Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 215 Veterans Don't Die
  Murphy's Law tells us that if something can go wrong, it will go wrong, often for the worst possible outcome.

The news from Suzhou came back.

The Shen family's merchant ship was manipulated by Little Japan and the others.

In this way, it is obviously inappropriate to take action in the name of the imperial court.

When the person is rescued, the Shen family will suffer.

If the official government can't do it, then we can only use private power.

Mingji Commercial Bank happens to have such a team.

At that time, Ma Sandao returned to Fengyang and had nowhere to go, so Yang Xian took him in.

After several years of experience in the Chamber of Commerce and ideological reform in night classes, Ma Sandao has completely corrected his old habits, and he himself now holds an important position in the Chamber of Commerce, as the captain of the security brigade.

Then at Yang Xian's suggestion, Ma Sandao stepped forward to recruit a group of retired border soldiers to enrich the security personnel of the Mingji Chamber of Commerce.

After learning that the big boss behind the scenes was Yang Xian, the great hero who defeated Mobei.

Those retired veterans were naturally happy to join.

Although these veterans are not as good as before due to their age, they also have their own advantages.

The first and most important thing is loyalty. The frontier army has always been very disciplined. After half a lifetime of military service, many things have been engraved in their bones.

This group of veterans carried out orders meticulously and still maintained the appearance of the army.

Just for this point alone, the martial arts masters hired from outside to look after homes and homes cannot compare.

And being able to survive in the frontier army until being discharged, not to mention experience.

Their only shortcoming can be completely solved by Yang Xian.

With new types of firearms, the requirements for soldiers' skills are not so demanding.

Yang Xian pondered for a moment and then said.

"Come on."

"Call Ma Sandao to come over."

Ma Sandao was currently training his veterans on the school field. As the captain of the security team of Mingji Commercial Bank, he was in charge of a security team of more than 1000 people.

New employee induction training is held in Yangzhou.

At the Yangzhou headquarters, there are about 700 people.

After all, the Entry Mingji Chamber of Commerce has a big business and needs to send people to various places.

Masandao had a set of training methods for fighting, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to become Zhu Yuanzhang's personal commander in front of his tent.

After joining Mingji Trading Company, he received modern military training provided by Yang Xian. These veterans under his command usually trained the most on new firearms.

Unlike bows and arrows, firearms have a low threshold and do not have so high requirements on users.

The power of a bow and arrow depends largely on how many stones the archer can fire.

A musket is much easier, just pull the trigger.

The daily training is nothing more than the proficiency of loading and the accuracy of aiming and shooting.

Near the water tower, these veterans under Yang Xian are not necessarily much worse than the young men in the Shenji Camp in terms of shooting ability alone.

After learning that Yang Xian was looking for him, Ma Sandao immediately put down the work at hand and trotted towards Duke Yang's mansion. Yang Guogong Mansion, study room.

Yang Xian is studying the locations and times of Japanese pirate raids and landings in recent years.

"Captain of the security brigade, Ma Sandao, please pay homage to the Duke of the Kingdom." As soon as Ma Sandao entered the study, he saluted Yang Xian respectfully.

"Sandao is here." Yang Xian raised his head and looked at Ma Sandao, with a smile on his face. "How are the new batch of veterans doing recently? Are they still adapting to life in the trading company?"

"Adapt! How could you not adapt!" Ma Sandao nodded repeatedly. "The life in the trading house is more than a hundred times better than when they were soldiers. In the trading house, not only do they have meat to eat every day, the salary for one year is equal to the food pay of three years as a soldier, and they also have one day off every ten days. And the Chamber of Commerce Li will also help introduce partners to these old bachelors. Being able to join a business and work under adults is a blessing that these guys have cultivated for eighteen lifetimes."

"The only drawback is that you can't drink every day." Ma Sandao reached out and touched the back of his head, laughing.

According to the rules set by Yang Xian, all security personnel are not allowed to drink at noon on working days, and those on night duty are not allowed to drink at night.

If violations are discovered, severe penalties will be imposed.

Yang Xian smiled and said: "What kind of wine do you drink? You tell your brothers and I will let you taste real wine in the future."

"Then I'll wait for this day." Ma Sandao said with a naive smile.

"Okay, let's get down to business." Yang Xian put away the map in his hand and said. "When you go back, you will select five hundred veterans who are capable of fighting and can skillfully use Hongwu rifles."

Ma Sandao's eyes lit up: "Sir, there is a battle to be fought?!"

"When you went to fight the Tatars, you should have taken me with you."

This is what Ma Sandao regrets most in his life.

Yang Xian smiled and said: "What are you thinking? You still think of yourself as soldiers. If there is a war, the court will send troops. Your current identity is just the security personnel of Mingji Trading Company."

Yang Xian went on to tell Ma Sandao about the coastal areas that had been harassed by Japanese pirates all year round, the Shen family's merchant ships that were robbed, and Shen Wansan's grandson who was abducted by Japanese pirates.

After listening to Yang Xian's words.

Masandao said angrily: "I have wanted to fight these Japanese pirates for a long time!"

The Tatars have not been defeated, but it would be good to defeat the Japanese pirates.

Veterans like Masandao also have a lot of hatred for Japanese pirates.

The Ming Dynasty had just been founded.

In the second year of Hongwu, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian experienced a large-scale intrusion by Japanese pirates.

Naturally, it was impossible for generals like Masandao to get used to it, and they all volunteered to fight against the Japanese.

But at this time, the north is undecided.

For the Ming Dynasty, the greatest threat was from the forces of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang could only send envoys to the main source of Japanese pirates at that time, namely the Southern Dynasties of Japan, asking them to control wandering warriors and prevent them from harassing the Ming Dynasty.

The general content of the Ming Dynasty's credentials is as follows:

"Those who obey the heaven will prosper and those who defy the heaven will perish. This is a theorem that has not changed in ancient and modern times. Our dynasty has sent envoys with letters to Goryeo, Annan, Champa, Java and other countries, and they all obeyed the orders of heaven, declared themselves ministers and paid tribute. And You stupid Japanese barbarians have invaded our seaside. We have sent envoys to question you, but you have not responded for a long time. I suspect that your king deliberately came to disturb the people. Nowadays, our country is stable, and the strong generals have no place for a long time, and the wise men have no place. We will carry out our plans. Moreover, our country is building large ships and is preparing to punish your country. Later, I heard that the Japanese pirates' attack was not your king's intention, so we will suspend the construction of large ships. But if you are still restless and come to intrude from time to time, this will definitely cause trouble. God and man are both angry, and the law of heaven cannot tolerate it. We, the army of conquerors, are on standby at any time. Wouldn’t it be a good thing if you could change your minds and work together to maintain peace?"

After some twists and turns, Prince Huairang of Japan at that time had promised to restrain his ronin samurai.

But not long after that, another report came that Japanese pirates had invaded Shandong.

It shows that Japanese pirates cannot be trusted!
  (End of this chapter)