Chapter 80: A Wicked Guest Comes West
A month later, Cao Wenzhao had swept away his decadence and devoted himself to military affairs.
The military atmosphere of the Salvation Army was very good, at least the discipline was strict, and there was no deduction of salaries, but the salaries of the officers were very high. Being a soldier here is said to be a cheap job, but it is better to say that it is a supreme glory, not to mention the generous pension and support system, which makes Cao Wenzhao even more excited.
The Salvation Army already has the basic conditions to dominate the world.
And he can command such an army, and the martial arts and military strategies that he has cultivated for most of his life can always be brought into full play.
The Salvation Army, which had just completed a large-scale campaign and expanded its territory several times, did not immediately attack other state capitals, but stopped its steps, carefully renovating the newly occupied territory while carefully guarding the surrounding situation.
Qin Wangfu, the largest landlord in Chang'an, had all their land confiscated, and when the news spread, many people were afraid for a few days. But seeing that the Salvation Army only confiscated the land of the King of Qin, and did not commit any damage to their land, he was immediately relieved. In fact, many landlords and gentry do not pay too much attention to who rules themselves, and the key is whether the rulers can take care of their interests, which is the issue they are most concerned about.
Zhang Hongbin may not have let their interests be as huge as the Ming Dynasty, but it did not hurt their core interests, and they were not even skinn, so he acquiesced in the rule of the Salvation Army, and ordered to go down and properly cooperate with the Salvation Army's transformation of the new territory.
I have to say that the real influencers of a place are not actually the government of one party, but these families who have lived on this land for I don't know how many generations.
For these families, Zhang Hongbin is not without a way to deal with it, the most effective is naturally Zhang Juzheng's whip method, which can also be said to be the system of apportionment into the mu adopted by Yongzheng. However, playing this at this stage, the backlash of the family will be great, which will have a very bad impact on the territory just occupied. The so-called boiled frog in warm water, first of all, the water temperature should not rise too high all at once, otherwise the frog will jump away, or even overturn the pot and make itself fishy.
The result of the territory expanding several times at once is that the original army size is obviously not enough, and expanding the scale is an inevitable result.
It involved the new army's troops, training, logistics, officers and other affairs, which directly made Zhang Hongbin dizzy, but fortunately there were still a few subordinates who could share the burden, otherwise he would rather put up the burden and not do it. Belch...... That is, a little childish temper, and he seems to be more and more like a teenager lately.
Not only military affairs, but also government affairs in new territories, reserve officers who were originally trained rushed to their posts before they learned enough knowledge. Zhang Hongbin doesn't plan to rely on the help of local family members, even if he wants to, he has to get the qualification through a formal way, instead of going through the back door arrangement. Those who go through the back door, the Cao family can do it, their foundation is not here, they have no connections in the land of Shaanxi, so even if they go through the back door, the impact on themselves is not great.
The lack of reserve officials made Zhang Hongbin have to consider the convening of a new round of scientific expeditions. Whether it is for the present or for other areas to be occupied in the future, more and more reserve civil servants must be had. However, it is not good that the two scientific expeditions are too close to each other, and after soliciting the opinions of Niu Jinxing and Ling He, the new round of scientific expeditions will be held in the spring of next year. There is a gap of one year between the two times, so as not to make the examinees from all over the world too busy.
The newly collected commercial tax needs to be used by Zhang Hongbin, and even the technical research of the industrial zone, Zhang Hongbin must follow up from time to time.
During this time, Lao Mu was not idle, he improved the 'Mu Chongzhen three-year style' and developed the 'Mu Chongzhen three-year style'.
This new type of firebolt, which continues the shape of the previous generation, uses flint ignition technology, but rifling is ground and uses Mini rounds. However, the technology is backward, the power of this new type of firearm is still worse than that purchased in the system supermarket, and the most important thing is that it is not easy to grind the rifling, and the output of this new type of firearm has dropped by more than half, even with the help of assembly line construction, as well as the local processing system of accessories (the corresponding accessories are processed in the raw material production area, and after being processed according to a unified scale, they are sent to one place for assembly, so as to reduce the cost and manufacturing time of the parts), there is still no way to improve the efficiency too much.
Artillery preparations are also in full swing, and what Zhang Hongbin needs is not that kind of artillery, but a mortar similar to a mortar. This thing also has a similar product here in the Ming Dynasty, called the Tiger Squat Cannon. What the old wood needs to do is to improve it to ensure that it shoots farther, and at the same time adjust the angle of the launch.
In addition, there are new types of steelmaking technology, the latest glass-making technology, state-of-the-art spinning technology, and much more......
Now in Zhang Hongbin's study, not only Liu Ruyi, but also Zhu Cunyuan has joined in and become the second secretary to help deal with various government affairs. In the final analysis, there are still too few officials who can be used, otherwise I am afraid that it will not be so hard.
It's just that when others are busy to death, some guys who don't have long eyes are coming.
It was quite open-minded, and someone was specially sent to submit the post, but it was submitted in the name of the Shaanxi Righteous Army Alliance. Seriously, Zhang Hongbin was unhappy when he saw this name, he had never heard of this name before, and no one had told him when this organization was born. In other words, they are completely excluded from this organization, and according to this statement, those so-called rebels do not regard themselves as 'rebels' like them?
"To redeem the big boss, under the orders of the alliance leader Wang Jiayin, the small one will come to negotiate with the big boss, if there is any presumptuousness, I hope that the big boss will have a lot of Haihan!" This time, he acted as a messenger, but he was a filthy literati, and he felt very obscene, and the most important thing was that he was dressed as a Taoist priest, but it made people have to be vigilant.
If you want to say that the most guarded against in the world is probably this kind of religious elements. Whether it's really loyal to religion or a guy who eats in the name of religion, you can't underestimate it. It's this group of people who can fool people the most.
"I can't take the liberty of mentioning it, it's just that this so-called rebel alliance, why haven't I heard anyone mention it for redemption?" Zhang Hongbin complained casually.
"The great master is the dragon and phoenix among the people, how can he stoop to the fence of others? Don't say anything else, just say that if the alliance leader sends a message to you to give up a place for the rebel comrades to rest and rest, is the big boss willing? The lewd Taoist laughed.
"As long as I follow my rules, my salvation is naturally to welcome friends. But if it's a well-disguised jackal, if you don't know why it's suddenly killed, don't blame me! Zhang Hongbin did not express his positive position, but his meaning and attitude have been very clear.
"Actually, it's nothing, during this time, we were attacked by the Ming Dynasty army, and many righteous soldiers lost a lot. Seeing that Shaanxi couldn't replenish any supplies, he simply went to try his luck elsewhere. After 10 days, the Alliance will hold a distribution meeting to determine where everyone is going. When the time comes, I hope that the big boss can come, anyway, everyone is from the same origin of the rebel army! The obscene Taoist simply said his purpose.
"If someone wants to stay in Shaanxi and ask me to go somewhere else to forage for food, what should I do?" Zhang Hongbin asked playfully.
"Other provinces in Shaanxi have not yet been captured by the big bosses, and the other rebels are intentionally involved, I don't know if the big bosses plan to attack them regardless of the friendship of the same origin? Or is it better for everyone to get along? As for the territory of the big boss, I'm afraid that no one will come to trick or treat without a long eye, right? The obscene Taoist priest said with a smile.
"Even if you are right, I will go over when the time comes, and where will the meeting be placed. The most important thing is whether you can bring troops when the time comes. What if I didn't have a soldier with me, but someone else was waiting there? Zhang Hongbin continued to ask.
"It was just a small party, so there was no need to use knives and guns. All the soldiers retreated fifty miles, and no one could take a step forward, and whoever stepped forward first could swallow him up at once! In this way, is the big boss satisfied? "The obscene Taoist priest seems to have expected it again.
"Well, I hope you can be the talker...... By the way, this rule was set by Wang Jiayin, I hope he can abide by it when the time comes! Zhang Hongbin looked at the Taoist priest.
"It's natural." The obscene Taoist priest replied in the affirmative.
"Go back, I'll be over in ten days! By the way, you haven't asked for Gao's name yet? I don't know where you are on an errand now? Zhang Hongbin asked casually.
"The little Song Xiance is an errand under King Gao Yingxiang, and Tian is a military advisor." Song Xiance didn't mean to hide it.
"I think you are also a talent, Gao Yingxiang, the so-called rebels, most of them are bandits with little vision, but they are not even rebels. Even if you go back and sue them, I won't be afraid. What I want to say is that the good birds choose the wood to rest, and the king's nest is uncomfortable to sleep, and I have the sycamore wood here, and I really don't know if it can attract a phoenix? Zhang Hongbin threw out an olive branch.
"Loyal ministers don't care about the two masters, Song can only live up to the love of the big boss." Although Song Xiance was obscene, he didn't expect to be very principled. "Well, let's go back!" Zhang Hongbin did not insist.