In the blink of an eye, it has been three days since Wang Pu returned to Datong.

Late at night, Chen Yuanyuan and Nen Niang were waiting for Wang Pu to burn his feet, Nen Niang's mother died very early, and now his father died in battle, and he had no relatives in his hometown, Chen Yuanyuan saw that she was pitiful, and there was a lack of a messenger girl around him, so he left her by his side, and Wang Pu certainly had no opinion on Chen Yuanyuan's decision.

When Wang Pu was enjoying the foot massage of Chen Yuanyuan and the young lady's master and servant, Xiao Qi and Zhen Youcai suddenly came together, Chen Yuanyuan knew that Zhen Youcai and they must have something serious to discuss with Wang Pu, so he quickly dried Wang Pu's feet, and then took the footbath and entered the room, Wang Pu beckoned Zhen Youcai and Xiao Qi to sit on the pit.

Zhen Youcai sat cross-legged on the pit, but Xiao Qi walked behind Wang Pu and stood still.

Wang Pu asked, "Is there any news?" ”

Xiao Qi replied: "The villain followed Mr. Zhen's instructions, and has been staring at the slaughterhouse outside the east gate for the past few days, yesterday afternoon, sure enough, more than a dozen injured horses were sent to the slaughterhouse, while people were not paying attention, the villain sneaked in to see, these horses were seriously injured by the iron sand of firearms, and they could not be healed before they were sent to the slaughterhouse." ”

"Okay." Wang Pu said, "Have you traced where these horses were transported from?" ”

"Checked." Xiao Qidao, "It's transported from the side of the mountain." ”

Zhen Youcai said: "The villain dares to assert that this gang of horse thieves is the horse households in the area of Lushan Mountain. ”

Xiao Qi said: "General, do you want the villain to take people to Lushan Mountain?" ”

"There's no hurry." Wang Pu pressed his hand and said, "This is not in a hurry in advance, it is not a matter of a day or two to appease this gang of horse thieves, or is it not too late to make a decision after finding out the exact details of this gang of horse thieves, Xiao Qi, but the pensions of the fallen brothers have been issued?" ”

"It's all sent." Xiao Qi's expression turned gloomy, and he said, "There are 1,107 brothers who went to Liaodong, 267 of whom returned to Datong alive, and the remaining 838 were all killed in battle. ”

Wang Pu asked, "Why hasn't a sum of money been sent?" ”

Xiao Qi said: "It's all sent." ”

"That's not right." Wang Pu said, "When I was in Shengjing, before the bearded man led fifty brothers out of the city, I promised them that if they could return to Daming alive, they would be rewarded with 1,000 taels per person, and if they died in battle, they would be rewarded with 2,000 taels of silver per household. ”

"Yes." Xiao Qi replied respectfully, "The villain will go back and reissue it." ”

Wang Pu said: "Go now and send the silver to the village overnight." ”

"Yes."

Xiao Qi answered and took the order.

"Mr. Zhen." Wang Pu looked at Zhen Youcai and asked, "In addition to the details of the horse thief, how did the other thing I asked you to check was done?" ”

"The villain has also found out." Zhen Youcai stroked the goatee under his chin and responded, "Datong Mansion has three official weapons workshops, all of which are under the management of Zhang Zi'an, the eunuch of Datong Town, and there are also two private weapons workshops, but the scale is too small, and there are not many weapons built throughout the year. ”

"Zhang Zi'an?" Wang Pu frowned and said, "Eunuch guarding the town? ”

Zhen Youcai asked in a low voice: "Do you want the villain to prepare a thick portion and send it to Zhang Zi'an's mansion tomorrow?" ”

"Nonsense!" Wang Pu said angrily, "This is not a Jingshi, why should you send silver to Zhang Zi'an?" ”

Zhen Youcai smiled bitterly: "It's easy to do things with silver, if the general wants to create a new type of firearm, it can't be done without Zhang Zi'an's three official barracks weapons workshop, and besides, having a good relationship with Zhang Zi'an is only good for the general, don't look at the eunuchs who don't bring troops and don't care about local affairs, but they have a lot of power." ”

Wang Pu frowned and said, "Do you have to give silver?" ”

Zhen Youcai said with a smile: "General, don't worry, although this silver was given to Zhang Zi'an, it will be back in the silver treasury of the Wang family's compound in a few days." ”

Wang Pu asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Zhen Youcai said: "What do you say Zhang Zi'an can do when he receives the money, and what can he do except purchase property?" He can't bring so much silver into the coffin, general, don't you want to persuade the uncle to sell the Wang family's property? Just sold the property to Zhang Zi'an, didn't the silver return to the silver treasury in the Wang family's compound? ”

Wang Pu thought about it and felt that this made sense, at this time there was no Shanxi ticket number that had been connected to the world, and Zhang Zi'an could not transport the silver to other places, so he could only purchase the property on the spot, and Zhang Zi'an was also a native of Datong, and his relatives were all in Datong, so there was even more reason to buy the property.

"Okay." Wang Pu said helplessly, "Then you go down and prepare." ”

"The villain will go and prepare."

Zhen Youcai got up and shook his fist at Wang Pu and took the order.

Seeing Zhen Youcai's thin figure disappear outside the door, Wang Pu stretched out and lay down on the pit.

Although Datong is not the most ideal place to stay, but now Wang Pu has no choice, he is at least a former general soldier in Datong Town, and he is at least a little bit of residual prestige in the hearts of the border soldiers, but in other places he is just a horse captain with no real power, and only in name, he can't do anything.

What's more, without the holy decree of Emperor Chongzhen, Wang Pu would not be able to go anywhere.

Therefore, Wang Pu can only strive for the best results in Datong, and now there are two most urgent tasks, one is to quickly recruit troops and buy horses, and urgently pull up a well-trained elite within the hundred days of worry, and the other is to build firearms, so that this elite army is equipped with the most advanced firearms compared to this era.

With an elite army that is absolutely loyal to oneself, there is the foundation for survival!

But Wang Pu can't recruit a group of peasants to be his own householders, because he doesn't have enough time to train a group of peasants into elite soldiers! Secret agents from the imperial court in Mongolia and Korea have reported that Jiannu has a new slave chieftain, that the four-year-old Fulin has succeeded to the throne, and that Dolgon and Zilharang are co-administerary.

History hasn't changed much here, as Haug and Dolgon were at odds with each other, and neither of them was able to succeed to the throne in the end, leaving the young Fulin on the throne.

Although Concubine Zhuang was taken captive and Fulin lost her mother at the age of four, Fulin still has the backstage of Queen Zhezhe, and Fulin is also the only concubine of Huang Taiji, although the status of Concubine Lintoe Palace is higher than that of Concubine Zhuang, but her child Bomu Bogol is still in the womb and has not been born.

If nothing else, in the spring of next year, Jiannu will retaliate against the Ming Dynasty.

It is conceivable that this revenge will be unprecedented madness! If you can't train a family army that can fight well before the arrival of the Jiannu army, the fate of Wang Pu can only be killed on the battlefield.

Also, after the expiration of the Bai Yue Ding worry, Emperor Chongzhen will never let him continue to stay in Datong, what should he do when the time comes? If Wang Pu wants to return to Beijing without being edicted, in addition to finding a suitable excuse, he must also have an elite army in his hands that is absolutely loyal to him! Otherwise, a mere Datong prefect would be able to escort him back to Beijing.

Wang Pu was thinking about it, but Chen Yuanyuan suddenly came in and said, "Xianggong, big brother is looking for you." ”

"Big brother?" Wang Pu was stunned and said, "Why is he looking for me so late?" ”

Chen Yuanyuan said: "Big brother must have something to do with you, you better hurry up." ”

"I don't let people sleep, really."

Wang Pu reluctantly sat up, took advantage of the situation to pull Chen Yuanyuan down in his arms and wantonly made Chen Yuanyuan panting and silky, then got up and straightened his clothes, and went straight to the residence of the eldest brother Wang Beech.

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Wang's compound, the main house.

Wang Beech and Wang Hua had been waiting for a long time, and Wang Pu entered the door and saluted the two: "The younger brother has seen the eldest brother and the second brother. ”

"That's it." Wang Zelkova waved his hand and said, "You can also sit down, the third child." ”

Wang Pu walked to the pit and sat next to Wang Hua.

Wang Zelkova sighed and said, "Third brother, the eldest brother invited you here today because I want to discuss something with you. ”

Wang Pu said: "Big brother, please speak." ”

Wang Beech said: "Over the years, Shanxi has been plagued by disasters, coupled with the chaos of war, our Wang family's business is almost unsustainable, this year alone has fallen a deficit of more than 100,000 taels, and the eldest brother really has no other way, so he can only ask the third child to borrow money." ”

Wang Pu thought for a while and said: "Big brother, the younger brother has silver, and after deducting the salary for the brothers and the pension of the fallen soldiers, there are still 500,000 taels left, but the little brother can't lend this silver to the eldest brother, and the younger brother has to use it to recruit soldiers and buy horses and build firearms." ”

Wang Beech hurriedly said: "Can't you only borrow 100,000 taels?" ”

Wang Pu asked: "Of course, it is not a problem to borrow only 100,000 taels, but the younger brother wants to know what the eldest brother will use to repay the debt at that time?" Does the eldest brother think that our Wang family's various businesses in Shanxi can still make money? ”

Wang Beech said: "This ......"

Wang Pu said: "Big brother, little brother has something I don't know if I should say it?" ”

Wang Zelkova said: "If you have anything to say, you can say it directly, they are all your own brothers." ”

Wang Pu said: "Big brother, listen to the advice of the younger brother, sell all the properties of our Wang family in Shanxi, and sell them quickly while the current situation is not completely erosive, and can still be sold at a good price, if you wait for another two years, I am afraid that our Wang family's industry in Shanxi will be worthless." ”

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