The sky was full of snowflakes, the camp of Wendeng Camp was covered with snow, Chen Xin asked the fire to be lit in the official room, and a group of officers were complaining to him.

"My lord, Pu Zhuang is thirty-five people in one tune, and my cavalry is so easy to train, how can it be so chaotic." Zhu Guobin said angrily in his seat, and the commanders of Dai Zhenggang's several infantry teams also echoed two sentences on the side, many of the people selected by Pu Zhuang are military commanders and veterans, and their infantry teams have been transferred to the peasant and soldier system and training teams a lot, and now Pu Zhuang is coming to transfer again, they are naturally unwilling.

Chen Xin slowly went to the cabinet to take out the tea leaves, and then carried the kettle and asked them to pour their own water.

A few people stood up and took the teacups, and Pu Zhuang said: "This is an order issued by an adult, why can't it be adjusted." ”

Zhu Guobin said dissatisfiedly: "Let you choose 100 people to participate in the training in the whole army, our cavalry only has a few hundred people, and you chose more than 30 people, most of them are not collected at night, you choose to leave, what should I do here." ”

Pu Zhuang scratched his head and said, "It's good if you don't collect it at night." ”

Zhu Guobin slapped the table and stood up, Chen Xin quickly interrupted and asked Pu Zhuang: "Why do you have to stay at night." ”

"My lord, these people often act alone, their courage is much stronger than that of ordinary soldiers, they are calmer in case of trouble, and many people have a variety of weapons, and their martial arts are also good.

Chen Xin thought about it, and made a look at Huang Side, Huang Side said with a hard head: "Now it's just a mobilization to participate in the training, and there is a selection, there are only fifty people in total, not all of them are selected." ”

Zhu Guobin turned his head and said: "In case they are all selected, I will only have a total of four teams and will not accept them all night." Military reconnaissance and defense are equally important, and I don't know what the special service team is doing. ”

Huang Side opened his mouth and stared at Chen Xin, Chen Xin didn't intend to tell them, coughed and said: "This army has a separate purpose, and if you don't collect it overnight, you can't transfer too much, and if you don't collect it at night, you can select up to ten." There are at most twenty veterans, Pu Zhuang, you recruit some people who have practiced martial arts and have good physical fitness, tens of thousands of people, I still don't believe it, I can't pick it out. However, several of your officers must cooperate. ”

Chen Xin said to Zhu Daichun next to him: "The training team is recruited. Let Pu Zhuang pick people together, remember that there must be some accents from all over the place, and it will be more convenient to do things in the future. ”

Chen Xin was relieved. After all, Pu Zhuang's official position was low, so he had to give up his original plan. The commanders of several units were finally relieved and left.

Chen Xin only left Zhou Shifa behind, and waited for the others to leave before asking, "What's the matter with the detailed work of Jiannu on the report." ”

Zhou Shifa replied: "Last month, I arrested three fine works, one was taken down by the sentries in an attempt to sneak into the camp, and the other two were spreading rumors in the shack area and were captured by two righteous people, all three of whom were from Beizhili. This year, when he was taken captive, he did not shave his hair, and the slave chiefs seized his family members, who used them exclusively for the purpose of spies. After interrogation, they all crossed the sea from Fuzhou in June and were dispatched by Li Yongfang to find out the truth of our Wendeng camp. There were seven of them, and four of them went ashore and didn't know where they went. They had no stronghold to answer, and Li Yongfang's order to them was to go back to Liaodong after finding out clearly, and if they didn't return in March next year, they would behead their families. ”

"It's a good way to smooth the horse. Hehe, it's coming so soon, Huang Taiji really looks up to me. Chen Xin smiled, Zhou Shifa said, "Jiannu likes to use the room the most, when he tried and tested in Liaodong, according to the news sent back by Zhang Dahui from Beijing, there are especially many slave spies in Jingshi and Shanhaiguan, and rumors spread when the customs were broken last year, which made people panic, and these people played a great role. ”

Chen Xin scolded secretly in his heart, the old slave is a barbarian, but he plays this thing like this, Daming, many big officials who are full of wealth, are not as good as the old slave in war, and they are not as good as the old slave in terms of use, which is in vain for their intelligence. I don't know what the Jinyi Wei of the Ming Dynasty did, the battle of Wanli to aid the dynasty, the Jinyi Wei was excellent, and he could transmit important military information back in foreign countries, but now he is completely at a disadvantage.

The Wendeng battalion was originally not well-known, so there was no special anti-espionage agency, and the military justice team had the function of catching spies, but this was the first time it was caught. Since Jiannu has already walked in the front, and the anti-espionage organization of the Ming Dynasty is unreliable, he should also establish the intelligence agency as much as possible, Chen Xin has gone through the people in his heart, Zhou Shifa is the most suitable for being the intelligence chief, he is a native of Tianjin, and he has no deep friendship with several major factions in the army, and he knows a lot of tricks in the rivers and lakes, and when he assassinated Han Bin in Dengzhou, he was excellent, ruthless, and his tone was also very tight, and now the military law system has entered the right track, and he can be drawn out, and he is the best candidate at the moment.

"Shifa, I'm going to set up an intelligence bureau, similar to Jinyiwei's agency, let you take care of it, there are three responsibilities, one is to prevent espionage internally, the second is to spy on information externally, and third, to deal with some people who don't like it. If it involves people with official positions inside, report to me first before they can be arrested, and when you are in the field, you can deal with it yourself, but your hands and feet must be clean, and you will not be caught by the government. ”

Zhou Shifa's eyes lit up, and he immediately agreed: "Yes, my lord, to be honest, this military judge is really boring." This matter is even more to the temper of the subordinates, and the subordinates must do a good job. ”

"The three things mentioned above, you take out a charter, you only belong to my management, other people's orders are invalid, I will give you thirty people first, this group of people are all selected from the people who came before this year, you can develop some peripheral manpower, you think about what people you need, how many institutions to set up, how much money you need, write out the plan and I will review, but the most important thing at the moment is to recruit people first, and clear out Wendeng's slave spies for me."

"I have two good candidates, but they didn't come last year, which is a pity."

Chen Xin smiled: "Think about it so quickly? ”

"It's the two righteous people who caught the spies, especially one named Zhang Dong, who is ruthless and calm, he is from Liaodong, and he has stayed in the Thirteen Mountains, and he has been to Guangning to inquire about the news, and he is very familiar with the tricks of Jiannu, so he is suitable for doing this."

"You say they caught two spies?"

"Yes."

Chen Xin touched his chin, if it was a righteous person, he was afraid that he would use a pawn to break into the Wendeng camp, especially the counter-espionage department, in that case, the danger would not be small. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Call me tomorrow to take a look." ”

Zhou Shifa agreed, and then asked: "My lord, is the short-term target of this intelligence bureau the territory of Wendeng, so I can write a plan according to your request." ”

"Wendeng territory is a must, you only take care of one place externally." Chen Xin lowered his voice and said, "Dengzhou." In addition to Jiannu's spies, you also have to grasp the details of Dengzhou Town. The focus is on the Fubiao battalion. ”

Zhou Shifa was a little stunned, he could understand the monitoring of Dengzhou, but why the focus was on the Fubiao camp.

There was a knock at the door. The sea dog pushed the door in and smirked, "My lord, Zhang Dahui is back." ”――

"Sit down." Chen Xin looked at Zhang Dacheng and greeted him with a smile on his face.

Zhang Hui gave a military salute, and then sat down, looking at Chen Xin and laughing, he met in Jingshi and Wendeng camp for a period of time at the beginning of the year, he continued to stay in Jingshi after Chen Xin left, this is the first time he has returned to Wendeng in two years, the thriving scene of Weihai and Wendeng makes him more confident in Chen Xin.

Chen Xin asked kindly: "When you come back from the conference, do you have something important to do with the Jingshi?" ”

"It's a matter of overseering the army. This time, because the matter of the prison army was in a hurry, I didn't have time to inquire and understand, so I delayed for a few days and rushed back after asking about the situation. ”

Chen Xin took a serious look at this little follower, and he was already shrewd and sophisticated. Where is there still the shadow of that filthy beggar a few years ago. "Good job, what does this Lu Zhi mean?"

"I asked someone in the palace, it's not a bad thing for our Wendeng camp, this year's Denglai military salary is more than 700,000, it is estimated that the emperor is not at ease, the emperor and Lu Zhi arranged to take care of the Wendeng camp. Our military pay may be as much as Guan Ning's. ”

Chen Xin frowned and smiled: "Such a good thing." ”

"I also went to Lord Wen's house, and I saw the housekeeper, he said that the emperor intended to use Denglai to balance Guanning, especially our Wendeng camp, after Jiannu entered the customs last year, the emperor thought that the Dongjiang River was ruined and the reason why Jiannu had no scruples, so this year's Denglai's military salary was more than in previous years, and almost every request for Lord Sun was approved, and many officials opposed sending the Franco instructor to Denglai, and the emperor personally asked before the trip."

"Those Furlong instructors have arrived?"

"It should have arrived, but the military department only said that it was for temporary use, not for a long time."

Chen Xin smiled, it was just a word game, perfunctory to those civil officials who had enough to eat and had nothing to do, these instructors he must fight for some back, and the military salary must be even more fighting. It is estimated that the emperor was also frightened by Guan Ningjun, so he supported Denglai to check and balance.

Zhang Dahui continued: "Sun Yuanhua is Zhou Yanru's person, the two are fellow villagers, the relationship is very close, since the arrival of Lord Sun, there are gifts sent to Lord Zhou's mansion every month, I only heard that there are mink ginseng and the like, and the amount of silver money is not known, and Xu Guangqi is his teacher, in addition, Lord Sun Chengzong also attaches great importance to him, plus our Wendeng camp became famous in a battle, and now Denglai's status has far exceeded the past." ”

Chen Xin nodded, the conditions of Sun Yuanhua in history were good, between three and four years of Chongzhen, the military salary of Denglai and Dongjiang was four times that of Dongjiang Town before, it can be seen that the emperor has high hopes for Sun Yuanhua, and Sun Yuanhua's training and artillery making are also a little effective, but I didn't expect that the Wuqiao Mutiny came out, and the dream of strengthening the army was completely broken, and finally it was necessary to rely on the mobilization of the Guanning army to suppress it, and Denglai was depressed from then on.

"What else is there to do when Lu Zhilai comes to Denglai?"

"It seems that we need to check the smugglers on Denglai Hai Road."

"Sea smugglers? To Liaodong or to the Dongjiang River. ”

Zhang Dahui lowered his voice and said: "Liaodong and North Korea, a few days ago, there were fugitives from Liaodong to report, Jiannu robbed the silver this year and went back, but the grain is still not harvested, Liaodong lacks everything, from June they began to be able to buy things, grain, tea, tobacco, it is estimated that there are two ways, one is the direction of Mongolia, the other is Denglai and North Korea, in addition to these things, there are military supplies such as sulfur." ”

Chen Xin frowned slightly, it is really difficult to catch the sea trafficking to Liaodong, such a large Liaohai, Dengzhou, Laizhou, Qingzhou all the way to Tianjin have coasts, even if Liaohai can be prevented, the coastal area of Huai'an in the south can also go to North Korea, there is even more vast, no matter what, and the Jiannu people are stupid and have a lot of money, this matter must be very profitable, most of the people with water divisions operate in it, if the Dengzhou water division and the Dongjiang water division do not contribute, their own water division will not play a role.

Originally, he also knew a little about this matter, when Mao Wenlong was there, there was less of this kind of business, and the islands of the Dongjiang River basically blocked the sea routes, but as soon as Mao Wenlong died, the islands were short of food, and the hearts of the people in the Dongjiang River were scattered, and these smugglers were loosened, and as soon as the merchant ships went to sea, who knew where they went.

Chen Xin estimated that there would be no result in this matter for the time being, so he didn't bother to think about it, but said: "I don't care about this beforehand, what kind of person is Lu Zhi." ”

"I know his little eunuchs. This person is from Hejian Mansion, originally an internal official eunuch, used to be an ordinary eunuch, and later the emperor entered the palace, he took refuge early, before becoming a eunuch, I heard that it was Cao Huachun who went all the way, very good to his old family, loves money and women, and especially likes to sing, there is a mansion in Beijing, there is a wife and a concubine in it, five servants and maids, and he likes to play Shuanglu on weekdays. ”

"Well, since it is possible to increase the military salary, it is not enough to send silver, put down some capital, immediately send someone to Dengzhou, buy the best Xiao Song in Dengzhou, and then buy a prostitute who can fight Shuanglu, buy a house alone, you ask the little eunuch around him to inquire about where Lu Zhi's hometown is, and send someone to donate some silver in his name to repair bridges and temples. But...... Where did this Lu go to the end, why hasn't he come for a long time, and the cashier is happy. ”