The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 19
Huang Sheng was teaching the servants and maidservants in the living room, and he didn't care much when he saw Gu San's family coming, thinking that they were just bored to listen to his storytelling.

They waited for Huang Sheng to finish his lecture, and on a dark wooden board, they wrote down the three new words that servants need to master today with a small stick made of lime. The whole family knelt down and kowtowed, and Gu San said intention.

Gu San choked up and said: "My lord, your kindness to the villain is as great as a mountain, and the villain can't repay you. Today, I gave my daughter and second son to the adult as servants. Please take it in. The villain has been bothering you for many days. I am really sorry. Tomorrow, the little one So he took his mother-in-law and eldest son back."

Huang Sheng said: "Gu San, your injury has not healed yet, you must not do that physical work, and your house is too shabby. I don't think it's better than this, you all just come to my house, I will need you to do it in the future while alive."

Everyone has lived together for a long time, and Huang Sheng doesn't put on airs. No matter what the etiquette of the scholar-bureaucrat is, he is too unaccustomed to call himself the official and the master. Now he talks to his family and directly calls you, me, and him.

Huang Sheng had already planned in his heart to develop his own armed forces in the future, and Gu San, who knew how to identify steel and could forge cannons, could not be let go.

Their family has no good place to go anyway, and he is able to support them now, besides, his eldest son Gu Shanhai is also a good blacksmith, forging with a hammer all day long, with some brute force.

There are no machines in this era, and many places require a lot of manpower. People are an indispensable resource. As long as you can do what you can, the more people you have, the better.

Gu San didn't expect such a good thing at all, he was a little excited for a while, and couldn't speak fluently.Gu Shanhai was overjoyed, he envied Huang Sheng's servants so much, he was excited to see their majestic appearance.

He knelt on the ground and kowtowed like garlic, saying: "Thank you for taking me in, the villain must not be afraid of hardships or tiredness and work hard for the adults."

Huang Sheng said: "Follow me, suffering and tiredness are trivial matters, and you are not afraid of death! All of us here have a deep hatred against Jiannu, and we practice hard every day just to find opportunities to kill Jiannu. I don't know if you have this courage?"

Gu San's second son, Gu Shanhe, knew that Huang Sheng was preparing for the war against Jiannu, so he rushed to say: "My lord, the young ones are not afraid of death, the young ones dare to kill Jiannu, and the young ones will practice martial arts hard to defend the adults." .”

At this time, Gu San regained his composure, of course he knew that Mr. Huang Sheng had a feud with Gou Jiannu to kill his father, and he knew the last time he beheaded Jiannu's vest.

He sincerely said to Huang Sheng: "My lord, you are so precious that you dare to kill Jiannu. What is there to be afraid of when two sons of a villain live together?"

Huang Sheng has lived with this family for nearly a month, and he knows that they are all honest people, and simple people pay the most attention to promises, and they will keep their promises.They are the working people at the bottom of the Ming Dynasty, and they are the most hard-working craftsmen.

Today is just for them to make a statement, not for skilled workers like their father and son to go to the battlefield.

Being strong does not mean that you have fighting power. Huang Sheng himself will find opponents in these servants to compete in strength. I am afraid that even Huang Dongshan may not be able to beat him.

But in reality, he is the absolute main strike force and the spiritual pillar of all servants.The craftsmen that Huang Sheng needs must also be bloody, and they will put down the file and pick up the machete without complaint or regret when it is critical.

Seeing that they all dared to fight Jiannu, Huang Sheng happily kept the family behind, and gave each of them a tael of silver as a reward.

Gu San's family was overjoyed, they never dreamed that it would be like this, it's great, your lord is so kind, our family's life will be settled in the future, and we don't need to be separated from each other.

Gu Wangshi had tears in her eyes, and her hands and feet were shaking with excitement. She was afraid that she was having a sweet dream, so she pinched her thigh secretly.

The skinny Gu Ling'er suddenly looked at Huang Sheng with big black eyes, her face was full of admiration, this girl was too thin, which made her eyes even bigger.

Huang Sheng also thought it was great!The manpower has been increased, and they are technical talents. If they falter step by step and gradually accumulate strength, they will always achieve positive results.

The next day, he asked Mr. Sun Yuanhua's servant to go to the workshop to run errands for him. The servant was rewarded with a tael of silver, and happily went to find the official in charge of Gu San.

Seeing that it was his immediate superior's servant who came to handle the matter, the official did not dare to be negligent. Huang Sheng only paid three taels of silver, and the official directly reported that Gu San was seriously injured and died, and his son was too stupid to be used.

During this period of time, Huang Sheng still went to chat and drink with the two adults, Sun Yuanhua and Mao Yuanyi.

But such small things can't bother them. Huang Sheng would rather spend money to solve the problem.

At the end of July, an acquaintance came, Ma Shilong, the commander-in-chief of the army, Ma Shihu, the commander-in-chief of the hundred.Now he is not the chief executive, he has already been promoted, and he has become the chief general, and has the false title of a fourth-rank guard commander.

As soon as this boy met, he congratulated Huang Sheng. It turned out that the court's reward came down, and Huang Sheng was promoted two ranks in a row to get the official position of Gaoyang County Cheng, the eighth rank of the Ming Dynasty.

But this Gaoyang County Prime Minister does not mean that Huang Sheng can go to Gaoyang County (Baoding), the chief envoy of Northern Zhili in Guannei, to become the county prime minister, that is, the second in command of Gaoyang County.

This position is a fictitious award, which only means that Huang Sheng can get this salary.Because there is still Huang Sheng's actual work appointment later, General Zanhua under the command of the Liaodong Economic Strategy of the Ming Dynasty.

This means that Huang Sheng is a civil servant of the eighth rank and a staff officer in the Liaodong Army, and he can also receive this salary for praising paintings.

Seeing the calm look on Huang Sheng's face, Ma Shihu thought that Master Huang might not be satisfied with the imperial court's award.

This time he was able to become a military officer of the fourth rank, which was completely fabricated by Master Mao Yuanyi and was rewarded for his military achievements.

In the merit report document, Ma Shihu, under the command of the general officer Ma Shilong, led a hundred soldiers and Huang Sheng to defend Ningyuan Zhongzuo. In total, there are more than 300 cavalry under his command.

He didn't do anything, he was promoted, and he was treated the same as this truly meritorious Mr. Huang.

Ma Shihu was a little embarrassed, he comforted Huang Sheng and said: "Master Huang, do you know that your county magistrate is not ordinary!"

Huang Sheng didn't feel that there was anything unusual about a Bapin county magistrate who only enjoyed treatment and received a salary. He casually asked, "Oh? What's the reason? I would like to hear more about it."

Ma Shihu said proudly: "Gaoyang County is the hometown of my Dushi Sun, and he personally recommended you as the governor of Gaoyang County. No one in Liaodong knows the hometown of Master Dushi. You are the county magistrate there, and of course you are the same as other eighth-rank officials. It's very different."

Huang Sheng thought, so that's the case. It seems that he still left a good impression on Sun Chengzong's old heart, but it seems a bit far-fetched. He might never show his face in Mr. Sun's hometown in his whole life. Is it true that the county magistrate there seems to have no specifics? significance.

As soon as Ma Shihu waved his hand, several of his servants brought many things.

There are six pairs of fine armor, ten Lumi guns, three hundred catties of gunpowder, some lead bullets, and other military supplies that I can't see clearly at the moment.

Ma Shihu said with a smile: "The Cheng Guanku who chose the Lumi gun for you last time also took credit for you, because he picked out a good weapon for you, and he also shared the credit and became a magistrate.

The Lumi guns brought to you this time were carefully selected by him again. He patted his chest in front of the officer and promised that if the chamber exploded, he would go back and chop off his head. "

The Ming Dynasty is too lamentable. An exaggerated military exploit was manipulated by the adults. I don’t know how many people got bribes, how many people repaid the favor, and how many people got a ride on the promotion.

Huang Sheng is a small person, but he doesn't care about the nasty things of adults, as long as he can get benefits, anyway, it's not a bad thing to let many people get involved.

No, Cheng Guanku, whom he only met once, still remembered himself, and once again helped him carefully choose the Lumi gun.

Huang Sheng has a special liking for weapons and armor, and he always tries to recruit some servants who dare to fight, so that these equipment will come in handy.

Huang Sheng thanked him sincerely: "Thanks to General Ma for your trouble, I am very grateful."

Huang Sheng was a little puzzled, this kid didn't stay in the safe Shanhaiguan Pass, Baba personally came to Ningyuan, the frontier where the war with Jiannu might be at any time, it is unknown what purpose he might have.

There are still good things about Huang Sheng, Ma Shihu opened a box like a treasure, and it was full of white silver.

He said: "My lord, here is the reward of 600 taels of silver for beheading the head of a slave. The annual salary of the servants under your command is 300 taels of silver, a total of 900 taels of silver."

Duh, that's weird, when did Daming pay the army in advance?His own family, Ding Man, had only served in the military for less than four months, and he received a year's salary in advance.

And there shouldn't be so many officials at all levels drifting away.That is to say, embezzlement and embezzlement, which officials of the Ming Dynasty called "Piaomi" in euphemistic terms.

Why is Ma Shihu, a member of the chief general, not reflected in the salary?
Huang Sheng didn't dare to put the money in his pocket like this, if he did so, he wouldn't be in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

He said politely to Ma Shihu: "General, you don't need to be courteous. We don't distinguish between each other. I only keep 600 taels of silver, and the general will bring back the 300 taels. The courtesy that should be given to the adults is the filial piety that I should give to the adults." Not less."

Ma Shihu said politely: "My lord, you don't need to be courteous. You deserve all these. This time, I've already honored you, so I must never take your money again."

The benefits that Ma Shihu brought to Huang Sheng were not over yet, he smiled and took out ten belt badges, Huang Mingli and Huang Mingdao's belt badges were clearly engraved with the Chief Banner Officer.

The other badges had no names, and Huang Sheng had to arrange them himself. They were all badges of Xiaoqi and Corporal Commander, not even a big soldier.

He said to Huang Sheng: "My lord, ten of your servants are still under the command of the subordinate officials. This time, my lord Ma Shilong personally arranged this way. My lord has an unfeeling request, but I don't know if your lord will agree to it." .”

Huang Sheng said in his heart, here we are, there is indeed something to do, no wonder he looks at a powerless little eighth-rank official like me differently, Baba came to Ningyuan City to give money and equipment.

Huang Sheng can now guess with his toes that the commander-in-chief Ma Shilong must want to build a slave head.

Sure enough, Ma Shihu quickly revealed the reason, the commander-in-chief Ma Shilong had a benefactor who entrusted him with ten slave heads to save his life.

As for who is the benefactor?That was an adult's deal, not something that he, a young fourth-rank military officer, could know.

At present, the Ming Dynasty regards the military merits of Liaodong as the most valuable. With the head of Jiannu, the adults can operate in secret to fish out the criminals.

(End of this chapter)