Chapter 93: Xia Zhuang is welcome

Li Meng had no likes and dislikes to them, but Ma Gang's father gave him the identity of the general flag, and it was also the friendship of Commander Su, and he still gave face. Zhang Lin and a group of old soldiers also helped the salt pole to train, which can be said to have given a lot of convenience. Of course, this is also related to Li Meng's almost supporting the idle personnel of the Lingshan Vilary Station and the rapidly expanding power.

Speaking of which, Lingshan garrison, from hundreds of households to the commander, was obviously older, and Zhang Lin was in his early fifties and was considered a young man compared to a few thousand households. There was nothing to do with this Taiping garrison, just farming and eating grain, and everyone was just to support his elderly care.

Zhang Lin spoke, but Li Meng naturally would not refuse. After saying hello with a smile, he asked a salt man who was accompanying him to arrange for them to have dinner. Under the guidance of the yamen runners, he came to the back hall.

In the study, Yan Zhizhou wearing an official and Commander Su, who was grey-bearded, were all here. The battalion of troops outside Jiaozhou City had already been transferred to Dongchang Prefecture for defense at the end of the year, so this was also considered the highest military and civilian leader in Jiaozhou. Of course, compared with real strength, they were really not as good as Li Meng, the ninth-rank inspector.

Strength is one thing, but the identity on the official side is another. Li Meng also knows that he should do enough and he should respectfully greet him when entering the door.

When Yan Zhizhou saw Li Meng enter the door, his smile expression disappeared when he talked to Commander Su. Seeing Li Mengjin and others want to salute, the magistrate said coldly:

"Mr. Li doesn't have to be so polite. It's just a private matter for me to invite you to come here, come and sit down!"

It was completely an invitation from the official business, but it was a business matter. Commander Su over there was a kind look at Li Meng with a smile, completely like a kind old man, and said with a smile:

"Mr. Li is a heroic man at first glance. Speaking of which, I recognize your poor parents, but it's a pity, it's a pity..."

It was really an old man, talking nonsense. Yan Zhizhou next to him looked like he didn't want to talk much, and directly picked up a letter next to him and said:

"I am in charge of the people and Lord Su's military. There is no obstacle to your salt administration. But the magistrate of Gaomi wrote a private message, saying that there were horse thieves in the local area and that Gaomi did not have a garrison, and the yamen runners were even more useless. The magistrate didn't want to report it and make things worse. I heard that you, Yan Ding, wrote to me, saying that you wanted to invite you over. Although you and I are not in harmony, Lord Su said that you are your general, so you can talk!"

After saying that, he didn't say much. Yan Zhizhou left straight, and seemed unwilling to say something to Li Mengduo. It was obvious that yesterday's proposal made him extremely angry. It was a good way to sit here and explain the matter clearly.

As soon as Yan Zhizhou left, Commander Su on the other side still had a smile on his face and said in a long voice:

"The magistrate of Gaomi and Yan Zhizhou are said to be fellow townsmen. Since they are asking for help, they can't hide their face. They wrote to me yesterday. I'm not afraid of Erlang's jokes. All our guards can fight are old men like me and they can't get into the formation. Wu Tongzhi said that Erlang's salt is brave, so I'm invited you today."

Li Meng had no position to blame Yan Zhizhou for his rude attitude. When Commander Su talked about his identity, his generals, although in the garrison, hundreds of households, thousands of households and commander were all synonyms of identity, they also had subordinates to each other. Moreover, he was in Lingshan garrison, leading the soldiers' children outside to do this. The other party ignored him and made a lot of convenience. He asked for help and had to ask for help. After all, Yan Zhizhou also had to receive favors.

Commander Su was a standard old man and said aloud, but there was one sentence that made Li Meng listen.

"I heard from the people around you that you have practiced enough, but you have fought too little, so you still can't train a good soldier. If you encounter something, you will be too easy to panic."

This is a rare opportunity to fight. On weekdays, salt stewards and salt lords everywhere fight, even when they see blood, it is not a solution.

Seeing Li Meng agreeing frankly, Commander Su felt that he was quite handsome, and he didn't say much, but just smiled and said:

"Wu Tongzhi will explain it to you in detail. I can't help much, so I wish you success first."

Wu Tongzhi was really an acquaintance. For the sake of the capital, Li Mengke often added 30% of the money to the past. There were many trivial matters in Jiaozhou City, and the salt dick would come forward to help with it.

So after saying goodbye, Li Meng was not polite, and went straight to the house where Tongzhi was in the yamen, greeted him, and came to ask. Tongzhi Wu Wensong was ready, and he smiled and waited for tea. As soon as both sides sat down, they spoke up.

The matter is not complicated. The yamen runners sent from Gaomi County told the situation very clearly. There was a group of horse thieves entrenched in the hills and forests near Xiazhuang, north of Gaomi City. They said that everyone had horses and were extremely fierce. The caravans and local landlords and gentry who came and went to Gaomi were all suffering from their invasion.

There are only a dozen yamen runners in Gaomi County, and Min Zhuang is not worth using it, so I specially asked Jiaozhou to send people to help. If it is to mobilize troops to suppress bandits, it will take time and money, and it will also affect the performance of the magistrate. The local unrest is the main reason for the bad review. Therefore, writing a letter to ask Jiaozhou to send Min Zhuang to help is purely a private act, and it will be solved quietly. If it fails, it will not affect anything. If it succeeds, it will not be too late to reward merit and reward.

It is said that the Gaomi gentry also agreed with the actions of the county magistrate. The officers and soldiers often suppressed bandits but the bandits were not driven away, but the local disaster was almost the same. The place on the west side of Qingzhou and Yanzhou has been in chaos for a while, and the news that the officers and soldiers were there was a defeat throughout the day.

There are about a hundred horse thieves near Xiazhuang, and it is said that some Yimin knew where their nest was. As long as Li Meng came over, someone would naturally lead the way.

After listening to it, Li Meng felt that this was almost the credit given to him, and he vaguely felt something was wrong. It seemed that although these people only considered salt ding in the end, judging from this attitude, it seemed that they had been planning to let the salt dings fight this Xiazhuang horse thief from the beginning.

After Tongzhi Wu Wensong introduced the situation, he said something casually:

"Men always have to make some achievements before they can make a name for themselves. Although the salt administration inspection is a shortage, the situation is too small and it is not a long-term thing."

This sentence further confirmed some of Li Meng's vague guesses. Anyway, it's not a bad thing, just go.

There is an advantage that the salt ditches are distributed in various places, that is, it is not difficult to prepare food and wages. Li Meng took 300 salt ditches in Fengmeng Town and advanced along the Jiao River. He did not take too much effort to reach Gaomi Xiazhuang.

The captain of the Salt Ding nearest here is Ma Gang. He brought the gathered 300 Salt Dings to meet with Li Meng. Speaking of which, this is the first official military operation in addition to private fights. Both Li Meng and the Salt Dings below were very excited.

When modern times was the squad leader of the People's Liberation Army, Li Meng just had to restrain the team and do a good job in training and daily dynamics. I guess even if he was a company commander and battalion commander, he would only be responsible for military training and related work. He would only worry about things like logistics at the regiment level.

However, Li Meng was really worried about starting a day with these 300 people. These 300 people marched, camped, and had to arrange everything they had on the road. But what Li Meng was catching was just daily combat training. What he knew was fighting skills, not these.

Fortunately, it took only two days from Jiaozhou to Gaomi, and Chen Liu and Wang Hai seemed to have received some teaching on Zhang Lin who was training them. Although they were busy, there was a charter after all.

Moreover, Li Meng has an advantage. The marching was on the Jiaohe River. There were many people in the village. The Salt Team did not lack money. If you lack anything, you could spend money to buy it.

After less than two days of journey, I just stumbling through it. When I entered Gaomi, representatives from the county government and gentry had long been sent to greet me. This made Li Meng feel relieved. If I said what benefits would be this time, the short two-day march really taught Li Meng a lesson.

In the inside line, where you can get supplies at any time, you are still so embarrassed during the marching, and you appear so amateur. This is also good. If the problem is exposed, the targeted solution is that it is better than suddenly appearing at the critical moment of life and death, and you will be caught off guard.

The salt deer led by Ma Gang was already stationed in Xiazhuang. When Li Meng led the salt deer team into Xiazhuang, Ma Gang and the clan leader of the Xia family came out to greet him. The farm was not small, and 600 people were actually placed by them. According to Ma Gang, the leader of the Xia family also sold Laizhou salt on weekdays and was considered a small customer.

There is a name that Li Meng has focused on maintaining, that is, the military discipline is strict and there is no violation. This is also the most basic requirement of the modern People's Liberation Army. In this era, because of the abundant funds brought by salt trading, it is not difficult to achieve this. Although the representatives of the Xia family and Gaomi County repeatedly guaranteed that since the salt diligent came to help, all the supply must be borne by the local government. However, Li Meng really didn't care about these small money. Under the eyes of the other party as if he was looking at a fool, he insisted on paying everything himself for money.
Chapter completed!