Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

After reuniting with Qu Rui, a group of more than ten people left the gate of the camp.

The entire camp was full of officers and soldiers in military or civilian clothes.Everyone is either ranked by official rank, or is a member of the township party, or is usually close to relatives, whether they have similar interests, and they are naturally small circles.

Groups, large and small, filed out of the camp gate.

When everyone saw the cavalry coming from the brigade, they all hurried out of the way.

The iron cavalry passed quickly, heading towards Luoyang City not far away. [

"Your Excellency went to Luoyang to visit civil and military officials again."

"By the way, take a look at the city defense."

"Recently, there are rumors from the staff office that the adults firmly believe that within a year or two, there will be big troubles in Henan. It may be like the troubles in northern Shaanxi, and eventually the troubles will become uncontrollable."

"This is unlikely. The imperial court has heavy troops in Huguang. Yang Sichang has gone to the front to supervise the division. If we go to Fushan again, what tricks can the Shaanxi bandits make?"

"Do you dare to question your lord's words?"

"Uh... Your Excellency also said that he is not a god, and everyone has to carry out the military orders. He may not always listen to everything he says, and he will make mistakes."

"That's what the adults and the people in the staff office said, and it's only for meetings. You bastard is going to fight, right? Can you compare with the people in the staff office?"

"Hey, I really want to be a staff officer. I like to read maps, learn arithmetic, and watch the artillerymen play with the things taught by the big nose... Look, look, the artillerymen are training and testing artillery."

As soon as the soldier pointed, everyone's eyes turned away. Qu Rui also smiled in the crowd, turned his eyes away from Zhang Shouren and his party, and turned to look at the artillerymen.

Sure enough, the Che Pao Battalion found an open place outside the camp, set up a target about [-] paces away, and was waving a red flag on the opposite side, indicating that it was time to fire the cannon.

Artillery training must be carried out under certain conditions, and there is no rest. Today, camping is early and the sun is in the sky, which is just used for drills and test artillery.It's just that the artillerymen are suffering, and they can only watch others go to hang out and rest.

When the artillery crew was preparing, a group of artillery officers also stood aside and watched the movements of their subordinates, and they were pointing and directing.

"Sir General, what are they holding in their hands?"

A deputy military officer was very curious. He saw several artillery officers holding strange things in their hands.

One is holding a copper plate with many scales drawn on it, and a pendant is hanging below it, with both hands raised high, shaking in front of the eyes. The other is a long cylinder with glass at one end, is sparkling.There is also a thing that looks like a caliper, and there is also a pendant hanging from it, and the last one is like an ordinary copper ruler, which the artillery officer is holding to measure something on the cannon body.

"Here are the scales, the telescope, the gauge, and the gun ruler."

Qu Rui, as a general, of course knows what these things are... To ordinary soldiers, this is really a sophisticated thing. Quick, artillery battalion and vehicle artillery battalion, whether it is a cannon or a small cannon, all artillery officers and gunners worship this set of tools.

Originally, there was an artillery manual written by Zhang Shouren and Paoying, but now with this set of tools, it will be more effective with half the effort.

With these, from aiming to adjustment, the efficiency is not known how much higher. Basically, the first shot can hit the approximate range, the second shot can be adjusted, and then there are no misses. [

That is to say, Fushan's artillery can reach this level. In an ordinary artillery battalion of cannons, even a hundred gunners can't produce such a gunner with such precision in aiming.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Several shells were fired in succession, and it could be seen that the target hundreds of steps away was smashed to pieces by a few small cannons. The operating artillery crew members stood upright, and the officers praised loudly. Then he took another twenty steps or so.

Then the order sounded, and the gun crew began to quickly adjust the gun positions, and a series of professional words gushed out.

"Let's go, you guys don't want to be spearmen anymore? If you really want to do this, I'll be the keynote and you go over there."

Everyone was fascinated by it, and they stood still in a crowd for a while, Qu Rui was a little impatient, so he urged.

"Hey, what's the point of standing behind in a war?"

"I don't want to be a general."

"That's right, I don't want to."

"A bunch of bastards, they just know how to sell their mouths." Several pro-military soldiers surrounded Qu Rui. Only officers above the ranks of the officers and internal guards were allotted uniformly. This is also the difference between senior officers and ordinary officers and soldiers, but Qu Rui was very concerned. I like to talk with soldiers on the same level. There is a theory that officers must maintain majesty in front of soldiers, so as to enforce orders and prohibitions. But for Qu Rui, it is obvious that this theory does not match.

"Just go to the nearest town, it's less than five miles to the east."

"I'll check to see if I have any shoes. I wear military boots for a day during the day, and change into cloth shoes at night to make it more comfortable to walk around in the tent."

"You kid, make a few bucks and then show off... I plan to buy some special products and ask the military postman to send them back."

"Have your parents moved to Fushan?"

"Here we go, number five."

"Drink! Is that the Zhuangzi where the adults stayed last time?"

"No, my father is good at farm work, so that's why he got in. Otherwise, the farmer would have been full."

The crowd was heading back. When they first came here, there was a distance across the town, and the surrounding houses felt empty. Thinking about it, it is not surprising. These days, under normal circumstances, officers and soldiers are more terrifying than thieves. It is not surprising that ordinary people hide from officers and soldiers.

But when everyone goes there with bare hands, buying and selling at equal prices, as long as a deal is made, I believe everyone will come out.

The soldiers walked confidently, discussing what to buy. The military postal system is very developed, and a post system is established along the way, leaving behind horsemen, one at most [-] miles away, from Fushan all the way to Kaifeng, Luoyang, like Like strings of pearls.

When we arrived at the outskirts of the town, there was still no one there. This is the heart of Henan. Kaifeng is not far behind, and Xuchang and Luoyang are in front. This official road facing east and west, not far to the north is the Yellow River. It is a famous city, Dayi, so the commerce is developed, and the town is particularly huge.

Although there are no people to be seen now, at a glance, the streets are full of tall houses, several floors of buildings, signboards and fronts swaying in the wind, and it is obvious that the business is prosperous and the shadows are densely populated. [

Such a town is the result of the long-term material circulation and the development of commercial trade. It is more prosperous than ordinary county towns. However, even if you go deep into the center of the town at this time, there are not many shops open for business.

In the central area, there were only two or three townspeople, all of whom looked sallow and emaciated. Seeing the officers and soldiers approaching, they also looked indifferent, as if they didn't care at all.

A battalion soldier wanted to buy some miscellaneous grains to feed his war horse. Looking at half a sack of miscellaneous grains, he asked the middle-aged grain seller: "Brother, how much is a liter of black beans?"

"Twenty-two and one liter."

"Brother, why don't you grab it? How can black beans be so expensive!"

The townsman who sold the black beans laughed miserably, looked at the Fushan soldiers who were countering the price, and shook his head in silence, ignoring him at all.

People wandered around, but saw that almost every house in the town was closed, and the original shops of various colors were not open. Everyone went to the town, originally hoping to buy things, or to see the excitement, if there is a selling style to play Jugglers are even better. Judging by the situation, the town has become a ghost town, and everyone feels disappointed.

"Sir General, only this grocery store is open, and all other businesses have closed their doors."

Qu Rui was planning to buy some specialty products, and originally planned to buy them in Kaifeng. After all, it is a provincial capital, so the things must be authentic.But in Kaifeng, I had no free time, my mood was not good, and my plan fell through, but I thought Luoyang was also a wealthy place, but I never thought that the suburbs of Luoyang were already in such a situation.

"It's fine if you don't have one, go to Luoyang City to have a look when you have time."

This place is only a few miles away from Luoyang City. If it is like this outside the city, it must not be much better in the city.With such a disaster in Henan, Qu Rui felt upset again for a while.

He looked at the black beans seller, looking very distressed, so he said to Du Fuhu: "This fellow's price is a bit murderous, tell him, let's buy it for a round, and ask him to sell it to us at a sincere price, so that we don't have to go here To suffer from the cold."

"Yes, I'll tell you."

Du Fuhu knew that Qu Rui had good intentions, so he stepped forward to persuade him, but no matter what he said, the man just refused, and in the end Du Fu Fulu was furious: "You man is so born that you don't know what is good or bad. If you are an ordinary officer and soldier like you Do you still want to keep some miscellaneous grains? You have been robbed long ago, and we don’t want you to suffer. Usually, a stone of miscellaneous grains is only two yuan, two yuan, and five yuan. Now even if there is a catastrophe in Henan, one stone will give you two taels. A liter is two taels, how can someone buy it? If it is given to you, it will be taken advantage of.”

Hearing what he said, the man had a strange smile on his face. There was a door behind him. He turned around, opened the door, and said to Du Fuhu: "Your accent is from Zhang De, you come and see."

"Look and see."

Du Fuhu looked at it angrily, but after stretching his head, he was stupefied, leaning against the door, unable to move for a long time.

Everyone knew that there was something wrong, so they squeezed over to look together, but they saw seven corpses neatly placed in the aisle of the gatehouse of this house, including old and young, male and female.

"My whole family is here." The man who sold the black beans looked indifferent, as if he was talking about something unrelated: "The whole town has almost escaped, and almost died. I have been holding on to this business until now, and finally starved to death, even the two children died. I thought, it would be meaningless to survive. I sold this life-saving ration and went to Luoyang to find a carpenter to make a coffin. If I find someone to send them, I will die wherever I want, it doesn't matter if I have to be buried or not, I will all be hit..."