Zhu Daolin returned to his home and had dinner with his wives and concubines, and all of them went to Dongyuan, where Ruyan lived, to give advice to the garment factory jointly opened by his wives and concubines.

In the sound of coquettish or graceful pleading, Zhu Daolin readily agreed to increase the number of sewing machines to 150, and the number of sewing machines and buttonhole machines to 12.

As soon as the words fell, Liu Rushi and Gu Mei, who were becoming more and more delicate and graceful, immediately stepped forward to wrap themselves around him, while massaging his back, while saying that he couldn't make beautiful clothes without fabric, Xu Fo and Ruyan on the side helped out in a matter-of-fact manner, Xiaoying also joined the ranks of complaints, and in the end, they had to continue to increase the weight, and asked their husbands to give a generous gift to the soon-to-be-opened garment factory.

Looking at the beautiful faces that make people palpitate, listening to the charming pleading, where does Zhu Daolin have any resistance? Soon he bit his cheeks and made a promise:

Within 30 days, 3,000 pieces of high-end silk and 5,000 pieces of wide-width chintz made by Tianshu Pavilion were shipped to Tianshu Pavilion as a gift to congratulate the opening of the Dongyuan Garment Factory.

After getting Zhu Daolin's promise, the wives and concubines hugged each other, jumping and cheering, as if they had won a big battle.

Zhu Daolin sighed for a long time and even said that the loss was big, which caused the wives and concubines to laugh more cheerfully, and after laughing, they all poured into the smoke-like boudoir, gossiping about how many maids to buy? Check which day is the auspicious day of the zodiac for Qin Se and Ming, so that Ruyan can move to the main house as soon as possible, and make room for the cutting workshop, garment workshop, stock warehouse, etc.

Only the well-mannered and delicate Xu Fu accompanied Zhu Daolin outside, and the two knew the careful thoughts of Xiaoying and Ruyan, and after drinking half a cup of tea, they went to Xiyuan hand in hand.

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On the fifth day of October, 4 p.m.

Zhu Daolin, together with 30 teachers from the Ziyang Martial Arts Pavilion, led 386 fully armed disciples of the first phase to conduct field training.

After a 5-hour march on foot. The entourage successfully arrived at the newly completed Beishan Barracks in Longtan, where they were warmly received by the officers and men of the Longtan Battalion, and were stationed in the independent barracks of the garrison battalion, which has the most favorable conditions and the most complete facilities in the center of the barracks, to prepare for the upcoming 30-day gun training.

At eight o'clock in the evening, officers above the captain and deputy captain of the Longtan battalion gathered at the renovated headquarters on Xiaobei Mountain. He attended the pre-war mobilization meeting personally presided over by Zhu Daolin, the supreme commander of the whole army.

As the first regular combat unit under Zhu Daolin's command to receive the flag, the officers and men of the "Longtan Battalion" were extremely proud in their hearts; although they all came from displaced people who had left their homes, the vast majority of the officers and men had lost their relatives, their weapons and equipment were not as good as those of the Marine Corps, and their training intensity and training methods were not as regular as those of the Jiangnan New Army, but their fighting spirit and loyalty were the highest in the whole army.

After listening to Zhu Daolin read out the holy decree of going north to quell the rebellion, the 225 officers in the hall were excited after a short period of shock, and none of them retreated timidly.

Zhu Daolin was very satisfied with the performance of the officers and men. It was immediately announced that the "Longtan Battalion" would be officially expanded into the "Longtan Army", the word "acting" in front of all officer posts would be removed, and Tang Shilin, the former commander of the first battalion, would be appointed as the chief general of the Longtan Army, and he would be promoted to the rank of Thousand Households in Longtan; Zhao Wude, the former commander of the sixth battalion, was appointed as the deputy general of the Longtan Army and promoted to the deputy of the Longtan Thousand Households; appointed Li Yugang, the 27-year-old deputy chief teacher of the Ziyang Martial Arts Hall, as the pacification officer; The battalion commanders of each battalion were promoted to 100 households, the deputy battalion commanders were promoted to 100 households, the positive and negative captains were promoted to the general flag, and all the captains were promoted to the small flag.

The long list of appointments has been read out. The morale of the house was high and the cheers were thunderous.

Zhu Daolin waited for a long time. I had to stand up and signal everyone to be quiet: "Brothers, don't get excited, I have something to say to the brothers. ”

"What kind of system? All silent—"

Tang Shilin, the new commander-in-chief who was deeply supported by the officers and soldiers, changed his temper as a good old man, stood up suddenly, opened his throat and scolded loudly, and the audience immediately fell silent, and all eyes turned to Zhu Daolin on the main throne again.

Zhu Daolin calmly looked at the more than two hundred officers in front of him. Say something that surprised everyone:

"A few months ago, I told the brothers that from now on Longtan will be their permanent residence, a second home for them, where they will marry and have children. Reproduction, today, it seems, what I said is gradually realized......"

"We have been looking for the unfortunate lost relatives of the brothers, but sadly, so far we have only found 767 old and young people, who have been sent to more than 340 brothers to be reunited, and now they are all living in the military area built in the east of the camp.

"In the past four months, more than 100 brothers have married, and the brothers who have become married have been assigned to a three-bedroom and one-hall blue brick house with half an acre of self-reserved land, so I suggest that the officers and soldiers who have found their families and have just married should not go north with the army this time, but stay in the camp!"

"Three days later, the second batch of 5,000 recruits who have been trained for more than three months in the Jinling South Battalion will be stationed to continue training as a reserve force for the Longtan Army and take over the defense left behind after the main forces go north."

Brother Mantang was grateful to the commander for his care, and more than 40 of them, officers with family members, stood up one after another, asking to go north with the army to fight, expressing their unwillingness to stay in the camp.

"Don't make any noise, sit down, listen to me before giving your opinions, don't forget military discipline!"

After waiting for the brothers to sit down, Zhu Daolin continued: "This time, the Longtan Army will go north for three years, and at the end of the three-year period, they will return here again, and return to this Longtan Beishan camp that condenses the hard work and sweat of the brothers! ”

"At that time, those who are willing to remain in the army and who are unwilling to work again at the end of their service will receive a settlement fee to return home to marry a wife and have children, or they will continue to work in our shipyards, gun factories, fishing fleets, ocean-going commercial fleets, and other factories and companies."

"As long as there are bones left of the brothers who died in battle, we will bring them back and bury them on the hill to the west, so that the brothers who died bravely in battle will accompany us every day......

"No one should doubt that I, Zhu Daolin, will do what I say!"

The eyes of the brothers in the hall were red, and many fierce men who were usually brave and fierce finally shed tears at this moment.

Zhu Daolin paused for a moment and continued: "War is cruel and kills, but as Ming soldiers, we have no way out!" ”

"For the sake of the country and the nation, for the millions of fathers and villagers behind you, even if you die, you must move forward bravely, this is the meaning of the existence of the Ming soldiers!"

"There is a saying that there is a reward for paying, but in the past two hundred years, my Ming soldiers have never received the rewards they deserve, not to mention that they can't support their parents and families when they are born and die, and they don't even have a minimum status, and a mere seven-grade sesame official dares to cut off the head of a third- and fourth-grade general......"

"Those hereditary officers also degenerate, regardless of the life and death of the brothers under their command, annexing military fields, bullying men and women, and most of the low-level soldiers live like dogs......"

"Just ask, where does such an army come from?"

"I'm a Ming soldier, why are you so sad?"

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