Zheng Zhibao was about to speak, but Lu Zhenfei signaled him to sit down and say.

"Yuwen" is the name of Zheng Zhibao. His brother Zheng Zhilong is the name of "Yujia", and another nickname is "Yiguan".

"Reply to Mr. I'm going to select 5,000 young and strong people from the refugees coming from the north to form a group training. After you have achieved some success, you will recruit fellow villagers from the two Huaiyang Prefectures. I wonder if the teacher thinks it is okay?"

Unlike Jin Shengheng who called Lu Zhenfei the "Ministry and Courtyard", Zheng Zhibao called Lu Zhenfei as "Mr.", because in his early years, Lu Zhenfei was appointed as a Fujian inspector, Zheng Zhibao was taught in March and recommended him to the court as a student of the Imperial College, so Zheng Zhibao was able to be called Lu Zhenfei as "Mr.".

First recruiting refugee groups from the North to train. This idea was discussed by Zheng Zhibao and Wu Daqian.

Both of them believed that recruiting young and strong groups in Huaiyang Prefecture and County now may cause local resistance. After all, the land of Huaiyang has always been peaceful, and the people have not heard of war and have not experienced wars, and suddenly recruited courage to resist. Therefore, it is better to choose thousands of refugees who escaped from the north to practice first, which is much easier.

On the other hand, because Huaiyang lacks troops and horses, it is difficult to control the tens of thousands of young and strong teams. Just like the tens of thousands of civilians on the canal, they have to guard thousands of soldiers, otherwise chaos will occur.

The right way is to practice one first and then expand it based on this one.

Lu Zhenfei thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, the river defense is the first level and the dredging is the second level. Both require a lot of manpower, but the former should be more important than the latter. The river defense is in the canal; the canal is in the canal is in the canal. Don't reverse the importance of the two."

Zheng Zhibao and Wu Daqian both nodded and said yes.

"You must hurry up on the military training. After taking out the regulations, you must start immediately. Don't delay. In addition, the Huaian Prefecture will raise funds and grains for the regiment training first. If there is not enough, I will transfer it from Yangzhou."

Because it was on the canal, the wind was a little strong. Although the cabin was quite tight and a warm stove was born, Lu Zhenfei still felt a little cold, so he took the thermos and held it in his hand.

Wu Daqian was a little embarrassed: "Reported to the Ministry of Education, the summer grain has been collected this year and has also been transferred to the capital. Now, if the group trains the township, tens of thousands of yuan will be trained in accordance with the Ministry of Education. The money and grain expenditures are astronomical. In addition, the supply of Jinshengheng and other troops to guard the rivers, and the siltation of tens of thousands of people will be difficult to maintain the financial resources of Huai and Yang prefectures... Can the Ministry of Education in Education report some money and grain to the Nandu?"

"yes!"

Zheng Zhibao said this and immediately agreed: "The Jiangnan taxes are all over the world. The teacher is ordered by the Huai Governor to patrol the country. Whether it is training bravely, training teams, or river defense, it will consume a lot of money and food. If the Nandu can provide support, the teacher will have much less pressure here."

"Nandu?"

Lu Zhenfei shook his head, "It's not that I haven't thought about this. Only Shi Kefa, the Ministry of War of Nandu, is a clean and strong person on this day, and is a righteous person in the world... However, this person has a deep understanding of the people. At that time, I once impeached Zhou Yanru to be humble and treacherous, and the party was evil and ugliness. Zhou Yanru had a close relationship with Donglin Fushe in Jiangnan. Now, most of the people in Donglin Fushe are above the court of Nandu, and the folk scholars are even more in the world. Even if Shi Kefa wants to help me with the country's plan, he has to argue with these people first...

The Donglin Party members have a very high opinion of the argument, but they have no real strategy to plan border attacks on the enemy. It would be good if they didn't scold me, Lu Zhenfei, behind their backs. How could they expect them to work together with Lu Zhenfei... Don't mention this matter, don't mention it."

In addition to Shi Kefa's profound views, Lu Zhenfei also questioned his talents. This person's reputation today is entirely due to his teacher Zuo Guangdou, who can be said to have inherited his honor. However, he has almost no contribution after becoming an official, so the court asked him to commit crimes and make meritorious service.

Four years ago, Shi Kefa resigned because of his father-in-law's death. After the mourning, he was elected as the Right Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the Right Censor of the Ministry of Revenue. He replaced Zhu Dadian as the general in charge of the grain transportation, governors of Fengyang, Huaian, Yangzhou and other places.

During his tenure, Shi Kefa made some achievements, but he only wrote a letter to impeach and dismissed three grain supervision routes and added one person to the grain storage route, which greatly improved the grain service, but it was not the root cause. The key problem of canal silt cannot be solved, and river defense also leaks everywhere.

Therefore, the emperor asked him to go south to Huaiyang and asked Shi Kefa to go to Nanjing as his main soldier.

Huai Yang, the governor of the grain transport and governor, was a real powerful official. Although the title of Minister of War in Nanjing was highly regarded, he could not control the governors and important officials below. Therefore, the emperor's move was obviously an idle history.

But in the current situation, Shi Kefa, the soldier who was originally sent to Nanjing by the emperor, may become a key figure in controlling the political situation of the Ming Dynasty. If Beijing falls, this Shi Benbing may be the number one person in the Ming Dynasty.

This was unexpected for Lu Zhenfei.

"The state affairs have come to this point, how can they still have a view of the world?"

Although Zheng Zhibao joined the Imperial College in Beijing as a Tai student, he was still a martial artist and was really confused about what his teacher said.

"The views of the world are deeply rooted. Since Wanli, our country has been fighting continuously. Today, there are so many difficulties in state affairs. It is inseparable from the views of the world... Humph, I think, I am afraid that it is a sword that can vanish the door."

After saying that, Lu Zhenfei waved his hand tiredly, "Forget it, don't think about other things. I'll find a way to do money and food. You just need to do this group of training and dredging."

Seeing this, Zheng Zhibao and Wu Daqian hurriedly got up and retreated.

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On the deck, Jin Shengheng looked at the river work team on the levee on the shore that was ordered to line up by the yamen runners. This scene reminded him of the past when he often went to labor service in the village when he was working for farmers in his early years.

It has been more than ten years in a flash. Jin Shengheng was a little moved, and suddenly said to one of the personal guards behind him: "Zhongyi, I remember you seem to be the one from Huai'an Mansion, right?"

"Reply to the general, the villain is from Yancheng County, Huai'an Prefecture."

The loyal and righteous personal Wei surnamed Zhao was a young man in his early twenties. There was a scar on his left face that stretched from his eyebrows to the bridge of his nose. The scar was white and wide, like a centipede, which was so severe that he was in his injuries back then.

"Oh, so, these river workers are your fellow villagers."

Jin Shengheng raised his hand and pointed to the river work team leading the yamen runners to the shed on the shore.

Zhao Zhongyi looked at the shore and nodded, "If it were a team from Yancheng County, then he would be considered my fellow villager."

"How many years have you been with me?"

"The youngest one is the general who followed Chongzhen in the eleventh year, almost six years."

"Oh, that's an old man."

Jin Shengheng laughed and patted Zhao Zhongyi on the left arm: "You can survive with me for six years, so you are lucky."

"It's all a blessing to the general, otherwise I'd be buried there."

Zhao Zhongyi could also speak. He was a scoundrel when he was in the village. Because he was hurt, he was afraid that the government would take him, so he fled north.

At first, I begged along the way, but when I found that the north was in chaos and the beggars couldn't even get food, I accidentally voted for Jinshengheng, who was still Qian Zong at that time.

After a few years, with his shrewdness and ruthlessness, Zhao Zhongyi not only survived but also became Jin Shengheng's personal soldier, which was also his blessing.

The name Zhongyi was also given by Jin Shengheng. It was originally named Zhao Sanxi, and his hometown was called Zhao Ersanzi.

"It's good to have a place to bury it in this world. If I die in the future, I don't know if anyone will collect my body for me."

Jin Sheng was moved and a little silent. In his early years, he was the only one left to Zuo Shuai for the thief.

Jin's subordinate, Wu Gao, who was also the commander of the canal supervisor, saw this and hurriedly signaled Zhao Zhongyi to the side with his eyes. Then he stepped forward and lowered his voice: "Do you think these river workers are available?"

Jin Shengheng said casually: "All young and strong. With a little training, even if you don't become an elite soldier, you can still be strong." After saying that, he glanced at Wu Gao strangely.

Wu Gao glanced at Zheng Zhibao and Wu Daqian who had just come out of the cabin and whispered: "The Road Department really wants to attract Liu Zeqing over?"

"This matter is probably going to come true."

Jin Shengheng rubbed his hands and unconsciously turned his fingers.

Wu Gao snorted: "The Lu Department Court is confused, he is leading a wolf into the house!"

"We can't stop this. If you continue to explain, everyone will be smarter. Liu Zeqing has more soldiers than us. We have to be careful of this old guy attacking us." Jin Shengheng made the worst plan.

Wu Gao said, "General, it is better to be aware of people every day than to have someone. As I said, "When the dredging is over, it is better to wrap these tens of thousands of river workers and take them to Sizhou. Then we will have tens of thousands of people. Are you still afraid that Liu Zeqing will succeed?"

"Um?"

Jin Shengheng was very moved, but hesitated, "These river workers were recruited by Huaiyang. If we were wrapped up, it would be difficult for the Road Department to explain... The Road Department was just now responsible for our military discipline. We should always restrain ourselves by relying on others."

Wu Gao smiled "hehe": "The general is confused, the Lu Department even takes over the hungry wolf Liu Zeqing. Will he still turn against us because of these tens of thousands of river workers?... It's a bad thing to say, now that there are soldiers in this world, it's not impossible to have soldiers!"

"good!"

Although Jin Shengheng was grateful to Lu Zhenfei for taking over, he was not a good person by nature. A fierce light flashed and said in a muffled voice: "You can do this matter. Don't show your mouth before the dredging is over. Zheng Zhibao is also guarding us."

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Chapter completed!