Sun Chuanting's recruitment of sergeants in order to exterminate the Liukou is a very normal thing in anyone's opinion, as the governor of the five provinces, he needs to have an army that he can control, so as to better exterminate the Liukou, and he will not be subject to others while making strategic deployments.

The first two governors of the five provinces, Lu Xiangsheng and Xiong Wencan, never recruited soldiers in Shaanxi, and in the battle to exterminate the Liukou, they were almost not involved in Shaanxi, in terms of geography and importance, they may all think that Shaanxi can ensure stability, that is, the greatest support for the eradication of the Liukou, you must know that the territory of Shaanxi is too large, and it is the origin of the Liukou, and Shaanxi can be completely stabilized, which is the biggest blow to the Liukou.

Sun Chuanting faced an embarrassing situation, and he couldn't manage so much, so after he implemented the five thousand soldiers in Henan, he immediately set off for Xi'an, Shaanxi.

Xu Jikuang's time in Shaanxi was not very long, but through his own ability and wisdom, he was deeply appreciated by the governor Wen Zhenheng.

Xu Jikuang's identity is not ordinary, speaking of which, he used to be a member of the Donglin Party and the leader of the Shanyin Gang, such an identity should have been purged and suppressed, but Zheng Xunrui was very generous, not only did not pursue it, but boldly reused it, which made Xu Jikuang not expect, and since then he has also realized that Zheng Xunrui is not an ordinary person.

Although Xu Jikuang is a student, he has been in control of the Shanyin Gang for a long time, so that his understanding is not quite the same as that of ordinary scholars, and he has been doing things under Zheng Xunrui for a long time, and his understanding has changed very thoroughly, and he has been cut off from the Donglin Party, and he is completely loyal to Zheng Xunrui, during which he once received a letter from his mentor Huang Daozhou, and when he replied to the letter, he showed that he was resolutely following Zheng Xunrui's side. Moreover, in the letter, he boldly advised Huang Daozhou to take a correct view of Zheng Xunrui.

The governor of the yamen is not of high rank, but only eight grades. But this position is still very important, especially with the trust of the governor. Then there are a lot of things to do, and Xu Jikuang's responsibilities when he went to Shaanxi were originally different, not only to assist Governor Wen Zhenheng in doing things, but also to coordinate the relationship between Governor Yamen and Zheng Jiajun.

The exchange of Zheng's army with many Mongolian tribes was Hong Xintao's most important task, but after returning from Beizhili, recruiting sergeants became another very important task. conAd1(); And judging from Zheng Xunrui's requirements, Zheng Jiajun needs to recruit as many Mongolian tribe soldiers as possible, which makes Hong Xintao extremely busy.

The mutual market means a large amount of income, the mutual market of Zheng Jiajun and the Mongolian tribes, concentrated in three places, namely Jingbian, Xiazhen and Huangyangchuan, the previous mutual market mainly adopted the method of exchanging grain for gold and silver, war horses, etc., but with the expansion of the scale of the mutual market, there are many more commodities exchanged, tea, salt and iron, silk, porcelain and so on. As long as the goods needed by the Mongolian tribes are all available at three fixed mutual market locations.

The hottest thing in the mutual market is the trading of Mauser guns, and Hong Xintao follows Zheng Xunrui's requirements. Each Mauser was priced at 1,000 taels of silver, and each bullet was priced at 2 taels of silver, but the number of Mausers traded was strictly limited, and the annual volume of transactions was not allowed to exceed 2,000 and the number of bullets was not allowed to exceed 200,000.

The Mauser trade did not attract the attention of the Mongol tribal leaders at first, who used to have some arquebuses, but the arquebuses were too cumbersome to be of much use in the vast Mongolian steppe. The leaders of these Mongol tribes believed that the Mauser and the arquebus were about the same, and the price of the Mauser was very high. Each cost a thousand taels of silver, but Mauser guns could be purchased with some merchants in charge of grain trafficking. Using the Mauser to protect the caravan from robbery, the power of the Mauser began to show, quickly attracting the attention of the Mongol tribal leaders.

The Mauser gun can occur quickly in a short period of time, and the lethality is extremely high, which is not at all comparable to the arquebus, in the face of the rapid charging cavalry, the Mauser gun is fully able to deal with it, so that the attacker suffers heavy losses, but there is nothing to do.

Ordos, Tumut, Turpan, Yarkand, Mughul and other big tribes, all of them are staring at the Mauser gun, they ordered the merchants in charge of the mutual market, must buy a large number of Mauser guns, no matter how much silver is paid, it doesn't matter, but unfortunately in the three mutual markets, the trading of Mauser guns is strictly restricted, the number is limited, and the identity of the transaction needs to be clarified, it is possible to buy Mauser guns, which makes the grassland tribes start a round of open and secret battles, the purpose is to get more Mauser guns, In terms of geographical location and relationship, the Ordos tribe and the Tumut tribe still have a certain advantage, after all, many people from their tribe have entered the Zheng family army and become the soldiers of the Zheng family army.

The income of the mutual market is huge, far exceeding the income of Shaanxi in terms of taxation, and the governor Wen Zhenheng is also red-eyed when he looks at it, and he has already put forward a request to Zheng Xunrui, so 10% of the annual income of the mutual market is handed over to the governor's yamen. conAd2();

Zheng Xunrui has already issued an order, all the income of Shaanxi mutual market will be used for the expenses of Zheng Jiajun in Shaanxi, Fuzhou and other places, except for one percent of which will be returned to the governor's yamen, the rest of Hong Xintao can leave forty percent, and the rest will be transported to Penglai.

Xu Jikuang came to Shaanxi under such a situation.

In the face of such a situation, Xu Jikuang needs to think and do a lot.

Xu Jikuang did not stay at the governor's yamen, but mainly operated in the three mutual markets of Jingbian, Xiazhen and Huangyangchuan, coordinating many commercial and trade matters, mediating disputes between many Mongolian tribes, strengthening ties with Mongolian tribal leaders, and secretly recruiting Mongolian tribal soldiers for Zheng's army.

Many young people in the Mongolian tribe want to join the Zheng family's army, but it is not so easy to enter the Zheng's army.

Many of the young people of the Mongolian tribe who have joined the Zheng family army have moved their families to Shaanxi and live a fixed and peaceful life, and their salary is enough to support their families.

With food, they can maintain the stability of the tribe, increase more population, and naturally become stronger, and they are also welcome to recruit young people in the tribe by the Zheng family's army, because with the increase in the number of sergeants in the tribe's Zheng army, they can also get more benefits from the mutual market, and can buy Mauser guns and more salt and iron materials and so on.

Just when Hong Xintao and Xu Jikuang were busy with their feet not touching the ground, Wen Zhenheng's letter came.

This letter aroused great attention from Hong Xintao and Xu Jikuang, who were in Jingbian.

"General Hong, have the governors of these five provinces recruited sergeants in Shaanxi before?"

"Never, I'm also very strange, I remember that Lord Lu Xiangsheng and Lord Xiong Wencan never recruited sergeants in Shaanxi, they all know that Shaanxi is directly controlled by the Zheng Family, and most of the guards in various places have been abolished, and the remaining guards are not many in number, and the Zheng Jiajun also has to help the guards train sergeants every year. conAd3(); ”

Xu Jikuang was thoughtful.

"It seems that the newly appointed Lord Sun is a little impatient, afraid that he will be used by others."

"What does Lord Xu mean by that?"

Hong Xintao is a military general, and his main thoughts are on the construction of Zheng Jiajun, and other things are rarely considered.

"General Hong, Shaanxi has always been directly controlled by the Zheng Jiajun, the relationship between the governor Wen and the adults is not ordinary, both inside and outside the court know, so many years have passed, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang and Sichuan and other places, there are Liukou wanton, but Shaanxi has been very stable, which to a certain extent also led to the fact that the Liukou can not really develop on a large scale, it should be said that any governor of the five provinces understands this truth, and handed over Shaanxi to the Zheng Jiajun to manage, you can worry less, but after Lord Sun took office, But he planned to recruit sergeants in Shaanxi, which was obviously inappropriate. ”

Hong Xintao nodded, he understood what Xu Jikuang meant, that is, Shaanxi is a place controlled by Zheng Xunrui, and Sun Chuanting thought that recruiting soldiers in Shaanxi would at least need Zheng Xunrui's consent.

"What's the matter, when Lord Sun comes to Shaanxi, he may not be able to recruit sergeants."

Xu Jikuang shook his head slightly.

"It's not that simple, Lord Sun is the governor of the five provinces, leading the matter of exterminating the Liukou, which includes Shaanxi, Lord Sun came to Shaanxi to recruit soldiers, and it is reasonable that if Lord Wen does not agree, it should be unreasonable, and doing so will also cause the punishment of the court and the suspicion of the emperor."

"Then what does Lord Xu think should be done, you can't let Lord Sun recruit sergeants easily."

"This matter is not so simple, I will report to the Lord immediately, and I will return to Xi'an immediately, and the matter here will be entrusted to General Hong."

"No problem, you just go and get busy, I can handle things here."

Xu Jikuang is still a little worried, because of the Mauser gun transaction, many tribes in Mongolia have seen small-scale fighting, such a situation must not spread, otherwise it will cause turmoil in the Mongolian tribes, this is by no means the situation that Zheng Xunrui is willing to see, so it is necessary for the Zheng family army to coordinate in the middle, put forward clear and specific requirements, and set the number of Mauser transactions every year, that is, how many Mauser guns and bullets each tribe can buy, etc., only this matter is clear, to be able to stop the fighting between the Mongol tribes.

After carefully discussing the Mauser trade with Hong Xintao, and at the same time asking the Mongol tribes to send representatives to Jingbian to discuss, Xu Jikuang left Jingbian and rushed to Xi'an to help Wen Zhenheng coordinate Sun Chuanting's recruitment of sergeants. (To be continued)

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