Chapter 624: An Episode in the Military Camp

"If you don't pay for your farm, you can still get silver -- I heard that this is the same as that of a soldier, and it is called silver -- isn't this a tenant! Unexpectedly, he traveled thousands of miles from Shandong to Qiongzhou Mansion, and finally became a tenant again. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info But the tenants in Shandong don't need to practice......"

It was the eighth time that Zhu Jinhu had heard such remarks, and he did not echo the discussion like others, but just worked silently. Before the sun sets, they must turn over the soil in front of them, otherwise they will all be punished. According to the regulations, there are groups of 10 people in Tunding, and it is said that this is called "class". Each class had to complete the prescribed amount of labor every day, and they had to practice once every three days, and the content of the drill was very strange, that is, walking in a line.

The man who said this was called Lan Lin, a tall and sturdy young man. He came from a large clan, not only half of his class was his own clan, but there were also many people of the same clan in the nearby classes, plus he was big, and he soon became the leader of a hundred or so tunding in this area.

Lan Lin didn't like this kind of confined life very much, he had to work and carry out inexplicable drills, and often complained when the guards were away. Whenever this happens, the surrounding tunding gathers around him and echoes and flatters him. There was only one thin young man who always worked quietly, and seemed to disdain him.

Lan Lin stared at the thin back, very unhappy in his heart, he had a feeling of being ignored. In this place, except for those big-headed soldiers with muskets, no characters are allowed to exist in Tunding who are better than him, absolutely not! A reason must be found to clean him up today.

He walked over, tossed a few pieces of dirt in front of the young man with his foot, and said defiantly, "You are very capable, and you are willing to work, right?" Why don't we do the work of the other 9 of us! ”

Zhu Jinhu is prone to stuttering when he speaks, so he generally does not speak in front of strangers, which can easily give others an arrogant impression. He looked at Lan Lin's block, in fact, he was a little afraid in his heart, but as soon as the words came out, he became: "Don't get in the way!" ”

In fact, what he wanted to say was, "I only do my job, and I can't do your work alone." But it's easy to stutter after such a long sentence, and he doesn't want to be ridiculed, preferring to be misunderstood with three words that are as precious as gold.

Lan Lin was instantly enraged, and scolded: "Cao Niang! I'll kill you, you bastard! Jumped up and grabbed Zhu Jinhu and beat him violently. The rest of the tunding didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement, and they all gathered around to make a fuss.

There was too much movement here, which quickly aroused the idea of the soldiers patrolling the nearby guard. Two heavily armed soldiers ran over, kicked away the crowd a few times, raised their rifles, and smashed the butts of their rifles into the heads and faces of the two men who were fighting on the ground.

Lan Lin's ruthlessness was stimulated, and his head and back were smashed by the butt of the gun a few times, he ignored it completely, and just smashed it towards Zhu Jinhu with one punch. Zhu Jinhu was not his opponent at all, he was beaten hard, and in a hurry, he bit the opponent's left wrist and didn't let go.

Lan Lin's wrist was bitten out of blood, his head and back were smashed by the butt of the gun, and he lost his mind for a while, and choked Zhu Jinhu's neck with his right hand. Zhu Jinhu couldn't break free, and felt like he was about to suffocate.

Seeing this, the soldier smashed the butt of a gun on the back of Lan Lin's head, directly knocking the big guy unconscious. When he pulled him away, the kid who was choked by the neck actually fainted.

"I still have the strength to fight every day, which is enough to eat." The soldier came to a conclusion, and then called his companion to come and drag the two people who were fighting away, "Lock these two guys up, starve all day tomorrow without food, let the rest of the work be done by 8 people in this class, and from tomorrow the work assigned by this class will be doubled!" ”

When the people who watched the excitement heard it, they immediately dispersed, and only the remaining 8 people in Lan Lin and Zhu Jinhu's class were crying with sad faces. We didn't do anything, just see who got in the way of the fight?

The military tun model of Lingao's characteristics is very different from the traditional guard tuntian of the Ming Dynasty. The former is to manage Tunding as a soldier in reserve, only to reclaim the famine, regardless of the payment of grain, land ownership and output are owned by the Qiongzhou battalion, and pay silver, idle work needs to be practiced; In the middle and late dynasties of the latter, they completely exploited the military households as cattle and horses, and the military households became the private serfs of the officers, and it was difficult to make a living, and they could not get out of the country, which was worse than being called Huazi.

This new military tun model, the Qiongzhou battalion has no experience, but also feel the stones to cross the river, in the implementation of the run-in process will inevitably have some problems, Lan Lin's complaints and the fight with Zhu Jinhu is one of the small episodes, did not set off any waves, involving more than 4,000 young and strong military tun is still advancing in an orderly manner.

Xia Nan didn't have time to pay attention to such a trivial matter, he was busy planning a good show.

For the expected general officer who opened the town of Qiongzhou, hung the general's seal, and was in charge of one side, and finally became a nominal deputy general who was not even a miscellaneous general soldier, Xia Nan was not reconciled. He needs to have greater political resources and voice in the Ming system, and it is an excellent way to expand his power in a grand manner, and become the chief soldier of the town guard. Since according to Xie Sanbin's original words relayed by Wen Tiren, Chongzhen intends to suppress himself, so he might as well direct and act in a scene to break through this artificial shackles and achieve his own goals.

He summoned Shimazu Chiyo and Van Bommel and explained to them: "As the envoys of the Qiongzhou camp, you should go back to your hometown and bring my letter." By the end of October at the latest, I will see the samurai of the Satsuma clan and the armed merchant ships of the Netherlands appear along the coast of Fujian and attack the coastal government. If you refuse, you do so at your own risk. ”

Shimazu Chiyo and Van Bommel were not familiar with each other, but at this time, they looked at each other and actually had a sense of sympathy. They saw self-deprecation and helplessness in each other's eyes.

The Satsuma Domain and the Dutch East India Company are both defeated generals of the Qiongzhou battalion, and they dare not resist directly from the ground, who dares to refuse such a seemingly unreasonable request as Xia Nan? Although Shimazu Chiyo and Van Bommel both broke away from their original forces to serve Xia Nan, they had a constant love affair with the Shimazu family and the East India Company, and it was always a little unbearable to see that the old club was likely to have to accept this kind of embarrassing dispatch.

Seeing the expressions of the two, Xia Nan slowed down: "You don't have to show me your face, as long as things are done well, I will give them appropriate benefits afterwards, and the expenses for the round trip will be paid by the Qiongzhou battalion, and you don't have to pay out of your own pocket." ”

Regarding the mentality of the two of them towards the old master, Xia Nan didn't think it was a bad thing. Although Shimazu Chiyo was expelled by his father and brother in disguise, he still has the blood of the Shimazu family in his body; Van Bommel had been with the Qiongzhou battalion for less than a year, but he had worked for the East India Company for more than a decade and was a veteran employee. If the two of them turn their faces to the old owner and don't recognize people, and cut them in two, he feels that this kind of person has no loyalty at all and is not worth reusing.