Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 43 Buying Ordnance
"Brother!" Gao Qi got up and knelt down in front of Li Jing, kowtowed three times, choked up and said: "Brother won't say anything, I will also take this to Brother Sun, what do you think? Just order it."

"Get up, don't act like a little child, let people see it as a joke." Li Jing pulled Gao Qi up and said, "That's what I think, you tell Sun Meng to use all his connections to transfer to Qi County, and at least If it doesn’t work, I have to set up a thousand households, and I will pay for all the money that needs to be managed.”

"Ahem, brother! How can there be any guards in Qi County? Even in Zhengzhou there is only one Thousand Households. Qi County used to have no garrison at all, but in recent years bandits and bandits have appeared near Qi County, so this is the only way to guard them." Hui Mansion transferred some officers and soldiers, only a hundred or so old and weak soldiers, and the leader was only a hundred households. If you want to mobilize officers and soldiers for something in Qi County, you need the consent of Wei Hui Mansion's Guard Commander. Brother Sun transferred to Qi County at most You can make a hundred households." Gao Qi said with a forced smile.

Li Jing scratched his head, this is really a bit embarrassing, although he also paid attention to collecting information about the officers and soldiers, but sometimes he still didn't understand the guard system of the Ming Dynasty.

It turned out that the Ming Dynasty did not have guards in every county, and a small county like Qi County had no guards at all.

Li Jing scratched his head and said with a sneer: "Hehe, I don't understand these rules, and I made my brother laugh at me, so how should I do it in my brother's opinion?"

"We are located at the junction of Weihui Mansion and Zhangde Mansion. The east is under the jurisdiction of Zhangde Mansion, the south is the boundary of Weihui Mansion, and the north is more than [-] miles away from Shanxi. The officers and soldiers who attacked our cottage last time Coming from the southwest is the soldiers and horses of Weihui Guards. In fact, Brother Sun can go to Weihui Mansion or Zhangde Mansion. If Brother Sun is willing to spend money, I think it is better to get Brother Sun to Zhangde The mansion is better." Gao Qi said.

"How do you say that?" Li Jing asked.

"The guard command of Zhangde Mansion is located in Lin County, which is closer to Weihui Mansion. If there is any trouble here, the first thing the government will use is Zhangde Guard's soldiers and horses. In addition, even if Zhangde Guard and Wei Hui The guards sent troops at the same time, and with Brother Sun's support, we can retreat all the way north to the Taihang Mountains in Shanxi. At that time, it has nothing to do with the Henan Guards, and these two guards dare not cross the border to pursue them without the imperial court's order." Gao Qi said.

"So that's the case, then you immediately arrange someone to notify Sun Meng, and let him use all his connections to get through his joints and transfer to Zhangdewei. It's a trivial matter to spend money, as long as it can be done." Li Jingxi said.

"That's fine, my little brother will send someone to notify Brother Sun." Gao Qi got up and said.

"When you go, remember to bring some money to Sun Meng, but I don't quite understand how this will work. You go and invite Mr. Shen over, and let's discuss it with him. He has been in business for many years, and there must be some way to do it. Very familiar." Li Jing said.

"This...Brother, the money used in our cottage is all from Mr. Shen, so it's not appropriate for this official to ask for money from others, right?" Gao Qi stopped walking and said.

"It doesn't matter. Mr. Shen's hometown is in Lin County. We transferred Sun Meng to Lin County in preparation for returning to Lin County in the future. He will be delighted to hear the news." Li Jing said with a smile.

"Well, I'm still worried about what to do with this matter. How could Brother Sun and I do this? If we knew how to do it, we would have been promoted a long time ago." Gao Qi laughed.

Not long after Gao Qi went out, he invited Shen Zheng over.

"What is my nephew looking for?" Shen Zheng was not polite, and asked as soon as he entered the door.

"Uncle Shi, please sit down." Li Jing poured a cup of tea, and said to Shen Zheng.

Shen Zheng took the teacup and sat down, Li Jing didn't hesitate, so he talked about his plan to transfer Sun Meng to Lin County.

"Hehe, it's not difficult. I also think that letting Sun Meng stay in Zhengzhou will not help us much, and being transferred to Zhangde will be our help. It's a pity that I can't go back to Lin County right now, otherwise, I will come forward in person Let him run this matter. Well, I will ask Uncle Fu to help you. Uncle Fu has been with me for many years, and there is no problem in doing this. But since Sun Meng is going to be transferred to Lin County, the silver that was placed in Zhengzhou Grange has to be shipped back .” Shen Zheng said.

"Well, without Sun Meng's care, it's really not safe to store so much silver at Shopkeeper Wang's place. There are only less than a dozen brothers there, and the manpower is too small. Sun Meng and the others are close to each other, so let him lead the troops to escort .Hehe, so much money can only be at ease if you keep it by your side." Li Jing laughed.

"Hehe, in my opinion, it's more convenient for you to spend it on the mountain." Shen Zheng laughed when he heard the words.

After joking for a while, Li Jing suddenly remembered something.

For a long time, Li Jing asked shopkeeper Wang to buy supplies from the craftsman's workshop, but the craftsman's workshop did not have much military funds left, and the craftsman's workshop did not dare to sell too much military funds to shopkeeper Wang.Therefore, although Li Jing now has a lot of craftsmen, due to the shortage of materials, the weapons and equipment of the brothers are still very simple.

Especially after the battle of Motianling, Li Jing knew that if he did not solve the problem of equipment, no matter how powerful he was, he would not be able to improve the combat effectiveness of his subordinates.

Since materials such as pig iron and gunpowder cannot be bought, it is better to buy finished products directly from the officers and soldiers.Anyway, Sun Meng was also planning to transfer away, so he asked Sun Meng to find a way to buy some weapons such as knives, guns, bows and crossbows in Zhengzhou. It would be better if he could buy firearms.

Li Jing thought about it for a while, and then shared his thoughts with Gao Qi and Shen Zheng. The two also felt that this method would save a lot of trouble than building it themselves, and they nodded in agreement.

The three of them had made a plan and immediately arranged for people to go down the mountain.

The recruitment of bandits went very smoothly. After Li Jing eliminated the boss Zhou and the second son Shi one after another, his strength increased greatly. The area around Hongshanling was tens of miles away, and all the bandits and bandits from all walks of life were trembling with fear. They were afraid that Li Jing would attack them. See Li Jing Send people to surrender, of course they will obey.

With the help of bandits from all walks of life, Li Jing has more than [-] bandits under his command, and all of them are young and strong. The old ones were all sent by Li Jing to open up wasteland and farm.

As the new year was approaching, Sun Meng took Chen Erzhuang and others back to the mountain with silver and other supplies. Li Jing was overjoyed and brought the bandits down the mountain to greet him.

Seeing Li Jing personally greet him, Sun Meng quickly got off the saddle and clasped his fists and said, "The head of the family welcomes him personally, how dare brothers take responsibility."

"It's right, it's right, you can wear the wealth of thousands of people in our cottage, so it's only natural for me to come to welcome you." Li Jing took Sun Meng's arm and smiled: "Come, come, come, I'll give it to you." You introduce a few new brothers, these days you are not on the mountain, but our cottage has added more than 200 brothers."

Li Jing pulled Sun Meng and introduced him to several bandit leaders who had recently joined the team.

Seeing Sun Meng wearing his helmet and armor, he was obviously the leader of the army, but he was very respectful to Li Jing, the new bandits wondered, wondering what the new head of the family came from.

After listening to Li Jing's introduction, he realized that Sun Meng was also Li Jing's subordinate.The gangsters couldn't help secretly admiring Li Jing's tactics, they even gathered the officers and soldiers together, and felt that they had made the right move by relying on Li Jing.

Li Jing led Sun Meng and others, and walked up the mountain slowly while exchanging pleasantries.

Seeing that the houses on the mountain had been completely renovated, Sun Meng smiled and said: "Hehe, I'm really happy to see the cottage is so prosperous. Especially the prestige of the head of the family, now the officers and soldiers in Zhengzhou City admire it very much."

"The officers and soldiers in Zhengzhou city admire me? Are they thinking about preparing to suppress me? They are soldiers, and I am a bandit. It is not a good thing to be remembered by them. As the saying goes, people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. It seems that I am a thief. The government will miss me more and more." Li Jing said with a smile.

"Hehe, dare they? Don't dare to talk about other places, just talk about the officers and soldiers in Zhengzhou City. If the big boss didn't buy things from them, they wouldn't be able to live for a year. Now these guys are thinking about the big boss. Some even want to come to the mountains to join the master." Sun Meng laughed.

"Huh? Is there such a thing? Let's hear it." Li Jingqi said.

"Brother, didn't you want me to buy ordnance from officers and soldiers? Guess how many guys we bought this time?" Sun Meng laughed.

"How much?" Li Jing asked.

"There are about 200 knives, more than 300 shields, more than 100 guns, more than 100 longbows, more than 400 bird guns, a lot of gunpowder and lead pellets, and more than [-] sets of armor. But most of them are dilapidated, and some of the knives and guns are rusted." Sun Meng laughed.

"Hahaha, you must have bought out the arsenal of Zhengzhou City." Li Jing laughed.

"Hey, the arsenal is basically empty, even the stuff used by the officers and soldiers has been sold to us." Sun Meng laughed.

Immediately, Sun Meng explained the process of purchasing ordnance supplies this time.

It turned out that after Uncle Fu found Sun Meng, he told Sun Meng what Li Jing meant. One was to ask Sun Meng to find a way to contact the running officer, and the other was to find a way to find officers and soldiers to buy ordnance.Sun Meng didn't care too much about running away as an official, but he was extremely concerned about the purchase of ordnance that Li Jing told him.

It's just that Sun Meng is a rough man, so he doesn't know how to find someone to do business with, but he has his own way. Sun Meng found more than a dozen officers and soldiers he was familiar with, and gave each of them more than ten taels of silver. Take all their weapons guys off.

These soldiers have not been paid for a few days, and they are worried about how they will live this year. When they see so much money, they don't care about the guys who fight. They start buying new year's goods when they get the money.

I didn't expect it to hit right.

How could it be possible for these soldiers to buy new year's goods in large and small bags without being discovered?

Soldiers who saw them buying New Year's goods inevitably began to wonder.Where did these guys get the money to buy new year's goods.

Look at it again, shit, all the guys who served as soldiers to eat are gone. This is not selling for money for the New Year, what else can it be.

When even some soldiers asked them who bought the swords, guns and weapons, they asked them to help them sell the weapons for the New Year.

These soldiers are all planing food in the same trough, and they are very clear about each other's family background. If they can't survive last year, others won't be much better. No matter what Sun Meng wants their ordnance to do, they will bring a group of soldiers to find them. Sun Meng.

(End of this chapter)