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Chapter 1404 Watergate
Ying Ming was actually quite worried, with Wei Si'er's appearance, whether they advanced to London or Wei Si's problems first.

It's not that he's worried about Xie Lao's disease, but that he will die in a woman's belly.

Like him, Yingming's mixed-breed yellow dog can nap and sleep for nine hours under his feet all day long, and Wei Jinzhong can sleep for nine hours in a brothel, which is almost the biggest instability factor in Yingming's army.

The confidantes of the top military officer in Puzhou hang around the brothels in every town, they can be called hungry ghosts in sex, the Ming army has only been stationed in Winchester for three days, and this has already become the consensus of everyone on the streets through the mouths of prostitutes.

From the westernmost tip of the island of England to Winchester, it would be difficult to find prostitutes that Wei Jinzhong did not know.

If Puzhou brothels need a trade association to protect the common interests of service personnel, there is probably no one more suitable for the position of president than Wei Jinzhong.

This means a great risk for an army with strict military discipline, but at the same time, it is precisely because of their strict military discipline that they need a character like Wei Jinzhong even more.

Because he can help the red-eyed soldiers after the war to find a haven of peace of mind.

In fact, this is a shameful thing for Yingming. His confidant servant, his side job is a pimp who communicates between soldiers and prostitutes.

Limited to military law, Ming soldiers following Ying Ming cannot harm the common people, but holding a knife means danger.

While they are frightening, they also live in fear.

The high-intensity marching and continuous fighting made them worry about whether they would become a temple to worship righteous gods after the next battle before they had time to rejoice that they had won another battle. .

The possibility of becoming a god is naturally proud and can increase people's courage, but who wants to be a god if they can live well.

The problem of plundering the common people does not need to be eradicated in the Eastern Banner Army under Ying Ming's command, and it will never happen. On the one hand, it is naturally because of the restraint of the military law, but the main reason is actually the general poverty of the common people in England.

Rich aristocrats and businessmen do not need individual banner troops to plunder. Some surrendered early and are good friends of General Yingming;

Who will plunder his own spoils?That thing was found called theft.

Sufficient military pay minimizes the possibility of the Banner Army looting, but it is difficult to curb the physiological needs of drinking and finding women. Once absolutely curbed, the Banner Army is more likely to have psychological problems.

Ying Ming, who has been fighting all the way from the Banner Army until now, wrote to the Dongyang Army Mansion about letting the retired Banner Army go to other places to rest for half a year and a year before returning home. He was very concerned about the psychological problems of the Expeditionary Banner Army.

Therefore, blocking is worse than sparse. Banner troops in Puzhou have enough holidays. During the non-war period, each small banner department has two quotas for camping overnight.

Moreover, during the war, unprecedentedly, the highest military officer issued an order to transfer front-line soldiers back to the city for the New Year holiday.

The most amazing thing is that Ying Ming issued such an order, and the enemy army also tacitly locked up the city for a long time from New Year's Eve to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month-this is really strange for the Ming army.

In order to celebrate the new year, they are all ready to temporarily give up all the land east of Puli, and then reoccupy it again after the new year.

As a result, people did not respond.

Just like why the enemy general is called Luobotou and why Wei Jinzhong is extremely lecherous, it is listed as one of the top ten unsolved mysteries of General Yingming in the Wanli Great Exploitation Era.

These questions may never be answered before the carrot head is captured alive. He tried to question the captives, but the nobles who were senior generals were basically killed by the Puli camp in the previous knight charge. None of us know why they didn't march two months ago.

Hope is really very slim, because on the fifth day of March, Winchester ushered in a new visitor, a former Spanish and now Dutchman, Linden.

Not Lyndon Wan, but Lyndon Jane.

Served in the Spanish Legion, fought for King Philip in the Netherlands, and later joined the pioneering of the New World, becoming the captain of the Peruvian Western Army.

In the late period of the Second Ming-Xi War, the superior quickly died and was promoted to the leader of the phalanx. He once led three companies to attack the defense line of the Ming general Shao Tingda in the Changsheng Battle.

Although the line of defense was not breached later, he still became the commander of the garrison in Peru because of his bravery and skill. In the end, he stepped into a trap while charging in heavy armor while leading the army to suppress Lautaro, and retired due to injury.

"I used to be a soldier like you, until I stepped on a sauerkraut jar."

When Linden said this, Ying Mingneng noticed that his right leg was a bit long, and he walked with a limp, but this did not delay the Dutchman who claimed to be a Spaniard in front of him with a high face.

"After returning to my hometown, all my neighbors became Dutch nationals, and I could only go out to make a living. Earl Dudley, who had fought side by side, approached me and asked me to train the army for him."

In fact, Ying Ming didn't understand that just stepping on a sauerkraut jar is not a great qualification, what is there to be proud of?
Master Ying still has a pile of shit-stained plate armor and crooked pots.

He frowned at Linden and asked, "So, you came to challenge me on his behalf? I defeated him in the battle. He should come and surrender instead of running away."

"No, Earl Dudley hasn't paid my salary. He has already been heavily in debt because of this war, and the troops I trained have also been defeated. I can't go back to Holland. I need money to go back to Spain. I need money to live a decent life."

Lin Deng looked at Ying Ming and said, "I'm here to find a job. I know two pieces of information that are very useful to the general. If you are willing to buy them with one thousand and a half taels of silver, I will serve by your side for two years. Then go back to Spain."

In fact, Linden's pride has nothing to do with stepping on the sauerkraut jar, because he was the best Spanish soldier in Europe in the past, so he should be proud.

"One thousand and a half taels of silver?"

500 taels of silver for two years, this employment fee is very high, twice that of the Beiyang Banner Army, and almost the same as the Banner Army under Ying Ming's command-they have experienced several wars and have gained a lot, and they will increase their salary by one month every now and then. two.

Such an offer was obviously too high for the Spanish cripple in front of him.

But Ying Ming didn't think that the Spanish veteran in front of him was someone who didn't know how much he weighed, so he ran to him and messed around with his life.

The high quotation actually aroused Ying Ming's curiosity about the two pieces of information.

He raised a finger: "I will give you 200 taels, you say the first one, I will not kill you if you are not satisfied, let you go; if you are satisfied, I will give you another 300 taels, and in the next two years, the moon silver 20 taels for food and housing to be my servant, and if you want to leave after two years, I will give you another 200 taels for travel expenses."

Linden thought about it for a while, and then said: "Earl Dudley took the Queen out of London and went north to Scotland. There are a lot of defenders in London, but the Queen's departure has lowered their morale."

As soon as the words fell, Ying Ming's eyes lit up, and he immediately ordered people to get the silver, and at the same time ordered his followers to gather the servants and the generals, stood up and pointed at Lin Deng and said, "Go ahead."

Lin Deng raised his head slightly: "I can open the London water gate and let the Ming army enter the city."

(End of this chapter)