Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 117
Everyone entered the garrison mansion of Shenchi Fort, sat down as guests and hosts, and offered tea.

The third brother-in-law Tian Dafu said: "Laifu, those horse thieves you met near Taipingzhuang may not be horse thieves, they are probably the thugs slaves of the Liu family in Taipingzhuang. Do you know who are the people in Taipingzhuang?" ?”

Huang Laifu said, "Who are they?"

The third sister-in-law Tian Dafu said: "The people in Taipingzhuang are Ningwuke who moved to live in that area during the reign of Emperor Rui (Ming Yingzong). They have power in Taipingzhuang for a hundred years. Their current patriarch is surnamed Liu. The man named Liu Kedi is a distant relative of Mr. Liu, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town. This Liu Kedi is ruthless and has more than 200 domestic slaves. Zhuang, hundreds of thousands of people go into the mountains to steal mines and mine coal. In the Taipingzhuang area, there are at least hundreds of coal holes. The coal they steal is transported to Daizhou through Ningwu Pass, and sold in Xinzhou. How much profit."

The third brother-in-law Tian Dafu took a look at Huang Laifu and said, "Now that the city walls of Wuzhai Fort are being built, more stone coal is needed to burn bricks. Now most of the coal they pluck is also transported to Wuzhai Fort."

"This Liu Kedi is backed by the commander-in-chief inside, and there are horse thieves from Kelan Mountain and Guancen Mountain outside. The largest group of horse thieves in Kelan Mountain has more than 500 people in Ninghua, Jingle, and Lanshan. The county and Kelan Prefecture are looting houses, coming and going like the wind, according to your brother-in-law's estimation, the thieves are Liu Kedi's clan brothers, and now their power, even your brother-in-law dare not provoke them."

"Now you are ordered by the imperial court to be the envoy of the Three Castles. I guess they also heard the news. They are afraid that you will take away their property, so they came here to show you off. Laifu, you have to be careful, these local snakes are not It's annoying."
"Why don't we do this? Your brother-in-law sent his servants to investigate. Our Shenchi Fort is indeed full of coal. Not only Taipingzhuang, but also the Wenling area has a lot of coal in the territory, and the local power is weak. If we do it, there will be no consequences. From Wenling to the north, there are many iron mines, so let's specialize in that area, and don't conflict with the Liu family. What do you think of Laifu?"

The third brother-in-law Tian Dafu likes money, but his temperament is very timid. If the Liu family is just a local local snake, it's fine. He couldn't help looking forward and backward.

Huang Laifu laughed when he heard this, and said: "Brother-in-law, you are worrying too much, so what is the Liu family? Even if he has the backing of the general soldier, so what? Brother-in-law, has he forgotten who the father-in-law in Wuzhai Fort is from? Don't worry, there is The support behind him, no matter who it is, we don’t have to worry about it. It’s nothing more than the Liu family’s knowledge, and we can give him some sweets. If he is not knowledgeable, even he will be wiped out together. You know, gathering criminals to illegally steal mines , that is a great crime."

Third brother-in-law Tian Dafu's face was uncertain, and finally he hesitated and said: "Laifu, let brother-in-law think about it."

Huang Laifu said: "Don't worry, brother-in-law, let's think about it slowly. Anyway, in this weather, we won't be able to open the mine for a while. Let's talk about it in the spring of next year."

Now it is the end of November, and in December, January, February, and March, the coldest in Shenchi will reach minus tens of degrees, which is much colder than Wuzhaibao.Huang Laifu didn't think he could recruit people to work in the mines in Shenchi Fort under this kind of weather. As for the management of Shenchi Fort, he might have to wait until April or May next year at the earliest.

The matter was settled in this way, and the third sister's husband Tian Dafu took Huang Laifu to see his elders, and let his two concubines come to see Huang Laifu.For such a long time, Tian Dafu did not mention the matter of the third sister Huang Birou, which made Huang Laifu feel angry and finally suppressed it.She thought to herself, it's fine not to say anything, anyway, the third sister Huang Birou is now living in Wuzhai Fort and it's good, there's no need to go back to Shenchi Fort.This is not a later life, if it was in a later life, Huang Laifu would have persuaded the third sister and third brother-in-law to divorce.

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In the next few days, the third brother-in-law Tian Dafu led Huang Laifu to various places in Shenchi Fort to inspect the mines and discuss the management of Shenchi Fort next year.A few days later, Huang Laifu and his party arrived at Bajiaobao again.

Octagonal Fort is sixty miles away from Shenchi Fort, and it is a dangerous and fortified place.Ming Hongzhi Zhongzhu, there are eight towers, hence the name.Accompanied by his elder brother-in-law Xu Xueshi, Huang Laifu inspected the various parts of the Bajiaobao. Compared with Shenchibao, there are no minerals near the Bajiaobao, but there are more flat lands.

There is also a river nearby, called Xianchuan River, which has two tributaries.There are about 20 mu of flat land between the two rivers. Presumably, the groundwater is abundant and irrigation is convenient.But at this time, most of these lands are dry and deserted, with only a few small villages by the river, and some sparsely populated.

Huang Laifu plans to open several large farms here in the future, planting some oats and other wheat crops, and then planting some economic crops such as beans, flax (sesame), peanuts, and rapeseed.In addition, this area is rich in limestone mineral resources, with large reserves, high crystal potential, and easy mining. Huang Laifu will build several large cement, lime, brick and tile processing plants here in the future.

Compared with the third brother-in-law Tian Dafu, the eldest brother-in-law Xu Xueshi is much more liked by Huang Laifu, and the concern of the eldest brother-in-law Xu Xueshi for Huang Laifu's elder sister Huang Zirou can also be seen. Huang Laifu just arrived in Bajiaobao. How was Wuzhaibao doing? He only said that he had no gaps, otherwise he would go to Wuzhaibao to see his wife and children, and see his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

After living in Bajiaobao for a few days, Huang Laifu bid farewell to his eldest brother-in-law and returned to Wuzhaibao.

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December 1590, 12 AD.Somewhere outside Wuzhai Fort!
It was freezing cold, and the bone-chilling wind was howling. It was rare for people to move around on the road outside.

But at this time, there was a silent army walking on the road. They had clear flags, were fully armored, and breathed a thick white breath. One by one, they marched neatly.Everyone is very tired, but everyone is persevering, because their garrison is also carrying out this arduous march with them in this harsh weather.

There is a mountain pass ahead, Huang Laifu said: "Stop."

Immediately, several inspection flags nearby passed on Huang Laifu's order, and they passed it on to every hundred households, and then the hundred households passed on the general flag, and the general flag passed on the small flag, and the small flag passed on to the ordinary soldiers.

Immediately everyone stopped in silence.

With the sound of a gong, everyone followed their own small flags, hundreds of households.They all sat down on the ground to rest, holding weapons in their hands, and sat silently, no one dared to speak.Because Huang Laifu has a strict order, remember not to make noise during the march, otherwise you will be beaten with a stick or beheaded if you are serious.

Then Huang Laifu gave another order, only to hear the applause of the sergeants around him ringing in gold, and immediately the four servants rode out from the queue and went to the front to check the situation.

Soon, the servants came back and everything was normal.

Huang Laifu nodded, and there was a bang, and all the soldiers stood up, holding their weapons, and only heard the sound of a nail leaf.Then blow 哱啦 again, everyone got on the chariot and mounted the horse, the marching drum sounded, and everyone began to move forward silently again.

This kind of march has been carried out several times in the Wuzhai Fort army. This is Huang Laifu's combat training method for the Wuzhai Fort army to march and camp when encountering enemies.And camping and marching in the cold winter is also an expression of tempering the will of the soldiers.

Every time, the sergeants were all dressed up and rode together.To be honest, it is conceivable that the hardships of marching in the cold field of northern Shanxi are hard and tiring, but because Huang Laifu personally participated in every march, the sergeants did not complain at all.

And for the troops who are still training and camping in the cold winter, everyone in Wuzhai Fort is deeply admired and proud.Even Eunuch Ma Jiuying and Yang Dawei, a thousand households of Jinyiwei, were very surprised when they met.

This kind of drill, even the pacesetters in Shanxi towns and cities, cannot do it.

Soon, he marched to a wilderness, and when he saw that it was almost noon, Huang Laifu ordered to make food, and at the same time, he pondered the horses to see the enemy's situation and protect the safety of the army.As soon as Huang Laifu gave an order, only the sound of the horn sounded, and the firemen began to cook. Although the march was very difficult, Huang Laifu was very concerned about the soldiers' clothing, food and drink outside.
Everyone wore several layers of thick cotton-padded clothes inside, iron armor on the outside, a soft wool hat on the head, and an eight-petal helmet on the outside of the soft hat. The exposed places on the outside were covered with thick grease .If you still get frostbite like this, there are still doctors in the army.

As for eating, no, now there are steaming large pieces of meat, hot eggs one by one, as well as rice noodles, green onion and egg soup, etc., fully supplementing the calories needed by the sergeants.

After having a full meal, according to the purpose of this march, it is assumed that after the meal, we encountered an attack from thieves.

I saw the small yellow flag waved by the pond newspaper in front of us. There were thieves coming. There were about 2000 people, and they looked like a frontal attack.

Huang Laifu gave an order, the drums sounded, and then the trumpets were blown. Immediately, three chariots were pushed forward, and the rest formed a formation of mandarin ducks. In front of the household team.

When the bandit soldiers reached a hundred paces, there was a sound of chirping, and everyone stood up, and then the horn of the swan sounded, and the bird guns on the first floor blew together, and there was a curtain of smoke immediately.When the bandits reached sixty paces, there was another rain of arrows head-on.At fifty steps, the Buddha Wolf machines of several chariots were ready to fight.At thirty steps, the tiger crouched and fired.

If the thieves haven't collapsed at this time, the mandarin ducks have stepped forward. The rattan badge is the first layer, the wolf is the second layer, the spear is the third layer, and the long knife is at the end.

At this time, the bandit soldiers collapsed, so the infantry sat down to rest, and forty servants with horses pursued them.

Exercise wins!

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While Huang Laifu was busy training troops and governing Wuzhai Fort, the Ming Dynasty was still advancing in an orderly manner according to its own history.

March 1590, 12 AD.

Shi Xingzuo, Shangshu of the Ministry of War: "Recently, the frontier defense has been abandoned, and the inspection should be strict."
Therefore, Emperor Wanli ordered nine court officials to review the nine frontier defenses separately, and strictly checked the border officials for dereliction of duty, and participated in impeachment.At that time, the inspectors who were ordered to go to the Nine Sides were: You Tongzheng Mu Laifu inspected Jizhen and also Baoding and Changping.Dali Temple You Shaoqing Wang Shiyang inspected Yansui.Zeng Qianheng, Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple, looked at Datong.Shang Baosi Cheng Zhou Hongxuan went to Ningxia.The military department gave Zhang Dong a review of Guyuan during the event.Like Zuoge went to Liaodong in the early spring in the middle of the matter.Xuanfu is right to give things to the engineering department.Gansu gave Li Ruhua the engineering department.Shanxi gave Zhang Zhenguan a service for the military department.
On December 1590, 12 AD, the scholar Shen Shixing was ordered to submit the "Lei Chao Xun Lu", a total of 22 volumes.Shenzong ordered Shen Shixing and others to say: "The records of the ancestors are the historical mirror of the present, how can we not know it?"Order to transcribe and bind it into a book, so that you can read it day and night, and know how my ancestors governed the country and the essentials of self-cultivation and diligence.Put "Lei Chao Xun Lu" in front of the imperial court for detailed reading.

On December 1590, 12 A.D., Pan Jixun, the governor of the river, completed his river control book "A List of River Defense".The book consists of fourteen volumes and 24 words.The content includes the background of river control and the river control policy of the imperial court.Project planning of the Huang, Huai, Yunsan Rivers and adjacent waterways, and important locations for river defense.Pan Jixun's own river governance theory.A key location for river defense.The work charter for river governance.His own collection of river governance memorials.Historical materials about the source and breach of the Yellow River.Ancient and modern river governance memorials and so on.

At the end of December, the local barbarians in Liaodong predicted that Taizhou, Huang Taiji and others attacked Liao and Shen, and went deep into Haizhou, Liaoning. Li Chengliang falsely reported victory.Qinghai Minister Mi Luochi attacked Taozhou and Hezhou.Hetao Bu Shitu attacked Yongchang, Gansu, and wanted to go to Qinghai, but was blocked by Ming soldiers.The rebellion of Yang Yinglong, the Xuanwei Department of Bozhou, started.

Soon, the new year will come again.

(End of this chapter)