Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 160

Soon, this team arrived in front of the officers and soldiers of the old camp. The iron armor was shining coldly, and the horses were snorting. The oppressive force made many officers and soldiers of the old camp hold their breath. out.

Seeing these soldiers of Wuzhai Fort full of vigor, bright armor, and mighty military appearance, all the officers and soldiers of Laoyingbao were envious and afraid at the same time.

Many officers looked enviously at the iron armor worn by the Wuzhai Fort cavalrymen, the kind of refined iron armor with ghost iron masks. In Laoyingbao, only officers with the rank of a thousand can have it. Unexpectedly, these Wuzhai Fort cavalrymen , but everyone wears a pair of iron armor. Presumably these people are the servants of the new deputy commander Huang Laifu.

Standing by the side, Xu Zhongtai looked at the servants of the former deputy chief soldiers beside him, and shook his head in his heart. The boys beside him were considered elite in the old camp, but they did not expect to be compared with the Wuzhaibao army. Not to mention servants, even ordinary soldiers are far inferior.No wonder others can behead thousands, but I only dare to shrink inside the castle.

As for the ordinary soldiers of the old camp, they looked enviously at the Wuzhaibao infantry behind the armored cavalry. Unexpectedly, all the infantry also had horses, and these people were all tall and strong, with a red glow of good nutrition on their faces. With the arrogance after victory, he looked very mighty.

Among these men, officers had iron and leather armor.Ordinary soldiers wear military uniforms made of woolen fabrics, which are warm and luxurious.After this kind of wool textiles became popular in Wuzhai Fort last year, only some officers and deputy commanders of the old camp bought them together to show the new luxury. Unexpectedly, ordinary soldiers in Wuzhai Fort owned them by everyone. .Alas, it's really annoying to compare people to people.

In all eyes, Liu Zhengwei, the guard of Laoyingbao, Liang Zhiping, Qianzong, Xie Qingkui, former deputy commander of Laoyingbao, and Xu Zhongtai, the former deputy commander of Laoyingbao, hurried to Huang Laifu and Ma Jiuying's horses, and said graciously: "The last general is waiting to welcome you!" General Huang, welcome to Lord Superintendent, the two adults have worked hard all the way."

Eunuch Ma Jiuying hummed, looked around, and sighed: "It's finally here."
Huang Laifu also nodded. He rode steadily on his horse and glanced at the officers and soldiers of the old battalion who came out of the fort to greet him. Still sparse.

Many people have disheveled armor and tattered military uniforms.In addition to those who look like officers, there are many people who are yellow and thin. Except for those who seem to be the servants of the former deputy commander, they also look a bit aggressive. In Huang Laifu's eyes, most of the rest of the soldiers are unqualified. of.Although most of these people are recruits, they are basically young and strong. Compared with many old and weak guards in Shanxi Town, they are already considered good.

Huang Laifu's eyes slowly swept across the faces of these people, and everyone who came into contact with Huang Laifu's eyes lowered their heads in fear.This cowardly look made the Wuzhaibao soldiers who were riding on the horses laugh secretly. Many of them straightened their backs on the horses, and the pride in their hearts became deeper and deeper.

After scanning these people, Huang Laifu turned his eyes to the old camp in front again. The place facing Huang Laifu was the south gate of the old camp. There are two huge regular script "Guarantee" Eryu engraved, and the words "Longqing Five Years" are signed beside it.

Sweeping around again, we can see that the old camp fortress is surrounded by mountains, with a flat terrain in the middle. Down the hillside, it connects the east and west walls of the old camp fort.Not far ahead, there is a river that goes west around the city wall. It must be the Guan River in Pianguan, and it flows all the way to the Yellow River.

Seeing that Huang Laifu hadn't spoken for a long time, Liu Zhengwei and the others guarding the old camp were a little panicked. Liu Zhengwei tentatively said: "General, look..."

Eunuch Ma Jiuying also looked at Huang Laifu suspiciously, Huang Laifu waved his whip, pointed ahead and said, "Go to the city!"

Immediately, the army of Wuzhaibao rolled in, entered the old camp fort from the south gate by the suspension bridge, and there was a loud bang.Not to mention that father-in-law Ma Jiuying hurriedly rode beside Huang Laifu, even Liu Zhengwei and the others hurriedly rode to keep up, rushing to Huang Laifu's side.Xu Zhongtai even shouted: "I will lead the way for the general in the future." The soldiers of the old battalion who were lined up outside the city also hurriedly followed the fort.

After entering the fort, Huang Laifu felt as if he had returned to Wuzhai Fort a few years ago. Although the outside of the fort was towering and the walls were thick, the inside of the street was dilapidated and low. The main street was not even paved with large bluestones, and it was all dirt roads. , potholes.Many people walking on the street are in ragged clothes, and there are many women and children who are not fully clothed.

Eunuch Ma Jiuying also sighed, "What a poor place."

In the old camp, in addition to more than 3000 battalion soldiers, there are more than 1000 military households who used to be the guards. These people have now become professional field soldiers, and their lives are worse than the battalion soldiers.Seeing Huang Laifu's armored army approaching, they hurriedly dodged and hid aside to watch secretly.

There are not many merchants in the fort, and the largest one is a shop specializing in selling rice. It seems that the merchants came from Wuzhai Fort.There were a few stores selling salt and linen sundries, but nothing else.Desolate and deserted, this is Huang Laifu's feeling.

However, the barracks in the fort are quite large, accounting for about half of the old fort.Huang Laifu also found that there was a big brothel outside the barracks during a sweep. The business was good and there were many prostitutes. The Fort soldiers winked.

However, Huang Laifu saw that most of these people were rouge and vulgar fans, and few of the women were attractive. He was afraid that most of them were wives and daughters of former military households, who came out to do some flesh and blood business for a living.Naturally, most of their customers are the camp soldiers in the fort.

In a blink of an eye, I found a casino not far away, and it was also very crowded.Poverty and ignorance are Huang Laifu's feelings.

Huang Laifu stopped his horse and breathed a sigh of relief. With a wave of his hand, Jiang Dazhong hurriedly rode up and said in a low voice, "Young master, what's the matter?"

Huang Laifu pointed at the casino and said sharply, "Sweep that gambling stall for me!"

Jiang Dazhong responded loudly: "The last general takes orders!"

With a wave of his hand, several armored cavalry immediately followed him, pulled out their bright sabers, and rushed into the casino. Immediately, there was a lot of screams, and then there were continuous crying and screaming. From time to time, there were bloody gamblers and Casino thugs are thrown out.Not to mention the passers-by on the nearby street who moved aside from a distance, secretly watching excitedly, even the brothel next to it also hastily closed the door.Even the officers and soldiers of the old battalion who followed panting behind were all shocked. These people are the hosts and guests of the casino, and they have nothing to play now.

Huang Laifu's expression was calm. Father-in-law Ma Jiuying was excited to watch the excitement. Next to him, Xu Zhongtai and several other old camp officers were frightened and ugly.The reason why this casino can survive in the old camp is naturally inseparable from the shelter of these officers. Every year, they have some silver to share, and now it is all over.But these people, although they didn't understand why Huang Laifu did this, of course they didn't dare to show anything on Huang Laifu's face.

For Huang Laifu, he can allow a brothel to exist in a military fort, but never allow a casino to exist in it.Wuzhai Fort used to be like this. With the development of the fort, some people in Wuzhai Fort opened several brothels and casinos one after another, but then the casino was swept away by Huang Laifu, only the brothel remained, but the prostitutes inside Every month, I have to go to the doctor in Wuzhai Fort for a free checkup to prevent the spread of dirty diseases.

The same will be true for Old Yingbao in the future, the brothel can be kept, but the prostitutes have to be checked every month, Huang Laifu can send a few doctors from Wuzhaibao.After all, most of the soldiers here are battalions. Most of these recruits have no wives and children, and they are young and strong. If they can't meet their physical needs, there will be many problems. However, casinos must not survive.

After a while, Jiang Dazhong came back to take orders from Huang Laifu, and the matter was settled. After being beaten up, those casino bosses and thugs immediately packed up and left the old camp.

Huang Laifu nodded, Xu Zhongtai approached cautiously, and said with a smile on his face: "The general is so virtuous, with the momentum of thunder, he swept away the dirt in the castle, the general will admire you!"

Liang Zhiping, the old camp boss with a flushed face, also quickly joined in with the smile.Only Xie Qingkui, the bearded boss, felt sorry for him.He is a gambler by nature, and he feels uncomfortable if he doesn't go to the casino to play two hands every day, so he has nothing to do now.

Xu Zhongtai said again: "The general has worked hard all the way here, let the soldiers enter the barracks to rest, and the last general will have prepared a little wine, thinking that the general and the superintendent will clean up the dust."

Huang Laifu said: "There is no rush to drink, let the soldiers enter the camp first."

He turned to Xu Zhongtai and smiled again: "Xu Shoubei, the soldiers in the old camp, how long has it been since they were paid?"

Hearing what Huang Laifu said, Eunuch Ma Jiuying hurriedly turned his head to listen.

Xu Zhongtai was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said: "So that the general can know that including more than [-] military households, the more than [-] soldiers in my old camp have not been paid for more than half a year, and they have not been given winter clothes last year. The soldiers are suffering from hunger and cold, full of complaints."

Eunuch Ma was thoughtful, Huang Laifu smiled and said: "Don't worry, I am guarding the old camp fort by the order of the imperial court, and I will keep you well fed and warm in the future, so that you have no worries about food and clothing."

Xu Zhongtai said happily: "Thank you, General."

Huang Laifu said: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xu Zhongtai glanced at Eunuch Ma, and said awkwardly: "Yes, yes, it is Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)