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Hu Linyi and Qiao Zhiyong also noticed the convoy of timber, and the two of them stood up at the same time and turned their heads to look. Qiao Zhiyong pointed to the convoy that had stopped, waiting in line to unload timber, and the construction site that was in full swing, and said with a smile: "The camp can be built in three days, and all the tents for the workers to live in have been delivered." The track will be transported next month, all of which are rails produced by Liaoyang Steel, which are the same as those used by the Beijing-Tianjin Railway, all of which are made of 100 steel, which were used on the blade in the past, and now they are actually used to pave the road, our emperor is really magnificent!

However, those workers recruited from the Northeast are always uneasy, and everyone has a gun in their hands! It's not like workmanship, it's like being a soldier, I really don't know how to manage them......"

Speaking of the workers recruited from the Northeast Collective Farm on the construction site, the smile on Qiao Zhiyong's face was gone. Hu Linyi shook his head with a smile: "Zhong Deng, these people are not ordinary people, they are all soldiers and civilians, otherwise how can they be requisitioned with military orders?" But you don't have to worry about what happens, although they have guns in hand, their families are under the control of the imperial court. ”

Qiao Zhiyong only smiled bitterly: "It's always uneasy, Brother Runzhi, when you were in Heilongjiang, you managed such people every day, so you weren't afraid at all?" ”

"If you don't worry about it at all, it's a lie, but without these millions of foreign guns in hand, can Yixin be forced by us to get to this point? Those Eight Banners who were born and raised in the Northeast are wild! Without these gun-wielding people, would they be willing to retreat to the north of Heilongjiang? In the future, we will rely on them to colonize all the way to Siberia! ”

Of course, there are some things that he is inconvenient to say - the official authority of the Ming court in the northeast is worse than that in the mainland. After all, the common people below all have guns in their hands! Who dares to ride on them and be mighty? Let's not say that water can overturn a boat. This shot is really going to kill someone!

In fact, Hu Linyi didn't say this. Qiao Zhiyong also knew the truth. The foreman below complained no less! Not to mention deducting wages. Even the food is poor, and the attitude is a little fierce, these workers have to blow their beards and stare at them! Compared with the coolies recruited from Beizhi, Shandong, and Shanxi, these guys with foreign guns are all masters!

Hu Linyi said again: "Zhong Deng, don't blindly coerce the workers who do the work below, if you can't give some rewards, and give some small favors, even if you make a little less money after the most, you have to complete it on time, do you know it?" ”

Qiao Zhiyong smiled bitterly and sighed. There's really nothing to say. If the worker has a gun, the boss will not be able to do well......

"It's time for rice, sorghum bread rolls and a boiled egg."

Yang Laobai had finished unloading the wood at this time and began to line up to receive food. The food of these workers, who carried foreign guns, was also better than that of ordinary workers, with one more boiled egg.

"Is there any spicy?"

When it was Mr. Yang's turn to eat, he asked a chubby cook with a Sichuan accent.

"Yes, yes. Authentic Sichuan bean paste. The cook was very polite, looked at the foreign gun that Lao Bai was carrying on his shoulder, and quickly took out a little hot sauce for him and smeared it on the sorghum burrito, and gave him a big egg.

"Thank you." Yang Laobai politely thanked him. He doesn't feel like he's superior to anyone else with a gun on his back – although that's the truth! He has a gun. You can also elect the "owner" of the village, and you won't be bullied anywhere. But such a superior position comes at a price. He is a "paramilitary", and if the construction site is attacked by the enemy, he must fight with a gun! On the bank of the Heilongjiang River, he more than once held a rifle and shot at the bannermen who came to harass him on the other side of the river.

Holding the burritos and eggs dipped in chili sauce, Yang Laobai did not go back to his tent, but found an open space to sit cross-legged and gobbled it up. A few workers who might have come straight from the north took the initiative to come up and chat with him.

"Brother, where are you?"

"Sichuan's ...... Now inside Zhuangzi on the edge of the Heilongjiang River. ”

Speaking of Zhuangzi, Yang Laobai sincerely had a sense of superiority. The journey of migration back then was fortunate, but now it is enough to pay off.

"How are the days in Zhuangzi?"

"What's not good, you don't have to pay rent for planting the emperor's 50 acres of good land, and you don't have to pay for three years."

"No rent, no tax...... Don't you take the miscellaneous pies either? ”

Beizhi is preparing for the first imperial examination, and the rules of the Qing Dynasty are still followed, and there are miscellaneous schools.

Yang Laobai patted the foreign gun on his back and laughed: "Miscellaneous? Then you have to ask if it agrees or not! ”

"Isn't that a heavenly day?"

"Yes, there is no gentry grain, no field endowment, no miscellaneous pies......"

A few workers from the north were really moved, and there was no threshold for going to the Northeast Collective Farm, and everyone could sign up.

At this time, an elderly worker suddenly asked: "I heard that the collective farm farmers are going to fight against the Eight Banners and the Russians, is this true?" ”

Yang Laobai said: "The Russian soldiers have never seen it, but the Eight Banners have encountered it, they came from the north bank of the Heilongjiang River, where it was occupied by the Russians, and those Eight Banners soldiers are all yellow Russian dogs." ”

"Is it amazing?"

Yang Laobai waved his hand: "It's not amazing, there are 1,000 foreign guns in the Zhuangzi where I live!" And it's better than the foreign guns in the hands of the Eight Banners, it's rifled, and it hits far and accurately! You can kill a bunch of Tartars every time, and you can exchange their heads for money. ”

He said with his eyebrows fluttering, as if he had really killed the Eight Banners Uncle. In fact, his marksmanship is very poor, and he is not as accurate as her ugly girl. However, there are many people in Zhuangzi who are good at marksmanship, because this "Zhuanghu" is also a hunter in addition to farming, as long as he stays in the Northeast for two or three years, everyone can practice good marksmanship. It's just that the wild animals in the mountains and forests of the Northeast have suffered, and of course, the Tartars sent to the door have also fallen into blood mold, and the border conflicts along the Heilongjiang River are basically Tartars who have suffered.

A few workers from Beizhi stuck out their tongues when they heard this, and said in their hearts: "No wonder the foremen are so polite to some of their 'dealers', and the emotional people have cut off their Tartar heads!" It seems that the officials in the Northeast really don't dare to bully the common people casually. ”

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At this time, in the wasteland of southern Khalkha Mongolia, a large mixed army and civilian army was marching. Infantry, cavalry, and baggage soldiers in gray uniforms, as well as cannons towed by mules and horses, walked in front, followed by people dressed in common people's clothes and carrying foreign guns, driving pack carts, and several Mongolian tribes, all the way north.

This is the army commanded by Miao Peilin, the governor and chief soldier of Suiyuan, but not all of them are the so-called "Miao Army", but also the field army of the Ming Army. Contrary to Muravyov's expectations, the Miao army did not move with the Guards cavalry. It's just that the Mongolian cavalry, which was accompanied by several thousand people, was recruited from the seven counties of Ordos, and now they have changed into gray military uniforms and sabers made of good steel to serve as a guard under the army.

The team stopped next to a "haizi". The so-called haizi are actually lakes, and according to the Mongols, some haizi can "run". But in front of me is a sea that can't move.

As the troops began to set up camp, wisps of smoke rose from the cooking, and dinner was soon to arrive. The various systems of the Miao army are similar to those of the regular Ming army, with three meals a day, 24 two meters, and 3 yuan of vegetable money every month. However, the rules of the Miao army are not strict, and deductions occur from time to time, but in wartime, it is still possible to ensure that the soldiers are well fed. There is not only beef and mutton here in Mongolia, Miao Peilin also specially bought a lot before sending troops, so that some Mongolian herdsmen marched together, slaughtering some vegetables for officers and soldiers every day. Such a small favor and small favor, of course Miao Peilin, who knows the soldiers, will do it.

When the big guy was eating, Miao Peilin walked around the army with his hands behind his back. The current establishment of the Miao army is the same as that of other town armies, and under the town are brigades, regiments, battalions, and other establishments. This time, Miao Peilin went north with 8 brigades of the Suiyuan Town Army, 2 Ordos Cavalry Brigades and the 15th Army of the Army. There were nearly 80,000 officers and soldiers, as well as no less than 30,000 armed men – all of whom were recruited from Suiyuan military households and collective farms, as well as nearly 20,000 Mongolian herdsmen. That's nearly 100,000 in total! If Muravyov really sent his Cossacks and Yixin's Eight Bannermen together, Zhun Bao would not have ended well. (To be continued......)