The morning was the busiest time for the expeditionary company's Yuanzhou warehouse, but when he heard that someone wanted to ask for help from the expeditionary company and wanted to emigrate, Hu Wenxuan, the shopkeeper in charge of the affairs here, was still very interested in pulling over. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

I saw that Hu Wenxuan listened carefully to Hong Qiniang's matter, and he was also surprised, smiled, and said: "If you want to go to Daming, a few of us are naturally welcome." But it's not clear what the charter is for naturalization in the yamen. Well, I'll send you to Jeju Island first. That's also our Ming territory. When we find out about this naturalization for you, we will send you to Daming. Luckily? ”

"Grateful, grateful!" Hong Qiniang bowed and saluted.

Hong Wenxian suddenly pulled Hong Qiniang's sleeve at this moment, and said, "I heard something in Shenxing Temple...... I want to say it to the Ming official......"

"Children, don't talk nonsense." Hong Qiniang didn't feel that the children would say anything important, but he was afraid that after he told the matter of Shenxing Temple, the Ming people would no longer protect them.

Hong Wenxian saw that his mother stopped him and wanted to open his mouth to say more, but he was pulled by Hong Qiniang and went all the way into the backyard.

The Wonju Expeditionary Company office occupies a vast area, which is both a store and a warehouse, and occupies a large area with many houses. Originally, it was the largest business here, and the expedition company saw that it was convenient, and there was a small river outside the wall, which led directly to the outside of the city, and the water transportation was excellent, so it spent a lot of money to buy it directly.

After the expeditionary company came, it not only built warehouses and houses on a large scale, but also actively built the courtyard walls much thicker, and recruited many guards in the name of preventing thieves.

After greeting Hong Qiniang's mother and son, Hu Wenxuan began to patrol the office compound with the escort team. The compound is huge, and it takes more than an hour to walk around.

Local security in North Korea is not good, and although Wonju is not far from Seoul, the clearance of public order has not been smooth or smooth. What's more, most of the time, there is still a bit of royal law in the city, and when you go out of the city, you have to face bandits and bandits all the way, and even villager road tyrants.

Therefore, there is not much criticism of the expeditionary company's recruitment of escorts.

Even, as the shopkeeper, Hu Wenxuan knew that compared to the office in Wonju, the headquarters of the expedition company in Seoul was even more powerful. It is reported that after Wu Sangui, who was in charge of North Korean business, arrived in Seoul and settled down, he went to Jeju Island for help and asked to mobilize people to come to North Korea. As soon as he opened his mouth, five hundred people came.

It's not 500 pigs, 500 containers, that's 500 people.

In addition to the commercial personnel, there were fighters of up to 400 people. If it weren't for the expeditionary company's feeling that there was a vassal state in Korea after all, and it was still the capital of other people, I am afraid that Wu Sangui would have been able to ask for a few more people.

After all, the expeditionary company may indeed be overstretched in terms of commercial personnel. But when it comes to combatants, it's a sentence: as long as you have money, you need as much as you want.

On the other hand, as long as you can make money, you can recruit as many people as you want.

With the demise of the Qing State and the pacification of domestic rebellions, the originally large army was lost. Although there were still many lands in the empire that needed to be strengthened, disarmament was also on the agenda. Although Zhu Cihong did not want Ma to release Nanshan, he also knew very well how the huge military spending during the war would drag down the finances.

This point, after the Qin Dynasty won the world, still did not remove the wartime system is a clear example.

Against this backdrop, it's all too easy to find veterans. Not only can you get the favor of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, but you can also quickly get a strong force all the time.

For Zhu Cihong's veterans of the New Army, most of the proprietors hired them were quite appreciative.

Not to mention anything else, being able to read and write is a thing that is hard to find in the whole world. How many shopkeepers can't be the shopkeeper because they have no culture?

As for good discipline, drinking and doing everything without cowardice, it is naturally even more rare.

This is really a very appetizing for expeditionary companies that need both entertainment and dry racks.

Of course, Wu Sangui didn't want so many people to fight, but to prevent others from fighting. Although Wu Sangui has the favor of Gao Mingheng, and the Seoul government is also working hard to maintain order, according to Wu Sangui's vision, he is not at ease.

For this reason, he thought of the escort of the expeditionary company.

As a colonial company of the Ming Dynasty, the expeditionary company certainly did not set its sights on purely commercial activities. With the exception of Jeju Island, a colony pioneered by Zhu Cihong, which was used as a public colonial transit port by almost all overseas merchants, the expeditionary company had already begun to establish settlements in Taiwan.

Taiwan is not a peaceful place, and foreign colonists who have worked on it include the Japanese, the Spanish, and the Dutch. In order to enjoy Taiwan's colonial rights and interests exclusively, the three families fought each other, which can be described as a land where blood flowed.

At first, the expeditionary company was a little gentle and courteous. But the bloody law of the jungle soon taught them to be human, and it inspired the true attribute of the giant panda under the face of the Chinese: the bear.

No matter how cute the panda is, you have to remember the attributes of others, which is an omnivorous carnivorous beast.

Soon, the expeditionary company's convoy was set up to maintain order at the Seoul fair.

As a military boss, whether it is Zu Dashou or Wu Sangui, he can easily pull up people.

Although the Wonju office is just an ordinary warehouse, there are hundreds of guards guarding the many goods inside.

Hong Qiniang went to settle her bags, and when she arrived at the Yuanzhou office, Hong Qiniang took off her guard, instructed Hong Wenxian not to run around, and got busy on her own. She plans to find someone to discuss again, sell all her pickles, exchange some plates, and also plan to find someone to do business with.

Hong Wenxian saw that his mother was gone, but he put his little head on the window at the door, looking at Hu Wenxuan and leading people to inspect the warehouse.

Hu Wenxuan gossiped with the leader of the escort team as he walked: "How about it, is there enough manpower recently?" Are there any questions? ”

The leader of the escort team is a big man with a thick beard, tall and burly, and his every move reveals the ability of a veteran, his name is Wei Qingyong, he seems to be a stuffy gourd, but he can't stop talking about the topic: "If you want to talk about manpower, of course, it has always been insufficient." We have a lot of goods and a lot of trips, and it is not safe to wait for a few caravans to go together. Moreover, under the tree, he was worried about the Japanese robbers. It is said that this widow should still be wreaking havoc only in the Gangneung area. But seeing their tendency, they are likely to invade the interior. I think the guards have been tighter lately. In this way, manpower is even more insufficient. ”