Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Wu Shigong attached great importance to his first du li leadership, and he was also cautious and vigilant all the way to escort the salt cargo.But when we went through that mountainous area full of gangsters, nothing happened.

It's not that those bandits didn't notice Wu Shigong and his party.It's just that when the bandits blocking the way found Wu Shigong's army escorting the salt cargo, especially when Wu Shigong personally led the escort, they immediately dispersed.

But in the end, a few brave bandits begged Wu Shigong and his party to reward them with some salt, and Lu Yunhuan and Lu Jianchen threw one or two bags of salt to them, and those bandits were overjoyed Take the salt and leave.This made Wu Shigong feel very awkward, these bandits didn't look like bandits at all, they seemed like beggars.

In this way, nearly ten rock salts were delivered, and Wu Shigong and his party arrived at the destination safely.And the journey back was even smoother.

After being escorted several times like this, Wu Shigong found that those bandits really didn't dare to mess with him.Wu Shigong simply took this kind of escort mission and asked his various leaders to lead the team in turn.Moreover, Wu Shigong also arranged for the escorted soldiers to conduct some marching and camping training along the way.

And Yang Goudan also made a cannon using those copper blocks.But because in the past, including Yang Goudan, no one knew how to make cannons at all, so this cannon was built to look like an enlarged firecracker.However, after Liang Hui and the others tried the cannon, they were able to fire it loudly, because the caliber of the cannon was relatively small, that is, the size of a one-pound cannon, and it was not very powerful.

But Wu Shigong is already very satisfied, at least his own craftsmen can also make artillery.Wu Shigong asked those craftsmen to design a gun mount with wheels, and fixed the cannon on the mount.Now as long as the cannon is pulled by a horse, the cannon can be marched with one's own army.

Wu Shigong also has no financial resources and materials to make new artillery.He can only let these craftsmen continue to manufacture four gun mounts, and install the two tiger squat cannons and two Franco cannons he brought from the capital to the gun mounts.

At this time, Wu Shigong also fixed the staffing of the escort caravan.For each escort, a squadron is dispatched, which is a cavalry squadron of [-] people, and two squadrons, which are infantrymen of [-] people, accompanied by a cannon.

With the development of the escort business, Wu Shigong's income from this business has gradually stabilized, reaching about 500 taels of silver per month.Moreover, as the situation in those counties of Runing Mansion gradually stabilized, and those people who fled because of the rebellion of the Holy Spirit Society gradually returned to their homes, the demand for salt goods in these counties also gradually increased.Therefore, Wu Shigong's income also increased month by month.

Seeing this situation, Wu Shigong couldn't help laughing at himself: "Other people crossing over will either open their golden fingers; or they will occupy places with salt fields to sell smuggled salt; Problem. But now I am working as an escort agency, it is really embarrassing to the time traveler!"

However, this kind of escort made Wu Shigong's army start the training of marching and setting up camp. Although these marches were not long, at most five or six days, Wu Shigong and Xue Yongli found their own army. During the camping process, there were many problems.After repeated training and exchanges and learning, Wu Shigong's army's marching and camping level has been greatly improved.

In addition, the reconnaissance squadron led by Zhang Biao and Li Sanhe, who escorted the team, basically observed the surrounding terrain and made military maps of several nearby counties.

And Zheng Zhen also came back from the capital.He brought back more than [-] war horses, nearly [-] sets of harnesses, as well as some spears and waist knives.These were sent to Wu Shigong by his father Wu Weizhong and his elder brother Wu Shixun.

The value of these things is already slightly greater than the money Wu Shigong paid for Wu Shiwen's reinstatement as county magistrate.However, it is also conceivable that his father, Wu Weizhong, would definitely not take out his own money, and would definitely use his position and power to benefit his own interests.

In addition, father Wu Weizhong and elder brother Wu Shixun also wrote letters to Wu Shigong.In their letters, they all praised Wu Shigong's way of caring about brotherhood.They also took care of Wu Shigong and asked him to take care of his body. As long as there is a suitable opportunity, they will find a way to get Wu Shigong transferred back to the capital.

Although his father Wu Weizhong and his eldest brother Wu Shixun had different ideas from Wu Shigong himself, Wu Shigong was still very pleased that his "married" son was finally accepted by his family again.

And Wu Shigong remembered again that he bought the shop in Guide Mansion City from Yuan Xingshan.Wu Shigong sent someone to inquire about it.As expected, that shop has been taken by Hou Xunhou's family.

Therefore, Wu Shigong sent someone to send a letter to Hou Xun. In the letter, of course, he only wrote some words of admiration for Hou Xun.However, in the letter, Wu Shigong also included the land deed and house deed of the shop, and wanted to give the shop to the Hou family completely.

The current Wu Shigong already knew how high the status of Hou Xun, a Jinshi who resigned from office and stayed at home, was.Hou Xun's status can be seen from the position that Hou Xun was able to walk in front of the official of Guide Mansion at that time.Therefore, Wu Shigong didn't want to offend Hou Xun at all.

Unexpectedly, after Hou Xun received Wu Shigong's letter, he wrote back a letter to Wu Shigong.In the letter, Hou Xun was also very polite to Wu Shigong.And he also said to Wu Shigong: The previous ones were all misunderstandings, and Hou Xun will return that shop to Wu Shigong.

In Hou Xun's approach, apart from his ulterior motives for Wu Shigong, the main reason was that Hou Xun wanted to win over Wu Shigong.

We can see that the Governor of Henan, Eunuch Xiao and Hou Xun of the Henan Supervising Army all made similar moves to win over Wu Shigong.The reason why they did this was mainly because they all saw Wu Shigong's contribution this time, and they also affirmed Wu Shigong's ability.

For those in high positions like them, not only should they have submissive servants and sycophants, they also need some young tigers who can act vigorously.Of course, this little tiger can also flatter, that would be perfect.

This can't help but make the author sigh: so many capable people in modern times refuse to let go of their figure just for the sake of saving face.If they are a little sweeter to their boss, they may rise to a higher level and be able to use their abilities better!

After Wu Shigong received Hou Xun's reply letter, he was flattered.He quickly wrote to Hou Xun again and resolutely declined.Anyway, the two sides pushed back and forth, and in the end, Hou Xun returned the shop to Wu Shigong.And Wu Shigong opened a store in this shop, and gave [-]% of the dry shares to Hou Xun.

In this way, Wu Shigong had a foothold in Guide Mansion City, and was able to get the protection of the top family of Guide Mansion—the Hou family.The business of his own caravan has also improved.

And in this shop, Wu Shigong even started Zhao Ruya's makeup business, and Wu Shigong used some of the extra women in the house slaves to open a makeup workshop under Zhao Ruya's guidance.

Although the business of this cosmetic powder business here in Guide Prefecture City is far less prosperous than in the capital city, at least there has been some income, which can barely cover the expenses in the inner house.

During this period of time, Wu Shigong was a big workshop.First of all, he set up a textile workshop on the basis of the quilt workshop.Guide Mansion does not produce silk and cotton, and the technology of this textile workshop is also very backward.Therefore, this textile workshop can only produce some coarse cloth, and the cost is relatively high.Therefore, the areas where these coarse cloths can be sold are the neighboring counties.If it is too far away, it will not be sold at all.

However, thanks to this textile workshop, Wu Shigong's own soldiers' clothing and cloth supply has been solved.Besides, Wu Shigong can also give these coarse cloths as military pay.Because in the Ming Dynasty, cloth could indeed be used as currency in many cases.

The other one Wu Shigong built was a poultry and livestock farm.Relying on the poultry and livestock he seized, Wu Shigong bought some breeding pigs and sheep, and used the old and weak women and children among the domestic slaves to carry out the breeding business wantonly.

And because there is no shortage of hogweed and green grass on the hill behind Wu Shigong's fortress of Qianhusuo, Wu Shigong only needs to mobilize his hands to harvest.So now, Wu Shigong's poultry and livestock can not only meet his own needs, but also sell some of them in the market.How many have also made some money.

More importantly, because Wu Shigong's breeding industry has developed better, the food standard of his soldiers has been greatly improved.

When Wu Shigong first arrived at the fortress of Qianhusuo, except for the guards he brought from the capital, the soldiers Wu Shigong recruited locally were basically skinny due to long-term malnutrition.Can't stand high-intensity military training at all.

There are also soldiers who suffer from night blindness due to unbalanced nutritional intake and cannot walk at night at all.But now, because Wu Shigong fed them for a long time and increased their nutrition with meat, the soldiers' physical fitness has been greatly improved.It is no exaggeration to say that the physical fitness of Wu Shigong's soldiers has reached the level of the first-class elite soldiers in the Ming Dynasty.

And Wu Shigong used the trees on the hill behind the fortress of Qianhusuo to set up a charcoal workshop.Moreover, he also discovered a small carboniferous (that is, coal) mine on this hill, so this also gave him some benefits.

With the addition of these items, in October, Wu Shigong finally reached a balance of income and expenditure, which made Wu Shigong heave a sigh of relief.Now I finally have a firm foothold here.

And that's not the only thing that made Wu Shigong happy.Because of Wu Shigong's Daxing water conservancy project, and his large amount of livestock to transport water, and the weather in the second half of the year was also good, during the autumn harvest, the fields owned by Wu Shigong had a bumper harvest, which made Wu Shigong's Qianhusuo Fortress, reserve All of a sudden, the grain amounted to more than [-] shi.

Now Wu Shigong was completely relieved.This is really - there is food in hand, don't panic in heart!