Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 298
Originally, Yang Chao had already planned to go back to the barracks and stay at home with his parents for a day, but Liu Rushi came to see him on his own initiative.

Yang Chao asked Liu Rushi to be invited to the flower hall.

"Miss Liu, stay safe and sound!"

Yang Chao and Liu Rushi hadn't seen each other for a long time, probably not long after the scholar's quarrel ended, Liu Rushi was a person with a lot of contacts and would not stay in one place for a long time, I heard that Liu Rushi went to Hangzhou.

Liu Rushi walked into the gate of the flower hall, but did not return the salute immediately, but stepped aside, followed by another girl.

This girl is dressed in a bit of a chic way, wearing Taoist clothes, which reminds people of Miaoyu in the Dream of the Red Chamber. She is also thin and refined, and she really has a demeanor that does not eat the fireworks of the world.

"Master Yang, this is my friend Taoist Caoyi!"

Yang Chao cupped his hands but suddenly didn't know what to call him. If he was a male Taoist priest, he would not be wrong to call him Taoist priest, but for a female Taoist priest, calling him Taoist nun seemed a bit unpleasant.

"Pindao has seen Mr. Yang."

The Taoist nun started first.

Yang Chao simply didn't address him and said with a smile, "You two are welcome."

Yang Chao had asked someone to pour tea, but the person who came was a woman.

Yang Chao said, "Aunt Yang, let's serve tea."

This mother-in-law is a widow among the distant relatives of the Yang family, and she used to be a middle-class wealthy family. Unfortunately, her husband died early, and she raised a son and a daughter by herself. Life was hard. After she asked the Yang family, her mother arranged to do some decent jobs at home. .

The Taoist in grass clothes smiled and took the tea set from the old woman's hand, and said to the old woman with a smile: "Leave it to the poor Taoist, please trouble my aunt."

The grass-clothed Taoist said, but his expression showed a refusal.

Yang Chao understood: "Aunt Yang, go out."

Aunt Yang nodded gracefully, then went out and closed the door at the same time.

Taoist Cao Yi poured tea and water himself, and Liu Rushi generously let her do it, and only cared about gossiping with Yang Chao.

Yang Chao originally wanted to inquire about Li Xiangjun's affairs, but he was a little uncomfortable to open his mouth. He casually brought the topic to Meixianglou, and Liu Rushi started talking by himself.

"The Incense Fan Pendant has something I would like to ask Mr. Yang about."

Yang Chao said: "Miss Liu, please tell me."

Liu Rushi said: "Young Master Hou Chaozong has always liked the incense fan pendant and wanted to comb the incense fan pendant. I wonder if Young Master Yang thinks it is a good match?"

Hou Chaozong Hou Fangyu is also a son of a wealthy family. His father Hou Xun is the Minister of the Ministry of War, but now he is imprisoned in Beijing, but the status of the Hou family will not be shaken.

But from Yang Chao's point of view, the most important thing about a man and a woman is whether they are compatible or not. Thinking of Hou Fangyu's last face, with the demeanor of a famous scholar, he was ashamed to rely on the imperial examinations of the Qing Dynasty. Being ridiculed by the world, her character is obviously inferior, and she is not suitable for a noble woman like Li Xiangjun.

Thinking of this, Yang Chao said: "I think that Mr. Hou's character seems to be lacking, so he is not a good match."

Liu Rushi nodded lightly, showing a slight smile, and stopped talking about this topic as soon as she clicked.

Yang Chao didn't know much about women's thoughts in this era, so he didn't care, and started talking about other things.

Liu Rushi stopped talking about Meixianglou, but turned to the Taoist nun in front of her.

"Mr. Yang, the little girl has something to ask, and I am sure Mr. Yang will help me."

Liu Rushi's own energy should not be underestimated. If it's not a big deal, he usually doesn't need to ask for help.

Yang Chao said: "Miss Liu, please tell me, but I dare not guarantee it."

Things that Liu Rushi can't do are usually very troublesome, such as getting into trouble with Tian Wan.

Liu Rushi didn't speak, but the grass-clothed Taoist stood up and bowed gracefully.

"Pindao is troubled by something. I asked Sister Liu to recommend it. I'm afraid only Mr. Yang is willing to help."

The Taoist in grass clothes said softly in a begging tone.

Yang Chao could also imagine it, so he turned to Caoyi Taoist and said, "Girl, please tell me."

Cao Yidao said humanely: "Pindao has a sister..."

The matter is very troublesome, Taoist Caoyi is also a famous prostitute, but she is a famous courtesan in Hangzhou, her painting boat is very famous on the West Lake, people like Qian Qianyi often go to talk to her, and Taoist Caoyi is like other famous prostitutes, He chose a great scribe to marry, but unfortunately, that famous scholar later married a concubine named Yang Wan, who was also a famous prostitute in Hangzhou, and had a good relationship with Taoist Caoyi in the past.

It’s just that Yang Wan is younger and more beautiful than Taoist Caoyi, and as a result, celebrities love Yang Wan more. Although Taoist Caoyi has a close relationship with Yang Wan, he can’t bear such neglect, so after discussing with celebrities, he let her redeem herself, and then she has Became a free courtesan.

As a result, the celebrity died early and his family fell into ruin. When Tian Wan plundered beautiful women in the south of the Yangtze River two years ago, he even plundered Yang Wan to Beijing.

Taoist Caoyi begged Yang Chao to help rescue Yang Wan.

I have to say that Taoist Cao Yi has a good heart, Yang Wan is robbing her of her favor, not only does she not hate, but she wants to save Yang Wan.

Since the death of Concubine Tian Gui, Tian Wan was no longer the commander of Jinyiwei. He was depressed, so he relied on the beauties he searched in the south of the Yangtze River to win over the powerful officials. In history, Wu Sangui was Chen Yuanyuan who met at Tian's house. Chen Yuanyuan gave Wu Sangui in exchange for Wu Sangui's asylum.

However, Tian Wan's own body deteriorated day by day after her daughter's death, so Taoist Cao Yi cared about her sister and wanted to rescue her in advance, otherwise, after Tian Wan died, Yang Wan might be sold to Beijing's Ji according to the practice of a rich family. hospital.

It's just that although Tian Wan has lost power, he is still a relative of the emperor. As long as he is in Beijing, no one will dare to go to his house to arrest people, otherwise the emperor's face will not be good-looking, so the grass-clothed Taoist has nowhere to ask, but he knows that Yang Chao He has fought against Tian Wan in the south of the Yangtze River, and has made great achievements in the limelight. I hope Yang Chao will come forward to help.

"It's Tian Wan again."

Yang Chao couldn't help but sigh with emotion, this Tian Wan really has a fate with him.

If it is in Nanjing, Yang Chao is just a one-sentence matter, but in Beijing, Yang Chao doesn't have much weight.

So I didn't dare to agree to Taoist Cao Yi: "Hey, I don't have many connections in Beijing, so I can only try my best, success or failure depends on God's will."

Seeing that Yang Chao was obviously not very concerned, Taoist Caoyi still expressed his gratitude.

Later, Yang Chao just wrote a letter to Wang Xiao, who stayed in Huai'an to run the salt industry, and explained the matter, but he really didn't take it to heart.

After sending Liu Rushi and two away, Yang Chao rushed to the barracks the next day.

The people who came back from Haizhou had already arrived, but not all of them arrived, but gradually arrived in batches. After all, it is impossible to recruit enough soldiers at once, and the boat is not specially waiting for them.

So when we recruit a group of people, we send back a group of people. A few days ago, the first batch of 100 people came back.

These people were the first batch recruited in Haizhou. Yang Chao's people arrived in Haizhou in early September, and they set off a few days later. Now they have arrived in Xinjiangkou in early October.

As soon as he arrived at the barracks, Yang Chao went directly to the office of the logistics department in Huangfeng Mansion.

The logistics department is next to Yang Chao’s room. It used to be a large barracks, but now it is full of bookshelves and desks. A large batch of forms are engraved and printed, and the completed forms are bound into a book as a file. This standardized form greatly improves the efficiency and is more convenient to read.

As soon as Yang Chao came, he first asked Huang Fengfu to give him the files of the recruits.

There are only 100 people, Huangfeng Mansion now has hundreds of people under its huge scale, and they will compile files for them at any time in the evening.

Looking at the concise files.

"It's all coolies!"

Yang Chao couldn't help sighing, most of the backgrounds of these recruits in the file were coolies on the docks, and some were hard workers in the saltworks.

Huang Fengfu nodded: "I asked these people, the people in Haizhou are mainly the coolies on the wharf, the hard workers in the saltworks, and some tenants in the surrounding countryside."

After flipping through it casually, and getting a general understanding of the situation, Yang Chao got up and rushed to the new barracks with two soldiers.

The new barracks used to be the general barracks of the right division, and the general barracks of the Zuo division is now Yang Chao’s logistics department’s site. The scholars who deal with various documents and various documents and files are placed here, and the Zuo division is used as the new barracks. The middle of the Central Thousand Commander-in-Chief Camp is the barracks for the soldiers.

If you don't enter the general camp after passing a thousand, you can go directly to the Yousi camp, and you can hear all kinds of chant from a distance.

"stand at attention."

"Take a break."

"stand at attention."

Now the recruits are still in the stage of standing in the military posture.

But there are other stages too.

"Let's go!"

"Run for a walk!"

"Go forward!"

Here's another batch of recruits.

"Stab—kill!"

Here's another batch of recruits.

At this time, there are three batches of recruits in the new barracks. The one who is practicing military posture is the newly arrived Haizhou Minzhuang, and the one who is practicing assassination is also Haizhou Minzhuang. However, the one who is practicing military posture came a few days ago. It was the group that came back from Haizhou and Yang Chao.

But the most special thing is the group of recruits who are practicing their steps, because each of these soldiers looks elegant and weak, more like scholars than soldiers.

This is not surprising, because this is a group of scholars.

The scholars recruited by Huangfeng Mansion are all the most peripheral members of the Erli Society, and there is not even a famous scholar, because once a scholar is admitted, the life plan of the scholar will basically yearn for the officialdom, so even if it is for someone to be an assistant, They would not choose military generals, but prefer to follow civil officials, because following civil officials can accumulate some official connections for them, and they can rely on them to enter the officialdom if they pass the examination in the future.

It is these people who can't even pass the exam as a scholar, so they come to a general's most aide with a pessimistic mood of "breaking the cans and smashing".

Moreover, the group Yang Chao recruited was probably the most pessimistic among the pessimists, the most pessimistic among the scholars, because Yang Chao's requirement for recruiting was to let them receive military training.

Just this one made the Huangfeng Mansion extremely headache. It took a lot of effort to fool around a hundred people. Can recruit so many people.

Let the scholars receive training, so these scholars can only spare time to deal with official duties at night during this period, such as helping those recruits compile files.

In addition to allowing these scholars to receive military training, some people were also selected to help the soldiers at night to teach them how to read and write.

Yang Chao asked scholars to practice martial arts and soldiers to study. This matter has become a joke in Nanjing City.

It's just that Yang Chao has deep intentions. Even if it's difficult to recruit people because of this, he doesn't intend to compromise, because Yang Chao thinks that martial arts training for scholars is of great significance.

(End of this chapter)