Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 278 Conscription!

Liu Erniu turned her head and saw her sister Liu Yumei's expression was not good, so she couldn't help but glance at Huang Xiurou, as if she decided that Huang Xiurou was the one who made her sister feel bad.

Huang Xiurou rolled her eyes upwards, and snorted softly: "A pair of foxes, big and small."

With her like this, Liu Yumei was just sad, Liu Erniu's eyes were shining, Qu Xiuhe sat quietly and Gu Yunniang's expression remained unchanged, she just smiled and said: "Okay, everyone is here, Steward Yang, order the servants to serve breakfast Bar."

Butler Yang had already stood by the side, and immediately responded with a smile. In the past few years, most of the affairs outside the mansion have been taken over by Gu Yunniang and others. Now he is only busy with the trivial matters in the mansion, and his workload has been greatly reduced.He ordered, and the servants brought the breakfast in an assembly line.

As for the subtle situation of the women just now, Huang Laifu, as a big man, naturally couldn't detect the careful thoughts of the outstanding women. He just heard that Huang Xiurou didn't marry, so he smiled bitterly in his heart, thinking: "One doesn't marry, the other doesn't marry, can it be?" My brothers and sisters have to learn from the people of later generations, can they marry and have children late?"

Breakfast is millet porridge with candied dates and goji berries. The exquisite porcelain bowl and the fragrant rice porridge whetted Huang Laifu's appetite. He drank several bowls in a row, then pushed the bowl, stood up and said, "Yun Niang, I'm going to inspect outside at noon. Maybe I won’t go back home for dinner.”

Gu Yunniang stood up, came over to tidy up Huang Laifu's clothes, and said softly: "I will save myself, my husband should not be too tired."

Huang Xiurou jumped up and said, "Brother, I want to go with you too."

Huang Laifu shook his head and said, "Brother is going to do business, so what's the fun in it?"

He said to Huang Lingbin who was still eating porridge slowly: "Second brother, go out for a walk with elder brother."

Huang Lingbin was startled, and hurriedly responded, quickly took a few sips, pushed the bowl and stood up.

Huang Xiurou pursed her lips, Gu Yunniang smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, your brother is going to do business. We are a woman, how can he stay with you. If you are free, help your sister-in-law to sort out the bills."

Huang Xiuju said: "What's so fun about sorting out the accounts? It's better to go horseback riding and archery."

She rolled her eyes and said to Liu Erniu next to her, "The girl is also idle, why don't we find someone to fight Shuanglu?"

Liu Erniu's eyes fluttered, and she said with a smile, "That's fine."

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Surrounded by Gu Dadao, Azhi and other close family members, Huang Laifu led Huang Lingbin and rode to the Wuzhaibao official office.This time he took a break from his busy schedule to stay in Wuzhai Fort for a few days, so he naturally wanted to get busy with the affairs inside and outside the fort.

At present, Wuzhai Fort has spacious and elegant streets, clean roads, brand-new houses, shady trees, numerous high-end business signs, and energetic pedestrians walking on the street, most of whom are wearing woolen coats. Fort shows the atmosphere of the metropolis.Huang Laifu's years of management have finally yielded fruitful results.

Although the weather was extremely cold, there were already pedestrians and vendors on the street early in the morning, and everyone left the hot kang to start a day's life. The diligence of Wuzhaibao people is well-known.And the cleaners on the street also started to clean up the street.It is because of them that the streets are so clean.

It is spotlessly clean, and it is also one of the famous places of Wuzhai Fort. When you come here, you will forget that this is a frontier fortress on the Loess Plateau in Northwest Shanxi.

Huang Laifu sat in the carriage and looked at the pedestrians walking outside. Apart from the locals, most of them were from other places.Over the years, more and more outsiders flocked to Wuzhai Fort.Seeing Huang Laifu's chariot and horse approaching, those familiar locals bowed respectfully to the chariot and horse.And those outsiders stepped aside, pointing and whispering.

Over the years, there has been a wave of worship of Huang Laifu in Wuzhaibao, and Huang Laifu's longevity tablets and portraits are placed in many people's homes.The locals are like this, and foreigners who want to integrate into Wuzhaibao must do the same.Not to mention Wuzhai Fort, but Shenchi Fort, Laoying Fort, Kelanzhou and other places, the local people also invited a portrait of Huang Laifu to go back as a door god, and paste it on the bedside door to ward off evil spirits.

But the tablet of longevity is easy to say, that portrait, Huang Laifu doesn't look like himself at all, he is wearing an iron helmet and armor, holding a Guan Gong knife in his hand, Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu are guarding him in armor, with beards all over their faces, and their appearance is majestic. Like a 50-year-old uncle is not like myself.But this is the simple mind of the common people, so Huang Laifu will let them go.

The chariots and horses passed by, and looked at the guards before and after the guards, those outsiders were speechless, oh my god, these army masters in Wuzhaibao are already the most powerful Ming army horses that you have ever seen. When the servants of the military gate came, they became even stronger several times.Yesterday, when Huang Junmen led the hundreds of armored cavalry to Wuzhai Fort, the big guys scrambled to get out of the city first, and passed messages to each other like looking at a diorama, this is a real man.

Looking out of the street, it is still early in the day and there are not many pedestrians, but some sign-up spots on the street are already crowded with people.

Huang Laifu implemented a three-level military training system. Young and middle-aged men from all over the country first joined the Wuzhaibao military household registration, and were recruited to serve as farms for various farms, and practiced in their spare time.Excellent soldiers were absorbed into the army, and then excellent soldiers were absorbed into the servants.All battalions of Huang Laifu implemented a retirement system. After serving in the army for five years, if the sergeants want to retire, they can receive a one-time retirement payment of 20 taels of silver, as well as the former beheading reward silver provident fund, for an honorable retirement.Wuzhaibao will arrange work for them and take care of many aspects.

A few years have passed, and some soldiers have retired one after another.Due to the good treatment of the Wuzhaibao army, the various pensions and rewards are very attractive, and there is a good rear security, which attracts a large number of young and middle-aged people who want to join, especially those who come to Wuzhaibao.And everyone has also heard that from the end of the year, Wuzhai Fort will set up a police force to maintain law and order in Wuzhai Fort. The treatment is also very good.This has attracted the attention of a large number of people.

However, there are few people who have retired, and many people want to join, and they must become a farmer on a local farm in advance and have a local household registration.Soldiers must be born from the villages to ensure the loyalty of the soldiers to Huang Laifu and Wuzhai Fort, and even the police must be selected from retired soldiers or villages. Therefore, at the end of each year, the collection of villages from various farms becomes Wuzhai. A big hit in and around Fort.

Now that the armies of the farms in Wuzhaibao have stabilized, and there are not many soldiers in Tunting, they have become "sweet pastry" for many people to fight for, and some "back door" situations have also arisen.Many people reflected that "it is not so difficult to be a soldier, but it is even more difficult to be a soldier in Wuzhaibao!", "It is difficult to get in without a family background".

In order to prevent this kind of situation from happening, the solution, apart from an open and transparent selection mechanism, is to open more farms.After all, the operation of various farms outside the Great Wall can be said to be in full swing.

"Wuzhaibao News" has already called for: "Young and middle-aged people go to Bajiaobao, Laoyingbao, Pianguan, and outside the Great Wall!"

"Get fame outside the Great Wall, don't be a bitch inside the border!"

Seeing such a fiery situation, Huang Laifu was naturally satisfied. Soldiers from military households from other places were rushing to flee first. They only had their own jurisdiction, and the young and middle-aged were scrambling to join the military system.The new trend of Wuzhai Fort will naturally attract the attention of interested people. Many military and border towns want to emulate the successful experience of Wuzhai Fort, but they have discovered that if they want to introduce the system of Wuzhai Fort, they must have certain financial resources. It is impossible for many people.

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Soon, Huang Laifu drove to the official office.The current Wuzhaibao military affairs are managed by Jiang Dazhong. In addition to military affairs, there are also local civil affairs.Therefore, Jiang Dazhong, as well as the bureau chiefs of Wuzhaibao, who are Huang Laifu's shogunate, have long been waiting in the official office.Seeing Huang Lingbin accompanying Huang Laifu, everyone was startled, and then calmed down. As Huang Laifu's younger brother, it is only natural for him to participate in the affairs of Wuzhaibao.

In the crowd, Huang Laifu saw Wang Qinian and Zhou Wendong whispering together with a glance, and their expressions were quite high-spirited.In my memory, the former Wang Qinian was a depressed person, but in the past two years, he seemed to have a second spring.Huang Laifu heard that he had an affair with a woman named Bai Xiuxiu, who seemed to be his former lover.

I heard that Bai Xiuxiu seems to be a married woman with a daughter? ...But Huang Laifu has always been too lazy to take care of the private life of this kind of subordinate. He has an affair with other people's wives, so what does it matter to him?

In the meeting hall, Huang Laifu sat in the middle, Huang Lingbin sat on the sidelines a little restrainedly, and his subordinates sat on both sides, all together.

"Junmen, 310 five people have retired from our Wuzhai camp this year. If Ruxin recruits additional sergeants from the village, he will need more than [-] taels of Anjia silver, as well as the armor and military equipment of the soldiers. Dial!"

Jiang Dazhong talked about Wuzhaibao's military affairs for a while, then stood up and saluted Huang Laifu with his fists clasped.

Huang Laifu nodded, and said to He Ruzhen, who was next to him: "What's the matter with you, I will leave this matter to you!"

In Wuzhai Fort, He Ruzhen, the son of a thousand households, is in charge of logistics, military training, and conscription. This guy is honest and meticulous, so Huang Laifu trusts him to manage the logistics.Right now he is the commander of Wuzhaiwei, with the title of garrison added.Although the official position is not as high as Jiang Dazhong, even Jiang Dazhong must be honest in front of He Ruzhen.

He Ruzhen stood up, just clasped his fists and saluted and said: "Humble post!"

Huang Laifu said: "There are still recruits from other battalions, and their retirement matters must be urgently handled. The recruited soldiers must also step up their training, so that they can become a member of my iron-blooded soldiers as soon as possible!"

He Ruzhen said: "The humble job understands!"

Huang Laifu pondered for a while, and said: "At present, Wuzhai Fort is going to set up a police force to take charge of the security inside and outside the fort. I think these policemen should be selected from the retired soldiers first. This matter is up to you. Get up. From now on, don’t take part in the law and order in the fort and the regular army, just concentrate on fighting!”

Both Jiang Dazhong and He Ruzhen shouted loudly: "I obey my orders!"

Those who can do more work. Although He Ruzhen is busy, Huang Laifu has no suitable candidates for the time being.Moreover, such crucial departments as the army and the police cannot be dealt with by old military officers. They can just be busy with civil affairs inside and outside the fort. Young people like He Ruzhen should take care of it. .However, He Chaoxun was also proud to see that his son was highly valued by Huang Laifu.

Everyone discussed the matter for a while, and Huang Laifu said to Ma Wencai, director of the Wuzhaibao Propaganda Bureau: "At present, some literati in Beijing and other places are quite critical of the emperor's mining and taxation. As a model of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, Wuzhaibao naturally You must stand on the side of the emperor... Director Ma, you arrange some people to blow up the news in the newspaper, make your own voice, criticize the selfish villains of the literati, and support the emperor! Let the world know that the emperor issued an order It is very necessary to extract taxes from mines, and it is a good thing that benefits the country and the people....Also, you should make arrangements as soon as possible to set up a branch of "Wuzhaibao News" in the capital, and I will ask Yunniang to give it to you A sum of money will make this branch open in the future with more style and momentum, and recruit a group of people in the local area to protect the safety of the newspaper staff!"

The turmoil that Emperor Wanli ordered the mine to be opened in the world also spread to Wuzhaibao, but in this place, it was Huang Laifu's territory, so naturally there was no voice of opposition.However, Huang Laifu believes that instead of making small troubles in Wuzhaibao, he should go out and speak out boldly. In the future, he must occupy the public opinion market in the capital, after all, it is the center of the world.

Ma Wencai was overjoyed, and said loudly: "I understand, I will do it as soon as possible!"

Huang Laifu nodded in satisfaction.

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After the discussion, Huang Laifu, accompanied by everyone, inspected the Wuzhai Fort, the military camp affairs in the city, and expressed condolences to the officers and soldiers of the Wuzhai Camp. The soldiers were very excited to see the old chief come back.

Especially in the military factory of the Wuzhaibao Arms Bureau, Huang Laifu stopped and watched carefully.

The current Wuzhaibao Military Factory, in addition to cannons, can produce a large number of firecrackers, handguns, swords and shields, armor uniforms, cowhide boots, etc. every year, because Huang Laifu outsourced some unimportant parts to some surrounding businessmen for production , so the speed of weapon production is getting faster and faster.Coupled with the fact that Wuzhaibao's weapons are well managed and of high quality, many military town guards have begun to purchase weapons from Wuzhaibao Weapons Bureau.There are also immigrants from outside the Great Wall who need a large number of weapons and equipment, which makes the Wuzhaibao military factory more and more expanded.

In addition, since the successful development of the Wuzhaibao flintlock gun at the beginning of the year, the Wuzhaibao Arms Bureau has produced more than [-] flintlock guns so far, which are very popular among soldiers.

However, the current Wuzhaibao flintlock, apart from being able to fight in rainy days and reducing the loading process, has the same power and range as the matchlock blunderbuss, and its pursuit is farther and more accurate than bows and arrows.After all, according to Qi Jiguang's combat method, when encountering an enemy, he will fire at hundreds of paces, release the blunderbuss within a hundred paces, and only shoot arrows at sixty paces.Also because now the main enemies of Ming Dynasty are the Mongols in leather armor or the Japanese in simple armor, so the range and power of a blunderbuss are enough.

But Huang Laifu didn't know if he would fight against Europeans and Manchurians in the future. These guys were all wearing heavy armor, especially the heavy armored cavalry of the Manchurians, who also wore double heavy armor.In the future, whether the power of this firecracker is enough is a problem.However, according to the history of Europeans, their gun barrels are getting bigger and bigger, but the shooting range is getting closer and closer. Even in the Napoleonic era, the flintlock guns of the Westerners could not fire ten guns at a distance of 100 meters. to the target once.Only when you stand at 50 meters and line up in a tight formation can you show your power.This is why in Western movies, we always see Europeans standing at a distance of 50 meters, split into two sides, and shoot at each other silly.

In addition, I have already built a tunnel-fired gun. In the future, research on a breech-loading gun that fires paper-based breech-loading bullets can also be put on the agenda, but this requires a high-precision breech locking device to ensure that there is no air leakage. Knowing that with the current technological strength of Ming Dynasty, it would take hundreds of years to research it.

Let's talk about this kind of thing later.Anyway, with the current tunnel-fired beak gun, it is already very advanced in the vicinity of Daming.

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Huang Laifu was just inspecting various places in the castle today, but when he returned to the mansion, it was already late.Huang Lingbin is indeed a scholar, just running around with Huang Laifu, when he returned home, he was exhausted.But at the end of the day, he still has a lot of experience to gain, and he also understands that while his elder brother is beautiful in front of others, he is not easy behind him.

After a hasty meal, Huang Lingbin went to bed.After Huang Laifu dealt with some government affairs, he also went to Gu Yunniang's room to rest.After all, Gu Yunniang is the main wife, Huang Laifu returned to Wuzhai Fort for a few days, even if Qu Xiuhe, Liu Yumei, and Meiyue, Liuhuan and the girls each took one night, Gu Yunniang should have two nights.

Gu Yunniang had already prepared hot water and served Huang Laifu to take a bath. The couple took a mandarin duck bath and chatted.

Listening to what Gu Yunniang said, Huang Laifu saw that although she had been married for a few years, she had been quiet a lot in the past few years, but she still had some girlish charm, so she kissed her lightly on the face, and sighed: "My husband wants to marry you." Busy with internal and external affairs, and you have to deal with your wives and concubines, you are too weak, so how can you find other women?"

Gu Yunniang rolled her eyes and said Huang Laifu: "You also said that you not only seduced other women, but also made rabbits eat grass by the side of the nest, and even your own sister-in-law was not spared!"

Huang Laifu asked strangely: "Who, what sister-in-law, why don't I know?"

Gu Yunniang pinched Huang Laifu's cheek, and said angrily: "Who else is Liu Erniu, this girl, you look at you strangely, why is it that you seduced her?"

Huang Laifu said: "So it's her, don't talk nonsense, she and I are innocent!"

Gu Yunniang swept Huang Laifu's face with sharp eyes, and said seriously: "Everyone in our house understands this girl's love for you. She is not too young, and living in the house like this now, no one would dare to take her. , why don’t you take her in as your concubine. But let me tell you, this is the last one, and you are not allowed to seduce other women in the future!”

Liu Erniu Gu Yunniang also observed that even if she served Huang Laifu together with her sister Liu Yumei, it would not threaten her status in the future.So Gu Yunniang didn't mind Huang Laifu having another concubine.Gu Yunniang's principle is that Huang Laifu can accept a concubine, but she must be in charge of the selection, and the relevant personnel also need to be under her control.

Huang Laifu said: "Then let you arrange it, my lady, I don't care!"

Gu Yunniang bit Huang Laifu's chest resentfully, and said, "You're going to be a good boy even if you get a cheap one, and you're going to ruin another beautiful woman who is as beautiful as a flower!"

Huang Laifu said: "Oh, you still dare to bite me?"

As soon as she turned over, she pressed Gu Yunniang under her body, and she had a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery in front of her.

(End of this chapter)