Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 289 Military Food
Huang Laifu led the army to camp in the north of Wangjing City, close to the city gate. Originally, this was a camp of the Korean Guojing Army. However, after the Korean War broke out, when the Ming army entered Seoul, this place was vacated, and the Korean army went out of the city to camp. , and part of the Ming army is stationed here.

Right now, this barracks is home to one thousand members of Ma Gui's family, and the barracks are still vacant, but when Huang Laifu's army moves in, it will be full.The North Korean military camps are inferior to many ordinary camps in Ming Dynasty, not to mention the military camps in Wuzhai Fort and other places.

After the army moved in, they were busy repairing the camp where they lived, while the soldiers of the Dingying of Magui's family watched curiously from the sidelines. They had heard for a long time that the Shanxi Army was rich and powerful, and it really lived up to its reputation.

Huang Laifu was busy when he suddenly heard that Li Rumei, the deputy general of Beiwa, came to visit. During the first Korean War, Huang Laifu was acquainted with Li Rumei. This time he came to North Korea with Yang Hao.Last year, Li Rumei and Yang Hao attacked the local barbarians, but lost troops and were pushed to North Korea to perform crimes and meritorious deeds.

Hearing that an old friend was visiting, Huang Laifu hurriedly expressed his welcome. Soon, after the briefing, the stout Li Rumei brought a few relatives into the camp and came to Huang Laifu's central army hall.Just like the first time I saw him, he was still wearing an iron helmet with an eight-petal hat and a chain iron armor with a tiger head.Five big and three thick, he is a typical frontier general.
As soon as they met, he clasped his fists and laughed loudly: "General Huang, you are still so proud of yourself after a few years of separation. Those Korean people are stunned to see the formation of entering Beijing."

He turned his head and looked at the army of Shanxi Town who were busy outside the camp, and said with admiration: "People say that General Huang is a rich man, which is indeed true. Look at the sergeants under your command, all of them are tall and big. They all have iron armor, and the servants of a certain subordinate are not as good..."

As he spoke, he kept shaking his head, and some of his followers also looked at all this with jealous eyes.

Huang Laifu said: "You are being polite, General Li. After a few years of separation, you will remain undiminished. By the way, how are your brothers Ru Song and Ru Bai?"

Now Huang Laifu is most concerned about Li Rusong's news.

Li Rumei cracked her mouth and said: "I'm ashamed, what kind of tiger am I? The general of the defeated army is here to make a contribution."

He is an honest person, and he doesn't shy away from his previous failures. Only a few followers showed embarrassment.Then he said again: "General Duo Meng Huang is concerned, my eldest brother is still doing well, but those savages are making people panic! As for the second brother, he is not in good health right now, he is recuperating at home!"

After the first Korean War, Li Rubai Jin Dudu Tongzhi succeeded Guizhou General Soldier. In the 23rd year of Wanli, he transferred to Ningxia and was promoted to Yoududu. Later, he resigned due to illness and has been recuperating at home.In history, until 20 years later, the Liaodong crisis in the late Ming Dynasty, the local area had no generals to defend, and was reactivated. Not long after, it collapsed without encountering the enemy because of the Battle of Sarhu. More than a thousand dead were impeached and returned to Beijing. Nian committed suicide in his house, which also announced the end of the glory of the Li family.

The two exchanged some pleasantries, Huang Laifu asked Li Rumei to sit down, Li Rumei said bluntly: "I know that General Huang must have brought some good things with him when he came to North Korea, quickly move them out and enjoy them together!"

Shanxi Town is famous for its excellent military materials and Huang Laifu's delicious food.

At this moment, He Ruzhen, who was in charge of supplies and supplies, came to report that several Shanxi merchants in Wangjing had come to ask for an interview, accompanied by some Korean merchants.These Ming and North Korean businessmen have all been audited, and they are definitely not the work of the Japanese.

At that moment, Huang Laifu ordered them to come in.

Soon, some businessmen came in, and as soon as they entered the hall, everyone kowtowed to Huang Laifu: "I have seen the chief soldier, Mr. Huang!"

Those North Korean businessmen can also speak Chinese, and they kowtow again and again: "I have seen General Huang of Shangguo!"

Huang Laifu asked them to get up.He Ruzhen introduced to several of them: "Junmen, these are the shopkeepers of the Jingshi Jinshang Guild Hall, entrusted by Mr. Wang Chongyi to transport the grain, rice, meat and vegetables for our army in Shanxi Town! Today in the land of Wangjing, I have set up a few special couch rooms, which are enough to supply the needs of our Shanxi army for several months."

A Ming merchant bowed his hands respectfully and said: "From the beginning of September, under the entrustment of Mr. Wang, the young ones contacted the maritime merchants of the two places in the Ming Dynasty, and started to transport grain and rice for the army of Jin Town. For more than a month, I finally lived up to my promise. Trust, we have prepared the materials needed by thousands of troops for several months."

Having said that, his face is pale.

Then He Ruzhen took out another file, which was a list of materials in several local warehouses, including a large amount of rice, horse feed, canned luncheon meat, wine, ham, cheese, fish, rice beans, peas, oil, vinegar, Leather bags, thousands of pairs of leather boots, thousands of woolen winter coats, etc.He Ruzhen said that in the next few days they will be counted and put into the military warehouse one by one.

As for the relevant silver, you can pay after returning to the capital.Huang Laifu also opened a ticket shop in Beijing, and the money spent in various expenses no longer needs to be escorted all the way from Wuzhai Fort.

Listening to He Ruzhen coming one by one, Huang Laifu nodded slowly. Right now, his merchant logistics supply system has been quite effective, not to mention that the merchants can prepare grain and rice nearby.It is a lot of special materials. Right now in the capital, Huang Laifu has his own special warehouse in many cities in Daming. Many things don't need to be transported from Wuzhaibao and other places.

Now this system has shown its convenience and speed.

Of course, the relevant strategic materials such as guns and gunpowder cannot be transported by these merchants, so this time the Shanxi Army has brought a large number of doctors and auxiliary soldiers.

Watching Huang Laifu's conversation with these people, Liu Rumei and a few of his followers were dumbfounded. They had heard that Huang Laifu was rich and powerful, but they never thought that Huang Laifu was so rich and rich in various materials, so he could prepare so well. This is unimaginable to everyone.As for Huang Laifu's merchant supply system, he didn't understand it for a while.

The military ration system of the Ming Dynasty followed the military ration system of the Song Dynasty. There are generally several types of military rations in the Ming Dynasty: general rations during garrison, extra rations on weekdays, rations when food is cut off or in response, and battles during marches or military formations. Dry rations, marching or other rations for military battles... and so on.

The general military ration of the Ming army is a kind of rice, which is an ancient dry food. It is boiled with one stone of rice and then exposed to water.When eating, take a large amount of hot water and soak it, soak it until soft, then cook it and eat it.

Generally, the garrison distributes this kind of dry food once, which can last for fifty days for one person, and each person carries three days' worth when marching and fighting.In addition, there are hard salt blocks, coarse cloth vinegar, dried soya bean, steamed cakes, etc., which can be eaten by a sergeant for fifty days.
This is a general ration. If you are marching or fighting, you will eat a kind of moose cake made of venison and flour, as well as wrinkled rice and miscellaneous cakes. If you are in the camp, you can use soup It can be eaten directly when marching and fighting.At the end of the march, there are oily sesame balls, ebony plums, etc. to quench thirst, and the horses have cheese for emergency thirst quenching.Finally, each soldier also has a gourd or a bamboo tube water bottle.

In fact, the military ration system of the Ming army is considered advanced and reasonable in the world at this time. Compared with the Japanese, Koreans, and Westerners at this time, the military ration supply is considered abundant.However, there is a saying that people are better than others, and people are pissed off. Compared with Shanxi Town's army, Li Rumei and others found that they were much worse. Every time Shanxi Town's army accompanied them, they would have brick tea, canned luncheon meat, ham, dried meat, salted eggs, etc. These substances, even the generals like myself, can't enjoy them at ordinary times.

Now with added cheese...

Feeling jealous, Li Rumei and others stared and listened. In fact, this time Li Rumei came here not only to get some money for his army, but also to ask Huang Laifu about the firecracker.

After the first Korean War, Huang Laifu gave the Liaodong Army several samples of Wuzhaibao firecrackers. Unfortunately, the craftsmen in Liaodong were less motivated to work. Up to now, they have not produced a few good quality ones. bird gun.If the Ministry of Industry makes the letter, the effect may be even worse.Therefore, the Liaodong Army finally retreated to use the three-eyed blunderbuss, which has a range far inferior to that of bows and arrows.

But this time when Huang Laifu entered North Korea, Li Rumei saw that the firecrackers of the Shanxi Army seemed different from before, so he wanted to ask what was going on.

It was so hard to wait for He Ruzhen to finish speaking, but before he could speak, another North Korean businessman hurried forward, knelt on the ground, and said to Huang Laifu in pure Chinese: "The young one is Jin Yonghan, a businessman from Wangjing. When General Huang enters the capital, the Japanese will definitely be terrified. I heard that General Huang is quite proficient in commercial matters in Shangguo, I wonder if I have the good fortune to serve General Huang?"

Hearing what he said, those North Korean businessmen knelt on the ground one after another, responding in a hurry.

These merchants are all well-known businessmen in North Korea. They have also heard about Huang Laifu. When the Dongzheng bonds were a sensation in Ming Dynasty, some of them flowed into North Korea. Most of these merchants bought them. I heard that the businessmen who cooperated with Huang Laifu in Daming all made a fortune, these few businessmen couldn't help thinking about it, and wanted to see if they had this opportunity.

Huang Laifu thought to himself, if he wanted to trade with North Korea in the future, he would naturally need local merchants to open the way. In North Korea, Huang Laifu originally thought that the country was poor, and except for ginseng, the rest were not worth looking at.

However, after the first Korean War, he went back to Wuzhai Fort to check the materials he wrote down from his laptop, and found that North Korea was rich in mineral resources.Later generations proved that North Korea has hundreds of various minerals, among which the reserves of graphite and magnesite rank among the top in the world.Iron ore, aluminum, zinc, copper, gold, silver, etc. are also rich in reserves. The Musan Iron Mine in Hamgyong-do has more than 50 billion tons of iron reserves.
If these minerals are mined, they can greatly make up for their military expenses for entering the DPRK, and maybe they can make a lot of money.

In addition, the cold and warm currents meet in the east of North Korea, and it is adjacent to the Northwest Pacific Fishing Ground, one of the world's three largest fishing grounds. The aquatic resources are very rich, and it is an excellent fishing ground, which can be said to have great potential.

At that moment, he warmly told these North Korean businessmen to stand up, and said: "I understand your loyalty, but this is the first time I have arrived in Koryo, and the battle is imminent, let's discuss this matter later!"

After the merchants left with He Ruzhen, it was Li Rumei's turn to speak at last. He said, "I'm talking about General Huang, my old Li really convinced you..."

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When Huang Laifu arrived in Seoul, he even prepared the food and grass used by the thousands of troops himself. He didn't need a penny from the local headquarters, and the expenses were abundant, so he envied others.After Yang Gao heard about it, he couldn't help feeling resentful, other Ming troops immediately begged him for food and pay after they arrived in North Korea, but Huang Laifu found a different way and couldn't ask him at all.

He said to Xing Jie: "Not to mention Huang Laifu's rude eyes, he even prepares his own rations and grass, without the unified dispatch of the army, is this still Ming's army? Uncle Uncle, I should invite this Huang Laifu to come here to explain and reprimand him."

Xing Jie said: "Jingfu, the emperor attaches great importance to Huang Laifu. Thinking about the food and pay for the Eastern Expedition Army, he was probably the one who prepared it in Beijing. I heard that when he bought and sold the Eastern Expedition bonds, the amount was as many as several million taels, which was enough to deal with the Eastern Expedition All the expenses of the army. In the few battles, this Huang Laifu has always prepared his own food, the emperor didn't say anything, anyway, he didn't violate the military discipline and regulations, so let him do it.

Yang Gao sighed and remained silent.

A few days later, Governor Xing Jie recruited generals to discuss the matter...

(End of this chapter)