Outside the Dongyang Gate of Yiwu County, when the familiar melody sounded, the representatives who came to greet Chen Wen of Yiwu County were immediately stunned and looked at the Ming army in front of him, silently. Until the Ming army approached, suddenly, an old voice suddenly sounded, breaking the silence.

"Grandpa Qi's soldiers are back, they are really coming back!"

Looking back at the starting point of the sound, an old man was still looking at the direction of the Ming army with the help of his children in the clan. However, the face of the ravines was already full of tears of excitement and touching. Everyone present knew this long-lived old man from Yiwu County. Even though he had not known him before, in the past few days of planning to lead the Ming army to receive the secret talks of Yiwu, the sophistication of this 80-year-old man was completely reflected in their hearts.

Grandpa Qi's soldiers are back?

Everyone knows that not only his ancestors had followed Qi Jiguang, but he also saw Qi Jiguang and the Qi family army of that era with his own eyes. It can be said that he was the one who was most familiar with that army among these locals. Since he could find the feeling of the Qi family army from this Ming army, and it should still be a very strong feeling, then this Ming army is very likely to be the Qi family army that was resurrected in the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, even if they were like them, they found the figures of the soldiers of the Qi family army who were familiar with their childhood memories from the aura and weapon configuration of these Ming soldiers, as well as the catchy melody of their ancestors and parents. So, do you still need to maintain an uncertain attitude towards this?

Grandpa Qi’s soldiers are really back!

The old patriarch of the Jin family moved his heart, but completely ignited the entire welcome crowd. The people who came to greet him completely forgot their purpose and rushed to the front, greedily staring at the armor and weapons of these soldiers, with their eyes full of touching thoughts, as if this could bring them back to the era when the ever-victorious army was scattered in the world.

Seeing the people coming up, the Ming army also stopped and stood firmly on the official road. Standing in the queue. Chen Wen looked at these people, but the scene of the threshing farm in the small village at the foot of Dalan Mountain last year, and when he threatened to rebuild the Qi family army, the scene of the men who were rushing to support each other when he threatened to rebuild the Qi family army.

Chen Wen knew very well that this was the fifth year of Yongli. It was also in 1651 AD, which was less than a hundred years before Qi Jiguang was in the world. If it were only thirty-three years since the last Qi family army commanded by General Qi Jin to support Liao, collectively died on the bank of the Hunhe River - 1618 AD!

Thirty-three years are long, and many things can happen, at least compared to thirty-three years ago. This land of Jinhua has fallen from a paradise where prosperity and glory coexist, for the sake of people as the slaughter and I as the fish.

But for these elders from all families who are in their fifties and sixty years old for many years, thirty-three years ago was their most passionate and energetic youth, and it was also the time when they had the heroic dream of sealing their wives and children, driving away barbarians, and saving the people from the fire and water.

During the most passionate period of their lives, what they heard was the heroic deeds of their ancestors following Qi Jiguang to pacify Japanese pirates. What they saw was the tragic situation of some outstanding neighbors, led by Qi Jiguang's nephew General Qi Jin, who rushed to the battlefield in Liaodong and finally died in state affairs there. These left an overly deep impression on their minds, and even to the point of being unforgettable forever.

At this moment, this army was formed under the slogan of rebuilding the Qi family army. With Chen Wen's unremitting efforts to set an example, it underwent the final tempering of the war last year to cover the evacuation of the people. Isn't Nantangying, which finally completed the reconstruction work, the Qi family army that these people long for a long time?

Moreover, in response to today's entry into the city, Chen Wen, based on his sales instinct that he could achieve twice the result with half the effort after the promotion was completed, he even used this military song from the Qi family army to set off to awaken the memories hidden in their hearts.

Looking at these crowds who were so excited that they could no longer control themselves, Chen Wen knew that this would be the greatest help he had obtained by borrowing Qi Jiguang's prestige, and perhaps the last time. After all, this road to expel the Tartars must be followed by him personally.

However, this leverage is far from over. Chen Wen wants not only this county without a wall. What he needs most is the Han people on this land!

The people had already flowed closer. After waving to them, Chen Wen turned over and dismounted and walked towards the people surrounded by officers and personal soldiers.

Seeing Chen Wen coming, the representatives of the people also put away their covetousness of the Ming army soldiers and the old patriarch of the Jin family. It was also the oldest man here who took the lead in saluting Chen Wen.

"March Ching's contribution to restoring this county is to the country. Please accept the worship of the old man and wait for a visit."

Although if he had not captured Dongyang, these people would not have been able to connect Yiwu to the Ming army, they clearly gave it to him, and even delivered it to him. In front of him, there were still a group of old men who were old enough to be his grandfather. How could Chen Wen dare to receive this gift?

"All the elders are welcome to get up quickly. I will not be able to bear the great gifts of you all." As he said that, Chen Wen reached out to help the old patriarch of the Jin family up, and helped the others up one by one.

"We are all innocent children in the court. We hope that the royal army can rescue our county from the iron hooves of the Tatars. Today, the general of Meng Chen personally brought the royal army to come. We are so grateful."

Before he finished speaking, a young man next to the old man brought a tray, but there was a pot of water and wine in the tray. After another representative of the people carried the pot and filled the wine cup next to him, the old man bowed to hand it over. Chen Wen had to bow and say thank you, then picked up the wine glass and drank it all, and then signaled to everyone with the mouth of the wine cup and put it back on the push plate.

The welcome ceremony for the people outside the city has come to an end. Chen Wen and some veterans from Nantang Camp walked into the city with these representatives of the people. The remaining entourages walked around the county town under the leadership of Yin Yue and went to build a camp outside the Jinhua Gate west of the city, for defense and training.

After crossing Dongyang Gate, the road leading to the county government was full of people who heard about the Ming army. After seeing that the teams were holding the set of mandarin duck formation weapons that many people knew, these people showed no less enthusiasm than those representatives of the people, and during this period, there were even more touching tears.

While sighing that people can use it, Chen Wen had to move forward slowly surrounded by officers and representatives of the people. However, even so, the people watching along the way still squeezed the road, so it took him a long time to arrive at the gate of the county government.

After arriving at the county government office, Chen Wen took out the letter of suing the elders of Jinhua again and read it in public. The letter of suing the elders of Jinhua has actually been transmitted from Dongyang County to the nearby Yiwu in the past few days. However, after Chen Wen spoke these words in person, they still welcomed the cheers of the onlookers like thunder.

After the craze of cheers, Chen Wen took advantage of the situation to announce that he would recruit soldiers from Qi's house at the west gate of the county town to gather a larger army to restore the entire Jinhua Mansion. Then he looked around and joined the officers and officials who accompanied him to enter the county government and began to check the materials.

After nightfall, the work of the county government office was still in progress, and Chen Wen invited a banquet to represent local gentry and people who instigated Yiwu County to work anyway.

After an afternoon of inquiring about the captured officials of the Qing Dynasty, Chen Wen also had some understanding of these local people who participated in the work anyway. If we count from the components, these people are mainly divided into two parts: gentry in the county town, patriarchs of each village town, and village elders.

Most of the gentry in the county towns have mining, commerce, handicrafts and other business, and the more powerful ones are those gentry whose children have fame and fortune. However, these families are not pure merchant families. They almost have a lot of land and industries outside the county town, so they also have a close relationship with the villages and towns.

Relatively speaking, the clan leaders and fellow villagers in each village are different. Almost all the clans connected this time have joined the former Qi family army, and some families even have senior military generals such as generals, deputy generals, and generals. If calculated in detail, they are mainly divided into two branches: northwest and southwest.

The family in the northwest is mainly composed of the Xia Yanlou family, Wu Kantou Wu family and Ye Zhai Ye family. The Xia Yanlou family is relatively famous among the Qi family's army. The two branches of the clan have produced more than 30 officers above the general, such as Lou Zizheng, Lou Dayou, and Lou Nan, the ancestor of Lou Jiye, under Chen Wen, who also sat at the high position of deputy general in Yunnan. In addition, Wu Weizhong of the Wu family, Ye Dazheng and Ye Bangrong of the Ye family are also more famous.

The group of families in the southwest are led by the Beilei Chen family, including the Tianxin Wang family, the East Zhu Ding family, the Qingcun Jin family, the Liangchou Yang family, the Chi'an Feng family, and the two Zhang families in the West and Longpi.

During the era of Qi Jiguang, more than 800 tribes joined the army, and 52 officers above the general rank were sent. Among them, Chen Wen was more impressed by Chen Wen, such as the Chen clan leader at that time, Chen Dacheng, who brought local people from Yiwu and Chuzhou who came to mine for several months, and Chen Can, who later sent troops to Korea during the Wanli Dynasty.

In contrast, the other families, such as Tian Xin Wang Rulong, Chian Feng Ziming, Dong Zhu Dingmao and Ding Bangyan, Yang Wentong and Qingcun Jin Fu, and Zhang Xiqing of the Zhang family in the West. As for the Zhang family in Longpi, most of them are officers such as Qian Zong, and the generals.

These families were once glorious under Qi Jiguang's command, and gradually declined as that generation grew older and withered. Here, they were already dissatisfied with the Qing Dynasty's taxes and the crazy looting of Ma Jinbao. They were naturally very active in welcoming the replica of the Qi family army under Chen Wen's army to Yiwu.

During the banquet, Chen Wen took out his skills of getting along at the wine table and frequently toasted these representatives of the people. He also attracted a Ye family member in the army to speak out, telling the clan leader of the Ming army in just one by one, which was very glorious in the short year since its establishment, and the clan leader of these villages and towns, which made them see their eyes full of fire.
Chapter completed!