Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 268
After arranging these things, Li Buqi immediately met with the representatives of the Guangzhou maritime merchants who had been waiting outside, asking them to contribute to the state affairs, and at the same time hinted that their benefits were indispensable.

In the Song Dynasty, Li Buqi was the backbone of the maritime merchants, and no one dared not listen to his words.These maritime merchants had already made preparations according to the requirements in Li Buqi's letter. Those with more than two ships in their families took out a smaller ship for the court to use, and those with few ships in their families all led their nephews to serve for the court.

Because Li Buqi rushed all the way with his guards in order to hurry, and the staff would arrive later, so it was impossible to rely on the staff to check the treasury for the handover.But now all the sea merchants in the Song Dynasty regard Li Buqi as their relatives. The sea merchants have already prepared a group of capable accountants, and the people from the police department will handle this matter.

Yu Jing was relatively clean, or the officials in Guangnan had heard of Li Buqi's methods long ago, and they had already settled the account, so the handover went smoothly, and there was basically no need for Li Buqi to worry about it.

When he got up early the next morning, Li Buqi called Luo Zhen, the Metropolitan Superintendent of the Guangnan Police Station, and Duan Chong, the Police Battalion Commander.

The Police Department has an armed police battalion in Guangzhou, with only 300 people. While under the command of the Police Department, they are also subject to some prison terms and prisons under the restraint of Bao Ke, the inspector.But despite the small number of people in this battalion, the battalion and company commanders are all from the Zhenwu Army. The entire team claims to be the second in terms of combat skills and fighting will in the Guangnan army, and no one dares to claim to be the first.These 300 people fought a solid battle with Nong Zhigao's soldiers and Jiaozhi people under the city of Guangzhou. Now there are less than 200 people. The battalion commander Duan Chong's arm seems to be weak. This is to cover the people from entering the city. Avoid the wounds the enemy suffered when fighting with Nong Zhigao's army.

After the two saluted, Li Buqi asked, "Is there any movement from the Jiaozhi people in Qinzhou?"

Luo Zhen said: "I report to the envoy that the Jiaozhi people in Qinzhou have not made any movement since they returned to Guangzhou. They just often harass Leizhou with naval forces and plunder people."

Li Buqi asked again: "How many Cochin people are there now?"

"According to the scouts who captured the Cochin soldiers five days ago and interrogated them, there were 2 Cochin soldiers on the shore at that time, and there were more than a hundred ships in the sea."

Then Li Buqi said: "I have read all the reports of your battles with Nong Zhigao's army and the Jiaozhi people. You fought very well. The officials said that you should be rewarded for your meritorious service, and you should be promoted if you have talent. This time the court was deeply impressed. The military equipment in the south is weak, and we want to build a new army in Guangnan. Since it is a new army, it must be built with the best materials. The officials agreed with my proposal, and the new army will be established on the basis of the police battalion. The police battalion will be expanded to 500 people, and another division will be formed. You and your subordinates, no one will be promoted by one or two ranks."

Luo Zhen and Duan Chong were overjoyed and quickly thanked them.Li Buqi said: "Now I appoint you two as the chief and deputy ambassadors for military training. Once the militiamen from various places arrive, you will take over from Bao Tixing. This is the letter of appointment and seal of the two of you, and the training outline written by me. There are a lot of things now, this outline is not much different from Zhenwu Army's training methods, but the requirements are different, so I won't give you details one by one, if you have anything you don't understand, just ask me at any time. The police battalion has survived the battle The loss is not small, and it hurts. If you want to expand to this scale, you need to work hard. I want 2000 people to be able to march, camp, and fight without chaos in three months. Do you have this? ability?"

The two replied in unison: "I will do my best in the end!"

Li Buqi said: "Okay, let me see your abilities! You must know that this is your chance to make contributions!"

The two quickly agreed, their eyes filled with joy.As long as the brain is not broken, everyone knows that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.Obviously, Li Daguan looked down on Guangnan's army, so he put all the expanded quota in the police camp.Now is an extraordinary time, and Li Daguan is also an extraordinary person. As long as they live up to Li Daguan's expectations, Li Daguan can't really promote them to the position of division commander.

As for the establishment of this "division", they really don't know now, but it seems that there are always thousands of people.To say the least, it is not the style of Li Daguan who has always been generous.

After Luo Zhen and Duan Chong withdrew, Li Buqi immediately called in Bai Pinghai, the Guangzhou inspector who was waiting outside.

The inspector is a small official, and he never expected that Li Buqi would summon him directly, and he was at a loss in front of Li Buqi.Li Buqi didn't have time to be courteous with him, so he directly ordered him to organize the ships of King Qin of the Sea Merchant to conduct formation navigation and other training in the sea merchants, and to get ballistas and trebuchets from the Guangzhou Academy of Works and install them on these ships.At the same time, when Bao Ke recruited fishermen and sailors, he immediately formed an army and arranged them on board for combat training.

Bai Pinghai took the brochure that Li Buqi gave him, but his face was blank.Seeing his appearance, Li Buqi asked, "Are you illiterate?"

Bai Pinghai said with a bitter face: "All the envoys will be sent, but the general will not be able to read."

Li Buqi sized him up for a second and asked, "How old are you?"

"At the end of the day, in three more days, he will be thirty-two." Bai Pinghai didn't know why Li Buqi asked him his age, and replied hesitantly.

Li Buqi said without doubt: "After one month, you must learn ten characters, and then you must learn twenty characters a month, or go home and pick up the children. There will be a big battle soon. At your age It’s not too big, and there is still a chance to be promoted. You can figure it out yourself.”

Bai Pinghai didn't expect Li Buqi to be so domineering, there was no room for negotiation at all.He thought in his heart that knowing ten characters in 30 days a month doesn't seem like a lot, not to mention that he knows his own name anyway, and he also knows simple characters such as one, two, three. Said, the nobleman forgets things so much, how can Mr. Li remember the matter of making him literate two months later?
Feeling lucky, he hastily agreed.Li Buqi said: "Since you are doing inspections at sea, you are naturally familiar with sea affairs. Since you can't understand what I wrote, you should first practice the sailing of the fleet, take over people, and let them adapt to sailing." , and load the weapons on the ship. Others will be taught in a few days."

Bai Pinghai thought that Li Buqi brought people from the navy of the capital, like reminding Li Buqi that the navy of the capital didn't know how to sail. Make such a low-level mistake.He didn't dare to ask again, so he went suspiciously.

Then, Li Buqi summoned civil and military officials one by one, either to inquire about the situation or to give instructions.When it was time to light the lamps, he stretched himself.

This rapid journey was exhausting, and after another day of sitting like this, he was also exhausted.So he stood up, walked outside, and casually asked a police squad leader who was guarding outside: "Have all the Cochin people in Guangzhou been arrested? Is there anyone special?"

The squad leader was a small southerner. Seeing Li Buqi questioning himself, he puffed up his chest nervously and said loudly, "Report to the officials, all the Jiaozhi people in Guangzhou have been arrested and locked up in the Prison Prison."

Speaking of this, he thought for a while before saying: "If it is special, there are a few Cochin eunuchs. One of them is Li Changjie, a close minister of Cochin King Li Dezheng who is trusted."

"Li Changjie? This name sounds familiar!"

Li Buqi knew that there were several eunuchs among the Cochin people arrested in Guangzhou, but probably the police chief thought that the names of the little eunuchs were not worth spending time on, so Li Buqi only now knew that one of these eunuchs was named Li Changjie.

"Li Changjie? Li Changjie? Where have you heard this name? Why does it seem like a celebrity in Vietnam?" Li Buqi thought for a long time before he remembered that this Li Changjie was really a celebrity.It's really a narrow road!

(End of this chapter)