Cui Yongzhi was already determined to die after he was arrested, he almost cried several times when he was alone, he was nostalgic for the pickles in his hometown, even if he had eaten a lot of delicious things with Liu Yifeng, he still missed the pickles and multigrain rice that he had worked so hard to eat when he was a child.

But when he thought of pickles, he remembered that Liu Yifeng had promised them to make real Korean pickles when they were free.

It is also strange to say that Liu Yifeng is a Han Chinese, and he learned from Instructor Li that Liu Yifeng is still a Han in the interior of the Ming Dynasty, and his hometown is 108,000 miles away from the Goryeo Peninsula, so it is impossible to make Korean pickles, but when their group of Koreans heard Liu Yifeng say that they would make authentic Korean pickles for them, they actually believed and looked forward to it.

Moreover, Liu Yifeng also said that although Korean pickles originated from Central Plains pickles, they have developed their own unique direction, and they can be regarded as a branch of the famous Central Plains pickles. But he hasn't found the ingredients for making authentic Korean pickles, and it may take some time.

Cui Yongzhi and his gang of Koreans could never have imagined that the main ingredients needed for the authentic Korean pickles in Liu Yifeng's mouth were actually in Dongshan Prefecture.

Later generations of sticks are indeed shameless, but they have indeed developed pickles to the bottom of this talent tree, which must be admitted. Although there are not many layers of pickle talent, and the Han people also order the lowest level of pickle talent.

Just when Cui Yongzhi, who was hungry and thirsty, was full of saliva, a person walked over, and it was the man surnamed Li who grabbed him.

"Brother, it's time to eat."

Cui Yongzhi was tied tightly, his hands and feet were tied behind his back, like a shrimp. This posture must be uncomfortable, and there is a certain amount of damage to the hands and feet due to the lack of blood circulation after tying for a long time, so every time he eats or is in a hurry, he will be given a different way of tying: normal hands are tied in front of him.

"I'm sorry, brother, you're too powerful, if we don't tie you up like this, we're worried that you'll run away."

Cui Yongzhi looked at the man surnamed Li who untied himself and then tied his hands in front of him, he no longer had the desire to scold him, but after the man surnamed Li was tied, he felt the soreness of blood circulation, and asked, "Why don't you kill me yet?" ”

"Why did I kill you? Do we have a blood feud. ”

"You were hired by Dongshan Qianzhuang to attack us, and our people have all died at your hands, and there is no revenge!?"

"Your people are not killed by my people, but by my people. Besides, you also heard it, your shopkeeper said that continuing to help Dongshan Qianzhuang is to help the abuse, they are evil, and you are righteous. We didn't know this before, when Dongshan Qianzhuang hired us, he said that he was dealing with the remnants of Zhang Bandits, but now that we know that Dongshan Qianzhuang is doing bad things, we will naturally not continue to be employed by them. ”

They arrived before the sun went down yesterday, and they happened to witness yesterday's night attack and today's daytime siege, and Liu Yifeng's shouting during the day was also clearly heard. So the man surnamed Li directly used that set of rhetoric to prevaricate Cui Yongzhi, although he scoffed at that set of rhetoric in his heart.

But Cui Yongzhi was persuaded: "Then you let me go, our shopkeeper has said it, I don't know you and I won't pursue you." You let me go, you just go. ”

The man surnamed Li smiled, didn't speak, and handed a bag of water to Cui Yongzhi. Cui Zhiyong ate the dry and hard rations after drinking the water, and swallowed the dry food with difficulty while fantasizing about the authentic Korean pickles promised by Liu Yifeng. He deliberately waited for more than ten seconds, but the other party still didn't say a word, knowing that it was impossible for them to let him go.

"And when are you going to kill me?"

"It's said that we have no grievances and no enemies, why do we have to kill you."

"Then you let me go."

"Let's not talk about this for now, let's talk about your shopkeeper."

Cui Yongzhi looked at him vigilantly, and only asked half-loudly, "What are you talking about?" ”

"Is your shopkeeper a soldier?"

That's Instructor Li, not my shopkeeper.

However, Cui Yongzhi remembered that Liu Yifeng especially likes to use other people's identities to disguise himself, and nodded.

"Oh!" The man surnamed Li came to be interested: "Northern Army or Southern Army?" It can't be the Navy, right? ”

"One more."

Cui Yongzhi can usually only eat half a dry and hard steamed bun at a meal, or a small half of a cake, basically hanging to prevent him from starving, but he definitely can't eat enough. On the one hand, it makes him weak and difficult to escape, and on the other hand, the man surnamed Li actually has not much of the rations they have in reserve.

After getting another steamed bun, Cui Yongzhi said: "Southern Army." ”

Really!

The man surnamed Li was very familiar with the Southern Army, and he knew that his judgment would not be wrong.

"Your shopkeeper is so young, why don't you want a good future for the Southern Army?"

"It's none of your business!"

The man surnamed Li doesn't ask anymore, there are really many people who have become rich overseas in recent years, and there are many low-level officials who have abandoned their official positions to go to sea. He thought that Liu Yifeng might be a low-level officer, or the kind that garrisoned in poor places in the homeland, so he simply found a way to retire and come to Dongshan Prefecture to roam.

The Southern Army is different from the Northern Army, the Northern Army is a reorganized army from 9 border towns, and almost all of the soldiers in the early days were made by the Wei Institute, and only in the later period did they begin to recruit soldiers. The southern army started from the Great Wako, and the source of soldiers was the recruitment system. After the reform of Zhang Juzheng at the beginning of this dynasty, in order to have strong combat effectiveness, the southern army recruited troops on a large scale in the coastal area, and had a very humane retirement system.

Basically, soldiers can be retired after 10 years of service in the Southern Army, and most of the soldiers after retirement have become the first batch of reclaimers of the Annam Protectorate, which is also one of the fundamental reasons why the Annam Protectorate is full of martial virtues.

Of course, after the expiration of the 10-year service period, those who do not retire can participate in the non-commissioned officer assessment and become middle- and low-level officers after serving for 5 years or have outstanding military exploits, which is also one of the main reasons why the people of Liangjiazi enthusiastically join the Yugoslav Army.

The Ming Dynasty was not the Song Dynasty, and the status of military attachés in the early Ming Dynasty was actually higher than that of civilian officials, and in the middle period, civilian officials surpassed military attachés. However, in this dynasty, because of the northern expedition to the west, the southern invasion and the eastward expansion, the status of the military attache began to recover, and it has been on a par with the civilian official. For ordinary people, this is another way to achieve a class leap after the imperial examination, and the sons of good families who are unable to study or are not qualified to study have enthusiastically participated in the North, South and Western Army.

So the Ming Dynasty simply popularized the mature recruitment system of the Southern Army to the Northern Army and the Western Army, and the quality of the soldiers in this dynasty was the same as that of the Qiang Han and Tang dynasties.

The man surnamed Li also had the idea of joining the Southern Army, but he didn't like to be disciplined, and he had to serve for 5 years before he could be admitted to the officer examination, so he gave up.

"What about you? Listening to your accent, you can see that you are from the Northeast, and you are also from the Southern Army? Don't you Northeast people prefer to go to the Northern Army? ”

"Why are you asking me all this?"

"I'm curious." The man surnamed Li said: "My brothers and I are both good hands, but it is a waste of effort to catch you, so I want to know if you are a good hand in the Southern Army or the Northern Army." ”

Cui Yongzhi maintained a vigilant and dismissive attitude on the surface, but in fact, he was already happy in his heart.

As the lowest orphan among the Koreans, let alone the Han people, his compatriots disdainfully call them Dongyi slaves, and it is impossible for him not to feel inferior when he grew up hungry and full of humiliation. Although he got the most basic respect as a person here in Liu Yifeng, and worked hard to complete Li Hongji's training, he was affirmed by Liu Yifeng and Li Hongji, but deep down he was still not so confident.

There are three sources of confidence, either self-confidence, or tangible results, or the affirmation of the strong.

He was not confident that he was there, but after fighting with the people of Dongshan Qianzhuang, they found that they seemed to be really strong, and now they have obtained the affirmation of the men surnamed Li who he thinks are strong in addition to Liu Yifeng and Li Hongji, and Cui Yongzhi's confidence began to sprout and thrive.

The feeling is very positive and very comfortable.

He also wanted to hear more affirmation from the man surnamed Li about himself, so he said modestly: "No, I'm not a good hand, wasn't I arrested by you." ”

"That's because we ambushed you, and as I said, we're good hands."

The gang surnamed Li and Cui Yongzhi are completely opposites, they are already confident, and they have actual combat examples in the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate, and they have also been affirmed by other strong people, and their self-confidence is overflowing.

Cui Yongzhi lowered his head and continued to nibble on the steamed buns, but his inner sense of the man surnamed Li was much better, and even if he died at their hands, he could be regarded as a well-deserved death.

"I am not from the Southern Army, but I have indeed experienced the systematic training of the Southern Army."

It seems that Liu Yifeng, an officer of the Southern Army, trained them with the army, no wonder they all know how to use firearms.

The man surnamed Li became more curious about Liu Yifeng's strength: "You have all experienced the training of the Southern Army system?" ”

After Cui Yongzhi finished speaking, he suddenly found that he seemed to be being tricked, and instinctively felt bad, and learned from Liu Yifeng to fool people: "Not all, there are also people who have received cavalry training, and there are people from the navy." ”

Feng Shuo has always wanted to find someone to train a few cavalry, and Zheng Zhilong also wants to recruit some seamen, and he is not all lying.

The man surnamed Li held back the shock in his heart, nodded, took out the jerky and handed it to Cui Yongzhi.

He was really fooled.

I thought that Liu Yifeng was a businessman from the Southern Army, and maybe he had the investment of an active officer of the Southern Army, but now it seems that it is not only the Southern Army!

Cavalry training!

Only the Northern and Western armies had cavalry! The Western Army is too far away, the center of gravity is in the Western Regions, although the center of the Northern Army is also in Northern Xinjiang, many retired soldiers of the Northern Army will also return to their hometowns in the Northeast to develop, and the Northeast people in Dongshan Prefecture are not small. There are people from the Northern Army who invest in Liu Yifeng, and the logic makes complete sense!

As for the people in the navy behind Liu Yifeng, Cui Yongzhi was even more shocked.

The navy is different from the traditional northern army, the innovative southern army and the young western army, but it has the same characteristics as the three armed forces.

The navy has a centuries-old tradition, and almost all of the top leaders are the remnants of Zheng He's fleet. It also has the innovation of the Yugoslav Army, and the research and development of new tactics and new equipment has never stopped. It is said that the average age of the navy is less than 30 years old, and being young means enterprising.

The Navy's military resources are also very high-quality, but the seafarers trained by the Navy are very sought-after in the civilian sector, so it is very difficult for the Navy to retire, and the retired seafarers are basically working in the Navy-invested commercial banks and continue to serve the Navy.

Liu Yifeng can have the support of the navy, which is unimaginable.

Seriously, he believes that Liu Yifeng has the Southern Army and the Northern Army as the backstage, but he still has a navy, he doesn't believe it very much.

"Hmph, do you know Lord Zhang Jun, the wave-breaking captain of the Dongshan Prefecture Navy? That's the friendship with our shopkeeper who can drink together, and sleep at my shopkeeper when drunk! ”

There is nothing wrong with this, it is true, but the real situation is very different from the meaning expressed by Cui Yongzhi.

The man surnamed Li finally couldn't help it and gasped.

Captain Breaking the Waves!

He mixed with the Protectorate of Annam, and he knew more or less about the establishment of the navy.

Captain Breaking Waves is a Zheng He-level commander in wartime!

The combat unit of the navy is the Zheng He-class, and a Zhenghe-class is equivalent to the strength of a guard on land, that is, 5,000 people to start!

He looked at Cui Yongzhi, and Cui Yongzhi looked at him generously.

The man surnamed Li has read countless people, and he has long seen that Cui Yongzhi is not the kind of person who lies a lot, and what he said must be true.

This Liu Yifeng, is he the son of a certain bureaucrat in the Ministry of War!?