The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 606 Sense of Honor

Dongjiang Town has only a thousand troops left on the books of the imperial court, and has long since lost the glory of Mao Wenlong's era.

The imperial court's salary is too heavy to even maintain the status quo of the military towns, and the rebuilding of Dongjiang Town is still waiting until the Year of the Monkey, so few people care whether the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, with only more than 1000 people left, is taking sick leave to do private work.

At this time, no one will transfer the troops of Dongjiang Town to go on missions, because more than 1000 people stationed on several islands are unable to do what they want, so there is no one who can be transferred. As long as the commander-in-chief is in Dongjiang Town, as long as the governor Denglai who is in charge of his true nature does not complain, I am afraid. Even more uninterested.

Huang Sheng stayed in Dongjiang Town with 1000 regular and auxiliary soldiers, and he could only receive [-]% off the military pay and true colors of more than [-] people from the imperial court. The eunuch Lu Zhi had a good relationship with the Huang family.

On behalf of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Sheng garrisoned the islands of Dongjiang Town and had to subsidize the annual military pay, equipment, food and grass expenses of more than 10 taels of snowflake silver.

All the soldiers who made meritorious deeds came to Huangjiawan Island to gather together. Huang Sheng took everyone to pay homage to the martyrs at the Shuangdingshan Hall of Martyrs. Under the grand ceremony, under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians, they awarded the "Jinzhou Great Victory" to the soldiers who made military exploits. medal.

There are too many warriors wearing gold, silver, and bronze medals on their chests in the Huang family. These people are undoubtedly the most popular people in the Huang family, and the school often invites them to tell battle stories.

The students were very excited when they found that the heroes they admired came to their side. After listening to the hero's report meeting, I don't know how many children aspire to join the army and strive to grow up to become fighting heroes who defend their families and the country.

The hero's sense of honor makes every soldier eager to emulate, and everyone is eager to get a medal to prove his military exploits.The thriving Huang family system unites the army and the people, and no one is afraid to go to the battlefield.

The common people don't mind breaking new ground at all, and there will be tens of thousands of Han Chinese across the ocean to follow the Patriarch to seize Sumatra Island.

He Xiang and her son are going to Hainan Island with the master, and she will continue to serve as the secretary-general and follow the army to Malacca to grab territory.

The logistics management of Huangjiawan Island was handed over to Zhen Lishi, Leer and Li Juan.

There are many Huang family horses training in Zhongmingbao, and there are Huang family warriors stationed on the island of Dongjiang Town. There is no need to leave too many soldiers on Huangjiawan Island. There are tens of thousands of Han people carrying weapons and advocating force here. A total of the troops were dispatched.

At the beginning of November, the naval formation and merchant ships headed south. Huang Sheng still took the flagship "Huaxia Duke". Zhao Shimin's newly built "Huaxia Junwang" was bigger and more powerful.

The fleet going south went smoothly, and arrived at Haizhou Port in Huai'an Prefecture seven days later. This is the future Lianyungang Port, which was under the direct jurisdiction of Nanzhili in Daming.

Huang Sheng did not fully control Haizhou in order to avoid too much stimulation to the imperial court, but purchased a large area of ​​land around the port through redemption. Now, after five or six years of operation, Haizhou Port has formed a city without city walls.

The prosperity of Haizhou Port has surpassed that of Haizhou City. Huang’s family has hired too many people to work in the port area. Many large warehouses have been built here. The grain storage built has nearly 150 barrel-type granaries, which can store about [-] million shi of grain when fully loaded. .

The geographical location of Haizhou Port is very important. Ships going south and north use this as a main supply point, and it also forms a cargo distribution center in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

Although Haizhou Port does not have a tall city wall, there is a heavily guarded private storage area of ​​the Huang family. The dock workers are all brave, with a total of [-]. These people work on the dock and their income is stable enough to support their family. The sense of identity is comparable to the people in the system.

There are more than 1 dock workers living and working in Haizhou. Of course, most of these job opportunities come from the investment of the Huang family.

There are more than 1000 managers of the Huang family system working in Haizhou. Some of them are staff members of the Haizhou branch of the "Huaxia Big Bank", some are engineers and technicians, some are factory managers and post office employees, and some , Li, and the pavilion chief.

There are not many Huangjia farms in Haizhou, only 10,000+ mu, and there are about [-] households in the village. These farmers participate in the village bravery training at a rate of one out of three, and they also have certain combat effectiveness.

There is no city wall in Haizhou Port, and it is not afraid of anyone to attack. When it is really attacked, the staff of the Huang family and the armed forces of the village can immediately raise [-] to [-], and there will be [-]% of the muskets and more than [-] rifles.

The buildings in the entire port area expand radially around the port warehouse.It is easier for Xiangyong to guard here. Relying on the brick walls of the houses, the enemy's cavalry will suffer heavy losses under the attack of muskets.

The highest officer in charge of defense here is the instructor Zhu Rongguo who trained the first batch of coachmen with Huang Sheng for more than nine years. His loyalty is impeccable and his ability is also remarkable.

About [-] refugees from Henan have gathered in Haizhou. They have just been withdrawn from the construction site of the official road from Haizhou to Xuzhou. Because the weather is getting colder, it is too childish to build roads in the ice and snow.

There is a specially built refugee camp not far from the port and the reservoir area, and the housing provides refugee accommodation in the form of two-story Datong shop.

Each room can accommodate 80 people without feeling crowded. Of course, there is a briquette stove for heating. Everyone is not allowed to drink raw water. Everyone has their own cups and towels distributed by Huang's family.

Ma Yue, the chief officer of the Henan Military Intelligence Department, came to Haizhou Port to report on the development of Guide Mansion in the past six months.

He, Xu Sijiu, and Sun Zhenhuai rushed to Suizhou with 50 people accompanied by Gao Jian at the end of May. Gao Zhiyong was overjoyed and immediately felt that he had a backbone.

This is the time when people are starving, the whole Central Plains is full of hungry people, too many state capitals are closed and helpless, and the same is true for Gao Zhiyong.

The autumn grains were not yet mature, and due to the severe drought, even the harvest would not be enough for the common people to survive. At this time, the ground was full of refugees who needed to be helped, and the government was simply unable to take responsibility, because they did not have enough grain in their hands.

Xu Sijiu started working that day. The first thing he did was to set up a porridge factory to provide refugees with two meals a day. Each meal included a bowl of sticky porridge and a pancake. Although it was not enough to feed the refugees, it was enough for most of the people. Get seven full.

This was all because of Gao Zhiyong's unconditional trust in Huang Sheng, the magistrate of the prefecture. The Huang family's food hadn't arrived yet, so he bravely lent the food from the official warehouse to Xu Sijiu to help out.

If the Huang family could not bring in food, the entire Suizhou army, civilians, and officials would not be able to hold on to the city because there was no food in store. If the officials all abandoned the city and went to flee famine, Gao Zhiyong should be executed by the court in all likelihood.

The news of Suizhou's porridge spread quickly spread, and more refugees gathered in the two counties of Suizhou.

(End of this chapter)