A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 71
Regarding the apology from Jia Duonan, Lu Xianyang, and Zhang Shutang, Wang Dou smiled slightly. He had expected such a day when he became the defense officer of Shun Township Castle.

However, Wang Dou was no longer interested in casting angry glances at these people. As his status changed, so did his state of mind.If he was still the little head of the village back then, and others had selfish indignation towards him, he would of course try his best to retaliate. This is the sorrow of the little people. , have no chance of surviving in the world.

But when you control the fate of others, you will stand higher and see farther, and your mind is no longer on this small one-acre three-point land. The gap between your subordinates and yourself in the past can be laughed off.Majesty, there is no need to be reflected in private revenge, so it will look like a chicken belly.The tolerance at this time shows that you are more tolerant, and let your subordinates feel your mighty virtue.

At the beginning Yang Tong and Zhong Dayong disrespected him, but after he was in a high position, he laughed off the past grievances, which made them admire him even more.

Of course, if these people were tolerated by him and still do things that are sorry for him behind their backs, Wang Dou would not mind using thunderous means to punish them severely, lest everyone mistakenly think that he is a person who indiscriminately merciful.Wang Dou will never allow anyone to betray him.

Wang Dou called Jia Duonan, Lu Xianyang, and Zhang Shutang in, and only spoke softly to them.

Yan Xiaoyan Yanjian reassured the three of them, and they burst into tears of gratitude, and they just cried bitterly.

In the end, the three of them felt relieved and left with gratitude.

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Wang Dou's uncle Zhong Zhengxian is very happy these days, because the scribes of Shun Township Fort ostracize him, these days he has been taking leave to stay in Jingbian Fort.

However, Zhong Zhengxian was an earnest person, he couldn't stay in this fort, he was restless every day, and when he thought about the past, his teeth itch with hatred.

However, from the day Wang Dou got married, things changed drastically. All the former colleagues came here with a smile on their face, and brought generous gifts. , "Zhong Dianji" kept calling, and his voice was so intimate that Zhong Zhengxian mistakenly thought that he had lived and died with them as good brothers, good colleagues, and good elders.

How could Zhong Zhengxian still be angry after being called by them?Thinking of the prosperity of Shunxiangbao, I can't wait to be reinstated immediately.

However, he still put on airs to some extent, until Feng Dachang, the official of Shunxiang Fort, brought all the scribes with a smile on his face, and sighed that Shunxiang Fort was busy with affairs, and he had no skills at all. It didn't work well, and finally everyone said in unison: "Mr. Zhong doesn't come out, so why not?"

From what they said, Zhong Zhengxian's whole body was loose, and on the [-]th, he happily packed his luggage and went back to his post.

Seeing his uncle like this, Wang Dou was also very happy. Only Zhong Tiaoyang thought of Wang Dou's work and was grateful. Although he was still taciturn, he was more diligent in completing the work assigned to him, striving to do his best.

After Zhong Zhengxian left, Wang Dou also formally summoned a group of military officers in the fort to discuss matters. He has been staying with his new wife in the mansion these days.

However, as a new defense officer, I have a lot of affairs, and in the chaotic times of the late Ming Dynasty, how can I have so much leisure time?It's time to start decorating.

Looking at the group of people in the hall, Han Chao, Han Zhong, Qi Tianliang, Yang Tong, Zhong Tiaoyang, Gao Shiyin, Zhong Rong and others were all beaming and high-spirited.When Wang Dou was promoted, they also rose with it. As Wang Dou's direct descendants, it goes without saying that there are so many flatterers.

Looking at the group of people present, Wang Dou sighed in his heart, there are still too few senior officers and literati under his command, whether they are small banners or general banners, or small officials, even if they have made meritorious service in suppressing the bandits this time, the rewards for those who have done meritorious service are limited. If the official position is not available, it is not easy to arrange each person's position.Arrange any person to be the head of the village in the outer castle, at least he must have the official title of the general banner.

Wang Dou said in a deep voice: "After I went to Shunxiang Fort to take office, Zhong Tiaoyang became the head of Jingbian Fort, and Qi Tianliang was still in charge of farming affairs!"

Brothers Han Chao and Han Zhong definitely want to follow him, but Jingbian Fort is the foundation of his power, and he needs the most trustworthy person to stay in his post. The commander of the border fort, the management of troop training, this is the best.

The last time Zhong Tiaoyang suppressed the bandits, he was considered to have made military achievements. With the reward from the superiors, a General Department Banner can't escape. He was appointed as the head of the Jingbian Fort, which is justified.

As for Qi Tianliang, although he went out with the army last time, it is a pity that he led the army and stayed on the rear wing of the central army.But he is a person close to him, so he should stay in Jingbianbao to manage the farmland. Wang Dou has also seen his hard work and achievements during these times, and he is a practical person.

After hearing Wang Dou's appointment, both Zhong Tiaoyang and Qi Tianliang stood up, Zhong Tiaoyang just cupped his fists and said: "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely take care of the affairs of the castle!"

Qi Tianliang talked a little too much, he shouted: "Your Excellency, just rest assured, my old Qi doesn't say anything else, he is still good at leading the military households to farm, Sir, just wait for the grain and rice to fill the barn!"

Wang Dou nodded slowly. At present, the farming is basically slack. Qi Tianliang led the military households in the fort to continue to cultivate the farmland and repair the fields and seedlings that were ruined by the rogues a while ago. , and the burned livestock farm also needs to be rebuilt, the female wall on the fort, and the school yard inside and outside the fort, etc. also need to be built.

Wang Dou has a schedule for these things, and Zhong Tiaoyang, Qi Tianliang and others can handle them according to them. To be honest, Qi Tianliang also loves this farming work very much.

Wang Dou said to Zhong Rong again: "Mr. Zhong will stay in the fort to assist Zhong Tiaoyang, and Qi Tianliang to handle the clerical affairs in the fort!"

Zhong Rong stood up and bowed deeply: "Students respect the orders of adults!"

Zhong Rong is now just a collection of codes, the lowest class of officials, the method of examination for officials in the Ming Dynasty, three examinations in nine years, divided into three types: competent, ordinary, and incompetent.After the third test, the second test is competent, and the first test is average, you can be promoted to a higher level.If you are competent in the three tests, you can be promoted to two levels.

Although the comments of the small officials of the Weisuo were all evaluated by the official of the Weisuo, the promotion was approved by the Weisuo Experience Department and the Ministry of Officials. Zhong Rong wanted to be promoted within a few years. The ethos of seniority is too strong, and Zhong Rong is obviously far from qualified to enter Shun Xiangbao as a senior scribe.In the future, Wang Dou wanted to use literati, so he had to look for officials from Shunxiangbao or Dongjiazhuang, hoping to gather some useful talents.

Wang Dou said again: "Gao Shiyin is the officer in charge of Dongjiazhuang, Yang Tong is the officer in charge of the team, Brother Han, follow me into Shun Township Fort."

Gao Shiyin turned out to be Xiaoqi, and Yang Tong was an ordinary sergeant. Gao Shiyin and Yang Tong were considered to have made military achievements this time. Regardless of their future rewards and positions, Wang Dou, an important place in Dongjiazhuang, has occupied it. Dou can only arrange his own direct line like this. If he eats meat, he must let others drink some soup, right?

After listening to Wang Dou's words, both Gao Shiyin and Yang Tong burst into laughter, and they were finally promoted, and they were released for a while, which is really great.

Han Chao and Han Zhong brothers also laughed straight away. Compared with everyone else, they are more willing to stay by Wang Dou's side, so that their future prospects are even more limitless.

In addition to the brothers Han Chao and Han Zhong, Wang Dou also decided to bring Xie Yike with him this time. This guy, after a while, he might be another Zhong Tiaoyang.In addition, Wang Tianxue, Tao Shi, and Li Maosen were still allowed to stay in Jingbian Fort to make weapons and study medicine.

This place of Jingbian Fort should be used as your rear base camp.

After everyone's affairs were arranged, Wang Dou's thoughts also drifted to Shun Township Fort. He was promoted, and the power of the territory also expanded, but the number of military households to support increased. Thousands of people in a thousand households will have to support themselves in the future. The pressure can be imagined.And if I want to gather the hearts and minds of the army and the people of the entire Thousand Households Institute, I can only let them live a good life like Jingbian Fort, so that I can gather the strength of the whole school and win the chance of winning in the future crisis.

Perhaps my current confidence is the support of Yibao military households, and the people of Jingbianbao are united.

Also, some time ago, I led people to attack the bandit camp at night and stole a lot of gold, silver, grain and grass. Due to time constraints, I only let my subordinates hide more than 3000 taels of silver, and the rest were more than 3000 taels of silver, as well as horse grain and grass. Waiting for things, had to hand in all of them.

Fortunately, the integrity officer Xu Zucheng was quite interesting, and he distributed 500 taels of silver to himself afterwards, in addition to 140 three war horses, more than 400 shi of grain, and more than 200 knives, guns and weapons. Urgent.

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Regarding Wang Dou's going to Shunxiang Fort to take office, the military households of Jingbian Fort were both happy and sad. They were used to Wang Dou's life in the fort, and they were really not used to Wang Dou's departure.Fortunately, this Jingbian Fort is the foundation of adults, and Shunxiang Fort is not far from Jingbian Fort, and adults will often go home.

On October [-]th of the eighth year of Chongzhen, before Wang Dou's wedding date expired, he led the crowd to leave Jingbian Fort.

This time, Wang Dou decided to take five teams of soldiers, and one team went to Shunxiang Fort at night.

There are seven teams of soldiers in Jingbian Fort, two teams of soldiers, and one team does not accept them at night.Leave a team of soldiers, and two teams of soldiers in Jingbian Fort. One team of soldiers will go to Dongjiazhuang with Gao Shiyin and others. The system will soon be able to attract several times more powerful people in the two castles.

The rest of the sergeants were all taken away by Wang Dou, he needed these sergeants with combat strength to guarantee his majesty in Shunxiang Fort.

The defense officer is equivalent to the commander-in-chief of the battalion, so when Wang Dou went out, he brought a pair of Wufang flags with the characters "Wang" written in big to recognize the flags, a pair of high-level flags, four pairs of inspection flags, and some other flags. The standard bearers such as the applause and the golden drum can be regarded as a clear-cut banner, with strong soldiers and strong horses.

The captured war horses also ensured that Wang Dou's more than [-] sergeants could have two horses per person.Immediately, everyone is still wearing iron armor. This kind of military lineup is firmly ranked first in Shunxiang Fort.This proves that Wang Dou's strength is the best candidate for the defense officer in Shun Township Fort.

With flags and banners clearing the way, Wang Dou led his iron-armored army away from Jingbian Fort. Iron hooves stepped on the gravel streets of Jingbian Fort, roaring in order.

The military households of Jingbian Fort came out in full force, and they all stood by the roadside, sending Wang Dou and the others away with proud eyes.

(End of this chapter)