I am one year older than Chongzhen

Chapter 56 Pagoda Town River Demon

Huang Yi said: "Three pairs of iron armor can always think of a way. We are not soldiers of the imperial court. It is not appropriate to give twenty Ming army fat jackets."

Li Weida smiled and said: "It's very easy for a strong man to serve the court. The generals in Zhangjiakou more or less want to give me the letter of the Li family."

"Really? If my master can get me a complaint from the chief banner officer of the Ming Army, I will admit it if I give him twenty fat jackets."

Huang Yi knew that Zongqi was the lowest rank of military officer, theoretically he was a seventh-rank military officer, but the seventh-rank military officer was no fart.

Is this reasonable?
It's actually quite reasonable.

Under normal circumstances, the county magistrate of the seventh rank must be a Jinshi master who was born in the imperial examination.

How much more than ten years of studying hard to pass the exam as a scholar and then to Juren and finally to get a Jinshi?It also takes talent and luck.

The probability is probably one in ten thousand!One hundred thousandth.

As a soldier, as long as you have the courage to fight bravely and get the decapitation, and you are lucky enough to win the battle, it is relatively easy to be a small flag and become the general flag officer.

There are also many military officers who are hereditary, including the famous Qi Jiguang.

It is impossible for civil officials to be hereditary, and most of them are on the right path of imperial examinations, so civil officials have their own aura and look down on generals.

So the low-level military officers of Ming Dynasty are worthless and have no status.

It was the first time for Huang Yi to deal with Li's firm, and he didn't have any friendship, so asking for a minimum military position was purely a matter of beating a rabbit and carrying a hand.

Don't be afraid that the official is small, at least you can get a legal identity, and you will no longer be a black household.

Besides, how can status and value be generalized?

Does Huang Yi believe in his own ability, so he can rise to the top?want to.It can be done!

"Hahaha...a deal!" Li Weida readily agreed.

It's not that this man has no brains, but after seeing those heads, he firmly believes that the strong man in front of him is a man, a ruthless man who dares to fight Jiannu and Tartar, and he is willing to make friends.

Almost no army in the Ming army was fully staffed, and the generals who took half of the vacancies were considered good.

The general banner officer of the battalion does not need to be appraised and selected by the military selection department of the imperial court, and the general of the reinforcement battalion where Li Bazong is located can be directly appointed.

The civilian and military generals in Zhangjiakou are basically fed by merchants, so how important is it to give a general banner officer?
The Li family spent money to find the position of general manager for Li Sien, but it's a pity that this person has no skills, and he hasn't been promoted to the general manager for three years.

If this strong man has the ability to make military achievements, he can use the Li family's connections to help him soar in the future.

Next, Mr. Li and Mr. Li asked Huang Yi's name, place of origin, and age.

Huang Yi certainly can't say "one year older than Chongzhen", after all, he should be 20 years old.

The native place is of course Yangzhou Prefecture, and the rhetoric is still that the father's generation lived in Francine Country for decades...

These are not important, just a chief banner officer, as long as the money is given, no one will hold on to it.

After talking about everything, before leaving, Li Dongjia added:

"If Huang Zhuangshi still has this kind of goods in the future, I will charge as much as the Li family shop has!"

Li Bazong corrected him with a smile: "It should be Huang Zongqi."

Huang Yi thought for a while and said: "There must be goods, but real slaves are more rare, and they are all real Tartars."

He was telling the truth, because the next step was to attack the small and medium-sized tribes nearby, and killings were inevitable, but there was no guarantee that they would encounter Jiannu.

"The head of a Tartar is of little significance. It must be mixed with several levels of real slaves to be sold at a high price!"

"I know this, and I will kill as many Jiannu as possible in the future. But if I have another harvest, how can I contact you?"

"The shops over there in Guihua City, and the shops here can contact shopkeeper Li."

Shopkeeper Li asked: "Can Zongqi Huang provide a way to contact you?"

"This..." Huang Yi thought for a while and said:
"We don't have a fixed place and it's hard to find. You can send someone to look for eye-catching stones or big trees on the side of the road a hundred miles away from Zhangjiakou, and write the five characters of Baota Town and the date there. I saw it Contact you as soon as possible."

"That's the only way?"

"Don't you have a better way?"

Li Bazong said: "Why not? Your general flag belongs to my command, even if you don't need to point your head every day, you will always show up once every few months!"

Huang Yi didn't take this seriously, and it was even more impossible to come to the reinforcement camp to order, and asked with a smile: "Could it be that the commander still wants to distribute food and military supplies to the subordinates?"

Li Bazong immediately laughed dryly and fell silent.

Shopkeeper Li often went out of business, and those who do business felt that having multiple friends had multiple paths, besides, Huang Yi was a real man who could beat Jian slaves and Tartars.

He approached: "Huang Zongqi will be our own person in the future, so we should contact more often. I think it's good to contact once every two or three months. Huang Zongqi can send someone to deliver a letter if he doesn't have time."

Hearing that shopkeeper Li said to send a letter, Huang Yi remembered that the tribe didn't even have pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and said:
"Shopkeeper Li, I still need to ask you to do something for me!"

"No trouble, no trouble, Huang Zongqi just ask."

"I have some gold and silver in my hand, please help me to buy a copy of "New Book of Military Equipment", "New Book of Ji Xiao", and "Documentary of Military Training".

Buy the kind of hard paper that prints books for 50 knives, buy ink for [-] yuan, the cheapest inkstone for [-] square meters, and [-] small brushes, which are also the cheapest kind. "

This request was so strange that everyone, including Li Dongjia, stared wide-eyed.

Li Dongjia asked strangely: "Mr. Huang, do you have so many literate people under your command?"

"Haha... from now on, everyone in my staff can write and count."

The literacy rate of common people at the grassroots level in the Ming Dynasty did not exceed [-]%, which was far lower than that in the Southern Song Dynasty. Not to mention extraneous words, probably less than [-]% of the people on the prairie could write and count.

Therefore, no one believed Huang Yi's words.But Huang Yi really wants to use real money to buy pens, inks, papers and inkstones, so how can this be explained?

Mr. Li didn't ask any more questions, but cupped his hands and said, "I admire! Admire!"

Many generals in the Chongzhen Dynasty read Qi Jiguang's military books, but few of them actually read them and did it.

The three military books that Huang Yi wanted were sold in bookstores in Zhangjiakou city.

It's just that books and paper are more expensive at this time, and too many poor students cannot afford them.

In troubled times, human life is as cheap as a dog, and knives, guns, and food are much more important than paper and pen. Huang Yi wants to save money to buy weapons and food, so he asks to buy the cheapest pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

He continued: "Treasurer Li, I still need to buy a hundred pewter spears used by the Ming army, and another three hundred shi of wheat. I also need to buy two thousand catties of Sugang, and two hundred jars of spirits..."

"It's easy to say, easy to say, don't worry, I will handle the goods that I don't have, and it will definitely be at least [-]% cheaper than buying them yourself."

Three days later, Huang Yi returned with a full load, and everyone led the horses on foot. When going uphill, Huang Dazhi and dozens of people had to help push the cart.

Because there were too many things, Huang Yi used up all the valuables such as silver, gold, and gold utensils in his hand.

The carts and horsebacks were not only filled with supplies exchanged for human heads, but also bought pens, ink, paper, inkstones, spears, and wheat.
He also bought one hundred bolts of cheesecloth, five hundred catties of shochu, one hundred stones of black beans to feed the horses, two thousand catties of Suzhou steel, and two hundred catties of eggs.

(End of this chapter)