Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 66 Returning home point general military parade (1)

July 1590, 7, morning.

After wandering around the city of Beijing for seven days, the adults of the Ministry of War finally summoned Huang Laifu and asked him to collect the edict.

After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the status of military officers declined, and even those who held the high position of the chief military officer had to kneel and salute when they went to the Ministry of War to receive the edict. Huang Laifu, a small thousand household, of course could not challenge this unspoken rule. He did not hesitate Kneeling down to the adults, the movements can be said to be light and unrestrained, and the manners are graceful, which made the adults nod endlessly.

This time when he came to Beijing, Huang Laifu specially gave some money to the adults of the Ministry of War, which cost almost 300 taels, plus a few letters from his adoptive father Liu Jingchun, so the adults of the Ministry of War still treated Huang Laifu very kindly .

The Ministry of War's Military Selection and Clearing Officials Department has checked Huang Laifu's yellow book of military positions, as well as the joint name bond of the official letter printed by the Dusiwei Office.

In this way, Huang Laifu was successfully replaced, and received the edict of sue, two sets of official uniforms for thousands of households, and the unicorn bronze medal of the fifth-rank Wude general.There is no need for even the martial arts exam.

The next day, Huang Laifu left Beijing with Gu Yunniang and others.This was Huang Laifu's first visit to Beijing, and he seemed a little silent.However, this time he inspected the agricultural situation along the way to Beijing and obtained some valuable information, which was very fruitful.

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It was near noon on August 1590, 8 AD.

On the road near Wuzhaibao, the surrounding fields are full of golden ears of wheat, the grains are full and the color is beautiful. It is conceivable that if there are no accidents, this year's bumper harvest is certain.

Both Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu laughed openly, this kind of wonderful scene has not been seen in Wuzhai Fort for many years.Huang Laifu, who was on the horse, was also satisfied when he saw this situation. After a year of hard work and busy work, he finally had a good reward.According to the situation in the wheat ears in the field, it is estimated that around August 8th, Wuzhaibao will start harvesting spring wheat, and by the beginning of September, all harvesting will be completed.

After Huang Laifu and the others returned from Beijing, of course they would not be as leisurely and leisurely as they were when they went there. He remembered the recent spring wheat harvest period, so he hurried all the way back.

Gu Yunniang was missing from the group of people who returned to Wuzhai Fort. When they returned to Kelan Prefecture, because she and Huang Laifu were going to get married on September [-]th, they naturally had to stay in Kelan Prefecture to make preparations. .Of course, on the way back to Kelanzhou, Huang Laifu left half of the various gifts he bought from Taiyuan and Beijing at the home of his father-in-law in Kelanzhou, and his adoptive father, Liu Jingchun, also wanted to return and give gifts.And Huang Lingbin from Kelan Prefecture Health School is also going to visit.

However, among this group of people, Gu Yunniang was missing, but there were a few more people, namely Zhou Wendong's family who met in Taiyuan.During these times, Zhou Wendong stayed in Taiyuan. After careful consideration, he finally decided to go to Wuzhai Fort with Huang Laifu.

At this moment, he and his wife, Mrs. Zhang, were sitting in the carriage, looking out at the fields on both sides, they couldn't help being extremely surprised, and opened their eyes to the widest.He traveled all the way from Taiyuan, and the wheat ears in the fields in all counties were not growing well, only Wuzhaibao had a good harvest.This continuous, endless golden wheat wave is really pleasing to the eye.And this kind of situation of harvesting wheat waves is not seen even in Taiyuan, but I did not expect to see it in a small Wuzhai Fort.

Zhou Wendong finally let out a long sigh: "It's unbelievable, is this really a poor military fort in a border town?"

With the sound of horseshoes, they went all the way to Wuzhai Fort. There were many guards wandering around in the fields on both sides, especially the guards in the farms, many of them were the flag soldiers of Wuzhai Fort, and they were all in the same body. Bring a waist knife to prevent criminals from stealing.Of course, in addition to the settlements and military households, there are also many civilian households and businessmen wandering around the fields. The bumper harvest is just around the corner. Looking at the waves of wheat, many people have incredulous expressions in their eyes. Whispering on the side.

Seeing Huang Laifu passing by the side of the road, many military households showed surprise expressions on their faces and jumped up: "Your Excellency is back?" They ran after Huang Laifu, while civilian households from all over the place stood in fear. Watching from the side, the merchants hurriedly gathered around, showing a fawning expression, and saluted Huang Laifu to say hello.

All the way there were hot questions, Huang Laifu smiled all the way, nodded and waved all the way, and finally came back, feeling comfortable at home.

Not far from the fort, Huang Laifu gave an order, and Jiang Dazhong stepped on his horse, went one step ahead, and went to the thousand-household house in the fort to report the news of the young master's return to Huang Sihao and others.

When Huang Laifu and others arrived at the south gate of Wuzhai Fort, Huang Sihao and Yang Shi had already received the news. The two elders were very happy and came to welcome Huang Laifu in person at the gate of the fort.The news of Huang Laifu's return from his replacement quickly spread in the fort. The military households who got the news, He Fuqianhu, Jiang Baihu, Yang Baihu, and Qu Yuanrui all rushed to the gate of the fort to greet him. .

When Huang Laifu arrived at the gate of the fort, the area was already crowded, and the gate was full of welcoming crowds.

Amidst the commotion, Huang Laifu jumped off the horse, threw the whip to Yang Xiaolu, went in front of his father Huang Sihao and his mother Yang Shi, and bowed down: "I have seen my father, my lord."

Yang stepped forward first, and helped Huang Laifu up with a smile on her face: "My son, get up quickly, get up quickly." She looked Huang Laifu up and down, and said with some heartache: "My son has been out for a while, and he has lost weight." Pull Huang Laifu.

Huang Sihao said: "Is Fu'er doing well all the way? Can the replacement go well?"

Huang Laifu said: "Thank you dad for your concern, the replacement went very smoothly."

Huang Sihao breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."

After the family members said something, He Fuqianhu, Jiang Baihu, Yang Baihu, and Qu Yuanrui also came forward to greet Huang Laifu.After talking for a while, Huang Laifu introduced Zhou Wendong behind him to Huang Sihao and everyone.

Zhou Wendong saluted Huang Sihao: "The students have met Mr. Huang."

Huang Sihao smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou has worked hard all the way here."

After making a noise for a while, everyone went to the castle.Along the way, all the military households on both sides of the street said to Huang Laifu, "Your Excellency is welcome to come back...Your Excellency has worked hard all the way..." Huang Laifu nodded with a smile, and from time to time saluted everyone on both sides. He also saw Liu Yumei, a military craftsman girl, secretly looking at him in the crowd. Seeing him coming back, his face was full of joy.

And Zhou Wendong was walking beside Huang Laifu, seeing how popular Huang Laifu was in Wuzhai Fort, he couldn't help being secretly surprised.

Back in the Qianhu House, Huang Laifu ordered his family to arrange for Zhou Wendong, and then he bathed and changed his clothes. When having lunch, he invited Zhou Wendong's family to have dinner together, and then told his parents about what he had seen and heard in the capital on the road, saying In addition to the arrangements for my younger brother, there are also a large number of gifts for the family.

After hearing what Huang Laifu saw and heard in various places, Mrs. Yang listened with great interest, and she sighed: "It's better for me, I have seen so many places, like your mother, since she was a child, she has never been out of Wuzhai Fort." .”

After lunch, Huang Laifu asked Steward Yang to report on various things in Wuzhai Fort after he left because he was already quite tired. With his father Huang Sihao around, of course it was generally calm, but the specific conditions in the various farms in Wuzhai Fort , Of course, I still need to go to inspect it tomorrow.After Butler Yang left, Huang Laifu took a nap for a while.

That night, Huang Sihao held a large banquet in the thousand-household house to welcome his son and celebrate his successful replacement.All the officers of Wuzhai Fort were naturally present, and Qu Yuanrui and Huang Laifu were friends, so they also came to the banquet.Wang Qinian, Liu Zongqi and Qian's couple also came.

In the banquet, Huang Laifu introduced Zhou Wendong to everyone. Soon, Wang Qinian in the banquet found that he and Zhou Wendong got along quite well, and the two have been in frequent contact since then.

Regarding Zhou Wendong's arrangement, Huang Laifu decided to let him work under Steward Yang for a period of time first, to see his work ability first, and if he had outstanding ability, he planned to reuse it.

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When Huang Laifu came back from Beijing as a replacement, he was officially a thousand households in Wuzhai Fort. The first thing he did when he returned to the fort was naturally to take up his post.

On the second day, in the official office of Wuzhai Fort, Huang Laifu and his father Huang Sihao held an official seal handover ceremony.The military officers of Wuzhai Fort witnessed this historical moment. Of course, in addition, they also came up one by one to meet the new Wuzhai Fort Qianhu, Mr. Huang Laifu.

For Huang Laifu's talent, all the townsmen and hundreds of households had nothing to say. Seeing that the bumper harvests of the various farms in Wuzhaibao were just around the corner, they all admired Huang Laifu's series of practices this year.Without Huang Laifu, what would Wuzhai Fort look like now?I'm afraid everyone is still poor.

Coupled with the deep-rooted influence of the Huang family in Wuzhai Fort, if they want to do well in Wuzhai Fort, they must please the Huang family. It used to be Huang Sihao, but now it is Huang Laifu.But what reassures them is that Huang Laifu is still very generous to those around him.Presumably, after the harvest at the end of the year, everyone here can get rich returns.

After Huang Laifu received the seal of Qianhu from his father, all the officers came up one by one to congratulate Huang Laifu.

According to the establishment of the Wuzhai Fort Thousand Household Office, Wuzhai Fort has one member of the Zhengqian Household, Mr. Huang Laifu.He is in charge of the great seal of thousands of households, and is in charge of the deployment, replenishment, selection and military defense of the whole army.

One of the deputy thousand households is He Chaoxun and the deputy thousand households. He is in charge of the book affairs, and is responsible for farming, camping, military inspection, patrolling and other matters.

There are two members of the Zhenfu, Sun Gui and Han Ming, who are in charge of military discipline.

There are ten members from one hundred households, and all the hundreds of households are dressed in the costumes of military officers painted in Biao. Everyone is of the sixth rank. They wear the lion-shaped bronze medal of Captain Zhaoxin, and each person has a monthly salary of ten stones.These ten people are: Jiang Yongsheng Jiang Baihu, Yang Anzhang Yang Baihu.These two are the fathers of Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu, and they are also the best friends with the Huang family.The other eight hundred households are: Li An, Li Cheng, Han Bing, Su Rui, Li Chun, Ma Wencai, Xu Shou, and Wang Tang.

Among the ten members and one hundred households, eight belonged to the headquarters of Wuzhai Fort, and only Ma Wencai, Xu Shou, and Wang Tang were stationed outside Wuzhai Fort, managing some small forts and Huodun.

Apart from these large and small officers, the rest of the people in Wuzhai Fort are not worth mentioning. As for the military storage and granary, the ordnance bureau, the magic machine storehouse, and the fire medicine bureau in the fort, they are all guarded by the Huang family's cronies.Those people are not officials, so there is no need to come to see the new Master Qianhu. Of course, private banquets with Huang Laifu are inevitable.

After everyone visited the new Lord Qianhu one by one, Huang Laifu looked at everyone below. His father Huang Sihao sat aside and looked at himself with a smile. Help each other and build our Wuzhai!"

Everyone stood up and said loudly: "The rank must do its best and dare not be lazy, in order to repay the favor of the Lord."

Huang Laifu shouted: "Okay, the flag will be raised tomorrow, and the military parade will be ordered!"

(End of this chapter)