"What? The shadow of the military agency is back?"

Hong A-Si jumped up suddenly, "Why are you still rubbing? Take him over here, you're paralyzed. This time, I'm waiting so hard that my butt is about to smoke. Tell everyone, I'm going to start cooking, we're going to start."

"I understand!" The deacon took the order to convey the supervision.

At this time, Luo Longyun rushed over from outside in a hurry, and Hong A-si quickly met him.

...

Zhongxing Town, former county magistrate.

It was no coincidence that the military gate in the Chongming Admiral's Mansion was not there. I heard that he had crossed the river and went to the west of Shanghai. He had just bought a manor there, where his wife and children lived, and he had to go back every month, mainly to fulfill his duties as a father.

The only general Na Cheng and the guard battalion officer were in the admiral's yamen, so the magistrate had to invite them to the magistrate's yamen.

After a while, the navy commander Yu Dapeng hurried over.

The general Na Cheng is a brother of Nazan, who is one generation higher than Na Hui. He is the leader of the family in both public and private affairs.

When he arrived at the county magistrate's office, he heard the accusation of the salt merchant who fled back, and the general Na Cheng did not take the Yanding Rebellion from the Baykou.

Ma, a group of salt legs that have not been trained. Even if they kill the soldiers from the Yanchang Yamen in the Baykou, how many weapons can they have? At most, dozens of red cherry spears, more than a dozen knives, and a few muskets and bird guns, and nothing is there.

What? Defensive positions?

Joke, what do these salt legs know? They only have brute force.

Cheng thought so in his heart, but he didn't say that. In front of Zheng Daoming, he looked embarrassed.

"Oh, I said, the magistrate, this matter is very troublesome. There are tens of thousands of people in the Baykou Salt Field, and there are tens of thousands of people with strong salt dings. The ones available here are the Guard Battalion and Hailing's garrison battalion. There are only more than 1,500 people on both sides, and the troops are seriously insufficient."

"And for a long time, the Chongming Navy garrison has never changed its equipment. The soldiers' swords were rusted, the spear rods were broken as soon as they were exerted, the gunpowder of the musket was tide, and the war horses were old and weak. In short, if you want to wipe out this group of rebels, do you have the will but lack the strength? Or ask the magistrate to report it quickly, or ask the military gate to come back to decide."

Cheng's words were all in his words. Think about it, the Chongming security was not originally under the jurisdiction of the Chongming Navy. Now there are salt dying. If you want to send troops to quell the rebellion, you must obtain the approval of the Ministry of War and allocate the military's cost of military deportation.

In other words, it is not impossible to send troops to suppress the army. The army needs money to open the way, that is, the excavation fee.

Think about it, usually, officers always have to intercept some of their military pay, use it for other purposes or directly embezzle it, commonly known as "drinking soldiers' blood", which is a hidden rule from ancient times to the present.

If a war is about to start, if the commander cannot fill this "hole" before the war, will the soldier have the intention to work hard for you? If he is too anxious, he will cause a mutiny.

In addition to military pay holes, guns and ammunition reserves, military rations, horses, etc., which one does not require money?

Zheng Daoming is not stupid, but his heart is bleeding. If the military consents to this matter, would you, Qiu Ba, have to ask you?

There are more than 1,500 troops in the two battalions? Let's coax the ghost. It's good to have a thousand soldiers in your hand. Don't think that the magistrate doesn't know that you have an empty amount. The military expenditure allocated will fall into your pocket. Those brand new weapons may have been resold by you to the gentry and armed forces?

"I said that the generals, these salt fields are actually the flesh of the admiral. If the salt fields are gone, they will probably be the military sect themselves. Then the scolding may not be the magistrate."

Zheng Daoming felt hatred in his heart, but he still had to smile on his face, and said good and ugly words in a basket. He was soft and hard and finally told him to send troops, but the cost of the departure could not be saved.

After bargaining between the two sides, they finally exchanged the promise of sending troops for a 30,000 taels of snowflake silver.

Seeing Cheng's satisfied smile, Zheng Daoming was so angry that he had to pay most of the 30,000 taels of silver.

The navy commander Yu Dapeng watched coldly. It was not his turn to stand out in the navy camp, and his strength is far inferior to that of Cheng. Although his rank is a deputy general, a little higher than that of Cheng Shen, in Chongming, only the one with the surname can have the final say and be the master of the family.

Seeing that he had received 30,000 taels of snowflakes and looked relaxed, Yu Dapeng couldn't help but remind him, "The general, don't be careless. Although it was just a riot of salt diceys, you should be careful. I remember that the Changmao rebellion in Jintian, Guangxi was also caused by some salt diceys and miners, and later became a major trouble for the court."

Cheng laughed and bowed to Yu Dapeng and said, "Please rest assured Deputy General Yu, how can some thieves disturb me? Just wait and see, today I will be ready to send troops tomorrow morning and return triumphantly the day after tomorrow. Put those thieves and their heads on the city wall of the county town to see if anyone dares to cause trouble!"

Yu Dapeng looked at Cheng Yi's comfort, shook his head helplessly, stood up and signaled slightly to Zheng Daoming, then strode out.

Their own naval battalions also need to make some necessary preparations. If this guy Cheng fails, the rioters will definitely take the opportunity to attack Hailing, and their naval forces will not be affected by the fish in the pond.

On the water, the navy can be regarded as a dragon, but on the land, there are not enough people to be eaten by people.

It was faintly clear that Yu Dapeng always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out.

...

At noon the next day, Na Cheng and Nazan and his nephew brought two battalions of nearly a thousand troops to the Baykou Salt Field. Looking at the short and simple city walls that appeared out of thin air, they were stunned and shook their heads and laughed.

Looking at the tall horse they rode, there were more wooden sticks and bamboo guns behind the simple city wall. Only a very small number of people were holding spears and swords, and more than a dozen muskets, probably snatched from the killed soldiers.

Na Cheng pointed at the opposite side, turned his head and smiled at Na Hui, "Please look, nephew, so the local thief is so vulnerable, so Deputy General Yu looked at them with a high glance."

Na Hui beside him could only laugh: "My uncle said that with his uncle's divine power, such a thief has taken it down in one fell swoop. Do you want to launch an attack?"

The Cheng looked up at the sun and shouted, "It's really hot this day. It's already late autumn and early winter. The sun on the island is still so poisonous. Tell the brothers that after rushing in, I will find money and treasures, and women who belong to them. Anyway, these thieves are all damn."

"Okay!" The deacon ran to pass the order excitedly.

The words of the general in charge are to tell all soldiers that they don’t have to care about military discipline after attacking the salt field, and do whatever they want! Although these salt legs don’t have much money, they must be indispensable.
Chapter completed!