Chapter 626: Order of Qin Chuan
readx; After the reorganization of the first regiment is completed and the officers are awarded, it is time to begin normal duty and training. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Zhu Youzhen didn't care about the rest of the matter, and let it all go to the head of the regiment Xie Sheng to do, because he was too busy.
Xie Sheng's arrangement for defense and training was as follows: two of the eight battalions were in Qinwangzhuang to defend the city, one of them was responsible for the city walls and gates, one was responsible for maintaining order inside the city, and the other six battalions were trained outside the city. Rotate every three days, and no one wants to be lazy.
As a result, the number of soldiers defending the city was actually much smaller than before. However, due to the fact that the first regiment went outside the city, the defense area was much larger than before, and Xie Sheng judged that according to the information transmitted by Sun Chuanting and Lin Youkun, it was impossible for a large number of thieves or bandits to attack Jingyang in the near future, so he was also willing to devote more troops to actual combat training, so that the recruits could adapt to military life as soon as possible and form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.
Zhu Youzhen returned to the Qin Palace, under the strict protection of the special combat team. In the palace, Zhu Youzhen secretly conferred the title of special combat team member headed by Yan Ling. Although they were not in the official sequence of Qin Bing, they played an equally large role, so Zhu Youzhen did not treat them badly, and gave Yan Ling the same award of major, and the other team members were also second lieutenants.
However, due to their own characteristics, the special combat personnel were unable to openly enjoy this honor in a big way, and they could not even express their joy, but only silently kept the glory and responsibility in their hearts.
In the turn of the day, Zhu Youzhen was downstairs at the gate of the inner city, and personally awarded military ranks and medals to Sun Yuanlong and others. The personnel of the arsenal are obviously not combatants, but they play an equally vital role in the war effort, equivalent to civilian personnel in previous lives, so it is also necessary to confer military ranks to enhance their sense of honor and mission. Sun Yuanlong was awarded the rank of captain, and his apprentice Wei Zhen was also awarded the rank of lieutenant.
In addition, Zhu Youzhen also specially awarded the "Qinchuan Medal" to the two. This is also his imitation of the medal system in his previous life, so that the craftsmen rushed overnight, in order to commend those elites from all walks of life who have made outstanding contributions to the cause of Qinwangzhuang, which is similar to the meaning of the "Medal of the Republic". But now Zhu Youzhen is still just a vassal king, and he doesn't dare to get too big a name, so he has to come up with the name "Qinchuan Medal".
The ceremony was unprecedented, not only representatives from all walks of life and many people spontaneously participated, but all the female dependents of the Qin Palace, including Princess Rui'er, also attended collectively, and even the little concubine was embraced by Bao Yulian to show her grandeur. Zhu Youzhen personally put the medal on Sun Yuanlong and Wei Zhen, and briefly introduced to everyone the process of the two's research and development of rapid-fire guns and flintlock guns, as well as the great significance of these two new firearms.
Everyone cheered when they heard this, Sun Yuanlong and Wei Zhen were deeply moved, and they simply cried a mess. Both of them wept silently and said that they would live up to the medal on their chests in the future, and they would do their best to make more and better firearms for King Qin, and swear to defend His Royal Highness King Qin and his father and fellow villagers.
After the awarding ceremony, Bao Yulian took advantage of the inattention of others to grab Zhu Youzhen, and said with disgust: "Lord, the sisters know that you are busy, but no matter how busy you are, you have to go back to the palace to eat and rest!" The concubine has something to do with her children, but the princess Niangniang and Zhenyan are alone in the empty room at night, how lonely it should be! ”
Zhu Youzhen smiled embarrassedly: "Didn't you just come back, a lot of things that should have been done a long time ago have been done in the past few days, so I can't be busy." Isn't it just over, I'll go home with you, let's make dumplings and eat them first. ”
Before the words fell, Yang Sichang, the magistrate of Jingyang, rushed over and said: "Your Highness, the minister has not failed in his mission, and finally said that Sun Yunchang, the landlord of Wenshui Village, is willing to lease 1,000 acres of land to the Jingyang Merchant Gang. In order to impress this Sun Dahu, Chen Ke wrote more than 20 couplets from the inside to the outside of his home, and even one came to the door of the latrine: 'The flowing water mercilessly enters the ground, and the green mountains have a long voice'! ”
Everyone was stunned at first, and then laughed out loud at this couplet, and several female relatives were so ashamed that they quickly covered their mouths and ran away. Zhu Youzhen laughed for a long time before saying: "It's hard to be Mr. Yang's good talent, but you have done this king a great favor!" ”
Then he came to Rui'er and Bao Yulian and said apologetically: "I'm really sorry, there is another big matter, I must do it immediately." You go back to the house to make dumplings first, and if I come back late, don't wait, you can eat first. ”
"The prince just goes to get busy, do you really think you're fragrant?" Rui'er laughed jokingly, "If you weren't there, the three of us sisters would just be playing mahjong with the county lord for a while!" ”
Zhu Cunqi still didn't dare to joke with Zhu Youzhen, and said with a gentle smile: "Where is Your Highness, just send someone to inform you." We have cooked the dumplings so that we can send them to His Highness. ”
"Look, it's still our county poster." Li Zhenyan smiled narrowly, "But Lord Wang, you have been using silver for the past two days, and you can take time to talk to the county lord alone after returning home!" With that, he flew away as if he were running away.
"Zhenyan is hateful, the affairs of the Yellow Sea Merchant Gang are obviously in the hands of the two of us, why do you want Your Highness to talk to me alone, do you want to be lazy?" Zhu Cunqi and Li Zhenyan were still very casual, and chased after them with a laugh and scolding.
Zhu Youzhen smiled bitterly and shook his head, but he didn't have time to think about it, so he quickly asked someone to get his half pocket of baby seeds, and under the leadership of Yang Sichang, he drove out of the city and went straight to the newly rented field.
Wenshui Village is directly east of Qinwangzhuang, and the fields of the two villages are close to each other, and the ordinary farmers in this village have already rented their own land to the Jingyang Merchant Gang. Only this Sun Yunchang is the leading landowner in Wenshui Village, and Li Hu, the leader of the Tiger Roaring Business Gang, is the second daughter's in-law, and he is also a well-known figure in Jingyang County.
Since Zhu Youzhen implemented land reform last year, the big landlords in various villages in Jingyang County, including Sun Yunchang, have instinctively resisted these measures. In the minds of these landlords, land is their lifeblood, and the land that has been put in their pockets will never be controlled by others in any form.
Regarding the high rent given by the Jingyang merchant gang, Sun Yunchang did not believe it at all at first. His family has been a landlord for generations, and he has a good idea of how much grain can be produced by one acre of land. Could it be that if you change to the people of the Jingyang Merchant Gang, you can collect several times more grain? With such a high rent, it is obviously a loss-making transaction. This must be a ploy by the Jingyang merchants, after defrauding the land, they may start to pay the rent in full, and slowly begin to default, and finally they will not pay.
But last autumn, when the Jingyang Merchant Gang harvested a large amount of cotton, Sun Yunchang was a little dumbfounded.