Ningxia Town, Ningxia City, the official residence of the chairman. 【】

Xu Xingxia was reading the official documents in a relaxed and comfortable manner. After Mo Yuegen arrived, his son became idle, and he wandered every day. This is indeed a very strange thing. In the concept of ordinary people, before the start of the war, Xu Xingxia should be very nervous. However, this is exactly what happened. As the supreme commander of the White Army, he only needs to give relevant instructions, and there will naturally be special people to carry out the specific matters below.

That's the benefit of the structure of the Committee. Obviously, the vitality of the newly established committee is very great, and the efficiency is also very high. Every member of the Standing Committee, or every member of the Standing Committee, is willing to actively exert his abilities and contribute to the White Army. For the time being, they don't know how to fight for power and profit, they don't know how to pull each other's backs, and they don't know how to collectively [***]. There is a great deal of unity among the committee members. Each committee is working together and sparing no effort to do the same thing - to strengthen the strength of the White Army.

"My lord, this is the general account for July! The total expenditure was 834,591 taels of silver, and the total income was 276,384 taels, a difference of 558,200 and 7 taels. Suddenly, Lin Xiaoniang came over and handed Xu Xingxia an account.

Soon after Xu Xingxia arrived in Ningxia City, the Xu family also moved over en masse and lived in the backyard of the chairman's residence. In this way, Xu Xingxia can finally go home often. If there is nothing special, he has more time to spend with his family. Naturally, the most welcome to this is Niu Niu and them. They can even go to the front office area to visit and open their eyes when Xu Xingxia is not busy.

As the little daughter-in-law of the Xu family, Lin Xiaoniang also participated in the official affairs of the White Army for the first time. Well, to be precise, it has nothing to do with the White Army, only with Xu Xingxia personally. Her duty is to calculate the general ledger for Xu Xingxia, check the accounts, and see if there are any discrepancies. In July, the white-clothed army expanded its army vigorously, spending money like running water, and spending a lot of money in all aspects, Xu Xingxia needed someone to put a general account. Lin Xiaoniang happens to be such a character.

"Five hundred and fifty thousand taels? So much worse? Xu Xingxia read the bill, and was secretly shocked. The fiscal deficit in one month is 550,000 taels of silver, which is really a fatal figure. 's own little family background, being tossed like this, is probably over. Fortunately, the sales revenue of glass, if it is normal every month, should be about one million taels of silver. However, this is clearly not enough. Because, as the situation develops, this number may be lowered. As for white marble porcelain, it is impossible to make a big profit for the time being.

"My lord, you're going to open up and reduce expenses." Lin Xiaoniang whispered.

"Well, open source and reduce expenditure." Xu Xingxia said unintentionally. He understands the principle of opening up sources and reducing expenditure. The question is, how is it possible to throttle now? Mo Yuegen's bastard was obviously coming for himself, and he definitely couldn't lose to him. As long as there is a part of the strength, it must be used in full. Otherwise, it would be given to Mo Yugen for nothing.

He glanced at Lin Xiaoniang and said gently: "You have also worked hard, go back and rest!" By the way, don't tell my mother, you're helping me settle the score! Otherwise, my mother will scold me again! Ahem, my mother's concern for you is better than mine! ”

Lin Xiaoniang said a little shyly: "My lord, you are talking nonsense again!" ”

Xu Xingxia smiled, waved her hand, and asked her to go back to rest. She is a girl, and it is quite tiring to count such a large amount. In the era when there was no calculator, he could only rely on the abacus, and it was a little unbearable to change him Xu Xingxia. This Lin Xiaoniang is definitely a genius in terms of accounting, but I am afraid that Zhu Zhizhi can't compare with her. This woman is capable!

"Then I'm leaving! Don't be too tired, be careful of exhausting your body! Lin Xiaoniang said goodbye a little shyly and went back. She came to the front every day to serve Xu Xingxia, and the Wang family thought it was serving tea and water, but where did she think that it was settling accounts? Wang had the idea of letting the two fall in love for a long time, which was unlimited support, and he was constantly beating the side drum next to him.

"My lord, the military households of Yansui Town have arrived!" Suddenly, someone came in to report.

"Really? I'll check it out! Xu Xingxia stood up and said excitedly. He put down the official document in his hand, put on the military uniform, buttoned it up, put on the military hat again, and in front of the large glass mirror, solemnly adjusted the military uniform, and strode out.

Not long after Chi Hu took the shooting army to Yulin City, from the direction of Yulin City, there were many military households, including tens of thousands. This time, the number of white-clothed army expansion was very large, and a large number of military households from Yansui Town rushed to Ningxia City after seeing the relevant announcement. After the high-level leaders of the white-clothed army sensitively discovered this phenomenon, they began to arrange for the military households of Yansui Town to move to Ningxia Town in an organized and batch manner.

Wang Ziyong, Wang Jiayin, He Yilong and other guys also came to Ningxia City under the guidance of Gao Yingxiang. In the direction of Yulin City, there is nothing to do with them for the time being. The Qing cavalry army led by Gao Yingxiang was able to easily cooperate with the shooting sound army to take Yulin City. For the rest of the military households, there is no need to waste time in Yulin City. This time, they brought a total of tens of thousands of military households. Among them, a considerable part of them have to join the White Army.

"You call Wang Ziyong?"

"Your name is Wang Jiayin?"

"Your name is He Yilong?"

Soon, Xu Xingxia met with the military households in Yansui Town.

There was no doubt that Xu Xingxia was surprised by the names of these people. No way, in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, these names also have a chance to go down in history. Because, their names, linked to another, more resounding name, form a history of blood and fire with each other. This even more resounding name is the famous Li Zicheng. Even people who are not familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty should have heard of the name Li Zicheng.

In real history, these guys are the main backbone of the 36th Battalion of the Shaanxi Rebel Army. Most of them were, or had been, Li Zicheng's subordinates. Of course, there are a few people who have always been incompatible with Li Zicheng. There are also many people who died under Li Zicheng's knife in the end. There are still a few people, at the earliest, they all ate with Gao Yingxiang, and the relationship with Gao Yingxiang is also quite complicated.

Xu Xingxia suddenly found that he seemed to have included many leaders in the 36th battalion of the Shaanxi Rebel Army under his command. Even Gao Yingxiang is now working for himself. Does this mean that the Shaanxi rebel army will not appear? After all, the highest Shaanxi rebel army gradually became a climate from Gao Yingxiang. Now, it is obviously impossible for Gao Yingxiang to lead the rebel army. It seems that the military households in Yansui Town have no possibility of continuing the uprising. Without these two prerequisites, the Shaanxi rebel army should not have appeared.

If the Shaanxi rebel army does not appear, doesn't it mean that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong will have greatly reduced their possible surnames? From a logical point of view, Li Zicheng took over Gao Yingxiang's banner and continued to fight. Without Gao Yingxiang, there should be no Li Zicheng. As for Zhang Xianzhong, it's hard to say for the time being. Zhang Xianzhong's origin seems to have always been a mystery. Shi Zai himself is a military household in Yansui Town, and he is a fellow villager with Li Zicheng, and he doesn't know if it's true or not.

From Xu Xingxia's point of view, it is good that the Shaanxi rebel army does not appear. To be honest, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, these two guys, basically only destroyed but did not build, and where they passed, they were almost combed with a comb, and the damage to productivity was very great. Basically, wherever their army went, it was all deserted.

"How many of you came?" Xu Xingxia said with concern.

"I guess there are at least 50,000 people!" He Yilong replied excitedly and loudly.

"Good, good, good!" Xu Xingxia was very satisfied. He invited He Yilong, Wang Ziyong, Wang Jiayin, and others to the chairman's residence, invited them to have a good meal, and drank a little wine, which made these big bosses feel very respectful. After a few glasses of wine, they swore to the sky one by one and swore allegiance to Xu Xingxia. Hearing that Mo Yuegen was coming, they all shouted one by one, and immediately went to the battlefield to fight to the death with the Tartars.

"These cute guys ......," Xu Xingxia smiled inwardly. He Yilong and these people are really coarse, illiterate, and don't understand too many rules, but they are all righteous in the rivers and lakes. Whoever is good to them, they are good to whom, there is no reason to talk about it at all. From the perspective of later generations, these guys are purely bandits, and they are full of banditry. If there is a political commissar, we must thoroughly educate these people ideologically and get rid of their gangsterism.

However, in this day and age, the situation is different. Their gangsterism cannot be changed for the time being. Their gangsterism is often associated with blood surnames. If there is no gangsterism, the whole person will become cowardly, and the fight will be listless. Obviously, such a person cannot go to the battlefield. Fighting the Tatars, you can't do it without a blood surname. That's a 100% head in the trouser pocket. Besides, Xu Xingxia's side does not have a powerful political commissar. Therefore, his treatment of these people is to send them to the new barracks, hone and hone them.

Yansui Town came to 50,000 military households in one go, which greatly enriched the population of Ningxia Town. Originally, it had been called the stewardship council without labor, but it was not called for the time being. The influx of 50,000 people has greatly alleviated the shortage of labor in Ningxia Town. More workshops were opened, more buildings were built, and more fields were cleared. Everywhere you look, there's someone busy. The whole town of Ningxia is full of vitality and vitality.

Subsequently, more military households in Yansui Town migrated en masse. Xu Xingxia's approach is to hand over these military households directly to the Military Affairs Department and the Steward Committee for arrangement, and he no longer asks about the details. The basic principle is that those who are young and powerful join the White Army. Ordinary military households are given a certain amount of land and are allowed to earn a living with their own hands. If you don't want the land, you can go directly to the farm and get paid.

When he was busy, Zhang Tianhao suddenly came, and said with a somewhat strange expression: "My lord, someone from Xi'an Mansion is coming!" I want to meet you! ”

Xu Xingxia was dealing with the official document and said casually: "Who?" ”

Zhang Tianhao said: "He only said that he was from Xi'an Mansion, but an old acquaintance of the adult!" ”

Xu Xingxia frowned and slowly raised his head. An old acquaintance in Xi'an? Isn't that weird? When did you have an old acquaintance in Xi'an? Could it be Lin Xiaoniang's relatives who arrived from Xi'an City so soon? But that's not possible! He doesn't know any of Lin Xiaoniang's relatives! He said slowly, "Please! ”

Zhang Tianhao agreed, turned around and went out. Soon, he came in with a man. Xu Xingxia raised his eyes and looked, hey, it's really an old acquaintance! It's still the one that can't be cooked! It turned out that behind Zhang Tianhao was the owner of Kwai Yuan Lou in the past, and later did glass business with Xu Xingxia, but in the end he was nowhere to be found! Unexpectedly, Liu Zhiqiang would appear here at this time! Moreover, this guy is still from Xi'an! It's intriguing!

Xu Xingxia stood up and said lukewarmly: "It turned out to be Boss Liu!" What an old acquaintance! I thought Boss Liu was missing? I didn't expect it to appear again! ”

Liu Zhiqiang was obviously a little embarrassed and said: "Ashamed, ashamed!" I beg your pardon! ”

Xu Xingxia said bluntly: "Boss Liu, I have already handed over the glass business to others!" If you're here to talk to me about the glass business, I'm sorry, don't talk about it! ”

Liu Zhiqiang hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, the adults misunderstood." I'm not here to talk about the glass business. I apologize for the sudden disappearance of the previous one. ”

Xu Xingxia nodded, invited him to sit down, and said meaningfully: "Boss Liu came all the way from Xi'an Mansion this time, I don't know what to do?" ”

Liu Zhiqiang said with a smile: "I am entrusted by the Governor of the Three Sides. ”

Xu Xingxia's expression did not move, as if he hadn't heard anything, and said unhurriedly: "Oh? Boss Liu is also related to the Trilateral Governor? Sure enough, it's a powerful person! I wonder what instructions the Governor has? Please speak! I'm listening! ”

Liu Zhiqiang took a deep breath and said slowly: "My lord, I know that you are a cheerful person, so let's not beat around the corner." I'm here to discuss with adults about pacification. Absolutely, Lord Governor, the two of us, are completely in a misunderstanding, and the war will take place. Now, the misunderstanding has been cleared up, the truth has been revealed, and the fighting should have stopped. ”

Xu Xingxia said a little strangely: "Misunderstanding? What kind of misunderstanding? ”

Liu Zhiqiang said eloquently: "Your Excellency the Governor now knows that your Excellency has always been oppressed by Li Maohui and Li Guozhen, two traitors of the Han Dynasty, so that he will become what he is now. Adults are not only not traitors, but also heroes and big people who bravely fight against Han and traitors! It should be reported to the whole country and commended! In the past, the imperial court was also deceived by these two traitors of the Han Dynasty, and mistakenly thought that the adults were going to rebel......"

Xu Xingxia was a little embarrassed and said: "But, I really want to rebel!" ”

Liu Zhiqiang turned a deaf ear and said directly: "The adult's rebellious intention, is it to be the emperor?" ”

Xu Xingxia shook his head and said casually: "It's not either. I don't have any interest in being an emperor. Do you have to be an emperor to be a rebellion? ”

Liu Zhiqiang said with a smile: "Since it's not, then there is a discussion!" The Governor said that everything that had happened before was a misunderstanding. Everything started because of Li Maohui and Li Guozhen, two national thieves. Now that the misunderstanding has been cleared up, the imperial court is ready to reward the lord heavily, I don't know what the lord has to ask for? Even if you open your mouth, as long as the governor can do it, you can consider it. ”

Xu Xingxia said unhurriedly: "I said that I want to be the chief military officer of Ningxia Town, will your governor also agree?" ”

Liu Zhiqiang said without thinking: "No problem! ”

Xu Xingxia looked at Liu Zhiqiang suspiciously, and said in a deep voice: "You mean it really? ”

Liu Zhiqiang said with a smile: "Of course it's true!" I can assure you, there really is no problem. The Governor has the power to appoint commanders in his jurisdiction. As long as your army does not take the initiative to attack Xi'an, Yansui Town, and Guyuan Town, ......"

Xu Xingxia waved his hand and said, "Wait, Yansui Town is no longer counted." My army has set out to attack Yulin City. ”

Liu Zhiqiang said: "It's okay, then it's not Yansui Town." ”

Xu Xingxia said suspiciously: "Boss Liu, is it so easy to discuss?" I'm afraid of fraud, right? ”

Liu Zhiqiang said with a smile: "As long as the adults don't take the initiative to attack Xi'an Mansion, everything is easy to discuss, everything is negotiable." There is not only the guarantee of the governor, but also the guarantee of the prince of Qin. The chief military officer of Ningxia Town? There really is no problem. ”

Xu Xingxia said slowly: "In this case, I can promise that as long as the officials and soldiers don't come to provoke me, I won't take the initiative to send troops!" ”

Liu Zhiqiang said: "Of course! Of course! ”

Xu Xingxia looked at him for a moment, and then said, "What else do you have to say?" ”

Liu Zhiqiang lowered his voice and said slowly: "Li Maohui, Li Guozhen, Liu Fengxi and others in Gansu Town surrendered to the Tartars, became Han annihilation, traitors, and lost the dignity of the court, and the court was very angry. The imperial court hoped that the lord would take the initiative to send troops and take the heads of the three people. ”

Xu Xingxia sneered lightly at the corner of his mouth, and said unabashedly: "I knew that there was no good thing." After all, what are the conditions? ”

Liu Zhiqiang hurriedly said: "No, just such a condition!" ”

Xu Xingxia pondered for a moment, and said briskly: "Liu Zhiqiang, you go back and tell Huang Kezhang, I can consider his suggestion." As long as he doesn't mess with me, I won't take the initiative to mess with him. I will handle the affairs of Gansu Town alone. However, after getting the heads of the three of them, I will concurrently serve as the chief military officer of Ningxia Town, Yansui Town, and Gansu Town! ”

Liu Zhiqiang was immediately anxious, and he didn't care about his words, and said bluntly: "My lord, there is no such thing, at most, you can only be allowed to concurrently serve as the chief military officer of Ningxia Town and Yansui Town!" How can anyone concurrently serve as the chief military officer of the three towns? Isn't that the opposite? There has never been a precedent like this! It's impossible for the imperial court to pass through! ”

Xu Xingxia said stiffly: "I don't care if there was one before, anyway, this is the condition I proposed." If the Governor is willing to accept it, I will do it! If you don't want to accept it, I'll do it too! However, our relationship is shattered! I won't take the initiative to attack Xi'an's promise, and I won't keep it! Let's see you on the battlefield! ”

Liu Zhiqiang said with a bitter face: "My lord, this is ...... It's so me! ”

Xu Xingxia waved his hand and said undoubtedly: "Someone! Take Boss Liu down to rest! ”

Liu Zhiqiang wanted to speak and stopped. He really had a lot to say, but when he saw Xu Xingxia's face, he had to swallow it back. He knew very well that Xu Xingxia had made up his mind, and even if he said it, it would have no effect. In desperation, he had no choice but to silently turn around and leave.

(To be continued)