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Zhang Renjie didn't have to wait here for dozens of days to wait for the official photo to come down, only waited for one more day in Anqing, and the chief steward of Gong found Zhang Renjie and told Zhang Renjie to go home and wait, he had already sent someone to Pegasus Capital to send all the formalities to the household department and the Ministry of Rites, at most twenty days, the official photo will inevitably be sent to Huai'an Mansion!

Zhang Renjie had to sigh, if he is really rich, he can make the ghost grind! The money is enough, this attitude, this efficiency, leverage, it seems that this is practical in every era! Of course, Zhang Renjie has no opinion, at this time he is in a hurry to go back to preside over the training, a big mess of things at home is not good without him, and the old players have actually not finished training!

The way back was still by boat, and it was not until Yangzhou that I changed to a horse-drawn carriage. This trip really didn't surprise Zhang Renjie, and it took twelve days to go back and forth. But this trip was worth it, one was to buy ordnance, and the other was to buy officials. What's more, he also booked a wife for himself.

"Hello company commander!"

"Hello company commander!"

As soon as Zhang Renjie returned to Zhangjiazhuang, all the new players in the training queue on the training ground urgently gathered and saluted. Hundreds of people shouted out together, which was also quite imposing.

"Well done, no relaxation training! The others continue, a long platoon with me! After speaking, Zhang Renjie took Dong Biao into the Zhang family compound alone.

There are still a total of about 100 people in the training ground gathered on the training ground in Zhangjiazhuang, but there are only about a dozen old faces, it seems that the team training and recruitment have been busy, and these newcomers look good and spirited.

"The young master is back!" Along the way, the housekeeper and maid all greeted Zhang Renjie happily. In fact, since Zhang Renjie began to train the army, their life has been much better, the most direct thing is that their food has been greatly improved, it used to be ten days and half a month to eat meat once, that is still limited, now it is good, almost every day there is meat, although not much, but after all, it is not eaten, this oil and water is not comparable to the previous meals.

"Dad, I'm back!" The housekeeper Zhang Da had already sued Zhang Renjie, and the old man was in the tent, so Zhang Renjie went straight here.

Zhang Youde heard Zhang Renjie's voice and raised his head happily: "It's good to come back, things are going well, right?!" ”

"It's all okay, but I didn't go to Shanghai, but I did it in Zhenjiang."

"Oh, is it because of the Nading girl?" Zhang Youde immediately thought of the beginning and end of the matter.

Zhang Renjie gave a thumbs up: "Dad, you are amazing, you guessed it all at once." Her father is not a big official, and this little thing will be solved for you by raising his hand. He introduced me to Jardine Matheson in the UK, and I negotiated the business with Harrison, the manager of the foreign company, and I guess it will be these two days, and the things should be delivered! ”

"That's good, Jardine Matheson is very strong, and I have seen one of their mercenary escorts. Dad used to be just a book office in the army, and I haven't touched the matter of purchasing military supplies, and the last time I bought twenty guns, I still had an old relationship, and I was worried that you wouldn't be able to do things when you went to Shanghai, but now it's okay! By the way, is it also smooth to go to Anqing? ”

"Yes Daddy!" Zhang Renjie said with a smile: "Things are done smoothly, but we don't spend less money, there is just a vacancy in Andong County, I spent some more money to make up for it, I think it will be almost twenty days later, and the official photo will be sent to our house, and then my son will go to Anton to take office, Dad, you are here" said, the smile on his face faded.

Zhang Youde knew what Zhang Renjie was worried about: "Hey, you don't have to worry about me, and you don't have to worry about your mother, the affairs of the family are easy to manage, and my father's old bones will not follow." Besides, Andong County is not far from us, more than 100 miles, you can ride a horse and whip it up quickly, and you won't need it for a day to get home. ”

"By the way, you take a look at this account book and list, this is the Lian Yong who was just recruited a few days ago! The total number of recruits was 382 people, all of whom were qualified by the general guò. Zhang Youde handed his son two booklets, one for accounts and one for the roster.

Zhang Renjie just flipped through the two pages and closed them: "Platoon leader, you report to me about the recruitment!" ”

"Yes!" Dong Biao immediately stood in front of Zhang Renjie and replied: "Back to the company commander, the number of recruits this time is 382 people, and the physical fitness is basically preliminary, these are all locals, and there are also some people from Shanyang County, who are not literate and hyphenated, and there are less than sixty people in total this time." ”

"So little?!" Zhang Renjie seems to have overestimated the literacy rate of this era, not every Zhuangzi is a private school, and not every Zhuangzi can be like the Zhang family, the family rents and runs to the ancestral hall to teach children to read.

"That's less!" Dong Biao scratched his scalp and said in surprise. "It's still carefully selected!"

"Go on!"

"The new recruits were divided into two groups, one group of eighty people stayed here to train, and the others were sent to the samurai. I left a platoon of two squads to train here, and the other two platoons and three platoons were also in the samurai. The newly arrived brothers are also quite able to endure hardships, and it has only been three days of training, and the queue is a little shaped! Dong Biao said with satisfaction.

"Three hundred and eighty-two! Except for those who have been seriously injured and recuperated, together with this new army, we are now four hundred and sixty-eight people. Yes, the number of people is enough for one battalion, and when the training is completed, it will be ready to expand and implement a new battalion system. You kid is ready to be a company commander! Zhang Renjie stood up and patted Dong Biao's shoulder.

"Thank you company commander for cultivating! No, it's the battalion commander cultivation! "Dong Biao is overjoyed, now he is majestic, the company commander can manage more than 100 people, and there are only so many people under the command of the Qinghe County Inspectorate.

"Dad, when you recruit people, everyone comes over to make trouble, right?" Now that the recruitment is finished, Zhang Renjie still asked, in the twelve days he left, has anyone blocked them, that Zong Ze has formed a bond with himself.

Zhang Youde waved his hand: "No, that Lu County Order also asked Master Hu to send new documents, expanding the number of Lian Yong to five hundred." It's just that there are too many young men to greet them, and some of them can't be greeted. ”

"Oh, how many are there?" Zhang Renjie asked with interest.

Speaking of this, Dong Biao was excited: "Lian, no, battalion commander, you don't know, that scene is real, as soon as you left on the front foot, the brothers went to various places to post notices, and it was written that the selection would start in Zhangjiazhuang two days later." Good fellows, early in the morning of the third day, people came one after another, and by noon it reached 2,000 people, and we were all overcrowded. More than a dozen townships and towns in Qinghe County have people to apply, and even from Shanyang County and Taoyuan County, many people have come to apply. are all poor and crying, and there are many people who can't open the pot at home, our money and food, plus our reputation, ah, you haven't seen that scene! ”

"Dong Biao is right, I was also taken aback that day, that is, everyone has been recruited, and people have continued to come over to ask if they are still recruiting. Oh, there are still five people in our yard who refuse to leave, people from Taoyuan County in the north, saying that there are many brothers and sisters in the family, and they come to us to beg for food! Zhang Youde interjected.

"This, come according to the rules, if you don't qualify, you won't accept it! Have you assessed these people? ”

Dong Biao immediately replied: "No, but these five boys also run with them early in the morning every day, and after the training ground, he will run to the yard to help with the work, and the big housekeeper said that they are very diligent!" ”

"Then, then stay, fill them into the gang to help the old horse, we have a lot of people, I'm afraid the manpower of the gang is insufficient, now you can call the old mother to help at home, but in the future, when you go out, the fire head army is also necessary."

"Yes!"

The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, and this firehead army is also very important, which is also part of the logistics. Speaking of logistics, Zhang Renjie has already begun to pay attention, and asking Harrison to help find two Western doctors this time is the beginning. In the future, the fire head army, that is, the cooking class, the medical team, and the baggage team that transports materials must be complete, otherwise the logistics will not be guaranteed, and what kind of war will there be. Yuan Shao's 700,000 army should be cut off for grain and grass, and it was defeated by Cao Cao's 50,000 army.