Chapter 22: A Visit from an Acquaintance
After the post-war commendation meeting, the town of Ganzhou returned to intense training. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoAt this time, the questions that Pang Yue needed to consider also came one after another.
In this expedition, although Ganzhou Town defeated the thieves and won the final victory, many of its own problems were also exposed. First of all, there is the problem of intelligence sources, on the way to Jiulong Mountain that day, it was precisely because of the lack of timely and accurate intelligence sources that Ganzhou Town was ambushed by thieves. Fortunately, Pang Yue's timely response, coupled with the fact that the overall combat effectiveness of the thieves was not as good as that of the Ming army, was able to counterattack victoriously and avoid a disaster. However, if the ambusher is a Jiannu, the consequences are a bit serious. Subsequently, during the attack on Jiulong Mountain, the bird gun also exposed its shortcomings in mountain offensive operations, such as the ignition of the charge is more troublesome, it is more susceptible to the influence of wind, and the rate of fire is also slow. In the course of the offensive, although some soldiers fought bravely, there was also a phenomenon of not obeying orders and only charging and killing themselves, and in the final analysis, it was caused by a lack of training time.
In addition, there is another problem that Pang Yue has been troubled for a long time, and that is the mastery of time. As a modern person, Pang Yue was originally very uncomfortable with the method of using hourglasses and sundials to keep time, and this time when he went to conquer the thieves, the mastery of time made him feel a headache. It seems that the adoption of new timekeeping tools has been
Therefore, soon after returning to Ganzhou, Pang Yue took a series of measures. In response to the problem of insufficient intelligence sources, Pang Yue decided to set up his own intelligence agency. This agency, tentatively named the Military Intelligence Service, is responsible for gathering intelligence and countering enemy infiltration, and is directly responsible to the General Forces. The highest officer of the Military Intelligence Department is the Director-General, and the rank is tentatively set at 1000 Commanders. As for the candidate for the director of the Military Intelligence Department, Pang Yue has also thought about it, Ma Yuancheng, the captain of the personal army who followed him before, is thoughtful and calm, and he can let him try it, although Ma Yuancheng has not done this before, but he can't find a more suitable candidate than him at present. After that, Pang Yue deliberately listened to Ma Yuancheng's thoughts, after all, this kind of work has to be done voluntarily. In the face of Pang Yue's inquiry, Ma Yuancheng agreed very simply, and he naturally felt very honored to see that Pang Yue had entrusted such an important work to himself. Pang Yue was also very satisfied with Ma Yuancheng's attitude, allocated him the first batch of funds, and asked him to take his warrant to go to each battalion to select men, the number of which was set at 200 first, as long as the officers and soldiers below 1,000 were selected with him. Ma Yuancheng immediately said that he would live up to Pang Yue's trust, and after leaving with the warrant, he devoted himself to the preparatory work of the Military Intelligence Department.
As for some problems that arose in the officers and men during the battle, such as not coordinating well and forgetting orders when the killing was rising, Pang Yue was not too worried. After all, the training time has not been long, and it is already very rare for the officers and men to have the performance they have performed before, and as long as they continue to train for a few more days, these problems will certainly be solved. After returning to Ganzhou this time, Pang Yue ordered to increase the training of mountain warfare in order to enhance the combat capability of officers and men in complex terrain.
But with the problem of bird guns and timing tools, Pang Yue felt a little troublesome. How can he not know the shortcomings of the bird? As a traverser, he also knew that there were now more advanced flintlock pistols in the West than arquebus. But the problem is that in his previous life, as a law-abiding citizen, Pang Yue didn't know the specific production method of flintlock pistols at all, so he asked Kang Dingen, who was also confused about the flintlock pistol he said, and there was no real thing as a reference, and no matter how skilled the craftsman was, he was helpless.
As for the timing tools, it is undoubtedly clocks that are more advanced than hourglasses and sundials, and Pang Yue also knows that clocks, rain or shine, timekeeping tools, have appeared in Europe, although the timing accuracy is not very high, but at least it can throw the sundial and hourglass far away. But where do you get a clock? Of course, it is a joke to go to Europe, and it seems that it is not very cost-effective to send people to Guangdong, Fujian and other coastal areas to find the Francophone for a few watches. …,
So, Pang Yue sent Wei Yuan to the city to inquire if there was a caravan coming from Guangdong or going to Guangdong, and if he could find it, he didn't mind putting down his subordinates and asking those merchants to help. However, Wei Yuan went to inquire for two days without any result, seeing this situation, Pang Yue had no choice but to put this aside in advance, after all, there were many other important matters waiting for him to deal with.
Three days later, on the evening of September 29, Pang Yue returned to the Yamen of the General Army from the school field outside the city with a tired body, and just took off his armor and changed into civilian clothes, and before he had time to drink tea, Wei Yuan came to report: A young woman came from outside the gate, asked her name to see Pang Yue, and asked her what was going on, but she refused to say.
Hearing this, Pang Yue rushed a little inexplicably, when did he have anything to do with a young woman? But in addition to curiosity, he asked Wei Yuan to invite the woman to wait in the living room.
After a while, Pang Yue came to the living room, and as soon as he walked in, a beautiful shadow made his eyes light up. I saw a young woman of about eighteen or nineteen years old with her back to him looking at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall. The woman was tall and slim, probably only about half a head shorter than him, wearing a green dress and a plain narrow-sleeved blouse, and her jet-black hair was curled over her head and then spread softly on her back like a waterfall.
The woman seemed to be fascinated by the calligraphy and paintings, and she didn't even realize that Pang Yue had entered the living room. But Pang Yue couldn't help blushing after seeing the calligraphy and painting, it was a word written by himself, the content was "Lanting Collection Preface". He also knew that he might be able to win the last prize in the calligraphy competition if he got his level in later generations, but in ancient times, it would only make people laugh off their big teeth. Sure enough, after only a few lines, the woman covered her stutter and laughed, her shoulders shaking slightly. Obviously, Mr. Pang's masterpiece made her happy.
"Ahem, ahem!" Seeing the woman smiling so happily, Pang Yue coughed a few times in shame and annoyance.
Only then did the woman turn around. In an instant, Pang Yue was moved again, he had been in the late Ming Dynasty for so long, and he had never seen such a beautiful woman. The plump and white goose egg face, willow leaf eyebrows, big watery eyes, straight jade nose, ruddy lips and the two dimples on the face that have not yet faded are so delicately matched that almost every man has to be moved when they see it.
When the woman saw Pang Yue, her eyebrows frowned at first, but after a while, she stretched out, and two dimples appeared on her face again, and then she bowed to Pang Yue, and her silver bell-like voice followed: "The little woman has seen Pang Zongbing." ”
"Hehe, the girl doesn't have to be polite." Pang Yue settled down and said with a smile, "I just don't know where the girl came from, so what's the matter with looking for Pang?" ”
The woman pursed her lips and smiled: "Mr. Pang is really a noble man, how forgetful!" On the Kowloon Mountain that day, the little woman had a relationship with you. ”
At this time, after Pang Yue carefully looked at the woman's appearance, he couldn't help blurting out: "The girl is that ......"
"That's right," the woman blinked mischievously, and then learned Pang Yue's tone that day, "This brother, you go down and rest first, there are still important matters waiting for this town to deal with." Hehehe......"
No wonder it was a little familiar just now, it turned out to be that "sissy", and the "pseudo-girl" who dared to love that day was actually a beauty! Pang Yue sighed in his heart, and at the same time said with some embarrassment: "Don't be surprised, girl, your image today is really different from that day, so that Pang can't recognize it for a while." ”
"Didn't the little woman recognize Mr. Pang just now? On that day, General Pang was in silver helmet and silver armor, majestic. Today, he is dressed in civilian clothes, and he looks like a handsome boy," Speaking of this, the woman resisted the urge to laugh again, and pointed to the calligraphy and painting on the wall, "You can also write well!" ”…,
"Well, don't mention this, what is the girl's purpose here this time?" Pang Yue slowly put away his smile, although he also admired beautiful women, it was still very shameless to let a little girl make fun of her like this.
The woman didn't seem to take Pang Yue's unhappiness to heart, but just smiled shallowly: "Okay, if you don't mention it, don't mention it." Oh, I forgot to introduce, the little woman Liu Bing'er, from Guangdong, came to Jiangxi this time to buy goods for her uncle's trading house. When passing through Chengfeng County that day, the thieves attacked the city, the little woman and the guys were separated, and in a hurry, they disguised themselves as women, but they were still taken up the mountain by the thieves with their younger brothers to work as coolies. Thanks to the timely arrival of the army of General Pang, the little woman and her brother escaped from the clutches. ”
It's also thanks to your haste and wisdom, if you also appeared in this image that day, it would be ...... Alas, the consequences will be unimaginable! Pang Yue thought to himself.
Of course, Liu Bing'er couldn't guess what Pang Yue was thinking, and continued: "The little woman came to visit Mr. Pang this time, firstly, to thank him for saving his life that day, and secondly, it is said that Mr. Pang was looking for a caravan to go to Guangdong in the past two days, and it happened that the little woman was going back to Guangdong in two days, I don't know if there is anything that can help Mr. Pang?" ”
Haha, it's really hard to find a place to break through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get there! Pang Yue was suddenly overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Xie is not comparable, that is my duty." I don't know if Miss Liu's uncle's business firm has any dealings with Franco? ”
Liu Bing'er nodded: "Yes, the little girl's uncle's trading house has a lot of business dealings with the Francois merchants in Macau. Pang Zongbing, but what do you want to buy? ”
"That's right." Pang Yue nodded and said, "Pang wants to buy a few things from Franco. ”
"Although General Pang said well, if nothing happens, before the end of the year, the little girl will come to Jiangxi again. When the time comes, bring it to Mr. Pang. ”
"Okay, this is the first one, the second one......" Pang Yue hesitated whether to say the word flintlock pistol.
Liu Bing'er giggled: "How majestic was General Pang back then, but now he doesn't even dare to speak?" Just say yes. Mr. Pang has a life-saving grace for the little woman, even if it is a red-clothed cannon, the little woman will find a way to buy it for Mr. Pang. ”
A redcoat cannon? OMG! Compared to you, I look timid! After listening to Liu Bing'er's words, Pang Yue almost vomited blood on the spot.