"Lord Song, I don't know much about the military system of the Ming Dynasty, but it is really not good if there are fewer people, because in the future, these people will be divided into two groups, one group of people is responsible for the security of the village, and the general people are responsible for escorting soap to the county seat. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Zhao Guohua said.

Hearing his words, Song Zhixian thought about it for a while, and then said: "What Mingyuan said is also true, in this way, you can recruit one hundred and twenty people, the scale of a hundred households, the official can still call the shots." ”

Yes! Finally my wish has come true! He can legally own and make knives and guns, Zhao Guohua's heart was ecstatic, he quietly gave another salute to Song Zhixian, and said solemnly: "The kindness of the adults will not be forgotten in the future, and I thank the adults for their support, if there is anything in the county in the future, the security team in Xiahe Mingfeng Village will definitely not stand idly by." ”

"Hahahaha...... Mingyuan was polite......" Song Zhixian laughed.

After the county government completed the documents on the formation of the Mingfeng Village security team, out of the county office, Zhao Guohua said goodbye to Wang Zhutou and rode on the horse and returned to Mingfeng Village with Sun Fu.

After telling Sun Laohan and Ding Shun about this, both of them were very happy.

Early the next morning, Zhao Guohua found the local Lizheng Ma Ming again, and showed him the approval document of the county government, and Ma Ming allocated a piece of abandoned land near the village that was difficult to cultivate with less soil and more gravel to the security team as a camp. This piece of land is forty acres in size, facing the entrance of the village, backed by the river, convenient to get water, and convenient to support the village, Zhao Guohua felt that this place was not bad.

"Uncle Sun, you go to find a few plasterers, first level the ground, and then build a fence around it, and then build a row of houses to build a gate, and then this will be the playground and camp of our security team." Zhao Guohua arranged,

After arranging these, Zhao Guohua returned to the village, entered the house and began to design the uniform of the security team.

After thinking about it, he still decided to adopt the style of clothes in the Ming Dynasty, because it would not be too out of line, but the color of the clothes was changed to the blue-black of the police uniform of later generations, a red scarf was tied around the neck, and the left arm wore an armband with the word "security". Why the uniform should be blue and black is very simple, because blue clothing is not easy to get dirty, easy to clean and maintain, and people wearing dark blue clothes at night are not easy to be seen.

After considering the style and color of the security team's uniform, he called Sun Fu into the county seat. Sun Fu has worked as a merchant and knows which tailor in the county has good craftsmanship and fair price.

The two came to a medium-sized tailor shop, and there was a large sign of "Reluctant to Wear Clothes" on the front of the store, in which several men were busy, some were cutting fabrics, and some were measuring the size of customers, and they seemed very busy

"Is Boss Chen at home? Tell him to come out, I have a business to do with him. Sun Fu said to the guy in the tailor shop

"Oh, it turned out to be Boss Sun, please wait...... I'll go and ask the shopkeeper ......" The young man looked at him, and hurried to the back.

After a while, a burst of "hahahaha" laughter came, and then a middle-aged man with a smile on his face and white and chubby walked out quickly, and said as he walked: "Brother Sun Xian, you haven't been to my brother's shop for some days, and you have to accompany your brother to have two drinks when you come today......

Glancing at him, he was kind but shrewd and capable, smiling before meeting people, his eyes were not big, but he had a spirit and could perceive everything around him. Heavy eyebrows. There are a few pockmarks on the face. Two thin lips, revealing the ability to speak. The clear lines and slightly chubby figure give people a calm feeling.

Well, a nice guy. Zhao Guohua had a good impression of him in his heart.

After greeting Sun Fu warmly, he looked at the extraordinary man beside Sun Fu, and then hurriedly asked politely: "Brother Sun Xian, who is this?" ……”

"Oh...... This is my eldest brother Zhao, who has just returned to Daming from overseas, and is now the captain of the security team of Mingfeng Village. ”

"Oops, disrespectful...... Under the surname Chen Dafa, I don't know Mr. your surname? The tailor shop owner hurriedly bowed his hand.

"Don't dare...... Under the surname Zhao Guohua, the word Mingyuan ...... "Zhao Guohua returned the gift."

After another polite conversation, the owner of the tailor shop said respectfully: "If Brother Sun Xian and this gentleman don't dislike it, how about ...... come back and drink a cup of weak tea?"

"It's okay......" Zhao Guohua said briskly.

Came to the reception room behind the shop, drank a few sips of tea, and the tailor shop owner Chen Dafa said: "Brother Sun Xian, I just heard that Brother Xian has a business to take care of me, I don't know what kind of business it is?" He knew that Sun Fu was a merchant, and he used to sell some local cloth from his store to the village, but he didn't come for the past two months, and he thought he had gone to another house to buy goods.

In Chen Dafa's mind, no matter how big Sun Fu's business as a merchant is, it will not be so big, at most it will be enough to buy a dozen pieces of cloth.

"Shopkeeper Chen, I heard Brother Sun say that the craftsmanship in your shop is good, the price is fair, I am now the captain of the security team of Mingfeng Village, I plan to order five hundred uniforms from you, I don't know if it is possible"

"Huh? Five hundred? …… It's totally okay, no problem, no problem......" Chen Dafa said excitedly.

It's not a small business, and it's been busy enough for a while

Looking at his excited appearance, Zhao Guohua smiled, and then said: "Shopkeeper Chen, my five hundred sets of clothes need to be done within a month, I don't know if I can do it?" ”

"Do it in a month...... Time is a little tight......" Chen Dafa said thoughtfully.

"Shopkeeper Chen, if your tailor shop can make these five hundred sets of uniforms according to my requirements within a month, then the clothes and other quilts that my security team needs in the future will also be handed over to you." Zhao Guohua released another bombshell.

Sure enough, Chen Dafa listened and gritted his teeth and agreed.

"Even if you don't sleep, Lao Tzu has to do it." He thought to himself, and after looking at the patterns and colors, he promised to make five hundred security uniforms in a month.

After paying a deposit of one hundred taels, the matter was settled. After setting the uniform, Zhao Guohua asked again: "Shopkeeper Chen, I still want to order a batch of rice noodles, I don't know which one in this county has the right price and quality?" ”

"I don't know how many meters of noodles Captain Zhao needs?" Chen Dafa asked politely. He was very happy to receive this large number of orders, and the clothes of the security team were also made in his tailor shop in the future, which was a long-term business.

After thinking about it, Zhao Guohua said: "Thirty stones of rice and thirty stones of white flour." ”

"With such a large amount, you have to find a bigger rice store, go, I will take you to the rice grain store opened by my brother, and promise that he will give you a reasonable price."

"Shopkeeper Chen, the rice noodles I need must not only be reasonably priced, but also ...... quality," Zhao Guohua said lightly.

"Don't worry, my brother is a good person, you ......will know it when you get there," Chen Dafa patted his chest and said.

After crossing a street, I saw a grain store called "Honest Rice Shop", Chen Dafa said hello to his buddy and walked in. After a while, a man about his age came over with a small teapot in his hand.

The top of the man's head was bare, surrounded by a few sparse hairs, his face was round, he was smiling, and his belly was high like a Maitreya Buddha.

"Captain Zhao, this is my brother Chen Daquan, brother, this is the Captain Zhao of the Mingfeng Village Security Team I told you......" Chen Dafa hurriedly introduced the two of them.

Looking at Zhao Guohua's burly and well-proportioned figure, fair skin, and calm bearing, Chen Daquan hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "Could it be that this is Mr. Zhao Guohua who returned to Daming from overseas?" ”

"It's under the ......," Zhao Guohua said with a smile.

"Oops...... What a disrespectful ...... I, Chen Daquan, are fortunate to see Mr. ......," Chen Daquan said very politely and enthusiastically

Zhao Guohua clasped his fists and smiled: "Mr. Chen is too polite...... I don't know where did Mr. hear about it? ”

"Oh, that's the case, I am good friends with Wang Zhutou of the county government, often eat and drink together, a few days ago Wang Zhutou came to my store to drink, at the wine table, he talked about Mr. Zhao, he also listened to Master Niu talk about Mr. Zhao's story overseas to tell the truth, I was also thrilled to hear it, that overseas Huaxia is really a paradise on earth." Chen Daquan said with a sigh.

"Oh, shopkeeper Chen and Wang Zhutou are good friends?" Zhao Guohua said with a smile.

"Yes, in this world now, it's really not easy to do some serious business, the servants in the yamen, the ruffians on the street, if it weren't for the relationship between the king and the head, my rice grain store would have been unable to open a long time ago." Chen Daquan said with a sigh.

Hearing this, Zhao Guohua said: "Shopkeeper Chen, since you are Wang Zhutou's friend, that is also my friend, if you have any difficult things in the future, you can come to me, and I will definitely do my best to help." ”

"Thank you! Thanks a lot! Chen Daquan bowed and clenched his fists and said in a loud voice.

After buying rice at Chen Daquan's rice grain store, Zhao Guohua and Sun Fu said goodbye to the Chen brothers and went to the blacksmith shop again.

Seeing the two leave, the Chen brothers returned to the house

"Brother, what do you think of this person?" Chen Dafa drank tea.

Chen Daquan took a sip of tea and said slowly: "This person is from overseas, according to Wang Zhutou, the county commander Song is very appreciative of this person, and he stayed in the back office to eat when they first met, and now he is appointed as the security captain of Mingfeng Village, which shows that the county order attaches great importance to this person, and I see that this person behaves calmly, advances and retreats to a certain extent, and there are about to have soldiers in his hands. ”

"Brother, it seems that the two of us want to go together, hahahaha......"

After ordering one hundred and fifty spears and one hundred and fifty waist knives at the blacksmith shop, and paying a deposit, Zhao Guohua and Sun Fucai rode back to the village.

After returning to the village, after discussing with Sun Laohan and his son, Ding Shun and Lao Tongsheng Wang Delu, everyone worked out a method for recruiting security guards, and decided that each security guard would be paid one or two or five dollars of silver per month according to the sales income of soap in the chemical workshop, and four sets of clothes would be issued every year, one set each in spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Although everyone felt too much after listening to this treatment, but at Zhao Guohua's insistence, everyone still agreed.

After doing this, Zhao Guohua began to formulate military discipline and training methods. Zhao Guohua was an active-duty soldier in later life, and he knew that the combat effectiveness of an army was mainly determined by several factors, one was strict military discipline, the second was strict training, the third was sophisticated equipment, and the fourth was the good physical fitness of soldiers. To sum up, he developed a set of training methods that were different from those of the Ming army.