There is hierarchy in the meeting hall, but every general who is qualified to come to the General Military Mansion to discuss matters, no matter how big or small, has a seat at this moment.

Yang Zhen himself sat north and south, in the middle. On the left and right sides were the two lieutenants from Zhengdong Camp and the two lieutenants from Songshan City. Further down, there were the Shen, You, Du, and Guardsmen of each ministry.

Except for the newly appointed General Military Mansion Consultant Fang Guangchen, Yang Zhen's former adjutant, and the newly appointed East Gate Guard Jin Shijun who were not present, all the generals and senior officers of the various ministries were present.

Although there is no name written on each seat, everyone knows where their seat is and they will not sit in the wrong seat.

——On the left and right sides, the position where Yang Zhen is located is the leader, with the person with higher position in front and the person with lower position in the back. As for the two people with the same position, the one who was promoted first is in front and the one who was promoted later is in the back.

At present, in the entire council hall, apart from the two rows of generals sitting neatly, there are also the staff of the Associate Camp Affairs Office behind these generals who record the content of the meeting and ensure the progress of the meeting.

"I have called you all to the meeting today. There are three things I want to tell you! The first thing is to inform you about the recent trip to the grassland, so that the soldiers in each department will be aware of it. The second thing is to make it clear

Let me tell you the next plan of our Songshan City so that all the officers and men in the army know where to go."

When Yang Zhen saw that the generals had sat down, he did not say any greetings at the moment. He came up and said to the generals straight to the point: "As for the third one, it is about selecting meritorious soldiers from each department and advancing to the thousand-gun level."

As soon as Yang Zhen raised these topics, it immediately aroused great attention from all the generals present, and they all listened attentively.

Because these questions raised by Yang Zhen are the issues that Songshan officers and soldiers are most concerned about these days.

With the establishment of Li Ji's statistical office, it was no secret to Yang Zhen that the issues that Songshan officers and soldiers were most concerned about and talked about daily were the most common.

Of course, these problems are no secret to begin with.

The grumbles, complaints, speculations, discussions, and even talk about various gossips of the lower-level soldiers are basically semi-public, and they just need to be collected and reported by those who are interested.

But for today's Yang Zhen, as his status rises, his authority becomes more and more important, and his affairs become more complicated, it is no longer possible for him to sink to the bottom of the soldiers every day and sleep with them in a trench or in a large trench like he used to do in the past.

There is food in the pot.

If there is no special person to help him collect these things, it will be really difficult for him to capture the thoughts and trends of the lower-level soldiers in the first place like in the past.

Although the statistical office that Li Ji is currently in charge of is in an early stage where the grass-roots team has just been set up and is unable to complete other difficult tasks and is weak-willed, the work of sitting in, taking notes, and gathering and distributing information has already been done.

More than enough.

All kinds of scattered news were gathered here by Li Ji, then classified into categories, sorted out a little, and reported to Yang Zhen's ears.

For example, if Yang Zhen and his party brought back so many chariots, horses and camels from the border this time, what kind of supplies are there and how are they going to be distributed? In addition to the advance battalion, are there any shares for the remaining soldiers from other departments?

For another example, the general officers and shed chiefs of the various ministries in Songshan saw that promotion orders that needed to be issued by the Imperial Military Department had been issued one after another, and their immediate superiors rose to prominence one by one, and their hearts felt as if they were full of

Like weeds, they all look forward to being directly promoted from Yang Zhen and falling on their heads as soon as possible.

Now all the soldiers in Songshan City know that not only the military officers below Qianzong of the Zhengdong Advance Battalion can be directly issued letters of appointment by Yang Zhen, but also the Qianzong and General Managers among the various troops in Songshan who are under control of the Zhengdong Camp.

Yang Zhen was directly promoted and appointed by virtue of his seal as a general before conquering the East.

As usual, the newly arrived military supervisor, Eunuch Yang, was only responsible for the merit examination, rewards, punishments, and appointments and removals of generals above the garrison level. However, for General Qian and below, Yang Zhen still made the final decision on appointments and removals.

The blank official certificates that came with the imperial edict but had no names and were stamped with the Ministry of War's seal were simply unparalleled in their allure to these grassroots soldiers.

Of course, as the artillery allocated by the imperial court entered the city, especially the two heavy red barbarian cannons that had never been seen before, discussions about the distribution of these artillery naturally emerged.

In the previous Songshan City, except for the west gate where Xia Chengde's troops were stationed, there was a Hongyi cannon. There was no south gate where Lu Pinqi's troops were stationed, and there were no east gates and north gates where the troops of the advance battalion to the east were stationed.

Now that the imperial court has allocated two guns, how should we distribute these two important heavy artillery pieces that everyone is jealous of?

For the issues that the officers and soldiers of various ministries are concerned about and have been discussing a lot, Yang Zhen needs to make clear arrangements as soon as possible in order to calm down all kinds of speculations and discussions.

The generals' eyes were focused on Yang Zhen's feet. They did not look at Yang Zhen, but everyone calmed down and listened. At this time, they heard Yang Zhen say:

"There are many problems that need to be solved, but we still have to deal with them one by one! Let's talk about the first one first - not long ago, I took an advance battalion to the border. One was to meet Yang Shen's new recruits, and the other was to

In order to intercept a traitor caravan coming out of Zhangjiakou and collaborating with the enemy!

"Because the news about the caravan is not accurate, there is nowhere to start in the vast grassland, there is a chance of success, but the chance of failure is greater, so before leaving, I did not tell everyone in detail.

"However, the advance battalion's trip was a blessing. Everything went well for us. Not only did Yang Shen's new recruits go well, but also the interception of the traitor caravan. Of course, it was also the traitor traders who collaborated with the captives and funded the enemy.

If you do too many unjust things, you will be killed, and it is right for you to fall into our hands!"

In fact, all the generals here already know about these situations, so Yang Zhen briefly talked about this matter here, paused briefly, and then said to Zhang Degui, who was sitting second on the left:

"Vice General Zhang, you are in charge of the Assistant Battalion Affairs Office. This time the materials are placed in the city, and it is your Assistant Battalion Affairs Office that is responsible for the registration and statistics. Please tell us in general how much we have gained in the advance camp!"

Yang Zhen personally led the team on the recent overseas trip. He probably had some important gains, and he already had a good idea in his mind.

Moreover, after Zhang Degui and others counted the number of various materials, people and animals that night, they handed the detailed accounts to Yang Zhen early the next morning for him to review, so Yang Zhen also knew the specific situation.

But as the commander of all the troops in Songshan City, he should no longer be on the front line on such official duties.

After listening to Yang Zhen's words, Zhang Degui immediately stood up from his seat, first bowed slightly to Yang Zhen, and then stretched out his hand. Qiu Biyong, who was standing behind him, immediately handed over an account book.

Zhang Degui took the account book and looked through it while saying: "This time, the governor and his party brought back a lot of things that can be eaten, worn, and used from the border areas. There are quite a lot of various seized materials."

, ranging from carriages, horses and camels, iron, salt and tea, to needles, threads and daily necessities, everything is included! Let’s talk about carriages, horses and camels first - "

Zhang Degui has been extremely busy these days, but he is in high spirits when celebrating happy events and shows no sign of fatigue. At this time, he is even more energetic when talking about the materials registered into the city.

"A total of 588 large carts of various types, and a total of 4,666 horses of various types, including 3,141 draft horses and draft horses, and 1,520 riding horses.

Five, as well as 1,464 mules and 347 oxen! Of course, camels are the most numerous, totaling 5,491 peaks!"

When Zhang Degui said this, all the generals in the hall were already exclaiming again and again, and the sounds of sighs came one after another.

Many of them were either from general families or military families for generations. They had never thought before that a caravan going out from Zhangjiakou would have such abundant resources - ox carts, horse-drawn carriages, etc.

There can be hundreds or even thousands of mule carts, and there can be tens of thousands of mules, pack horses, and camels used.

This situation was completely beyond the imagination of most of them. They only saw a lot of carriages, horses and camels, so many that they could not see the beginning or end of the caravan, but they still did not expect that there would be so many.

However, Yang Zhen accepted this fact very early. As a human being, he was very aware of the strength of the eight members of the Zhangjiakou Shanyou Chamber of Commerce in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

Especially the caravan coming out of Zhangjiakou this time, although it is mainly composed of the eight Zhangjiakou Shanyou Chamber of Commerce, it also unites many other merchants, so the scale is naturally different.

Even if there are only eight large families of Zhangjiakou Shanyou Chamber of Commerce, with 588 ox-drawn carts and mule-horse carts on average, each family can only collect less than 80 carts. What is there to be surprised about?

Woolen cloth.

Of course, Yang Zhen also knew that the caravan brought out by this caravan was definitely more than the 500 or so cars he brought back to Songshan City.

Because some of them were destroyed in the battle in the Tuchengzi area, and some of them were pushed into the ravine on the mountain road near Paoziyan at the southern end of Nurul Tiger Mountain.

If we calculate it this way, the size of the large caravan coming out of Zhangjiakou is far greater than what Yang Zhen was able to bring back.

As for the number of mules, horses and oxen pulled by the caravan, it must be much higher than the number of carts.

Because almost all of the old-fashioned ox-drawn carts walking on the grasslands outside the border are two sets of carts, that is, there are two oxen pulling one in front and one behind.

The mule and horse carts usually have three or four sets of carts. Those that carry iron bars, gun tubes and other heavy objects require more mules and horses.
Chapter completed!