Two days later, Zhang Dabao got his wish and received 25 acres of fertile land. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the entire territory of Liaozhong, thousands of people like Zhang Dabao have all been divided into their own fertile land.

For a time, the entire Liaozhong was shrouded in laughter, which was even more lively than the New Year.

"The hearts of the people are attached to ...... Commander, tens of thousands of people in Liaozhong, from now on, can be regarded as completely on our side. After reading the good news sent by several mayors, Zhou Zhongju immediately found Yang Xingguo and said excitedly.

Yang Xingguo replied with a satisfied face: "These mayors have done a good job, and when the New Year is over, those who should be promoted must be promoted." They are all students who have returned from exile, and it is too condescending to let them be the mayor of the town......"

Zhou Zhongju nodded and replied: "Don't worry, Commander, I will come up with a list in the near future......"

"Also, since the people's hearts have been annexed, can we start large-scale recruitment in Liaozhong......

"During this time, several battalion commanders complained to me every day, saying that they had too few soldiers and could not even hold the defensive line...... More than 1,000 garrison troops, even if they were all replenished, would only reach half of the full strength......"

"It's time to recruit troops and expand the army...... Yang Xingguo nodded and replied.

"Otherwise, with the remaining 2,000 people of the Liaodong Army, even the attack of Lao Maozi's regiment will not be able to hold ......"

After Yang Xingguo finished speaking, he fell into deep thought, and began to think: how to expand the army, how to recruit troops this time, and how many recruits to recruit. And with the prestige of the Liaodong Army in Liaozhong now, how many recruits can be recruited in Liaodong...... A series of questions.

Zhou Zhongju didn't speak, just looked at Yang Xingguo quietly, waiting for Yang Xingguo's final decision.

Soon, Yang Xingguo's face changed.

After thinking about it again, he said to Zhou Zhongju: "It's time to recruit...... However, recruiting troops is returning to recruitment, and we must not shake the foundation of Liaozhong. After all, in the next few years, Liaozhong will be the granary of my Liaodong Army. ”

Zhou Zhongju nodded and replied: "With the current prestige of my Liaodong Army." As long as we talk about the conditions for recruiting soldiers and military salaries, I guarantee that there are still four or five thousand soldiers who can be recruited casually. After all, the combat effectiveness of our Liaodong Army. Prestige, as well as military salaries and treatments, are all there. “

"Four or five thousand young and strong laborers joined the army and left the locality. There will certainly be a large shortage of young and strong labor in the towns in the coming year, and even the fertile land that has just been allocated will not be able to grow all of it. ”

"Second uncle, you're right...... The recruitment and expansion of troops should not affect the spring ploughing of the next year. After all, our Liaodong Army has to take root here, and a large part of the food and military salaries it needs in the coming year will depend on the land under its feet. Yang Xingguo replied with a serious face.

Subsequently, he decided to Zhou Zhongju: "Since we can't spare the young and strong labor in Liaozhong, then we will recruit 2,000 ......."

"Two thousand young people should not be a big problem for the fifty or sixty thousand people in Liaoning......

"As for the remaining vacancies in the troops, I will find a way to ...... from the outside"

"No accident, at the latest ten days, there will be news from the direction of the capital......

Shengjing General Zengqi. After returning to the capital, after only one day of rest, he handed Cixi an excerpt to face the saint.

Zengqi didn't wait too long before he saw the real ruler of the Qing court, the Empress Dowager Cixi.

As a foreign minister, Zengqi had to give Cixi a big gift unconventionally.

Maybe it's because she's old, maybe it's because the weather is too cold, Cixi, who was sitting on the warm bed, took a long time to react.

said to Zengqi: "Isn't Aiqing in Shengjing outside the Guan? Coming so far to the capital, is there another accident outside the Guan......"

Zeng Qi shook his head and replied, "No." Queen Mother, Sheng Jing didn't have an accident......"

Cixi breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It's good that nothing happened, the mourning family is afraid that something will happen to Shengjing now......"

Zeng Qi replied with a smile: "Drag the Empress Dowager Hongfu, the old Maozi who is outside the customs." It's pretty good ...... now."

Speaking of this, Zeng Qi's tone changed, and he continued with a serious face: "But, Queen Mother, this kind of security will be broken after three months at most......"

"The old minister received the information, three months later. The Japanese will launch an attack on Lao Maozi, who is entrenched in Liaodong, and fight for control of Liaodong......"

"This matter is too big, the old minister didn't dare to make his own decisions, so he came back to ask the Queen Mother for instructions to see what the Queen Mother had on her side......"

Cixi's brows furrowed, and she asked Zengqi, "Is the information true!" ”

"The old minister vouched for it with his own head...... At that time, the battle between Japan and Russia in Liaodong is likely to exceed 100,000 troops...... I don't know what regulations the imperial court will have at .......that time," Zengqi replied with a serious face.

"The great powers are really restless, in the winter, it is cold and snowy outside the gate, and they want to start a war, so they don't want the mourning family to rest......" Cixi couldn't help but scold.

After scolding, he said to Zengqi: "What regulations can the imperial court have...... The two powers, my Qing court can't afford to provoke. In order to avoid disputes, the best way for the imperial court to deal with it is to stay out of the matter and not get involved......"

"The Queen Mother is wise......" Zeng Qi said again with a flattering face.

However, before the compliment was finished, Zeng Qi opened his mouth to remind: "By doing this, you can indeed keep the imperial court out of the matter." However, it will also bring the imperial court to the cusp, greatly affecting the prestige of the queen mother and the emperor in the imperial court, saying that the queen mother is cowardly and afraid of the great powers......"

Hearing this, Cixi was only bored for a while, and said impatiently to Zengqi: "Then Aiqing, what can you do with the mourning family...... Fight and fight, those foreign ministers know to fight, they don't know, the current Qing Dynasty can no longer withstand the baptism of war? ”

"The queen mother is angry, and the old minister knows that the queen mother and the emperor are in trouble...... The old minister came to face the saint, in addition to reporting to the queen mother about the changes that were about to start outside the pass, and another thing was to relieve the worries of the queen mother and the emperor. “

"Relieve your worries......" Cixi asked rhetorically with a look of incomprehension.

Zengqi didn't dare to play tricks in front of Cixi, and said directly: "I don't know if the Queen Mother still remembers the Liaodong Army ......"

"This Liaodong army is not simple, not only defeated the attack of more than 6,000 old Maozi in a few days, but also wiped out all of them, captured a major general, division commander, and three colonel regiment commanders......"

"According to the rank of my military attache in the Qing Dynasty, Major General Lao Maozi is the military attache of the general army of the imperial court."

"Since the Liaodong Army is so powerful, the old minister wondered if he could let the Liaodong Army fish in troubled waters in the Russo-Japanese War and fight for the interests of the imperial court......

In this way, the Manchu civil and military forces have nothing to say. After all, the Liaodong Army is a local armed force raised by the Queen Mother. As long as the Liaodong Army resists the Russian and Japanese armies outside the Guan, it proves that the Queen Mother has not abandoned the Liaodong ......"

Cixi asked with a suspicious face: "This Liaodong army is really so powerful, it can really fish in troubled waters between the two great powers of Japan and Russia, and fight for the interests of the imperial court......

Zengqi replied in a firm tone: "Queen Mother, the old minister does not dare to guarantee whether the Liaodong Army can drive all the armies of the two great powers of Japan and Russia out of Liaodong. However, there is no problem in recapturing several county towns from the Russian army. ”

"Another thing is that the imperial court doesn't really need to be involved......

"In order to prevent Russia from angering the imperial court for this, Yang Xingguo, commander of the Liaodong Army, planned to hand over the captured Russian major general division commander and three colonel commanders to the imperial court, and the imperial court would release them and ease the relationship between the imperial court and Russia......"

"This Yang Xingguo should be quite good at being a man...... As long as this matter does not involve the imperial court, and the mourning family agrees to your request, what should you do? The Empress Dowager Cixi, who was in a much better mood, replied with a cheerful face.

"Empress Dowager Xie...... Please rest assured that the queen mother will make careful arrangements to ensure that nothing goes wrong......" Zeng Qi replied excitedly. (To be continued.) )