Chapter Twenty-Eight: Collecting the Hearts of the Army
Zhao Lie stood in front of the temporary public house in the northernmost part of the refugee camp, looking at the much neat and tidy refugee camp, he still had a sense of accomplishment, nodded with satisfaction, Wan Ji looked at his face, and slowly put his mind at ease, everything in the refugee camp is complicated, more than two months, to sort out these many things, Wan Ji asked himself has done his best, but everything is based on the satisfaction of adults.
"Tell me, what's the most difficult thing in the camp right now." Zhao Lie didn't go indoors, this office used to be a deserted farm yard of six or seven straw houses, which is also the only house here, Wan Ji simply cleaned up here, not to mention the environment, but there was a smell in the house, Zhao Lie didn't like it.
"My lord, there are more than 3,000 stones of grain, more than 4,500 taels of silver, there is not much grain, go to Weihaiwei to sell grain, many grain merchants do not sell seven cents of silver and one stone, it is clear that it is because we have a large demand, and we want to make a profit, in addition, it is immediately cold, the victims did not bring any clothes to escape, and now it is good to be able to cover the body, this is still a lot of clothes sent by the old lady, but there are no clothes in winter." Wan Ji explained the current basic situation, and there is nothing that is not lacking in the refugee camp at the moment.
Zhao Lie's eyes were cold, "Make a fortune for refugees, they forgot that we are Weihai Sea Masters, let the Navy Masters help transport it to Yangzhou, I don't believe it, without Zhang Butcher, you can still eat a hairy pig." ”
Wan Ji, Zhao Meng, and Wu Qun were all stunned for a moment, what a hairy pig.
"As for winter clothes, I will also go to Yangzhou to purchase them, Jiangnan is rich in fabrics, tens of thousands of people, Yangzhou must have it, this matter is handed over to you, Wanji." I will give you another ten thousand taels of silver. ”
Wan Ji grinned, ten thousand taels are not enough.
Zhao Lie looked at Wan Ji's face and smiled bitterly, "Take the silk silk, the knife, and the folding fan captured this time to Yangzhou and sell them at a discount, and the silver obtained will belong to you." "Sulfur and copper are of great use, so they can only stay, and there is not much left to sell.
"Second brother, there is a shortage of firewood for heating in winter, and the refugees are having a hard time." Zhao Meng threw another puzzle over.
"Coal, more coal." Zhao Lie thought about it, and he had to sacrifice the honeycomb coal. You must know that Shandong is also one of the birthplaces of the Chinese people, and thousands of years of logging have made the forest scarce, and some are also in the deep mountains and old forests.
"Coal is not expensive, but it is also a large expense after all." Zhao Meng was also worried about the Zhao family's expenses.
"I have a way," Zhao Lie said the honeycomb coal method, honeycomb coal is very simple, and worthless face coal can be, Zhao Lie said, a few people think you can try, once it is done, it can save money.
"Buy the charcoal first and come back to make it, and if it's okay, open your own mine." Zhao Meng slapped the board, in the end, he was involved in the housework, and even the upstream had to be grasped in his hands.
"My lord, many refugees are thinking about it," Wu Qun looked at Zhao Lie's face, after all, he had just followed Zhao Lie, "Some don't want to stay and plan to go to other realms to see their luck, but not much, the most is to see if they can join a team to kill slaves, one is to mix their backgrounds, and the other is to avenge their families." ”
"Well, Wu Qun is right," Zhao Lie encouraged Wu Qun. "However, we will also recruit troops and workers on a large scale this year and next year, and tell the refugees that there is no hurry, we need a large number of people immediately."
Zhao Lie stayed here dizzily for more than half a day, solving one problem after another, although he has the foundation of future generations, but the refugee problem is myriad and simple business management is not a way, so Zhao Lie's head is as big as a fight.
Before returning, Zhao Lie knew everyone well, and three days later, he reviewed the army.
Three days later, at the beginning of the morning, the procession of 2,000 men lined up quietly in the mudflats, two-thirds of them with long sticks and one-third with short sticks. Although the clothes were ragged, however, there was already the prototype of a strong army, and Zhao Lie stood on a small mound specially raised in front of the team for drills. He was accompanied by Huang Han, Wan Ji, Yu Dabao, Li Hu, Wang Quan, Du Li and others.
"My lord, these two thousand people are in good health, half of them are alone, and some have fathers, brothers and sisters, and very few have families, all of them have broken families that have been persecuted by Jiannu, and their hatred with the old slaves is as deep as the sea." Wang Quan introduced the basic situation.
Zhao Lie looked at the team quietly, he felt that the eyes of thousands of people in the team fell on him, and he also believed that the vast majority of people here had a deep hatred for Jiannu, but the experience of later generations told him that it was not easy to turn the deep hatred into a huge motivation to resist and take action.
After telling him about the review three days ago, Zhao Lie meditated hard for three days, and his army had a prototype from here and now, in his previous life, he was just a middle-level enterprise, of course, a man has the dream of leading thousands of generals, but he didn't expect to come here to fulfill this dream, but as a military Bai Ding in his previous life, he did not have full confidence in controlling this army. But this troubled world forces you to save this country, and you must start by controlling this army.
This army has a deep enmity with Jiannu to destroy the family, it is difficult to find such a good foundation for killing slaves in the Ming Dynasty, as long as the training is good, and a little mobilization on the battlefield can fight with Jiannu to the end. However, blood feuds can also be transformed, transformed. Just like Kong Youde in history, the whole family rose up in Anshan to resist the tyranny of the old slave, only he escaped, Geng Jingzhong's cousin died in Jiannu, Shang Kexi's father, eldest brother and Jiannu died in battle, two elder brothers, a younger brother fell into the hands of Jiannu and disappeared, it is estimated that he also died in the hands of Jiannu, only one person left in the family, these three people and Jiannu's deep enmity is not deep, but they have taken refuge in Jiannu, and become Jiannu's fierce hunting dogs, and even they and Wu Sangui killed more Ming righteous people than Jiannu, Kong Youde even died in the battle for Jiannu's whole family in Guangxi, which is really ridiculous. Something went wrong.
A large number of slaves in the military group of Liaodong and the gentry group of the Ming Dynasty showed that in order not to lose the rights and interests they already had in their hands, they did not hesitate to put on the hat of traitors, and they only had rights and interests, and losing their power and interests was a more terrible thing for them than to become traitors. Therefore, they do not hesitate to become the laughing stock of the ages, but also to take this shameful step. The interests of themselves and their families are above the country, for many people in the Ming Dynasty, changing the Qing Dynasty is just a change of allegiance, the special thing is that the Qing Dynasty is a foreign dynasty, anyway, the biggest pain is borne by ordinary people. And the common people are just a fart people, they don't even know how to speak, they know what to govern and defend their home and country, that is, the life of the represented, the Qing Dynasty's conquest of the Ming Dynasty is the conquest of the resistance of the gentry class, after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, a few years to pacify the world, the reason is this, most of the gentry class in the backbone of the Ming Dynasty surrendered, and it was Li Zicheng who fought to the end with the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Xianzhong, the remnants of the peasant army, these illiterate mud legs, struggled from 1644 to 1660, and the literate elite gentry class had already surrendered, Give up the rich Jiangnan to the hand.
In short, it was the feudal system of one family and the system of foolish people implemented to maintain its rule that led to the tragedy of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, this army can have its own soul, and truly know who to fight for and why, so that this army can have a military soul, and will not fight because of a momentary grudge, nor will it die because of the disappearance of hatred. It will not be pulled away by individual generals, and the army will be truly nationalized.
Therefore, the army is the manifestation of the state system, but in this troubled era that is about to begin, it is first necessary to rely on the army to create a new country, and now Zhao Lie is going to build a brand new army that has never been seen in thousands of years. Zhao Lie thought about it again and again and decided to take several steps to finally achieve this goal.
"Tiger." Du Quan shouted.
All the soldiers responded: "Tiger." "The whole army stood in solemnity.
"Soldiers, you came out of the white mountains and black waters, and many of you are already the only representatives of your entire family, which also shows that our army must have been formed for a decisive battle with Jiannu, so our army is named after the Broken Army." Zhao Lie first set the name of the army. "Soldiers, since we are killing slaves for the country, we are fighting for the country, therefore, the soldiers of our army should enjoy the treatment of the national war, one tael of silver per month, paid on time, never in arrears, if you sacrifice your life for the country, two hundred taels of silver, the children in the family will be raised, if the family is interrupted, you can designate the adopted son to inherit the family name, and enter the martyr's shrine to enjoy the incense forever. If you are seriously injured and disabled, you will be resettled in the future. All the soldiers are fighting for my Ming country, and the blood spilled is for my Ming country and the people, I, Zhao, swear here that I will never let you shed blood and tears, and your back is miserable," Zhao Lie firmly looked at the queue that had been in turmoil, and shouted with all his might: "We are not Qiu Ba, we are the patron saint of the Ming Dynasty, and what we want is the incomparable glory behind us." ”
Before Zhao Lie finished shouting his last words, the crowd was already kneeling on the ground one after another, shouting intermittently, "Serve the adults to death," intermittently. Most of the soldiers were convinced that everyone was brought back to Shandong from the troubled times in Liaodong, and it was the adults who provided food, clothing and clothing to prevent them from freezing and starving to death, and gave everyone the opportunity to kill slaves and take revenge, so there was really nothing else to ask for. I didn't expect that I could enjoy the honor of incense after death, and it was worth it.
Liu Fugui and Zhou Huaien burst into tears in the queue, and brought them back from Lushun to recover from their injuries and bring them into the army. is the reincarnation benefactor of the two. The two had only one thought in their hearts, to kill slaves to avenge their blood.
Countless people in the team choked up and shouted: "Die for the adults," "Kill all the slaves." ”
Zhao Lie finally shouted: "Next, the soldiers will receive their salaries according to the queue. ”
Zhao Lie believes that when everyone receives the salary, the army will be determined.
Li Hu bowed down and saluted convincingly: "Congratulations, my lord, I will collect the hearts of the army." Everyone on the side nodded in congratulations.
A fast horse galloped in, arrived at the front of the soil platform, dismounted to report, and the adults returned to the camp.