open sea

Chapter 192 Manual
The Xiangshan Arms Bureau can be fully activated.

It just so happened that the Xiangshan Banner Army was about to change their outfits. Chen Mu had no intention of selling the best Guan Gun to Lin Afeng. After the face-to-face inspection, [-] rods were loaded on the big ship the day before and shipped back.

Lin Feng was stayed in Haojing by Chen Mu for a few days, and it was nothing more than drinking, having fun, and counting the goods. Afterwards, Zhuanggong left behind and led the fleet back to Penghu.

Before leaving, two large ships were left behind, and Li Dan Huayu's staff at the dock nailed large lacquered wooden boards on the bow and stern, leaving writing on them.

Chen Mu’s previous fleet did not have an official name, but now it has a name, Minguang Hexingsheng. The first two Hexing Shengfu ships were in Lin Feng’s hands. They were traded by Lin Afeng, the leader of the Minguang pirates, and Haojing. The designated ships, and only these two ships have the right to enter the port.

The standard they stipulated was to enter the port once every three months until the goods required by Lin Feng were paid off.

When Lin Feng left, Chen Mu, who returned to the Qianhu yamen in Xiangshan, almost jumped up and danced to the zither tune of Jiner Yuer sent by Yan Guifang in the Qianhu house. I don’t know how he made the melodious and soft The tune danced murderously.

Big hair.

Not to mention the 3000 jin of iron and [-] jin of copper, there is no nitrate, but there are countless goods to and from the sea area of ​​Fujian and Guangxi. Compared with this, the [-] taels of silver that Lin Feng added is nothing more than a fraction.

More than 200 women settled in Xiangshan after the handover between Chen Mu and Zhou Xing. Some women did not want to go back to live.

To Chen Mu, this was purely a daily act of kindness, and he did not expect to make any profit from it.Under Li Dan's dumping, all kinds of goods were quickly snapped up by the barbarian merchants Hao Jing was about to leave. They were all fashionable goods from the Ming Dynasty and Luzon. Zeng Sanlao couldn't sell them, and Lin Feng had no channels. Instead, they were sold by Chen Mu. Picked up a big deal.

Lin Feng is not an idiot either, his guns and guns are indeed indispensable. The guns were brought by Guan Yuangu to Luhu in Nanhai County to be melted and replaced with high-quality iron. Chen Mu kept more than 1000 guns The quality of the rods is relatively good, and they are ready to be given away in the future. The remaining 400 broken bird guns and some goods that are hard to get rid of are directly sent to Zhaoqing. Pay Guangdong.

Zhang Han really got a few medals, and after summoning Chen Mu to Zhaoqing for questioning, he even wrote a letter to Lin Feng himself, saying that he was willing to surrender, and that the imperial court would give him the official position of Admiral of the Navy, and on the other hand, encouraged He did many good deeds overseas, and threatened him that if he did bad deeds, he would go down with Wu Ping and Zeng Yiben as companions.

Everyone is very proud, Zhang Han has Zhang Han's pride, Lin Feng has Lin Feng's pride, and Chen Mu can get along with anyone.

Because he is not proud, he only thinks about the needs of others, and finds a way to combine the needs of others with his own.

The yak tail was purchased by the old merchants in Yinshang; the bird gun was effortless. The weapons of the Xiangshan Banner Army were replaced. Mechanism is also a small matter, not to mention, it is the chain mail that takes a lot of effort, and the small iron rings must be locked one by one, otherwise the protective power will be too low, and Chen Mu does not want to make the craftsman too tired on this matter.

He simply ordered Lin Feng to deliver 25 pieces in one month and pay in two years.

It's not that he Xiangshan Military Bureau can't make these things, it has to be delayed for two years.

He doesn't want to just strengthen the army for others. Seeing that the court rewards are slowly being handed out, his official position will also be secured. From now on, the demand for armaments under his command will still be great. If he only wants to make money, he is a fat pig, and he must be strong. Just protect yourself.

Two years, maybe less than two years, he is not afraid that if Lin Feng has these things in his hands, he will not be able to turn the sky.

Yan Qing sent a letter from Yuegang, along with the letter came 54 taels of gold.

The business of Minguang Guild Hall is not bad, and now it has contacts with various sea merchants. I wrote to ask Chen Mu what to do next. According to Chen Mu, he made a lot of money by renting out warehouses and other businesses, but they were all used for up and down management. There was Shao Tingda With the help of my father and some junior members of the family, their guild hall became the biggest information dealer in Yuegang. Every month or two, business gangs from all over the country came to exchange information, which was very lively.

In the letter, Yan Qing also mentioned to gain a firm foothold in Yuegang, and wanted Yan Qingyao to close the Drum Belly Building. He had saved some money, and it was time to find a suitable husband's family for Yan Qingyao.

Chen Mu replied a letter: It doesn't matter whether the drum building is closed or not. The Minyue guild hall has been the drum building for ten years, but finding a husband's family still needs to be considered in the long run. It seems that the shopkeeper Xiaoyan is you looking for her. It will be the same as happily marrying.

It would be fine if Uncle Yan was Yan Qingyao's father, but Uncle Yan is not, without the order of his parents and the words of a matchmaker, how can he suppress this little devil in the world?
In any case, this period of time was indeed a golden period for the development of Qianhu in Xiangshan. With both money and food, the chief officer Chen Mu was determined to carve Xiangshan into a mold to pave the way for his future promotion to the command envoy, corrections and guards, and become a successor. Every day he was busy convening flag officials to discuss regulations, and as the orders and regulations were issued one by one, they were tried out and then formed into a system, making Xiangshan almost different every day.

"The banner troops of the Hundred Households practice for five days every ten days, four of which are in the Hundred Households, and one day is in the Thousand Households; the remaining five days are two days of classes, literacy and arithmetic; two days of rest, and one day of patrolling the jurisdiction. .”

"Those to be trained include cannons, blunderbusses, spears, knives, cards, battle formations, boat maneuvering, water and land formations, and training. Every day, there are two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon."

Deng Zilong wondered: "Qianhu, it's easy to practice, and where to go to class? The elementary school has been occupied by Wei Qianshi's Baby Banner Army."

"Don't worry about this matter. I have sent a letter to Mr. Xie from Mengxue to recruit low-ranking scholars. I have written an article to the Grand Master of Guangdong Xuezheng to submit a request for the establishment of Sociology and Enlightenment. Just wait for the approval. Sociology needs to recruit at least ten teachers. Choose those who have both ability and political integrity, and then Chen will personally come to the door to hire."

"Before the daily meal, the flag troops under the banners of the small banners are from head to toe. The armor can be neatly dressed, the shoes and boots can be cleaned, the waist knives, spears, and guns can be well maintained. Those who are not good will be punished. Household checks, and those who fail to check out hundreds of households, Xiaoqi will be punished together.”

Unexpectedly, the banner officials had no objection to this matter. Soldiers in the feudal era, not to mention that Chen Mu only asked them to dress neatly and maintain their ordnance, even if they asked the banner troops to stand upside down every day, no one had any objections—as long as he liked it.

"After dinner, gather around the bonfire. Each small flag leads ten banner troops under its command to learn discipline and recite the rules. Each small flag selects those who speak clearly and preaches those who have performed outstandingly in previous battles."

Chen Mu thought for a while, looked at Shi Qi, and said: "Shi Baihu, this is up to you. You are old enough to do it. Select the meritorious deeds from these promoted banner officials and write an article into a book. Everyone here can write a book." Once written, let the flag army see that they can get promoted if they fight bravely."

"All of these, Mr. Chen has compiled the "Banner Army Drill Manual", and the Ordnance Bureau has made an engraving and is printing it. Everyone above the small flag has a copy."

As Chen Mu said, he looked deeply at the old underling who followed him the first time, and also the most active scholar, and smiled.

He knows whose merits should be publicized when he writes the storybook, and he also knows who the merits of others should be loyal to in order to get promoted.

(End of this chapter)