In addition to the 2,000 soldiers, Li Jing began to change the original four battalions to the current six battalions, namely the black bear battalion and the green wolf battalion, which were divided into two parts, the iron wall battalion renamed the auxiliary battalion, the newly built iron gun battalion, and the reconnaissance battalion and the sailor battalion.

The new six battalions, with the exception of the Iron Gun Battalion, which had 1,200 men in six capitals, each battalion had 5,100 men. The reconnaissance battalion originally had three capitals, but now it has also been increased to five capitals and changed to the Flying Eagle Battalion. In addition to the two reconnaissance capitals and one special operations capital, Li Jing added a scout capital and cavalry capital to the reconnaissance battalion. Determined to build the reconnaissance battalion into a main battalion, a lot of officers were drawn from the original combat battalion to fill the force. The sailor battalion originally had 500 people, and Li Jing also added 1,000 men to it this time, with five capitals, each of which was a detachment, and the five detachments formed the Shamen Town fleet. Megan is the tenth general of the battalion, and Julie is the deputy tenth general.

With this series of changes, the army of Shamen Town expanded by about 2,000 people at once. Of the newly expanded soldiers and horses, Li Jing chose 1,000 among the people who had returned to the original Wu Qian and Zhang Lie, and then selected 1,000 among the prisoners brought by Liaodong. However, Li Jing did not put all the two thousand recruits together, but broke them up and divided them into the sixth battalion. There was also a major change of officers at the team and group level of the sixth battalion, and the sergeants of the whole battalion were transferred to other battalions. Each battalion only retained forty percent of the original soldiers and horses, and the remaining three were transferred from other battalions, and the other three percent were newly expanded Liaodong prisoners and surrendered soldiers.

The six battalions are the Black Bear Battalion, the Green Wolf Battalion, the Iron Gun Battalion, the Iron Wall Battalion, the Flying Eagle Battalion, and the Zhenhai Battalion, with a total of more than 6,000 people. In addition, there is a newly built logistics battalion, which includes the original medical capital, logistics capital, baggage capital, and engineer capital, and also expands a pack horse capital. There are more than 7,000 soldiers and horses in the entire Shamen Town. Far exceeded the set number of 2,000 soldiers. However, Li Jing doesn't care too much about this excess now. The town of Salmon has begun to take shape. Don't be careful. The extra soldiers and horses, a sentence of the family and the children are enough to deal with the past, and ordinary people dare not come to provoke him easily.

At the end of February, the new 7th Battalion of soldiers and horses in the entire Shamen Town had been transferred and expanded. The Black Bear Battalion, the Blue Wolf Battalion, and the Iron Spear Battalion were all stationed in the forts on each island. The equipment of all the armies was also neatly equipped, although Song Wei was given a large amount of ordnance, but after several battles, Li Jing also accumulated a large number of ordnance. The last time it was sold to Qingnipu. What was given to Song Wei this time was actually just a batch of slightly old ordnance stored in the warehouse. It is also a great use to empty the warehouse.

Just when Li Jing was about to throw off his sleeves and do a big job, so as to thoroughly digest the fruits of victory in his hand. A sudden arrival of a character caught him a little off guard.

Li Jing personally rushed to Dengzhou Wharf to greet him and accompanied him all the way back to Shamen Town. Along the way, Li Jing quietly looked at the person in front of him from time to time, and his heart was full of sighs. The person in front of him was about six feet tall and was wearing a dark green round-necked official robe. He wears a stiff-footed head on his head. He is tall and straight, and he is about thirty years old. The face is white and beardless, and the long upright is a talent.

But when it comes to the identity of this person, it can't help but make people jealous. He is Zhang Chengye, the small envoy of the prison army under Duan Wanrong, the supervisor of Ziqing Town, who was originally surnamed Kang, and was adopted as an adopted son by Zhang Tai, a regular attendant in Xiantong, and changed his name to Zhang. At this time, his reputation was not obvious, but he was just a small envoy in the local military supervision institute of Ziqing Town, which was sent by the imperial court.

This time, Li Jing didn't know anything about his sudden arrival in advance, and it wasn't until yesterday that he received a letter from Cui Yunqing. The letter told him that the Ziqing Town Prison suddenly wanted to send a prison soldier to Shamen Town and ask him to get along well. He also said that he tried his best to fight for it, and specially invited a eunuch with a good character from the prison military courtyard to come.

It wasn't until he met the young eunuch at the Dengzhou dock today that he learned the other party's name. Zhang Chengye, when he heard this name, Li Jing couldn't help but feel a shock in his head. Zhang Chengye is still just a nameless little eunuch, but for Li Jing, a person who is familiar with the history of the late Tang Dynasty, Zhang Chengye is a very famous figure.

The eunuchs of the Tang Dynasty were the most powerful group of eunuchs in history, and they were even three points stronger than those eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty. After the Middle Tang Dynasty, the emperors of the Tang Dynasty were all abolished in their hands, and they even completely controlled hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops, and even the emperor dared to kill them, and they killed more than one. When it comes to the eunuchs of the Tang Dynasty, they are all a group of people who are in turmoil, but this is not necessarily the case. Among the eunuchs, there are also good ones, such as Gao Lishi in the Tang Dynasty, Cao Risheng, a eunuch who dared to rush into the rebel siege with only ten horsemen during the Anshi Rebellion, and Yang Guangfu, who was not famous at this time, but would be resourceful in the Huangchao Rebellion and dedicated to quelling the chaos. There is another one, that is, the Zhang Chengye in front of him, and the later Jin King Li Ke used the prison army around him to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty.

Historically, after the Tang Dynasty was destroyed by Zhu Wen, the general of the feudal town, Zhang Chengye actually tried to revive the Tang Dynasty. He had an excellent relationship with Li Keyong, pinned the hope of reviving the Tang Dynasty on Li Keyong and his son Li Cunqiao, and worked hard and painstakingly for Li Keyong's father and son all his life. In the process of assisting Li Keyong's father and son, Zhang Chengye also showed extraordinary strategy and talent. However, Li Cunmiao destroyed the Later Liang of the Zhu clan and established the Later Tang Dynasty, but became the emperor himself. Zhang Chengye, who was bent on reviving the Tang Dynasty, was desperate, and he said to Li Cunmiao: "The bloody war of the princes is for the Li Tang Dynasty, and now my king takes it by himself, and he is a slave by mistake!" Then he died on hunger strike.

Zhang Chengye is not only loyal to Li Tang, but also very loyal to Li Keyong, the king of Jin.

In history, Zhang Chengye is different from ordinary eunuchs, he knows the general situation and knows strategy.

Li Jing didn't know why, it turned out that after the Huangchao Rebellion, Li Keyong returned to the Central Plains from Mobei to lead the army to quell the chaos, and then Zhang Chengye would serve as the supervisor of Hedong, and since then he has been assisting Li Keyong wholeheartedly. Now, by mistake, Zhang Chengye actually came to Shamen Town to be a supervisor.

Since the time of Xuanzong, eunuchs have been constantly used as supervisors, and at that time it was only temporary, but in the late Tang Dynasty, the eunuchs were often permanent. In all the feudal towns in the world, there are military supervision courts, as the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven, they directly obey the emperor's orders, and the local feudal commanders are subordinate to each other, mutual restraint, and also have their own guards, ranging from three to five hundred to thousands. The envoys and marshals were both adversaries and allies.

For example, the superintendent of Ziqing Town, Zhang Wanrong, represented the interests of the royal family in Ziqing Town. and the festival marshal Song Wei is mutually restrictive. However, because Song Wei is now unable to fully control Ziqing Town due to the blocking of Wang Jingwu, the toothed general. So Zhang Wanrong naturally became Song Wei's ally. Zhang Wanrong held the guards of the 3,000 prison military courtyard in his hands. Representing the majesty of the emperor has always been Song Wei's greatest help, and it is also the biggest reason why Wang Jingwu has always been afraid of not daring to act.

The Jiedu envoy was appointed and dismissed by the imperial court, and before Song Wei took control of Ziqing Town, his purpose was the same as that of the military envoy, to take control of Ziqing Town.

Li Jing was very showy in this battle, which not only surprised Song Wei, but also surprised Wang Jingwu. also let Zhang Wanrong, the military supervisor, hear the rumors. He was also very interested in such a young general who suddenly rose, and had the idea of trying to win over Li Jing and control this powerful army, which led to the result of Zhang Chengye serving as the supervisor of Shamen Town. If it weren't for this, a small military town would not have been equipped with a separate prison qualification.

Li Jing didn't know if he wanted to feel honored or helpless, Ren Bai sent down a prison soldier, which was equivalent to having an extra knife on his neck. You have to be cautious in everything in the future, but the supervisor who came here is Zhang Chengye. This still made Li Jing a little surprised. Zhang Chengye was the most famous eunuch loyal to the Tang Dynasty in the late Tang Dynasty, and he was a man who knew the general situation and knew strategy. Maybe I should use some heart to draw this famous good eunuch to my side.

The prison army is a tight spell added by the above, and Li Jing does not dare to be careless. Even if he is facing a famous good eunuch in the Tang Dynasty now, he doesn't dare to be careless. As soon as he returned to Shamen Town, he immediately summoned all the generals to come to visit, and immediately attached a small building with blue bricks and green tiles, and also transferred ten old soldiers to be the guardians of the home, as well as twenty slaves and maids, and gave 10,000 heavy gifts.

Zhang Chengye, who was still talking and laughing with everyone, saw these things, but his face immediately became gloomy. After a long time, he said: "I will live in this house for the time being, and I can live in a comfortable place to live at ease." But there is no need for a maid in the family, we are here for official business. If you bring a few people with you, you don't have to waste extravagance. As for the gift you gave us, we don't dare to accept it, if you really have the heart, I think it is better for us to present it to His Majesty the Emperor. You don't know, for two consecutive years of disasters, the use of the palace is not enough. ”

Dedication, this is a very unique name unique to the beginning of the late Tang Dynasty. At this time in the late Tang Dynasty, the imperial court was basically divided into feudal towns, and there were four types of feudal towns, and the secession-type feudal towns were the most self-respecting, and the annual wealth of those places naturally could not reach the hands of the imperial court. As the feudal towns of the Central Plains established to suppress these feudal towns, all the local wealth was basically used to raise the army of each feudal town. There are still border towns, which are bitterly cold and not enough to supply the army, and the imperial court has to send a large amount of money and grain to support the army every year. Only the remaining eight or nine feudal towns in the southeast became the most important supply areas for the imperial court, but at this time, the imperial court still continued to use troops in the southwest region, which made the imperial court's finances increasingly insufficient.

Faced with this situation, the imperial court levied salt tea as a monopoly, repeatedly increased taxes, and used hundreds of dollars for salt, and many people could not afford to eat salt. On the contrary, it has exacerbated the proliferation of illicit salt and the emergence of armed salt dealers. There was turmoil everywhere, and the court did not receive much money.

It was under such circumstances that the imperial court found a new name for collecting money, that is, it was offered by local officials. In the name of "dedication", local officials paid tribute to the emperor's treasury on fixed festival days. Such contributions were repealed shortly before the enactment of the two tax laws, but were quickly reinstated and became a source of more illegal taxation obligations. These "offerings" became an indispensable part of the government's revenue, and local officials used them to win the favor of the emperor, such as one of the most attentive officials who "made offerings" to the court every day, and invented the daily "contributions" of the emperor.

Of course, this kind of dedication is not gratuitous, and the local marshals and assassins in those places donated money and property to the imperial court, and the emperor took the official title as a reward, and became a disguised official seller.

Hearing that Zhang Jingye had a way to help Li Jing advance, Li Jing was stunned for a moment. Offering is actually a very cost-effective deal, otherwise there will be no one desperately contributing, in addition to those fixed names, you can also find a name like Rijin to send money. All the efforts are rewarded. And not everyone has the opportunity to make this offering, only those high-ranking magistrates such as Assassin Shi and Jieshuai can do it, and ordinary people can't find a way to enter the offering even if they have money.

Spend some money to show your face in front of the emperor, hang a number, and leave some impressions. Seems pretty good.

Zhang Chengye thought that Li Jing was reluctant. He said, "If you want to believe us." For 10,000 yuan, we can find you a barony to come back. This is quite a bargain, you are doing your duty as a courtier for Your Majesty, but you still have such a reward, not bad. ”

Li Jing chuckled, this Zhang Chengye was really loyal, he didn't want the gift he gave him, he had to take it to the emperor. It's not for nothing, but he still has to help Li Jing get a knighthood in return. Yes, Li Jing, I am starting to think that this prison army is good. At least, he's still thinking about him.

"One hundred thousand." Li Jing spoke, "I am willing to donate 100,000 yuan of wealth to His Majesty the Emperor, do my duty as a courtier, and ask Zhang Jianjun to take full responsibility for this matter for me." How is it? ”

When Zhang Chengye heard that Li Jing was willing to pay a tribute of 100,000 yuan to the emperor, he was immediately excited. Hurriedly nodded loudly, "This matter is on us." Go back and do it right away. The general is so loyal, our family will not be stingy with good words. I will surely repay the general's loyalty and courage truthfully. At the end, he whispered, "One hundred thousand, let's change the general to a viscount." ”

"It should be, it should be." Li Jing chuckled.

Zhang Chengye got Li Jing's promise, and he was so happy that he immediately followed Zhang Hong to prepare the 100,000 yuan gift. Lin Wei and other generals surrounded Li Jing and said with some frowns, "What does it mean to suddenly send a eunuch to be a supervisor, isn't it that Song Jieshuai can't trust us?" ”

Li Jing shook his head, "This is not what Song Jieshuai meant, but Zhang Jian Jun's envoy has taken a fancy to us, this is a good thing, and some people appreciate it to show that we are valuable." Everyone will be polite to this Zhang Jianjun in the future, and in the future, he will be the eyes and ears of Ziqing Town, and even when he is critical, he can go straight to the Son of Heaven. Such a person can't afford to offend, so hold it with respect, maybe it will be of great use when it is critical. ”

"But it's still a bit too generous to take out 100,000 yuan to pay tribute to the emperor at once." Wang Chong was a little reluctant.

Li Jing chuckled, "It depends on what you think, I only said 100,000 yuan of tribute, but I didn't say that I would give 100,000 yuan directly." Our Wuliangye, rock sugar, perfume, and even cloth and silk are all good things. In particular, there are a few kinds of liquor and rock sugar perfumes, but they are the only one. It's not normal for us to set a high price, a jar of five grains, we can price ten, twenty or even one hundred, as long as the packaging is better, and it is marked as the best tribute wine. A hundred jars of fine wine, a hundred jars of wine is 10,000 yuan. And after this wine is given to the emperor, we can still sell it in the name of special tribute imperial wine, and in the future, we can sell it in a separate tribute package, and this money will not be earned back immediately. Other rock candies and perfumes can also be marked as tributes in this way, as long as they are marked with a high price. In addition, find some strange gadgets from the pirates' den, and get a few good horses, I heard that our young emperor loves to play polo. ”

Lin Wei was stunned for a moment, "Is this okay?" Isn't this a crime of deception? ”

"How can this be called bullying, of course the things given to the emperor can't be ordinary things, we use the best ones, so of course the price is higher, otherwise, where can we be worthy of the respect of the Son of Heaven?" Li Jing smiled slightly.

The other generals also understood that this was indeed the case. These liquor and other things were originally the only luxury gadgets in Shamen Town, even if the price was ten times higher, others would not be able to say anything. Besides, this is not for the emperor, but for the emperor, what does it matter if the high point is low point.

Everyone is reluctant to take 100,000 yuan of real money directly, but if you just take some of your own products and give them to the emperor, there is nothing reluctant to do. Together, those things were not as good as the ten good war horses that Li Jing took out at the end of the day, which made them feel a little heartbroken.

After receiving Li Jing's instructions, Zhang Hong immediately took Zhang Chengye to the warehouse in the town. First show him the specialties of Wuliangye, rock candy and perfume one by one. These things are now being produced in large quantities day and night in Shamen Town, but due to Li Jing's sales strategy, the strategy of implementing dealers by district, so although there is a lot of production, there are not many in the same market.

Even the whole Dengzhou has sent out the most goods, but the market has not yet reached saturation, and the prices of several commodities are also high. According to Li Jing's words, anyway, what we sell is luxury goods and not essential goods, since it is a luxury product, so customers are willing to spend a lot of money to buy it, so they will not care about paying more. Facts have proved that Li Jing's business strategy in later generations is still very successful, and now these goods in Dengzhou are getting higher and higher, and those merchants are even more shrewd than Li Jing, they buy a large number of goods, but they are sold in limited quantities, and the price is extremely high.

At present, these commodities only appear in small quantities in Qingzhou, and Zhang Chengye has also heard of them, and now he can't help but be surprised when he sees these commodities with his own eyes. Hearing that Li Jing was going to use these as tribute to the emperor, he couldn't help but be very satisfied. As for the price of these tributes or something, he really didn't care much. Anyway, although Li Jing's price is high, it is actually not much higher than the retail price on the market now, and Zhang Hong also deliberately explained that these belong to special tributes, far from the quality of goods on the market.

Zhang Chengye was busy for a long time, and he sighed greatly, this General Li Jing is good, not only has a hand in fighting, but also is so loyal to the court and the emperor. It seems that he is a person worthy of friendship, and he has to write a letter to his adoptive father in the palace, so that he can have the opportunity to say a few good words for Li Jing in front of the princes of the court and the Son of Heaven, and strive for some opportunities for Li Jing. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )