In the middle of May of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

According to the solar calendar, it is the June of the next generation, and the wheat fields on the east road will soon be harvested.

On this day, Zhang Fuzhen, the governor of Xuanda, led Ji Shiwei, the governor of Xuanfu Town, Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier, Wang Pu and others, to the East Road. Perhaps it was a coincidence that Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen also arrived at the East Road together with Zhang Ruoqi and others.

When they were in Yanqing, they met, so they traveled together and went to Yongning together.

Although in terms of official positions, Zhang Ruolin, the staff of the Ministry of War, and Ma Shaoyu, the foreign officer, are smaller than the governor and the governor, but they come from the central government, and of course everyone has to give some face.

Zhang Ruolin is quite talkative, and he is very knowledgeable, especially good at the study of classics and history, all the way to talk about the subset of classics and history with Zhang Fuzhen and Ji Shiwei, but he is not lonely.

Looking at the scenery along the way, Zhang Ruoqi praised: "Since entering the East Road, this weather is very different. ”

Governor Zhang and Governor Ji smiled, and the East Road was prosperous, as the governor and governor, they also had merit, and when they heard Zhang Ruoqi mention it, their faces were full of brilliance.

The accompanying East Road officials, at this time, there were soldiers Ma Guoxi, Yanqing Prefecture Zhizhou Wu Zhi and others. After listening to Zhang Ruoqi's words, Wu Zhi's face was expressionless, and Ma Guoxi said with a smile: "This is all thanks to the blessing of the saint, Lord Zhang and Master Ji mentioned it, the East Road side has a small achievement, it is not worth mentioning, it is not worth mentioning, hehehe." ”

Looking at his appearance, everyone scolded in their hearts: "Old fox." ”

The backstage of this Ma Guoxi is the former cabinet chief assistant Xue Guoguan, after Xue Guoguan fell, many people thought that Ma Guoxi would also fall, and he was ready to enter. The current East Road is famous for its wealth, and many officials are salivating. Presumably after serving here for a few years. Everyone's going to make a lot of money, right?

Unexpectedly, Ma Guoxi still sat firmly on the East Road, obviously Jian was in the emperor's heart.

And he is an old fritter, a master of officialdom. Everyone wanted to find out what was wrong with him, and there was also a feeling that the dog was scratching and thorny, and there was no way to start.

But everyone has heard about it. Ma Guoxi was almost overtaken by Zhongyongbo on the East Road.

If we don't talk about military politics, we talk about civil affairs, and the affairs under our subordinates are getting less and less. Obviously, when the old fox meets the little fox, the little fox is still powerful. Or to say that one force will drop ten, let you have the power to schem, and you will be idle in the face of strong military power.

Not to mention Ma Guoxi's side, Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, and Cao Bianjiao. Wang Tingchen's several general soldiers, as well as a cadre of personal generals accompanying him, chatted and discussed in the back.

Everyone's mind is much more complicated. Last year. They also came to the East Road, when Wang Dou was still a general. Now he is the chief soldier, and he is loyal and brave, and his status is far above everyone.

But complicated is complicated, let's put it away, Wang Dou's status is different now, and he has to make more friends. Everyone has a bloody friendship with Wang Dou, which is an advantage that many people don't have.

Only Yang Guozhu's personal general Guo Yingxian was still heartless, and praised loudly: "My brother, there is really no need to say that the ability of this East Road changes every day, just say this road, it is much easier to walk." ”

Yang Guozhu said: "It has indeed changed a lot. ”

He had a worried face, and said to Wang Pu, Cao Bianjiao, and Wang Tingchen: "Three generals, you say, Guoqin will sell us the medicine?" ”

Cao Bianjiao lowered his head and groaned, and Wang Tingchen laughed: "I know General Wang, I miss the old love the most, what is our relationship with him?" Although it is not easy to develop the sub-drug, if we open our mouths, he will definitely make a part. ”

Wang Pu grinned beside him: "We and Uncle Zhongyong are all lifelong friends, why don't you sell them?" The sub-medicine is expensive, and it costs money to buy it. It's better to buy some more fine birds. ”…,

As soon as he opened his mouth, he smelled of a merchant, and the clothes he wore were still very bright.

It seems that he has a soft spot for the word gorgeous, whether it is armor or ordinary clothes, it is all red and green, and the colors are gorgeous.

Wang Pu is envious and jealous of Wang Dou, but he was born in a merchant family, and he has been in the first place since he was a child. Befriending Wang Dou will benefit him and do him no harm, so he quickly changed his mentality and decided to hug Wang Dou's thigh and do a good job on the East Road.

At the same time, he looked at Yang Guozhu's gaze with a little schadenfreude, in the past, Wang Dou was a cadre under Yang Guozhu, and won a lot of credit for Yang Guozhu, but now Wang Dou climbed on Yang Guozhu's head. If it goes on like this, I am afraid that Yang Guozhu's position as General Zhenshuo will not be guaranteed, so it's interesting to think about it.

He couldn't wait to see what his expression was like when Yang Guozhu gave an official salute to Wang Dou after Yongning.

After Wang Pu said that, everyone didn't answer, but Guo Yingxian heard it and shouted, "Dare not sell the medicine?" Brother Wang, don't want to recognize me as an elder brother. ”

Yang Guozhu sighed, his own general, brave and brave, is a little ......

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In the afternoon, the group arrived at the west gate of Yongning City a few miles away, where the official pergola had been set up, Wen Fangliang, the general under Wang Dou, led the Yongning City garrison Wang Yide, and there were a gentry and village elders in Yongning City, blowing and blowing, welcoming everyone into the city, and arranging to rest in the mansion.

After bathing and changing clothes, and resting for a while, everyone thought about things and went to the general's mansion to meet Wang Dou.

Wang Dou greeted him with a smile in front of the General's Mansion, he did not go out of the city to greet him, as an earl, he was able to greet everyone in front of the gate of the General's Mansion, which was already very grand.

Led by Zhang Fuzhen, the governor of Xuanda, and Zhang Ruolin, the official of the Ministry of War, together with Ji Shiwei, Yang Guozhu and others, they bowed to Wang Dou together.

Etiquette cannot be abolished, Wang Dou is a loyal and brave uncle, and when a first-class official sees him, he has to bow twice, is it not trivial? The military attache is okay, if the civil official is rude in front of Wang Dou, maybe the imperial history will be impeached immediately, how can everyone be willing to lose their honor in this regard?

Although Ji Shiwei is Wang Dou's father-in-law, he still has to salute.

Wang Dou replied with a smile, and said to Yang Guozhu, Cao Bianjiao and others: "Yang Shuai, why do the brothers do this? Hurry up, please. ”

Looking at Wang Dou's sincere expression, Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen's hearts were greatly warm, although General Wang was promoted, he did not forget his past friendship.

Wang Pu stammered: "Uncle Zhongyong, this time is different from the past, you should be saluted by us." ”

While on the way, he would have liked to see. When Yang Guozhu gave an official salute to Wang Dou. What was his expression, he was busy stuttering at this time, but he forgot it.

Yang Guozhu saw that Wang Dou was wearing a python robe and jade belt. There is a five-clawed dragon pattern on the python suit, which is very illustrious and glorious, and he sighed in his heart.

He also felt a little awkward. As soon as he heard Wang Dou say, he stood up.

Guo Yingxian shouted behind him: "Brother Wang, my brother is here, do you have good wine?" ”

Wang Dou looked at this honest man and had a very good impression of him, he laughed: "Don't worry, I can't forget you, brother." ”

Blowing and blowing, everyone entered the general's palace and bowed again. Wang Dou said with a smile: "There are Lao Zhugong who have come from afar, and they are shining, please take a seat!" ”

Zhang Ruolin, the staff of the Ministry of War, said with a smile: "Rush to the top." Labor and daily life. Wan beggars are loyal and brave, forgive us and other abrupt sins. ”

Zhang Ruolin is over forty years old and has three beards. It is meticulously groomed, and speaks with a thick Shandong accent.

He spoke with a very kind expression, and of course, this kind of air depends on who he is talking to.

Zhang Ruolin holds the real power of the military department, and he follows Chen Xinjia closely on weekdays, where do you put it in your eyes? However, it is obviously different for Wang Dou. Moreover, when he came this time, as the secret envoy of Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, he had important matters to discuss with Wang Dou, and he did not dare to offend. …,

Wang Dou also knew that this person was Chen Xinjia's loyal lackey, and he was domineering on weekdays, and the defeat in the Battle of Songshan in history was also partly due to this person.

Everyone sat down, Zhang Ruoqi's intention this time was to represent the imperial court's reward for the Jingbian army, but the reward of the guard officer, presumably Wang Dou's subordinates would not care, so the issue of the amount of food and salary for the soldiers was quite important.

Ji Shiwei, the governor of Xuanfu Town, meant to give the Jingbian army 15,000 soldiers, including 5,000 cavalry, and Zhang Fuzhen, the governor of Xuanda, also agreed, and Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, also agreed. However, there are differences of opinion in the cabinet. For example, Li Rixuan, the secretary of the ministry, and Li Rixuan, the secretary of the household department, are to be asked.

Due to financial difficulties, after Li Beiwen came to power, he has been losing social relations, cutting work and food, and compensating for the poor.

Li Rixuan said that General Zhenshuo, Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu Town, is only 15,000 soldiers and horses, and Wang Dou, as the chief military officer of Xuanfu Town, can surpass Yang Guozhu?

Li Rixuan's opinion was tacitly approved by Emperor Chongzhen, so there were many followers, and Chen Xinjia did not dare to insist on his opinion too much, for fear that Long Yan would not like it.

It is not a matter of time and a half to recount the merits, promotions, and bereavements of the Jingbian Army, so after everyone sat down, they mainly talked about the issue of purchasing powerful medicine from Wang Dou.

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Zhang Fuzhen, the governor of Xuanda, sighed: "I thought that after Wang Shi imitated the Jingbian Army and trained the new army, he would be able to gain the upper hand over the thieves, but the thieves and slaves also had a large number of firearms, which was a misfortune for the family and the country." If you have any extra medicine, you must support your allies. ”

Zhang Fuzhen looked like a little old man, his eyebrows and beard were gray due to excessive worry, and his face was wrinkled and wrinkled together at this time, looking worried.

For Zhang Fuzhen, Wang Dou is sympathetic and admirable, after he took office, he tried his best to run for state affairs, and he was not afraid of hardships and dedicated management. In contrast, his father-in-law, Ji Shiwei, is much more utilitarian.

However, it is difficult to return to the accumulation of places in various places, and it is not enough to do your best.

Because Zhang Fuzhen did not make any achievements in office, he has been repeatedly involved in his love position.

Zhang Fuzhen also felt disheartened, and Shangshu asked to resign and return home, but Emperor Chongzhen just didn't allow it.

Of course, for Wang Dou's father-in-law, Ji Shiwei, Zhang Fuzhen asked to resign, which is a good thing, as soon as Zhang Fuzhen leaves, the position of Governor of Xuanda will be his.

Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, had already promised Ji Shiwei.

In the local area, Ji Shiwei is also a faction that closely follows Chen Xinjia.

Wang Douluo groaned and said, "How much does Zhang Junmen want to take medicine?" ”

Zhang Fuzhen looked at Yang Guozhu and Wang Pu, and Yang Guozhu said: "Guoqin, if you can, I want to buy 100,000 rounds of Weijin Dingding Medicine." ”

Wang Pu was also busy saying: "Uncle Zhongyong, the last general also wants to buy 40,000 rounds of Weijinzi medicine." ”

Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen also said: "General Wang, I also want to buy 40,000 rounds of medicine." ”

Yang Guozhu had 10,000 new troops, including 5,000 birds, and if each soldier was equipped with 20 cartridges of ammunition, it would be 100,000 rounds. Wang Pu and his men only had one battalion of new troops, half of which were filled with 20 rounds of cartridge ammunition, that is, 30,000 or 40,000 rounds of ammunition.

In fact, in this era, the ammunition is not much used during the battle, Wang Dou each bird gun, the weekday ammunition pack carries 30 rounds of fixed paper tube ammunition, often in each battle, each soldier can not fight five rounds of ammunition to end the battle. An ammo pack carries a sub-medicine that can be used for several battles.

The main reason for this is that the soldiers of the Jingbian Army use a lot of ammunition during training, and they do not use much ammunition in battle.

Yang Guozhu and them, of course, could not be trained with the purchased customized paper cartridge ammunition, in everyone's imagination, each soldier twenty rounds of paper ammunition, can be used for a long time.

Of course, for many Ming generals, such as Zuo Liangyu and others, they felt that firearms were expensive. If a cold weapon is like a cold weapon, a saber costs only three dollars, and a long axe costs two dollars, and a spear is even cheaper. When using firearms, you have to constantly invest ammunition, how can cold weapons be cost-effective?