay.

What's more, now all departments and troops will not slack off at all, and as a result, Li Meng has a lot of time with Mu Yunyao now, and he still has a lot of time to meet guests from all over the world.

According to Sun Chuanting's words, it is much easier to meet with representatives of commercial houses, wealthy families, and government governments from all over the world than to be busy with military and political affairs, but this is still a public matter, and the current Shandong, except for the two big families whose life is worse than death, is almost under the control of Li Meng.

You must know that the wealthy Gaomen who made their fortune in the Jiaozhou camp salt system are only Laizhou and Qingzhou, and the ones who benefit from Tuntian Grange are Dengzhou Mansion, Laizhou Mansion, and Qingzhou Mansion, and the rest of the local forces in the prefectures and counties are still vaguely self-contained.

Their income and power are generally based on their own manor and field operations, which gives them a very strong independence.

Although the Jiaozhou camp had various means to bring these landlords into the planning of the Jiaozhou camp. However, after all, it was too urgent, and it was impossible to get full success in a hurry, and many large landlords in Dongchang, Jinan, and Yanzhou voluntarily took refuge, and the Jiaozhou camp could not open its mouth and annex it together.

It is always necessary to give some benefits to these subservient people, and the big landlords who have independence from these and will maintain this independence for a period of time in the future, if they want them to work for the cause of the Jiaozhou camp with all their hearts, this requires Li Meng to come forward to show favor and woo.

In itself. Li Meng would rather face his soldiers on the school field, or face the fierce enemies on the battlefield, rather than face these so-called Shandong celebrities and scholars, not to mention red tape, and it is too tiring to squeeze smiles on each other's faces.

However, after so many years of pampering, he has been in a high position for a long time, and he is decisive in killing. After experiencing all kinds of bloody baths on the battlefield of life and death, Li Meng has long developed an awe-inspiring and majestic temperament, which is rare in this era, especially in the contemporaries of the Ming Dynasty.

Zuo Liangyu and others' tiger might. It's just a vicious bandit and thief temperament, and on weekdays, others are afraid that he is just a soldier under him like a beast, and he is the leader of this beast, and this temperament is not useful on the battlefield at all. And Li Meng's temperament is a pure military temperament, ordinary people see it, and the mood of awe arises spontaneously, such a temperament makes people feel awe-inspiring on weekdays, but it is terrifying on the battlefield.

During the period from August to early September, General Zhendong and Shandong General Li Mengyou's general demeanor and demeanor began to circulate in Shandong. Many of the deeds of the Jiaozhou battalion were publicized at this time, such as strict military discipline, such as constant victory and undefeated.

During this time, Li Meng was the image spokesperson of the entire Jiaozhou battalion system, preaching everywhere.

Staying at home a lot is also a bit beneficial, such as Li Hong, who has always been quite a stranger to him. Now it's pestering him every day. Affectionately shouting daddy. Moreover, Li Meng stayed at home for a day, and these ladies at home spent a lot of time with smiles on their faces.

Especially Mu Yunyao. Originally, the pregnant woman's spirit was relatively fragile, Li Meng spent a lot of time at home during this time, because of Mu Yunyao's special situation, the other three daughters also let him spend as much time as possible with Li Meng, which made Mu Yunyao feel heartfelt happy.

For a period of time every day, Li Meng stayed with the old eunuch Liu Fulai for a while, talking with the old man, perhaps because he also had a son, Li Meng missed his parents more and more in his previous life, and he couldn't be filial piety by his side, which was really uncomfortable.

Li Meng transferred his filial piety to the old eunuch Liu Fulai, his previous attitude and behavior towards Liu Fulai, put outside, can be called "pure filial piety", if it is white, the court can even use this reason to give him an official position.

At present, this attitude has strengthened a little, but when Li Meng fell asleep at night, Yan Ruoran said to her that the old eunuch has been particularly worshiping gods and Buddhas recently, saying that he doesn't know what kind of cultivation he has cultivated in his previous life, and he can enjoy such blessings in this life.

In fact, this kind of chatter between Li Meng and Eunuch Liu is also a kind of confiding in his family, with Li Meng's status and level, there are not many people who can confide in each other, and don't worry about anything, and the old eunuch Liu Fulai is one of the best choices.

"Uncle, when the patriarch of the Ren family of Yanzhou Mansion came to see me today, he said that there were two girls in his clan, both of whom were beautiful and fragrant, and they were willing to be sent to the mansion, and they did not seek any status and status, but it was their blessing to serve me here with tea and water, I heard it ridiculously at the time, saying that my wife had just become pregnant, and if the concubine entered the mansion, wouldn't it be a blockage?"

Listening to Li Meng's narration, Liu Fulai chuckled a few times and said:

"This is also ordinary, sending beautiful women to try to be lucky and flattering the handover, this is a very traditional practice, in fact, this is also Li Meng, you have been at home for a long time recently, and you are willing to meet these folk outsiders, otherwise, when you are a general, there should be many people who do this."

Anyway, it was a joke, Li Meng said with a smile:

"Uncle, you don't know yet, this is nothing to send your daughter. Today, the Yang family of Dongchang Mansion sent someone to propose, but it was a propose, uncle, you know who the object of this proposition is, saying that there is a little girl in his family, only one year old this year, ice and snow are cute, it is a good match for Hong'er, and he is willing to marry a baby. Hong'er is still a bean, and someone actually got married, haha. ”

As soon as he talked about his son, Li Meng's mood was extremely smooth, and Liu Fulai also laughed, but then replied:

"This Yang family should be a member of the clansman Yang Ziban, the left attendant of the Jingshi Household Department, well, he has been an official in the court for several generations. There are really a lot of officials in the third and fourth grades, but if you want to marry our family, your status is still lower, what kind of status is Hong'er, even if you marry a county lord and princess, you are not aggrieved. ”

Li Meng was a little stunned when he heard this. He originally thought that it would have been a joke for such a young child to get married, but who would have thought that the old eunuch Liu Fulai would talk about it with such a solemn attitude, it was really unexpected.

The so-called heavenly family is selfless, and this is the case. What Li Meng's eldest son will do in the future, everyone has a rough judgment, what is Li Hong's wife's family, what kind of status is it, of course, it can't be cautious, and it can't be carefully selected and screened.

The two talked and laughed for a while, and the old eunuch Liu Fulai just picked up the teacup and took a sip when he put down the teacup. couldn't help but say "ah", patted his forehead with his hand, and opened his mouth to complain to himself:

"People are old, this memory is really not good, during the day, the Lingshan Commercial Bank sent a newspaper on the edge of the experimental camp, talking about the ghost Auman training and guidance in the experimental camp, our family doesn't know much about soldiers and horses, but I think this Auman really commands a team as he said. A team of several hundred people. How can I know such things, even if the soldiers and horses in this extreme west are far stronger than my Ming. But we don't think he can feel so much. ”

While speaking, Liu Fulai opened a box in his hand, carefully checked it, and took out a proclamation, for this kind of manuscript to be transferred to Li Mengdi, it is generally re-transcribed by someone to facilitate Li Meng's reading, looking at the slender and beautiful text, Li Meng shook his head and said:

"I've told Yun Yao many times, the body is like this now, I should do less, why are I still so busy."

The old eunuch replied gently:

"My family once heard someone say that if this woman's family has a body, it's not bad to be busy with some things, she is always busy, don't be so irritable, you can do it by her, Yan Ruoran will be tight."

However, Li Meng did not raise his head to answer, he stared at the content of the document, his expression and expression became more and more solemn, and only after half a sound did he raise his head and speak:

"These things, it's really not something he can understand, these days the Deng Yang people go back to Jinan City for vacation, tomorrow I will call him over to confirm the ......"

Liu Fu looked at Li Meng with a solemn and confused expression, and he didn't know what was going on, and he felt that there was something wrong, so he immediately said:

"If there is anything wrong, then send someone to control that ghost now, so that it will not cause harm."

Li Menggan laughed a few times and said slowly:

"Uncle, my nephew doesn't believe in luck, but did he really pick up the treasure this time?"

There is a shortage of talents in the Shandong army, and the navy is even more so, this Dunglas is a mercenary on land in Spain, of course, no one can give a positive answer about the specific experience, and it is impossible for the Jiaozhou battalion to send someone there to verify the facts.

However, compared to the rest of the Jiaozhou battalion, compared to the pirates under Yang Si, this Deng Yang person is still well-informed, and he is also quite capable of fighting, and now the deputy commander of this water battalion is actually worthy of a good reputation, whether it is Yang Si's system, or the officers and soldiers of the water battalion of the Jiaozhou battalion system are all obeying him.

The ordinary officers and soldiers of the Jiaozhou camp can achieve the battalion Qianzong is already the peak, and it is even more difficult to move upward, but Deng Yangren is actually the deputy commander with this punch and kick.

The level of the water camp is higher than that of the land battalion, and the deputy commander of Deng Yangren is half a level higher than the general commander of the general camp Qian, which really makes many people depressed. Fortunately, the water camp is its own system, and everyone is just talking behind their backs, but there is no real conflict of interest.

Although the Manchus also had their own ships, and there were sailors brought by Kong Youde and Shang Kexi, their navigation ability was still extremely weak, and what Li Meng was worried about was that the Manchus might organize a naval army in Jinzhou to kill them on the side of Dengzhou Mansion, since Kong Youde, a traitor, could take a boat over. The devil knows if they'll come back by boat.

Therefore, the water camp defense was arranged in the Dengzhou area, and in the incomprehension of many people, a lot of money has been spent on warships and ships.

From now, it can also be seen that the Manchu Qing Dynasty's policy of closing the country and forbidding the sea in the future came from, although the Manchu Qing Dynasty had sea ships, but they were rarely used, and the sailors of King Sanshun and Xu Shungong were all transferred inland to serve as soldiers.

The officers and men of the Jiaozhou Yingshui Camp were originally cautious, but later they became more and more unscrupulous. According to their observations, the Manchus used Korean ships for the defense of the coastal waters, and they were very tightly restrained and not allowed to leave the shore base too far.

According to legend, it was the Tatars who were afraid that the Koreans would lean towards the Ming and the ships left too far. will drive the boat away, I don't know how this word spread, after all, every time the Tartar army goes out to fight, it is to draw the North Korean firecrackers, among the Manchu artillery troops. There are also quite a few North Koreans.

The Manchu Water Army is not light, and the task of the Jiaozhou Battalion Water Army is relatively much easier, and this Dunglas's nature of being lazy and tired has risen again, and this is the second time he has taken leave to go home to visit relatives.

As a general. In such a situation, although the threat faced by the water camp was not great, how could he be so leisurely, Li Meng was already ready to reprimand him, but he didn't expect that this time it was a coincidence, just because of this Oumandi matter, he asked him about this "mercenary from Europe"

"Except for spears and firearms, all weapons can be removed."

"The standard-bearer should be in the middle of the line, and he should treat the flag as his life."

"When the firecrackers are in battle. It is necessary to rearrange the front of the formation as much as possible, and shoot in turn, and the damage output of the phalanx should rely on firearms, not spears. ”

"The role of artillery is first and foremost to suppress the opponent's ground artillery, and then to deal with the opponent's array."

"In addition to suppressing the enemy's artillery positions with artillery fire, they must also be dealt with by cavalry, which rushes into the enemy's artillery positions. Kill the opposing artillery. Fill in the ignition holes of artillery and destroy various tools. ”

"The shooting action of the firearm should be standard. Every action should be broken down, diligent training should be carried out, so that every shooting action should be standardized as much as possible, for this, there should be a corresponding atlas to study, the result of standardized training is to make the array of firearms as dense as possible, and strengthen the power of firearms. “

"Before the battle, if possible, be sure to send cavalry to storm the opponent's left flank."

There are all kinds of opinions, some of which are not suitable for the Jiaozhou camp, some of which make Li Meng suddenly enlightened, and some of which are for the improvement of the current system of the Jiaozhou battalion.

These words were told by the German soldier Aumann from the Duchy of Saxony, and Li Meng's Jiaozhou battalion was the leading army in all respects. Li Meng had a lot of ideas, either from modern experience and knowledge, or from sudden whims, and whether these ideas and ideas were used on the battlefield or not had to be tested in the exercises, in addition to being discussed by officers within a certain range.

The so-called "experimental battalion" is this, this battalion is not according to the system of the Jiaozhou battalion, but a large battalion of 2,000 people, this battalion is divided into two parts, one is red, the other is blue, playing a variety of roles on the battlefield, rehearsing those ideas, and checking the effect.

Generally speaking, this Auman claims to know all kinds of techniques, so he will put it in this battalion first, and implement the suggestions of this Saxon mercenary one by one, check the effect, and see if it is an adventurer who speaks big words, or a soldier with real talents.

The Lingshan Commercial Bank has branches in the places where the army is stationed, one is to purchase military supplies and operate various supplies in the center, and the second is surveillance and intelligence, which can be regarded as semi-open intelligence gathering personnel placed in each battalion. The experimental camp has a special status, and the personnel of the Lingshan Commercial Bank are directly the collectors of various proposals, the reports of the exercises, the measures of reform, and the implementation of the proposals, all of which are written and submitted by the personnel of the experimental camp.

"What do you think of these?"

Li Meng was in the lobby of the Yamen of the General Army, and asked Deng Yangren who was standing there solemnly, Deng Yangren did not know Chinese characters, and Yuan Wenhong read it to him just now.

Hearing Li Meng's inquiry, Dunglas's expression changed, as if he was doing some ideological struggle, and after waiting for a while, Li Meng was a little irritable, and couldn't help but speak:

"What are you afraid of, I use you, not because you are a Westerner, because you can fight, how much you know something, you can give me the Jiaozhou battalion to work hard, this is the use of you, you are hesitant here, is it worried that Auman will come and rob you of your job, don't think about it, he is him, you are you, just say it!"

Li Meng's words were a bit heavy, but when Deng Yangren heard this, his mood that had been nervous for a long time suddenly relaxed, and he found that his forehead was already slightly sweaty, and when he saw Li Meng staring at him coldly, he knew that his performance had provoked anger.

Deng Yangren's usual hippie smiles and gags all disappeared at this time, and he hesitated for a moment before he spoke:

"Dashuai, it has been ten years since the villain left the west, what the mercenary Auman said, the villain doesn't understand much, but he knows that what he said is very reasonable, but there are also many differences from what the villain saw in the mercenaries back then, but the villain heard it said when he was in Europe, since the appearance of the Swiss spear team, spears, firearms, axes, swords and shields and other weapons, the specific application of the phalanx, various countries are groping forward, within ten years, even within a few years, within a year, the tactics will have a metabolism, There are many revolutionary variations. ”

Switzerland is the pronunciation of his native language, but no one paid attention to it, Deng Yangren paused when he said this, and saw that Li Meng was listening attentively, and then said with some relaxation:

"The villain came early, Auman's side came late, over the years, there have been enough great changes in Europe, what he said, I remember that when I was serving in Europe, the officers above also told the villain."

Although Dunglas did not have an affirmative answer, he said that these suggestions are indeed reasonable, not meaningless empty talk, Li Meng was a little secretly happy in his heart, thinking that having such a person join must be of great help to the improvement of his army, Li Meng opened his mouth and asked:

"What level do you think this Auman would be back then?"

"Marshal Hui, according to our Jiaozhou battalion, the basic army establishment on my side is also similar to that of the battalion, but there are more people in each battalion, and this Ou Man is either an officer at the level of the battalion commander according to the knowledge he has mastered, or a higher one."

Li Meng nodded after hearing this, with a smile on his face, but seeing that Deng Yangren still had something to say, he was very hesitant, so he asked:

"If you have something to say, it's okay to say it, don't hide it."

"That...... Marshal, this mercenary of the Duchy of Saxony, has a very bad reputation on our side, burning, killing, looting, ingratitude, crossing rivers and demolishing bridges are commonplace, such a character is really not worthy of trust. ”