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Chapter VII: Not a Gentleman

In the study room of the other courtyard. Dong Shuheng did not go out today. He was going to write a training material on the company's management system. Although he did not understand it very well, it was better than nothing. He could still teach these Qing Dynasty people.

At this time, Xiao Lou came in and reported that Ji Mingshan, who had disappeared for many days, asked to see him.

After a while, I saw a wretched middle-aged man walking in. After not seeing each other for many days, this guy's temperament became more wretched. I wonder if giving him this job has harmed him.

"How is it? Do you like the job assigned to you?" Dong Shuheng asked with a smile on his face.

"Back to the chairman, I don't know if I like it or not, but I just find it exciting. I feel like my first half of my life was wasted." Ji Mingshan replied with a flattering look on his face.

"Haha, let's get down to business first."

"Yes, Chairman. The things you asked me to investigate are now clear. We found that Manager Zhu often went in and out of the Huang family's opium den. My people saw that several times after Manager Zhu went in, Master Huang also went in."

"I have a smoker under my command who secretly overheard their conversation next door. It has something to do with the last time you were robbed."

"Oh, I know." No matter how stupid Dong Shuheng is, he can roughly guess the specific plot.

"You don't need to worry about this matter anymore. Later, you will send people to inquire about the movements of the Yangzhou Taiping Army. You will also send people to check Zhang's schedule and the defense situation of his home."

Dong Shuheng did not give the Ministry of Information the power to take action. He had other arrangements for the execution of some specific tasks. This was also due to the consideration of decentralization of power.

"Ji Mingshan, don't tell me that you have done this little thing in so many days. I heard that you have withdrawn three thousand taels of silver. Although you are not allowed to go home, there is no need for you to go to the brothel in Gaoyou City all the time. Run away!"

Ji Mingshan was sweating profusely after hearing this. It turned out that the chairman knew his every move. He quickly explained: "Chairman, you asked me to make friends with all kinds of people. I can't do it without going to that kind of place. It's really necessary for work. Those people only need to go to a place like that." After you treat him to a drink, he will tell you everything. I really haven't spent any of the company's funds. These days, I have set up information stations in every county in Yangzhou, and there are transportation lines between the counties. Information can be summarized regularly. In addition, we have established our own information channels. The webmasters of each website are reliable people, and those outside people do not know our identities. I am not bragging, all the news in Yangzhou Prefecture I'll know within a day."

"There is also important news: the imperial army to suppress bandits has arrived. General Qishan led 28,000 bannermen and green battalions to establish a Jiangbei camp in Liuhe, west of Yangzhou, but they have not yet attacked."

This news was expected by Dong Shuheng. It is said that Qi Shan has been chasing the Taiping Army, and it is really slow to arrive at this time. It seems that he is about to set off. Of course, there are some things to take care of before setting off, and he doesn't want to I went out to fight, but someone blew my anus out.

Finally, Ji Mingshan also submitted an information briefing. After Ji Mingshan left, Dong Shuheng called Xiao Lou and Xiao Ai. He closed the door and gave instructions quietly.

That night, when the moon was dark and the wind was high, the door of Butler Zhu’s room was gently opened, and Butler Zhu was knocked unconscious in his sleep. A short, stocky masked man was seen, picking up a large piece of Light the opium and put it on the tip of Butler Zhu's nose. After taking too much opium, Butler Zhu foamed at the mouth, convulsed and died.

The next morning, Housekeeper Zhu’s family went to the county government to report the case. After a police investigation, they concluded that he died from too much opium. This kind of thing happens all the time. So the case was hastily closed. In recognition of his many years of service, the Dong family sent

50 taels of silver as compensation. People praised the Dong family for their benevolence and righteousness.

In Dong Shuheng's study, General Heng Ha stood upright. During this period of time, these two guys were training with the regiment, and their charlatanism gradually faded away, replaced by a military aura.

"Things went very well. I wasn't going to let you two charge into battle from the beginning. Your battlefield is in the dark, and your value is much greater than fighting head-on on the battlefield. I need to strengthen the special training I taught you recently. In addition,

You can ask the Ministry of Manpower to help you find those brothers and sisters of yours who are living in the world. Of course, ahem...sisters and so on. As for talents, the more the merrier."

"I hope to train the special team as soon as possible. I will give you the training outline and the equipment, but the training must be done by yourself."

"Yes, Chairman, I promise to complete the task." The two said in unison. Xiao Ai was now not as silent as before.

"I will leave in a while to help prevent bandits. After I leave, there will be a big operation. You must be prepared."

The time has entered April, and it has been more than two months since Dong Shuheng came to this world. Although he has been busy, he still feels that it is too slow. He does not know the specific time for many things, but he has an inexplicable sense of urgency. He has been

In the layout, from company restructuring to recruiting refugees, forming regiments, and establishing arsenals, he had to do everything personally. He felt deeply helpless. Not only physical helplessness, but also psychological loneliness, Hui

His son, mother, and big shopkeeper are all very kind to him, but they cannot fully understand him.

I still remember the agreement he made with her in the temple. The girl disguised as a man had many things in common with him, and the old man behind her was a scholar-bureaucrat who really opened his eyes to the world. He actually wanted to go to Gaoyou early, but he couldn't help it.

Not even ready. Even though he was about to set off now, he was still not ready, he was just putting up airs.

After thinking about it, it was already late at night. Hui'er brought a basin of foot-washing water, gently helped Dong Shuheng take off his shoes and socks, and gently washed his feet with her index finger.

At this moment, it seemed as if all his worries had left him. Looking at the girl in front of him, although the two were already intimately connected, as a person of this era, Dong Shuheng had to be bound by the rules of this era.

"Don't worry, girl, no matter who comes into my house from now on, Master, I will always love you."

Hui'er didn't say anything. Two drops of tears splashed in the foot basin, just like the lotus flowers embroidered on Hui'er's sleeves.

The next day, several guards escorted Dong Shuheng to Taipei on horseback. The land here is flat and vast, and water transportation is developed. There is a seaport in the east that can connect to Shanghai, and a waterway in the west that can connect to the Grand Canal. Hongze Lake is directly connected to Huaixi. There are also rich areas in Huaixi, Xuzhou, and Shandong

The manpower can be imported. As long as the land is reclaimed, it can feed a large population, and the rich manpower can develop industries.

Therefore, Dong Shuheng has designated this place as the base camp of Huaihai Group. This time he went to Yangzhou to fight for the actual management rights of this land. By then, large-scale development can be carried out. There is no need to go to Yangzhou again.

Now we are so helpless.

Ding Li is a salt man from Dingzao, Taipei. This time the Dong family recruited Ding. He successfully passed the selection because of his strong physique and honest man. The family received five taels of Anjia silver. Five taels of silver, each salt man worked hard to death.

It only takes one hundred pence a month, and it takes four years without food or water to save so much. It is said that there is still two taels of salary every month. This is twenty times the amount of salt. I heard that in the future, people in the family can also go to the school run by the Dong family.

Going to school can change the fate of the family. Who wants to be a salt farmer for generations?

After hearing the news, matchmakers from several villages in the east and west flocked over. Ding Li's family was originally poor, and he had not yet married his mother-in-law in his twenties. The daughter of Yanding's family would rather marry a tenant farmer than marry Yanding. But this

This time, it was the other way around. There were so many big girls that he could choose. They were so beautiful! In the end, Ding’s mother helped him choose Gu Xiaohua from the neighboring village. For no other reason than because Xiaohua was strong and capable of working and had a big butt that was easy to give birth to.

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The wedding was arranged the next day. The Ding family's parents told Ding Li to keep a seed. The master's family gave him such a good treatment because he wanted to sell his life to the master's family. He would rather die than violate the master's family's wishes.

Ding Li came to the military camp to report with a solemn mood. There were many rules in the camp. He had to go to the designated place to use the toilet, report to the superior before doing anything, wash his face and brush his teeth when he got up in the morning, and fold the quilt as big as tofu.

Of course, Ding Li didn't complain at all. For no other reason than the host's breakfast of steamed buns and hot broth, although there wasn't much meat, the thick oily specks floating on top of the soup looked...

It makes people drool. He killed seven of the palm-sized steamed buns by himself, which he could only eat during the Chinese New Year.

This morning, Ding Li was practicing bayonet fighting in his company. The foreigners' bayonet skills were not as fancy as those of the Chinese, but their killing efficiency was extremely high, and their guns and guns were deadly. Coupled with Dong Shuheng's three-and-three cooperation, they were even more powerful. Suddenly, the battalion commander blew the whistle.

At the assembly post, everyone immediately stopped training. The company commander began to form a team and led everyone to run to the assembly point. After the battalion commander organized the team, a young man walked up to the rostrum. This was the boss, he had seen him in the canteen.

Several times, his boss started to speak, and Ding Li straightened his body and paid attention to his boss.

"Brothers, in a few days we will leave Yangzhou to fight against the bandits. It is the first time for most of you to go to the battlefield. It is inevitable that you will be nervous and scared. There is no shame in this. But being afraid on the battlefield

Those who die are often the first to die. Because when you leave your back to the enemy, you can't see anything. When the enemy fires, you don't even have a chance to dodge."

"Brothers, I sincerely hope that you come back from the battlefield alive, instead of me sending your bodies and 50 taels of silver pension to your families. Only when you come back alive can you protect your families with the guns in your hands.

Let your family live a prosperous life."

"No one is born to live a hard life, and no one is born to help you. There is no savior in the world. To live a good life, we must rely on our hard-working hands. If anyone wants to take away the wealth we have created,

We shot him through the chest with our guns."

"Pah...pah...pah..." Thunderous applause sounded.

Ding Li at the bottom tightly grasped the gun in his hand. Although he didn't understand something, it seemed to make sense. The boss is on the side of us poor people. Is such a person worth following?

Next was a military lecture. A piece of white paper was hung on the rostrum, which read "On Mobile Warfare." Dong Shuheng used simple and easy-to-understand principles to tell everyone about "concentrating superior forces to annihilate the enemy's effective forces in motion."

"A big detour and a big outflank".

Dong Shuheng will share his little knowledge of modern warfare with everyone whenever he has the opportunity. Yes, all regiment members. He does not expect all regiment members to become officers. But with so many people, there are always some who are talented. You must know too much

When Zu was conquering the country, many of his generals were born with mud-legged backgrounds.

Ding Li at the bottom listened carefully. He is a smart man. He has been learning to write in the military camp these days, and he is the fastest in the company. The company commander only came in a while before him, and he might be able to do it in the future.

Even if he is a mixed company commander, can he go back and show his face among the neighbors? His Ding family might also be able to prosper.


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