Chapter 117 Dayong, do you want a wife?

After the "Military and Political Conference" was over, the end of the year came soon. Zheng Chenggong distributed all the unfinished rewards from the "Eastern Expedition" and "Zhangzhou Defense War" before the year-end vacation, and took out some from his own treasury.

One hundred thousand taels, and an additional one tael of New Year red envelope was given to each soldier and subordinate staff at the grassroots level. The whole army and the whole government were in a state of excitement. This was more than half a month's salary for many people.

Not only that, those individuals who performed outstandingly this year also received a second red envelope from King Yanping, which made people around them jealous. Many people were even gearing up to perform well in the next year. And

Those who got the second red envelope, among the stars, their efforts were recognized and their vanity was satisfied. At the same time, they became more loyal to Ming Zheng. Zheng Chenggong's goal was initially achieved.

Compared with the fixed monthly expenditure of more than 200,000 taels, this small red envelope at the end of the year has a greater effect in winning people's hearts. Extra rewards always make people easier to satisfy. Small favors are the cost of building relationships from top to bottom.

The lowest and fastest effective method. The invisible level relationship generated by different levels of rewards will maximize the effect of this method.

The civil affairs, commercial affairs and maritime trade systems are also undergoing annual accounting. Civil affairs and commercial affairs are mainly invested and constructed during this year. They all cost a lot, but they have also made achievements, especially the construction of Tunbao in civil affairs.

In addition to the few large forts in the second Chaohui Prefecture that are still resisting and some small forts that are waiting on the sidelines, the fort system has already achieved preliminary results in the three prefectures.

Due to the impact of the war, the maritime trade that Zheng Tai was in charge of in the first half of the year saw a significant drop in revenue compared to the previous year. The commercial system in charge of the second half of the year was still under construction, and the performance was not good, but he now controls three "

In the "Rent Collection Office" and workshop system, the "Mint Workshop" that was merged into Shanhai Bank alone had a profit of more than 50,000 taels in the second half of the year. Other departments will also not be afraid of poor performance in the future.

On the contrary, it was Zheng Hongkui. If Japan wanted to expand its trade, it had to compete with the Dutch. It also had to compete with the Dutch in Taiwan. The local princes in Siam, Annam, Champa, and Cambodia were not vegetarians. The Spaniards in Luzon and Ming Zheng

They have always been at odds with each other, and other parts of Nanyang have not yet been explored. It is not that simple for him to create a new world.

However, although the maritime trade system was affected by the war, it was still the most profitable department of the Ming Dynasty. After Zheng Hongkui came to power, he centralized power to rectify corruption and waste from top to bottom, and the operating costs of Zheng's maritime trade dropped directly.

30%. The reform of the company system is also being explored. The newly received investment funds have given Zheng Hongkui sufficient capital.

As the New Year approaches, the Ming and Zheng military systems begin to take turns. This time, Ming and Zheng have more soldiers and horses, and the rest time is longer. The market near the military camp has a large amount of goods from Jiangnan and the local area, waiting for these consumption capabilities.

The strongest customer has come to visit.

Each rotation of leave is seven days. Those who have family members who need to go home can apply for another three days of family leave. Those soldiers who do not have family members need to solve the problem of food and accommodation during the vacation by themselves. Unless there are special reasons, they cannot return to the military camp without permission.

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Trading companies in various places have just been established, and a large amount of goods have been shipped from Jiangnan. They need this big sales promotion at the end of the year to digest them. Zheng Chenggong naturally hopes that they will spend all their military pay to help the prosperity and development of the trading companies and make it easier for him to withdraw funds.

Not only the army, Ming and Zheng Dynasties carried out infrastructure construction in various places this year. Many workshops were built one after another at the end of the year. The income of many people in Chaohui, Zhangzhou and other prefectures increased as a result. Temple fairs were held everywhere at the end of the year, except for gambling houses.

In addition, almost every industry has developed during this period, and these three prefectures have become a paradise in troubled times.

Li Anyong and Zhou Xiangcai returned to Zhangzhou Fucheng shortly after the end of the war. They were not transferred during the subsequent adjustments and still stayed in the Tiger Guard Camp. However, both of them are now corps commanders. Wang Daxiong and Sun

Xingze was transferred to Huizhou Prefecture for military training, and they didn't know when the other party would come back.

The two set off by boat from Zhangzhou Fucheng together, and after arriving at the county seat, they had a meal together and then parted ways. Li Anyong was anxious to go home. He had not seen his parents for almost a year, and he was also thinking about marrying his wife.

He wanted to fly back directly to the matter. Zhou Xiangcai, on the other hand, had no worries and ran directly to the county town. He was destined to be hurt by wine and sex in his life, but he was no longer afraid.

After waiting for half a day in the county seat, Li Anyong took the free carriage arranged by the county government and drove towards Tunpu where his home was with six other soldiers who were also going home for the New Year. This was the beginning of the army's vacation, and various counties and cities were distributed in key areas.

The forts on the side of the road have received tasks, and they must be prepared to provide help to the soldiers returning home.

The seven people in this group all came from the same camp. When Zhangzhou Prefecture was divided into areas to build the camp, only those whose family members were soldiers were eligible to become camp households. However, because they stayed in the army all year round, they rarely returned home.

At home, most of them don’t know each other. Although they call each other brothers in the military camp and brag to the sky, when they meet strangers, their true colors are revealed.

However, Li Anyong wore a black "Tiger Head Medal" on his chest, which attracted the attention of six people in the same group. At a glance, they knew that the guy in front of them was always giggling. Some of the stupid guys were from Huwei Town and had even stood up.

Gong, logically speaking, he must be an officer, and his attitude immediately improved. Someone took out a cigarette case and handed Li Anyong an "Anti-Qing Brand" cigarette.

But Li Anyong didn't know how to deal with it other than taking the cigarette with a silly smile. His most profound impression in the military camp was the officer's military stick and Wang Daxiong's flying feet. The most common thing he did was giggle. Nowadays,

All I can do is smile.

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Of course, he also knew that this was a new cigarette released by the trading company, and the slogan was "Real men, choose to resist the Qing". Apart from being expensive, there was nothing bad about this cigarette, but he was never willing to buy it and smoke it.

I still favored Zhou Xiangcai several times.

The seven people quickly became familiar with each other through a pack of cigarettes. Li Anyong also talked about his heroic deeds in Huwei Town. When he was talking smoothly, he accidentally killed a few more vassal soldiers. The other six

The people were all from other camps and had always admired Huwei Town. With Ming Zheng's special promotion, they did not doubt that Li Anyong was bragging. Their eyes were full of envy, and one of them even wanted to marry his girl to him.

How could Li Anyong agree? He had already agreed that his family had arranged a wife for him, so he told the other party that he had a younger brother at home. He used to be in the garrison, but this time he was probably converted into an agricultural and military instructor.

The soldiers were not in danger yet. After hearing this, the man was even more happy. Although the tiger guard battalion corps leader made four or two or five dollars a month, which was more than twice his salary, the monthly salary of the peasant and soldier instructors was not low, and he had great power.

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The group returned to the intersection of Tunpu in the evening and found that there were many more brick and tile houses in Tunpu. However, adobe thatched houses still accounted for the majority. The avenue leading into Tunpu was paved with stones, and new buildings on both sides were built.

A ditch was dug for drainage, and the road surface looked much cleaner than before, which made them feel very comfortable.

Basically, hundreds or even thousands of households live together in these villages. The layout of the houses is a simple concentric circle structure, which is very symmetrical and neat. There is also a certain distance between each household, which can prevent fires.

The rapid spread was also to reserve land for future expansion. The center of the village was a small square. When the village chief wanted to announce a major event, he would summon all the villagers there.

After they walked into the camp, some of them were immediately recognized by neighbors or relatives. They were the first batch of soldiers to go home. The camp knew that they were coming back, but they didn't know when they would come back. Originally, because night was about to fall, some

The silent camp soon became lively. People who heard the news poured out of their homes. The energetic teenagers lifted the soldiers who were returning home and kept shouting heroes and heroes.

Li Anyong was selected into the Tiger Guard, and the news that he had met Mr. Guo had already spread throughout Tunbu when his father was bragging in the fields and construction sites. He also became an officer unknowingly, so everyone knew that he was a one-month leader.

With a salary of four or two months, he is the most promising young man in Tunpu.

Li Anyong was carried on the shoulders of five or six hot-blooded young people who were babbling and shouting and ran towards home. He found that many of these children were more energetic than he was before, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Along the way, Li Anyong was carried through the streets full of people. He looked at the crowds of people who came out of his house to welcome him. He was always embarrassed for a moment and could only smile awkwardly. However, when he saw some

When the white cloth was hung at the door of the house, Li Anyong couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. The pensions from each family had already been distributed.

When walking through the center of Tunpu, Li Anyong also discovered a large shop on the edge of the small square. There were several fierce-looking women standing inside, and several people were coming out of it, carrying large and small bags.

I don’t know what I’m holding in my hand.

The warm welcoming atmosphere made Li Anyong very satisfied. He was a little selfless for a moment, and he arrived at the door of his house unknowingly. His parents heard the sound and walked out of the house at this time. The few shouting people

When the young man saw this, he put him down and ran away with a crazy smile.

And Li Anyong was suddenly put down, his head was still a little dizzy, and his father's familiar voice came to his ears:

"Dayong, do you want a wife or not?"

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"Grandma, when will I get a wife after spending all day with these stupid recruits?"

Wang Daxiong slapped the table in front of him, and the four wine bowls on the table shook in a circle. When the shopkeeper heard the sound, his neck suddenly shrank, and then he looked at Wang Daxiong cautiously.

I saw a hunky-backed officer with red eyes cursing.

"Brother Wang, you are a reserve officer now. When you return to the Tiger Guard Camp, you must be at least a flag captain. Are you afraid that you will not get a wife?" Sun Xing poured another bowl of wine for Wang Daxiong and said with a smile: "Let's

Huwei is very popular now. As long as you open your mouth, I don’t know how many girls will rush to marry you."

"Grandma, you want to lie to me again. In this place, except for those recruits who are too stupid to learn how to teach, there is not even a mother-in-law in sight, let alone a daughter-in-law." After scolding Wang Daxiong, he drank again.

I took a sip of wine and my beard was stained with alcohol.

"It's because they are stupid. There are too many things to practice now, and the requirements are strict. In the past, when we first joined the army, we didn't have to practice these many things. We all learned them by ourselves."

Son

If we go on, these new recruits will not be any worse than the original veterans from the beginning. It is estimated that after fighting a few battles and getting familiar with the battlefield, they will be even more powerful than those veterans.

This is not the most powerful thing. According to Wang Daxiong, these recruits are all carved from the same mold. In the future, they will be the same as the veterans of the Tiger Guard Camp. A considerable number of them can be formed into teams at any time on the battlefield to cooperate in combat. But the Tiger Guard

The battalion was able to do it because of its rich battlefield experience, and they were able to do it simply because everyone received exactly the same training method from the beginning.

"I still want you to tell me?" Wang Daxiong patted the table again, chewing a piece of meat in his mouth.

"Brother Wang, you are a great hero. Why would a great hero have no wife?" Cao Hongxi, who was also drinking and blushing, raised his head slightly and said with a nonchalant look on his face: "If nothing else, if we were in Qiongzhou Mansion,

My Cao family can still talk to each other. If you are willing, Brother Wang, I will ask my father to tell you three wives and four concubines."

Cao Hongxi is the eldest son of Cao Junfu, a Qianhu household in Wanzhou, Qiongzhou Prefecture. Now, together with Peng Xingu, they are participating in recruit training as reserve officers. Of course, they do not belong to the "reserve officer corps", they just follow the march of study. And their

Hundreds of people will follow. After participating in the recruit training, they will be organized into each battalion together with other recruits.

These were all strategies adopted by the Ming and Zheng dynasties in order to win over powerful local factions and bring them into the system. Not only Cao Hongxi and Peng Xingu, but also many ethnic minority leaders in the Chaohui and Qiong Prefectures, as well as the heads of local Baozhai families, all sent their sons to join the army.

And as long as their performance is not bad, they will start directly from the corps commander or even the flag captain.

Wang Daxiong, the backbone of the "Reserve Officer Corps", was the instructor responsible for leading them. He also knew the origins of Cao Hongxi and Peng Xingu, not just through their relationship. He admired them in his heart. They all had the same mind, and soon

They became drinking buddies.

Let's say that although Cao Junfu was a guard with thousands of households and could not fight, his bones were very strong. After the Qing army captured Qiongzhou Prefecture, Cao Junfu refused to surrender. Instead, he took his son and hid in the mountains of Hainan Island.

After many years of friendship with the leader, the leader received some assistance, and then continued to resist the Qing Dynasty.

In the original history, Cao's father and son, Peng Xingu and others continued to fight for eight years. In the end, there was no weapon left and they didn't even have a complete piece of clothing. However, they still refused to surrender and took the initiative to attack and were captured.

Later, they chose to die generously and became another group of people who sacrificed their lives in obscurity in the cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty.

Now that the Ming and Zheng dynasties have revived Qiongzhou Prefecture, these local powerful factions are naturally the focus of recruitment, especially Cao family father and son and Peng Xingu, who have a team of troops in their hands and have no taint of surrender. Naturally, they have become models of propaganda and have been favored.

Understand the important role of Ming Zheng.

However, although the Nanyang Navy built "Qiongzhou Town" in Qiongzhou Prefecture, because Hainan Island was far away from the center of the Ming and Zheng Dynasties, and the Ming and Zheng Dynasties had limited strength, they did not invest many resources here, and only sent some people to guide the local people.
To be continued...