Chapter 108: Introspection is required
However, Li Dan didn't see Han Garrison, he had already hurriedly taken up his post, and the new garrison had not yet arrived.
"In that case, please defend Li to rest in the camp for the time being. After all, even the brothers and the people have worked hard for more than a month." The affairs of the garrison are now handled by a general charge d'affaires of Jiang Jiang, and his eyes do not seem to be very good, and he always squints when he looks at people.
"Alright, thanks for the pointers." Of course, Li Dan was willing, and thought that he would take advantage of this to train his troops. Just as he was about to break up, Li Dan suddenly turned around and called out thoughtfully: "Leave the whole thing behind!"
"What, what else does Li Defense have to advise?" The boss never expressed a little bit when he saw him, and he was a little unhappy with this boy in his heart, and he spoke with two points of coldness.
"I don't dare to mention the word advice. It's only because we see that Jiang put the text far away when he reads, and he needs to squint to see it, which is very difficult, and I want to ask if I often have a feeling of soreness in my eyes and headache?"
"Huh?" Jiang turned around and nodded: "That's true, what's the matter, is there any good way for Li Defense to heal?"
"It's not that the younger generation will heal, it's that I can make something so that you can avoid the embarrassment of seeing, and it can more or less alleviate the trouble of eye swelling and headaches."
"Oh? Where is it?"
Li Dan asked him to wait, walked outside the door and asked Mao Zai for a telescope, unscrewed the front and back covers, took out two lenses respectively, turned back, and put one piece in Jiang Jiang's hand first.
Jiang picked it up and said, "What is this?" When he lifted it up, Li Dan stood in front of him with a slight smile, startling him. Hurry up and look at the gate of the garrison mansion again, even the wood grain on it is clear.
He asked for some official documents and put them in front of him, and he was overjoyed, and exclaimed, "I see, I see!" After speaking, he turned around and found Li Dan, and bowed deeply to him: "Li Fangfang, this is a real treasure! I don't know where you are and how much you have spent on it?"
"I made it myself. If it can solve your confusion, it is better to give it away."
"Oh, that's not going to happen! Surely these treasures are quite expensive?"
"It's not worth much. Well, there's another one here. You can always use one piece first, and then use this one if it is lost or damaged. Remember, it's called a glass mirror, and it's fragile, and it can't be used to see the sun, and it can't be bumped against the masonry."
"Yes, yes, I remember, thank you Saburo for the gift. Oh, send someone to the camp at once, and deliver the supplies to the camp ......!" Jiang Jiang always got these two treasures and danced hand in hand, and unconsciously flattered Li Danlai.
On the way back to the camp in the carriage, Mao Zidi pouted unhappily and turned over and over to look at the telescope without lenses. Li Dan smiled when he saw him: "Why are you so small, don't you have spare lenses at home?"
"It's a terrible thing to give such a good and expensive thing to that stupid old boss! How much effort did it take to make it, and is it really necessary?"
"The little ghost is difficult, not to mention that Han Shoubei is not here, he is now our boss, why bother making enemies outside?
This guy must have thought that we had won a few battles and would have come back with a share of his heart, and if it weren't for these two lenses, do you know how much gold and silver treasure would have to be used to fill this hole? It's just two lenses, it's worth it!"
Li Dan said with a smile. In fact, the first batch of lenses was made in a hurry, and he was already thinking about making another batch if he had time. It is necessary to make the lenses more transparent, so that the vision is clearer and not distorted.
Back at the station, Li Dan first invited Master Ba, Zhao Jingzi, Chen Sanwen, Shen Jie, Feng Shen, Yang Dayi, Liu She, Gao Hanzi, Lin Shuntang, Luo You, as well as Ma Jiuye and Song Xiaoniu.
"Supposedly, after the errand is handed over, my defense envoy will be in name. I'm young and want to ask my brothers and seniors for their ideas." Li Dan wanted to hear everyone's opinions first.
"Nothing else, let's take a few days off and let the brothers go to the city to play." Song Xiaoniu was impatient to bring it up first.
"Yes." Master Ba nodded: "Everyone will make a lot of money this trip!"
I calculated, plus the money we later distributed in the red envelopes at the shop, the regimental training soldiers averaged ten taels of silver in their hands, and the chief and the sentry commander got an average of twenty-four taels!
Everyone has money in their hands, if they hadn't told everyone that they would rush back to Geyang to report for duty, it is estimated that those boys would have rushed into Xing'an County!" He bared his teeth and waved his hand exaggeratedly, causing everyone to laugh.
But no, many group members estimate that they have never seen so much money in their last two lives combined, so they have to play tricks with such a good opportunity? How many eyes looked at Li Dan expectantly, just waiting for him to speak.
"Let everyone play for sure, the garrison will immediately send out the rewards and grains, and at the same time give everyone on this business trip a three-day holiday. I will gather the battalions and inform them of this. But I'm worried about two things:
One, will someone gamble, get drunk, injured, or sick because of this, and suddenly say that they are going to go, and they can't find anyone here, or they can't do anything when they find it?
Second, it's okay to play, but you can't mess up discipline. Buying and selling should be fair, not bullying the market, not humiliating the common people, and protecting the old and the young and the women, these rules must be maintained.
Brother Niu, it is your responsibility to maintain order and discipline. I intend to ask Yang Baihu to assist, and the two of you can also have a chance to rest and play in shifts with each other, so that you will not be wronged.
The battalions should not be scattered in a hurry, after all, it is still in wartime, and who knows when they will set off again?
I plan to leave the camp in three shifts every day, and I must return to the camp on time after each four hours, so that I don't have to rush in case I need to go on a business trip. What do you see?"
"That's good. If it is released into a swarm of flies, it will not only disturb the people, but also have no time to summon *** when there is something wrong. Dan Ge'er is very thoughtful, as it should be!" Ma Jiu first agreed.
"Eh, this also reminds me, so I asked Master Ba to go to the county government to inform them of the news of the people's holiday and the method we discussed, so that the county lord can also be prepared.
In addition, you can bring the calf with you, and if the county is willing, you can let the head of the torture room send people to jointly inspect with our suppression team, so that things can be dealt with on the spot."
Li Dan knew that although he had made meritorious contributions, he must not let these people mess around, otherwise it would be bad to be put on a bad reputation of being arrogant and conniving.
On that day, Sheng Huaien went to Shangrao to attend the banquet, he specially didn't go, nominally to stay in the camp to prevent thieves from taking advantage of the situation, but in fact, he thought about it.
After the victory, everyone was in a state of euphoria, especially after the association that night, when the officers went back to convey that they would share the money and reward the merit, so that the whole battalion hardly slept well.
Li Dan, who had a life experience, forced himself to think independently, in the eyes of the people around him, he was older and calmer than his peers, but he knew that he was afraid that he was facing a huge trap at this time.
His original idea was to make meritorious service and become famous, and then maybe the court or the emperor would be able to see his name, and maybe he might be promoted or even rewarded, but Sheng Huaien's words were like an initiation, and he suddenly woke up.
What are the most important features of this era? Feudal, top-down feudalism. The emperor distributed power and interests from top to bottom, layer by layer, level by level, and that kind of "pig on the tuyere" did not exist.
The so-called things that can be favored by famous Confucians and famous ministers with a few poems, and the things that make a name for the heavens by killing one or two giant thieves, are all just that.
You are a white-clothed, unfamous child, a boy under the age of sixteen, how can you rise to the top of the power center of the empire beyond countless levels? That's just a dream and a story in a book, and it can't be true!
On the night when I first arrived at the Chashan camp, others couldn't sleep, and Li Dan didn't fall asleep. He thought about Sheng Huaien's words of advice to himself on the road, and told himself over and over again: Wake up, it's better to be down-to-earth!
Thinking back to every dynasty he knew, Li Dan came to the conclusion that what song was sung on what mountain.
You can't transcend the nature and characteristics of the times, just like knowing that Lou Shiming is an excellent rebel, but he Li Gongzi can't abandon his class to support and transform this person to become an uprising leader like Hong Xiuquan, and then overthrow the emperor and establish a new empire that encompasses all over the world.
Why? Because Li Dan knows the strength of his class and the stability of his rule in this historical period, and knows that the people's desire for peace and not chaos is the general trend and the characteristics of the current historical era.
Look at the rebels against the officers
The awe can be felt that the foundations of the actual empire have been laid, and it is almost impossible to shake them.
Even if you have new firearms and advanced machinery and vehicles in your head, can you let the world bleed for the sake of ambition? A dream came to his mind, and he felt that it was wrong.
Perhaps, it will be more rewarding to see more places in the empire, just like this time I came to Shangrao, and I will have a new understanding?
Li Dan suddenly felt that he still knew too little about this era and too little about all strata. That night, he had the idea and urge to travel around like Wu Maocai.
On the other hand, as Sheng Huaien said, if he blindly runs on the road of martial arts, he may be a famous general, but he is unable to grasp the pulse of the empire.
At present, it is the civilian clique that holds power, and this trend has become more and more obvious during the reign of Er Yang (Yang Shizhen and Yang Min).
That night, Li Dan sat up from the bunk, touched the marks on his back that were pressed by the mat, and he put on his clothes and walked out of the stuffy tent.
It was already dark, everything around was still asleep, and the fatigue of excitement caused everyone to fall asleep.
The sentry gave a military salute with a fist in his chest, and Li Dan returned the salute with a smile, walked to Mazha and sat down to continue thinking.
The damp mist made his mind unusually clear, and he found that Sheng Huaien's words made sense. Maybe he should turn back and take the road of the imperial examination, he doesn't believe that the road of the imperial examination can be more difficult than going to the moon! Isn't it just an endorsement!
Li Dan looked up, and the white crescent moon hung lonely in the western sky. After dawn, he found Zhao Jingzi to talk to him, and then asked him to take two personal guards to Shangrao City.
He asked Zhao Jingzi to bring his own letters and gifts to the prefect, and told him that he was only helping Sheng Qianhu, and did not want to be awarded an official for merit, and his family was still looking forward to his scientific examination, and hoped to hand over the post of inspection in the north, etc.
According to Zhao Jingzi, after his return, the prefect heard that he was the son of Li Wenchenggong, and praised him for insisting on taking the imperial examination, and admired Li Dan's humble retreat very much, and said that he would do his best to ask the imperial court to properly commend or reward Li Gongzi, and even asked Zhao Jingzi to bring a letter of recommendation to Yugan County Commander and Raozhou Lin Governor.
Therefore, Li Dan has already made mental preparations, and the imperial court's reward for the siege of Shangrao will only be a passing mention for him.
Then he will definitely not mention too much to others, which is also the reason why he rewarded all the regimental training personnel who participated in the battle, especially the officers above the sentry commander.
Because he thought that he still had to go through the imperial examination to embark on a career in office, so that he could have the opportunity to take the opportunity to enter the Beijing examination to become a powerful dignitary, Li Dan was particularly interested in the appearance of Lou Liang. That's Wang Yangming's teacher!
Although it is estimated that this old man is only in his twenties now, he should already be outstanding in learning, otherwise it is impossible to worship a famous Confucian like Wu and Bi as a teacher.
If you can ask him to be a gentleman for yourself, maybe it will be easier to get a jinshi. Li Dan thought like this, so he sincerely entrusted Song Xiucai.
Master Ba said that the chief and the sentry commander got an average of twenty-four taels, but in fact, the officers above the team got more, about ninety-five taels per person, several squadron officers got one hundred and twenty taels, and the battalion was divided into more than three hundred taels!
There are also additional rewards, such as 10 taels for each brother who has been wounded, 60 taels for the disabled, and 80 taels for the dead.
Such a generous dividend (the original migrant labor team and the engineering team take sixty percent of the standard), presumably not only left a good impression on everyone, but at the same time, even if the court did not reward everyone too much, they didn't bother to say anything.
Sure enough, later news came from above, saying that the soldiers and regimental drills who participated in the war would each be rewarded with one tael, the leader would be rewarded with three to ten taels, the disabled would be rewarded with one tael, and the dead would be given two taels. Everyone laughed and laughed, tacitly not taking it seriously.
Li Dan called Xiao, Zhou, and Tan and told them that the garrison government allowed them to rest and recuperate, and asked them to arrange shifts to leave the camp and go out, and at the same time informed the Zhenfu team of the matter of maintaining discipline, and told not only the soldiers, but also the reserve squadron to treat them equally, that is to say, they would be treated the same in terms of discipline.
It turned out that when the Minfu team and the engineering team returned, they were also assigned to each battalion and given the name of a reserve squadron.
Li Dan felt that these people had seen the battlefield, and it was a pity that they would be completely disbanded when they came back, and they still let them stay in each center
The number of the team, and also asked Zhao Jingzi to arrange, and when he came back from vacation, he began to train their ability to change formations, protect baggage, and protect themselves on the battlefield.
The three days finally passed without incident.
Saying that nothing is relative, and there will always be two or three "rat" in thousands of people.
Song and Yang took the townspeople to cooperate with the county to arrest a few, and each of them beat 20 military sticks on the street, and then pulled them back to the camp and locked them up for three days. Everyone gasped and said, "Really?" After that, no one dared to violate the ban again.
Among the people who were beaten were people from Xiao and Zhou's two battalions, but seeing that the forbidden people in the front camp were punished in front, the two of them didn't have much to say.
After that, Li Dan talked to the two of them again, and recalled the regulations of the Chashan Society with them, and the two were convinced, and the battalions quickly calmed down under the influence of the two of them and the members of the Chashan Society.
Three days later, the training began. Each morning is a queue and standing training, and in the afternoon is a physical, battle formation and combat training.
With the acquiescence of Ma Jiu, Yang Dayi, and Sheng Huaien, the three former officers and officers of the Fire Gun Team who came to Geyang with them, Song Qian, were respectively responsible for the training of the three battalions of Xiao, Zhou, and Tan, and Li Dan himself was responsible for the front battalion.
Everyone immediately complained: I knew that Lao Tzu wouldn't have spent so much effort on the girls, wouldn't it be good to save some things now?
But fortunately, these people have all gone out, and soon everyone got used to and got used to it, plus there was some meat every day, and everyone puffed up like a blow.
Those people who didn't go to Shangrao saw that they were red-eyed, and they all found the Chinese army in the front camp and asked to enter the regiment for training. Li Dan then decided to double the size of the supply team and let Liu She and Liao Sanqing be responsible for recruiting troops.
Recruits must be selected according to the standard of group training, run five miles back according to the prescribed route, carry 50 catties of rice and do 30 squats, and then stand in place without shaking to join the supply team.
After joining the team, there is no violation of rules and disciplines for a month, there is no rebellion, surrender, or betrayal, and those who can recite the whole discipline can be promoted and made up for the team, and the soldiers will receive dividends.
At the same time, he made adjustments to the front battalion, and the number of personal guards was increased to one hundred, led by Ma Jiu, and Song Xiaoniu's pacification team had forty people.
The soldiers were divided into two squadrons (240 people each) and a supply team (520 people), Yang Yi, the leader of Squadron A, Zhang Bo, Liu She and Gao Hanzi, the leader of Squadron B, Gu Da, and Song Jiuyi, Wan Siyou and Luo You.
The supply team is Liu Hongsheng, and the five teams are Lin Shuntang, Xin Chi, Wei Zhou'er, Liao Sanqing and Xie Baozi.
The archery team is still led by Huang Qin, and the deputy team is Zhou Tu.
By the way, the archers (one hundred and ten people) and scouts did not take part in the training, their training ground was in the mountains and forests outside the city. The meat that the group trainers eat every day is the game they supply.
As a result, there were still more than 1,000 people who could not be included in the list for various reasons, and they were divided into four squadrons, and they were all assigned leaders to manage.
In short, in this way, the originally chaotic people's camp immediately became orderly, and even the daily cleaning and garbage collection were done in turn.
After the general inspection, Jiang expressed great admiration, and simply handed over the management of the battalion to Li Dan, and he was happy to be at ease.
The process of training is also the process of developing the organization, and the number of members of the Chashan Club is quietly growing. Soon, the total number of people on Geyang's side alone exceeded 500, and almost all of them joined the company.
During this period, Li Dan learned that Guangxin had also developed more than 200 people, so there were already 700 people, which was a considerable force.
Li Dan also drafted the "Statute of Members" and the "Regulations on Internal Supervision and Auditing", and copied several copies with the consent of Sheng Huaien and Zhou Qin and distributed them for use.