And this time, Wu Shigong is going to send a hundred soldiers to the Zheng family, not to be a mercenary, but to defend his own sea ships.

Wu Shigong has been in the place for so long, and now he can see clearly what kind of place Henan is. To put it nicely, Henan is the hinterland of the Central Plains; To put it mildly, Henan is the land of four wars.

Wu Shigong's Runing Mansion and Guide Mansion are not to mention the peasant rebel army in the west; As soon as the Houjin army enters the north and enters the pass, the Ming army in Henan will bear the brunt of the attack and will go to King Qin; In Shandong, to the east, Wu Shigong has also encountered Kong Youde's Denglai Rebellion; In Huguang, to the south, a part of the peasant rebels are already operating there, and it may turn into a prairie fire at some point.

For this reason, Wu Shigong was indeed a little frightened, especially after he was blackmailed by his father Wu Weizhong in Beijing and despised by Xu Wenjue in Nanjing, Wu Shigong was completely dead in heart for foreign aid.

Although Wu Shigong also thought that his Runing Army had some climate, he was absolutely not arrogant enough to think that with his current strength, he could sweep away the two major military groups, the peasant rebel army and the Houjin army. Therefore, Wu Shigong, who is very timid in nature, must be looking for a way out for himself.

What retreat? That is, the Gangnam area. Over the years, Wu Shigong has also read a lot of history books, and knows that there is also a period of the Northern and Southern Song Dynasty in history, so in case of drastic changes in China, it is also a Zuihou choice to favor one side and rule the river. During the previous discussion, Wu Shigong proposed to open up the passage of the Runing Army to the Huai River and the Yangtze River, which was also based on the consideration of finding a way out.

However, in order to achieve the rule of the river, there must be a strong sailor on the Yangtze River. After hearing that Zheng Jiaoxiang sent the sea ship today, Wu Shigong immediately realized that he could start training his own sailors.

Due to the fact that there are quite a lot of complementary interests, Wu Shigong and Zheng Zhilong, the two major shilis, quickly entered the honeymoon period of cooperation. But it is undeniable that at this stage, no matter which way you look at it. Zheng Zhilong's side is always on the strong side, and the reason why the cooperation between the two sides will be relatively equal is because the aura of honor behind Wu Shigong plays a certain role.

After sending Zheng Jiao and Zheng Shopkeeper away, Chang Meng returned to Wu Shigong's side. Seeing that Chang Meng was still sad, Wu Shigong smiled and asked, "What?" Don't you want to go out and do things this time? ”

Chang Meng hurriedly replied: "I am indeed a little reluctant to leave the master's side. But the little one also knew that this time it was the master who lifted the little one, and the little one worked hard to do what the master told him to do. It's just that I'm afraid that the little ones are stupid, and if they do something wrong and miss the big things of the master, the little ones will die. ”

Wu Shigong smiled and comforted: "No one can do things when they run up." You've been with me for so long, and you've seen how many people in our Runing Army have nothing to do before. They have gradually grown into one-sided officials, and they are now able to take charge on their own. I can't believe that you have been studying with me for so long and still can't learn something? ”

"Look at the book and ink, it's done well now! You can't spend your life in my lord's house for the rest of your life, and you should go out to share my worries! ”

"You just have to keep two things in mind. In this reclamation trading house, the harvested grain and grass must belong to our Runing Army. The armed forces that are built up are under the command of our Runing Army. You can be flexible with the rest. If you grasp these two points, you can't miss a big thing. You also have to be able to employ people, there are officers sent out by our Runing Army to fight wars, and there are officials sent out by our Runing Army in Tuntian, you just need to grasp the general direction, and you must not pretend to know how to command blindly. You have to know how to give credit, in fact, aren't all the credit of your subordinates yours? ”

"Something's coming to me. You can also find Mr. Deng and Uncle Wynn. They'll be able to help you a little bit too. Attention! Nothing matters, your own safety is the most important thing! If it really doesn't go well, bring everyone back. Anyway, sir, I always have a bite of food for you here! ”

"Sir!" Chang Meng also revealed his true feelings. He knelt down and kowtowed to Wu Shigong a few times, wiped the corners of his eyes and said, "If the little one can't do anything after he goes out this time, the little one will die outside and won't come back." ”

When Zheng Jiao left, in addition to taking away the deed of the Jimin Reclamation Firm, he also took with him a hundred heavily armed soldiers carefully selected by the Runing Army.

This time, the leader of the team was Zhang Rubao, the former leader of the action team of the Shanchuan Division, and Wu Shigong had already promoted him to the rank of regiment commander. The 100 people who went to Fujian were all high-ranking and low-level, and the youngest soldier also had the position of squad leader. Wu Shigong cultivated those 100 people as the seeds of his own water masters.

Wu Shigong also explained to Zhang Rubao that they only went to Fujian for one year, and asked them to learn more from the experience of the Zheng family's sailors, and after a year, Wu Shigong would send new soldiers to replace them, and Zhang Rubao and they would come back to prepare for the construction of the Runing Army's own sailors.

However, the selection of these 100 people is not easy. After repeated screening in the entire Runing Army, these 100 veterans who could swim were reluctantly selected. This made Wu Shigong only shake his head, it was really difficult to choose some people with experience on board among the mainlanders!

Among the newly adopted orphans by Wu Shigong this time, all healthy male orphans over the age of seven and under the age of 14 will be selected, and there are more than 3,000 such orphans, and Wu Shigong will form them into the new boy boy camp of the Runing Army. let Chi Ming serve as the new leader of the boy boy camp.

In the boy boy camp more than 600 orphans over the age of 12 will also be trained as reserve sailors. A third of those below the age group will also be trained as reserve sailors. Wu Shigong just wants to do a good job in the construction of his sailor echelon as soon as possible, and he would rather wait for the ship than wait for the boat at that time.

And Xue Qiang's action to exterminate the leopard's head really waded out of a river of blood. In just one month, more than 10,000 heads were slaughtered, and along the road of the Runing army's extermination, a number of Jingguan with heads were erected.

Among those people slaughtered, many of them were only forced by the leopard head bandits to provide them with some supplies for the local towns, and the Runing army carried out Wu Shigong's order to kill the people in those towns without leaving them behind.

This brutal act immediately aroused the strong indignation of the local government and the people, and the accusations against the Runing Army and the impeachment of Wu Shigong flew like snowflakes to Runing and the capital. But Wu Shigong doesn't care about this anymore. What else can the imperial court do with the Runing Army? Do you dare to disband? And Wu Shigong himself, it is really an unofficial body.

However, after this act spread to Runing, there was also a strange sound within the Runing Army. Zhizhi wrote a strongly worded letter to Wu Shigong. And when Wu Shigong personally wanted to explain one or two things, he also ate a closed door.

Even Father Carrera, who had just begun to build a chapel, tactfully advised Wu Shigong through Carreli, and even Deng Qifan's civil officials implicitly advised Wu Shigong to stop.

But at this time, Wu Shigong was already a little difficult to ride a tiger. Fortunately, under such a terrifying threat from the Runing Army, all the towns that encountered the Leopard Head Bandit Gang resisted desperately, resulting in the Leopard Head Bandit completely losing its supply of provisions. In addition, under Xue Qiang's unremitting pursuit, the Leopard Head bandit gang soon collapsed, and the Leopard Head himself was beheaded by his mutinous subordinates and surrendered to the Runing Army.

This revenge finally had a relatively successful result. This also made Wu Shigong greatly relieved. However, in this way, the murderous reputation of the Runing Army can be regarded as completely spreading in Henan.

And Tsukasa Yamakawa's weapons trade also began to bear fruit. In fact, among the bandits in Henan, some of them are complete bandits like leopard heads, and some of them are actually bandits of local clans who have formed villages to protect themselves. They are also gangsters, and their main purpose is to keep their own side safe.

And most of the weapons trading of the Runing Army faced these gangs, because many of these gangs were controlled by the local gentry. Shan Chuan Si also inquired, and in the original situation, the weapons in the hands of those bandits were mainly purchased from the Jin merchants, except for some of the weapons they had built themselves. (To be continued......)