Huang Yi said: "Three pairs of armor can always find a way. We are not soldiers of the imperial court. It is inappropriate to give twenty Ming army fat coats."
Li Weida smiled and said: "It's easy for a strong man to serve the imperial court. The generals in Zhangjiakou will more or less give me the name of the Li family."
"Really? If my boss can get me the identity of the flag officer of the Ming Army, I will admit it if I give him twenty fat coats."
Huang Yi knew that the commander-in-chief was the lowest military attache. In theory, he was a seventh-grade military attache. However, a seventh-grade military attache was nothing like that. Compared with the seventh-grade county magistrate, he was in heaven and earth.
Is this reasonable?
Actually quite reasonable.
Under normal circumstances, the seventh grade county magistrate must be a Jinshi master who was born in the imperial examination.
To pass the exam to be a scholar, then to be a civil servant, and finally to be a Jinshi, does it take more than ten years of hard study? It also requires talent and luck.
The chance is probably one in ten thousand! One in 100,000.
As a soldier, as long as you are brave enough to fight and get beheading skills, plus you are lucky enough to win battles, it is relatively easy to join a small flag and become the chief flag officer.
There are also many military attaches who are hereditary, including the famous Qi Jiguang.
It is impossible for civil servants to be hereditary, and most of them are on the right track through the imperial examination. Therefore, civil servants have their own aura and look down on generals.
Therefore, the low-level military attachés of the Ming Dynasty were worthless and had no status.
This was Huang Yi's first time dealing with the Li family firm. He had no friendship, and getting the lowest military position was just a matter of hunting rabbits and helping others.
Don't be afraid of being a young official. At least you can get a legal identity and you will no longer be a gangster.
Besides, how can status and value be generalized?
Does Huang Yi believe in his ability and rise to prominence? want to. You can do it!
"Hahaha..., deal!" Li Weida agreed readily.
It's not that this man has no brains, but after seeing those heads, he firmly believed that the strong man in front of him was a man, a ruthless man who dared to fight against Jiannu and Tatars, and he was willing to make friends with them.
Almost no army in the Ming army was fully staffed, and the generals who took half of their empty quotas were already considered.
The chief flag officer of the battalion does not need to be evaluated and selected by the Military Selection Department of the Imperial Ministry of War. The general of the reinforcement battalion where General Li is located can be appointed directly.
The civil and military generals in Zhangjiakou are basically fed by merchants. How big a deal is it to be given a flag officer?
The Li family spent money to secure the position of general manager for Li Sien, but it was a pity that this person had no ability and had not been promoted to the position of general manager in three years.
If this strong man has the ability to achieve military success, he can use the Li family's connections to help him rise to the top.
Next, Li Dongjia and Mr. Li asked Huang Yi for his name, place of origin, and age.
Huang Yi certainly can't say "one year older than Chongzhen". After all, he should be twenty years old.
Of course his native place is Yangzhou Prefecture, and the story is still that his parents lived in Franji Country for decades...
These are not important, he is just a general flag officer. As long as he is given money, no one will hold on to him.
After everything was discussed, before leaving, Li Dongjia added:
"If Huang Zhuangshi still has this kind of goods in the future, my Li family business will charge as much as you can get!"
Mr. Li corrected him with a smile: "It should be Mr. Huang Qi."
Huang Yi thought for a while and said: "There must be goods, but real slaves are more rare. They are all real Tatars."
He was telling the truth, because the next step was to attack the small and medium-sized tribes nearby, and killings were inevitable, but there was no guarantee that he would encounter slaves.
"The Tatar head is of little significance. It must be mixed with several levels of real slaves before it can be sold at a high price!"
"I know this, and I will kill as many slaves as possible in the future. But if I gain another harvest, how can I contact you?"
"Every shop in Guihua City or here can contact Shopkeeper Li."
Shopkeeper Li asked: "Can Mr. Huang provide a way to contact you?"
"This..." Huang Yi thought for a while and said:
"We have no fixed place to live and it's hard to find. You can send someone to find eye-catching stones or big trees on the roadside a hundred miles away from Zhangjiakou, and write the words "Pagoda Town River Demon" and the date there. I saw it. Contact you as soon as possible."
"Is this the only way?"
"Do you have a better way?"
General Manager Li said: "Why not? Your general flag is under my command. Even if you don't have to light the flag every day, you still have to show up once every few months!"
Huang Yi didn't take the boss seriously, and he was even less likely to come to the reinforcement camp. He smiled and asked, "Does the commander still want to distribute food, salary, and military supplies to the subordinates?"
Mr. Li immediately laughed and said nothing.
Shopkeeper Li often travels abroad, and businessmen feel that having more friends means more paths. Moreover, Huang Yi is a real man who can fight against Jiannu and Tatars.
He said politely: "Mr. Huang will be one of our own from now on, so we should keep in touch more often. I think it's good to contact us every two or three months. If Mr. Huang doesn't have time, he can send someone to deliver the letter."
Hearing Shopkeeper Li talk about delivering the letter, Huang Yi remembered that the tribe didn't even have pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and said:
"Shopkeeper Li, I want to ask you to help me with some things!"
"No trouble, no trouble, just ask Mr. Huang."
"I have some gold and silver in my hand. Please help me buy one copy each of "New Book of Arms Preparation", "New Book of Records" and "Records of Military Training".
It costs 20 dollars to buy the kind of hard paper used to print books, 50 yuan to buy ink, 50 square meters of the cheapest inkstone, and 200 small brushes, which are also the cheapest. "
This request was so strange that everyone including Li Dongjia's eyes widened.
Li Dongjia asked strangely: "Mr. Huang, do you have so many literate people under your command?"
"Haha..., from now on, everyone under my command will be able to write and do math."
The literacy rate of the grassroots people in the Ming Dynasty was no more than 10%, which was far lower than that in the Southern Song Dynasty. Not to mention the land of foreigners, the people on the prairie who could write and calculate were probably less than 1%.
Therefore, no one believed Huang Yi's words. But Huang Yi really wanted to use real money to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstones. What is the explanation for this?
Li Dongjia didn't ask any more questions, but cupped his hands and said: "I admire you! I admire you!"
Many military generals of the Chongzhen Dynasty read Qi Jiguang's Military Book, but only a few actually read it and practiced it.
The three military books Huang Yi wanted were sold in bookstores in Zhangjiakou City.
It's just that books and paper at this time were relatively expensive, and many poor students couldn't afford them.
In troubled times, human life is as cheap as a dog, and swords, guns, and food are much more important than paper and pens. Huang Yi wanted to save money to buy weapons and food, so he asked to buy the cheapest pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.
He continued: "Shopkeeper Li, I also need to buy a hundred pewter spears used by the Ming army, and another three hundred stones of wheat. I also need to buy two thousand kilograms of Su steel, and two hundred jars of spirits..."
"It's easy to say, easy to say. Don't worry, I will handle the goods that we don't have. It will definitely be at least 10% cheaper than buying it in person."
Three days later, Huang Yi returned with a full load. Everyone led the horse and walked. Huang Dazhi and dozens of others had to help push the cart when going uphill.
Because there were too many things, Huang Yi used up all the silver, gold, goldware and other valuable things in his hands.
The carts and horses were not only loaded with supplies obtained in exchange for human heads, but also purchased pens, inks, paper, inkstones, spears, and wheat.
He also purchased one hundred bolts of cheesecloth, five hundred catties of shochu, one hundred kilograms of black beans to feed the horses, two thousand catties of Suzhou steel, and two hundred catties of eggs.
