The leader of the Zheng family is the three brothers of the Zheng family, Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhibao, although the foundation of the Zheng family was laid down by Zheng Zhilong, but it can develop and grow, but it also has the credit of Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao, and this credit is quite small, such as receiving the imperial court Zhao'an, from contact to determination, several refusals and several refuge, and finally won the greatest interests for the Zheng family.

And in these years of fighting on land and at sea, it is this Zheng Zhibao who leads the army to fight, which can be called the first fierce general of the Zheng family, the third son of the Zheng family, and he can't leave anyone.

However, the Zheng family has come to Jinan too many times, and Zheng Zhihu doesn't seem to have been gone for too long, and the third child of the Zheng family here has come again.

In this room, everyone naturally had to be polite, and hearing Zheng Zhibao say so humble, Li Meng also said with a smile:

"The scenery in Jinan is just right, and there is a fine house, and the three Zheng brothers came to Shandong to recuperate."

Hearing Li Meng's words, the people in the house laughed again, laughing and laughing, everyone understood in their hearts that the Zheng family sent ships to transport a large number of Shandong soldiers and horses, and the ships traveled on the sea, life and death were unpredictable, if they didn't send an important hostage over, I was afraid that Shandong would not rest assured, and the weight of this matter was only enough for the Zheng family's dragon, tiger, and leopard.

Everyone is talking about harmony, if something really happens, it will be difficult to say, but at this time, the scene needs to be harmonious, and it is good to get along with each other.

Although he was very solemn when he left the Qi State Mansion in Jinan City, everyone was still very kind in this house, and it seemed that Wang Hai had traveled far away, and relatives and friends came to see him off.

Li Meng finished explaining the matter, took out an iron card and handed it to Wang Hai, this is Shandong's iron talisman for troop transfer, of course, the corresponding troop transfer document has already arrived at the destination, the iron talisman is just a symbol, Wang Haizhen took it seriously, bowed and saluted to go out to prepare.

According to the plan, Wang Hai was going to lead his subordinates to set off tonight, and as soon as he walked out of the door, he heard Li Meng whispering behind him:

"If there is an emergency, protect yourself first."

With Li Meng's character, he rarely said such things, this must be about brotherhood, Wang Hai is different from other cronies, since the beginning, Wang Hai is by Li Meng's side, saying that it is the boss and subordinates, the real relationship seems to be the relationship between brother and brother, or the relationship between teachers and students, Li Meng taught his military knowledge and command experience in the past and this era without reservation.

Wang Hai has suffered in Wei since he was a child, and he has no brothers, and subconsciously regards Li Meng as his own brother-in-law, and respects him abnormally.

This mission is indeed of great significance, Wang Hai was a little apprehensive in his heart, hearing Li Meng say such a concerned word, he was moved for a while, and now everyone is a general, with high authority, reserved and uninhibited, and pays attention to the prestige of a superior person.

At this time, some people around the age of thirty were emotional, and they were a little embarrassed by each other, Wang Hai didn't even dare to look back, and he didn't care about being rude or rude, and said in a strong and astringent voice:

"Please rest assured, Wang Hai will succeed if he goes!!"

Li Meng glanced at the respectful Zheng Zhibao beside him, and did not continue to say anything, after Wang Hai went out, it didn't take long for the entire school field to start noisy, the sound of cars and horses, the sound of the number of reports, the noise of the whole team, and all kinds of equipment jingling, so that there were so many soldiers and horses stationed in such a quiet school field.

However, the noise did not last long, and soon it was quiet, and Wang Hai could be heard speaking loudly there, and after a few words, the sound of neat footsteps could be heard.

The voices outside gradually faded away, and soon, the entire school yard became as silent as when they first arrived, and these people in the room listened quietly there. Since Li Meng didn't say to leave, others naturally had to stay here, but there was nothing boring.

In this room, you can hear all kinds of noises outside, and a group of people are guessing what is going on outside from these noises, which is quite interesting.

The slaughter of that kind of centaur action can be felt even if you listen to the sound outside, and when the silence is restored, a few people can't help but breathe a sigh of relief, Zheng Zhibao's face became cautious, and he hesitated slightly before he spoke:

"Lord Guogong, the soldiers and horses under his command are so majestic, the villain is really respectful, if it weren't for the majesty of the Guogong, how could there be such a tiger and wolf army."

It is an old saying in the military book that it is common to use troops to gather and disperse, but there are very few troops to do this, and the movement outside, and the previous quiet, and the short interval between resuming the quiet state, can all show that the troops stationed on this school field are well-trained.

The Zheng family can pull out more than 40,000 soldiers and horses to fight, but naval battles can, but land warfare has always been a weakness.

In the final analysis, they did not become an army, but just a gang of robbers, and the ships at sea jumped to fight in gangs, and it was more about the courage and ruthlessness of individuals, which was what the Zheng family was good at.

In fact, the Zheng family can have a survey of the land soldiers and horses until the Zheng Chenggong era, at this time Zheng Zhibao stationed at home soldiers and horses, but also racked their brains to come out of a scattered, brave and tenacious soldiers, but it has never been able to do so, at this time hearing the performance of Shandong soldiers and horses, his heart is more and more awe-inspiring, but he can know what these phenomena represent, and this is still a night march of the whole team, it is too strong.

Now it seems that it is not necessarily a bad thing not to lose sincerity with the Duke of Shandong Qi State continuously, with such strength, the situation is only the current dukedom of this country, the land of the two provinces.

Regarding Zheng Zhibao's praise, Li Meng smiled indifferently and said:

"Zheng Sangongzi, Shandong training, such a thing is usual, don't be too surprised."

This is not a pretentious gesture, but a commonplace, natural meaning, Zheng Zhibao came to Shandong a few times, but he didn't see many soldiers and horses in Shandong, and he didn't believe Li Meng's words very much, but on the surface he was still respectful and obedient.

This side of the matter, the carriages and horses outside have long been prepared, Zheng Zhibao will go to Jinan City, he will be specially allocated a house to live, and the actions and other situations will be monitored, Zheng Zhibao also accepted it calmly, as his own recuperation vacation.

After Zheng Zhibao left, Li Meng sat down in the room, muttered for a while, and said hello, Huang Ping, the new commander of the pro-military camp who had been waiting outside the door, walked in.

"The soldiers of the experimental brigade should be recruited now, and this time we should be more inclined to soldiers and horses outside Shandong, and rebuild them as soon as possible."

Hearing Li Meng's order, Huang Ping respectfully agreed, the soldiers and horses who followed Wang Hai on this school field are the experimental brigade, and the task that Wang Hai has to perform is indeed difficult and dangerous, and the future Kaifu side will be in charge alone, and it will also need its own backbone soldiers and horses.

This experimental brigade was originally under the command of Wang Hai, and they were all elite soldiers of the whole army, so it was appropriate to bring it this time, and it would become an independent army in the future, and this experimental brigade would be the seed of officers.

This experimental brigade is a way for ordinary soldiers to become the backbone of the army, and it can be regarded as the right way for the Jiaozhou battalion to be a soldier and horse system; in the past, it was emphasized that priority was given to the selection of the old troops, but this time it was tilted towards Henan, Nanzhili, Jiangbeidi, and Beizhili, and the two prefectures of Beizhili, also for the sake of future considerations.

Huang Ping was born in a thousand households in the Ming Dynasty official army, and he was very familiar with this kind of personal officer, and some etiquette work was even better than Wang Hai.

After Li Meng gave an order, he went through the things to be done for the day in his mind, and took out a note to look at it, making sure that there was no work and events missing today, and was just about to order to return to the city, but saw that Huang Ping, the new commander of the army, seemed to have something to say.

The new commander of the pro-military battalion did things as he wished, and he understood the way of proportion, but because the relationship was not as cordial as Wang Hai, sometimes this behavior made Li Meng quite impatient, and he immediately said:

"Commander Huang, since you have made this position, you can't be as careful as you were the leader of the Salt Gang in the past, if you have anything to say, you can directly say it to your father, this is an act of loyalty to your duties."

Huang Ping lowered his head and laughed a few times, and said with a smile:

"Cheng Hai, the head of the Salt Gang who died in Hejian Mansion, has two sons, one is five years old and the other is three years old, and since Cheng Cheng died, the two children have always been depressed."

"Oh? Could it be that the practice of relief and bereavement benefits has not been distributed? ”

This is indeed a trivial matter, but Li Meng's tone suddenly became stern, if there are still people who deduct the bereavement of those who died in the Jiaozhou battalion, it is really lawless, he is about to use a knife to kill, Li Meng's suddenly stern tone made Huang Ping startled.

Huang Ping and Li Meng are about the same age, but Li Meng's prestige has become increasingly heavy over the years, and his momentum is overwhelming. Huang Ping explained in a loud voice:

"The handsome misunderstood, although the family is an orphan and a widow, but under the pension and assistance of our Jiaozhou camp, life is still quite rich...... In this Jinan city, our military public school, that is, the prince of the Guogong Mansion and the sons of the princes, take the liberty of saying that you can let the two children of the family also make up for it......

Having said this, Li Meng also understands that in all the battles, although the Shandong soldiers and horses have won big victories, there are also many casualties, but most of them are young and strong children everywhere, and they have not started a family, even if they have children, there are also local public schools and private schools to teach and teach, but many departments other than soldiers and horses, such as the Shandong Salt Gang, most of the personnel in this are married and older.

The Shandong Salt Gang is outside, and they are in danger alone, and they often have deaths and injuries, but they can die outside, and sometimes because of secrecy and other circumstances, their children do not get all kinds of preferential treatment from military families, and there are many unfair phenomena.

In a sense, these personnel of the Shandong Salt Gang are the most loyal people in Shandong, and their descendants are really chilling. After thinking about it, Li Hong was in the public school, surrounded by the children of noble relatives, although everyone was young, but growing up in such an environment may not be beneficial.

There must always be something different to come in, the children of these members of the Salt Gang, needless to say, are loyal to Shandong, and the quality is also guaranteed to a certain extent, staying by Li Hong's side can be regarded as cultivating a team for Li Hong's future, and this treatment is spread to the outside, and the treatment of martyrs in the Jiaozhou battalion is also a good name.

Li Meng nodded and said:

"I'll talk about this matter with my father tomorrow, and the two children of the family can arrange for them to enter the public school as soon as possible, don't delay."

Hearing Li Meng's response, the anxious Huang Ping couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down to thank him, but Li Meng said:

"Huang Ping, you are no longer the commander of the Shandong Salt Gang, put more of your mind on the side of the pro-soldier camp, learn more and watch more, so that you can be a qualified pro-soldier commander, do you understand?"

Huang Ping shuddered, and hurriedly bowed solemnly and agreed, it is impossible for any ruler to tolerate his subordinates who control their own defense forces and military schools, and want to get involved in the intelligence agencies, which is too dangerous, although Huang Ping is kind, but Li Meng still clicked on him.

In fact, even when Wang Hai was the commander of his own army, his actual position was only a transactional deputy general, and Li Meng was the general in charge of the garrison.

The garrison brigade is not only Li Meng's personal guard, but also the military academy of the entire Jiaozhou battalion, and it is impossible to hand it over to others, but Wang Hai is Li Meng's cronies and brothers, and Li Meng can still rest assured that Li Meng can let him do some things. When this Huang Ping comes over, Li Meng will definitely interfere more with this pro-military camp.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, the entire city of Jinan knew that Wang Hai, the original commander of the army, was sent to the land of Denglai to practice soldiers and horses, which was expected by everyone.

Wang Hai has held the position of a cronie for so long, and he has long been considered a candidate for the general, at the beginning, everyone estimated that Wang Hai would serve as the commander of the Yanzhou army, but they did not expect that this time he was sent to the land of Denglai to train troops, and then there was a new speculation.

It is said that Zhao Neng, the chief soldier of Denglai, exposed a lot of problems in the battle of Hejian Mansion, and the Duke of Qi was not satisfied with him, and this time he released Wang Hai to the past, which was to take over the general army of Denglai and his subordinate soldiers and horses after training, and Zhao Neng was the commander of the personal guard, and this gossip was flying all over the sky.

Wang Hai went to the place of Denglai to train the troops, and everyone couldn't see any signs, because the military camps in Shandong were strictly regulated, and irrelevant personnel were ordered to stay away, what was the situation in the military camp except for the army itself, others really had no way to know, although they didn't know where Wang Hai arrived, maybe the commander of the personal army was training in that ravine!

Ever since its conquest by the Manchus, Korea has been a reliable rear base and supplier of firearms to the Manchus, and has also been the middleman for most of the maritime and Jurchen trade.

Many commodities were sent to Liaodong by land after transiting at the port of Incheon, and all the foreign wars of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were to levy Korean firearms, whether they were to fight the Mongol troops on the steppe, or to enter the customs or to fight with the Ming army outside the pass, they were all to be transferred.

The grain and iron tools produced in Korea were also extracted on a large scale, and at this time, Joseon became the granary, artisan shop and brothel of the Mongol and Yuan dynasties, as if it were the Yuan Dynasty.

Because of the existence of Korea, the Manchus could send more soldiers and horses to fight abroad, and they could have a lot more firearms power.

In such an important vassal state, the Manchu Tatars only placed a staff to control, and the soldiers and horses led by this staff leader were about 1,200 people, and these 1,200 people were only more than 400 Jurchen Eight Banner warriors.

North Korea, whether it is more than the Ming Dynasty or the current Manchu Qing Dynasty, is a small country worth mentioning, but after all, it also has a land area of several thousand miles and a population of several million, but only 1,200 soldiers are put under control, which is a bit too big. This is nothing, if you look at the area of Yizhou and Phoenix, the huge Liao Town and the adjacent places of North Korea, the Manchu Qing only released 3,000 people, or the remnants of the Zhenglan Banner, the weakest combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners.

It is said that it is a big support, but in fact it is not necessarily, North Korea does not know when it has developed this kind of insole-like temper, no matter who comes, it can be stepped on a few times.

No matter what regime China is, all North Korea can do is submit, and after surrendering, there will be no thought of resistance, and it will honestly fulfill its obligations as a courtier.

The relatively large-scale resistance can be traced back to the war against Goguryeo in the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties, which can be considered by the Koreans to be the ancestor of Goguryeo, strictly speaking, it should be the ancestors of the Jurchens and Sauron today, and it has nothing to do with today's Korea.

It is somewhat ridiculous to say that in the early Ming Dynasty, the Jurchens suffered a lot from the losses of the Koreans, the residents were killed, and the land was forcibly occupied. When the old slave Nurhachi raised troops to fight and unify the Jurchen tribes, the Jianzhou Jurchen and Ula Jurchen fought directly on the Yalu River, and the residents and troops of North Korea trembled and did not dare to move, so they could only clean up the corpses afterwards.

Before Huang Taiji led his troops to conquer Korea, the reason why the Manchu Tartars had been maintaining a large army in the places adjacent to Korea was not because of Korea, but because of the Dongjiang Town led by the Pingliao general and the general military officer Mao Wenlong, the harassment of Liaodong by this partial division was always a great disaster for the Manchu Tartars, and after the death of Mao Wenlong, the Dongjiang town collapsed, and the Manchu Tartars immediately turned their main forces to the Ming Liao Town.

And North Korea, although it is known as the loyal vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, but never dared to make any moves, and when Huang Taiji led the army into Korea, the North Korean army could not even talk about any resistance, all the way to disperse, the Korean royal family can do is to ask the Ming for help.

In the end, the Korean royal family surrendered to the Manchus in a respectful and docile manner, and the Joseon was accustomed to being a slave to the strong, and was a loyal slave.

When they felt that the Ming Dynasty was strong, they could be a vassal state for more than 200 years, but when they realized that the Manchu Tatars were more powerful than the Ming Dynasty, they immediately went to worship the Manchu Qing as the suzerain, and in the history of normal development, this was more than 200 years, until it became a Japanese colony.

Since he had already expressed his submission, what he did next was really a standard courtier minion, and Huang Taiji was not at ease with this newly occupied vassal state, and at first he ordered Azig and Dolgon to lead two white banner soldiers to defend this direction.

But after a while, I found that there was no need to worry so much at all, the so-called Ming vassal country, the well-dressed Koreans of the Han family had no will to resist at all.

Since it is a group of soft eggs, there is no need to waste so much strength on them, the great enemy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has always been the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian departments, and the various banners and departments used to defend Korea are constantly being drawn out, and they are transferred to Liaoxi and the grasslands, and they are now using these forces to defend, and there has been no chaos.

Even after the news of the great defeat in Hejian Province reached Korea, the regent Dolgon specially arranged for the soldiers and horses of the King of Sanshun to be transferred to the Korean side.

But the North Korean side still sent food obediently, and the firecrackers who were dispatched to defend the Mongolian departments also arrived on time, which made people feel relieved, so the current garrison force has been maintained, and there is no change.

At this time, Seoul was the size of a medium-sized capital city in the Ming Dynasty, and there were tens of thousands of people in the city, as well as North Korea's own army, and the more than 400 Jurchen Eight Banners were stationed in the city, and there was no fear at all.

When Wen Lihan, the chief of staff of the team, first entered this Seoul, he was also trembling, and he couldn't sleep well at night, but after a long time, he also figured out what kind of goods these Korean soldiers and horses in the city were, these soldiers were not as good as farmers, and those firecrackers could only rely on fortifications to shoot, and in the field battle, compared to the Ming army's firearms, they were worse in the sky and on the ground.

Wen Lihan once patted his master on the chest, saying that there was going to be some chaos in the city of Seoul, and he would definitely be able to calm it down with the soldiers of these four hundred nations.

"More than 10,000 Goryeo soldiers, more than 100 national warriors, can be leveled in one fell swoop"

This was solemnly written into the official document by Ning Wan of the Inner Literature Academy, and in fact, this sentence is not too far from the real situation.

North Korea, from the king to the ordinary soldiers below, are afraid of the four hundred and eight banner soldiers and horses, as if they are afraid of wolves and tigers, and they dare not have any will to resist at all, even if it is a real comparison of strength, North Korea's implementation of the so-called civil and noble military is much more thorough than that of the Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers are almost cheap, like slaves, they have no combat effectiveness at all, and almost all of the firearms who can fight have been transferred to serve on the side of the Manchu Tartars.

Compared with the Manchu soldiers who went to Laolinzi to capture the Jurchen and Sauron, went to fight with the soldiers and horses of Liaozhen, and went to the steppe to defend against Mongolia, the 415 Manchu soldiers and horses in Hancheng were extremely comfortable.

This Wen Lihan has a little relationship in Shengjing, so this errand stationed in Seoul can be dominated all the time, instead of rotating others, such a comfortable day, no one wants to rotate.

Back in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, a leader of the blue flag is a bird, who has to call himself a slave when he sees his face, kowtow to say hello, but in this Seoul, that is the standard of the people, just in April this year, Wen Lihan got drunk and galloped on the streets of Seoul, and collided with the car of Zuo Yizheng, Zuo Yizheng is a product of North Korea, and is generally held by the royal family, which is equivalent to the first assistant of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, the prince of the Qing Dynasty.

But this Zuo Yizheng was docile to make way for Wen Lihan, and the next day he also sent ginseng and a number of gold and silver as a "sobering up", such a good day, who wants to leave, and listen to the news from Shengjing, saying that it is always a weak Ming Dynasty actually won a battle in Hejian Mansion, and even the generals Abatai and Yue Tuo died in the pass, it is too dangerous, or it is good to enjoy wealth and peace in this Seoul.

When Chongde was five years (Chongzhen's thirteenth year), this day was comfortable, but after Chongzhen's six years, the income was also rich.

The reason is that the merchants of the Ming Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom came by sea one after another, landed at the port of Incheon on the other side of the Han River estuary, and sold all kinds of goods.

At the beginning, Wen Lihan and the others were quite nervous, thinking that this was a secret agent from an enemy country to inquire about the news, and there were generally no foreign merchants coming to Seoul, because North Korea and the Ming Dynasty originally had a trade route, which was a land route that had been traveled for more than 200 years, and most of the goods were exported from there.

Now even if this road is occupied by the Manchus, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty and the merchants of North Korea still have not cut off trade, and there is no need to do more on the sea route.

The suspicion did not last long, the purchase from Shengjing said everything, these delicate things from the south of the Yangtze River from the foreign ocean, it is said that they are very appetizing to the nobles of Shengjing, and these ships can also bring some news from the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, which has a lot of benefits.

The goods brought by these merchants are indeed good, more delicate than those traded in Liaodong, and there are many tricks, not only the people in Shengjing, but also the royal family of Seoul, the nobles of the civil and military classes, and those wealthy merchants are also buying in large quantities, and slowly this business will become bigger.

Several big merchants have opened warehouses and shops in Incheon Port and Seoul, and have started to trade for a long time, and there were a few Japanese merchants at the beginning, but later they were all squeezed out by the Ming Dynasty's maritime merchants, and I heard that the luck of those Japanese merchants was not good, and they were caught in the wind and waves at sea, and the people died and the ship sank.

These merchants who do business in the city are the people of the Ming Dynasty, but this Korea is already a vassal state of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the two sides are enemies, and the enemy countries naturally regard each other as enemies.

Wen Lihan didn't expect that he was stationed in Seoul, in addition to a comfortable life, he actually had extra money to earn, and this extra money was more than January, and those businessmen had good opinions, and the more filial piety he received here.

And these Ming merchants look softer than the Koreans in Seoul, and they all nod and say hello when they see themselves and their subordinates in the past, and some greedy bannermen take something in the store to make a bargain, and those businessmen don't dare to stop them.

Even when I heard that the battle was won in Hejian Mansion, these Ming merchants from the south were all polite, and they were all soft and low-lying seeds.

In October of the first year of Shunzhi, Wen Lihan was more comfortable than before, because he got the news that after Prince Rui Dolgon became the regent, the originally broken Zhenglan Banner became the object of being co-opted, and Wen Lihan's master is said to have risen to the next level and sat in the position of the capital, so that he Wen Lihan will have more time to live in this comfortable life in Seoul.

According to the rules of previous years, after October, the sea freezes the port, the wind and waves are too strong, and the ships in the south often can't pass, but the Korean country and the Qing Dynasty also have to celebrate the Spring Festival.

A large number of goods in and out, naturally indispensable to give him the usual filial piety of Uncle Wen Lihan, Wen Lihan calculated, he has a lot of money left in his hands in the past few years, and the shop opened by the Zheng family has always invited him to enter the stocks, and promised to give him a dividend of three percent of the silver shares, whether to invest this money in.

On October 12, Wen Lihan, the Manchu chief of staff stationed in Seoul, Korea, saw that the weather was fine and prepared to go out for a stroll in the streets, and he took two of his attachés with him.

The so-called shopping is also to go to the street in the south of Seoul, where several Han shops and North Korean shops are there.

Wen Lihan and two of his subordinates rode horses, swaggering down the street, watching the pedestrians along the way respectfully dodge, some flat-headed people even saluted on the side of the road, Wen Lihan, the leader of the blue flag, felt particularly comfortable in his heart, these Koreans and the Han people of the Ming Dynasty are untouchables.

I have long heard that the south of the Ming Dynasty is a hundred times more prosperous than Shengjing and Seoul, and when I follow my master to fight there, I don't know how much I enjoy it, as for the defeat in Hejian Mansion, I heard that the country used millions of soldiers and horses, and the Ming Kingdom is still making trouble, it is impossible to use so many soldiers this time, and they will not have such good luck next time.

The weather was fine, seeing that the street was about to arrive, the counselor Wen Lihan's mood became better and better, as soon as he entered the street, there was immediately the Korean businessman running out of the shop, greeting him in half-baked Chinese, only a few people on the border of North Korea can speak Jurchen, and those with a little status know Chinese, of course, Wen Lihan can also understand Chinese.

What made Wen Lihan a little unhappy was that the most attentive Han merchants in Pingsuri did not come out, didn't they know that they were coming, Wen Lihan whipped the horse in wonder, at this time, a sentence came into his ears very clearly, and someone said disdainfully:

“…… Cheap Tartar!! ”

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