The flag troops dispersed one after another, rubbing their arms while walking, and laughing while walking.

The entire Baihu Village has come alive, and this village has a history of at least 200 years. The Dahewei and Huai'an Guard were both established when Taizu first established the garrison, and gradually established military households to enrich the defense of Jiangbei.

At this time, although there were only one hundred and twenty flag troops under the entire 100 households, the remaining people were at least three hundred, plus women, children and elderly people, and a hundred households with six or seven hundred people, or even more than a thousand people.

When it was Chen, the crowd who went to the ground to weed the pine fields slowly walked back in the morning. The flag army that had been trained was very eye-catching. Many young people pulled the flag army to chat and laugh, and there was no lack of curiosity in their words. When they knew that each flag army trained could receive four liters of grain, many people were moved.

Although you have to suffer two more hours of hardship, four liters of grain are enough to make up for these hardships.

How can poor military households be afraid of suffering?

During the slack season, if they were not ordered to leave the long-term mission of the army, the one who stayed at home would be carrying a shoulder pole. Yuntiguan had five small towns for Japanese preparations, but most of them were half abandoned, and there were not many people living in the city. Only Qianhusuo City covers an area of ​​more than three miles, with Qianhusuo Office and thousands of people living in the city. If it was a relatively prosperous town, there were also some commercial shops. Some of the Ding Zhuang from each hundred households went to Qianhusuo City to carry their work and earn money. They might not be able to earn four liters of grain in a day.

If you travel far to Guannan, Haizhou, Shuyang, Huai'an Prefecture, Yancheng, Andong, Baoying, and to work in cities or prosperous towns in these places, you will earn more, but you will have no place to live, which is not easy?

Although it is harder to practice at home and is so tired that I sweat a lot, it is worth getting four liters of food every day, and it is also worth it.

Besides, I saved two meals and had the right to protect my wife, children, and the elderly. This time, many people were moved.

Min Yuanqi didn't care too much. Some things are forced to do not necessarily have a good effect, but they are subtle and moisturize things silently, and the effect is better.

As Qi Jiguang said, the first thing to do is to lead a brave and simple soldier, then a strong and powerful person, and a flexible mind. It is not enough to be too stupid. The final condition is to have a bold martial arts, because a person must first be brave enough to be a soldier, then be strong and strong, and finally be able to know martial arts. Martial arts can be practiced in the army, and the innate conditions of the body will be difficult to make up for. A person who is five feet tall cannot become a strong strong soldier. The most important condition is courage and character. Even if he is tall and strong and has martial arts, such a soldier will never be a good soldier.

This time, Min Yuanqi would never force the training at the beginning. He would only use voluntary form to wait until the salt pond is repaired and his income increases. He could also absorb courageous people from other households to train. After he trained his subordinates with a certain basic level, he would consider whether to expand the scope of training based on the actual situation.

To be honest, although Min Yuanqi felt that things had already been on track, he couldn't figure out what would happen in the future and what changes would happen in the situation. What Min Yuanqi wanted to do most now is to have a relying elite armed force, and also have a certain ability to protect himself in the face of large-scale bandits or riots.

With an elite guardian armed force and accumulate wealth, this is the correct order. If you accumulate wealth first without force guarding, you are afraid that you will be a wedding dress for others.

Min Yuanqi has not thought about something further away, but at present, it exceeds his ability.

At the second moment of Chen Shi, Min Yuanjin and Min Yuanzhong rushed over, and they walked over with three donkeys and laughed.

Min Yuanqi wanted to cover his face and sigh, but he could only frown and lead his donkey over.

There are only two cows in the entire hundred households, one of which is over ten years old and has no strength to plow the land. The cows are old, but they cannot be sold privately. The wards are stricter than the people. Old cows will die from injuries and illness. If they report, the military officers will send people to peel and divide the flesh. If they kill privately, they will still be dealt with according to the Ming law.

According to the Ming Dynasty, those who deliberately killed other people's cattle and horses would be seventy, and those who were in vain for one and a half years would be killed. Those who were privately killed were one hundred, and those who were not reported to the government for privately peeling off the cattle and horses would be flogged forty.

Among the households, there are many cases of private killing, but there are few mules, horses, donkeys and cattle in the garrison, so is it controlled or stricter?

There are no cows, mules and horses in the entire 300 household, but there are many chickens and ducks in the whole family, but Min Yuanqi cannot ride, so the only one who can ride is the three donkeys in front of him.

Fortunately, the head of Min Yuanqi riding was tall and probably similar to an average shorter horse. At least Min Yuanqi rode on the head, and his feet would not be cut to the ground, and he also had a saddle. Min Yuanjin and Min Yuanzhong were considered to be.

Min Yuanjin and Min Yuanzhong were not able to ride. They had no saddles and almost touched the ground. The evil animals at both ends were not convinced and shouted.

Min Yuanqi smiled bitterly and waved his hand, saying, "Let's go quickly, it's about ten miles."

The three strong men were really embarrassed when riding a donkey. Many military households stood by the roadside and saluted with their hands, with their faces a little weird.

If Min Yuanqi hadn't been there, Min Yuanjin and Min Yuanzhong alone would probably have many people having fun.

Min Yuanqi had no choice but to go to Qianhusuocheng, which was more than 16 miles away from Baihu. Although he couldn't get tired of walking, it was too late to walk so far.

From the village to the northwest, Qianhusuocheng is not far from the Huai River. From west to east, all the way to the sea estuary, there are five Tuchengs located on the south bank in a scattered manner. Invade from time to time, many Tuchengs have bumpy and bumpy outer walls. After leaving the village, there is a road to the northwest where a rooster bus can be used to travel, or a small two-wheeled cart.

There are no prefectures and counties here in Yuntiguan. Within a radius of 100 miles, there are only garrisons and town villages. More than 200 miles south are even more blank areas. If you look at the historical map in later generations, you will find that the entire Jiangbei is half of Jiangsu Province in later generations, with only two prefectures in Huai'an and Yangzhou. At that time, Xuzhou was only Zhili Prefecture, Suqian was the lower county in Huai'an, and Haizhou, Lianyungang was only Zhili Prefecture. In later generations, there were many counties and cities established in Yancheng area, and a huge area of ​​more than 17,000 square kilometers in later generations. The core area now has only one county in Yancheng except for the garrison, which is also under the jurisdiction of Huai'an Prefecture.

It is obvious that Yancheng and surrounding areas cannot be uninhabited at this time. Min Yuanqi estimated that this area had a population of at least one million. Without government agencies, it could only mean that the Ming Dynasty was lazy in government affairs, or although the population was large, the residence was relatively scattered. Moreover, a large number of places along the coast were mudflats and saline-alkali land. The population density in coastal areas was not high, and the court was too lazy to do anything, which caused the current situation.

As for Yundiguan, the population is at least 100,000 to 200,000. Although Dahewei only has one thousand households here, the flag army is more than 1,000, and the remaining people are at least 3,000 to 4,000. In addition, the number of family members and women is more than 10,000 to about 20,000.

With a large number of private villages and market towns, there must be a population of more than 100,000 people.

So many people are managed by multiple counties around them, and it is quite difficult to get along. Fortunately, in this era, people believe in dealing with the government less, and the government regards not disturbing the people as good governance. It is not a bad thing to stay away from the county town. Even those yamen runners and gangsters who have obtained the card tickets will harass and extortions and think that the place is too far away and cannot come. This is the best.

After leaving Baihu Village, there were several forks, and there were also paths to Qianhu Sucheng and other Baihus. When Min Yuanqi and others walked halfway, there were more and more pedestrians, and many people were also rushing towards Sucheng.

Most of them are ordinary flag soldiers, dirty fat jackets or ordinary shabby jackets, and some are singles carrying a shoulder pole. They are looking for work in Sucheng. There are many poor households around them, and the city is not big, so there is little hope of finding a job in Sucheng successfully.

There are also people who push chicken buses with luggage on them, or who sit on their wives and children on their left and right sides, most of whom are going to visit relatives and friends.

There are also the Master who is pushing the grain bags, and there are also some peddlers who are full of goods and go along the road to the village to hawk.

It was almost noon, the sun was hanging high, the weather was getting warmer, and there were farmlands everywhere, sparse dense forests, and passers-by with each other, without any dry sounds. When people saw military officers riding donkeys passing by, they would avoid them, or they would actively cross their hands to salute... After all, seven or eight out of ten passers-by were also military households of hundreds of households. When they met military officers, they still had the etiquette they should have.

When the Thousand Houses City approached the city, the crowds became denser and there were more villages. These villages were not the hundred households under the defensive office, but the breeding of Yudians gathered together, and foreign households lived in the city.

The reason for the formation is also very simple. From the Jiajing to Wanli period, Japanese pirates were rampant, and Japanese pirates invaded from Haikou here in Yuntiguan. Many households ran to Qianhusuo City and were seeking asylum. After the Japanese riots were pacified, the village formed was also preserved.

There are only two gates in the north and south of the city. There are some shops outside the city, most of which are hotels, restaurants and tea sheds, etc., which are for guests from afar to get a break. There are also some porters who carry goods to the wharf for foreign merchants. There are also mule and horse shops, which provide mule, horse, donkeys and mule drivers. These shops are available everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, but Yuntiguan is not large in scale.

The five cities are like a string of scattered beads, spread out one after another on the south bank of the Huai River. When they approached the city, Min Yuanqi watched a dirt city nearby.

It is more than three meters tall, and the rammed earth wall is covered with weeds. Now it is all withered and yellow, which looks a bit more bleak.

These small towns used for Japanese preparations are less than one mile in radius. The main function is to guard the troops and defend against Japanese pirates. They are placed along the banks of the Huai River. A few miles away is one, protecting many towns and villages behind them.

This is similar to the military platform and Huoludun in the north, and is almost the same as many forts and cities in Liaodong.
Chapter completed!