The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 371
In January of the seventh year of Chongzhen (1634), southern Liaoning became even colder. This year, the sea was frozen and the temperature was lower than before. Many things in Lushun and Pidao had to be suspended.

In the past, when winter came, everyone would stay at home and burn a fire to keep warm, doing nothing.

But now Lushun and Pidao have new places to go.

In the afternoon, Ding Yi met Yiba, a newly promoted officer in Japan after the war, and he, Zhao Dashan, Zhang Jing and other battalions were heading to the 'Dongjiang Big Bathroom' in Lushunkou Commercial Street.

Before reaching the door of the bathroom, I saw a long queue outside the door from a distance.

At this time, it was still snowing outside, and everyone was wrapped in cotton wool, talking and laughing while waiting outside.

Ding Yi and the others looked at each other.

Xiang Huailai, who is resident on Changsheng Island, disturbed his head: "Now this bathroom, is there still a queue?"

"Hahaha, you seldom come here." Zhao Dashan said with a smile: "I asked you to come with me for a few more times, and you will like it."

Ding Yi thought of another problem. He usually takes a lot of baths at home, because Qin Nan likes to help him take baths the most, and he likes it too.

It's rare that I came to the bathhouse just to have a good relationship with my brothers, but I didn't expect to have to queue up.

This bathhouse needs to be built a few more.

When everyone arrived, the people in line shouted one after another.

"Lord Ding, Zhao Yingzheng, Zhang Yingzheng."

"Xiang Yingzheng."

"Hello, everyone, brothers." The people queuing here have everything, including artisans, ordinary soldiers, and mid-level officers.

Many people come with their children and family members.

Seeing Ding Yi approaching, the people in front stepped back one after another, trying to make room.

Ding Yi was a little embarrassed to jump in line.

But someone has already come out of the bathhouse: "Master Ding, please come inside."

Ding Yi stopped pretending, waved to everyone, and led a few battalions into a team.

The person in charge of the bathhouse is Xu Weimin, and his son is Mr. Qian, a former soldier from Xu Dabao.

He walked in with Ding Yi and others, and he felt much warmer as soon as he entered.

The design here was also done by Ding Yi. At the beginning of the construction, the bottom was hollowed out. The bath was built below the ground, and then hot water was heated under the bath. The guests were on the first and second floors. The first floor is closer to the bath, which is more convenient. warm.

In winter, [-] Wen per guest on the first floor and [-] Wen per guest on the second floor.

Boxes are doubled.

Ding Yi asked as he walked: "The business is good this winter. How many positions are there and what is the daily turnover?"

Xu Weimin said in a low voice: "There are 240 lobby seats and 26 boxes on the first and second floors. They are full every day, at least 50 taels."

"There are a lot of people queuing outside, what's the matter?" Ding Yi asked again.

"We have a request now, up to half an hour per person."

"It's unreasonable." Ding Yi sighed.

Xu Weimin bowed his head and dared not speak.

Several people entered the private room, and soon a young lady came over to make tea and snacks.

Because it was relatively hot inside, the girls were all wearing light and thin clothes, with exquisite figures.

Um, Xiang Huailai, Mao Xin and the two of them have stared round their eyes.

Zhao Dashan always liked strong ones, so he didn't respond much.

Zhang often came here and saw it many times, and he laughed loudly: "Look at your two virtues, I want to eat them."

Mao Xin immediately became serious: "It's quite beautiful."

Xiang Huailai blushed, and didn't dare to look any further.

The girls here can only look, but can't move, and everyone knows Du Ming, but don't say it, just look at it like this, it's quite eye-catching.

Just take a bath like this, ask the young lady to bring you some tea and snacks, and you will be charged one penny.

It's really expensive.

But everyone really convinced Mr. Ding that they could think of such a way to make money.

Soon everyone entered the bathhouse together, and it was overcrowded. Fortunately, Ding Yi had already thought that it would be popular before building it, so the pool was relatively large and there were three of them.

More than 200 people crowded into the three pools, and everyone was in small groups. Some were talking about wars, fighting against Japan, fighting for gold, some were talking about wives, and some were talking about other things. It was very lively.

Seeing Ding Yi come in, everyone subconsciously stood up, Mr. Ding, Mr. Ding kept yelling.

Ding Yi chuckled and waved his hand, now he is not in the army, everyone is free, free.

Soon the scene was back to normal, everyone was talking to each other, some ordinary soldiers, who had never seen Ding Yi up close, would ask, this is Master Ding, so young.

You actually take a bath with us?
Mr. Ding is approachable and approachable, although the visitors are rare, he has no airs at all, the veterans and officers will say.

Ding Yi and the others sat in the corner, exchanging heart-to-heart talks.

Zhao Dashan suggested that building a few more this year would not be enough, especially in the winter here where it is very cold, everyone is willing to come out to the bathhouse, and then chat.

One can relax the mind, the other is to exchange feelings between brothers and friends, and the third is more comfortable than staying at home.

Now that the time limit is half an hour, everyone must be dissatisfied.

Ding Yi nodded and said yes, this bathhouse can recover a lot of military pay, of course it needs to be built more.

At present, there are two in Lushun, one in Shuangdao and one in Lushunkou. Ding Yi is considering building two more in Shuangdao, and three more in Lushun.

In the next year, we will build a few more depending on the situation.

"It's best to separate officers from officers, craftsmen from craftsmen, and common people from common people." Zhang Jing said in a deep voice, "Everyone talks about military affairs and fortifications together, so it's inconvenient for the common people to hear."

Ding Yi also felt that it made sense, and it could be more appropriate for the soldiers and craftsmen, so that the common people would be more eager to join the soldiers and craftsmen.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Jing raised a question. There are not enough horses in Lushun and Pidao. Can we find a place to raise horses?

Ding Yi began to train cavalry from the first day he arrived in Lushun. From the first two to three hundred cavalry, Zhang Jing now has [-] cavalry under his command.

When fighting in Japan, I took a thousand with me to try my hand at it, and the fight was pretty good.

His horses were all obtained by plundering. He fought with Hou Jin and Kong Youde. After several big battles, he robbed thousands of horses.

The earliest horses followed them for three or four years. Over the years, some horses got old, some died, some were injured in training, and every year some horses quit the army.

In addition, his convoy also needs horses, so the horses are becoming more and more insufficient.

What Zhang Jing said is that it is best to raise horses by yourself, and don't count on defeating the enemy every time to grab the horses.

Of course Ding Yi also wants to raise horses by himself. His people have all kinds of talents, and there are a lot of people who can raise horses, but the key is that there is no suitable place.
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In March of the seventh year of Chongzhen (1634), Huang Taiji held a military parade on the outskirts of Shengjing. Eight banners of Manchuria, two banners of Mongolia, and one banner of Han soldiers participated in the military parade, a total of eleven banners, showing his military might.

In March, overseas news spread to Beijing that Ming people attacked Japan. Some said it was the pirate Liu Xiang, while others said it was the Ming navy.

But in October last year, Liu Xiangzheng fought against the Ming army navy and Zheng Zhilong in Liuluowan.

Therefore, both the court and China considered it to be the navy of the Ming army.

This news is terrible. Which navy dares to go to sea without authorization and travel thousands of miles to fight Japan?
I am in the kingdom of heaven, and the face of the state of etiquette is gone?

Soon, someone in the court impeached Ding Yi, the deputy general of Dongjiang Town, who had no eyesight and law, and was good at launching wars, and attacked the vassal state of Ming Dynasty thousands of miles across the ocean. (They also thought that Japan was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and admired the heavenly state.)
(End of this chapter)