I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 102 Killing a Fat Pig for New Year's Eve
Chapter 101

Guan Ningjun is the biggest horse dealer in Ming Dynasty, who would dare to believe it?

This is actually a fact. Jiannu sold the inexhaustible war horses to the Guan Ning army, and the Guan Ning army resold them to the gentry and nobles in the pass.

Huang Taiji knew very well that Daming was rotten from head to toe.

Even if Huang Taiji doesn't sell horses, if Daming has money, he can still buy war horses from Mongolia.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Mongolia had split into three tribes: Monan, Mobei, and Moxi. Monan Mongolia was further divided into the Horqin, Chahar, Tumed, and Urad tribes.Mobei Mongolia is also known as the Khalkha tribe, Chechen Khan, Tuxietu Khan, Sanyin Nuoyan, Zhasaktu, etc.Moxi Mongolia, also known as Erut Mongolia or Oirat Mongolia, includes the Junggar, Heshuote, Turhut, and Durbert tribes.

It is precisely because Mongolia is now in a mess, even if Huang Taiji is not willing to sell the war horse to Daming, Daming can still get the war horse they want from Mongolia.Engage in a blockade, but Jiannu closed the door and played by himself.

Under such circumstances, Huang Taiji further suppressed the market for war horses, and dropped the war horses from the initial price of more than 100 taels of silver to more than a dozen taels of silver, or even seven or eight taels of silver.In this way, when Mongolian tribes trade with Daming, they will find that Daming does not pay high prices at all, making the Mongolians think they have been fooled.

It not only alienated the relationship between the Mongolian tribe and Ming Dynasty, but also monopolized the source of Ming Dynasty's war horses. The transactions between the Guanning Army and Jiannu were all realized on war horses. The two sides negotiated a good price and found an opportunity to fight a battle.Of course it was a fake fight. Jiannu threw a few cannon fodder, or coated slaves, and the Guan Ning army attacked and captured hundreds or thousands of horses in one fell swoop. Sometimes, it could be tens of thousands of horses. class.

When the Guanning army traded with the Jiannu, the two sides also fought a battle. The Jiannu attacked, and the Guanning army retreated.

Both parties get what they need, and everyone is happy.

Huang Taiji also knew that the horses bought by the Guan Ning Army were not to expand their cavalry, because the cavalry was a very expensive military, and a cavalry plus the cost of the horse would cost more than 30 taels of silver.

Zu Dashou can't, Song Wei can't, and Wu Xiang can't.

The Guan Ning army only bought horses for profit. A horse worth seven or eight taels of silver could be worth seven or eighty taels of silver when sold in Jiangnan, and five or sixty taels of silver when sold in Henan. The huge profits in this are really too high .

With more than 30 taels of silver, it is enough to easily support ten infantrymen. In the current Ming Dynasty, even if they don't pay a penny, they can pull up an army of tens of thousands of horses with just two meals. Human life is actually quite cheap.

So here comes the question, Zu Dashou is rich, why not use his own money to recruit family soldiers like Cheng Shijie, and he can form an army soon?
Of course, Zu Dashou's situation is different from Cheng Shijie's. The current Guan Ningjun has changed and only accepts money, just like a bus, anyone who pays can get on it.Cheng Shijie can recruit a large number of family soldiers from the military households of the Dengzhou Weizuo Thousand Households, and these family soldiers are quite loyal to Cheng Shijie.

Because what Cheng Shijie is facing is just a group of poor people who are too destitute to survive. Like Lao Cheng, a street writer, other website editors beckon, can they write a thousand words?Lao Cheng will definitely write without hesitation.If it's Wan Ding, give him two hundred thousand characters, and he'll just say, "Get lost!" If it's a master, then start at two thousand characters, and if it's less than two thousand characters, it's an insult to them.

Cheng Shijie can recruit simple family soldiers at a very low price, but Zu Dashou can't. He can also recruit family soldiers without spending a lot of money, but does he dare to use these family soldiers?Knowing that someone in the Guan Ning Army is planning for him, he still uses the young and strong inside the Guan Ning Army?At that time, it will be hard to say who the servants and soldiers who spend money to support will listen to.

To give a rather straightforward example, Zu Dashou now wants to get married and have a son. One is his long-lost lover. The relationship is there and the two parties know each other better. The other is a half-closed door with [-] lovers and benefactors.

As long as Zu Dashou's head is not kicked by a donkey, he will know how to choose. If he dares to find a half-closed door to give him a son, whose seed is this son?I'm afraid Zu Dashou didn't know, in this case, Zu Dashou had no choice but to redeem these captured hostages from Cheng Shijie.

In fact, if you think about it, the Zhang family in Laiyang has operated for several generations, and the biggest official position is just the minister of Dali Temple, but the Zhang family in Laiyang has accumulated millions of wealth (including land, shops, and some fixed assets).Zu Dashou's family is the commander-in-chief of four generations, the leader of the generals in western Liaoning, it is not surprising that they can give out 130 million taels of silver.

As long as Zu Dashou still has more than 130 old members in his hands, even if these old, weak, sick and disabled are no longer strong, the problem is that Zu Dashou spent [-] million taels of silver to redeem them, how will they face Zu Dashou?

It must be grateful and loyal.

Zhou An came to Jinzhou with only a small team of a dozen people, and they would definitely not be able to take a thousand horses back. Zu Dashou expressed his modesty and asked Zu Dabi to lead more than a thousand cavalry, plus a few hundred doctors, and hundreds of civilian husbands. Carrying more than [-] shi of grain, he went back with Zhou An.

……

The Ninghai General Army Mansion in Jinzhou Weicheng, if this can be regarded as a general army mansion, because this simple general army mansion, although it was originally the commander's office of Jinzhou Wei, has been destroyed three times before and after the establishment of slaves. The original Dengzhou Weizuo Thousand Households House was still dilapidated.

Dengzhou Weizuo Thousand Households still has a roof frame, but the commander of Jinzhou Wei left only one foundation for the yamen. I read it right, it is the foundation. All the broken walls and ruins are not more than one and a half meters above the wall, but , the foundation is there, everything is easy to handle.

As the brick and tile kiln factory in Jinzhou Weicheng began to be put into operation, Zhou Yandong immediately mobilized all the productivity, and brought the new production with warm bricks and tiles until it was pulled to the former Jinzhou Wei Commander's Yamen. Start building on.

Instead of using cement, glutinous rice juice was mixed with quicklime. The first step was to build the gate of Ning Haijun's General Military Mansion, which finally gave Ning Haijun a decent place.

But the problem is that apart from the tall and majestic gate, there are only two small courtyards. Cheng Shijie moved into this courtyard and began to train and teach generals of the Dongjiang Army and Ning Navy.

Although this small courtyard has just been built, but it has a fireplace and a fire wall, it is not too cold.

Cheng Shijie, as usual, walked into the classroom with the lesson plans he had prepared.

"stand up!"

Most of the generals of the Dongjiang Army from Huanglong and below came here to attend lectures. It wasn't because Cheng Shijie's lectures were so good. The key issue was that Cheng Shijie distributed equipment to the generals who came to attend lectures, and also took care of the meals.

Cheng Shijie took a chalk and wrote on the blackboard: "Basic principles of combat. Combat is a science. It is a knowledge of how to better protect yourself and kill more enemies."

Cheng Shijie turned to look at the generals and said: "As the commander of an army, as a soldier in the army, everyone must do their best to protect themselves in battle, and also kill the enemy as much as possible! The basics of combat The first principle, no matter how powerful your enemy is, you must have the courage to rush forward and face your enemy head-on, as the saying goes, the brave wins when the two armies face off against the wise..."

"report!"

"report!"

"report!"

As Cheng Shijie just wrote this sentence, the following generals actively answered the questions, because every time he answered a question, Cheng Shijie gave the generals a reward. Of course, this reward is not money, nor is it a promotion to get rich, but two or two Erguotou.

On a bitterly cold day, taking a sip of Erguotou with a temperature of 53 degrees is quite good, and the atmosphere of the class is very lively.

Cheng Shijie looked at the hands of the general in front, as if they were swaying sugarcane, and his eyes fell on Mao Chenglu: "Mao Chenglu, tell me, what do you think!"

"Yes!"

Mao Chenglu got up and bowed: "Cheng Shuai, you have a sermon ahead of you, and fighting hard is a reckless action, which is not advisable..."

Cheng Shijie interrupted Mao Chenglu's words: "This commander never said that it is not advisable to fight hard. You must always remember that courage is something that soldiers should not discard. If an army loses courage, no matter how equipped the army is Well, train hard and never try to defeat the enemy!"

"report!"

"Mao Chenglu, keep talking!"

"Isn't this a contradiction?"

Cheng Shijie smiled faintly: "Actually, there is no contradiction, because the soft ones are afraid of the hard ones, the hard ones are afraid of the violent ones, the horizontal ones are afraid of being dumbfounded, and the dumbfounded ones are afraid of death. Do you understand?"

The crowd burst into laughter.

"Everyone, don't laugh. It is an eternal truth that the brave wins when you meet on a narrow road. Weapons will become more and more sophisticated, and equipment will become more and more advanced, but the problem is that those who operate these weapons will always be humans!"

Cheng Shijie continued: "Just like in the Battle of Jinshi Mountain, our Ning Haijun brothers all saw the courage of Jiannu. At that time, our Ning Haijun fired all the guns, and Jiannu suffered heavy losses. But the problem is, Jiannu They were still charging until the casualties exceeded one place, and they didn't think of retreating. If they charged not more than 300 people, if it was 3000 people, or 3 people, we are still waiting to use artillery and firecrackers to block them. Out of range?"

"report!"

"Liu Qingsong, tell me!"

"cannot!"

"correct answer!"

Cheng Shijie nodded seriously and said: "The barrel of the firecracker will turn red after firing for a long time, and the barrel of the cannon will also turn red after firing for a long time. As long as Jiannu is not afraid of death, they can definitely rush to our Ning Haijunzhuang. At this time, Our guns cannot fire bullets, nor cannons, nor can crossbowmen fire in time. To win, we can only rely on hand-to-hand combat, and we can only rely on the courage of our soldiers!"

The generals began to think about it.

Cheng Shijie continued: "The bullets will run out, the cannonballs will run out, and the crossbow arrows will also be shot in the air. The final contest in war is courage. A courageous army, even if it is unarmed, must learn how to use your fists and knees." , elbows and even teeth to attack the enemy, to kill the enemy, this is the difference between soldiers and civilians.

"Ordinary people can be timid, fearful, raise their hands to surrender, turn around and run in the face of a large number of heavily armed enemy troops coming up aggressively, but soldiers can't. It's not that soldiers can't surrender, but soldiers can't give up fighting. There is no excuse, no reason. Fighting is the bounden duty of a soldier, and it is the duty of a soldier. As a duty, we have only one goal. No matter what they are, as long as they are our enemies, we will kill them. Annihilation, complete annihilation both mentally and physically!"

When the blizzard happened unexpectedly, the soldiers of Ning Haijun and Dongjiang Army looked at the blizzard and cheered loudly: "Finally, there is no need to engage in long-distance training."

"That's right, there's no need to stand in a military posture anymore, people will freeze to death in such weather!"

"We're still steadfastly staying in the house—let's get some sleep!"

The soldiers who were talking a lot didn't see the instructor in the snow outside, and they had happy smiles on their faces.

Youngsters, you think too much!
Amidst the sound of gathering whistles, these Ning Haijun soldiers and Dongjiang Army soldiers were mixed in a mixed way, that is, three divisions of the Dongjiang Army, one division of the Ning Navy, and four divisions were temporarily mixed together, and they began to go to the army. attend lectures.

The courses for the soldiers are definitely different from those of the generals, but they are roughly divided into two parts: morning and afternoon. They talk about military regulations, military discipline and various rules and regulations that are different from those of other battalions. They start to learn to read in the afternoon, and every soldier must learn to read every day.

The soldiers of the Ning Navy are okay, they have already received similar training, and they can barely bear it, but the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army have big heads, and the hands with knives and guns are holding pens, which feel heavier than a thousand catties .

Many soldiers applied to the instructors: "Instructor, our military posture is not proficient, or how about going to stand outside in the snow for an hour?"

"One hour is not enough, at least two hours are needed!"

The instructor smiled all over his face: "Marshal Cheng has an order. A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. You should learn to read and write here honestly!"

"I want to cry!"

"I fucking want to die!"

"Why don't we go back to Shuangdao?"

"I want you back!"

"I won't go back!"

Although Ning Haijun's training is strict, it can be called No.19 hell, but the problem is that almost all the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army have been starved. For the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army who have been starved, the taste of starvation is more terrible than death... …

Fortunately, it only snowed for one day and one night. In the early morning of the next day, more than [-] Dongjiang Army soldiers, plus more than [-] Ning Navy soldiers got up and put on their clothes, shoes and socks, and put on their leggings. Go out to gather and start morning exercises.The gate of the barracks opened, and groups of soldiers carrying equipment weighing about [-] kilograms poured out. They lined up in a neat line and began to run along the avenue. Countless feet were raised and lowered at the same time, with a great sense of rhythm, as if Every step is stepping on people's hearts, which is really spectacular.

Zu Dabi and Zhou An came to Gaizhouwei, only to find that Cheng Shijie was not in Gaizhouwei, so they had no choice but to go south from Gaizhouwei to Jinzhouwei.

When he was in Gaizhouwei, Zu Dabi didn't feel anything strange. After all, Gaizhou was only the frontier of the Ning Navy, and Gaizhou could not develop vigorously until the threat of slavery was eliminated.

When he came to Jinzhouwei, Zu Dabi was the first to see countless smoke pillars. These are the chimneys of factories burning coal. Even in the icy and snowy environment, Jinzhou's infrastructure and factory construction have not stopped. It was very clear that the time Jian Nu left for them was running out.

Once spring begins, even if Jiannu does not come to attack southern Liaoning, Cheng Shijie will vigorously develop farming. Today, there are as many as 210 and 170 farming households in the Ninghai Navy, which is equivalent to [-] military households.When the time comes, everyone will go to farm, who will work for them?

Taking advantage of the fact that the field had not yet started, they could only rush to work overtime, with a large amount of sand and gravel, and the military households started to work.This scene, in Zu Dabi's eyes, was all Ning Haijun's army, there were too many of them.

Zu Dabi was faintly worried that Ning Haijun's arrival was not kind.

Especially when he saw Ning Haijun training, he was secretly surprised,
Surprised, such a neat queue, and such a tacit understanding, how did they come out of it?Anyway, Guan Ningjun definitely couldn't do it.

"Your Marshal Cheng's soldiers are well trained, very good!"

Zu Dabi was a little excited, "Thousands of people are in one body, advancing and retreating at the same time, just this kind of momentum is very scary! Presumably they are also advancing like a wall on the battlefield, slashing with knives, slashing with knives, stabbing with spears Come on, let's stab with a bunch of spears, no one will venture forward or retreat without authorization, such an army is terrifying!"

Zhou An waved his hand and said: "General Zu doesn't know something, they are not the main force of our Ning Navy!"

"Isn't this elite?"

Through a simple comparison, Zu Dabi found that the gap between the Guan Ning Army and the Ning Navy was a bit big.

"Then your elite troops are..."

"This one……"

Zhou An hurriedly shut his mouth: "This is a military secret. If General Zu wants to know, he can apply to Cheng Shuai. If General Cheng agrees, General Zu can have close contact with the elite troops of Ning Haijun."

Zu Dabi frowned slightly.

The problem was that he didn't dare to mention it. Even if such a military secret was brought up, Marshal Cheng Shijie might not agree to it.

When Cheng Shijie learned of Zhou An's return, especially when Zhou An told Cheng Shijie verbatim about how to negotiate with Zu Dashou, Cheng Shijie felt that this scene was somewhat familiar.

This is like selling a rabbit to a camel in later generations.Cheng Shijie himself thought that Xiang Zu Dashou's price of one tael per day for each prisoner of war was already black-hearted.But Zhou An took the initiative to mention five taels of silver per person per day. In all fairness, even the chief minister of the cabinet at the time could not have such a high food cost.

The monthly salary of the Minister of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty was as high as 720 shi, equivalent to 50 shi of rice a year. Indeed, the Minister of the Ministry of War was high. In terms of the system, the salary of each soldier of the Ming Army was one shi of grain. The Minister of the Ministry of War was a soldier Sixty times as much, but the problem is that even if it is sixty times, it is only a monthly salary of more than 150 taels, while Zhou An's asking price is 180 taels. The monthly salary of the Minister of the Ministry of War, the monthly salary of 180 seven soldiers.

But the problem is that Zu Dashou is rich and powerful, so not only did he not counter-offer, but he also gave an extra thousand horses as a gift.

It's really not better than not knowing, and Cheng Shijie felt how poor he was when he was taken aback.

However, the exchange has been agreed at the moment, and Zu Dashou's free will not only brought Zu Dabi a thousand horses, but also 130 million taels of silver. These silvers are divided into 100 taels and 50 taels. Specifications, including eight thousand silver ingots of 100 taels, five thousand ingots of 50 taels of silver, and cloth of 25 taels of silver.

Guangyinzi pulled more than 100 cars, and as the accountant of the Ninghai Military Affairs Bureau began to deliver, Cheng Shijie sent an order to the Luomashan Coal Mine.

The current Luomashan Coal Mine has a daily production capacity of 360 million jin of coal, and more than [-] free laborers work hard here without complaint.There is no need for overseers at all, they have developed muscle memory.

In fact, on the first day these Ancestral Army soldiers came here, they secretly conspired to launch a mutiny while the supervisor was not paying attention.You must know that making a mutiny against Ning Haijun is actually not very good, and Guan Ningjun is the most professional.

However, on the first day when these Ancestral Army captives were sent to the Luomashan Coal Mine, the first thing to do was to feed them, the weather is so cold, there is not enough coal in Liaonan, many people will freeze to death, especially those who are responsible for managing the coal mine The person in question is Zhang Ruyi, the former secretary of the Weizuo Thousand Households Office in Dengzhou.

Zhang Ruyi was born in a poor family. When he was a child, three people died of starvation in his family, especially his father Zhang Shengbing, who had been coughing up blood because he had tuberculosis and had no money for medical treatment.He has suffered, and he also knows how hard the people are.He originally wanted to study and be admitted as a Jinshi, to be a pragmatic official, not to seek fame and go down in history, to let the common people eat a bowl of food, and to be less scolded as a "dog official" and he would be satisfied.

Zhang Ruyi's idol is Pan Jixun, but it's a pity that he took the exam for 18 years, from a childish boy to gray-haired, but he didn't even pass the exam as a scholar. He has always been a child.

Later, he went to Zuoqianhu as a secretary. After meeting Cheng Shijie, especially after Cheng Shijie became the garrison of the Ning Navy, he and Zhou Yandong were responsible for managing the various factories of the Ning Navy.

Zhang Ruyi knew that whether it was a prisoner of war or a bandit, all he wanted was to have a full meal, so when he used free labor, he also learned the management style of the soldiers of the Ning Navy, not asking for good food, but for full food.

In this way, more than [-] Ancestral Army soldiers under Zu Zerun arrived at Luoma Mountain and ate hot porridge made from old grains. These prisoners of war cried.

Regardless of the fact that they arrived in Gaizhou in southern Liaoning with more than [-] people, in fact these prisoners of war, including those under Zhang Chun's command, totaled more than [-] people. They survived because they had eaten human flesh.

When some people die, they will be eaten by others. Anyway, Jiannu never gave them a grain of grain. Only a few high-ranking generals like Zu Zerun and Zu Zehong can get a little sorghum rice, and even ordinary soldiers have to force Eat human flesh with stomach acid, or freeze to death or starve to death.

This hot meal made them feel like they were alive again.

Because they can eat enough, these prisoners of war did not cause trouble. Compared with Dalinghe, the work in the Luomashan coal mine is actually not difficult. The work here is very reasonable. As long as they complete the set target quantity, they will not miss out. Beating people for no reason will not deduct their rations.

Many Ancestral Army soldiers even thought that it was a good result to be able to dig coal in Luoma Mountain.

Of course, this is just the thinking of ordinary people. Zu Zerun, the eldest son of Zu, cursed Zhang Ruyi almost every day. As long as there is someone around him, he will be accused. Then he will be treated to clean his stomach and muscles.

It wasn't until Zu Zerun saw Zu Dabi that he realized that Zu Dashou actually paid 130 million taels of silver in order to redeem them.

Cheng Shijie said with a smile: "Second General Zu, if you calculate it today, it will no longer be 32 days, but 34 days. According to the previous agreement, this should be 1308 million taels of silver. Considering that Zu Shuai gave Cheng a For a thousand horses, Cheng will not want the 8 taels of silver!"

"Thank you Cheng Shuai for your generosity!"

Zu Zerun lowered his voice and said, "I can still..."

"Snapped……"

Zu Dabi slapped Zu Zerun on the face: "Shut up!"

"Small and reckless, Zu's nephew sued Cheng Shuai!"

"Small things, small things!"

Cheng Shijie has always been magnanimous and tolerant towards his clients, his God of Wealth. Although this is the first time, it is absolutely impossible to be the second time.

Cheng Shijie said with a smile: "If there are any soldiers captured by Jiannu in the Guanning Army in the future, Cheng will also be responsible for bringing them back. We will give you a [-]% discount next time!"

"Farewell!"

"Good to go, no delivery!"

Zu Dabi also had the urge to beat up Cheng Shijie violently. Looking at the generals around Cheng Shijie and countless Ning Navy soldiers, Zu Dabi decided to endure it.

A small leak will sink a great ship.

The point is, the more than [-] Ning Haijun who can easily rub Jiannu on the ground, from Zu Dabi down, none of them dare to bark their teeth at Ning Haijun.

Even Cheng Shijie didn't know that he and Ning Haijun became famous all over the world in this battle.Emperor Chongzhen's achievements in the Battle of Southern Liaoning were fueled and jealous, and made known to the world.

Although Cheng Shijie was not promoted, he was personally rewarded by Emperor Chongzhen to enter the palace to see the saint.

Now it's Cheng Shijie's turn to have a headache. The New Year is coming soon, and he has a lot of troubles. Fortunately, at this critical moment, Cheng Shijie has a reason to shirk.

Li Fang, who had been thinking about getting promoted and making a fortune, came to ask for an interview again.

"Meet the Master!"

"Free gift!"

Cheng Shijie pointed to the Ning Navy General Mansion with a strong industrial style decoration and said: "Everything is kept simple for now!"

"Big guy!"

Li Fang hurriedly said: "It's time for us to kill pigs and eat meat!"

Cheng Shijie was taken aback by Li Fang's words: "Kill pigs and eat meat?"

"That's right, a big fat pig, if you kill it and eat its meat, you can live a big fat year!"

Li Fang saw that Cheng Shijie had indeed forgotten, so he reminded: "The remaining party of the White Lotus Sect!"

"Meng Xianhan!"

Cheng Shijie remembered that it had been too long, and there were too many things. Cheng Shijie thought about it, too. With the influx of refugees from Liaodong to southern Liaodong, Cheng Shijie's food can last for half a year at most, and he needs to plan ahead.

At the beginning, Cheng Shijie did it because he had no strength. Now that the entire Dengzhou navy has the surname Cheng, he has absolute strength to kill Meng Xianhan first.

As Li Fang said, killing a fat pig is a good way to celebrate the New Year.

PS: finally the code came out.The update is slow, and Lao Cheng doesn't ask for tickets. Although he doesn't ask for tickets, don't waste them if you have tickets.

(End of this chapter)