The whole army competition is still going on.
No matter what, the Jiangnan Camp has a large force of 90,000 people, and the number of people going back and forth lasts for nearly ten days. This is because the majority of the people are just dawdling.
No matter what, it won't be over in a short time.
Festival Hall.
The affairs of the whole camp were still very complicated, but fortunately Jia Hui was a veteran who had been responsible for the affairs of nearly 200,000 Northern Expedition troops. In addition, with the help of the chief officer Deng Yuan, it was not too busy.
"Grand Governor, this is the damage list of our army in the first half of the year."
Deng Yuan walked out from behind the pile of papers in the hall, took a pile of documents and came to Jia Hui, who was sitting cross-legged on the Arhat bed next to him, reading a storybook.
The commander-in-chief of the Zuo Army is here. If he doesn't seize this opportunity to cry for something, he will never let him go even to death!
"Huh? Let me see..."
Jia Hui put down the storybook in his hand, took the abacus from the desk, opened the paperwork and began to calculate the accounts.
Time gradually passed amidst the crackling of the abacus beads. Deng Yuan did not dare to go back and continue handling military affairs. He stood in front of Jia Hui and waited for questioning.
"Hey, with the amount of losses you have, I'm afraid it will take more than half a year, right?"
Finally finishing the weaponry, he looked at Deng Yuan with a puzzled look on his face as he looked at the damage to the 20,000 pieces of gun-tipped steel knives and muskets he had made.
"Grand, Grand Governor, you also know that our Huangmei Tiantian is very humid. If you are not careful about maintenance, it will rust a lot! Gun heads, arrowheads and waist knives can still be used after being polished. But these cannons and fire I don’t have the capability to do this with a gun!
You also know that almost all firearms craftsmen are concentrated in the Shendu Military and Linzi Military Combat Bureau. There are only ten firearms craftsmen in the camp, and at most they can only repair broken parts.
They didn't dare to dismantle and repair this kind of gun barrel when it was rusty. They had to send it to the two major war bureaus to repair it!
Last year and the year before last, the Governor's Office used the excuse that Jiangnan had been at peace for many years and that our troops had not been in war for a long time and it was useless to change their equipment. They reduced our army's armaments to almost half, and not a single firearm was updated..."
"Then you set your sights on me? Do you want me to give you something more?"
Jia Hui picked up the tea cup and drank the tea in one gulp.
"The Grand Governor... is wise!"
Deng Yuan clasped his fists and bent down deeply.
Things must be done from beginning to end, even though he will soon be resigning as the chief military officer of Jiangnan Camp.
But even if he is resigning tomorrow, he must fulfill his responsibilities as a general officer for the camp before resigning!
Not to mention that this is the army where he started!
Tan Ji, who was sitting in the corner and flipping through the verification documents, sat there quietly. This kind of topic is not something he, Qianhu, especially an embroidered guard Qianhu, can interrupt.
This is a conversation between the chief officer of the Jiangnan Camp and one of the five great governors of the Fifth Military Governor's Mansion. He, a fifth-grade petty official who has nothing to do with this matter, got involved and risked his life?
Not to mention that whenever there is new equipment, their embroidered clothes are the first to be installed.
In this matter, just be a bystander.
"It's no use crying about poverty. As you said, Jiangnan Camp has not fought a war for more than ten years. Instead of leaving the latest weapons and equipment here to slowly rust, I would rather send them to Jiubian. Go to the southwest, send it to Jiangnan to prepare for the Japanese army, and send it to the Anxi Protectorate!
I do sympathize with you, but the border troops need these weapons even more..."
"Grand Governor!"
Hearing Jia Hui's words, Deng Yuan immediately knelt down anxiously and wanted to say something to refute, but couldn't say anything.
Because the Governor was right.
Those troops who have been at war with foreign races all year round are in greater need of replenishing their weapons.
But how could I be willing to give up these weapons and equipment?
"Report! Report to the Grand Governor, Headquarters! There are embroidered clothes to report!"
Deng Yuan wanted to say something more, but the announcement coming from outside the door interrupted their conversation.
"Xiu Yi? Tell them to come in!"
Jia Hui also shouted towards the door.
"yes!"
The messenger outside the door quickly walked back.
"Let's put the matter of military preparation aside for now. Let's wait until Xiu Yi finishes reporting to me."
"…yes!"
Deng Yuan was still a little unwilling, but he still obeyed Jia Hui's order, walked towards the backyard and left the festival hall.
Now, only Jia Hui and Tan Ji were left in the festival hall.
Jia Hui also put on his boots and got off the Arhat bed, and took a few steps to the Taishi chair behind the hall.
Tan Ji also left his seat and stood in front of the left side of the hall.
Soon, three embroidered clothes appeared in front of him.
"For this humble position, please see the Governor! Please see your lord!"
An embroidered man dressed as a small flag knelt down and saluted Jia Hui first, and then saluted Tan Ji. The two people behind him followed suit.
"Well, get up." Jia Hui nodded.
Tan Ji was speechless and walked to Xiao Qi. Xiao Qi only raised one leg. When he saw his Qianhu adults coming, he quickly knelt down on one knee and took out a small bamboo tube from his arms, holding it in both hands. To Tan Ji.
Tan Ji took it and began to check the details of the sealing method.
Only then did the three Xiuyi stand up.
"Well, where did it come from?"
Tan Ji confirmed that this was the sealing method used by their Jinling Qianhu Institute, and asked while removing the seal.
"Sir, it's the carrier pigeon that Du Yi took away."
"I understand, please step back."
"I humbly obey my orders!"
The three people who had just stood up knelt down on one knee again, clasping their fists, then stood up and left.
After removing all the seals, Tan Ji turned the mouth of the tube outward, pulled out the stopper, waited for a few breaths, and then turned the mouth of the tube toward himself.
Take out the paper roll inside.
"hiss--"
Tan Ji's pupils shrank and he took a breath.
"Grand Governor, something bad has happened!"
Tan Ji quickly handed the note to Jia Hui.
Jia Hui took it and took a closer look. There were very few words on the note, but it was as heavy as a thousand stones.
"Slave change
Mani changed her name to Bailian
Gambling Room from Bai Lian
"lurking inside"
Mani...Bai Lian...teaching?
Why is there a White Lotus Sect in this world?
Jia Hui was also stunned for a moment.
This was the first time in his life that he had heard of the White Lotus Sect, a cult that had been engaged in rebellion for seven hundred years in his previous life. He had even thought that it did not exist!
Jia Hui stood up, walked in front of Tan Ji, and whispered: "Tan Ji, go to the Jinling Hundred Households Office to investigate! There was such a huge rebellion by Manichaeism in the previous dynasty, and it was absolutely impossible to drive them all away.
Go check out the major rebellions around the founding of the People's Republic of China. Are there any mentions of Mani or Bai Lian? "
"Yes, I'll check it out right now!"
Tan Ji also whispered back, turned around and ran out the door, almost tripping over the threshold, staggering a few times before he stabilized his body and ran towards the stable.
Jia Hui also walked around anxiously in the festival hall.
He had also heard a little bit about the Jiangnan slave rebellion in his previous life. Generally speaking, it was the fight back of the servants and tenant farmers who could not bear the oppression of their masters for generations.
For example, Xu Xia's Hakkas were almost wiped out by their rebellious tenant farmers.
It also coincided with the Manchurians entering the country, and when they reached Jiangnan, a bizarre but not unexpected scene occurred.
The landowners and gentry spent all their wealth to fight against the Qing Dynasty, but the rebel servants below were scrambling to lead the way.
This slave rebellion lasted from the late Ming Dynasty to the Yongzheng Dynasty of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. It was not until the imperial court abolished untouchable status that the untouchables were able to change their status as good, obtain good status, and transform from animals back to human beings.
This is easy to handle. After all, if they want to cause trouble, they must move from assassinations in the dark to the sunshine.
At that time, Jia Hui did not believe that he could not defeat a group of rabble composed of various small groups and hills.
The problem is that the White Lotus Sect got involved.
The teachings of the White Lotus Sect are a guiding light for these people who have been trampled in the mud for generations!
After they have a unified and self-confessed lofty goal, their combat effectiveness will definitely skyrocket.
But that's all. A rat in the gutter is a rat in the gutter. It will never be different just because it walks in the sun.
Instead, they will be attacked more violently and have nowhere to escape.
Jia Hui firmly believed that as long as they formally launched an uprising and ran out of the gutter onto the streets, he would definitely crush them.
But the question is how prepared are they?
It is certain that that gambling house belongs to the White Lotus Sect, and even the two shopkeepers have a high probability of belonging to the White Lotus Sect.
If they are really the White Lotus Sect, it is unimaginable how much benefit they have gained by monopolizing the exchanges between King Zhongxin and the salt merchants, the exchanges between the salt merchants, the army, and the Jiangnan aristocratic families!
Have all these people lost their minds?
Jia Hui walked to Arhat's bedside, picked up the teapot, filled the teacup with tea, and drank it all in one gulp.
With his mind restored to clarity and calm, Jia Hui sat on the Luohan bed and started sorting out the relationship again based on the known information.
In fact, it is mainly a problem of two aspects.
The leader of the Jiangnan family in recent years has been the Zhen family, and the Zhen family has been King Zhongxin's biggest supporter.
Therefore, in order to keep the Zhen family in his hands as much as possible, he almost obeyed the Zhen family's words. Anyway, the Zhen family has a shallow foundation, so it won't be difficult to deal with it after he ascends the throne.
This also led to the fact that King Zhongxin only contacted the Jiangnan family through the Zhen family.
It is precisely because of this special relationship that the Jiangnan aristocratic families can only contact King Zhongxin through the Zhen family.
At this time, Shopkeeper Shi and Shopkeeper Bai appeared.
They met when King Zhongxin was still training in the Jiangnan camp and took refuge with him.
Because the two were quite talented, Zhongxin asked Shopkeeper Bai to be his agent for the business partnership with the Zhen family, and gradually became Zhongxin's sole agent for liaison with the Zhen family.
At this point, the proceeds from doing business with the Jiangnan Family fell into the hands of Shopkeeper Bai.
Although Jia Hui and Zhongxin can't play together, he has also been a classmate of King Zhongxin for many years!
Although they were separated by a generation, in fact, Zhongxin, the fourteenth son of the emperor, was about the same age as Jia Hui.
In Jia Hui's impression, King Zhongxin also perfectly inherited the ancestral character of the Chen royal family - big heart.
Even because of the favor of the emperor and the concubine, she has been pampered since she was a child, and she has had everything she needs. Having never experienced any beating from society, he has become even worse - short-sighted.
Every quarter, he would only look through the account books given to him by two shopkeepers. As long as he made money, he would stop interfering.
Only the two shopkeepers themselves know how much the profit is.
Presumably Shopkeeper Shi was similar, except that he was responsible for contacting Jiangnan Camp from the beginning. Later, the salt merchant was made independent by King Zhongxin and Shopkeeper Bai, and was specifically entrusted to him.
And through the relationship within the church, he set a trap for Hu Shenjiang through the casino, so that Hu Shenjiang, who had lost the red eye, gave something that was related to his life to the gambling house...
Just when Hu Shenjiang was lost and thinking about where to get money to pay off gambling debts and redeem things, shopkeeper Shi took advantage of Jiangnan Daying's generals' familiarity with him to find him, and with the gratitude of Hu Shenjiang and others, he gave the salt Shang's private life was introduced to him.
In this way, General Hu Shen became the first general of the Jiangnan camp to break the rules, and time and time again he dragged down the generals who were close to him and were familiar with him.
The next step is nothing more than reselling ordnance through these generals. Therefore, most of the swords and guns in the arsenal of Jiangnan Camp are not actually rusty and damaged, but have been resold!
Thinking of this, Jia Hui placed the teacup on his left and placed the teapot on the table in the same place. Then he clenched his right fist and smashed the mahogany desk on his right side with one punch.
Do these generals have any bottom line?
No, with Deng Yuan's style of strictly observing military discipline and often personally inspecting various warehouses, he definitely knew about this!
"Deng Yuan!"
Jia Hui suddenly shouted towards the backyard.
Then he stood up again and pulled out his Yan Ling Dao, which was custom-made by Shendu Bingzhan Bureau and was a few inches longer than usual. He took out a piece of silk cloth from his arms and wiped it carefully.
Fortunately among the misfortunes, firearms are very strictly controlled. Regardless of whether it is a gun or cannon, even if the barrel explodes until it shatters into pieces, it will still take three feet of plowing to dig out all the fragments, and then only 90% of the prototype can be turned in and submitted for replacement.
If they can't put it together, they will be treated as reselling arms. Moreover, the imperial court will send the Sanfa Division instead of the Governor's Office to investigate the case. Basically dead.
"Grand Governor, the subordinate is here!"
Deng Yuan, who had been waiting in the backyard, heard Jia Hui calling him. He responded quickly, opened the door curtain and entered the festival hall. He found that Jia Hui's back was facing him. Deng Yuan didn't think much and walked behind him. .
"Grand Governor, now can we talk about the ordnance..."
Jia Hui suddenly turned around with an indifferent expression, raised his leg suddenly, kicked Deng Yuan out, and smashed it on the table in the hall. The items on the table were instantly scattered in the air, one by one. It swayed and fell.
"Oh... cough cough cough! Grand Governor... cough cough... why..."
Deng Yuan was stunned by the kick, and huddled on the ground holding his stomach, looking in disbelief at the general who was holding a steel sword and glaring with anger!
"Ask me!"
Jia Hui lowered his head and stared at Deng Yuan. He leaned forward and walked up to him. He kicked him again and hit Deng Yuan's arms covering his abdomen. Deng Yuan flew up and knocked down the vase. The flowerpot stand with the glassware on it shattered on the floor.
At the same time, a sound of bone cracking reached the ears of the two of them. The bones in both arms were kicked to pieces and the pain was like heartbreaking. Deng Yuan wanted to shout out, but he was unable to scream because of the spasms coming from his abdomen. , I can only vent out "ho ho ho".
At this time, the voices of soldiers who came to check after hearing the loud noise came from outside the door.
"Grand Governor, Chief Deng, what are you..."
"Noisy, get out!"
Jia Hui had neither the time nor the obligation to explain to them. He yelled toward the door with a murderous look on his face, then closed his mouth and looked at Deng Yuan who was twisting on the ground again.
The soldiers, frightened by the murderous aura emanating from Jia Hui, immediately rolled and crawled away from here.
"Grand, Grand Governor... cough cough... vomit!"
With this kind of strength, he didn't even use his full strength in the last competition!
It hurts me so much!
Deng Yuan fell to the ground and watched helplessly as Jia Hui held her on his neck with a steel knife.
"You know about them selling ordnance. No, you also participated in this!"
Deng Yuan's pupils shrank, and then he closed his eyes in pain.
After all...it was discovered.
I wanted to take advantage of the fact that I had become acquainted with Jia Hui in the past two days and take the opportunity to smooth over this bad debt. Can…
What information did Xiu Yi just send?
"Why didn't you tell me then? Why did you lie to me?"
Jia Hui forcibly regained his senses and spoke indifferently.
"Xia, Xiaguan, Xiaguan..."
Deng Yuan's mind was in chaos, and his language system, which was already underdeveloped because he seldom spoke, could not form any words.
"No need to explain, I don't want to hear it."
Jia Hui let out a long sigh, put the steel knife back into its scabbard, and hung it on his waist.
"Why on earth, you should wait to explain it to Sanfa Si!"
"Three...Fasi..." Deng Yuan was instantly discouraged and collapsed on the ground like a puddle of mud. He no longer had the demeanor of a general officer.
"I have no choice but to be a lower official... I have no choice!
The lower official was picked up by them... Ahem... If I didn't help them take out the food, there would be no me in Jiangnan... Oh... Ahem... The place where my Deng family was established... The place where the Deng family was established! "
Deng Yuan kept mumbling. Jia Hui did not leave, but stood there, expressionlessly watching Deng Yuan continue to explain.
Suddenly, Deng Yuan stopped talking and looked at Jia Hui expectantly.
"Grand Governor, I will die for you! Ahem, cough, cough...it is not a pity for a lower official to die! Can you...ahem...can you spare my family, please...ho ho...please, Jie'er and the others worship you...still Call you uncle!"
"Uncle? Ha."
As if he heard something funny, Jia Hui sneered, squatting down and looking at Deng Yuan with expectant eyes.
"You don't think that just because you treat me to a few meals and ask your sons to call me uncle, you become one of my own?"
Deng Yuan's face suddenly became stunned.
"Who do you think you are? What are you? You are just a prisoner who betrayed his accomplices to save the lives of his family!
You take a few polite words at the dinner seriously and consider yourself to be on my team? What does the life and death of your family have to do with me? There are so many people who admire me, including your sons!
Hey, why am I talking to you so much? "
Jia Hui laughed at himself and stood up on his knees.
"Jia Hui, the murderer of a thousand swords, you must not..."
A boot stepped heavily on Deng Yuan's face. Deng Yuan could no longer utter the curse words. He was hit hard and fell into a coma.
Jia Hui slowly lifted the foot that was on Deng Yuan's face and put it back on the ground.
"However, I still admire your eldest son Deng Jie very much. I will throw him to Anxi. Whether he lives or dies... it all depends on his fate."
Jia Hui looked at Deng Yuan's miserable face and murmured.
With a long sigh, he turned around and left the festival hall, which was already covered with paper.
As if he heard Jia Hui's words, Deng Yuan's frown suddenly relaxed a lot.
(End of chapter)
