The year 1639, the Chinese New Year's Eve of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, is finally coming.

On this day, the new military fort of Aoyama has been put into use.

Now in the castle of Aoyama New Army.

There are so many people.

First of all, it is He Xuan, the deputy Qianhu, the highest official.

Then, below is Zhang Heizi, a hundred households, as his deputy.

The second is the general banner of He Maming.

Then, the veterans who followed He Xuan first were all raised to small flags. Later, the imperial court also transferred 20 small flags and 200 veterans.

Now there are a total of 24 or 50 soldiers in the entire Qingshan New Army Fort.

The total population is about eight or nine hundred people.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, every house is lit up with red lanterns.

He who kills chickens kills chickens, and he who slaughters ducks slaughters ducks.

"Let's Qingshan Dun, no, Qingshan Military Fort is really good. Shi Wei's wife slaughtered the chicken: "In previous years, during the Chinese New Year, it would be good to be able to cut one or two meats." But He Qianhu did not deduct any food and salary, and usually provided a canteen for us to eat cheap meals, so that we could save money. During the Chinese New Year, you can cut a few catties of meat. ”

Moreover, during the Chinese New Year, everyone also sent a chicken or a duck, He Qianhu is really the reincarnation of the tenth generation of good people. ”

"Yes, He Qianhu is so good. Except for the bad habit of catching people and eating dark feasts. Zhang, who was cutting the duck, nodded and said, she is Zuo Ming's daughter-in-law.

"My men have been soldiers in several places, and wherever they are, they drink the blood of soldiers. There is only this Qingshan Military Fort, He Qianhu does not drink any soldier blood, but sticks his own money to us as soldiers. Gui said with emotion, she was the wife of one of the two hundred veterans who were later transferred to Qingshan Military Fort, and she could speak well. She now also sincerely admires He Qianhu.

"We follow He Qianhu, and the days will only get better and better. ”

"Yes, the days will get better and better. The women in the circle had their eyes full of anticipation as they spoke.

For those of them at the bottom, they just want to live a better life.

However, in this troubled era, such a humble wish is also difficult to realize, and only in Qingshan Military Fort can life be much better.

The women are killing chickens, slaughtering ducks, and boiling meat, and the whole city is wafting with the smell of meat, all celebrating this rare and hearty New Year.

And what about the men?

Then they get together, drink the wine, and play the cards.

For example, Zhang Heizi, He Ma Ming, Zhang Fan, these people who like to play cards, all play cards in a circle, but they play quite small, there are some gamblers in Qingshan Military Fort, for example, Zhang Heizi is a typical gambler. However, He Touer gave an order, it is okay to play cards, but the win or loss cannot exceed 100 yuan. If it is exceeded, he will be ready to get out of the Qingshan Military Fort, and He Tou'er's order is still quite effective in the Qingshan Military Fort.

Some got together to drink, like He Xuan, Shi Wei, Zuo Ming, and Zuo Jian, who got together to drink some wine.

"Chief, I'll toast you. Shi Wei stood up: "During the time I followed the leader, life is getting better and better day by day. Thanks Chief. ”

Hearing Shi Wei say this, Zuo Ming, Zuo Jian and others also stood up together: "Let's have a drink." ”

"Actually, I didn't do anything. He Xuan raised the wine glass in his hand: "I also respect everyone." Although we slaughtered hundreds of Tartars, the number of Tartars was more than 100,000. I am afraid that they will increase their aggression in the coming year, and when the time comes, the brothers will have to fight again. ”

"When you become a soldier and embark on this road, you have a desperate consciousness, and there is nothing to say. Zuo Ming said: "Respect the head." ”

"Respectfully. ”

"Respect everyone, and also respect the end of the twelfth year of Zhen. ”

After drinking with these people, it was late at night.

He Xuan carried the sword on his back, stepped on the night, and walked on the smooth road of Qingshan New Army Fort.

Outside, it was pitch black.

Today, the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, there is no moon and no stars, it is very dark.

He Xuan took a deep breath of cold breath, he has been in this era for more than half a year, and unconsciously, he has completely integrated into this era.

Tomorrow, the first day of the Lunar New Year, it will be 1640 AD, that is, the thirteenth year of Chongzhen.

Historically, the fall of the Ming Dynasty was only four years away.

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After the Chinese New Year, He Xuan took a few days off to let his soldiers relax and relax.

After the first month, He Xuan called Zhang Heizi: "Zhang Heizi, our Qingshan Military Fort now has a total of about 250 soldiers." ”

"Yes, the more than 40 soldiers we originally recruited were originally considered new recruits. But after a Niu Lu attacked us that year, he was not a recruit. Now you can also be considered a veteran. In addition, after you became the head of thousands of households, the two hundred veterans sent by the imperial court were two hundred and fifty in total. But it's not for me to say, those veterans sent by the court behind the court have a lot of soldiers, and they are not as good as the more than 40 recruits we recruited ourselves. Zhang Heizi complained.

"Bing Youzi, don't be afraid. I decided to train them well. He Xuan said.

Zhang Heizi was a little dumbfounded all of a sudden, what does this mean? Isn't it his own task to train soldiers? Could it be that he has done his job too poorly, and the leader is not satisfied with his work.

Lao Tie, it's heartbroken!

"Don't worry, it's not that there is a problem with your work, it's just that I feel that the strength of your training soldiers is a little small, or you can see how strong my training soldiers are. He Xuan smiled: "I feel that the Manchus will have a large-scale invasion this year, train them to be stronger, and then they can shed less blood in wartime." ”

Of course, this is only one of the reasons.

The second reason is that He Xuan wants to draw some negative emotional values from these people so that he can enhance his attributes.

Last time, after destroying the Fan family, their own attribute value reached 4.75, and when they destroyed the Wang family, they also suffered a lot, but they didn't get the Wang family's head Wang Dengyu, a figure who left a name in history, and didn't meet the famous figure of Fu King Zhu Changxun, who left a name in history, and earned a lot of negative sentiment points, earning a total of 2,000, pushing their own attribute value to 4.95.

And after being busy with these things, after the New Year, I thought that I still had 200 new recruits from the imperial court under my hands, and I didn't squeeze negative emotional values, so of course I couldn't let it go.

Zhang Heizi still feels very heartbroken, and feels that his labor has been denied, but since He Tou'er has spoken, he can only be.

"Okay, then call these people to the gate of Qingshan New Army Fort immediately. ”

"Yes. ”