In the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu, the Fujian capital division set up Yongningwei in order to control the troubles in the southeast coast. It has jurisdiction over five thousand households of Fuquan, Chongwu, Zhongzuo, Kinmen and Gaopu, with a ration of 7,000 soldiers, and the Tianjin Wei and Weihaiwei in the north at that time are called the three major coastal defense stations.

During the Jiajing period, Yongningwei was located on the front line of the anti-Japanese war. The famous general Yu Dayou led his troops to defeat the Japanese in the vicinity of Yongningwei many times, and left a Zhenhai stone written by him on Chaoyang Mountain at the south gate of the Acropolis.

However, this kind of scenery has been getting worse since the beginning of Wanli, with the increase in taxes year by year, coupled with the poor harvest, the annual harvest of poor military households is not enough to pay rent, and they can't fill their stomachs at all, followed by the emergence of a large number of deserters.

When Yang was transferred to the command of Yongning Guard, although the situation was alleviated, there was still a shortage of more than 2,000 soldiers, and the remaining guards were less than 4,000 capable soldiers.

The defeat of the Hunhe River in Liaodong, the destruction of Yang Ming and the 3,000 Yongning army, and the current Yongningwei can be said to be a mess.

On the way to Yongningwei, Yang Yingqian listened to Sun Dayong tell him about the situation of Yongningwei, and he couldn't help but feel a dark cloud in his heart.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, he knew about the erosion of the guard system, but he didn't expect it to be so serious, if you want to make a difference in this era, you must have soldiers in your hands, but if you rely on this kind of rotten soldiers, I'm afraid you won't know how to die when the time comes.

A new army must be established, Yang Yingqian secretly thought in his heart, but if you need money for military training, where will the money come from?

Yang Yingqian really has no clue now, the time travel novels he read in his previous life, the protagonists all seem to be open, making money is as easy as drinking water, when he comes to himself, why don't there be so many good ideas, thinking of this, he can't help but be a little speechless.

Tong'an County is only half a day's journey away from the Yongning Acropolis, and Yang Yingqian and his entourage have already seen the Yongning Wei Tower from afar in the afternoon.

Yang Yingqian and others entered the Acropolis through the south gate, and the little banner guarding the gate saw that Sun Dayong had just stepped forward to greet him, and heard that the person who came was the new Tongzhi Lord, so he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and sent a soldier back to inform the commander.

After entering the city, everyone dismounted and walked, a bluestone paved street as the central axis through Yongningwei, the merchants on both sides of the street are doing business in an orderly manner, a lively scene.

Yang Yingqian just learned from the small banner guarding the door that the new commander was Cao Hongxian, the original commander and fellow commander.

This Cao Hong was the old man of Yongningwei first, and in the twenty-fifth year of Wanli, he took his father's position as Yongningwei Jinmen Qianhu, and was later promoted to the commander of Tongzhi because of his military merits.

When he was young, he also dared to kill and fight, and in recent years, as he got older, he lost his heart, and basically waited for retirement to stay in the name of the Battle of Hunhe, so Yang Ming arranged for Cao Hong to stay first, and he escaped this killing disaster by mistake.

Listening to Sun Dayong talking about Cao Hongxian's resume like a treasure, Yang Yingqian and the others soon came to the Yongningwei Command Envoy Yamen.

Different from the mighty official office in Yang Yingqian's imagination, the yamen in front of him is a little dilapidated, the red paint on the pillars and plaques at the yamen has been a little mottled, and the two guards standing at the yamen also look lazy and haven't woken up, and the red tassel spear is casually pestled on the ground, as if supporting the weight of the whole body.

Yang Yingqian instructed the housekeeper Yang Fu to find an inn to settle down temporarily, and he took Sun Dayong to meet Cao Hongxian.

After the soldiers at the door reported, Yang Yingqian and Sun Dayong walked into the ya, Sun Dayong took Yang Yingqian through the front hall to the back hall, generally when there is no military affairs, the commander is in the back hall to deal with things and rest.

Entering the back hall, Yang Yingqian saw the guard who came to deliver the message just now, and the guard also saw the two of them, and hurriedly stepped forward to hug his fists and said, "The commander is waiting for Lord Yang in the hall!" ”

Yang Yingqian waved his hand and motioned for the guards to retreat. Sun Dayong stepped forward and said, "Adult, the little one won't accompany you in!" ”

Yang Yingqian nodded and walked into the inner hall, and after entering the hall, Yang Yingqian saw a slightly chubby middle-aged man sitting in the main hall drinking tea, it was the current Yongningwei commander Cao Hongxian. Seeing Yang Yingqian come in, Cao Hongxian slowly put the teacup on the table, the wrinkles on his face suddenly relaxed, and his serious expression was swept away.

"I didn't expect your kid to grow so big, when I was young, I hugged you, that time your kid urinated on my face!" As he spoke, he strode over, and slapped Yang Yingqian's shoulder a few times.

Yang Yingqian was thinking about how to make the opening remarks, and was really taken aback by Cao Hongxian's move.

Before Yang Yingqian could answer, Cao Hong first pressed Yang Yingqian to the chair next to him and returned to the main seat to sit down, and looked Yang Yingqian up and down again.

Yang Yingqian was furious by Cao Hongxian's first look, and immediately cleared his throat and hugged his fists and said: "My father taught his subordinates to take adults as a model every time he was alive, and when I saw an adult today, what my father said was true!" ”

After eating Yang Yingqian's sycophant, Cao Hongxian's face not only did not show a trace of joy, but instead floated a trace of amazement.

"I am older than your father, although there is a difference between the top and the bottom, but I am an old brother in the robe for more than ten years, the battle of the Hunhe River, our Yongningwei old foundation has been wiped out, except for me, an old decay and two left-behind thousand households, the rest of the senior officers are all loyal with your father."

Speaking of this, Cao Hongxian was no longer as cheerful as when he first met, a few muddy old tears dripped from his eyes, people were old and sad, Yang Yingqian seemed to be infected by this emotion, and the hall was suddenly quiet.

After all, it was Yang Yingqian who broke the atmosphere in the hall: "Great sadness, adults must take care of their bodies, reinvigorating Yongning Wei Xiongfeng, you can't do without adults!" ”

Hearing Yang Yingqian's words, Cao Hongxian couldn't help but sigh: "Virtuous nephew, how easy it is to talk about, in the battle of Hunhe, there are less than a thousand people left in the entire Yongning Guard, all of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, it is good to be able to carry a gun." ”

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the guards were eroded, the land was seriously annexed, and the guards became tenants and peasants, otherwise there would not have been a dozen widows chasing thousands of Ming troops during the Jiajing period.

This time, the officers and soldiers of Yongning Wei and the command system have been devastated, and it can also be said that it is an opportunity to break and stand up, and he may be able to use this opportunity to try his ideas in Yongning Wei first.

At that moment, Yang Yingqian hugged his fist at Cao Hongxian: "My lord, when my father was alive, I often talked to Xia Guan about the eventful years of rectifying Yongningwei with adults, and Yongningwei was able to become a coastal defense heavy guard with the same name as Tianjin and Weihai Erwei under your hands, and today, Xia Guan is willing to revitalize Yongningwei with adults!" ”

Hearing Yang Yingqian's words, Cao Hongxian's cloudy eyes released a hint of brilliance.

"Good, good, good!"

Cao Hongxian said three good words in a row.

"Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, I'm old, you let it go, Lao Tzu is behind you to support you!"

After saying a few words, Cao Hongxian returned to his previous way of speaking, and Yang Yingqian couldn't help but be a little speechless.

At this time, a guard entered the church to pay his respects.

"My lord, the Yongning Inspection Division just came to report that a stranded Franco merchant ship was found on the shore of Baishayu Island, and there were more than a dozen red-haired ghosts on it, and now the people of the Inspection Department have detained them!"

After the guards finished speaking, they stood aside and waited for Cao Hongxian's instructions.

In order to prevent the Japanese from harassing the coast, the Ming Dynasty began to ban the sea since the time of Taizu, although the sea ban was gradually lifted in the Longqing period, but there are still very few foreign merchant ships blatantly entering the Daming sea area, at most it is to engage in smuggling with the Ming maritime merchants.

Yang Yingqian felt that things were very fresh, he had come to this world for so long, and he had never seen a foreigner in this era, so he immediately said to Cao Hongxian: "My lord, I'll take someone over to take a look!" ”

Cao Hongxian nodded: "It's okay, we haven't had a red-haired ghost here for many years, you can bring a few more people over." ”

Yang Yingqian rushed to Cao Hongxian and walked out, called Sun Dayong, who was waiting outside, returned to the inn, called a few personal soldiers and rode out of the south gate to Baishayu.

On the shore of Baishayu Island, more than 20 officers and men of the inspection department armed with waist knives and spears surrounded more than a dozen red-haired and blue-eyed Portuguese in the middle, and a medium-sized three-masted merchant ship was stranded in the shallows not far away, and the bow part of the ship had a big hole.

At this time, Chris, the captain of the merchant ship crouching in the middle of this group, was quietly looking at the Ming army surrounding them in front of him with his shrewd eyes.

His merchant ship departed from Manraka and originally wanted to go to Japan to do some trade, but unexpectedly, there was a storm on the way, and many crew members were blown into the sea. The ship also blew into the territory of the Ming Dynasty and was captured by the Ming army.

However, looking at the people surrounding them in front of them, they didn't seem to be very strong, most of them had a malnourished look on their faces, and their military uniforms were relatively old, which did not match the powerful army of the legendary Ming Dynasty, but they were businessmen, and the firearms of the merchant ships fell into the sea last night, so there was no need to clash with the army of the Ming Kingdom.

While Chris was thinking in his heart, there was a sound of horses' hooves not far away, Chris followed the sound and looked, a team of more than 20 officers and soldiers was rushing in their direction, led by a young man in civilian clothes, and the leader of the group of officers and soldiers surrounding them saw the horse team and hurriedly greeted them.

The officers and soldiers of this horse team are capable and mighty, and they look more intimidating than these Ming troops in front of him, and Chris can't help but put away the contempt for the Ming army just now.

Cao Hong was afraid that it would be inconvenient for Yang Yingqian to arrive at the first time, so he specially asked his personal soldier captain Zhong Yi to lead a few guards to chase after him and rushed to Baishayu together.

From a distance, Yang Yingqian saw the stranded merchant ship and a group of Westerners surrounded by the officers and soldiers of the Inspection Division.

As soon as Yang Yingqian and his entourage got off the horse, the inspector Ma Wu greeted him with a flattering face, and looked at Yang Yingqian with some eyes, so he tentatively asked Zhong Yi: "Zhongtou, who is this?" ”

Zhong Yi glanced at Ma Wu and said lightly: "This is the new commander and fellow commander Yang Yingqian Yang, who has come to investigate these red-haired ghosts!" ”

Knowing that the person in front of him was the new conductor, the smile on Ma Wu's face became even brighter.

"Little clumsy, Yongning Patrol Si Ma Wu, I've seen an adult!"

Yang Yingqian nodded lightly.

"Master Ma, take the official over to see these Furlong people!"

"Yes, yes, sir, please!"

As he spoke, Ma Wulisuo turned around and led Yang Yingqian and the others to the beach.

Looking at the stranded merchant ship and those Portuguese not far away, Yang Yingqian's heart couldn't help but have a plan.