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Chapter 145 High hopes

Min Yuanzhong is as honest and kind as his name is, not as clever and smart as Min Yuanjin, Liang Shifa and others, and has never been favored by others in the Min family.

This time, the deputy Qianhou family was directly added to serve as a 100 household. The actual position in the camp should be the Central Army officer at the level of the Thousand General Office. Min Yuanzhong was really proud.

"The second uncle has also been appointed as the commander of the Dahewei." Min Yuanzhong smiled and said, "They should be coming soon."

Min Yuanqi had to stop. Soon after, Min Gande, Li Kecheng and others arrived one after another. They came from the ferry. Han Sen, Yang Zhijin, Gao Cuncheng and others heard the news and rushed over.

Only Chen Liang, who followed him, should have been a real 100 households this time, but he didn't care much about it. Seeing Han Sen and others walking over with joy, Chen Liang curled his lips and turned around and wanted to leave.

"What are you doing?" Shen Yong looked at his brother in surprise, feeling a little confused about Chen Liang's meaning.

Just now, Shen Yong kept looking at everyone in front of him with envy, and at the same time he was very happy.

Although Shen Yong himself is just a craftsman, even though many people under him are under his jurisdiction, Shen Yong still thinks he is a craftsman in private, no, he is a craftsman, the lowest and humble craftsman.

Seeing his brothers go from being a craftsman to a hundred ward house, Shen Yong felt dizzy.

Once upon a time, could the most humble craftsmen become serious military officers of the Ming Dynasty?

Even in this current situation, identity is still an unavoidable shackle.

Even in the Ming Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, except for the reshuffle of relatives and nobles, giant merchants were still huge merchants, officials and gentry were still officials and gentry, civilians were still civilians, and low households were still low households.

Chen Liang was awarded the title of 100 households, which means that the Shen family has changed from the lowest low-level craftsmanship to the military officer family of the garrison, and the starting point is 100 households, which is much higher than the general flag and small flag classes!

As a result, Shen Yong was extremely surprised when he saw his brother leaving with no concern.

"I'll go to the workshop first." Chen Liang smiled and said, "Sir, I'll still have to go there later."

"You can still see the workshop today for such a big event?" Shen Yong shook his head and said, "Why do you look unhappy?"

"Sir, I will definitely go there. He can tell the importance of the matter." Chen Liang said: "I'm not unhappy, it just doesn't matter."

"You must be stupid. Are you not satisfied with the official position of a hundred households?"

Shen Yong was a little anxious. When Chen Liang joined the flag army, he was just a foreign white dick, and he had no position.

Later, when he was trained, he showed the strength of an elite veteran, and with the water gate battle and the fire gun skills, he could only sit in the position of the flag captain.

Now he has become the chief officer again, and Shen Yong is working in the workshop again. Chen Li is always a supervisor in the sewing field. The Shen family has gone from fleeing refugees to the current land, so they are very grateful to Min Yuanqi. If Min Yuanqi had not agreed, the Shen family would be the first family to give Min Yuanqi the tablet of immortality.

If Chen Liang is dissatisfied with his treatment and is resentful, once Lord Min knows it, Shen Yong is not worried about anything else, but about being stabbed by everyone, and at the same time, he is also afraid that Min Yuanqi will be disappointed.

"Brother is thinking wrongly." Chen Liang grinned and said, "I don't have any complaints. I have this position, this position, this monthly salary, and what else can I not be satisfied with. I just feel that the court cannot even keep the capital, so Nanjing will be able to be protected next? It's better to follow us, no matter what the name is, than to follow the court. We can protect the land of Dahewei. In the future, even if we have a new dynasty, Lord Min becomes a high-ranking official of the new dynasty, and we will be able to follow the new dynasty's military officer position, then we will be really stable. To be honest, I really look down on these hundred households now."

Shen Yong frowned and listened. Kaichu had the intention of refuting, but at the end he heard it, he felt that he was convinced by his brother.

If the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, what command would be this? Thousands of households, hundreds of households, and there is a bird for a bird?

It is easy to get ahead if you are in charge of soldiers in troubled times. As long as you make the right choice in the end and follow the lord of the new dynasty, you can at least get a military officer.

Min Yuanqi ate meat, and with his personality, everyone can definitely eat bones and drink soup.

This is enough.

Thinking of this, the position of a military officer in the Ming Dynasty really seems to be nothing.

"Then you have to be careful..." Shen Yong said: "It's not easy to talk to others casually."

"This brother is wrong again..." Chen Liang shook his head and said, "The more I say, the more I pay more attention to me in my heart. Of course, I will not promote it freely, and it is not good to make people think that it is a welcome person."

Shen Yong felt that he could not catch up with his brother's ideas, so he had to watch his brother walk away calmly with his long legs.

When he turned around, more than a hundred people had gathered near the dock. I don’t know where the firecrackers were brought, and it exploded.

"Congratulations, congratulations!"

There was Zhu Wanchun in the crowd, but he was full of spring breeze on his face, and he was really happy for Min Yuanqi.

"Brother Zhu, thank you for running around."

The Zhu family is now Min Yuanqi's most important ally. Not only is it a channel for selling salt, but other salt merchants may not be as sensible as the Zhu family. Maybe the amount of salt is large and they will think about reducing the salt price. Then they will have to find other salt merchants to cooperate.

The Zhu family has always insisted on starting to negotiate good prices, and even if it exceeds 200,000 kilograms a day, it has never discussed reducing the price of salt. On the contrary, the Zhu family is working hard to open up channels and hopes that Min Yuanqi will further increase the amount of salt produced.

The same is true for Min Yuanqi's considerations. The seaside is large enough and the manpower is sufficient. It is not difficult to get thousands of people to dry salt and push salt.

As long as the Zhu family eats it and the market is not affected yet is not saturated, expanding production is also what he needs to do.

Nowadays, there is too much silver consumed in a day, and it is almost difficult to have too much surplus. In addition, the consumption of buying war horses and expanding musket production, as well as land and water conservancy projects will become higher and higher. There is no good solution for the time being, so it can only be to expand the production of salt ponds.

If the annual income is 300,000 taels of silver and 600,000 s of grain, Min Yuanqi will still be confident to infuse the army of ten thousand people.

Seven thousand steps and three thousand cavalry are not enough to use it to rampant the world, but can we make a breakthrough in Jiangbei and further fight the Qing army south, and change the ending of being instantly won by the Qing army and going to Jiangnan. Then, after the shaving order, will the overall situation change like earth-shaking changes?

At present, I still think too deeply and too far. These ideas are just hidden deep in Min Yuanqi's heart and have never been revealed to the public.

Even if Zhu Wanchun in front of him, Min Gande, as well as the confidants of the clans such as Min Yuanzhong, Min Yuanjin and Min Yuanzhi, Min Yuanqi would not talk about this topic with them.

The rice must be eaten in one bite, and the battle must be fought slowly.

The Yuntiguan Banner Army has only fought with rogues and bandits. Even if the training intensity is ten times that of ordinary battalions and their armor and weapons are both excellent, they are still a distance away from the real elite.

Only by not fighting or pulling apart, having faith, determination and will, and being well equipped can we be regarded as the top strong soldier of this era.

The Manchu soldiers are indeed. Although their belief is wealth and honor, they all know that following their masters swept the world will be rewarded and benefited their descendants. This belief is quite firm and correct. Therefore, at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, although the number of Manchu soldiers was indeed elite.

During the Qing army's journey south, the main force was indeed the surrendered Han army.

But once there is a difficult battle and a difficult bone to crack, the Manchu elites will come on the field without exception, and most of them will be finalized.

At this time, Min Yuanqi is still developing well, and he dare not think too deeply and far-reaching.

The cooperation of the Zhu family is also crucial.

All kinds of qualified craftsmen collected, including nitrate sulfones, war horses, and various herds and animals bought from all over the place.

Just based on Min Yuanqi himself, I am afraid that if I have money, I can't find a place to buy it.

What's more, Zhu Wanchun started running for Min Yuan this time, and although he finally decided to rely on Huaiyangdao, the Zhu family's previous achievements were quite considerable.

Min Yuanqi and Zhu Wanchun held hands to greet each other, and they were very intimate.

Zhu Wanchun will come here every ten days, and he will stay at least one or two days after coming here.

Of course, the residence is Min Yuanqi’s official hall. The two of them often sleep with their feet and chat before going to bed.

For Min Yuanqi, the conversation with Zhu Wanchun was helpful for him to deepen his understanding of the industrial and commercial class in the Ming Dynasty. For Zhu Wanchun, Min Yuanqi's insights often refreshed him.

There are many worshipers from the Zhu family, but in other words, Zhu Wanchun prefers to talk to Min Yuanqi, and feels that he has more knowledge than those nerds.

A martial artist has such an extraordinary view, which is one of the reasons why the Zhu family and son fully support Min Yuanqi.

A warrior like Min Yuanqi will sooner or later not be a thing in the pool, and will surely make a fortune.

It may not have happened to Zuo Liangyu's respect and care for the father and son of the Hou family?

This statement is somewhat utilitarian, but putting aside all utilitarian ways of getting along with each other, and a purely close friend, how many people are there in this world?

After Zhu Wanchun congratulated him, Min Qiande who walked upstairs with a smile.

This time, Min Qiande signed a letter to the commander of the Qianhu guards.

This is a trivial matter for the court. The Min family, which had commanders and solid military achievements, and Min Qiande and the Zhu family worked together, even Shi Kefa's friend Ying Tingji spoke for the Min family. What is a commander worth?

There are dozens of guards in Jiangnan and Jiangbei directly under the jurisdiction of Nanjing. Each guard has several commanders, plus dozens of commanders and assistant magistrates. These military officers of the garrison are terrifying. In fact, in the eyes of the court, the official positions of the garrison are far inferior to those of the battalion officers.

It is not uncommon for a guard commander to serve as the chief general of the camp. Most of them serve as the garrison and the chief minister. If you want a guerrilla general, you must at least be the deputy commander or the chief commander.

As for the current powerful vassals, most of them are going to be awarded titles.

Zuo Liangyu has been named Marquis of Ningnan and is already above all civil officials. The marquis who hold heavy troops finally appeared again since the mid-Ming Dynasty.

In contrast, Min Yuanqi's commander-in-chief and Min Qiande's guard commander were nothing at all.
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