Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 225
Zhou Wendong, director of Wuzhaibao Finance Bureau, stood up and offered Huang Laifu a glass of wine. He sat down and looked at Wang Qinian beside him. What's the matter, are you in a bad mood?"

Wang Qinian smiled and said: "It's nothing, the younger brother is also happy to be promoted in the army."

Zhou Wendong smiled and said: "Looking at you, you miss a woman. How about it? I'll ask your sister-in-law to seduce you with a virtuous woman. In the past few years, you have always lived alone. This is not the way, you are dignified A director of the Animal Husbandry Bureau, how can he not have a woman by his side, you should have started a family long ago."

Since Zhou Wendong arrived in Wuzhaibao, everything went smoothly, not to mention his wife's virtuousness, and his career has also been promoted step by step.Now, he is the director of the Finance Bureau of Wuzhai Fort, and he manages all the accounts of Wuzhai Fort.

As Wuzhaibao became more and more prosperous, Zhou Wendong became more and more busy, but he was very busy and full of a sense of accomplishment in his career.Now he, together with Gu Yunniang, personally manages the Wuzhaibao Money Bureau, which has become a unit with extremely high gold content in Wuzhaibao.It's just that his financial bureau doesn't care about money.Gu Yunniang's bank and money bureau, on the other hand, manages money but not accounts, and the two supervise and balance each other.

And because Wang Qinian is very good at breeding, he has managed all the livestock farms in Wuzhaibao in an orderly manner over the years, and is highly valued by Huang Laifu. In addition, he is unmarried and can be regarded as a diamond king, so there are many local military households. Ask someone to talk about coal, hoping to get married with Wang Qinian, but for some reason, Wang Qinian is always indifferent, which disappoints many people.At that time, there were rumors in Wuzhaibao that Wang Qinian had physical problems, so he has not married yet.However, Wang Qinian just ignored these rumors.

After hearing Zhou Wendong's words at this time, Wang Qinian just smiled wryly, shook his head, raised a glass of wine, and drank it down.

Seeing Wang Qinian like this, Zhou Wendong heaved a long sigh.In Wuzhaibao, he had the best friendship with Wang Qinian, but Wang Qinian was always depressed. He wanted to help this friend, but he didn't know how to do it.

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In the early morning of September 21th, the [-]st year of Wanli.

According to the Gregorian calendar, today is October [-]th, which is October in Wuzhaibao, and it is morning again, and the weather is already a bit chilly.On this day, Shi Yuanwailang, Eunuch Qian and others left Wuzhai Fort, and it was the day when Huang Sihao and others entered Beijing.

The luggage has already been packed, and the horses and carriages are huge. In this trip to Beijing, besides Huang Sihao, Yang Shi will also go to Beijing with her husband.Moreover, Gu Qianhu saw that his old brother was leaving, and he had no one to talk to in Wuzhaibao. In addition, he also wanted to see the excitement of the capital, so he decided to go to Beijing with Huang Sihao, so that even if Huang Sihao lived in Beijing, they could continue. say.When Gu Qianhu went to Beijing, the Song family was naturally by his side.

In front of the General Military Mansion, there was already a crowd of people seeing off, not only the Huang family, but also people from the Gu family in Kelan Prefecture.In addition to Gu Shibao, Gu Shicai, and Gu Shitong who often walked in Wuzhaibao, Gu Qianhu's eldest son, Gu Shiyin, also came from Kelan Prefecture to see him off.

In addition, there are their respective wives Zhao, Jing, Feng, Fang and others.In addition to the Huang family, the people of the Gu family were all the officers and officers of Wuzhai Fort, and they crowded the gate of a General Military Mansion to the brim.

Before leaving, Huang Sihao was fine, but Yang Shi was concerned about his son, told Huang Laifu over and over again, and then hugged Gu Yunniang and shed tears.Gu Yunniang also kept crying.

Shi Yuanwailang and Qian Gonggong sat firmly on the carriage, just watching all this.The two came here this time, and they returned with a lot of rewards, and they were all very satisfied.They also had Jin Yiwei and other attendants accompanying them. These days, they ate and drank well in Wuzhai Fort. Before leaving, Huang Laifu sent a large amount of money and goods, which made these people have a very good impression of Huang Laifu.

After being sent out of the fort gate, when the carriage was about to move, Huang Laifu and Gu Yunniang knelt down to the two elders. Huang Laifu said: "Father, mother, the child is not filial, and cannot always be around."

Huang Sihao's eyes turned red, and he said: "My son, get up. After you become the commander-in-chief, you must always remember the principle of being loyal to the king and serving the country. Guard me in the border town of Daming, and share the worries of the sage."

Yang, on the other hand, burst into tears, helped Huang Laifu up, and said, "Boy, mother is already satisfied with having a son like you."

A line of chariots and horses walked away slowly, and finally disappeared in the wilderness. Only the voices of the old officers: "My lord, have a good journey..." and "My lord, take care all the way." are still in my ears...

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After saying goodbye to his parents, father-in-law and mother-in-law, Huang Laifu returned to the General Military Mansion. His father and mother had been by his side all these years. Now that they have gone, Huang Laifu felt empty.Only then did he realize that although he had borrowed the shell of Huang Laifu's body, he already had a deep relationship with his relatives in this world, and they were connected by flesh and blood.This kind of feeling is not easy to give up.

After returning to the General Military Mansion, Gu Yunniang was still crying, missing her father and mother who had gone away, and finally she was comforted by Liu Yumei, Qu Xiuhe and others, and went back to the backyard to rest.

Huang Laifu was in the hall, talking to Gu Shiyin, Gu Yunniang's elder brother.

Gu Shiyin is a naked copy of Gu Qianhu, with a dignified appearance, a tall figure, and a bearded face. When he walks, he walks like a dragon and a tiger, full of the momentum of a general.With a loud voice, he smiled at Huang Laifu: "This time, the last general has not waited for his promotion."

Although Gu Shiyin is Huang Laifu's brother-in-law, now Huang Laifu is the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town. According to official etiquette, Gu Shiyin should really call Huang Laifu the military clan.

Huang Laifu smiled and said: "Uncle, you and I are a family, there are no outsiders here, just call me brother-in-law or Laifu, don't be too formal."

Gu Shiyin smiled and said: "Okay, then your uncle will not be polite."

He recruited his son Gu Dadao, a young man full of vigor and vitality. Since Gu Shiyin was much older than Gu Yunniang, the son he gave birth to was only one year younger than Gu Yunniang and two years younger than Huang Laifu. the point.

Gu Dadao stepped forward vigorously, sang a big fat song to Huang Laifu, and said, "My nephew has seen my uncle."

Huang Laifu smiled and said: "Okay, okay, he is really a good boy."

Looking at him carefully, he has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his demeanor is full of heroism, which is somewhat similar to Jiang Dazhong, but his eyebrows and eyes are a little more heroic.He nodded and said, "It's a good seedling."

Gu Shiyin also said self-consciously: "This kid can draw a strong bow and ride a fast horse, but he always likes to cause trouble. Your uncle, you can't discipline him no matter what."

He sighed, looked hopefully at Huang Laifu and said, "He used to be a personal entourage with Commander Master Liu, but Laifu, you also know what the soldiers in the guards look like, so I want to send the big sword to you. Carve and carve him, don't let him go to waste."

Huang Laifu smiled and said: "That's no problem, I can take him as a family member. But you also know, brother-in-law, my military merit is the most important in Wuzhai Fort. Without military merit, even in-laws, there is no possibility of promotion."

Gu Shiyin nodded and said: "Your uncle understands that the future of Da Dao depends on his own fortune."

Gu Dadao said loudly: "Uncle, don't worry, I will work according to my ability. My nephew believes that I will never be inferior to people like Yang Xiaolu and Jiang Dazhong."

Huang Laifu nodded in satisfaction and said, "Okay, his ambition is commendable."

Then he said again: "Da Dao, don't add old characters to the end in the future, you must know that your uncle is still young."

Huang Laifu and Gu Shiyin laughed, while Gu Dadao patted his head embarrassingly.

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The town of Shanxi Town is at Ningwuguan. After Huang Laifu was promoted to the general officer of Shanxi Town, he will soon go to Ningwuguan to take up his post.Generally speaking, after he became the commander-in-chief, he would often live in Ningwu Pass in the future.

But Wuzhai Fort is Huang Laifu's foundation, so he naturally has to work hard to master it.Wuzhai Fort is different from other places in Ming Dynasty. For other generals, as long as the servants are in their own hands, they don't care where they go.But for Wuzhai Fort, it would be best for Huang Laifu to serve concurrently, and it would be the worst thing to let his cronies guard it. If it were replaced by other generals, Huang Laifu would never agree.

In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, the final appointment of generals, guerrillas, and garrison officers in each town was in the hands of the emperor.Only those whose status is lower than that of the garrison are sometimes elected by the governor and the chief soldier from the officials of the guard.However, for the defense generals, the sub-defense officers who have the same status as the deputy commanders also have the right to appoint.And Ba Zong, after the middle of Ming Dynasty, the appointment of the commander-in-chief in each town was ordered by the military preparation officer.

However, due to Huang Laifu's status in Emperor Wanli's mind, as long as Huang Laifu recommends a candidate, Emperor Wanli must agree.Among the cronies around Huang Laifu, Jiang Dazhong was promoted to the rank of general after the meritorious service in the Ningxia War was rewarded, and Yang Xiaolu will surely be promoted to the rank of guerrilla after his achievements in the Korean War are evaluated.

These two people are more than enough to guard a fort, and they are both loyal to Huang Laifu. With any of them guarding Wuzhai Fort, and Ningwuguan is not far from Wuzhai Fort, if anything happens, they can support it and make sure There is nothing wrong with Wuzhai Fort.

Of course, the best ending is to move the town of Shanxi Town to Wuzhai Fort, which is the most ideal.But this matter will not be able to be handled in a short while, and we will talk about it later.

Since Huang Laifu is now the commander-in-chief, theoretically, Huang Laifu can have 1000 to [-] servants.Therefore, Huang Laifu's plan is to select [-] people each from the Laifu Camp in Wuzhaibao and the Zhenlu Camp in Laoyingbao as his servants.

The missing soldiers in the Second Fort were selected from the farms in the Second Fort.Since the 18th year of Wanli, after several years of development, up to now, the selection of soldiers in Wuzhai Fort has formed a stable system.The strong men from all over the country first entered the various farms, cultivated in their busy hours, and practiced in their free time. The correct ones among them were selected into the army, and the outstanding ones in the army were selected into the family members.

Huang Laifu estimates that in his 30 farms in Wuzhaibao alone, there are thousands of people in each farm, and hundreds of people in the few. After at least several months of training, if they are armed, they will be tens of thousands of elite soldiers stronger than the battalions in the towns of Daming.

In addition, in order to win over the sergeants in Ningwuguan, Huang Laifu also planned to select 1000 people from various armies in Ningwuguan as servants.There will be as many as 1000 soldiers guarding Ningwuguan. Huang Laifu does not believe that even [-] soldiers cannot be selected by lottery.

September 21th, 25st year of Wanli.

Huang Laifu's selection of servants from the two battalions has been completed, he left Jiang Dazhong to guard Wuzhai Fort, and he led two thousand servants to Ningwuguan with a banner like a cloud.

(End of this chapter)