The emperor's order is hard to disobey!

Liu Yongfu, the commander of the Black Flag Army, did not make any waves, so he had to honestly obey the arrangements of the imperial court and dismiss most of his men.

It is said that the imperial court is also a bastard, and only gave a small amount of disbandment fees to the dismissed Black Flag Army soldiers, and then left it alone, allowing these Black Flag Army soldiers who had fought for the country to fend for themselves.

This hand made the Black Flag Army feel cold.

At least, Huang Feihong's mood at this time is definitely not good.

The aftermath arrangements for most of the officers and men of the Black Flag Army who were laid off have disturbed the high-level officials of the Black Flag Army, including Huang Feihong, the head of the Black Flag Army, and caused a lot of hair to fall out.

The imperial court can give a little money to disperse and let go directly, but the top brass of the Black Flag Army can't be so careless, and a bad one is likely to lead to extremely serious consequences.

You must know that at this time, not a few years after the Qing and French Wars, the officers and soldiers of the Black Flag Army are all veterans who have experienced the Qing and French Wars, and nearly 2,000 veterans who have fought with foreigners in one breath have seen blood, and have experienced cruel wars, but if they are unstable, the consequences will be extremely terrible.

Although Liu Yongfu, the leader of the Black Flag Army, was dissatisfied with the disposition of the imperial court, he did not have the intention of pulling the pole to rebel, but once something happened to the dismissed brother, he, the boss, would still inevitably be responsible, and the entire Black Flag Army would be implicated.

The high-level of the Black Flag Army naturally didn't want such a result, and finally accepted the imperial court's recruitment, if there was a recurrence, basically don't expect to have a chance to turn over in the future.

It's just that the placement of nearly 2,000 soldiers is not so easy.

Some of the brothers could directly convert from the army to farming, and became farmers who made a living from farming in their hometown of Gui Province, and the number of people who could be transferred to agriculture was limited by the strength of the Black Flag Army.

That is, the environment in Gui Province is not good, and the Black Flag Army was able to get a lot of fields, among which the fertile fields were pitiful, most of them were Zhongtian and Botian, but even the number of brothers who could be resettled in this way did not exceed 400.

There are 1,500 or so people who don't know how to settle them.

Huang Feihong also had a headache, and pondered for a while to think of a way that was not a solution: to run a militia group!

This thing is quite common in the Qing Dynasty at present, mainly because the official army cannot fully protect the life and property safety of the gentry and the people in various places, and the local gentry are mainly in charge, and the biggest advantage is that the money and wealth of the militia are not taken care of by the imperial court, which also causes the serious weakening of the imperial court's control over the local area.

This situation was most serious during the period of banditry and banditry, and the Han bureaucracy also began to rise from the establishment of regimental training and militia groups, and had the strength to fight with the core ruling class of the Qing Dynasty.

These major political matters have nothing to do with the Black Flag Army, Huang Feihong himself is a famous squire in Chancheng, and his reputation among the people is grand, and it is very simple to set up a militia group in Chancheng.

Moreover, there is another advantage of running a militia group, the number of people can be flexible and mobile, and the 1,500 or so brothers of the Black Flag Army who have been dismissed can be completely included in it, and continue to practice in the name of being in the hands of the top management of the Black Flag Army.

The top brass of the Black Flag Army was overjoyed, this is a good idea, the brothers of the Black Flag Army who were dismissed just changed their names, and they will still obey orders under their hands in the future.

It's just that......

Naturally, things will not be so simple, running a militia group is very simple for Huang Feihong, a well-known squire in Chancheng, but it is just a matter of a few words, whether it is the Chancheng government or the people, there will be no hindrance.

But the problem is that it costs money to run a militia group, especially since the militia has about 1,500 brothers under its command, and the amount of money spent on it alone is not a small amount.

When the militia is on the right track, it is even more necessary to continuously invest money in it, even if the treatment is not as good as that of the regular Black Flag Army soldiers, at least half of the treatment must be paid, otherwise such a number of militia troops will not be able to sustain at all.

The Black Flag Army itself is not well-off, even if they don't have the idea of greedy for military salaries and empty salaries, but the imperial court also sees that there is no oil and water to stain at all, and the silver that can support the militia is pitiful.

It is true that Huang Feihong is a famous squire in Chancheng, but he is not a well-known rich family, and he does not have so much money in his hands and at home at all, and he has maintained a militia group of 1,000 and 5 people for a long time.

At this time, the high-level of the Black Flag Army and Huang Feihong himself were stumped again, and it was all about silver, but unfortunately they couldn't get so much silver to support the militia group.

In the end, there was really no way, and the top brass of the Black Flag Army could only grit their teeth and compromise, and asked Huang Feihong to help the former Black Flag Army brothers who joined the militia to find a way to survive, although they knew that this might make things worse, but the lesser of two evils was also a last resort.

Huang Feihong's mood was very heavy, he felt that his shoulders were heavy, and his heart was full of worry.

Running a militia is not a troublesome thing for him, the key is that it is not easy to maintain it in the future, and he has no clue about the survival of the militia brothers with a size of 1,000 and 5 people.

At that time, under the eager gaze of the high-level of the Black Flag Army, he could only stubbornly say that everything was with him, but now that his mind was completely clear, he was distressed to find that he had dug a pit and buried himself.

How can the survival of 1,500 people be so easy to find and arrange?

Depressed, Huang Feihong had no intention of teaching the soldiers of the Black Flag Army to practice martial arts, and it is estimated that the soldiers of the Black Flag Army are not in the mood to exercise now.

When he returned to Bao Zhilin, his mood became more and more disturbed, and he planned to explain the matter clearly to his father Huang Qiying, and he had to help his father run for all kinds of dredging matters of the militia group, and he really didn't have the extra energy to experience it himself.

"Master, today is the day of the Thunder Tiger of Zhongyi Hall, do you want to go and have a look?"

I didn't see my father Huang Qiying, but I waited for the apprehensive apprentice Lin Shirong, and after coming in, I couldn't wait to ask cautiously.

"Oh, it's okay to go and have a look!"

Huang Feihong reluctantly came back to his senses, and originally didn't plan to pay attention to this matter, but after thinking about it, he thought that this matter was related to his apprentice Lin Shirong, so he had to deal with it carefully, so he temporarily changed his words.

Besides, he was also very curious about what kind of ring Lei Hu held in Zhongyi Hall, according to Lin Shirong, this was a gathering of martial arts competitions, and there were several powerful wandering martial artists involved, and even the owners of the three martial arts halls in Chancheng were said to participate.

This is definitely a good thing for people who practice martial arts, just looking at Lin Shirong's strength improvement speed in the recent period of time, it can be seen, not only quickly and stably mastered the strength of Ming Jin, but also the actual combat ability has also improved rapidly, Huang Feihong has a sense of joy in seeing the hunt.

Now that he is very upset, it is better to go out for a walk and watch the so-called ring competition, and it is also a good choice to change his mood, the burden of the militia is so heavy that he can hardly breathe, and Huang Feihong's heart has an urge to let go......