When the county ordered Zhou Xing to leave, Chen Mu's entourage had already cleaned up the thousands of houses properly, and carved out the craftsman's room and infirmary in the front hall, Cheng Hongyuan finally resigned from the doctor of Guangcheng Huimin Pharmacy and followed Chen Mu to Xiangshan to take office.

The cattle and horses are still the same, except for Chen Qianhu's fire clouds, the rest of the horses are used by the flag officials of the Qianhu House, and a few cattle pulling carts are handed over to Sun Ao, the deputy Qianhu, so that he can find a few flag soldiers to raise and use when farming.

Chen Mu asked and understood that there were no old people at all in the guard of the Xiangshan Thousand Households, and this Sun Ao was also new, and his meritorious service was similar to them. It was a person under Zhang Yuanxun, a general on Fujian South Road, who made meritorious contributions to Zeng Yi, who resisted and burned Chenghai County before and after the New Year, and was promoted to Xiangshan Deputy Thousand Households.

Zhang Yuanxun, like Wang Rulong, was the first Qi Jiajun.

In this era, there are no Fujian and Guangdong generals who have nothing to do with Qi Shuai.

But Sun Ao is really promoted, he was promoted from a sentry officer to a deputy thousand households, and Deng Zilong was promoted from a general manager to a deputy thousand households, there is a fundamental difference.

"Brother Deng, if we don't have soldiers, we have to recruit them, don't resign as an official, be optimistic, and solve problems if there is a problem."

Chen Mu walked around the Qianhu Institute, and then went back to the front hall to see the two deputy Qianhu still sitting under the hall, and said without waiting for Deng Zilong to speak: "The battalion soldiers are all recruited, and the two of you used to be battalion generals, can you go to recruit soldiers?" ”

"Bai Qianhu used to recruit more than 400 Tan people to fill the army in Shaozhou, he was rich and generous to give people three taels of silver, and also let the Tan people fish in the Beijiang River of Qingcheng.

Chen Mu spread his hands and said: "Chen doesn't have so much money, give you three hundred taels each, recruit six hundred households to come over, and Chen will send three stones of grain first, one ding per household, and wait for the thieves in Huangliangdu, and give them four thousand acres of Haiti for fishing and hunting." ”

"Six hundred taels?"

The first thing Deng Zilong thought about was not whether he could recruit Tan Min, but where Chen Mu got so much money.

A five-grade military attaché, it is normal to take out a hundred taels of silver, gritting his teeth and clearing the family's background, three hundred taels is not difficult, but Chen Mu, a thousand households, is newly appointed, and Deng Zilong knows very well that Chen Mu is a hereditary small flag official, and the ancestral tomb does not smoke and has not left him anything, but now he can easily take out six hundred taels.

Deng Zilong pondered for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Qianhu, the rocket has been sold?" ”

He still remembered that Chen Mu raised three fingers to ask him for five taels of silver!

Chen Mu smiled and didn't speak, and asked the servant to take six hundred taels of silver and hand it over to the two deputy thousand households, and said: "The guard is in ruins, you bring people here, and Chen will do the rest." ”

This time, it was actually his luck, Shao Tingda went to Yuegang to buy a field house, but it was not as smooth as he was told. The imperial court has a charter, and officials are not allowed to buy a house for official land, not to mention that there is also a law for sellers to ask their neighbors, that is, if you want to buy a house in the field, you must first ask the relatives and neighbors whose names have been signed on the post, and get permission to sell the house.

But Shao Tingda does not have this kind of problem, the trouble makes every family in the coast want to sell their houses and fields, who doesn't want to go to the city to buy a house, in a large number of house sales, the Shao clan people buy houses and buy land, and even the county officials of Yuegang are very supportive.

As for the silver in his hand, it was exchanged for selling the grain in Qingyuan's warehouse, and the hundred households left more than 4,000 stone grain in two seasons, leaving half for Bai Yuanjie and the remaining 2,000 stone at a discount to Zhang Yongshou in exchange for 20 ingots of gold.

One gold and eight silver, easy to carry.

In addition, there are also 300 acres of private land to collect more than 800 stone grain for two seasons without paying taxes, which are also sold, and this time 600 taels are taken out to let two deputy thousand households go to recruit soldiers, which is only half of the net worth.

But there is no such thing as Chen Mu.

It doesn't matter which yamen he is in, there are very few people who can do it without taking money from the yamen to his home, and there are very few people in the world like him who take money from his home to the yamen.

But Chen Mu doesn't think so, he regards this as an investment.

In addition to the nine sides of the world, it is difficult for most health centers to get meritorious service opportunities, and Xiangshan Thousand Households is different. Guarding Hao Jing Ao and suppressing Fanyi is a low-hanging fruit in Chen Mu's opinion, even if Wu Guifang and Yu Dayou have already told him Hao Jing Ao's tolerance and put him in this place, let him make meritorious contributions.

If you can't start a full-scale war with Fanyi, don't care if you win or lose the war, if it's not the turn of the imperial court, the magistrates in Guangdong will not finish with him, and the taxes paid by Fanyi that they value are the general direction.

Second, he can't let Fanyi mess up in Haojing, he has no ability to mess up, and the court and magistrates will not let him go.

You can't push too hard, you can't do nothing, and the degree in the middle is very important.

If you want to control the degree, if you want to fight against the subdued soldiers, you must have enough deterrence, and no one can't do it.

The two deputy Qianhu led the order, followed by Fu Yuan and Guan Yuangu on the side, Guan Jiang looked at the nature and bowed his head and asked Fu Yuan to say first, Fu Yuan said with a smile: "Qianhu, the subordinates found three people who understand Fanyu, two Ming people are waiting outside the Qianhu House, Fanyi is a Taoist priest, and he asked him to wait in Haojingao." ”

"Fanjiao Taoist?"

Are there any Taoist priests in foreigners?

Chen Mu turned around a few times before he reacted, and said, "You still got a missionary, does he still want Chen to invite him?" ”

"Yes, he just came to preach something, saying that he had found a master in heaven and taught people to be servants and other things, and he couldn't understand his humble duties. It's interesting to see him wash his hair with water all day long, and give people bread and grape juice to eat and drink after washing. ”

Fu Yuan smiled and said, "No need to please, no need to please, the imperial court has an order not to let Fan people go ashore, so he was asked to wait in Haojing." If Qianhu let him go ashore, he will bring him here. ”

Catholic.

Fu Yuan described it quite vividly, but he didn't know how many stupid dicks who were looking for masters in his eyes would make them the lambs of the Lord in the future, and what they would bring to the East.

In Chen Mu's view, the shallow and barbaric values of the Western world in this era are vividly expressed in preaching and plundering.

The believers are the lamb of their Lord; The heathen are the lost lambs of their Lord.

It is their old continent that is plundered; What they didn't take was the New World they had discovered.

It's all theirs.

At this time, the missionaries had been trapped in Macao for a long time, from the earliest time they were defeated by the Ming Dynasty sailors at sea with the Portuguese military invasion, to the bribery of local officials to obtain a corner of Macao, which has been more than 20 years.

"Don't rush to see the missionaries first, after waiting for so many years, I won't wait for this meeting, and I'll see you again when all the guards are gone."

The news is on both sides, Chen Mu is not as unfamiliar with the Western environment as the Ming people, and in his memory, the first missionaries came to China with the unclean purpose of exploring the political, economic and military affairs of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty did not let these missionaries achieve results for more than twenty years, and he could not let out the lax virtues of the Southeast Guard in the blink of an eye.

"Asked you to find a Ming person, why did you find two?"

Fu Yuan scratched his ears and cheeks and said in embarrassment: "I found a few people who can speak Chinese and can speak, but most of them are widows and dare not go ashore. ”

"The Ming Dynasty retinue of missionaries? Did you let him into the guardhouse? ”

Chen Mu's hand wiped on his face, and he was still careful here, but he still let people in, waved his hand and said, "That's it, you let them wait first, find a side room to settle in, and don't let them go out." What's the matter with Guan Jiang? ”

Guan Yuangu, who was on the side of Jiuhou, was not impatient on his face, and bowed down and said: "Qianhu, it's been a long time since the short gun was done, and you haven't asked, do you want to take a look?" ”

"Hah, forget about it!"

Chen Mu swept away the haze, clapped his hands and smiled: "Let's go, try the new gun!" ”