Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Tongzhi's sudden idea scared Shen Baozhen and the rest to the point that they turned pale, especially all the officials from Fujian Province who had the qualifications to receive him, all of them started sweating profusely!

What are they afraid of? What they are afraid of is the emperor checking up on the army. In the morning, there was a ruckus, and three to four hundred recruits were lashed out, followed by the arrival of the emperor in the afternoon.

What do we do if we find out that they owe us money? Forget about the military salary, even the meat and wine that the His Majesty had just rewarded could not be served here in Fuzhou!

Fuzhou is poor only on one side, no matter how poor you are you will not be short of money for this meal, but there is no time!

Each of the thirty thousand new army would get one catty of wine, so this was thirty thousand catties of wine. There was not that much in the Fuzhou City, it was too late to transfer them from other prefectures.

Not to mention the meat and eggs, even the rice was borrowed from the grain merchants in the city!

In the end, the New Imperial Army borrowed five hundred thousand yuan from him, the ponytail shipyard took away four hundred thousand yuan, and the remaining eight hundred thousand was transferred by Zuo Zongtang to be used as military expenses for emergency assistance.

Now, Shen Baozhen had to borrow money to pay the officials!

The more he thought about it, the more scared he became. Since ancient times, it was only natural for military generals to raise funds. If thirty thousand Son of Heaven's personal army s were placed in Fujian, then he would be guilty of not managing the army's daily necessities.

Shen Baozhen kept giving Da Sixi meaningful glances. Fortunately, he had just handed over the silver, so Da Sixi quickly helped the emperor resolve the situation!

"His Majesty, look at the time. It's completely dark outside, even when you went out, the soldiers were unable to rest!"

"Besides, the Master Yang s have to go comfort them. They are all drinking in the tent next door. Do you want this servant to summon you? "

Tongzhi glared at him and said, "Cut the crap!" What do I need you to say? Retreat! After making a trip to Europa, do you not understand the rules!? "

Da Sixi's face turned pale and he knelt on the ground with a thump: "This servant doesn't dare, this servant slaps his mouth..." As he spoke, he slapped himself in the face.

This time, no one dared to stop him. The Little Emperor angrily walked out of the big tent, followed by a group of civil and military officials chasing him. Only Da Sixi was left alone in the big tent, kneeling down and slapping them.

Just now, the old and young nobles and local officials were received into the tent. In the narrow space, the more people there were, the more foul and foul the air became, causing Zai Chun's spirit to rise a bit when he stepped into the wild.

The cool and refreshing sea breeze blew over, carrying with it the scent of fresh grass. Tongzhi had experienced the industrial pollution in London before, and the thick gray fog caused him to be unable to breathe.

"Good, good, good …" The mountains and rivers of Home Country are really soothing, to the point of being completely breathless! "

Above his head was a sky full of stars, the Milky Way was as resplendent as a jade belt that stretched across the horizon, and on the hillside below his feet, there were countless bonfires!

The soldiers spoke in hushed tones, their voices suppressed and their laughter held together like the low notes in a symphony. The figure of a soldier by the bonfire made Zai Chun feel at ease.

Actually speaking, it was quite laughable. Xiao Letian's two final disciples, one Xiang Ying and one Zai Chun, both emphasized the character of generals. In fact, their personalities were similar, as though they had a dream of militarism in their hearts.

When Zai Chun saw the civil servants, he was annoyed but when he saw the army, especially his own army, he immediately felt refreshed!

Looking at the closest bonfire, Zai Chun walked towards it with large strides. The person who was sitting at the very center of the fire bonfire recording something in a book was the soldier Xie Ting who he had just met in the afternoon.

"What are you doing? Have you eaten yet? "

The sudden appearance of Tongzhi frightened all of the soldiers, and they all stood up and saluted! A squad of soldiers saluted the young emperor.

"Sit down, all of you sit down …" A class meeting? Let me look at your notebook... Company Commander Xie Ting? You are the Company Commander? Not bad, you brought over a hundred of your brothers! "

He opened the notebook on the cover of the cowhide. Inside the notebook, there were clumsy Chinese characters. They didn't look beautiful at all, but they were definitely recognizable.

Needless to say, this was an officer who had quickly become an officer in the army's literacy class!

"Reporting to Your Majesty! "I recorded the names of the best soldiers in today's training exercise. The first one to do three exercises in a row can record a rank 1 merit …"

"Here are the families of every soldier. There are people, land, and health... "My poor brothers, we will gather some money to buy some rice noodles for their families!"

The more Zai Chun saw, the more serious his expression became.

What was gratifying was that a soldier who did not know a single word could actually write in the army! Furthermore, the entire imperial guard army's system was very strict, they did not lose the ability they had learnt in the Ryukyu, Ma Ming and the rest had put in great effort.

The most important part of Xiao Letian's new army was the regular class meeting system. Almost every day, there would be a comprehensive review and meetings, whether it was war or not, the army would understand every single soldier's mood and thought.

This was a very clever and terrifying idea of a military rule. The commander of a huge army of tens of thousands of men could know the mental state of every single soldier under his command as long as he wanted to.

This was a huge advantage that the Middle Age's army did not have!

They were not lost, Ma Ming, San Bao and the rest remembered all the military rules that the new recruits from the Ryukyu had cultivated! Furthermore, Tongzhi was glad that he placed his army in Fuzhou, in the Wuyishan.

Of course, the people here were poor and backward, but because of poverty, they could maintain the purity of their troops. If they were to send New Imperial Army to Beijing or Jiangnan, they would have already been corroded a few years ago.

In the territories that Zuo Zongtang had managed, there were still rules!

Although he was happy, he was worried about the soldier's family situation as recorded in the notebook!

Some of them were the only son of their family, while some of their parents were blind, while some of their sisters were widowed. More than half of the soldiers didn't have any permanent property, not to mention paddy fields and dry fields, they didn't even have an acre of land.

Listening to Xie Ting's introduction, in those few months when spring had turned green and yellow, just him alone had been collecting food for the sixteen soldiers, and it was hard for them to turn the tide in their homes!

Closing the notebook, Tongzhi returned the Emperor over to Xie Ting and did not say a word.

He raised his head to look at the military pot. The flames under the pot were already very small. The red charcoal was licking the bottom of the pot, releasing a rich fragrance of rice and meat.

"You haven't eaten yet? "Let us see what's good to eat …" With that, Tongzhi opened the pot, and with just that one action, Shen Baozhen and the others' hearts were already in their throats.

The white mist filled the air, Zai Chun blinked his eyes and sized up the place, and then he saw a pot full of Dachshund Rice!

Beneath the pot was cooked white rice covered with more than a dozen sausages. At this moment, the fat of the sausages had already permeated into the rice grains, and the aroma of meat and rice assaulted his nostrils.

"Haha, there's meat to eat!" "I still remember that there's a bonus wine?"

"Yes!" "Yes, Your Majesty!" Xie Ting hurriedly opened an empty cannon case. Inside, there were a few bottles of rice wine, and Zai Chun tasted the cheapest rice wine that had a small mouthful of the milky white wine.

Shen Baozhen quickly said, "The rice wine over here is still pretty good. It's not strong, and the fragrance of the rice is rich …"

Zai Chun smiled faintly and put down his wine cup without saying anything, "Give me a small bowl of rice …" Forget it, I'll make it myself! "

Tongzhi took the shovel and the lunchbox from Ma Ming's hands and filled one piece into the lunchbox.

After eating two bites of the bamboo chopsticks, he won the prize. With a "ga beng" sound, he bit onto the sand!

The surrounding soldiers were all watching with rapt attention. The little emperor's pro-army stance had to be continued! This scene had to be acted out perfectly!

I'll endure it! Tongzhi made up his mind and gulped down the gritty rice!