Dong Yun walked out of the restaurant with a gloomy face. In the restaurant just now, Commander Wu, the young Commander Wu, was not so much about asking them to discuss, but directly ordered them, the big leaders of the Nancheng Gang. Commander Wu issued a series of regulations to all gangs. The core of these regulations is summarized in two points: First, all gangs keep their territory unchanged, and they are not allowed to expand their territory at will. The gangs should assist the factory guards and the Bingmasters to maintain stability on the streets; second, the gangs pay the gangs a 15% increase in the silver coins paid by the gangs to the factory guards and the Bingmasters.

But gradually, Dong Yun's expression eased. Thinking about it carefully, in fact, in addition to the reduction in income, Wu Shigong's regulations have greatly increased, and it is difficult for a small gang to become a large gang. Dong Yun's gang, as the largest gang in Nancheng, has strengthened his leadership position. Dong Yun is also in his fifties and wants to spend his old age peacefully.

When Dong Yun returned home, he saw his grandchildren playing in his yard and thought to himself: It’s really good to have such a stable life!

What unexpectedly happened to the gang members was that in the days to come, due to the decrease in conflicts among the gangs and the gang members assisting the factory guards and Bingmasi to crack down on crimes on the streets, the public security situation in the entire Nancheng has improved greatly. This has led to a significant increase in the number of guests coming to Nancheng to play, and the income of each gang also increased by more than 10% on average. In this way, except for the extra money paid to the factory guards and Bingmasi, the income of all gangs has increased.

After the discussion, Hu Ming and Li Pengfei were of course very satisfied. You should know that Hu Ming is a hundred households in the East Factory, with more than 100 people under him; Li Pengfei is a thousand households in the Jinyiwei, and the number of people in charge is only more than 1,000. The number of people is less than that of the Military and Ma Si. Although the benefits of the three institutions are similar, personally, Hu Ming gets the most, followed by Li Pengfei and Wu Shigong. However, this is also a concrete reflection of the status of these three institutions.

When they broke up, Hu Ming and Li Pengfei both told Wu Shigong that the factory guards would not set any obstacles to the issue of the Bingmasi charging firefighting fees. Moreover, they also expressed their admiration to Wu Shigong in private. They admired Wu Shigong for being able to come up with firefighting fees. This is a legal and reasonable charging project from any perspective. They all believed that the factory guards should study like the Bingmasi and develop more such new projects.

When he returned to the Military Affairs Office, Wu Shigong summoned Zhou Shikun, Yu Lian and Ruan Xiong, three deputy commanders, and Xu Limu and Wu Mian, to hold a meeting. Zhang Kequan, as Wu Shigong's aide, listened.

At the meeting, Wu Shigong made major changes to the scope of the respective deputy commanders. First, Wu Shigong officially announced that Wu Mian became the deputy commander of the Nancheng Military Command Department. Then, he distributed the three hundred households outside the Xuanwu Gate, which he was originally under the jurisdiction of the deputy commander, to Zhou Shikun, Yu Lian and Ruan Xiong, one of them, and assigned the two hundred households in the city gate directly under the command to Wu Mian for management. In addition, Wu Mian also had to manage all the firefighting work in Nancheng. The Shuilong Team Hundred Houses accepted the dual leadership of Wu Shigong and Wu Mian.

Wu Shigong returned to Zhou Shikun, Yu Lian and Ruan Xiong, the three deputy commanders, who issued the instructions issued by the Ministry of War. Regarding the impeachment memorial of Gu Censor Gu, the content of the instructions was to require the Nancheng Military and Masjid to strengthen training. Therefore, Wu Shigong asked the three deputy commanders to take turns to participate in military training. The personal soldiers were abolished and the military training team was used as the temporary personal soldiers under the command. Xu Limu would completely take charge of the internal affairs of the Qigang Marsjid and the business of the unspoken rules in the yamen.

Every month, the regular silver paid by each hundred households to Wu Shigong was increased to 60 taels. The regular silver paid by the Water Dragon Team and Xu Limu were calculated separately. In addition, Wu Shigong also informed everyone of the agreement reached by Wu Shigong and the factory guards and the regulations made on those gangs. After the notice, all the deputy commanders were very excited because their income would be greatly increased.

After the meeting, Wu Shigong and Zhang Kequan were alone. Zhang Kequan took out a calculation, calculated it skillfully, and said to Wu Shigong: Remove all expenses, Wu Shigong will get more than 10,000 taels of silver from the Military and Ma Si every year.

After the meeting that day, Wu Shigong also formally invited his master Mr. Zhang Kequan as a late welcome banquet. At the banquet, Zhang Kequan introduced himself to Wu Shigong: Zhang Kequan and his brother Zhang Kehua are both from Shaoxing and have the fame of scholars. Because the admission rate of the imperial examinations in Shaoxing is too low, many scholars like them come to various officials to be staff and teachers.

Zhang Kequan also introduced that there are two types of masters. One is the master of criminal justice; the other is the master of money and grain. Although Zhang Kequan is competent for both, he is the master of money and grain. Wu Shigong thought to himself: No wonder Zhang Kequan has a good plan.

Zhang Kequan also said to Wu Shigong: Zhang Kequan has been an aide in many yamen, so he has a lot of experience. This time, because Zhang Kequan's eldest grandson was born, Zhang Kequan wanted to go home to retire. But he couldn't bear the affection between the Marquis Xue Lian and his clan brother Zhang Kehua, so Zhang Kequan came to the capital halfway back to his hometown, so he was a little late. However, Zhang Kequan told Wu Shigong that no matter what, Zhang Kequan worked at Wu Shigong for at most three years, and he would definitely go back to his hometown afterwards.

Wu Shigong expressed great gratitude to Zhang Kequan for his assistance. Zhang Kequan is indeed very capable. He has taken a lot of burdens for Wu Shigong these days, making Wu Shigong much easier. Wu Shigong then told Zhang Kequan that after the matter of cleaning up the ruins came to an end, Zhang Kequan should help the affairs in the yamen. In particular, Wu Shigong told Zhang Kequan that he was not very familiar with the situation in the Ming Dynasty officialdom. If there was anything wrong with him, please correct and criticize him in time. For this reason, Wu Shigong also solemnly Zhang Kequan gave a teacher ceremony.

After returning to Xue Mansion, Wu Shigong lay on the recliner and relaxed. He thought to himself: The matter of the Bingma Si has finally been basically straightened out.

But the work of the Bingmasi is not without sequelae. One day, a pretty little widow pretended to encounter him and stopped Wu Shigong on the street. She complained to Wu Shigong: Her powder shop has to pay an extra 2 cents of silver every month. Wu Shigong looked at Zhao Ruya's expression and looked like she was coquettish. In addition, when the breeze blew, the charming body fragrance came again. Wu Shigong agreed to Zhao Ruya in a daze again. In the future, Wu Shigong would have to pack the silver for the powder shop. When Zhao Ruya, who was smiling, invited Wu Shigong to sit in the powder shop again, fortunately, another breeze blew over, blowing the fragrance a little, making Wu Shigong wake up. Wu Shigong smiled and declined.

Looking at the side, Wu Shigong's guard captain Xue Yong was very conflicted. As the guard captain who followed Wu Shigong in and out every day, Xue Yong certainly knew that nothing happened to Wu Shigong and the little widow. But seeing this little widow sending a lot of surprise to his son-in-law, and his son-in-law looked like a pig brother. Should he report this to the Marquis? Xue Yong was very worried and could only sigh in his heart: There are so many troubles in front of the widow!

The next day, Wu Mian took out all the cash from the house, even some dowry from his wife, and collected 150 taels of gold and sent it to Wu Shigong to thank him. But after Wu Shigong changed his hand, Wu Shigong spent the money again, and he used all the money and came to the yamen to ask for debt. Wu Shigong sighed in his heart: Although he seemed to have made a lot of money on the surface, he did not save his life.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Kequan asked Wu Shigong: Why didn’t you send these white slips to Xue Lian?

Wu Shigong told Zhang Kequan that his approach was mainly to share his father-in-law's worries, and he did not want his father-in-law to pay.

Zhang Kequan said to Wu Shigong: The purpose of giving away white slips is not to ask for money. The main purpose is to let Xue Lian know that his son-in-law has also posted his money in order to clean up the ruins. If Xue Lian could show these white slips to Wei Zhongxian, that would be the best. The greater the benefits he would get.

Wu Shigong suddenly realized after hearing this and sighed: After all, Jiang is still so hot!

Life is fast, and July is coming in a blink of an eye. The work of cleaning up the ruins has also become regular. As Wu Miansheng became the deputy commander, the middle and lower-level officials of the Bingmasters also made some adjustments. Wang Baihu was transferred from the personal army to the water dragon team. Wang Baihu was quite satisfied with the position that was the most unpopular but now the most popular. But he was also somewhat regretful when he was satisfied. If he didn't hesitate and decisively surrender to Wu Shigong when he first came, Wang Baihu would not have a chance to take the position of the deputy commander.

Because Zhou Xun performed best in military training and subsequent disposal, Wu Shigong transferred him to a hundred households in the personal army. Wu Shigong handed over the position of one hundred households to the three deputy commanders for arrangement. In exchange of interests, Wu Shigong's fourth brother-in-law obtained a position of the general flag. In addition, among the newly recruited soldiers, one of the people performed well, that is, Qian Qi, the second son of the late Deputy Commander Qian. Wu Shigong kept his promise and arranged a position of the small flag. This made Deputy Commander Qian's wife and eldest brother very unhappy. Because Qian Qi was also a concubine's son and was also raised by his little wife.
Chapter completed!