Chapter 254: Afraid of thieves and not afraid of officials
Sea giants, widows, these two terms made the hearts of several people who came out to investigate a little heavy, and there was no conversation on the next road, and they returned to the Xingcai Inn in silence.
Calculating the time to go out and explore, it is estimated that there will be about two hours before dawn, and the city gate will be opened later, and Wang Tong and the others will have to rest for a while at the Xingcai Inn before going back.
Wang Tong has been thinking in his mind, between the north and south of the Ming Dynasty, between the Ming Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom, between the Ming Dynasty and the South Seas, and even between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea, the Ming Dynasty and the Western Ocean, all kinds of joint differences, what can be done, after all, the sea in this era is equal to completely free trade, and when the goods enter the Haihe River, how many possible castes will there be outside.
At the entrance of the big inns on the side of the canal, it is not counted that there is a lantern hanging at the door, but there is usually a flagpole erected, carrying a signboard flag, and the lantern is hung up after the night is collected, which is much brighter than the dark road just now.
Wang Tong stretched out his hand to pick up Li Hutou, who was asleep in the carriage, Li Hutou was also vigilant, Wang Tong touched, he sat up all of a sudden, and put his hand on the dagger on his waist for the first time, causing everyone to laugh.
Huang San of Xingcai Inn greeted him, and led the carriage to the stable in the backyard first, inexplicably, Wang Tong found that Huang San's expression was not normal.
Maybe because of the illusion of exhaustion, Wang Tong didn't pay much attention to it, because he knew that they would come back, and the inn also left a door, and went into the lobby to sit down.
Tan Jiang and a few people had a bad face, they had also fought bloody battles with the Japanese in the southeast back then, and perhaps some relatives and colleagues died in the battle, and they really wouldn't be in a good mood when they saw the pirates and the Japanese invaders appear so close to them.
The group was silent for a while, and was about to get up to speak, but they heard the side door of the inn lobby ringing, and the shopkeeper, a few guys, and Huang San from Fang Cai all walked out.
Wang Tong was stunned, there was no rest in this inn, he got up early and was busy very late, so everyone had to hurry up and go to bed after dinner.
Immediately, Wang Tong reacted, sighed and said:
"Those stalking thieves, let them go!"
The group of people who came out of the inn almost knelt down in unison when Wang Tong spoke, and when they heard Wang Tong say it, two people were weak and lay directly on the ground.
Ma Sanbiao was yawning for a while, and he didn't react for a while when he heard this, and then he jumped up, pulled out the short knife behind his back with his backhand, and was about to scold viciously.
Wang Tong waved his hand at him, and asked in a deep voice to the shopkeeper and Huang San who were bumping and kowtowing:
"You know that this official is Jinyiwei, right!? You know that this official is not as sloppy as the Jinyi Guard used to be, right!? You know that this official killed a few chops of incense on the bow of the boat, right? Don't kowtow, answer!? ”
Wang Tong's voice raised a little, and the shopkeeper raised his head tremblingly and said:
"The eldest lord has been living in a small shop since he came to Tianjin from the beginning, and what the eldest lord has done in the city has spread so widely, how can the little ones not know?"
"What if I don't let them go?"
"Big lord, who dares not to burn incense in these traders outside the city, close these people, as long as the news spreads, the villain inn will not be opened or a trivial matter, I am afraid that the small and the people in the store will be thrown into the sea to feed the fish, once upon a time someone by the canal offended them, the whole family of that person is gone, the villain also has the old and the young, and the guys in the store also have the old and the young."
The shopkeeper said in a panic, and the ten people behind him knocked their heads on the ground, and the night, which was quite quiet, stopped at this time as if they were beating a drum.
Wang Tong stomped his feet impatiently and asked in a cold voice:
"Do they know where the officer is going?"
"The little ones can't afford to offend the bow incense, and they can't afford to offend the big man's side, so they didn't dare to stay longer, so they ran away."
Wang Tong sighed and said in a muffled voice:
"You think that the government can't come every day, but the bow incense gets along day and night, and if you offend the government, maybe the gangsters will pass, and if you offend the bow incense, your surname is not guaranteed, isn't this the truth?"
The people below just continued to kowtow, where did they dare to reply, Wang Tong turned his head to look at the few people around him, everyone was helpless on their faces, Ma Sanbiao was also mixed up in the market, and he understood this better than others, and he was also deflated at this time.
"Don't kowtow, don't blame you, everyone stays here, Tan Bing and Tan Jian and the shopkeeper will lead the horse to the door of the store, let's go to the barracks to rest tonight!"
Tan Bing Tan Jian stood up silently and walked to the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper had tears on his face, but he still looked up a little confused, and said:
"It's getting late, the old man is still going there, and there is a hot soup and hot water waiting in the small shop."
Wang Tong didn't answer, the shopkeeper was carried out directly, and Wang Tong and Ma Sanbiao commanded:
"Go find a guy and go to the guy room and get some bread."
The other side also followed, and Wang Tong also fell silent, but Tan Jiang put all the weapons stored in the store on the table, and put them within reach.
The guys in the shop also felt that the atmosphere was not right, and they didn't dare to come out when they knelt on the ground, and after a while, the horses came here, and the dough was also obtained, Wang Tong hung up the knife and said:
"Take the bread and feed the horses first!"
Horses eat forage, but feeding some hard materials at critical times, such as dough dough sticks, etc., can make the horsepower sufficient and last longer.
This is almost the most basic knowledge of the cavalry, and when they heard Wang Tong's order, everyone kneaded the hard dough cake and put it in the palm of their hand and brought it to the horse's mouth.
When everything was done, put on the saddle bridle, Wang Tong and the others turned over and got on the horse, and the shopkeeper of the Xingcai Inn followed out a little at a loss, Wang Tong turned around and said with a smile:
"If I live in this store, I'm afraid I will have a bad life tonight, even if you don't report the news, do you dare to say that the other people in the store don't go?"
Hearing this, the shopkeeper's face immediately turned pale, and he looked back at his fellow with disbelief in his eyes.
"Sir, is there anything weird in that shop?"
"That Huang San's expression was wrong when he entered the store, whether it was because he let go of those sentries with incense on the bow of the ship, or other things, it was better for us to be careful here."
There were no pursuers, and although the night road was difficult to walk, everyone was familiar with it, and there was nothing to do along the way, and they soon arrived at the boot camp.
After seeing Wang Tong and several instructors coming, he dutifully checked Wang Tong and others' waist card credentials, and then beckoned people to open the door of the recruit camp.
After entering the camp, everyone's still nervous mood disappeared without a trace, Wang Tong didn't say much, and only said one order to the family Ding and Li Tao Sun Xin and others who came in a hurry:
"Let's all go to sleep, and we'll talk about it tomorrow!"
"Clear another place around the boot camp, and ask Qiao Da over there, where can a blacksmith workshop be built, and the workshop in the city should be moved here as soon as possible! ”
Early the next morning, all the military academies and Wang Tong's cronies gathered in the military tent, and some were even called out of the city after the city gate was opened.
Wang Tong sat on the top and issued orders one by one in a deep voice, and Cai Nan held a pen on the side to record one by one.
From now on, each battalion will be rotated to run errands, five battalions plus two reserve battalions, one round every seven days, one battalion patrols around the camp, one battalion enters the city to guard the official residence, and another battalion is on standby, waiting for the silver two escorted by the Beijing division to the destination."
Everyone below listened attentively to the order, and Wang Tong paused for a moment and said:
"The first battalion does not participate in the rotation, the 100th and 200th households of the first battalion are on duty, and they take turns to go to the Jinyi Wei Qianhu official office in the city to station, and the ordnance management side, the battalion officers of each battalion will go immediately after the end of the military meeting, and set the number to be allocated, from this moment on, the whole battalion will enter a state of combat readiness and be on standby at any time!!"
The atmosphere suddenly became solemn, but everyone in the young military academy below was very excited, and they couldn't see any fear, so they saluted and agreed, and they all went out to do errands.
"Brother Zhang, the silver of the blacksmith's workshop should be given or given, the problem now is to make a cannon, the silver you give over there is loose, but the words can be said more ruthlessly, you might as well tell them, the cannon can't be made, and the previous sins will be doubled!"
Since it was found out that Qiao Da was greedy for money, Zhang Shiqiang, who felt derelict in his duties, kept a close eye on the blacksmith workshop, but for Wang Tong, this cannon is the first thing at present.
"Ma Sanbiao, you take them with the red and black, and all these young men who are now working hard must be formed according to the battalion head, and there must be an order at the critical moment, and these people must also be pulled out when necessary."
Ma Sanbiao also agreed loudly, he has been following Wang Tong, and this is the first time he has received a clear errand, which really makes him excited.
"Dahai, the old brother who led our Jingshi to Tianjin, now you have to lock up all these lazy people in Tianjin's thousands of households, you are a hundred households, and everyone else can be given the position of general flag and small flag, those wastes can't be eaten for nothing, and they must be allowed to do things."
Sun Dahai hurriedly bowed down and agreed, Li Hutou was about to jump up on the side, but there was still no place for him, and when everyone received the errands and went out of the account one by one, Yu Dayou on the side asked with a smile:
"Jinyiwei is just an errand to patrol the streets, but these newcomers are trained by you as if you are a soldier, just now such an order is like a war, the old man doesn't understand, there is no big enemy inside and outside Tianjin, can you use cannons?"
"The cannon is another one, as for the rest, the rats in the city are making too much trouble, so they have to beat it hard and clean it up!"
Wang Tong replied lightly.
(To be continued)