The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 397 The follower's retreat
Recently, more and more businessmen came to Pukui from the north, most of them escaped from the Wendura grassland.

According to them, the North Wendura Grassland suddenly became chaotic recently.The leaders of some tribes were killed suddenly, and the commanders of some tribes also died overnight.

The grass in their house was set on fire, and the cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock were released and ran to the grassland by themselves.

The headman was killed, leaving a power vacuum. In order to compete for the headman's seat, some tribes began to compete for power.

Among them, the first one to be killed was Wadagas, the leader of the Wali Valley tribe.

Originally, Wadagas was planning to lead his team to South Vendura to launch an offensive against Bu Kui.

Due to the sudden death of Wadagas, the plan of 5000 people from the Wali Valley tribe to go to South Vendura had to be stopped.

The planned joint attack on Bukui by the Wali Valley tribe and the Shidwa tribe had to be suspended.

As for when it will resume, there is no news yet.

On the [-]th day of the eighth month of the Wuyin year, Prince Teng, the imperial envoy of the Jingying Jiedu envoy and chief general Wendula, arrived in Bukui.Accompanying him were [-] subordinates under his command, as well as some relatives.

Jia Lian, Baochai, Daiyu, Ping'er and others arrived together.

Eight days later, the envoys from North Vendura arrived in Bukui.

According to the itinerary, they could have arrived in Bukui within three days, but for some reason, they were delayed by five days.

The originally planned list of envoys has also changed, and none of the three main characters came this time.

According to the messenger's explanation, they were busy with tribal affairs and couldn't get away.

However, Jia Min and others knew that they would never come.Because they all died in the "beheading operation".

Wang Ziteng had two meetings with the envoys of North Wendura, because the conditions of the two sides were far apart, and it was impossible to reach an agreement.Therefore, according to the original agreement, the Tatar envoys went south to the imperial capital to negotiate directly with the imperial court.

The next day, accompanied by Jia Min, Wang Ziteng came to Shuwanzi to watch a company led by Qin Zhong perform exercises here.

This is the last exercise. After this exercise, the special training for rescuing the prince and princess will be over.

Tomorrow, they will embark on a journey to rescue the prince and princess.

The first subject is inspection. Due to the small number of people, there are only 120 people, so there is no such thing as a column.The soldiers lined up in two rows, and it was over by making a face in front of the imperial envoy.

However, this simple ceremony still left a deep impression on Wang Ziteng.

These soldiers made him feel obviously different from other army soldiers.The most obvious ones are the high fighting spirit and stern murderous aura.

The second item is long gun shooting.It was some straw men.

The third item is the serial gun shooting.

This item left Wang Ziteng with a shocking feeling.The nine serial guns were fired together, and the straw figures in front were smashed to pieces in an instant.For a moment, the air was full of flying grass.

The last item is the nozzle.The kerosene was everywhere, and those straw figures immediately burned blazingly.

Seeing this devastating attack, even the battle-tested Prince Teng couldn't help being shocked.

"Brother Ming, where did you get these things?"

"To tell you the truth, uncle, I made it all myself."

"It cost a lot of money, didn't it?"

"A lot, the money is spent like water."

"Where did you get so much money? The court's military expenditure is far from enough."

"At first, it was all my own money. Later, some silver was taken from the tribute of South Wendura, and then it was money earned by other people."

"Things are good things, but they are easy to cause trouble. If the court asks you for these things, what will you do?"

"Tell them to buy it with money? The things are very expensive, and they don't want to part with the money."

"What if they want to make it themselves?"

"Tell them to make it? After a few years, it can't be made. The technicians here won't go."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to help you when the time comes."

"Don't worry, uncle, I have my own arrangements."

"How many of these things do you have?"

"Currently it is only enough to equip the Fubingtuan. There are more long guns and short guns. If my uncle's Beijing camp wants to equip them, I can provide them. However, they have to be bought with money."

"It's natural to take money. The Beijing Camp belongs to the imperial court, not my own. However, they won't give me money either."

"That's true. Uncle has no reason to post money himself."

"Okay, after watching your exercise, I feel relieved. Rescuing the crown prince and recovering South Wendura, it seems that it is not a big deal. From now on, I will leave everything to you. I will be happy Be an idler, cultivate your body and mind here.”

"Uncle, you're being polite. It's still up to uncle to decide the big things."

"It doesn't matter, you just let go and do it. Just let me know when the time comes. Really don't want to be an official anymore? If the prince and princess are rescued, I will report to the emperor, and you will be reinstated as an official."

"It's true that the emperor cares about saving face, but if he does too much, it will be difficult for him to explain to the people below. He will not be punished for his faults. Not rewarding meritorious deeds is also a big taboo, and it is difficult to convince the public."

"I really don't want to do it. If uncle is interested, please report to the court and let Feng Ziying take over my position, and reward them for their merits."

"Since Brother Min has made up his mind, let's do as you wish. You can go about your business. I'm here to fish, so don't worry about me. Just call me when I'm cooking."

"Then I'll go to the official village over there, and I'll make dinner later, and I'll inform uncle."

Jia Min came to Shuiwanzi Guanzhuang, which is Bukui Experimental Farm.As soon as Jia Min came in, the farm manager Du Qingshan and his wife, Servante, warmly greeted him.

When Jiang Shilang from the Ministry of Criminal Justice came last year, Jia Min asked him to help solve the case of the Servantes.

In the end, Jiang Shilang adopted a compromise method and commuted the case.At the end of last year, the two had completed their sentences and are now free men.

The two have been in Middle-earth for a long time, and they are already used to being here. With the salaries of the yamen, they plan to settle down here.

After exchanging pleasantries, Mrs. Servante made milk tea for her, and they drank and chatted.

Topics were mainly tobacco, reindeer farming, and mink domestication and breeding.

Tobacco has basically matured from seed breeding, planting technology, baking technology, processing technology, etc.

As for the cigarette machine, Dai Zhi has already produced a prototype, and with appropriate improvements, it can be finalized.

According to Jia Min's original positioning, the tobacco project is an official project of Bukui Yamen.

However, now he has changed his mind.

He decided not to hand over the project to the authorities.

If the tobacco project becomes the property of the government, in case the Fubingtuan is no longer here in the future, it will become a wedding dress for others.I was busy in vain.

Even here, if you make a lot of money in the future, the imperial court will probably be jealous.

Therefore, Jia Min decided to develop it as a private partnership project.The shareholders are his subordinates in Bukui.

Including the officers and soldiers of the Fu Corps.The officials and servants in the Bukui Yamen, as well as people like the Servante couple, have contributed to this project.

As his followers, these people used to be loyal to him.Now, taking advantage of his influence over Bu Kui, it is necessary to plan for their future livelihood.

Jia Min also made arrangements for the soldiers of the Fu Corps.

After recovering South Wendura, they will be prepared to train them in skills.Let every soldier learn several skills and master several ways of making a living.

Among the four major classes of scholars, farmers, businessmen, craftsmen belong to the "worker" class, and their status is higher than that of businessmen.

Although it is hard work, as long as you have the skills, making a living in the future will not be a problem.

Now they earn relatively high salaries as soldiers, and this is only the internal treatment of the Fubingtuan. If there is no such treatment, if they are paid according to the standard of the imperial court, they will not be able to get this money at all.

Whether it can even be received on time or whether it will be deducted is a problem.

Soldiers will not fight forever, and the Fubingtuan can't promise to maintain the current organizational system forever.If the soldiers are retired, or reorganized, they will not have the good life they are now.

Even Jia Min, the head of the regiment, was easily removed from his fame and demoted to the people, let alone the others?
Everyone in Bukui already knew that Jia Min was deprived of fame and fame, and demoted from his job to the people.Du Qingshan and the Servante couple also knew about it a long time ago.

However, in their eyes, this is no different from before.Jia Min is still Jia Min, and Chief Min is still Chief Min.Whether they have fame and official positions is not important in their eyes.

After chatting for a while, Jia Min came to Hua Yusheng's room.

Hua Yusheng is still being held alone, and he is asked to come out from time to time to let the wind out in the yard.

However, he seldom yells and shouts now.

"Hua Yusheng, are you doing well during this time?"

"Hey, Chief Min, what's so good? How good can it be?"

Jia Min also knew that his words were weak.

A young man in his prime, who was accused of cheating in the court, was finally exiled, lost his personal freedom, and no one would feel good if he put it on anyone.

"I have already found Guo Qisheng. He admitted that he made a false accusation back then. He is also going to expose the instigator behind the scenes."

"However, you should also know that this matter has been going on for so long, and some people are still in high positions, so it took quite a lot of trouble to do this matter."

"Now I'm just white, and many things are not as convenient as before."

"However, since I promised you at the beginning, I will take care of this matter to the end. I will do my best to return you as innocent as possible. Therefore, you still need to be patient."

"Mr. Min is so grateful. If it's too difficult, Mr. Min doesn't have to force it. It's very rare for you to do this. Hua is just resigned to fate."

(End of this chapter)