prosperous age

Chapter 127 Chapter 126

The fleet approached the Jiujiang Wharf, and the situation on the boat was clearly seen by everyone on the shore. Although Wei Guangde couldn't stand in the front row, he still found a good position, and waited for the fleet together with Zhang Hongfu and other guard children. docked.

On the first big boat, the bow is already full of people, all of them are wearing bright armor, which is really mighty and extraordinary.

Wei Guangde knew that the fat man standing in front was the Commander of Jiujiang Guard, and the Zhang Qing and Zhang Tongzhi he knew were standing behind him. Although he was old, he was still wearing armor at the moment.

Well, perhaps in order to show the military might of the Jiujiang Guard, the commanders of these guards did not wear their official uniforms today, but changed into armor.

Fortunately, Wei Guangde's eyesight is good in this life, and he was not hurt by reading, but even so, Wei Guangde took a lot of effort to see his uncle Wu Zhankui behind Commander Wei, and after that, Wei Guangde couldn't see clearly I don't know if my father is on this boat.

The colorful flags on the shore were fluttering, the drums were loud, and the people on the shore cheered from time to time, and they didn't know what they were cheering for.

Wei Guangde glanced back inadvertently, and then looked back at the several large boats approaching ahead, but he didn't understand what those people saw.

"Hey, why do you seem to have changed into new battle clothes?"

A disciple of the guard next to him suddenly spoke.

Being reminded by this, Wei Guangde and others also noticed that the soldiers on the ship were all wearing brand new red jackets, the standard military uniform of the Daming Guards.

This is where the officials who came to welcome them were stationed, and the big ships quickly approached here. Wei Guangde also noticed that the soldiers on these ships were not only brand-new jackets, but all of them were extremely powerful, and they looked like ordinary soldiers.

You know, those soldiers don't have enough to eat on weekdays, let alone seeing any meaty things, they won't be as tough as the soldiers on these ships.

"I'm afraid the people on these ships are all the generals and personal soldiers below."

Zhang Hongfu stared at the boat for a while and said.

"It should be, the boat over there is probably that group of soldiers."

Someone next to him answered.

Wei Guangde also noticed that there were only four boats coming this way, and there were nearly [-] other boats coming to the nearby pier. Although the soldiers on board were all wearing brand-new military uniforms, they didn't seem to be strong.

The welcoming officials began to move forward slowly, and with the sound of "bang bang" when the hull collided with the dock, the four large ships docked steadily.

Soon a few pedals were put on the boat, and Commander Jiujiang Wei Pang took the lead, and the other commanders and Qianhu stepped off the boat following him, and walked quickly towards the welcoming officials.

Until this time, Wei Guangde saw his father among the crowd who got off the boat, and he was still among the crowd of hundreds of families.

The officials of Jiujiang Guard who went to Zhejiang this time came out in full force from the first level of guard command, six of them went, and a dozen or so deputy thousand households went, and there were only ten people from a hundred households, but there were also soldiers of these people. Inside, more than a hundred people disembarked.

Soon, Wei Guangde saw Commander Wei and the officials who came to welcome them together. The distance was far away, and Wei Guangde didn't know what they said. Anyway, the sound of the drums was much louder than before, which shocked him. Eardrum hurts.

When he saw Wei Meng, Wei Guangde waved his hands vigorously, and he didn't know if his father saw it, but they didn't have the chance to pass by immediately, and they were blocked outside.

The civil and military officials didn't know what to say together, and soon they got on the sedan chair one after another, and those on horseback rode towards the city.

"It's time to have a welcome banquet."

Among the officials in that group, only Zhang Shigui was in it. It seemed that Zhang Fugui couldn't pass by, and he didn't know where he was at this time.

Wei Guangde was still a little disappointed, seeing his father, but couldn't walk over, so he could only watch from a distance.

At this time, several groups of soldiers from the dozen or so large ships had already assembled and began to march towards the military camp in the city.

Wei Guangde only took one look, and he could easily see the two hundreds of teams in the Youjun Thousand Households Office. Without him, the queues were much more orderly than the surrounding ones.

"This is the team of the Qianhu Institute of the Right Army?"

When the queue passed by where they were standing, Zhang Hongfu asked with wide-eyed eyes.

The young masters next to me were also amazed, "The queue is really neat, how did this work out?"

"I heard that the two hundred households in the Qianhu Office of the Right Army withstood the siege of more than 200 Japanese pirates."

"I've heard that too, and defeated the gang of Japanese pirates."

Wei Guangde was a little proud at the moment, jokingly, he led the queue.

The drills of the Ming army in these years are more about the soldiers' mastery of weapons such as knives and guns and the formation of troops, that is, knowing where they stand.

Such things as marching queues are not included in the Ming military drills, as long as you line up and walk casually, as long as you hold your head high and show the spirit of a soldier.

As soon as ten hundred households go here, the difference between good and bad is obvious.

"Why do you have so many guns in the right army?"

At this time, as they approached, several other people found that in the two hundred teams of the Qianhu Office of the Right Army, many people were not holding weapons such as knives and guns, but tubular weapons.

The people in the guard naturally guessed easily that these tubular weapons must not be sticks, but firearms.

These guard children are no strangers to firearms, but they have never seen such a thing.

"The fire blunderbuss is called the bird blunderbuss. It was newly made in Nanjing. It was sent to the guard for trial use the year before last."

Zhang Hongfu answered now.

"Almost, let's go back to the city, everyone has seen it."

someone said.

"Come on, let's find a restaurant and have a drink."

Zhang Hongfu said with a smile.

"Why are there so many people? Who are they?"

Following the last queue, Wei Guangde said while looking at the black people on both sides.

"Common people, and maybe some military family members."

When the front line passed by, from time to time, people on both sides could be seen waving, as if they saw their relatives in the line.

"There is nothing to do on weekdays. Today when the army returns to the city, the news has already spread in the city. If there is nothing to do, why not gather here to see something strange."

"In the past, it was rare to see so many big-headed soldiers. Unless it was a military camp drill, I really couldn't see it outside."

"Haha, the Ministry of War in Nanjing has been generous and allocated so many new jackets."

But Zhang Hongfu said with a smile, "I don't know how much money was allocated to reward this time, but our Jiujiang Guard won the battle in Zhejiang."

"I heard that the commander of the guard may be promoted, do you know?"

Suddenly someone interrupted and said.

Wei Guangde was startled when he heard this, if Commander Wei wanted to be promoted, Zhang Qing would not compete with another colleague for the position of Commander, Jiujiang Wei might not be able to calm down.

(End of this chapter)