Although Hu Boss and Zhao Sihai used to be the Ming army, no one has ever seen what the official certificate and official seal of the Yongli Imperial Court look like, although Zhou Shixiang is a human being in two lifetimes, but the certificate of being an official in the Yongli Imperial Court is also blind, and finally everyone publicly recommended that Song Xianggong, who had been a magistrate, came forward to check.

Recalling the general seal stolen from the camp back then, combined with the county princess's big seal that he kept when he was the magistrate of the county in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Song Xianggong pretended to be a pretend to be the official body of the general of Luodingzhou and the authenticity of the big seal, and then pretended to be polite to look at Cheng Bangjun's official certificate of the Yongli Imperial Court Military Department member Wailang, and finally nodded to Hu Laoda, so that the hearts of the men in the house were put back into their stomachs.

Zhou Shixiang was also completely relieved, the request for inspection was put forward by him, and now that it has been proved to be true, he is naturally happy.

It is said that Cheng Bangjun came all the way to recruit Boss Hu and them, this matter cannot be fake, but the vigilant habits developed as a soldier in his previous life still made Zhou Shixiang have more eyes, as Boss Hu said, it is always not a bad thing to be safe. After all, compared with the Yongli court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had much more conspiracies against the Ming army and resistance forces, who knows if they came to coax the bandits in Daqiao Mountain, and then wait for them to go down the mountain and capture them and completely clear the place.

If these bandits have nothing to do with him, Zhou Shixiang doesn't want to meddle in things, but now that they know each other, and these men are also friendly to themselves, although they have fallen into the grass, they have not forgotten who their father's ancestors are and are accomplices to Tartars, so they rush to this, and Zhou Shixiang will do his best to help them. Besides, he ate a meal from others, and the so-called soft hands and soft mouths of people are really embarrassed if he doesn't make some effort.

After confirming that it was true, Cheng Bangjun was also secretly relieved, he also wondered if these bandits would break their promise and give him a surprise, now things are completely changing as he expected, and his mentality is very different, and the tone of talking to Boss Hu is very kind, as if they have long been colleagues, and they exchanged a few polite words, Cheng Bangjun saw that it was almost over, and said: "Since the inspection has been completed, then ask General Hu to offer incense to receive the seal." ”

As soon as he heard that everyone called himself a general, Boss Hu's face suddenly smiled, and he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to prepare incense

Naturally, the ceremony for Hu Quan to take over as the general of Luoding Prefecture could not be cumbersome, nor could it be formal, and it was limited by conditions, so everything could only be simplified. After the men have placed the incense table, the ceremony begins.

Cheng Bangjun did not read a holy decree like Zhou Shixiang did in his previous life, as he saw in movies and television, but stood in front of the incense case with a solemn expression and said a few words of the "edict" of the Son of Heaven, which is probably to encourage the person who awarded the official to serve the court from now on, kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and the court will not treat him badly. After the "edict" was finished, Cheng Bangjun turned into a Cheng member wailang again, took the pen and ink and wrote Hu Quan's name on the blank Luo Dingzhou general appointment letter, Zhou Shixiang looked at it, the paper had already been stamped with a big seal, and it looked like it was indeed covered by the jade seal of the son of Yongli.

After writing his name, Cheng Bangjun held the letter of appointment in one hand and the seal in the other, and said loudly: "Luo Ding's general Hu Quan took over the seal!" ”

"The last general Hu Quan took the seal!"

Hu Lao University responded loudly about the situation he saw in Li Chengdong's army back then, and after kowtowing, he hurriedly stepped forward to take over the letter of appointment and the big seal from Cheng Bangjun, so that the new Luo Dingzhou general of the Yongli Imperial Court was released.

When Hu Quan carefully looked at the letter of appointment that the ink had not yet dried, Cheng Bangjun remembered something and hurriedly said: "General Hu's official uniform has already been prepared by the imperial court, and when General Hu leads his troops to capture Luodingzhou, someone will come to deliver it." In addition, the general's subordinate officers will also be asked to report to the general at that time, and the military department will also appoint them after verification. ”

As soon as he heard that the official uniform was not brought, and he had to wait for himself to take Luo Dingcheng, Boss Hu was suddenly a little disappointed, and after thinking about it, he was just fooling them, where would he really go to fight Luo Dingcheng, and if he didn't have the official uniform, there would be no one. If you have this official seal, you can ask Mr. Song to write something and press this seal up, but it is the order of the general who is serious. As for the appointment of his subordinates, Boss Hu didn't think much about it, the surname Cheng made it clear that only by winning Luo Dingcheng would he have the next reward, and at the moment, except for this general seal, everything else is extravagant.

"Congratulations, big brother! Congratulations, big brother! ”

"The eldest brother has become a general, and the brothers will also be guerrillas, capitalists, and garrisons in the future!"

"Hey, I didn't think that Lao Tzu would be an official in the future, it's really smoking from the ancestral tomb!"

“”

A group of men in the house were busy congratulating Hu Laodao, Cheng Bangjun listened to their vulgar words, and his heart was disdainful, but his face was not obvious, and he always smiled. When Boss Hu looked at him, he also nodded immediately, and he made eye contact with Zhou Shixiang a few times during the period, and it was rare for him to smile at each other, no longer as cold as before.

When these bandits had enough joy there, Cheng Bangjun reminded Hu Laodao, who was still immersed in joy: "Since General Hu has been ordered, please inform this official, when does General Hu plan to attack Luoding City?" With the quasi-letter, the official can go back and reply to the superintendent. ”

When Hu Quan heard this, his face was stunned, and when he was about to speak, Song Xianggong had already preemptively said: "Don't worry, my lord, since my eldest brother has been appointed by the imperial court, he will naturally go to fight Naluo Dingcheng, and we have no other requests at the moment, just ask Lord Cheng to go back and allocate some money and food for us." ”

"Money?"

Not again! Cheng Bangjun snorted secretly and said quietly: "Since you have been appointed by the imperial court, you should have allocated money and food, but now you can't." This official will not hide from you that since the withdrawal of the king of Xining, the situation in Guangdong has not been favorable to our army, and everywhere is tight, so there is also a shortage of money and food, and it cannot be allocated to you for the time being, and General Hu needs to raise it himself. ”

After hearing this, Song Xianggong was immediately dissatisfied and said: "The emperor is not hungry soldiers, and there is no money and food, so what will I take to fight Luoding City." ”

"That's it, if you don't have food in your stomach, you won't have the strength in your hands, where can you fight with the Tartars!" Zhao Sihai also shouted cooperatively.

As soon as the two of them said this, a group of men hurriedly followed the noise, and Boss Hu also said a few words, thinking that it would be better if he could coax this surnamed Cheng to allocate some more money and food.

Silver, Cheng Bangjun can't take it out, and he can't take out food!

If there is enough money and food, the governor of Liangguang and the governor of the four prefectures, Zhang Xiaoqi, they will not come up with the bad idea of absorbing bandits, and they have already taken out food to recruit the people to join the army, where do they still need these bandits, and they will not grant them the famous weapons of the imperial court. To put it bluntly, the Ming army in Guangdong was so poor that they were about to become called Huazi, and they really couldn't come up with anything else except the righteousness of the court and a piece of paper.

The overall situation is like this, where does Cheng Bangjun raise food and money?

Zhou Shi saw that everyone quarreled with Cheng Bangjun about money and food, and Cheng Bangjun also began to doubt the sincerity of Boss Hu's attack on Luo Dingcheng, and hurriedly said: "Lord Cheng don't worry, we will solve the matter of money and food by ourselves, and we will definitely fight this Luo Dingcheng!" ”

Author's note: The Southern Ming Dynasty was first crowned King of Xining by Li Dingguo, and later awarded the King of Jin.