Chapter 200: Can't Get Out
But how to explain one's own view, but can only be explained by the hundreds of years of history that you already know and will be born in the future, which is really extremely absurd and a paradox.
However, Sun Hedou showed an expression of understanding on his face, stood up from behind the bookcase, and said with a little emotion:
"My father's mentor Xu Ge Lao once wrote that the world is called a slave who is long in a bow horse, and he said that he is strong and a bow horse, but he doesn't know that the slave's foot soldiers are extremely fine, and there is a degree of separation. It is roughly estimated that Dongyu can mobilize 100,000 soldiers, and how much can my Ming generals have their own soldiers? The Dongyu Jurchen is the real confidant, if it is still treated now, it will definitely be a catastrophe in the future! ”
In the end, Sun Hedou's words also began to be excited, Sun Yuanhe's teacher was Xu Guangqi, a scientific master in the late Ming Dynasty, he was a sober and knowledgeable university scholar in the late Ming Dynasty, who understood the general trend of the world, and his insight was naturally completely different from that of scholars and bureaucrats like the Ming Dynasty who only read sage books.
Speaking of this, Li Meng stood up again and said solemnly:
"Mr. Sun, there are only a few people in the world who can see the harm of the Dongyu Jurchens, although Li Meng is humble and light-hearted, he is willing to use all his strength to prevent the disaster. Would you like to help me, sir? ”
When these words were asked, even the word "no" of "yes" was saved, and when the two sides talked about this, Sun Hedou didn't seem to be able to find any reason to refuse.
Sun Hedou bent down slightly, showing his respect for Li Meng, and teased:
"Come to Shandong, don't agree to adults, I'm afraid that I will be locked up here for a lifetime, Sun still wants to take advantage of the time when he is not old, go out to sea to see. It's just that I don't understand, in addition to Sun's firearms technique, he has only read the book of war. I don't know where adults use me! ”
Hearing the other party's promise, Li Meng's excited mood became a little relaxed, and he said with a smile:
"It's for this firearms technique!"
The conversation with Sun Hedou was the most thought expressed in Li Meng's heart since he came to this era, but after the conversation. Although there is the joy of adding talents to the hands, there is also the fear of loneliness and helplessness, and many things seem to be impossible to expect everyone to agree, but to let go and do it.
Since the governor Yamen is going to break up with Li Meng, the general of Laizhou, to strengthen the garrison in Qingzhou, then Li Meng must make some moves, except for the cavalry who kept in touch, the rest of the cavalry were sent to Qingzhou Mansion.
This year, because of the catastrophe and famine caused by the great drought, many peasants and even small landlords were left homeless. Many people are even more down, but Li Meng has "moral politics", and began to recruit horse teams, all the warriors with horses can enter the Jiaozhou battalion as cavalry, and the assessment is not difficult, but after entering, they can get fifty percent of the salary.
Although it is fifty percent. But people who have been in contact with the Jiaozhou battalion know that this fifty percent of the food and salary is a real fifty percent, without any deduction, and this money and grain is already more than the full salary of many armies, this natural disaster*, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, and Beizhili are all catastrophes, even if they are homeless, they have nowhere to go. Jiaozhou camp is really the best place to go.
It is worth mentioning that this proclamation is mainly told by those smugglers who brought them to various green forest cottages and horse bandits, these bandits on horseback can pass the assessment of the Jiaozhou battalion, and they are more likely to become soldiers if they have some military experience.
Although the bandit leaders everywhere know that Li Meng is blatantly poaching, think about those copycat gangs that have been destroyed. can only pinch his nose and endure it, Li Meng is the most useful person to speak on the underworld in Shandong's green forest, he is the biggest private salt lord.
At the beginning of November, Li Meng's horse corps had swelled to more than 2,000 people, except for the previous 600 veterans. 300 new training horses. The rest were attached horse bandits and robbers.
Kong Sande, who was in charge of the shops of the Yansheng Mansion, received 30,000 taels of silver from Li Meng's shop in Jining Prefecture, and the Yansheng Mansion was a veritable emperor in Qufu. There are countless manors under his hands, and there are countless grains and grasses he has accumulated, but Kong Sande has started his own business in the Confucian Mansion.
First purchased a large number of stored grain and grass, and then relied on the relationship to vacate several large manors, these manors are in the periphery of Qufu, the stored grain and grass in the famine, Yansheng Mansion took out a little bit to help the poor, saying that the accumulation is not much, and they have to maintain themselves, but Kong Sande took out real money and silver, and these grains and grasses immediately poured out like a trick.
Although Kong Sande's status in the Yansheng Mansion is not high, he can be regarded as the richest people, and his family naturally does not lack these things to eat, but in front of real money, no one will ask a word.
In mid-November, Li Mengdi's more than 2,000 horse teams were already stationed in several large manors near Qufu, but externally, these people were still stationed in Linzi, Qingzhou Prefecture.
In the Li family's manor in Fengmeng Town, the guards were nervously preparing, an officer was in and out of Li Meng's basement, Li Meng was fully dressed in the main hall, Wang Hai stood aside, and Li Meng listened attentively to the report of his subordinates.
"My lord, the Jiaohe River has not yet frozen, and the six 700-pound artillery pieces have already been transported away by collision with the boat."
"My lord, Master Ning has already spent 20,000 taels of silver over there, and it has already been loaded into the carriage."
Li Meng turned his head to look at Wang Hai and said:
"Are all your three hundred ready?"
Wang Hai solemnly gave a military salute and replied solemnly:
"Please rest assured, you can always get ready."
While he was talking, there were guards outside preaching:
"Mr. Qian, Huang Ping, begging to see your lord."
Hearing this communication, Wang Hai's face was a little wrong, a foreign officer was suddenly promoted to his deputy, and changed the guards' protection methods, giving people the feeling that they were incompetent, Huang Ping was suddenly promoted, and there were rumors in the Jiaozhou camp that Huang Ping was about to take his place, after all, Li Mengdang Street was assassinated, and finally the general was needed to face the assassin directly, this personal guard leader is indeed a bit derelict in his duties.
Li Meng naturally saw Wang Hai's expression, and couldn't help but smile and said:
"What you have to do is to follow the officer, don't think about those useless things, the position of the thousand general manager of the pro-soldier team is yours, Huang Ping and I have another use, pass people in, and the official has to talk to him alone!"
Li Meng made such a promise, and Wang Hai, who was not too deep in the city mansion, immediately smiled, hurriedly bowed and saluted, and hurriedly ran out.
"From today on, you are not a member of the pro-military battalion, this officer wants you to establish a team similar to Ticai, but not internally, but externally to investigate and spy, people don't look for it from the officers and soldiers, you recruit Jianghu people outside, how much money do you need to spend to find me, Hou Shan can assist you."
Facing Huang Ping who came in, Li Meng didn't say much, but simply arranged the task neatly, and after finishing speaking, he handed Huang Ping a note, which was written by Li Meng himself, and asked Hou Shan to cooperate with the order, the calligraphy was average, and the handwriting was not good-looking, but to some extent, it also avoided being forged.
"Whoever has seen it, let him draw on it and write down the date of the day, and when I come back, return the note to me."
added a few more words, waved his hand to let Huang Ping retreat, Huang Ping wanted to engage in a battle formation, but he also knew that if he climbed to a high position as soon as possible in Li Meng's system, it was the most correct way to use the strengths of his former stay in Jinyiwei, as an outsider, it was indeed a benefit to be able to get out of the entanglement of interests in this group.
After giving these orders, Li Meng sorted out the armor on his body and strode out of the main hall, and the guards immediately followed, and only then did they walk out of the door, but saw a servant woman hesitating towards this side.
Although this servant woman may be the wife and relative of her colleagues, the guards immediately shouted loudly, and someone immediately stopped in front of Li Mengma, and the rear was ready to attack.
In Li Meng's eyes, this is indeed a bit of a fuss, but Professor Huang Ping's method of guarding them is like this, and it is not a bad thing to be cautious and develop habits in small places, but Li Meng is thinking in his heart: It is always necessary to distinguish what is dangerous and what is a normal encounter.
The servant woman was already a little frightened, kneeling on the side of the road from a distance, a personal guard weapon out of the sheath trotted over to question, it stands to reason that before Li Meng traveled, all the families in the manor should have been informed, except for the necessary people, should not appear on the road that must be passed, this is a bit abnormal.
After asking a few words, the guard put his weapon back into the scabbard, scratched his head in embarrassment, hesitated, and turned back and shouted:
"This is the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, and she has to report to the adults about family matters."
Since this kind of behavior must be a private matter, Li Meng beckoned on the horse, and the servant woman hurriedly trotted over, and after the surrounding guards dispersed, she said softly but a little anxiously under Li Meng's horse:
"Master, the two young ladies in the inner courtyard asked the slave maid to tell the master that you must see you, or else you will ...... Just ......"
Looking at the servant woman below hesitating and not daring to speak, Li Meng was a little irritable, thinking that this was not going out yet, Gu Hengbo and Liu Ru were now the subordinates of the Li family manor who did not know their names, and opened their mouths to urge:
"That's it, I don't blame you!"
"Master, they said they didn't want to see you, so they had to look for a short time." The attitude towards the Manchu Qing Dynasty and Li Chuang is clearly stated in the history books, whether it is "Guoyi" or Mr. Gu Cheng's exposition,