"Our soldiers, one can fight ten."

Behind the glass window of the barracks, he looked at the soldiers of the whole battalion, and proudly said to the servants beside him, who conveyed military orders from the large battalions to the small battalions, and did not feel wrong when he heard the words of the general.

The Ming Dynasty is invincible and has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Two soldiers and one team, three teams and one team, three teams and one sentry, three sentry and one small battalion, two small battalions and one large battalion, three battalions and one general battalion, plus the rest of the combat teams, the size of one general battalion is about 3,000 people.

Because the threat of war in Goryeo was reduced, in order to better maintain law and order, in addition to controlling various strategic points in Goryeo, with the three armies of Goryeo as the auxiliary, in addition to controlling various strategic points in Goryeo, garrisons were also arranged in major cities.

Haeju, Hwanghae-do.

Since the former Goryeo Huai'an Gong, the second generation of the left army moderation made Li Mengzong choose to be attached, and was awarded the title of King Zhongren of the Ming Dynasty, so that the Ming Dynasty has another prince who starts with the word loyalty, these are the kings or leaders of the vassal states who took the initiative to attach them, as well as the loyal king from Boni, the loyal king from Sulu and so on.

Haeju is the largest trading city in the northern region of Goryeo, both politically and economically very important, because at the request of the governor of Goryeo, two small battalions of the Ming army were set up again, as well as 3,000 Goryeo Northern Army, totaling more than 4,000 people.

Twenty miles north of the port, is a camp in Daming, outside the camp, a railway is being built.

Early morning.

The sun shines through the thin mist, illuminating the barracks.

The soldiers got up early and started the day's training.

They were dressed in uniform uniforms, young men in their early twenties, and their faces were full of fervent conviction.

On the playground, they lined up in a neat line and carried out various trainings, such as running, push-ups, weightlifting, etc., and their movements were powerful and accurate, showing the superb military quality of this era.

The daily drills of the Ming army were not very strict, one strict drill on three days, one big drill on five days, and a small drill on weekdays.

Ma Dingguo and his comrades gathered around, and there was a soldier from the Beiping military household, who was playing the flute, and at this time, a sentinel came over and said, "Ma Dingguo, your family has sent a letter. ”

Before the sentry finished speaking, Ma Dingguo had already gotten up excitedly and gave a military salute to the sentry.

The clerk's room in the barracks was already crowded with soldiers, looking for their own family letters, Ma Dingguo joined them, and after a while, Ma Dingguo went back to his dormitory with the family letters sent by his family in both hands.

"Second brother, you have a little nephew again, your third brother and daughter-in-law gave birth to a big fat boy, and our old Ma family has added another ding."

"Brother Ling made the decision, went to the bank for a loan, and planned to build three houses in his hometown, one for your eldest brother, one for you, and one for the third brother, and the money you sent home was used to build your house."

"Your eldest brother has a daughter-in-law for you, she is the youngest daughter of the old Liu family in the next village, you should have seen it when you were a child, and you will marry you when you come home from vacation."

"Your eldest brother said that he is old, and when he buys a house with you and helps you marry a daughter-in-law, he can't help it, and he will have to rely on yourself in the future, and your eldest brother is also difficult, the boys of his family have become relatives, and they have children, your eldest brother has helped this family, and helped that family, and he is getting older and older, like an old man."

"A few days ago, your eldest sister was beaten by her man, and your eldest brother took the family to scold her man, but her in-laws were still sensible and said a lot of good things."

"Actually, your eldest brother shouldn't do it, the water spilled by the married daughter, and your eldest sister still has to live under the eaves of other people, why bother, but no one can persuade your eldest brother."

Ma Dingguo's eyes were red.

The eldest brother is more than ten years older than him, and there are two eldest brothers on his head, but he died in his early years, and later the Sichuan reform, the military household received the support of the imperial court, and life became better and better, and the family had more food.

So with himself and his third brother, the eldest brother is like a father, over the years, my father has long been unable to go to the ground, and it is the eldest brother who takes care of their younger brothers.

Ma Dingguo never felt that his family was taking advantage of him, and he didn't have the slightest idea of this. Most of the military salaries of up to two yuan and five jiao per month were sent back home by him and handed over to the eldest brother.

Ma Dingguo was homesick.

From Sichuan to Shandong as a soldier, and from Shandong to Goryeo, from the age of 18 to 22, Ma Dingguo has been away from his hometown for four years.

In the five-year military system, only a small number of people will choose to retire, and the majority will choose 10 or even 20 years.

Six days of leave a month, twenty days of annual leave.

Ma Dingguo accumulated forty days of vacation in the military tent, so he submitted an application for leave to the clerical office, and not long after, the general above approved it.

Ma Dingguo invited his comrades to a drink, and the next day left the barracks with his luggage and bought a ticket at the dock.

Goryeo could not collect taxes from the Damyeong.

The port is managed by the Yamen of the Municipal Department of Shipping and the Yamen of the Department of Maritime Taxation, and belongs to the Department of Shandong Buzheng.

At the customs clearance department at the port, the dingcha strictly inspected people's belongings.

The line of the platoon stretched for a long time, and the Ding Cha checked very slowly, and Ma Dingguo, who was in the back, was a little incomprehensible.

From morning to noon, the team was only halfway checked.

From time to time, there are people who come to cut in line.

"Do you want a ticket?"

A stranger came to Ma Dingguo's side, asked loudly, without the slightest hint of concealment, and said proudly: "As long as you can buy a new ticket for a dime, you can board the ship without inspection, and the ship will leave immediately." ”

Ma Dingguo was dumbfounded.

If three years ago, the Mading Congress had seen something even more exaggerated, it was when the Auxiliary Garrison Corps had been disbanded.

A real-name whistleblower letter uncovered the inside story here.

Daming implemented real-name reporting letters, and strictly ensured the safety and normal living and working environment of whistleblowers very early.

They take the system and regulations as a favor to move themselves.

It's just two dimes.

There are many people who can afford to pay money, and the soldiers' military salary is two yuan and five dimes per month, and at this moment, people who are reluctant to even pay a dime do not understand too many rules and the operation of society.

The Sichuan local report letter was sent to the provincial capital, the provincial government was sent to the imperial court, and the imperial court sent it to Shandong, until Ma Dingguo returned to Goryeo, and wrote a second real-name report letter and a third real-name report letter.

"This is Ma Dingguo's luck, and it is also Daming's luck."

Capital.

Zhu Gaochi took this report letter that I don't know how many changes have been undertaken, and looked at the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Examination Department, and the Jinyi Health Department with a calm face. Dai Deyi died, and he was replaced by Jing Qing, Ji Gang also died of illness, and he was replaced by Han Hao, as well as Lu Zhongheng of the Review Department.

In the early days, although some historical figures had different qualities, Zhu Gaochi could make a general judgment, and in the new era, most of the unfamiliar faces of civil and military officials appeared.

Under each face, what kind of heart is hidden, Zhu Gaochi can't see.

"Can the three departments still be trusted?"

Zhu Gaochi stared at Jing Qing.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is angry, and the ministers vouch for the name of sex, and the three departments are credible." Jing Qing said stiffly.

Zhu Gaochi's calm expression finally became a little angry, he was not afraid of local problems, what he was most afraid of was that there was a problem with the procuratorial system, because if there was a problem with the procuratorial system, the Ming Dynasty would inevitably start to rot.

"Then why did this real-name report letter go around for a year, if it didn't accidentally fall into my hands, would there be no follow-up, what explanation do you have?"

"It is a matter of Goryeo, the situation is complicated, and there are bad habits left over from the former assistant garrison corps, it is indeed a place that the Metropolitan Procuratorate has not taken into account, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will carry out rectification and submit a satisfactory answer to His Royal Highness the Prince."

Jing Qing said firmly.

Several others chimed in.

Zhu Gaochi was a little dissatisfied in his heart, what he was most sad about was that only one soldier from Sichuan insisted on reporting such a thing, and no one else reported it, what does it mean?

Ordinary people lack the idea of fighting for their rights.

It is true that, as Jingqing said, there are many reasons for the Hwanghaedo in Goryeo, such as the distance and the situation, and if the management is too strict, will it lead to problems in the organization of the Ming Dynasty in Goryeo, and there is also the bad environment that has been formed left over from the former auxiliary garrison.

But as long as the people of Daming can insist on reporting and don't choose to retreat because it doesn't matter to them and feel that it doesn't hurt them, they won't have changed for so many years.

You must know that you are inheriting the supervision system created by Zhu Yuanzhang, and the decentralization of power in the Hongwu Dynasty is itself an unprecedented strength, coupled with the continuation of the Yongle Dynasty, such a thing can still happen.

This is not a trivial matter, and there is a huge phenomenon of social relations behind it.

What Zhu Gaochi wants is not the century-old glorious Ming Dynasty, but the Chinese civilization that stands tall in the world.

The former does not need Zhu Gaochi.

Because Da Ming is the first in the world.

But Zhu Gaochi can only choose to believe in the officials, and the officials still do it, and Jing Qing is indeed an official with high overall morality.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Censorship Department, and the Jinyi Health Department jointly enforced the law and started the second national picket campaign, which expanded to the entire Ming Dynasty, including the overseas Ming system.

What is different from before is that Zhu Gaochi made a speech in the newspaper, criticizing the Ming people in Huangzhou, scolding them for being numb and short-sighted.

Zhu Gaochi, who scolded people like this, did not disgust the people, but won the support of more people.

The common people are getting by, they are not stupid, and they know who is really thinking about them.

The imperial court issued some new laws.

"The rafters that come out rot first."

"The nail that comes out of the head is beaten first."

Such colloquialisms became forbidden, and anyone who advocated them was punished, and laws were enacted so that people could not say anything, and if they were spoken, they would be fined or imprisoned.

At the same time, the whole army launched a rally to praise Ma Dingguo, starting with the army, to learn and advocate the spirit of Ma Dingguo. Then the school, the Grand Theater, and the Song and Dance Theater were opened one after another.

Those who claim to be smart people have become street rats in the new round of propaganda and public opinion, and everyone despises them, and no one dares to say such things anymore, not even to express them.

"One for all, all for one."

"Mutual help and love, harmonious coexistence."

"I am for others, others are for me."

Kataoi, Ichibo.

The old new round of propaganda began, and under the organization of the health center, the military households needed to study regularly in the public housing of the health center.

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In ancient times, there was a system of post houses, where people could write letters and send salutes to people from afar. In the modern period, the postman system established by the West is the result of civilization that the West has been advocating.

Under the Shangguan Bridge in Yangzhou, Li Ji Weaving Factory.

In the alley around the factory, the family held a funeral, and the death was a lonely and widowed woman, and the director of the workshop wrote a mourning letter against the woman's wishes.

Because it was going overseas, the cost of sending the letter was not low, and the neighbors of the studio jointly contributed money to make the mourning letter send out smoothly.

The mourning letters were mixed with various letters, which were sent to various places by railway through the post station along with the package, and finally to Qiongzhou Mansion.

Qiongzhou Mansion is an island, but the recipient is no longer in Qiongzhou Mansion, according to the inquiry, it was learned that this person moved to Bonidusi, considering the identity of this person's soldier, the post station of Qiongzhou Mansion did not return the mourning letter in the black envelope, but sent it to Bonidusi through a merchant ship.

Because there are three kinds of spices in the local area, it was called the Three Treasures by the merchants, and with the trade of the merchants, it soon became lively, and it became a bazaar, and when the Ming government arrived, the city of Semarang was established.

Monopoly of the three spice trades.

Semarang is the most prosperous city in the eastern part of the country, close to the Three Kingdoms of Sulu. In addition to the 500 soldiers, there are also military households who have migrated from all over the country, and the permanent population is as high as more than 6,000 people, and the population will be nearly 10,000 when the port trade is added.

Semarang City is a coastal city built on a marina.

The merchants had a monopoly on spices, and asked the local natives to provide them with spices, and traded Ming goods with each other, a piece of cotton cloth or a piece of flint, and they could exchange a lot of spices.

As the number of Ming people grew, food shortages became a top priority.

Therefore, the first thing that Bonidusi did when it was established was to organize military households to reclaim the land, relying on the attraction of food and commodities, absorbing a large number of indigenous young people, and in order to protect the means of production, another 500 soldiers came.

From zero to one, from one to two.

The original Boni Kingdom was not a unified regime, but only a larger tribe, and did not control the entire island, and its sphere of influence was in the rich areas of the northern coast of the island, as well as large and small tribes such as Wenlang Mashen and Sujidan.

However, it did not prevent the Ming from including the entire island into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and with the establishment of Bonidusi, the banner of the Ming Dynasty has fluttered on the land.

"Jingle bell."

Several unclothed natives, using hammers exchanged from the hands of Ming merchants, kept hitting the back of the axe, the sharp side of the axe stopped on the surface of the stone, and with the blow of the hammer, a stone brick split out.

A large stone that can split into a dozen smooth stone bricks.

Although the surface is rough and varied, the smooth surface is very flat, and the natives who work on the farms use these stone bricks to build stone houses and lean against the surrounding areas of the manors, forming villages one after another.

Thirty-six-year-old Wu Zhenmeng has already retired from the army.

Because of the murder, he was not promoted in the army, served in the overseas corps for ten years, and was tired of the disorder and chaos of the overseas corps.

Relying on his qualifications and accumulated wealth, he responded to the call of the guard, moved from the Qiongzhou Mansion to Bonidusi, received the support of the army, and became the owner of the local manor, with hundreds of acres of land and a forest.

"The stone house is sturdy, but it's too ugly to keep warm."

Good friend laughed.

Wu Zhenmeng shook his head: "Who doesn't want to build our Daming house, but where can they afford the money, and Sanhe soil, bricks, these things, Bonidusi itself is few, and the merchants are unwilling to trade these unprofitable materials." ”

The Ming people overseas did not restrict weapons, nor did they limit armor.

Wu Zhenmeng's family has a set of military armor, and on his waist, there is a short gun purchased from Daming, as well as a saber, which is dressed like several surrounding farmers.

All of them have retired from the army and are very skilled in the use of weapons.

After watching the aborigines build the house, several people left on horseback and went back to Zhuangzi of Wu Zhenmeng.

There is food prepared by the women in the Zhuangzi.

In the middle is a tiled house, because the ground is mud, there is no specially laid ground, so on both sides are half-suspended bamboo buildings, and because of the hot weather, most of their daytime tracks are in the bamboo building.

After eating with friends, in the afternoon, Wu Zhenmeng took the children to hunt.

Wu Zhenmeng has three children.

Two sons, a daughter, and a daughter who is eight years old, clamoring to go hunting, Wu Zhenmeng did not refuse, took two male servants from the house, and a group of six people entered the jungle.

The management of the estate is strict.

In the general manor, there will be three or five indigenous families, who become the cronies of the owner of the manor, and then the rest of the natives, forming a top-down local custom, and the two male servants are from the indigenous families in the manor, and they are deeply trusted by Wu Zhenmeng.

Because the life of these indigenous families is superior to that of the local natives, they are the envy of the rest, and more people want to enter the estate and be protected by their owners.

In order to maintain their better life, a close attachment relationship is formed with the owner.

Riding a horse in a sack coat and pants, holding a spear in his hand, protecting the little masters, Wu Zhenmeng held the reins in one hand and a short hammer in the other, vigilantly observing the movement in the jungle.

The most feared thing is not wild beasts, but poisonous snakes and poisonous insects.

Wu Zhenmeng knows very well that if he wants to live in peace in this land, he must maintain the spirit of civilization and the barbarism of his body as mentioned by His Royal Highness the Prince.

There are not so many constraints, and there are not so many burdens, they just need to live their own lives, which is also the requirement of Bonidus, because there are too few local Ming people.

The three children were excitedly hunting in the jungle, and even the male servants were smiling. Not long after, the sons of the male servants also spontaneously came over and brought back the prey of the young masters and young ladies, and the group returned with a full load.

Until Wu Zhenmeng saw the black mourning letter on the table and his wife's worried eyes, he didn't know what would happen to his husband.

Wu Zhenmeng calmly picked up the mourning letter, opened it and read it, but he didn't speak.

The children felt that their father was unusual, and their mother took them away, and the servants of the house also became nervous and did not dare to make a sound, and it took a long time for Wu Zhenmeng to leave the house.

He rode his horse and went far, far away.

From the time he was sensible, he was a wild seed that he hated and abandoned, but the military households in the guard still did not let him starve to death, and he grew up eating a hundred family meals.

Stayed in Beiping, joined the army, fought in the south and the north, defeated the ghost force Chi Khan in Yili Jiangli, and then found his mother, killed some people, worked in prison for a period of time, and joined the overseas army.

Marrying a wife, having children, and moving from Qiongzhou Mansion to Bonidusi, he is getting farther and farther away from Yangzhou, and is far away to an incredible place.

Every year, money is sent there.

Wu Zhenmeng hated there, it brought him irreparable scars, and made him grit his teeth and wake up day and night, but after so many years, he couldn't let go of it.

She's not old.

Did you receive the money you sent her? Or was it bullied by whom again? Or is it that your health is not good?

By the river, the forest is dense, and Wu Zhenmeng can't see too far.

Soon after.

Wu Zhenmeng returned to his hometown with his family for the first time.

The children got off the steamer and stepped on the land of the interior of the Ming Dynasty, looking at the big city that was a hundred times more prosperous than the capital of Qiongzhou, which made the children excited, it turned out that there was such a place.

Yangzhou.

Top 10 prosperous places in the world.

The children took the train for the first time, went to the restaurant for dinner for the first time, saw so many people for the first time, and there were people everywhere, like crops in the field, the strange Yangzhou, even Wu Zhenmeng was almost unrecognizable.

He worshipped his mother, repaired his father's grave, gave many gifts to the neighbors, and took the children to the guard where he grew up, which had been relocated and left with only some abandoned houses.

After doing a lot of things, Wu Zhenmeng took his family back to Bonidusi.

More and more people are moving to new lands.

When Wu Zhenmeng set off again, he learned that His Majesty the Emperor was also going to Nanyang, and their ship met the fleet of the Ming Dynasty on the sea, among which was a strange huge warship.

The splint on that warship was actually laid with a layer of iron plates.

The children danced and cheered for their own fleet, and the soldiers on the fleet also waved their hands when they saw the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, very enthusiastic.

It's the second year since I returned to my own estate.

Everything in the manor is as before, the servants of several manors, strictly abide by Wu Zhenmeng's rules, as well as the care of the old friends around him, and the patrol of the squad of soldiers, there is nothing to worry Wu Zhenmeng.

The food in each manor ensured the needs of Bonidus, and more Ming warships appeared on the docks to provide the necessary supplies for the Ming warships, in addition to a small amount of coal, they could also provide food, wine and other daily necessities.

The two ships continued south, discovering more land, many large islands.

Zhu Di arrived in Nanyang, not only brought the army, but also brought exploration, and with the support of the Ming national strength, he began the army's outward exploration.

(End of chapter)