"Happy New Year, Brother Liu! Came out to pick up customers! ”

Chen Xin walked to the gate of Liu Minyou's house with his family and yelled at the door.

Zhao Xiang slapped his hand, Chen Xin smiled, the stupid monk squeaked open the door, and smirked at Chen Xin: "Lord Chen is early, it's just dawn this day." ”

This is Liu Minyou's residence, and it is also in the school field, sandwiched between the civil department and the military camp, there are patrols at the north and south ends of this road, and there are the first three military dogs that were tested at night, plus the guards near the residence, this is probably the safest difāng in Dengzhou"" The novel chapter is updated the fastest.

Chen Xin swaggered in and gave the stupid monk a red envelope, and the stupid monk happily accepted it, but when he opened it, he only had one penny.

Liu Minyou was still eating in the dining room, and walked to the door with a bowl of flat food, wearing a thick cotton jacket and a guara hat with ear protection on his head. ”

Li Ranzhu and the maid who ate inside all came out to greet them, Liu Minyou's family was the most unruly, even the maid and the cook ate at the same table as the master's house, Chen Xinle gave them all red envelopes, which were all one and two coins of silver, and everyone was happy after the distribution.

Liu Minyou also sent a red envelope to Chen Xin's family, to their status today, there are not many people who need to go to the New Year, Chen Xin set a table and white paper at the door, and there is a housekeeper to guard, and he plans to go to Lu Zhi and Wang Ting to try New Year's greetings, just come back and see the list at the door.

His yard is quite wide, the snow has been cleared, and the families of both families are playing in the yard. Some maids lit firecrackers, and from time to time there were bursts of screams.

The two went into the study. Chen Xin sat down and felt very cold, and couldn't help scolding: "Your maid is too slack." Obviously today is the first day of the new year, and there is no fire in the study, isn't it that Lord Liu wants to receive gifts here? ”

"It's also that I forgot to remind you, the other two maids have gone home, and there is only one left, and I have to help in the kitchen in the morning."

"No wonder there are only so many people, and the red envelopes are all saved." Chen Xin was lying on the bearskin recliner with his clothes covered, Liu Minyou went out and ordered the maid to raise a charcoal stove to come in, and came back to see Chen Xin's appearance. He scolded lightly on his leg: "What have you been doing lately, why are you dozing off in the morning." ”

"It's all right." Chen Xin took his feet back to yidiǎn and said dissatisfiedly, "After doing Chinese New Year's Eve, accompany them to play horse hanging, and only go to bed in the middle of the night, the child still keeps crying, and he doesn't sleep well at all, I will rest in your study for a while." Later, I will go to the royal court to try them. ”

Liu Min said a little funny: "I can't get all the people here, I went to the North Gate Night Market last night and guessed the lantern riddle for half the night." ”

Chen Xin squinted his eyes and asked, "Li Ranzhu's family is a feudal official, and all of his relatives are méiyou?" ”

"No, zhidào. She is also asking people everywhere, I only zhidào her family is first in the south, and her father was an official in Wuchuan County. After committing the crime, the governor of Guangdong asked his family to take 50,000 taels out, but they naturally couldn't hand it over. The grandmother and mother in the family were forced to hang themselves by the judges' servants, and it seems that there is only one younger brother left. In the end, he was separated from his family after the raid, and now this communication condition, once the contact is lost, it is difficult to find it. ”

Chen Xin smiled after hearing this: "It's because I met you, otherwise this little lady doesn't know what will happen." ”

Liu Minyou asked Chen Xin mysteriously: "The young master of your family was born with Jinyiwei, whose surname is it, and he is settled on Méiyou?" ”

"Named Chen Jihua."

"Hey, isn't the first son going to take his mother's last name?"

Chen Xin said triumphantly: "My mother-in-law didn't mention it at all. ”

Liu Minyou said with a smile: "Shihou who gave you conditions back then, I'm afraid I didn't expect you to become the prince and young protector so quickly, this is difficult for civil officials to achieve, it is estimated that she has no courage to mention this now, the dignified and three young officials, if the eldest son does not have your surname, then he will not be laughed to death by his colleagues and subordinates." In the future, the shadow job will not be obtained. ”

"If she doesn't mention it, I'll pretend to forget."

At this time, the maid came in with a brazier, and there was a sudden warmth in the cold room, and after she went out, Chen Xin sat up and said: "The chief soldier of the regimental training, you are still the commander." ”

Liu Minyou asked in surprise: "This, am I not in charge of civil affairs, how can I give me a military position?" ”

"This is a military position in the imperial court, it is not a military position in our Dengzhou Town, you just have to put on a name, and the matter of training the reserve army is naturally in charge of Zhu Daichun."

Liu Minyou still hesitated: "There are many battalion officers in the army, and they all look at this second-in-command wèizhi, you threw me the head of the civil department like this, they should be uncomfortable." ”

Chen Xin cut a sigh and said nonchalantly: "Brother Liu, the army doesn't need a second-in-command, it only needs subordinates to perform their duties, I can't be comfortable with a second-in-command, and that second-in-command won't be comfortable." ”

Liu Minyou shook his head, "I don't want to be the chief soldier, and I don't have a name, it's better to separate the army and the people." ”

"Then let Huang Side be the one."

Liu Minyou hurriedly said: "Then I'll be the one." ”

Chen Xin seemed to be like this earlier, and shrugged his shoulders even if it was settled.

Liu Min had a few mouthfuls to eat the flat food, comfortably lit a cigarette, the Spring Festival every year should have been his most relaxed shihou, the whole day is on holiday, including the Houjin in Liaodong also has to celebrate the New Year, Daming from top to bottom méiyou people go to work.

After Liu Minyou returned to the Ming Dynasty, he also discovered an ancient benefit, that is, méiyou telephone, these technological means brought both convenience and trouble. In this day and age, at least you won't have to worry about being woken up in the middle of the night by a phone call and then letting you go to the office to work overtime to catch up with the bidding plan.

In fact, after arriving in Weihai, there was no delay in the first and second years of Chongzhen, Chongzhen's third year Spring Festival was in Beizhili Qinwang, Chongzhen's fourth year of Spring Festival was fighting with Kong Youde, the entire Wendeng was on alert, and this year it was finally possible to spend it at home.

"You say." Liu Minyou exhaled a puff of cigarette, and Turán asked, "Where is our home?" I think about it now, I have lived in Tianjin, Weihai, Wendeng, and Dengzhou, and I have been on business trips for the past two years. Denglai has run all over the place, and he hasn't lived anywhere for long. hǎoxiàng has no deep impression of tèbié anywhere. ”

"Why do you want this thing, your home should be in that three-suite mortgage house in Tianjin. But that thing isn't yours yet, and you'll have to wait until you've paid off the loan in thirty years. I, don't mention that home in my last life. ”

Liu Min looked at the roof attentively, firecrackers were set off everywhere outside, and they were far into the study, and after a long while, Chen Xincai said: "Your goal is destined to run everywhere, méiyou will not fight in any year, and I estimate it next year." Liaonan has to fight, and the Liukou also have to fight, and now the Liukou have almost harmed Shanxi, and sooner or later they will break into the Central Plains, and the army will fight

, the trading company will follow the expansion, where the army goes, the trading company will expand, and you may have to make a few more trips. ”

"Rogues and slaves. Who are you going to deal with mainly? ”

Chen Xin let out a long breath, "I just want to deal with the thieves, and I have to deal with them, according to the news from all over the country." The thief's tactics are in a class of their own, the core elite has extremely high mobility, and the accompanying large number of homeless people complete the logistics tasks. Relying on these elite huddles to loot, it is not difficult to defeat them. It's hard to catch their elite, and maybe you haven't killed them. Dragged Ziji's men and horses down. In the past two years, it is estimated that the battlefield will be at the junction of Beizhili, Henan, and Shanxi, and the trading company will establish bases in several large cities in Henan and assume the function of military stations. As soon as our army enters Zhongzhou, it is a complete guest soldier, with the low mobilization ability of the Ming Dynasty, coupled with the style of this group of difāng officials, it is difficult for the army to find food without robbery, and once it begins to rob collectively, the military discipline will be gone, and the shime discipline will be irretrievable, I would rather spend more money to maintain the consistent appearance of this army. ”

Of course, Liu Min has a méiyou opinion on this, what he is most proud of in the Dengzhou Army is the demeanor and honor of the professional army, and today's financial resources can also support this professionalism. This year, Dengzhou's military salary was 520,000 taels, and other income was calculated as more than 700,000 taels, which was still in the case of Dengzhou's great changes, and there was half a year of shijiān trade was not stable, and the military salary looked high, but the increased part was offset by the pension, and there was no need to send it out for the time being, and the profit from the dividends was not issued, but a list of dividends was sent to the Quartermaster Division, and the Quartermaster Division was counted to the head according to the proportion of each soldier, and then registered in each person's military register.

Last year, the income of the Four Seas Trading Company was affected by the local unrest in Dengzhou, coupled with the tobacco competition in Linqing, the profit margin was about 50%, but it also surprised the soldiers of various departments. Last year's pension was not much, and the Quartermaster Department also advanced it for a year, but this year there are many new soldiers, and if Ruguo wants to maintain its profits, it must continue to develop new products and expand commercial profits.

This dividend is firmly controlled in the hands of the Dengzhou civil affairs system, the army and the civil administration are more closely linked, and the military discipline has also added the treatment of dividends, once there is robbery, disobedience, escape and other strict violations, these must be deducted, plus the fixed assets and families in the tunbao, forming a strict control system. Escaping meant that the whole family lost their property and chance of survival, and the soldiers had almost no way out but to fight to the death.

The efficiency of Dengzhou's organizational structure far exceeds that of the Ming military guards, and also far exceeds the Eight Banners tribal system of the Later Jin, and the configuration of various functional organs can produce greater mobilization power, as long as Chen Xin's financial resources allow, each Dingkou in Dengzhou can produce a point of strength in wartime. Even if the Dengzhou Army is strictly trained, the binding force generated by this organizational system alone can make the soldiers have the will to fight better than most battalion soldiers.

After Liu Minyou calculated, he said to Chen Xin: "You can transfer one battalion to full strength in the first half of the year, and you should be able to transfer two more battalions in the second half of the year, but it depends on my new product. ”

"It's not enough to rely on new products, you can't be soft-hearted in business, Wang Erya did a good job in Linqing, those gentlemen are unreasonable, we have to be even more unreasonable, Wu Jianzhong's dart bureau yijing in Jinan, Linqing have set up a semicolon, and the shopkeepers around the country don't have to report back to Dengzhou, and mobilize the people in the dart bureau nearby, which is really tricky, so the action team in Dengzhou is mobilized."

Liu Minyou listened to Méiyou, Wang Erya did a bit out of line in Linqing, more than 100 innocent people were killed and injured, and later forcibly occupied the workshop of Dongyue Tobacco Factory, and became the president of the Linqing Tobacco Industry Guild, Tongguo, the guild subcontracted to those small workshops to produce Dongyue brand cigarettes, using geographical advantages to reduce costs, mainly making low-cost cigarettes, and Wendengxiang is no longer homogeneous competition.

However, Wang Erya also suffered two assassinations, one was a relative and friend of Dongyue's boss, and the other was another gentleman, Wang Erya was also injured, Qin Rong and others retaliated again, the means were also very cruel, and the internal service team left five people to protect Wang Erya's safety. Wang Erya also insisted on working in Linqing, and his business quickly surpassed Chongzhen for four years.

Liu Min sometimes thinks that if he is in Wang Erya's situation, he may not be able to do Wang Erya's Cheng dù. Although he still disapproves of this method, the people of the entire trading company are applauded, and the intelligence bureau and the Central Military Department have some internal information, and they are also full of praise, calling Wang Erya a heroine among women. Liu Minyou just wrote a letter in the end, asking Zhou Laifu to pass it on to Wang Erya, hoping that she would not continue to expand the attack area and try not to hurt the innocent.

"Wang Erya's approach is still too much, and Shandong officialdom should also use more force, and it is not appropriate to use violence after all."

Chen Xin Zhidào Liu Min was soft-hearted, and thought about it: "After the beginning of the year, I sent someone to Jinan to visit Xu Congzhi, with the example of Linqing, Shandong officialdom will always give some face, and it is best not to use force." Okay, today's New Year, don't talk about these work, wait until the sixth day of the new year, let's sum it up first, and refine this year's goals. ”

Chen Xin wiped his face and stood up, "I'll go to greet Lord Wang and Lord Lu first, and let's have a reunion dinner together in the evening." Happy New Year. ”

Walking into the courtyard, Chen Xin beckoned the guards and prepared to go out, but saw Wang Mafu waiting at the door of the second entrance, Chen Xin looked at his expression and said that it was a good thing.

Sure enough, Wang Mafu came over and handed over a love report: "My lord, Linqing Station urgently reported that the 36th battalion of thieves, the two branches of the Heavenly Dragon and the Black-hearted Tiger, crossed the Shanxi boundary through Wueryukou, entered Shexian County, and attempted to commit Wu'an." There are scattered thieves riding in Pingdingzhou, Huaiqing, Weihui and other places, Zhili soldiers and horses are on guard near Zhending and Baoding, but Henan Mao soldiers are few and weak, I am afraid it is difficult to resist, the existing Changping Zuo Liangyu, Jizhen Sichuan soldiers Deng Yuan, Shizhu Tu Sima Xianglin, Zhang Fengyi and others should aid Henan, Sichuan soldiers are through Shanhaiguan to call back the stone pillar soldiers of Sichuan. ”

Chen Xin took a look at it, and said, "Why are the stone pillar soldiers leaving?" ”

Wang Mafu replied like a human flesh retrieval, mǎshàng replied: "There has been news from Jingshi Station, the stone pillar soldiers have been thinking about returning for a long time, and the Jin soldiers have just withdrawn from the Daling River, and the Sichuan soldiers have returned to their hometowns in a hurry, and the first batch has been returned to the town with Qin Yiming. Now there are about six or seven thousand Sichuan soldiers left, led by Deng Yuan, Ma Xianglin, and Zhang Fengyi, Deng Yuan is the general of Liaozhen, and Ma Xianglin and Zhang Fengyi are Qin Liangyu's sons and daughters-in-law. ”

Chen Xin recalled the terrain and said to himself: "From Guguan in the north, Shexian in the middle, and Huaiqing and Weihui in the south, this group of heroes is very progressive, and they are all suspicious, and they have opened the battle line for nearly a thousand miles along the Taihang Mountain, and thousands of officers and soldiers are scattered and the figures are invisible, and the southeast border of Shanxi is afraid that there are rumors everywhere." ”

Wang Mafu asked in a low voice: "My lord, do we want to prepare, the imperial court will transfer us sooner or later." ”

Chen Xin casually threw the information back to Wang Mafu, "Don't prepare, let's continue the New Year, you send an urgent letter to Song Wenxian, ask him to visit Wen Xiang and Liang Tingdong, try to talk as much about the difficulties of our Dengzhou, in short, let the imperial court take more things out." (To be continued.) )

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