15. Boatwright (two more votes)
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In the twenty-ninth year of Yongli in the Ming Dynasty and the fourteenth year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, just after the New Year's Day, Geng Jingzhong sent Shaoqing Zhang Wentao as an envoy to Siming Prefecture. (To read the latest chapter of this book, please visit Wรจn Aishang Novel Network biquge.info) Zhang Wentao also came with five warships donated by Geng Fan to Ming Zheng, which symbolically fulfilled the promise of "promising warships along the coast of Fujian" that Geng Jingzhong said when he invited Zhu Jin to send troops. The two sides also agreed to take Fengting in Xianyou as the boundary, the north belonged to the Geng Domain, and the south belonged to the Zheng army, and on this basis, the two sides finally achieved peace.
Now that the enemy in the north has turned the war into a jade silk, according to the previous resolution, the main forces of the Ming and Zheng sides will be thrown in the direction of Guangdong. However, before the main force of the Zheng army was dispatched, it first suffered a defeat on the Guangdong side. Liu Jinzhong, the former Chaozhou general soldier who was named the right governor and Dingyubo by the Ming and Zheng sides because of his dedication to Chaozhou, took the initiative to attack Shen Rui, the Qing heir of the Qing Dynasty, who was stationed in Raoping, but was defeated and forced to retreat in Chaozhou City. In the face of the Qing army besieging the city, Liu Jinzhong, who rebelled against Shang Kexi and Geng Jingzhong, could only send people to the sea to ask Siming for help.
In the face of the unsuccessful new annex army, Zhu Jin had to immediately send He You, the commander-in-chief of the Left Tiger Guard, to send troops to help. He You really lived up to the trust, and broke the reinforcements sent by Shen Rui's department and Shang Zhixin at Baiziqiao, forcing Shen Rui to surrender. After Shen Rui surrendered, Zhu Jin made him the Marquis of Huai'an in accordance with the practice of the Ming Dynasty
"Eldest prince, it's been more than ten years, and there are still twelve people who have not returned to the camp, and two of them are stormtroopers." Sun Youlao reported to Zheng Kezhang in the camp. "Now there are many private discussions in the camp, and people's hearts are quite fluctuating."
"If you can't endure hardship, how can you be a master, these boys will regret it in the future." Zheng Kezhang sighed, of course, this little setback couldn't defeat him, I saw Zheng Keshuang's face suddenly darkened, and then ordered loudly. "Come on, beat the drums, gather troops!"
The so-called flowing water does not rot and the hub is not beetle, Zheng Kezhang originally had the intention to rearrange the personnel of the charge officer and squad leader in the boy boy camp after the holiday, and now the desertion gave him an excellent excuse, so when a group of boy scouts appeared in front of him with a strong spirit, he even showed a mysterious smile on his face.
"Why, as soon as the New Year passes, have you lost your soul? Well, it's really good, half a year's hard work has been in vain, what's the use of waiting! As expected, Zheng Kezhang came up with a few stinking scoldings, but soon the conversation changed. Presumably you already know, there are twelve people who have never returned to the team, it seems that they have become deserters, if anyone in the others can't hold back, as long as you stand up, Yu can let you go back, is there any? โ
The boys looked at each other, some of them hesitated, Zheng Kezhang was not in a hurry, just waited, and after a long time, one or two, four or five boys came out one after another. Seeing this scene, everyone looked at Zheng Kezang, wondering if the eldest prince would be angry because of this.
"Have you thought it all through?" Zheng Kezang's voice was still the same tepid, seeing that his attitude was still gentle, and two or three boys came out of the team, Zheng Kezang's eyes swept slightly, and found that these boys were the same as those who did not return to the team, there was no one of the children of the poor family, and there were only three or two of the real generals, most of whom were rich people. "Okay, send them back!"
These boys were quickly taken away by the teaching, and there was an episode in which a certain boy had already gone far away, and he didn't know what to think, but finally ran back to the brigade. For his repetition, the practitioners did not know what to do, and could only pray for Zheng Kezang's decision.
"Got it all figured? Think clearly, if you don't leave today, if you want to leave in the future, that is a real deserter, there are seventy-two beheadings in military discipline, but one is for deserters. As if a stone sank into the sea, Zheng Kezang's words did not cause any waves, Zheng Kezhang smiled and waved his hand. He Jiaoxi, take each class to run 30 laps first! โ
After thirty laps of running, a group of boy scouts were already standing crookedly and unsteadily, but Zheng Kezang, who was standing on the stage, did not give them a chance to breathe: "Yu counted, there are still one hundred and thirty-one people in the whole battalion, except for the three battalion officers and soldiers of the Chinese army, it happens to be divided into eight squads and twenty-four groups, so that there is a squad leader and a charge officer to go to work, and no one has always refused." โ
Hearing this, the expressions on the faces of Hong Hui, Lin Kang, Ma Ying, An Long and other squad leaders and storm officers were complicated, but Zheng Kezhang ignored it: "Therefore, Yu suddenly had an idea, each class voted, if more than half of the squad leaders were dissatisfied, the squad leader would go to work, and then each group voted, and half of the group leaders were dissatisfied with the team leader, the group charge officer went to work, and the missing squad leader was selected and filled by the remaining charge officers, and the missing charge officers were self-recommended for public election as before."
Zheng Kezang's original intention was to let the masses fight the masses and artificially create contradictions, so that there was no second authority in the boy camp, and all the boys must surround him. The twelve, thirteen, or fourteen-year-old boys have not yet understood what intrigue and deceit are, so the vast majority of squad leaders and stormtroopers have been able to obtain a vote of confidence, and only a few stormtroopers have been rejected by everyone because they bullied the boys in the same group or because their daily training schedule was too poor
"Squad Leader Liu, this time I will wronged you to be by Yu's side for a few days as a personal soldier of the Chinese army." Looking at Liu Wenlai, who finally lost his position as squad leader because of an administrative order of his own, Zheng Kezang frowned slightly, and had no choice but to comfort his crying peers with kind words. "When the new boys enter the camp, Yu will definitely let you be the squad leader."
"The battalion officer is eccentric." Liu Wenlai raised his head, revealing a little face that was crying a mess, and said with tears and snot. "Yu didn't do anything wrong, why is Yu not someone else? Don't, don't, Yu just wants to be the squad leader now. โ
"Nonsense!" Zheng Kezhang took out a handkerchief to wipe his face for Liu Wenlai, who was slightly taller than himself, and noticed Zheng Kezang's movements like a father and brother, Xiao Zhengtai gradually held back his tears, but his nose was still fanning one by one. "You chose to stay in the boy boy camp yourself, in that case, the military order is like a mountain, and you can't bargain."
"But, but" Liu Wenlai still felt aggrieved, but he couldn't say a word.
"No, no, no." Zheng Kezang's words were not only for Liu Wen, but also for the other two Chinese army soldiers who were appointed by the unsuccessful stormtroopers. "The sage said, the heavens are entrusted to the people, they must first work hard to work their muscles and bones, and then move their hearts and endures to gain what they can't, and there is a saying that jade is not cut into a tool, and you wait for today's waste, it may not be a good thing in the future, do it well, and hope that you will go further in the future."
"This is the latest globe, and it is worth twenty taels of silver." In the British Merchant House on North Shanwei Island, the curator Paris is introducing Zheng Kezang, who has a slight bulge in his pocket because of the big sale of snow sugar, to introduce a dazzling array of goods. "This is a Keplerian monocular, and it costs ninety taels. This is the latest flintlock short musket, only sixty taels and one. โ
Flintlock pistols? Zheng Kezhang almost gave himself a slap, that's right, Dai Zi, how could he forget this person, this is definitely a big mistake. But now it's too late to send people to Yangzhou, Dai Zi should have been under the command of Prince Kang Jieshu at this moment, and it is unrealistic to want to plot against him in front of the army, so I can only see if there is a chance to poach from Kang Mazi, who is very afraid of the Han people in possession of firearms.
Zheng Kezhang complained and complained, in fact, he took it for granted, the celebrities in reality are not NPCs in the game, they can be recruited if he wants to. You must know that Zheng Kezhang had neither the financial resources nor the available manpower before, let alone a convincing reputation, even if he remembered this firearms genius in Chinese history at the time, it was absolutely impossible to recruit him.
"Your Highness," Parisson, who was carefully looking at Zheng Kezang, seemed to sense something, and stopped his introduction. "These are the latest goods in Europe, absolutely good quality and low price, I don't know what His Highness likes to take, and I will order someone to take it."
"Ah, that's not bad." Zheng Kezang responded like a dream when he first woke up. "Then get Yu a globe, two clairvoyants and two firecrackers, and as for the glass balls, Bibles, perfumes, and wine."
It's a total of three hundred and twenty taels, a small business, of course, Zheng Kezang's purpose is not just that, otherwise he wouldn't have to come in person.
"Your Excellency, Yu came here today, in addition to buying some goods, I have something to ask for." Zheng Kezhang ignored the surprise on the other party's face, and only said directly. "First, Yu hopes that you will provide several shipwrights to build a plywood boat with about 100 materials for Yu. Second, if you have a boat, you must also have a sailor who can operate the boat, and Yu Ling has a boy camp with 100 teenagers, and I hope you can help train them so that they can play boat games at sea in the Taijiang River in the future. โ
"This?" Parison was a little hesitant, of course, not because Zheng Kezhang might not be able to afford the price, but because the sailors in charge of the ship were easy to do, but when it came to shipbuilding, as a latecomer to South Asia and Southeast Asia, the British East India Company currently only had a few shipyards that could be repaired in Fort William, Fort St. George and Fort Bombay in Bengal, and did not have the corresponding level and enough manpower to provide Zheng Kezhang as a buyer. "It seems to be a little difficult not to hide it from Your Highness."
"Is it difficult? Yu doesn't think so. Zheng Kezhang frowned in displeasure. If it weren't for the ambiguity between the Portuguese and the Manchus, Yu could have found a shipwright from Macau. Perison opened his mouth to argue, and Zheng Kezhang waved his hand. If it's inconvenient for the curator, then forget it, and find a way to find the Spaniards. โ
Hearing Zheng Kezang's words, the English, who were competing with the Spaniards, the Portuguese and the Dutch, naturally couldn't sit still: "No, no, I think Your Highness misunderstood what I meant, in fact, what I want to say is that if Your Highness needs the best shipwright, it may take a long time." โ
"Time, the most important thing is time." Zheng Kezhang made a sudden appearance. "Curator, please make it clear, a year? Two years? โ
"It will take at least a full year to bring in the best shipwrights from the country for Your Highness, after all, Europa is too far away." Forced by Zheng Kezang, Parison reluctantly reassured. "And I'm afraid their remuneration will be paid by His Highness from the time the appointment is issued."
Want to extort money for money? Zheng Kezhang chuckled: "How many shipwrights? How much do you get paid per person per year? โ
"No less than five shipwrights," Palison thought for a moment and said a number. "At least 10 jini per person per year." After saying that, Parison realized that he had made a mistake and used the imperial currency that the other party did not understand, so he explained. "That's seventy-five taels of silver."
"In other words, before the person arrives, do you have to pay a deposit of seven hundred and fifty taels first?" Zheng Kezang raised his eyebrows, expressing considerable surprise at the other party's lion opening his mouth, but he thought about it and agreed. "It's just a small amount of money, Yu promised you, but I also ask the curator to remember, if it is overdue, or the hired shipwright is skilled, hehe, not to mention anything else, the snow sugar and rock candy that are selling well now, the Yingguili merchants don't have to think about it anymore"
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