Jin Shiqi was discussing a major event in the Central Military Hall, and suddenly a guard reported that General Jinghai Qian was here and was waiting outside the door, and he was specially kowtowed to General Jin Gan to greet him.

The thousand-General was named "Yang Ya", and was a local garrison officer in Jinghai. He led more than 300 battalions of soldiers, which belonged to the "Chaozhou Camp". Just like in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, Chaozhou had a military force, including a Chaozhou Guard and five guards of thousands of households, totaling ten thousand people. However, due to the decline of the military household system, only a group of elderly, weak, sick and disabled people were left. Now Chaozhou troops are also recruited battalions. Jin Shiqi wanted to launch an operation in Jinghai, of course, the cooperation of these local troops was inseparable.

Jin Shiqi decided to give this Qiang face and go out to see him in person.

Jin Shiqi took Feng Hu and Wang Lai and the other two out of the central army. They saw Qian Zong Yang Ya standing sideways outside the door, with six large bamboo gift boxes stacked in front of him. This man was fair-skinned and handsome. His thin body was loosely covered with a new official robe. He did not have the majesty of a military officer, but he looked like a groom.

As soon as he saw Jin Shiqi, Yang Ya hurriedly kowtowed and claimed that he dared to work with the general to welcome him. Jin Shiqi said some polite words to him: My army is coming from afar, and it is really hard for President Yang Qian to respond and arrange in all aspects... When President Yang Qian saw Jin Shiqi being polite, his eyes suddenly smiled into two small cracks, and he hurriedly said that it was his duty and it was not hard at all.

Mr. Yang Qian took a breath and said that he had heard about how powerful the Nandan Army in Guangxi was, and now he was really eye-opening. In terms of morale and equipment, he was of the imperial guards. Today, he saw the general's tiger face again, and he felt refreshed and happy as if he was bathed in the spring breeze! Only a general, such a hero, could cultivate such a strong soldier!... Jin Shiqi's face turned red.

Immediately afterwards, Mr. Yang Qian sighed again, saying that the soldiers he led were all bad things. Not only were they greedy for life and fear of death, but some were others who harmed the countryside and caused trouble. The most hateful one was someone who was cheating on the thief! If they were caught by the general, they would ask the general to be the master of whipping, slashing and killing... Speaking of this, he looked at Feng Hu behind Jin Shiqi with a resentful look.

Jin Shiqi smiled and nodded, but he thought to himself: Ha, this Yang Qian always comes to beg for mercy.

In the past few days, Feng Hu's Military Information Department has captured a lot of pirates, some of which are the soldiers of Jinghai. These soldiers are recruited and even forced to recruit from the locals. It is inevitable that there will be a variety of quality, and many people have close ties with pirate groups. Some people have a family of brothers, and their younger brothers go to sea to be pirates. The older brothers go to the camp to earn wages; some people go to sea to rob in the twelfth lunar month, and go to sea to join the army in the first month, and go to sea after the fifteenth lunar month... What's more, this Mr. Yang Qian is an officer who came to lead troops from another place, so it is even more difficult to control local soldiers. [

Jin Shiqi felt sorry for him, so he said to Feng Hu: "Old Feng, discuss with Brother Yang in the future." Feng Hu hurriedly said that he promised.

Seeing that Jin Shiqi was so friendly, General Yang Qian was immediately moved. He also expressed: "Although Beizhi is not a local, he has been stationed here for several years. He knows the situation in Jinghai well! If the general does not dislike it, Beizhi will follow the adults in the next few days to serve the work of a dog or a horse."

Jin Shiqi was a little interested in this man. He wanted to deal with Zheng Zhilong, and he really needed the assistance of local officers. "Oh? Then please Mr. Yang Qian talk about Jinghai?"

"Okay!" Mr. Yang Qian waved his hand imposingly, "Jinghai is a small place. There is nothing good! But the nearby sea is rich in stone squats, lobsters, eels, sea urchins, and abalone! The most famous one is abalone, which is fat and fresh, with golden color! Choose the fresh one to steam it. Dip it in a bite, sprinkle some pepper, and bite the meat. The smaller ones prefer to be hot oil, and the 'sting' aroma is overwhelming..."

"Mr. Yang Qian, this is not what I want to ask." Jin Shiqi hurriedly stopped him and swallowed quietly.

"Oh." Mr. Yang Qian was stunned, and then smiled ambiguously. He leaned closer and whispered: "This Jinghai place is remote, and there are only three or five places to go to. It is all yellow-faced and big-footed women. You must not look down on the general. There are several good places in Chaozhou Prefecture, and the girls are all tender! Although the road to Chaozhou is far away, you can keep a few in Jing..."

"Mr. Yang Qian, who do you think of me!" Jin Shiqi shouted, "What I asked you is the key points of defense in various places in Jinghai."

"Yes, yes." Yang Ye hurriedly kowtowed and finally got to the point. He briefly mentioned the nearby military geography, including Jinghai City, post stations, roads, coastal terrain, two forts, the port at the Jiangkou and several nearby small wharfs. Jin Shiqi asked how many beaches there were on the coast to land? Where are the mountain roads? Which villages are rich in pirates, etc. Mr. Yang Qian blinked his little eyes and said hesitantly.

"Okay, I know. Thank you Mr. Qian." Jin Shiqi bowed to thank him, but was very disappointed. Mr. Yang Qian had just said something, but he was full of flaws. The truly valuable one is not as good as the information collected by the Shuiying Military Information Department in a month! It seems that this guy is just a fool who only knows flattery and is useless.

Unbearable! This is the current situation of the Ming Dynasty. To this day, there are only a few officers who can fight in the nine sides of the northern border, and most of the rest are this kind of guy.

"General Jin, you have to accept these boxes of local products." Yang Qian looked at the big bamboo boxes next to him.

"Oh, what is it?"

"Abalone, all abalone!"

"Thank you, thank you, then I'm not polite." Jin Shiqi waved his hand. Feng Hu, who was beside him, took a step forward and prepared to see him off.

But Yang Ye asked again: "General, you live in this camp too? It's so simple!" He stared at the central army of Guangxi. After Cha Yingcai arrived in Jinghai, he built three large camps, all of which were simple houses of bamboo and wood. Mr. Yang Qian said that there was a large mansion in Jinghai City, which was an industry for gentry to be confiscated after committing crimes. Although it was not a gorgeous place, it was better because it was spacious and bright, and had just been cleaned and could be used as a general's camp.[

"Uh..." Before Jin Shiqi could express his opinion, Feng Hu next to him interrupted: "Brother Yang is polite, but our army has rules: the soldiers will not leave the camp, and the soldiers will not leave the soldiers. Please understand Brother Yang."

Although Jin Shiqi didn't understand why Feng Hu was so rash, he also said: "That's right. I appreciate your kindness."

Yang Ye felt a little interesting, so he said he had to leave. Jin Shiqi suddenly remembered something and called him: "Brother Yang, I will have something to bother you. The one who helped our army transport food and supplies this time was the Ding merchant in Guangzhou Prefecture. Now, there are several leaders living in Jinghai City. Well, there are about a hundred men and women. Please take care of Brother Yang..."

Jin Shiqi said this and suddenly stopped because he saw Feng Hu waving his hand quietly!

"Yeah." Jin Shiqi immediately understood, "But it's nothing. They left in a few days."

"Yes, Bei Zhi understands it." Yang Ye hurriedly said. "General Jin's friend, Bei Zhi will definitely serve him well."

Jin Shiqi said some more words and made some concealment. Then he bowed to see the guests off. After Yang Ye walked out of the military camp, Jin Shiqi turned around and asked Feng Hu, why were he so nervous just now?

Feng Hu never spoke politely: "Master Jin, Miss Ding is your family. If you are worried, you can send troops to protect yourself. How can outsiders know about it?"

Jin Shiqi defended: "It's no difference between me and not me. The matter of Ding Laoxi's ship is known to everyone in the world!"

"But if you say it yourself, it means you value them. Once outsiders notice it, there may be future problems."

"You're right. This time I was leaking my mouth!" Jin Shiqi frowned, "Old Feng, do you think this guy Yang Ye is not authentic?"

"No," Feng Hu said softly, "He didn't show any handle, but his soldiers were all dirty and scammers. He should not trust the leader."

...

Yang Ye cannot be trusted easily, but the abalone he sent was a good thing.

There were six bamboo cages full of bamboo. The large abalone in the pottery jar was thick, tender and lively, and squirmed in the sea water, each weighing more than 2 taels. Jin Shiqi observed for a while and was sure that it was not poisonous. He looked through it again and confirmed that there was no silver or fried, and then he sent it to the kitchen.

The army was outside and could not drink too much wine, so the brothers celebrated the reunion in the other place with a bowl of abalone soup. Jin Shiqi also left two jars of abalone and gave one jar to the private soldier instructor Master Tian Shuguang. However, Master Tian said that this thing was too yin and he did not dare to eat too much.

After the dinner, before dark, Jin Shiqi went to Jinghai City to visit Xiao Yao.

He also carried a jar of abalone.

...

Jinghai is located on the high ground north of the harbor, only 4 miles from the Guangxi Army's camp.

Jinghai is a small town with a length of only one mile, with hundreds of families living in it. A few large families have courtyard walls, while the rest are civilian houses with mud, tiles, bricks and stones. If placed in a densely populated land in the mainland, it is only the size of a small town. However, due to the heavy responsibility of coastal defense and the military camp of "Jinghai defends Thousand Houses", it has built a city wall of more than two meters high, and the four large city gates have built a urn city, which has generally reached the defense level of the prefecture city. Jin Shiqi knew it at a glance that this small city only needs three or two hundred qualified soldiers to withstand the strong attack of ten times the thief.

Yang Ye, the chief general of Jinghai, had 300 miscellaneous soldiers, but he had to guard forts, ports, and inns, so less than one hundred were stationed in the city. Those soldiers were weak and destitute and could not be expected. Jin Shiqi decided that once the war changed, he would send a brigade to take over the defense of Jinghai City.

...

The Ding family also has a house in Jinghai. Although the area is not large, the walls are very high and thick. When you tap it gently with your hands, the exterior walls are all made of blue bricks. There is also a shooting hole every other step, which is very domineering.

Jin Shiqi knocked on the door of Xiaoyao's house, and Mr. Jiang, who was in charge, hurriedly invited him into the room.

"Why do you have a weird look?" Jin Shiqi found that Mr. Jiang's expression was a little abnormal.

"... Yao Gu is sick!" Mr. Jiang whispered, "She has suffered from a cold at sea and has been hot these days, and she is very hot!"

"Ah! Did you hire a doctor?"

"There is a doctor, general, don't worry. There are three doctors on our boat, all of which are excellent. After taking the pulse, they all said it's okay. Yao Gu just took the medicine and went to bed. Please invite me back first... Hey? General... Is the uncle and uncle!"

Xiaoyao is sick! Jin Shiqi didn't listen to his long-term words, lifted up his robe and ran into the inner hall. His subordinates were stunned and hesitated whether to rush in. In a flash, Jin Shiqi had jumped over the pond, knocked over several servants, kicked open the three doors and rushed into Xiaoyao's boudoir.

Sure enough, the hot room was filled with medicine and a few maids were standing by the bed sadly, and Xiaoyao was sleeping soundly under the quilt.

"How could this happen!" Jin Shiqi stared at the familiar face with heartache. Her mouth was slightly opened, but her eyelashes were tightly placed. The bright and charming appearance of the past quietly disappeared. The bright and charming posture was completely absent, which made people feel sad.

Seeing Jin Shiqi standing in front of the door, Xiaolu and Xiaolu came over and bowed quickly, and then raised their heads. Their eyes were red. "Son-in-law, Miss..." Xiaolu trembled, but he didn't know how to say it. The lady's body has been strong and straight since childhood, and she didn't even sneeze. She never thought she would be so sick all of a sudden. It was in this remote town again, and these two little girls were so panicked.

There was another woman in the room sitting next to Xiaoyao, the beauty she had seen from afar on the sea. Unexpectedly, she finally met, but in this depressing atmosphere, Jin Shiqi was no longer in the mood to look at her. She just silently glanced at Jin Shiqi, her eyes were faint and pitiful.

Jin Shiqi sighed and walked gently to the bed and held Xiaoyao's hot little hand, but Xiaoyao was unaware of it.
Chapter completed!