The villagers who were recruited to build the turret gradually discovered the difference between this group of black-clothed officers and soldiers, this group of people had a straight face without a trace of smile, and saw that someone was lazy and would go up to give a few sticks, which really made the villagers very afraid, but when they were working, they actually ordered someone to boil hot water for everyone to drink, and at noon the security army gave the villagers a surprise, and the soldiers ordered people to bring porridge and pickles, so that all the people who worked had a hot meal, which the villagers had never encountered when they worked for the officers and soldiers. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIt's the second month of the lunar calendar, and most of the poor people have broken off in their homes, and the fields are desolate, and even weeds have not grown. At this time, it is a great thing to have food to eat, so the next day there is no need for the security army to urge, the people who work have automatically gathered outside the camp, the construction speed of the turret has increased greatly, the area controlled by the security army is constantly expanding to the surrounding with Yantai as the center, and the rebels have been frightened by the first battle with the security army, hiding in Dengzhou City and not daring to come out, since the security army does not attack the city, the two sides are safe. Most of the people who followed the security army to Shandong were the backbone of the militia in their own villages, and they were appointed as the chief of the security guards in each village, and they were supported by the security army in the fort, although they were outsiders, no one dared to provoke them. Soon the local villagers were also organized, registering the population from house to house, signing a deed of guarantee, and establishing a militia to defend the village.

Under the leadership of the chief of the baojia, the villagers began to negotiate with the rich landlords, demanding a reduction in land rent and interest. At the same time, there are also mobile courts of the security army that entered the village, some local tyrants and bullies in the evil township were sued and punished by the people, the arrogance of the rich people is not so arrogant, the poor have hope, and there are more and more people who support the security army, and the poor people know that the security army is a team under the leadership of the marshal Zhang Chu, which is composed of poor people who have suffered disasters, and they are the masters of the poor people. The garrison of the security forces not only controlled the entire social population around Yantai, but also organized the people to reclaim wasteland and develop production. The security forces brought many iron agricultural tools of good quality, which they sold or rented, and distributed them to the farmers, who saw the hope of harvest.

In the big towns, shops and banks opened at the same time, and the shops sold all kinds of daily necessities, the most popular being cotton cloth produced in Shanxi, which was not only cheap, but also durable. Not only can you exchange money in the bank, but you can borrow money at a much lower interest rate than usury as long as you have a mortgage or guarantee, and it is said that if you deposit the silver you don't need in the bank, you can get interest, which is really money that can make money, but no one dares to deposit money for the time being.

After a period of preparation, the security army released another good news, the security army began to recruit workers, it is said that a large number of workers are needed to build several large salt works along the coast, and several small mines that used to mine coal have also been bought by the security army, saying that they need a large number of workers to expand production, and the wages offered by the security army are very attractive, attracting many people to sign up.

At this time, several brave Jinyi guards came to Yantai through the rebel occupation area, and they brought the emperor's holy decree to Wang Chengen, who was very satisfied with Zhang Chu's victory, promoted Zhang Chu's officer, promoted him to the general stationed in Yantai, encouraged him to make persistent efforts to achieve greater victories, and praised Wang Chengen by the way.

Jin Yiwei also brought the official robe seal letter of the general, Zhang Chu had no interest in the official robe or anything. Wang Chengen saw that Zhang Chu was holding the large seal of the general and studying the handwriting on it, and hurriedly told Jinyi Wei to let them go down to rest. Wang Chengen knew that if Zhang Chu opened his mouth, there would definitely be nothing good to say.

Sure enough, seeing that Jinyiwei was gone, only the two of them remained, Zhang Chu opened his mouth and said: "Everyone and literati can carve a seal or something, will you be a princess?" Can this big seal be engraved with the words 'Wishing you prosperity'? ”

"How can the official seal be damaged, I can't come to this seal carving, and besides, what you a general engraves' 'Wishing you prosperity'." Wang Chengen knew that Zhang Chu had something to say, and it was not good not to answer.

"Engrave the words 'Wishing you prosperity', and whoever I stamp may get a few happy money." How can anyone be like your emperor, who won the battle and was only given a set of clothes, plus this useless broken seal, not even a tael of silver. "Zhang Chu is really a money addict again.

"The emperor has no silver, and the emperor is also bitter, the saint has reduced the amount of money in the palace many times in order to pay the soldiers in Liaodong, and even the clothes are torn or the mother makes up for them, and refuses to buy new clothes. Your Majesty really has no money. Wang Chengen thought of the emperor's suffering, sighed, and almost shed tears.

Zhang Chu didn't appreciate it at all, and said: "It's hard and simple for others to dress badly, the emperor is in charge of the whole country, and he can't even solve his own food and clothing, and how to let the people get food and clothing, he is derelict in his duty." ”

"Don't say anything, it's not right to talk about the saint as a courtier, let's discuss the current war. At present, our army has been resting for many days, should we send troops to attack the rebels in Dengzhou? Wang Chengen hurriedly stopped Zhang Chu's disrespectful words to the emperor, and shifted the topic to the war, after this battle, Wang Chengen's confidence in the security army skyrocketed, and he felt that the security army alone could destroy the rebels.

"It's impossible to attack Dengzhou, and the security forces won't be fighting the rebels for a long time, so it's good to be able to hold here." Zhang Chu directly rejected Wang Chengen's proposal.

"Why is that? Didn't you fight a good last battle? Wang Chengen was surprised when he heard Zhang Chu's words, how could he stop fighting because he was dissatisfied with the reward.

"Because I don't have any money." Zhang Chu was really dissatisfied with the emperor's refusal to give silver, and he didn't want to fight without money.

"General Zhang must not be rash, the emperor also has no silver for the time being, and the imperial court will have money when the tax is collected from the treasury, as long as we win the battle, the reward will not be less in the end." Wang Chengen was in a hurry, so he had to write a blank check to Zhang Chu.

"It's not that I'm angry that the emperor doesn't give money, it's just that the security army really can't fight without silver, you see that the artillery and muskets we use are different from ordinary weapons, and every time we go to war, we have to consume a lot of gunpowder and lead, and after the last war, the materials I transported from Shanxi have been almost consumed, and if they can't be replenished, there is no way to fight the rebels again." Zhang Chu didn't change his face when he told lies.

"How's that okay?" Wang Chengen was really anxious, he had seen the scene of the battle of the security army, the shells, the guns were really shot out as if they didn't need money, and the gunpowder consumed in a battle was really not a few.

"Otherwise, if you write a note and ask the emperor to raise some sulfur and saltpeter from all over the country, we can make some gunpowder ourselves and start another war with the rebels." Zhang Chu was not interested in the ready-made gunpowder of the official army, which was useless except for a little smoke and a sound.

"But even if there is something, it can't be shipped here in Yantai." Wang Chengen remembered that the place where the security army was located was not only backed by the sea, but also separated from the territory of the rebels with other officers and soldiers.

"It's not a problem, as long as the things arrive, I'll rush out with the team to pick them up." The other officers and soldiers were afraid of the rebels, but Zhang Chu was not afraid, and it was impossible for the rebels to stop the security army.

"Okay, I'll write a letter and ask the emperor to allocate supplies." Wang Chengen said that he would do it, and immediately wrote down a detailed account of the plight of the security army's lack of materials, and asked the emperor to allocate sulfur, saltpeter, grain and other materials, Wang Chengen deliberately added food to the lack of materials, because he knew that the security army was now engaged in construction everywhere and consumed a lot of food, don't go to Zhang Chu to say that there is no food and cannot go to war.

Zhang Chu read the folds and felt very satisfied, so he called the brave brocade guards and asked them to return with the folds.

In the following days, Zhang Chu and Wang Chengen waited for a reply, it would be good if they could get some materials from the emperor, who would let the emperor have no money. (To be continued.) )