Xu Xianchun shook his head helplessly. He really had to pay off his June debt quickly.
The day before yesterday, I still used him as a mallet, tricking him into getting him on board my ship.
Today was his turn to fool himself.
He no longer had much hope for what would happen today.
Although speaking of it, I am his superior, and I don’t know how high my rank is. Is it useful? He has soldiers in his hands and will not listen to you. What can you do if he obeys you and goes against your will?
Yang Fan welcomed Xu Xianchun into the military camp and walked to the small courtyard where he lived.
"My lord, please come to the central hall for tea."
"Yang Qianhu, don't be in a hurry to drink tea. Can I take a look at your military camp and regiment training soldiers?" Xu Xianchun said politely.
"Look, sir, I will lead you." Yang Fan said respectfully. "Zhang Geda, go, everyone gather, please review."
"There is no need to disturb the soldiers. I just want to see their daily training and what they should do. You can take me for a walk and have a look." Xu Xianchun waved his hand and said.
"Then I'll lead the way, sir." Yang Fan said in a very rude manner.
Yang Fan and Xu Xianchun were walking and looking at the group exercises. Some were doing exercises, some were resting, some were chatting, and some were holding arms and wrestling. A circle of people were watching and applauding.
The cooking team is busy lighting fires and preparing food for lunch.
Xu Xianchun asked: "There seem to be a lot of people here at Yang Qianhu."
"It makes you laugh. My Xinghe Tuanlian originally applied for a staff establishment of 3,000 people. It turned out to be 3,000 people. Unfortunately, it was later attacked by horse bandits and suffered heavy losses. Only more than 1,000 people were left. There are still a few Hundreds of people are disabled. This time I brought only 300 people to the group training. I am worried about the shortage of manpower. After all, more than 1,700 rebels were captured this time. 300 people also need to transport the materials for confiscating the houses, and also need to It is not enough to detain prisoners no matter what." Yang Fan said sincerely.
"That makes sense." Xu Xianchun nodded. In fact, he also knew that it brought only more than a hundred Jin Yiwei. These people are usually good at bullying men and women and scaring the people. The actual handling of business is not as good as the head of the Criminal Department this time. The more than fifty agents brought here are reliable.
Before he came, he didn't know that he had captured so many people. There were 1,731 gangsters and 780 people in the Chen family were ransacked. They will all be sent to Beijing for questioning. When a man of the Chen family is imprisoned, his slaves will also be sold in the capital.
A large amount of property was seized from the Chen family, including 100,000 dans of rice and more than 300,000 dans of miscellaneous grains. After all, the Chen family had more than 20,000 acres of land, and there were Chen family rice shops in surrounding counties.
This does not include the valuable furniture, porcelain, calligraphy and paintings, livestock, carriages and horses etc. that were confiscated from the Chen family.
Except for real estate such as real estate, land, and shops, which must be sold on the spot, everything else needs to be sent to Beijing and handed over to people from the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Three Law Departments for joint processing.
Xu Xianchun has been worrying about what to do these past two days.
If that doesn't work, you have to mobilize the guardsmen from the Tianjin Guard or the water transport troops from the Governor of Water Transport.
The guards in Tianjin were all in shambles. The soldiers were as skinny as firewood, hungry and cold. They were asked to escort them, and they didn't know how many things would be lost on the way.
The Wei Institute is not willing to do this either.
Normally, we should closely monitor each other to prevent escaping. Now it's okay, I sent this fat man, who just happened to get something to grease the soles of his feet, which can make those soldiers smile crookedly.
If the soldier runs away, can Xu Xianchun be able to catch him back for you? It is not the responsibility of the general at the guard station. In the end, he didn't get scolded himself and had to make amends with other military households.
It is feasible to adjust the canal transport troops on the canal, but the canal transport troops in Yangzhou have just entered Beijing without orders. This is the moment of crisis. The matter has not been dealt with yet. How dare he touch this bad luck.
"Your Majesty is thinking about your difficulties. Subordinates naturally have to think ahead and make preparations in advance. I can't wait for you to come to me. I'm moving. So I hired three thousand people from Zunhua. , among them there are more than a thousand people who have served as village and county officials, so they have experience in guarding prisoners and handling official duties. This can be done so that nothing goes wrong this time."
County government offices generally have three shifts of government officials.
Zhanban Zaoli, similar to today's bailiffs, were responsible for following the superior to guard the way. During the trial, they stood on both sides of the hall to maintain discipline, escort criminals, and carry out torture and cane punishment.
The catcher, or catcher for short, is somewhat similar to today's criminal police. He is responsible for summoning defendants and witnesses, detecting criminals, and searching for evidence.
To strengthen the squad and strengthen the people, these people are actually militiamen. Responsible for guarding key locations such as city gates, government offices, warehouses, and prisons, and patrolling urban and rural roads. Their functions are similar to today's armed police.
These are the people Yang Fan refers to as Minzhuang. In fact, they are temporary workers. When necessary, the county government recruits them and gives them some money and food or exempts them from corvee labor. These people have been recruited a lot and are relatively familiar with the business.
"Okay, Yang Qianhu is really thinking about Zhou Xiang, and I am also worried about this." Xu Xianchun was blocked and could not express any objections. He knew that if he objected, Yang Fan's countermeasure would be to think of it yourself. Find a way to do it.
Along with the ships came here thousands of pack horses and 400 war horses. These horses were all captured in the Battle of Rock Beach.
Especially the war horses, they are very majestic and are all the best Liaodong war horses.
Xu Xianchun was jealous. The Ming Dynasty was short of horses, and Yang Fan now had more than 2,000 horses. This was a considerable force in the late Ming Dynasty. It is enough to turn all regiment training into cavalry.
Xu Xianchun saw that except for the three hundred regiments who were equipped with firecrackers, the rest were equipped with spears. This was the crudest equipment. After all, a spearhead did not use much iron, and a waist knife was much more expensive than a spear.
And the musket is still a musket.
There is no matchlock or trigger mechanism on it.
There is nothing wrong with this configuration. Xu Xianchun couldn't find any fault even if he wanted to.
The Ming Dynasty stipulated that all foreign troops and armed forces except the Beijing camp could only possess fire-port guns, and private manufacturing of shotguns was strictly prohibited. Even if foreign guards built them, they must all be sent to Beijing and handed over to the warehouse of the Ministry of Industry for unified management. Of course, the Chongzhen Dynasty will soon be unable to control the local army's private manufacturing of firearms. By then, let alone shotguns, red cannons will be made somewhere.
Except for the three hundred real group trainers, the rest of these people wore clothes from home. They were all kinds of clothes. At first glance, they looked like farm men, but all of them were tall and strong. His face was shiny, obviously he had eaten well.
Everyone held their heads high and looked high in morale.
Far from the scrawny, heavy-smoking appearance of the guard soldiers.
Xu Xianchun's eyes became more and more intense as he watched the regiment training soldiers practice formation. These soldiers were walking in a straight line when looking horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Even when they raised their hands and kicked their legs, they were all in a straight line. Likewise, the sound of feet hitting the ground is the same sound.
The equipment of these people is also very good. Although they are not wearing armor, everyone is wearing a very neat and neat camouflage uniform. Although it is flashy, it just looks spirited.
Wearing an old-fashioned cotton and cotton military coat with a hood attached to the back. This is a discarded product that Erluzi bought from a military warehouse.
This old-fashioned military coat is very warm, even in the coldest nights in Liaodong.
Wearing long leather boots. this
The soles of seed leather boots are all tendon soles, which are elastic and wear-resistant. The heels have steel teeth that can be opened, which are used to prevent slipping when marching in ice and snow. This is also the clearance goods Erlunzi bought from the military warehouse.
Tuan Lian is not a regular army, and according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, armor cannot be worn.
Therefore, there is no problem at all in Xinghe Tuanlian’s cotton clothes.
Portal guns are also allowed, and this is in compliance with the regulations. As for the horses, that person is rich and willful, can you control them?
Rich people in the Ming Dynasty kept many horses in their homes.
I have also visited the military camp and found nothing wrong with it.
Xu Xianchun had no excuse to organize them to go to Beijing. Moreover, His Majesty also said hello and asked Xinghe Tuanlian to assist in guarding prisoners and escorting supplies.
After looking around, Xu Xianchun had no choice but to say goodbye.
Yang Fan personally delivered it to the gate of the camp, respectfully and unable to find fault.
"Sir, when shall we set off?" Yang Fan asked for instructions.
"Tomorrow at noon, we will set off after the inventory is completed." Xu Xianchun has no intention of entangled with Yang Fan at this time. He just wants to go back as soon as possible. He doesn't know where the Tiqi he sent is now. I hope Wei Gong will make preparations as soon as he receives the letter. , Never let these regiments enter the city.
Xu Xianchun's eyes are very poisonous, and these people have undergone strict training at a glance. He saw those Minzhuang walking, two people walking together, the upper body was talking and laughing, and the hands were gesticulating, but the lower legs were rising and falling at the same time, and the distance of the steps was the same.
This is clearly more than 3,000 elite soldiers. Jingying can't even compare with the strength of the people!
