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Xia Nan calmly looked at the two groups of people who were divided, and said leisurely: "It seems that the majority of people who know the current affairs are still in the majority." By the way, after settling your mess, I will go to Guangzhou to talk to your top boss in the town, Wang Zunde, the governor of Liangguang, about appeasement. If it goes well, I'll be a member of the court when I come back, and you're just going to be a soldier in another place to eat. ”

Zuo Wuwei's eyes lit up and he stared at Xia Nan. Out of the dignity of the imperial general, he was unwilling to be a thief. But when a thief is appeased, he is an officer and soldier, and his identity is whitewashed, so there is no such thing as a thief. Such a powerful pirate, since he is powerless to exterminate it, appeasement is the best solution, and the Governor will presumably choose this path.

"To tell you the truth, after being appeased, I will also be an officer and soldier, and my artillery unit will be expanded, that is, a firearms battalion like you. I know that many of you are from the firearms battalion, and I will have more and more artillery, but there is a lack of enough artillery, and as long as you are loyal to me, it will be my artillery. Compared with the Hongyi cannon of the imperial court, you know which is better or worse. ”

After Li Mo heard these words, he had made up his mind, and he raised his feet and walked to the right. Before leaving, he couldn't help but glance at Zuo Wuwei again, but found that his face was a fanatical look, and his eyes were shining. He had seen this look before, when Zuo Wuwei was appointed by the Zhentai Lord to form a firearms battalion and allocated a batch of newly cast Hongyi cannons, it was a similar scene - he knew that Zuo Wuwei had a heartfelt love and fanaticism for firearms.

After Li Mo walked to the right, there were only Zuo Wuwei and a few generals left on the left. Xia Nan looked at them and asked, "Are these adults going to sacrifice their lives for the country?" ”

Zuo Wuwei took a step forward, bowed his hands, and said without humility or arrogance: "Contemptible people are not talented, but the firearms battalion is garrisoned, and I have a few words to say." ”

Although Xia Nan didn't know too much about the rank and grade of military attachés in the Ming Dynasty, he knew that the rank of garrison was second only to guerrilla and general, and it was much more valuable than Wei Lianheng's guard post Baihu, and he was considered a senior officer of the Ming army. He became serious, this is a key person - if the other side is willing to surrender, the successful integration of the firearms battalion will be twice the result with half the effort.

"Left guard, what do you have to say?"

"The firearms battalion was formed by the contemptible people on the orders of Zhentai, and naturally they don't want the brothers to be in a different place and the firearms battalion to disappear, if your Excellency is willing, you will be touched, and the contemptible people are willing to lead the firearms battalion to follow loyally."

Xia Nan smiled and said, "You can rest assured about this." ”

"There are two more reluctant requests from the contemptible, and I ask Your Excellency to fulfill them."

Xia Nan nodded: "Let's talk about it, if it can be done, I will consider it." ”

"First, the brothers of the firearms battalion are all carefully selected from the contemptible people, all of them are clever, quick with hands and feet, and after several years of training, they are quite familiar with firing firearms, and I hope that they can also do the old business in the future. If it is used to manipulate the big sword and spear as a big soldier, not to mention the waste of several years of hard work, it is also a loss to Your Excellency. Zuo Wuwei naturally didn't want the firearms battalion he had worked so hard to build would be unpopular and be dragged to the battlefield as a big soldier, which in his opinion was simply a tyrannical thing.

Xia Nan waved his hand: "You are too worried, I attach great importance to firearms, and there are ready-made skilled manpower, so I don't have to train from scratch, so I won't do this stupid thing." "Three-legged toads are hard to find, two-legged people are everywhere, and no matter how short the escort team is, they will not use these technical arms as ordinary infantry callers.

Seeing that the leader of the thieves was very talkative, Zuo Wuwei breathed a sigh of relief.

"The second request is actually a bit selfish. If you will be relieved in the future, whether it is stationed on the spot or moved to another state capital, please also borrow the wives and children of the generals and above, so that they can serve in the army with peace of mind. ”

Li Mo listened, and stared at Xia Nan a little nervously to see how he replied. This is indeed a very real problem: he is a native of Guangdong, his parents are still alive, he has a wife, a concubine, and a pair of children.

Xia Nan didn't expect this request, which was quite unexpected. Since the establishment of the Guard, whether it is a farmer, a Li person, or a military household, they are all locals, and they have never encountered such a problem. In his vision, it will be difficult to encounter such a problem in the future when recruiting displaced people or refugees to join the army, because most of these people are ruined and their wives are separated, and they are alone and have no worries. However, the officers and soldiers of these firearms battalions in front of them are obviously not comparable to those in front.

He thought for a moment and asked, "The firearms battalion is full of Cantonese people, and they all have families?" ”

"Except for a few people from Fujian and Zhejiang, the rest are all locals from Guangdong." Zuo Wuwei also added, "The salary of the firearms battalion is higher than that of ordinary battalion soldiers, and most of the brothers' families are not bad. ”

Xia Nan thought to himself, this is an ancient technical class, mastering certain military technology, preferential treatment, and it is not surprising that his family background is superior to that of ordinary soldiers. However, in this case, if they want to work for themselves with peace of mind and avoid not being unable to work, this request has to be considered. It also depends on the fact that they are a technical branch, otherwise the expanded team will be responsible for settling down his family, and he can't stand it.

After weighing it, Xia Nan decided to agree to Zuo Wuwei's request, but he thought in his heart that it would be best to recruit troops and horses in the inland to find homeless people in the future, so as to avoid the burden of military dependents.

Since you want to give favors, you should send a bigger one, and the officers naturally have to appease, and they can't chill the hearts of ordinary soldiers, after all, they are the main force in igniting and firing artillery. "The left guard is very thoughtful, and I agreed to this request. However, not only the officers, but all the people in the firearms battalion, as long as they have families in Guangdong, I will bring them all. ”

After listening to Xia Nan's words, from officers to soldiers, the whole firearms battalion smiled, this future Shangguan was sympathetic to his subordinates, and it looked good to follow him.

Zuo Wuwei didn't expect Xia Nan to be so easy to speak, and he was very grateful in his heart: "Thank you first, the contemptible brothers!" ”

In the end, everyone chose the right. Xia Nan nodded with satisfaction: "Good birds choose trees to perch, you will be proud of today's decision in the future." In two days I will leave for Canton, and I will leave some men behind to help you get acquainted with the new artillery and train you in the art of artillery bombardment. Although the left garrison pleaded for you and asked you to stay, I don't raise idlers here, and if you practice well, you will become an artilleryman, and if you don't practice well, you will be a big soldier and fight bayonets. By the way, the artillery was paid 2 taels of silver per month, and the gunners were paid 1 tael of silver per month, and there was absolutely no deduction and full payment. ”

Everyone was awe-inspired, it turned out that staying in the firearms battalion was not to sit back and relax, and it seemed that they were going to use their strength to learn these new guns.

(To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.