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Ning Shao's armament is in ruins, and Zhai Zhe is not in the mood to go to the Qinhuai River to look for flowers and willows.

After more than ten days of drills, he had to face the reality that there were many old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers in the guards, few capable fighters, and their foundations were too poor to train strong soldiers. The soldiers and horses who can really fight in Ningshao Town are Wang Zhiren's family members, and they all went to Wusong Town with him to take office.

At the beginning of May, Zhai Zhe asked Dong Xianghuan, the governor of Zhejiang, for instructions, because the soldiers of Ning Shaowei were old and weak, and the soldiers were insufficient, he asked Yiwu and Dongyang to recruit 3,000 foot soldiers, and Taizhou to recruit 2,000 sailors.

In the provinces and places of the Ming Dynasty, if you talk about recruiting soldiers to fight bravely, it is related to the folk customs of each place. For example, the wolf soldiers in Guangxi, the Qin soldiers in Shaanxi, and the iron cavalry in Liaodong are all first-class strong armies, and the land in eastern Zhejiang is also one of them. The east of Zhejiang is adjacent to the south of the gorgeous Jiangnan, but the people are ruthless and brave, pushing Yiwu, Dongyang and Taizhou. The world-famous Qi Jiajun was trained on the basis of the miners in Yiwu.

has been struggling for a long time, and now Zhai Zhe has finally realized the benefits of having someone in the court who is a good official.

As long as he didn't ask him for money and food, Dong Xianghuan didn't care about Zhai Zhe's army expansion, and immediately sent official documents to the Jinhua prefect and the Taizhou prefect.

Zong Mao and Lu Xiangtong, as the stewards of the Ningshao General Military Mansion, worked up and down, and finally scattered recruitment notices in the three places at the end of May. The military salary, clothing, and rations of two or five dollars of silver per month are all provided by the imperial court, which is irresistible for those ordinary people who can only make a living from mining and hunting in the mountainous areas of eastern Zhejiang.

Zuo Ruo is a general in Taizhou, responsible for recruiting troops in Taizhou.

Feng Qin recruited troops in Yiwu and Dongyang.

Yuan Qizhou and Bao Guang supervised the recruitment process.

Recruits were mainly for mountain people over the age of seventeen but twenty-five, and older civilians were not recruited unless they were physically fit martial artists.

All the people who signed up were first screened by the personal soldiers of the General Military Office, and then carried out various assessments such as endurance and strength, and finally the head of the recruitment was personally seen, and then they were officially regarded as the soldiers of Ningshao Military Town. Once the recruitment is confirmed, the military salary of five taels for the first two months will be immediately released, and these people will be sent home to deal with chores and go to the Dinghai Guard Barracks to report.

Ning Shao's General Military Mansion was busy for a whole month and a half, recruiting 7,600 foot soldiers and 3,000 sailors, far exceeding the previous estimate. If Zhai Zhe is willing, he can also recruit more soldiers, as long as this kind of thing is done well for the county orders in various places, no one will have nothing to do. The general soldier who was marked by the Donglin Party was still his own in the eyes of many civilian officials.

More than 4,000 old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers in the Ningshao Town Guard were removed from the barracks, and in addition to ensuring rations, they only put five yuan of silver per month to make a living, and Zhai Zhe was still trying to find a way to make them make a living.

After the armament was rectified, there were 12,000 infantry soldiers in the Zhejiang Anti-Japanese Army, plus more than 4,000 remnants of the original cavalry and Tianxiong Army of Zhai Zhe's department, totaling more than 16,000 infantry soldiers and nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers of the naval division. Zhai Zhe was temporarily unable to equip all these people with armor and equipment, so he could only familiarize himself with the orders and train in the army first.

There are enough soldiers, but there is a shortage of money and food.

In this situation, no one cares about Zhai Zhe if he recruits another four or five thousand soldiers, but if he wants to touch the money in other people's mouths, even if it is one or two pieces of silver, it will cause an uproar.

Ning Shaowei originally had some fields, but they were occupied by a few famous squires for many years. There are retired servants of the Ministry of Rites, and there are also dismissed servants Siqing, although these people have no real power, they have many friends. Zhai Zhe did these jobs, saying that the good thing is to rectify the military equipment, and the bad thing is to recruit soldiers privately, it all depends on the mouth of the civilian official. In order to avoid trouble, he still has to endure it first. The Ming Dynasty was deeply troubled and accumulated evils, and it was taboo for the general army to want to meddle in civil affairs.

Dinghai General Military Office.

Zong Mao, Liu Quan, Lu Xiangtong, and Yang Zhigao sat down twice, and Zhai Zhe sat in the middle.

Zong Mao gave a brief overview of the financial resources of the General Military Office, "The imperial court has a monthly military salary of 50,000 taels of silver, and a total of 110,000 taels have been deducted in the past three months, and 40,000 taels of silver are owed. The business of the business alliance improved in the spring of this year, and several Jin merchants expanded the tea and rice millet business, and it is expected to make a profit of 200,000 taels of silver this year, and the business will improve next year. ”

Lu Xiang got up and said: "The shop industry in various places where Ning Shao's general guard is located used to have a surplus of more than 20,000 taels of silver every year, and I am rectifying it, and it is expected to increase the profit by fifty percent. ”

Yang Zhigao saw that Liu Quan didn't mean to get up, stood up and said: "The villain went to the sea last year, and handed over 3,000 silver tolls to the former anti-Japanese general military office, and handed over 3,000 taels of silver tolls to Zhoushan Huang Shenjiang, thanks to God's blessing, the back and forth was smooth, and after the goods on both sides were sold, a total of 23,000 taels of silver were profitable. ”

Yang Zhigao only has three sea vessels, two of which are purchased from other maritime merchants, and one is a shareholder of an accomplice, which is the profit of sea trade.

In the past, when Zhai Zhe monopolized the Hukou business road, he mainly traded with Gao Yingxiang's war horses, and the annual profit could reach more than 400,000 taels of silver. There are many people involved in Daming's domestic trade, and it is not easy to make some money. If it weren't for the connection between the Jin merchants, the business alliance would not have had such a high profit.

The financial pressure made Zhai Zhe feel uneasy.

26,000 soldiers, a year of military pay needs 620,000 taels of silver, the imperial court in March 110,000 taels of silver, according to this progress, a year to put 440,000 taels of silver, a gap of nearly 200,000 taels of silver, plus the profits of the merchant alliance can be enough to break even. But he also wanted to make armor and buy firearms, which cost even more than military salaries, and it was difficult to move an inch without money. He put all his belongings into this army of soldiers and horses, and he must train this army of soldiers and horses to become his invincible army.

"Thanks to the benefits of your appointment this year, it is expected that the profit of the business alliance will expand by fifty percent next year." Liu Quan finally spoke. The business alliance is almost completely under his independent operation, and he has a lot of ideas, but for the time being, the business with the seven families in the east exit is still dominated by the business alliance.

Zhai Zhe waved his hand and motioned for everyone to do it first, and said slowly: "Due to the recent expansion of the army, everyone knows the difficulties of Ningshao Military Town, please work together to overcome this difficulty." ”

"Don't expand the sea trade to the Japanese country this year, so as not to arouse the vigilance of the Zheng family. Yang Zhigao, how did I ask you to inquire last time? ”

Yang Zhigao stood up again and arched his hand: "Taizhou pirate Chen Huwei has been having a hard time recently, I heard that Huang Binqing is ready to recruit him, and he is negotiating. Gu San Mazi has migrated to the rich area of the Yangtze River estuary, and is dealing with Wu Song's water master. ”

Zhai Zhe's heart moved, and he asked, "Are you familiar with Chen Huwei?" ”

Yang Zhigao smiled bitterly, "The villain's ear was cut off by Chen Huwei." ”

"How many people are in Chen Huwei's troops?"

"There are more than 1,000 people, nearly 100 ships, and about 20 large ships."

"Huang Binqing is a Fujian person, and he is actually recruiting Taizhou pirates, if he is allowed to do it, how can I control Zhehai. When you go to meet Chen Huwei, you will say that the Zhejiang Anti-Japanese General Military Office is also willing to recruit him, and I can also agree to Huang Binqing's conditions. ”

Yang Zhigao was only embarrassed for a moment, and said: "I am willing to go for the adult." ”

Zhai Zhe trusted him a lot, and handed over tens of thousands of taels of silver to him without reservation, which made him happy and convinced. If he were a mercenary maritime merchant, he wouldn't have fished at home for a few years. If he didn't fish for a few years, of course he wouldn't be able to get Zhai Zhe's silver. People gather by like, and things by groups.

"It's just that Chen Huwei is greedy and cruel, not a person who is easy to get along with."

"It's okay!" Zhai Zhe's voice was crisp, if he couldn't even control a pirate, he would be in vain for ten years outside the Saiwai.

Yang Zhigao arched his hand again and said: "Gu San Mazi and Chen Huwei are both outstanding pirates, Gu San Mazi is righteous and does not kill innocents, and his reputation is much better than Chen Huwei." "He was cut off by Chen Huwei at the beginning, and it is impossible to have no resentment at all.

"Chen Huwei must not be recruited by Huang Binqing." Zhai Zhe spoke categorically.

This is related to the plan of Zhejiang and Haihai, if Huang Binqing successfully recruits Chen Huwei, he will definitely become famous, and his new anti-Japanese army has not made an inch, and he will be compared immediately. Since he took up the post of the chief soldier of the anti-Japanese army, the contest with the Zheng clan of Minhai has begun, and as a weak person, he cannot let go of any opportunity.

He wants to take some benefits from the Zheng family, but he can't anger the Zheng family too much, which is a difficult balance to achieve.

Since the Ningshao military town recruited troops in eastern Zhejiang in May, the activities of the Baitou Army in Kuocang Mountain have intensified significantly.

Merchants from Quzhou bought cotton cloth and silk from Songjiang and Suzhou, porcelain from Jingdezhen, and traveled through the steep mountain roads to Fuzhou and Xiamen, where they were sent by Zheng Zhilong's ships to Taiwan, Nanyang, and Japan. This is the sea trade route of Daming.

There is only one way to enter Fujian, Xianxia Pass is a husband, and ten thousand people are not open. Xianxia Pass is surrounded by mountains, high mountains and deep ravines, and only the mountain people who have lived in the mountains for a long time are familiar with the roads here.

Since following Zhu Dabiao to kill the Fujian thief Qiu Lingxiao and his son, the Baitou Army has spent nearly a year controlling the mountains before and after Xianxia Pass.

Xu Du has always been cautious, maybe he really didn't think about whether to embark on the road of rebellion. One will travel in the south of the Yangtze River, and the other will be in the Kuocang Mountain cottage. Zhai Zhe's appointment as the chief soldier of Ning Shao made him even more conflicted in his heart, and he couldn't figure out Zhai Zhe's true thoughts.

But the messengers dressed in black urged him one after another, making it difficult for him to refuse.

The mysterious messenger will send him every specific message of the caravan, and all the Bald have to do is show up in the right place and rob the designated caravan. Shangmeng's business names are all over the south of the Yangtze River, and this year they have specially opened branches in Quzhou and Jingdezhen, and these messengers are all from Ji Hong's hands.

Zhai Zheqian instructed him to only intercept goods from the caravans in Quzhou Mansion and try not to kill people; For the caravan from Fujian, if you dare to resist, kill the guards and the caravan keeper, and don't kill too many people.

Xu Du understood the reason, Quzhou Prefecture belongs to Zhejiang, if the noise is too big, killing people and goods, attracting the attention of the governor of Zhejiang, Yamen, will provoke officers and soldiers to kill. Fujian businessmen died in other places, as long as there were not too many people who died, Zhejiang Yamen might not take it seriously. For the death of a few Fujian people, I want to move Zhejiang officers and soldiers to kill them, unless it is known to the government and the opposition.