The first month passed quickly, and all parts of Yansui calmed down, and Zheng Xunrui's fame spread throughout Yansui, but the governor's yamen seemed to be deliberately stopping this trend, and he didn't want the governor's fame to be too big. As for the Yulin border town, because of the decrease in the number of sergeants, the burden on military households has been significantly reduced, and the number of grain handed over has also changed, and military households only need to hand over 30 percent of the grain harvest, and the remaining 70 percent are all kept for themselves, which has greatly promoted the enthusiasm of military households for farming.

Yan'an Qingyang and Yulin, the storage of rainwater and snow water, has long been spread out on a large scale, Yan'an Mansion is the earliest place to implement, but also Zheng Xunrui personally supervised, but the fastest progress is Yulin border town, the sergeant of the guard camp fort, also involved in this matter, after all, the sergeant is disciplined, the efficiency of digging pits is very high, some huge earth pits can store a lot of snow water and rainwater, do not waste every drop of water given by God.

Yang Tingshu, the prefect of Yan'an Prefecture, and Dong Gongming, the prefect of Qingyang Prefecture, are very good in acting government affairs, especially Yang Tingshu, who is familiar with many matters of the government in a short period of time, which also makes Zheng Xunrui a lot easier.

King Chuang Gao Yingxiang was captured and killed, and the news that 15,000 soldiers under his command were exterminated had already spread to Shanxi and other places, and many rogues knew the fighting power of King Chuang, but they didn't expect that King Chuang was completely exterminated, and he was also captured and killed, and the rest of the rogues naturally would not choose to return to Yan'an again, which was tantamount to looking for death, but some words were still shouted out, what must be avenged for King Chuang, etc., for these meaningless rumors, Zheng Xunrui didn't care at all.

The number of sergeants in the Zheng family army reached 9,400, and the training matters were not relaxed for a moment, especially in terms of military discipline and military regulations, which became the top priority.

The family of the sergeant who died in battle received a pension of one hundred taels of silver, as well as ten stone of grain, a hundred miles of silver in the eyes of ordinary people, it is a huge amount of money, I am afraid that I will not see so much silver in my life, ten stone of grain can basically maintain the life of the family for about a year, such a pension, beyond everyone's expectations.

Many people in Yulin Border Town began to inquire whether Zheng Jiajun was still recruiting sergeants, and they thought about going in and becoming Zheng Jiajun's sergeants, and their family's daily life was guaranteed.

Yulin border town, there is a very special situation, that is, the military households here, almost every household has contacts, have some relatives, because most of them are military households, the household registration system restricts them, so that they can not relocate, unless it is a rebellion, hundreds of years of time continued, almost all of them are related to each other, which makes them very closely related to each other, coupled with the famine in recent years, so that they must help each other to ensure survival, This naturally occurring connection is impossible to break.

Zheng Xunrui has long known such a situation, so after coming to Yansui Town, Xun Yu began to recruit sergeants, among the four thousand sergeants recruited at one time, a large part of them are people from Yulin border town, these people are brave in battle, and very united, vowing not to retreat, Zheng Jinhong led 1,100 foot soldiers, almost all of them are recruited in Yulin, they resisted the impact of tens of thousands of rogues, although the loss of more than half, but did not collapse, it reflects the combat effectiveness and unity.

Such a sergeant, of course, is what Zheng Xunrui needs.

So after returning to Yansui Town, Zheng Jiajun's recruitment of sergeants began again.

This time the registration situation is completely different from the previous one, a large number of people came to sign up, parents led their children, and mother-in-law led their husbands, which also surprised Zheng Jinhong and Yang He, who were in charge of recruitment.

In less than a month, Zheng Jiajun recruited another 2,000 people.

By the end of February, the total number of Zheng's army had reached 11,500.

The second is the war horse, the Mongolian tribe came to trade again, or according to the price of three stone grain and one war horse, and two taels of gold and one stone of grain, in early March in Baichengzi trade, Zheng Jiajun obtained two thousand five hundred war horses.

Zheng Xunrui was very pleased, the total strength of the Zheng family army reached 10,000, and the number of war horses also reached 10,000.

Except for the last recruited 2,000 sergeants, the rest of the sergeants have gone through actual combat and seen blood, and the combat effectiveness they show on the battlefield is very vigorous, which is not unrelated to the training on weekdays, and there is a very conspicuous one in the military regulations of the Zheng family, that is, in the battle, no matter what the situation is, even if the last person is left and does not receive the order to retreat, it is absolutely impossible to retreat and collapse.

This military rule is firmly engraved in the mind of the sergeant.

Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of Yulin, was very calm, he did not plan to recruit sergeants, it was enough to maintain the scale of 30,000 people, and the number of officers would not increase, so as to save expenses, but he followed Zheng Xunrui's requirements to let the sergeants no longer participate in the affairs of Tuntian, and the sergeants and military households were separated internally, and the military households that farmed the land were no longer counted as the Yulin border army, nor did they participate in the daily training, and the Yulin border army also trained according to the requirements of the Zheng family.

Liu Zeqing knows very well that the strength of the Zheng family army is something he has never seen, he has been in Liaodong for many years, and has seen the strength of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, but the Guanning Iron Cavalry lacks the momentum of the Zheng Family Army, that is, no matter what danger he encounters, he will not retreat when he dies and see death as if he were at home.

Liu Zeqing knew very well that the Zheng Jiajun had surpassed the Guanning Iron Cavalry in terms of strength, but such words could not be said, after all, the Guanning Iron Cavalry was facing the ferocious Houjin Tartars, and it showed its power in the battle, and the Zheng Jiajun was only facing the Liukou, and the two were not the same.

Yulin border town has Zheng Jiajun's stock, do not have to worry about security, and Zheng Xunrui and the Mongolian steppe market, trading a lot of grain, tea, silk and other items, which allows the Mongolian steppe to maintain, and it will not be a large-scale army to loot, after all, no one wants to fight, that is to die.

Liu Zeqing, who is a little arrogant, generally doesn't really convince someone because of the complexity of his experience, but in front of Zheng Xunrui, he completely bowed his head, and he was too powerful.

Liu Zeqing focused on the training of sergeants at the same time, but also noticed the raising of grain and grass, Zheng Xunrui is very generous in this regard, for the affairs of Yulin border town, there is not much interference, let Liu Zeqing manage, this is also a rare situation, it is said that Zheng Xunrui is the governor of Yansui, and the station is in Yansui Town, can govern the affairs of Yulin border town, but the actual situation is not the case, Zheng Xunrui rarely directly inquired about the affairs of the Yulin border army, every time Liu Zeqing reported, it was mainly based on Liu Zeqing's opinions.

This includes the most important issue of money and grain, the winter wheat planted by the military households, seeing that it is about to start harvesting, Liu Zeqing once went to ask for instructions, Zheng Xunrui said very directly, the grain and grass paid by the military households should be directly controlled by the General Military Government, and the governor's yamen will not intervene, but the General Military Government must make a good plan to ensure that the grain is sufficient, and ensure that the Yulin border town will not be short of grain, especially in the past few years, there have been many large-scale famines in the Yulin border town, and such a situation cannot appear in the future.

With Zheng Xunrui's arrangements, Liu Zeqing was able to use his skills and feet to train the Yulin border army on a large scale.

The strength of the Yulin border army is also gradually increasing, so that it obviously exceeds the Datong border army, including some armies in Liaodong, which the imperial court did not expect, so that after the Zheng family army withdrew, the Yulin border army defeated the Liukou and Houjin Tartars in the process of guarding Yulin, and its appearance made the imperial court marvel.

Zheng Xunrui has always been very concerned about the Yulin border army, but also concerned about Liu Zeqing, in the weekday conversation, he pays attention to using words to guide Liu Zeqing, victory is not arrogant and defeated, this is the military regulations of the Zheng family, it is also used in the training of the Yulin border army, Zheng Xunrui reminded Liu Zeqing several times, the victory of the previous battle has long passed, the past bravery, has also become history, the army, including the generals, must always consider the next battle, never lie on the merit book, otherwise the time to collapse is not far away, There are too many such lessons in history.

Liu Zeqing's appearance, on the whole, is good, in front of him Zheng Xunrui, he is also respectful, and he does not dare to exceed in the slightest, thanks to the last battle, and also thanks to Zheng Xunrui's special identity, the champion of the palace test, that is, to be able to govern the people's livelihood, to be able to command the army to fight, and even to be able to personally participate in the fight, if Liu Zeqing is not convinced, then there is no heavenly reason.

Of course, Zheng Xunrui has not yet accepted Liu Zeqing's idea, that is, he does not want Liu Zeqing to enter the Zheng family's army, this is a matter of principle, the development and growth of the Zheng family's army, sooner or later will attract the attention of all sides, at this time we must be careful, we can only secretly develop our own henchmen, never be hot-headed, believe in the summary of historical materials, absorb those so-called famous generals in the late Ming Dynasty, this practice is to find death, these people are finally the court and the emperor, once he Zheng Xunrui and the court or the emperor have a confrontation situation, These people have become a time bomb that will blow themselves to pieces.

In other words, Zheng Xunrui has always been very sober, especially after his parents and Erniang arrived in the capital, he will see it more clearly, although the road ahead is still vague, but how to go, he knows in his heart.