Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 95

The whole army competition is still going on.

No matter how you say it, the Jiangnan camp has a large force of 9 people, and it takes nearly ten days to go back and forth.

Anyway, it won't be over in a short time.

festival hall.

The affairs of the whole camp were still very cumbersome, but fortunately, Jia Hun was a veteran who had been in charge of nearly 20 troops in the Northern Expedition, and with the help of Deng Yuan, the chief officer, he was not too busy.

"Governor, this is our army's loss list for the first half of the year."

Deng Yuan came out from behind the pile of papers, and took a stack of papers to the side of Luohan's bed next to Jia Hun, who was cross-legged reading the script.

The governor of the Zuo Army is here, if he doesn't seize this opportunity to cry and beg for things, he will not let himself go even if he dies!

"Huh? Let me have a look..."

Jia Hun put down the notebook in his hand, took the abacus from the small case table, opened the document and began to settle the accounts.

Time passed with the crackling of the abacus beads, and Deng Yuan didn't dare to go back to continue handling military affairs, and stood in front of Jia Hun all the time waiting for inquiries.

"Hey, based on the amount of your losses, I'm afraid it's more than half a year?"

Finally finished the item of weapons, looking at the breakage of the [-] pieces of gun-tip steel knives and firecrackers that he had shot, he looked at Deng Yuan with a puzzled face.

"Da, Commander, as you know, our Huangmei is very humid, and a little careless maintenance will cause a lot of rust! Grinding gun points, arrowheads, and waist knives can still be used. But the cannon and gun The gun department does not have this ability!

You also know that almost all the firearms craftsmen are concentrated in Shendu Bingzhan Bureau and Linzi Bingzhan Bureau. There are only ten firearms craftsmen in the camp, and at most they can only repair broken parts.

For example, if the barrel of this kind of gun is rusted, they dare not dismantle it and repair it. They have to send it to the two major military bureaus to repair it!
Last year and the year before, the Governor’s Mansion cut down our army’s armaments by almost half, and not even a single piece of firearms was updated on the grounds that Jiangnan had been at peace for many years, and that our army’s military equipment was useless after a long period of war…”

"Then you're after me? Want me to give you something more?"

Jia Hun picked up the teacup and drank the tea in one gulp.

"The governor... wise!"

Deng Yuan clasped his fists and bowed deeply.

Do things from the beginning to the end, even though he is about to step down as the commander-in-chief of the Jiangnan Camp.

But even if I have to resign tomorrow, I still have to fulfill the responsibility of the commander-in-chief for the battalion before I resign!

Not to mention that this is the army he started from!

Tan Ji'an, who was sitting in the corner and flipping through the verification documents, sat there quietly.This kind of topic is not something that Qianhu, especially an embroidered clothes guard, can interrupt.

This is a conversation between the chief officer of the Jiangnan Camp and one of the five chief governors of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion. He, a fifth-rank official who has nothing to do with this matter, got involved, is he going to die?
Not to mention that whenever there is new equipment, their embroidered clothes are the first to be installed.

It's good to be a bystander.

"It's useless for you to cry poor. As you said, Jiangnan Daying has not fought a war for more than ten years. Instead of putting the latest military equipment here and slowly rusting, I would rather send them to the Nine Sides, send them to Go to the southwest, send it to the south of the Yangtze River to prepare the Japanese army, and send it to the Anxi Governor's Mansion!

I do sympathize with you, but the frontier army needs these weapons even more..."

"Great Governor!"

Hearing Jia Hun's words, Deng Yuan immediately knelt down anxiously, wanting to say something to refute, but he couldn't say anything.

Because the governor is right.

Those troops that have been at war with alien races all year round are the ones that need to replenish their weapons.

But how could I be willing to let go of these weapons!

"Report! Report to the governor, the chief town! There are embroidered clothes to report!"

Deng Yuan still wanted to say something, but the notification sound from outside the door interrupted their conversation.

"Embroidered clothes? Tell them to come in!"

Jia Hun also shouted towards the door.

"Yes!"

The messenger outside the door hurried back.

"Let's put aside the matter of military equipment for now. Let's talk about it after Xiuyi has reported to me."

"…Yes!"

Deng Yuan was still a little unwilling, but he followed Jia Hun's order, walked towards the backyard, and left the festival hall.

Now, only Jia Hun and Tan Ji were left in the festival hall.

Jia Hun also put on his boots and got off the arhat bed, and took a few steps to the grand master's chair behind the hall case.

Tan Ji also left his seat and stood in front of the hall on the left.

Soon, three embroidered clothes appeared in front of his eyes.

"For a lowly position, see the governor! See your lord!"

An embroidered dress dressed in a small flag knelt down to salute Jia Hun first, and then moved towards Tan Ji, and the two behind him followed suit.

"Well, get up." Jia Hun nodded.

Tan Ji didn't say a word, and walked to Xiao Qi's side. Xiao Qi only got up with one leg, and when he saw his master Qian Hu came, he quickly knelt down on one knee and took out a small bamboo tube from his arms, holding it with both hands. Gave it to Tan Ji.

Tan Ji took it and began to check the details of the sealing method.

Only then did the three embroidered garments stand up.

"Well, where did it come from?"

Tan Ji confirmed that this was the sealing method of their Jinling Qianhu Office, so he asked while removing the seal.

"My lord, it's the pigeon that Du Yi took away."

"Understood, you can step back."

"Follow your orders!"

The three who just got up knelt down on one knee again, then got up and left.

Uncovering all the seals, Tan Ji turned the mouth of the barrel outward, pulled out the plug, waited for a few breaths, and then turned the mouth of the barrel towards himself.

Take out the paper roll inside.

"hiss--"

Tan Ji's pupils shrank, and he took a breath.

"Great governor, something is wrong!"

Tan Ji hurriedly handed the note to Jia Hun.

Jia Hun took it and took a closer look. There were few words on the note, but it was as heavy as a thousand pounds.

"Slavery

Mani changed her name to Bailian
Gambler from Bailian
lurking inside"

Mani...White Lotus...Teach?

Why is there a White Lotus Sect in this world?
Jia Hun was also dumbfounded.

It was the first time he had heard of the White Lotus Sect, a cult/cult that specialized in rebellion for 700 years in his previous life, and he even thought it didn't exist all the time in this life!
Jia Hun stood up, walked in front of Tan Ji, and whispered, "Tan Ji, go to the Jinling Hundred Households Office to investigate! It is absolutely impossible to drive out all the Manichaeism rebellion in the previous dynasty.

Go and find out whether Mani or Bailian were mentioned in the great rebellions before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China! "

"Yes, I'll check it out now!"

Tan Ji also replied in a low voice, turned around and ran out of the door, nearly tripped over the threshold, staggered a few times before stabilizing his figure, and ran towards the stable.

Jia Hun also anxiously walked up and down in the festival hall.

He had also heard a little about the slave change in the south of the Yangtze River in his previous life. Generally speaking, it was the counterattack of servants and tenant farmers who could not bear to be oppressed by the master's family for generations.

For example, Xu Xi's Hakka family was almost wiped out by the rebellious family servants and tenant farmers.

It also coincided with the entry of the Manchurians, and when they reached the south of the Yangtze River, a bizarre but not unexpected scene occurred.

Landlords and gentry dissipated their wealth to fight against the Qing Dynasty, but the rebel servants below scrambled to be the leading party.

This slavery lasted from the end of the Ming Dynasty to the Yongzheng Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty. It was not until the court abolished the lowly status that the untouchables were able to get rid of the lowly for good, obtained good status, and turned from animals back to human beings.

This is easy to handle, after all, if they want to do something, they must come to the sun from the assassination in the dark.

At that time, Jia Hun did not believe that he could not defeat a mob composed of various small groups and small hills.

The problem is that the White Lotus Sect got involved.

The teachings of the White Lotus Sect are a guiding light for those who have been trampled in the mud for generations!
After they have a unified and self-recognized lofty goal, their combat effectiveness will definitely skyrocket.

But that's all, a mouse in the gutter is a mouse in the gutter, and it will never change just because it walks in the sun.

Instead, they will be attacked more violently and have nowhere to escape.

Jia Hun firmly believed that as long as they formally revolted and ran from the gutter to the street, he would definitely crush them.

But the question is how prepared are they?

It can be confirmed that the gambling shop belongs to the White Lotus Sect, and there is even a high probability that the two shopkeepers belong to the White Lotus Sect.

If they were really the White Lotus Sect, it would be unimaginable how much benefit they would have gained by monopolizing the exchanges between King Zhongxin and the salt merchants, the exchanges between the salt merchants and the army, and the Jiangnan family!

Are these people out of their minds?

Jia Hun walked to Luo Han's bed, picked up the teapot, filled the cup with tea, and drank it down in one gulp.

With his mind restored to clarity and calmness, Jia Hun sat on the Arhat bed and combined the known information to sort out this relationship again.

In fact, there are mainly two aspects of the problem.

The leader of the Jiangnan family in recent years is the Zhen family, and the Zhen family is the biggest reliance on King Zhongxin.

Therefore, in order to hold the Zhen family in his hands as much as possible, he almost obeyed the Zhen family.Anyway, the Zhen family's foundation is shallow, and it will not be difficult to deal with him after he ascends the throne.

This also led to his loyal king only contacting the Jiangnan family through the Zhen family.

It is precisely because of this special relationship that the Jiangnan family can only contact King Zhongxin through the Zhen family.

At this time, Shopkeeper Shi and Shopkeeper Bai appeared.

They met King Zhongxin when he was still practicing in Jiangnan Camp, and they took refuge in him.

Because the two were quite talented, Zhongxin asked shopkeeper Bai to act as the agent for him to do business in partnership with the Zhen family, and gradually became Zhongxin's authorized agent for liaison with the Zhen family.

As a result, the proceeds from doing business with the Jiangnan Family fell into the hands of Shopkeeper Bai.

Although Jia Hun and Zhongxin couldn't hang out together, he had been classmates with Zhongxin Wang for many years!

Although he was a generation behind, in fact, Zhongxin, the No.14 son of the emperor, was about the same age as Jia Hun.

In Jia Hun's impression, King Zhongxin also perfectly inherited the ancestral character of the Chen royal family - a big heart.

Even because of the love of the emperor and the concubine, she was spoiled and spoiled since she was a child, and she wanted the wind and the rain.He who has not experienced social beatings has even become even better - heartless.

Every quarter, he would only look through the account books given to him by the two shopkeepers. As long as he made money, he would stop asking.

Only the two shopkeepers themselves know how much they will earn.

Presumably shopkeeper Shi is similar, except that he was in charge of contacting Jiangnan Daying from the beginning. Later, the salt merchant was separated by Wang Zhongxin and shopkeeper Bai, and he was specially assigned to be in charge.

And through the relationship within the church, and through the casino, Hu Shenjiang was tricked, so that the red-eyed Hu Canjiang pressed something that was related to his life to the gambling house...

Just when Hu Shenjiang was thinking about where to get money to repay gambling debts and redeem things, shopkeeper Shi used the familiarity of the generals in the Jiangnan camp to find him, and in the gratitude of Hu Shenjiang and others, the salt Shang Shang's personal work was introduced to him.

In this way, Hu Shenjiang became the first leader of the Jiangnan camp who broke the precept, and repeatedly dragged down the close leaders who were familiar with him.

The next step is nothing more than reselling ordnance through these generals.Therefore, in the arsenal of Jiangnan Daying, most of the knives and guns were not rusted or damaged, but were resold!
Thinking of this, Jia Hui put the teacup on his left, and put the teapot on the case table in the same place.Then he clenched his right fist and smashed the mahogany desk on his right.

Is there any bottom line for these generals?
No, with Deng Yuan's strict military discipline and frequent inspections of various warehouses, he definitely knows about it!
"Deng Yuan!"

Jia Hun suddenly shouted towards the backyard.

Then he stood up again, and drew out his custom-made Yanling Saber, which was a few inches longer than usual, which was custom-made by Shendu Bingzhan Bureau.He took out a silk cloth from his pocket and wiped it carefully.

Fortunately among misfortunes, things like firearms are extremely strict.Regardless of the cannon, even if the chamber exploded until it shattered to the ground, it would take three feet of plowing to dig out all the fragments, and only [-]% of the prototype could be handed over to apply for replacement.

If you can't fight together, then it will be punished as reselling ordnance.Moreover, the imperial court will send the three justices instead of the Dudufu to investigate the case.Basically dead.

"Great Governor, the next official is here!"

Deng Yuan, who had been waiting in the backyard, heard that Jia Hun was calling him, quickly answered, opened the curtain and entered the festival hall, and found that Jia Hun was facing away from him, Deng Yuan walked behind him without thinking too much .

"Governor, now you can talk about ordnance..."

Jia Hun suddenly turned around with a cold expression on his face, raised his legs abruptly, kicked Deng Yuan out, and smashed it on the table. The table was instantly scattered in the air, one by one It swayed and fell down.

"Hey...cough cough cough! Da Du Du...cough cough...why..."

Deng Yuan was stunned by the kick, he clutched his stomach and curled up on the ground, looking at the general who was holding a steel knife and glaring with disbelief!

"Ask me!"

Jia Hui kept staring at Deng Yuan with his head down, leaned forward and walked in front of him, and kicked up again, hitting Deng Yuan's arms covering his abdomen, and Deng Yuan knocked down the vase in the air The flower pot stand, the glazed vessels placed on it were broken all over the floor.

At the same time, a sound of bone cracking came into the ears of the two of them. Deng Yuan wanted to shout out from the pain of the bones in both arms being kicked into pieces, but he was unable to utter a sound because of the cramps coming from his abdomen. , can only vent out "ho ho ho".

At this time, the voices of soldiers who heard the loud noise and came to check came from outside the door.

"Great governor, Mr. Deng, what are you..."

"Noisy, get out!"

Jia Hun had neither the time nor the obligation to explain to them, so he yelled towards the door with a murderous look on his face, then closed his mouth and looked at Deng Yuan who was writhing on the ground again.

Frightened by Jia Hun's murderous aura, the soldiers immediately scrambled and left here.

"Da, Da Dudu...cough cough...vomit!"

With such strength, he hadn't used his full strength in the last martial arts competition!

It hurts to death!

Deng Yuan fell to the ground, watching helplessly as Jia Hun held her on his neck with a steel knife.

"You know about their reselling of ordnance. No, you participated in it too!"

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 got to know Jia Hun well in the past two days, and wanted to take the opportunity to wipe out this bad debt.Can…

What kind of information did Xiuyi send just now?
"Why didn't you tell me then, why did you lie to me?"

Jia Hun forcibly regained his sanity, and his tone was indifferent.

"Down, down, down, down..."

Deng Yuan's mind was in a mess, and his language system, which was originally underdeveloped because he seldom spoke, couldn't make any words.

"No need to explain, I don't want to hear it."

Jia Hun sighed, put the steel knife back into the scabbard, and hung it on his waist.

"Why, you'd better wait to explain it to the Sanfa Division!"

"Three... Judiciary..." Deng Yuan was instantly discouraged, and collapsed on the ground like a puddle of mud, and he no longer had the demeanor of a general officer.

"I have no other choice but... I have no choice!

The lower officials were framed up by them... Cough cough... If you don't help them sell food, there will be no me in the south of the Yangtze River... Hey... Cough cough... My Deng family's standing ground... The standing ground! "

Deng Yuan kept muttering in his mouth.Jia Hun didn't leave, just stood where he was, watching Deng Yuan with a blank expression as he continued to explain.

Suddenly, Deng Yuan stopped talking, and looked at Jia Hun expectantly.

"Great Governor, the lower officials will die! Cough cough cough... The death of a low official is not a pity! Can you...cough cough...can you spare my family, please... ho ho... please, Jieer, they adore you... still Call you uncle!"

"Uncle? Huh."

As if hearing something funny, Jia Hun sneered, squatted down and looked at Deng Yuan who was full of expectation.

"You don't think that if you invite me to a few meals and let your sons call me uncle, you will become my own?"

Deng Yuan's face suddenly became astonished.

"Who do you think you are? What are you? You are a criminal who betrayed his accomplices in order to save the lives of the whole family!

You take it seriously when you say a few polite words during the dinner, and you consider yourself to be with me?What does the life and death of your family have to do with me?There are a lot of people who worship me, not bad for your sons!
Heh, what am I doing with all this talking to you? "

Jia Hun laughed at himself and stood up on his knees.

"Jia Hun who killed a thousand swords, you must not..."

A boot stepped heavily on Deng Yuan's face, and Deng Yuan was unable to utter the cursed words again, and fell into a coma after being hit hard.

Jia Hun 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. I will throw him to Anxi. Whether he lives or dies, it all depends on his fate."

Looking at Deng Yuan's disfigured face, Jia Hun muttered.

With a long sigh, he turned around and exited the paper-covered Jietang.

As if hearing Jia Hun's words, Deng Yuan's originally frowning brows eased a lot.

(End of this chapter)