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On March 28, Shen Shi, Zheng Xunrui finally returned to his home in Guli Town.

On March 23, he set off from the capital, six consecutive days, 2,400 miles, an average of 400 miles per day, this speed, for Zheng Xunrui and others, is indeed nothing, but considering that the war horse may not be able to eat, so the time seems to be a little longer, it should be said that Zheng Xunrui participated in the training of the nursing home, which has had a practical effect, from the beginning of 200 miles a day, to the current 400 miles.

Yang Tingshu did not set off with Zheng Xunrui, he received a letter from Yang Cheng, and there were other things to deal with, as for what it was, Zheng Xunrui did not ask, and Zheng Xunrui also knew that if he set off with Yang Tingshu, it would be difficult to rush back to Jiangning County in six days.

When Zheng Xunrui went home, he didn't bother anyone, and he didn't even write a letter to his family, but the news of his three yuan and the first had already been transmitted back to his hometown, and the Zheng family in Guli Town, including the Zheng family, was all a sensation, and after several brothers of the Zheng family discussed, they decided to send someone back to their hometown in Xingyang, Henan Province to report the good news, and at the same time decided to celebrate when Zheng Xunrui went home.

Zheng Xunrui suddenly went home, Zheng Fugui and Ma were particularly surprised, but also very excited, they were ready to send a nursing home to inform the other relatives of the Zheng family, Zheng Xunrui politely refused, he thought that he could be quiet for a day to two days, family celebration is inevitable, this time he returned home, it is impossible to be unknown, but he still has a lot of things to know.

In the hall, Zheng Xunrui and his father Zheng Fugui sat together after dinner.

Zheng Fugui talked about planting maize and sweet potato, seeing that there are still two months to go, maize and sweet potato have to be harvested, and the planting area has also reached 1,000 acres, because of the high yield of maize and sweet potato, the seeds are particularly nervous, and the gentry and wealthy households in several nearby towns have already come to book seeds, and some people even send money in advance, a picture of not getting the seeds and vowing not to give up.

Before leaving, Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Fugui calculated that 1,000 acres of land were planted with maize and sweet potato, including 600 acres of maize and 400 acres of sweet potato, after all the seeds, the estimated income could reach more than 300,000 taels of silver, the key is to adjust the wind and rain, and especially prevent the occurrence of pests and diseases, fortunately, the climate is cold in these years, especially in winter, the temperature is particularly low, which ensures a large reduction in pests and diseases, and the climate of Jiangning County has always been good, ensuring that there are no pests and diseases.

Zheng Fugui has always been very busy, to constantly guide how to farm around, but also under his diligent guidance, the yield of maize and sweet potato around has always been very high, especially the yield of sweet potato, some even reached the output of fifteen stones, which also made the business of maize and sweet potato seeds more popular.

Zheng Xunrui once emphasized not to buy land, Zheng Fugui is keeping this in mind, especially after Zheng Fugui won the title and the first, Zheng Fugui kept this purpose in mind, resolutely did not buy land, and would rather rent land, he was not willing to affect Zheng Xunrui's future because he did not pay attention to details.

The maize and sweet potato seed business can earn a lot of silver, which is not only a guarantee for the Zheng family to continue to maintain, but also a strong guarantee for Zheng Xunrui's career development, so it must not be neglected.

The father and son have been talking for more than an hour, including the details, and Zheng Xunrui also put forward a request this time, that is, this year's seeds, not all of them are sold, and some of them must be left, as for what these seeds will be used for, he did not say for the time being.

When Zheng Xunrui came to the study, Yang He and the others were already waiting here.

"Yang He, tell me about the training in the nursing home."

"Yes, for nearly three months, the subordinates did not dare to have the slightest negligence, they led the escort training every day, the training is mainly divided into two parts, the first part is the original eight hundred guards, the subordinates dare to say that their strong ability has long surpassed any army of the Ming Dynasty, even more than the Houjin Tartars, the distance of the daily march and attack, the fastest can reach eight hundred miles, and they can be put into battle immediately, and the training of the war horse is even more devoted, and it can reach the realm of unity of men and horses."

Zheng Xunrui smiled and nodded, this is one of the things he cares about the most.

"As for the training of the other two hundred guards, the speed is a little slower, there is still a gap in the physical quality of these people, many of them have never even ridden a horse, but after three months of training, they can already be called an army, and their subordinates have arranged for them to be integrated into the rest of the eight hundred guards for training, which has greatly enhanced the speed of their ability to improve, and some of them have been able to compete with the previous eight hundred guards." ……

What Yang He said was very simple, it was still the style of a soldier, he didn't speak at all, and he had something to say.

"Yang He, let me ask you a key question, according to the current combat effectiveness of this thousand people, how many opponents can they directly face, and they must be invincible, such as how much the Weisuo army can resist, how much the soldiers of the Nanjing Jingying can resist, and even how much the elite of the Houjin Tartars can resist."

Yang He's face became stern, and he thought for a while before speaking.

"Childe, the subordinates in this area don't dare to talk nonsense, the biggest problem is that a thousand guards have not experienced actual combat, you know that an army that has not experienced actual combat cannot fully estimate the combat effectiveness, the shape on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and there are too many uncertain factors."

"Well, what you said is the truth, only after experiencing the baptism of blood and fire, can the Guardian truly become a qualified army, or a strong army, but you have to remember that this qiē can only rely on ourselves, and there is another point, you made a list for me last year, which included some of your former comrades-in-arms, don't think about that matter for the time being."

Yang He nodded, thought for a while, and spoke rather cautiously.

"The matter that the young master just asked, the subordinates thought about it seriously, if it was after a battle, it would not be much of a problem for these thousand people to deal with the guards army, including the sergeants of the Nanjing Jingying, to achieve one blow to ten, as for dealing with the Houjin Tartars, the subordinates really didn't dare to talk nonsense, so as not to disturb the young master's thinking."

Yang He said so, Zheng Xunrui could only sigh secretly in his heart, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, he knew, especially the army of the guard, it can be described as a mess, most of the sergeants in the guard are soldiers, the main task on weekdays is to farm, no different from the peasants, has not participated in any training, once the battle comes, such an army can be described as vulnerable, defined by a rabble, without the slightest problem.

As for the sergeants in Nanjing's Beijing camp, they are no better, and the officers with power think of how to make their purses bulge and deduct military salaries one after another, which has long affected the combat effectiveness of the army.

There is also one of the biggest problems in the Ming army, that is, the status of military attaches is not high, the problem of civilian command operations, although among the civilian officials, there are also many outstanding generals, but those are all long-term engaged in conquest matters exercised, it can be said that they are already qualified military attachés, these officials, can rely on the identity of civilian officials, and the civil officials above, so that their own power is greater, can command the battle well, but after all, there are not many such generals, many times the imperial court is sent civilian officials to command the army to fight, As a result, the guide is a greater failure, and Liu Zhilun, the soldier of the hand of the Golden Tartar after the death of Chongzhen in the first month of the third year, is the best example.

Moreover, four years after Chongzhen, the emperor would continue to implement the system of supervising the army, allowing eunuchs to supervise the army's operations, which had a greater impact on the army's combat effectiveness and limited the power of the officers commanding the battle.

If you want to say that the really strong army, or the cavalry of the Houjin Tartars, there are rumors in the Ming army and even in the imperial court, the so-called Houjin is not more than 10,000, and it is invincible, as for the truth or falsity of this rumor, no one has pursued it.

The reality is true, as long as the cavalry of the Houjin Tartars enters the customs, if they enter the realm of no one, there is almost no Ming army to resist, and at present, the only Guanning iron cavalry that can fight face-to-face with the Houjin Tartars needs to guard the Shanhaiguan, and the number of people is not very large, it is impossible to follow the Houjin Tartars to fight behind the buttocks, for example, the Houjin Tartar army that entered the customs at the end of the second year of Chongzhen, the number of people reached more than 30,000, and the eight thousand Guanning Iron Cavalry went to fight face-to-face, and it was definitely a fiasco in the end.

The Manchu Eight Banners of the Later Jin Dynasty have been established, and the combat effectiveness will become stronger and stronger, and the Emperor Taiji of the Later Jin Dynasty also attaches more and more importance to the construction of the army.

Thinking of this, Zheng Xunrui's forehead faintly sweated, he currently only has a thousand nursing homes, and it is still secretly stored zài, dare not be blatant, this thousand nursing homes really go into battle to fight the time, far away, think of him Chongzhen first year November crossing, now it is the end of March of the fourth year of Chongzhen, four years, more than two years, such a development speed, and snails, if there is no good opportunity behind, there is no real opportunity to show their talents, I am afraid that it will become a dream.

Everyone saw Zheng Xunrui's face stern, as if he was thinking about something serious, and they didn't dare to speak out, they didn't quite understand, it is said that the young master was already the champion of the palace examination, and entered the Hanlin Academy, and became a Hanlin cultivator, this time when he returned home, it was a very glorious thing, but why the young master's table was not visible at all.

No one knows what Zheng Xunrui thinks, and it is impossible to know what he will think, this is the sorrow of the traverser, and it is also a practical problem that Zheng Xunrui must face.