Chapter 11: Epistles

Shao Tingda and Yan Qing embarked on the road to Yuegang together, one with the mission of selling land to recruit people and giving away land to attract names, while the other went to survey the terrain and choose a suitable land for a restaurant inn among the land under Chen Qianhu's name.

What really moved Yan Qing was not the conditions offered by Chen Mu, and the three-point interest did not make Yan Qing feel excited about owning a restaurant, but the vision that Chen Mu had built, integrating the restaurant, inn, shop, and warehouse into one, and operating a hall belonging to the maritime business, which really interested Yan Qing.

Of course, it is impossible to entrust Xiao Yan's shopkeeper to Chen Mu, and before Lao Yan left, he reiterated to Yan Qingyao again and again - the soldiers are fierce, stay away from Chen Junye, and we can't stand it when we get angry!

Before the county ordered Zhou Xing to send the second batch of soldiers, a lot of things happened in the Xiangshan Qianhu Office.

Li Tao, the prince of the people, sent a letter from the capital, saying that he had arrived safely and was preparing for the exam. The letter babbled about what he had seen and heard along the way, saying that Ning Guofu inoculated dolls with human pox to prevent smallpox in Taiping County last year, and also said that this year, Zhang Jinchao, an envoy from the Nanjing Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, was in Nanzhili, Huguang and other places to draft a draft girl for the emperor.

This is a matter in the east, and a matter in the west, it is necessary to belong to a few veterans from Guangxi and send a monk to Chen Mu.

"The monk's name is Chang Wei, the law is called Tianshi, and he is a disciple of Songshan Shaolin Temple. In the thirty-second year of Jiajing, the imperial court sent a text to the Shaolin Temple in Songshan and ordered Shaolin to send warrior monks to fight against the Japanese. The abbot calmly went down the mountain gate with Shaolin rules, and selected 31 elite warrior monks, led by the abbot's big disciple Master Yuekong, riding a horse and holding a stick, carrying a sword, spear and sword down the mountain. ”

"In the first battle of Baishawan on the Songjiang River, the officers and soldiers cowered because of the first defeat, and the warrior monks sank three ships and killed more than 100 Japanese soldiers; To Quanzhou, there are still 18 warrior monks, set up Quanzhou Shaolin Temple, attack Qixing Island with the army and civilians, Quanzhou abbot Yuekong killed the leader Kuroda, and then died in the battle of Chaozhou with Yu. ”

The letter was written by Yu Dayou, the old general's pen was vigorous, and Chen Mu read it in his entourage.

"After more than ten years of war, the warrior monks were exhausted, and the monk Tianshi was the eldest disciple of the abbot of the moon, who broke the law in Quanzhou and used it as an army. When he was injured by an arrow when he was fighting Wu Duanyu Dang, the old man had an old relationship with Shaolin, and now he is the only monk left, and he can't bear to die on the battlefield, so he was transferred to Xiangshan Qianhu and listened to it under Chen Qianhu. ”

"I hope that thousands of households will take care of their lives, and their people are very good at their sticks and spears, and they can be the head of the banner army of thousands of households."

Chen Mu read the letter, looked up at the monk sitting in the hall and a few veterans who sent the monk over.

The veterans have nothing to see, they are all Yu Jiajun, the monks are over fifty years old and have white hair, but the gray monk's robes can't cover the sturdy body, the muscles and muscles are trained to the neck, carrying a pitted thirty-pound mixed iron rod, carrying a ring knife on his waist, not a smooth head with half an inch of white hair, and a big white beard under his chin.

The old sword eyebrows were very fierce in his eyes.

Not to mention that Yu Dayou gave him a miracle in the Yamen of the Governor of Guangcheng, just the name Yu Dayou, this national hero who fought against the Japanese in history in the past, he just sent a stupid child like Wei Balang, he will obediently raise him to become a talent.

What's more, such an angry-eyed Arhat!

General Yu said that the mage can teach the spear skills of Chen's banner. Since the general can do what he can do, he must have the talent to do it. However, the mage must listen to Chen's drive, and he must not shirk anything and violate military law. Chen Mu looked at the great monk and asked, "Is the mage willing?" ”

"Hmm!"

The great monk nodded angrily, when Chen Mu observed him, he didn't observe Chen Mu, he sat in the position of thousands of households at a young age, he was not in a hurry or impatient, and the way the two people behind him held the sword was clearly a veteran of the Japanese Kou, but he was obedient and looked like a person.

"Military law is better than precepts, the Buddha doesn't want anything else, a house with no people, no need to be big; Three catties of beef and five catties of rice every day, you have to manage enough. ”

"Nothing else, nothing."

Scold!

Co-authored Yu Dayou to send himself a Lu Zhishen? No wonder he grows so big!

"It's good to talk about the salary, those soldiers." Chen Mu nodded in response, he didn't look at this bit of meat and rice, beef was a pound of silver, rice was more than six dollars a stone, and a monthly expenditure of one stone of rice was one or two silver, Chen Mu was more interested in Yu Dayou's letter, beckoned to call a few Yu Jiajun, and said: "The general said in the letter that he fought with Wu Duanyu in Guangxi, what happened to him?" ”

Leader Wu also gave him a first merit in Xinjiang Town, why did he start in the blink of an eye, and Wu Duan rebelled again?

"Back to Chen Qianhu, Wu Shoubei died of miasma in Guangxi, and his subordinate Wang Shiqiao rebelled, and his head was cut off by his subordinates to find my general to receive merit."

Chen Mu nodded to indicate that he understood, and beckoned Qi Zhengyan to go down to arrange food and lodging for these soldiers, Yu Dayou is coming back soon, and they don't have to go to Guangxi to report back, and the letter asked these people to temporarily live in Xiangshan Thousand Households.

The same is true of the great monk, who said that he will take someone to live in the house in a few days, and for the time being, he will also live in the wing of the yamen of a thousand households.

After sending these people away, Chen Mucai walked out of the front hall with some confusion, sat down in the pavilion in the backyard, and looked at a few coconut trees in a daze.

"Thousand households."

Hearing the news, Shi Qi, who was invited to the yamen of a thousand households, walked into the backyard and saw Chen Mu looking at the coconut tree, thought about it, and slowly approached and arched his hand: "Are you looking for me?" ”

"Here, sit."

When Chen Mu saw Shi Qi, he withdrew his gaze and asked, "Have you built a hundred households?" ”

"Almost, it'll be done in two days, what are you?" Shi Qi pointed to the coconut tree in the pond, obviously asking about Chen Mu's stunned matter, and then asked thoughtfully, "What's wrong?" ”

"Wu Duan is dead, Xinjiang Town will fight Li Yayuan with us."

Chen Mu propped his arms on his knees, opened his palms and shook them a few times, as if he wanted to grab something, but in the end he just let out a long sigh, "Guangxi's miasma." His subordinate Wang Shiqiao rebelled after his death and was defeated by General Yu, who later cut off his head to receive credit. ”

Wu Duan, who did not retreat in the bloody battle at Xinjiang Bridge, was not defeated by the rebels but died at the hands of the miasma, and the fierce and powerful charge Wang Shiqiao died in humiliation at the hands of his own people.

The bandit name is Huayi Bee, the great leader Wu Duan and his subordinates in the Fujian and Guangdong generations, and the Japanese bandits under him were completely pacified by the imperial court this time.

"The cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooking."

Shi Qi paused for a long time, shook his head and did not speak.

"Recently, Fujian businessmen have come to go wide, their purpose is to smuggle to Haojing Fanyi, the hundred households are roughly completed, and the new flag army is gradually recruiting, and it is time to prepare for training." Chen Mu stood up and said to Shi Qi: "From now on, the flag army will rotate to practice outside the yamen of thousands of households in two days, let them cut wood as poles, and practice with a general flag every day." ”

"Another general flag, you will take the inspection, set up cards on the way, sell some porcelain and silk utensils, and tell them to be careful of the thieves in Huangliangdu, and let those who can be allowed to go, don't embarrass these serious traders."

"In the goods, if there is rice, grain, iron, copper, nitrate, yellow weapons, and firearms, all the people and goods will be detained."