The next day, Yi Zhifen rushed to Yuanqi at eight o'clock in the morning according to the usual habits, the sedan chair fell off the sedan chair outside the gate, he hunched out of the sedan chair, looked up and saw Guan Tianpei in civilian clothes with his hands on the opposite side of the door, he couldn't help but laugh in his heart, to ask for silver to be so anxious, this is the first time to meet.

He hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand: "The junior has seen Zipu Gong. ”

Guan Tianpei took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and said, "Your shopkeeper is really comfortable, and you will come sooner or later." ”

"There are rules for Yuan Qi to open and close the door." Yi Zhishu didn't explain much, and stretched out his hand as he spoke: "Zipu Gong, please." ”

After entering the Rong Garden and sitting down to serve tea, Yi Zhizhi said: "Zipu Gong came early in the morning, but it was to extract silver?" ”

Guan Tianpei was not polite, and said straight to the point: "Let's talk about the 200,000 artillery for the time being, can you mention the 100,000 who recruited volunteers?" ”

"In such a hurry?" Yi Zhizu asked casually, and then said, "Is the silver ticket okay?" ”

"Mention 10,000 oceans." Guan Tianpei said: "Don't hide your contentment, this 10,000 is for the Governor Battalion." ”

Hearing this, Yi Zhicontent only pretended not to hear it, didn't even answer the words, got up and commanded, "Come here." ”

Li Wang hurriedly came in, bowed down and said, "What does the young master command?" ”

"Tell the shopkeeper Kong to prepare 10,000 oceans, and open another 90,000 yuan of silver tickets to be redeemed at sight."

Li Wang, who was waiting, bowed down and retreated, Guan Tianpei quipped: "Contentment with this Yuanqi shopkeeper is really majestic. ”

"Zipu Gong said that he was laughing, didn't he?" Yi Zhisuff said with a smile: "The military gate is open and the house is built, and there are eight living houses, and there are hundreds of calls." That's majesty. ”

"Outsiders just look at the majesty." Guan Tianpei said: "Contentment knows how much the green battalion soldiers are paid a month? ”

"I don't know." Yi Zhishu hurriedly shook his head. In fact, he knew that the green camp's salary was very meager. But how dare he show off in front of Guan Tianpei, the admiral of the water division.

"The soldiers are one or two and five dollars a month, and the guards are one or two a month, plus three buckets of rice." Guan Tianpei said: "This is still the quota of the imperial court, and it is deducted layer by layer, and it falls into the hands of the soldiers, and it is good to have seven or eight achievements." Saying that, he sighed and said, "The world has been peaceful for a long time, and this soldier is becoming more and more difficult to lead." Not afraid of contentment jokes, most of the officers and men of the Navy Division had side jobs -- it was good to be petty traders and peddlers, farming, and some were engaged in lowly jobs, such as shaving heads, pedicures, pinching bones, and even being slaves and servants.

In the past, silver was expensive, and this bit of money could still support the family to support the family's livelihood, but now, the price is high, and this amount of money is not enough to maintain the livelihood of a family of five. The soldiers are also forced to have a side job. The commanders and generals can only turn a blind eye to this, and their daily drills are naturally avoidable and minimized. ”

Yi Zhisuff asked knowingly: "In this case, doesn't the imperial court know?" ”

"How can the court not know?" Guan Tianpei said: "The imperial court abides by the ancestral system, never increases the endowment, and the annual income is fixed, where can the silver be increased and paid?" ”

Never give? The income is fixed! It seems that none of these later kings of the Qing Dynasty have the courage, they are all on this, and they are still holding on to the ancestral system, retracting their senses, seeing Guan Tianpei's eyes rolling on him, Yi Zhizhi hurriedly said: "Don't count on Yuan Qi for the sake of Zipu Gong, Yuan Qi is a low-interest loan, the profit earned in a year is limited, and he can give 200,000 yuan to Yiyong a year, this is already the limit, and if he makes up his mind, Yuan Qi can only close down." ”

"The old man is insatiable." Guan Tianpei said with a smile: "Saying this is not a complaint, but a discussion with you, if the money for recruiting volunteers is directly given to the soldiers of the Green Battalion, the effect may be better." ”

Yi Zhixiang didn't think about it, so he blurted out: "It's not appropriate." ”

"Contentment has no confidence in the water master?"

"They have taken the money, and they will still take it from the crow. smuggling for profit. Yi Zhizhi said in a deep voice: "200,000 looks like a lot, on average, a person can have more than ten taels a year, and the officers and soldiers who can profit from opium are more than a dozen taels a year?" Expecting them to stop is like counting on ravens. The filmmakers are the same, there is no possibility.

Furthermore, Yuanqi is the money industry that unifies the whole province of Guangdong, giving 200,000 yuan a year to the green camp of the water division, and how much is it to the green camp by land? How much do governors and governors give to their governors and governors? How much do you give to the Eight Banners in Guangzhou? Zipu Gong, this joke can't be made, the money you buy the cannon should be hung on the head of the righteous brave. ”

"The old man is confused." Guan Tianpei patted his forehead and smiled: "The old man only thinks about the water master, and he doesn't put himself in Yuan Qi's shoes. ”

"Also, don't show off the musket." Yi Zhizhi said: "Five hundred muskets, that's more than 10,000 silver dollars." ”

"The old man saved." Guan Tianpei nodded with a smile.

After a short time, Kong Jian'an came quickly, and after giving the silver ticket, he said: "Ten thousand oceans, you can withdraw it at any time." ”

"Okay." Guan Tianpei said: "The old man will arrange for someone to pick it up." Saying that, he said to Yi Zhicontent: "Let's go, I will accompany you to Humen Fort for a field trip today." ”

What to do on the Fort Expedition? Kong Jian'an was strange in his heart, but he didn't dare to ask more, he was busy asking Yi Zhizu to sign and draw a charge, and Yi Zhizu put down his pen and instructed Kong Jian'an: "I will go to Humen for two or three days, and if there is an emergency, I will directly send someone to the Humen Naval Commander's Office to find me." ”

Humen is the coastal defense fortress of the Pearl River estuary, because there are big tiger mountains in the river, small tiger mountains are like doors, so it is named, the Pearl River passes through Humen, passes through the Lingding Ocean and leads directly to the South China Sea, it is the gateway of Guangzhou into and out of the South China Sea, and it is called "the throat of the middle road of the Guangdong Sea".

A naval warship went down the river, the boat passed the big tiger mountain, Guan Tianpei took Yi Zhicontent to the bow of the boat, and said: "The situation in the Humen area, content should be familiar with it, in recent years, the governor has rebuilt the four forts of Dahu Mountain, Weiyuan, Hengdu, and Zhenyuan, added Yong'an, consolidated two forts, and plans to build another Jingyuan fort this year as the main fort. ”

Jingyuan Fort, Yi Zhizu looked at the A-Niang Shoe Island in the east, Jingyuan Fort is between Zhenyuan and Weiyuan Fort, and it is indeed the most abundant firepower, in history, Guan Tianpei died in this fort.

Seeing him looking east, Guan Tianpei said curiously: "The Jingyuan Fort has not yet been built, and it is still waiting for the approval of the imperial court. ”

Yi Zhixiang smiled and said, "The best location for the main fort is none other than Ah Niang Shoe Island. ”

Guan Tianpei nodded and said, "No wonder Contentment wants to come to the field, and he really has some eyesight." ”

"Close the military gate." Yi Zhizhi groaned: "The younger generation doesn't know about the military, let's talk about it, and I hope that the military will not be surprised." ”

"Be content."

Yi Zhizu pointed to the front and said: "The A-Niang shoe fort in the east, the Luwan fort in the west, and the forts on the upper and lower rungs in the river are the main forts in Humen, but these forts are almost all in a straight line. (To be continued.) )