Chapter 11 Debriefing
On the second day of the second month of the sixth year of the Yongli period, from the 18th day of the first lunar month to the present, with the exchanges between the envoys and official documents, a large number of gentry and civilians rushed to Jinhua City to participate in the conference to discuss the subscription of bonds and return the plundered property of Ma Jinbao and his subordinates.
Generally speaking, the wealth industry plundered by the enemy's army will also belong to the army after being recaptured by the army. However, Chen Wen valued more the land more. Although there were many of them, it would be far from enough to establish a military camp by confiscating these real estates. However, if the wasteland is simply requisitioned, the local people will have too much resistance, so this compromise plan was found.
But for the people, I have never heard of the good thing that the army would return the original owner after regaining the property. However, since the government has issued a government order, it should not be fake. So these days, the people who arrived successively filled the resettlement camps planned by Chen Wen, and the representatives of the gentry and wealthy families mostly went to relatives and friends. Those who had no relatives and friends in the capital also moved into the inns of the capital city, obviously unwilling to squeeze into the sheds with those mud legs.
The day has come, and the gentry and people who received the news may be on the way late, but Chen Wen did not plan to wait any longer. However, it was just dawn and there was still one hour before the meeting officially began. He did not arrive at the venue in advance, but continued to handle military affairs in the camp as usual and summoned officers to talk.
A few days ago, in response to the issues that the gentry and the people might have mentioned, Chen Wen specially convened a staff member to prepare for the lectures in a question-based manner, and sent someone to listen to the focus of the discussions of the gentry and the people. Today, he woke up and checked them again so that he would not be caught off guard when answering on the stage.
I am very busy every day, and even today's things are quite common. It's just that the system is invented, and there are not many talents in my hands. It's almost inevitable to do everything yourself, especially today. I reviewed one by one until the last word. Chen Wen, who had just removed the plywood, threw the brush in his hand aside. Sitting on the Taishi chair, clenched his fists, stretched his arms to the back, and stretched his waist hard.
Time is running out, and the problem of the military weapon department about the new musket has not been solved. This problem has troubled him for several days, but his knowledge of firearms has only read some articles or comments on the Internet. As time goes by, his impression has become weaker. Now he has to be the bird gun craftsmen of the military weapon department to solve it. Since there is no need to think about these things again, it is better to summon an officer to chat, which can be regarded as a change of mind.
"Zhang Jun, who is the turn of the officer who came to report his work? It's his turn to come."
"Abide by the orders of humble duties."
Zhang Jun, who was standing beside him, bowed and walked out, picked up a notebook from the table outside, confirmed that there was no error in his memory, and walked out, and went to the barracks where the officers confessed their temporary residence.
"Jinhua Town belongs to Yang Kai, the Thousand General of the Water Camp, and the Grand Marshal was summoned."
"Abide by the orders of humble duties."
A Qiang General, who is less than 20 years old, is definitely a record-breaking member of the Ming army under Chen Wen's command. However, outsiders consider that he has the qualifications to be Chen Wen's personal soldiers, it is not abnormal. At least it seems normal to the warriors of this era.
As for the words of Xingjin, it was not unreachable to other troops. However, no one thought so in the water camp that was still in the transport brigade. Instead, most of the guerrillas in the water camp valued this young colleague very much. Because during the Battle of Xiaoshun Town, the Qing army's water camp attacked the warehouse of Fotang Town, this person's performance was enough to prove Chen Wen's vision of looking at people.
Zhang Jun and Yang Kai were both Chen Wen's personal soldiers and had a close relationship with each other. However, in front of everyone, the two of them didn't speak much. They just went to Chen Wen's office courtyard to receive the call. When they walked to the door, Zhang Jun went into the house to report first, and after they came out, they let Yang Kai go in alone, while he was guarding outside the door.
"I am not good at work. Yang Kai, the chief general of the Shui Camp in Jinhua Town, has met the Grand Marshal."
"No gift."
Seeing Yang Kai standing up quickly, Chen Wen smiled and said, "It seems that Xiao Ruan Jin's health has recovered well."
"Thank you for your concern for the general."
Chen Wen was very satisfied with Yang Kai's answer, at least much more satisfied than when he first saw Yang Kai coming to join the army.
Chen Wen remembered very clearly that although Yang Kai had been a coolie for a while, he was relatively thin. However, the slander he used to pirates really made him hear it. If he had not known that several generations of this family were pirates from Taizhou, the whole family would have been killed by the Qing army because of the resistance of the Qing Dynasty, he would have been encircled and suppressed by the Qing army, so he would not have dared to let him enter the army.
He was accompanied by Zhang Jun and Yu Li, the young soldiers, who planned to train for a while before exposing him, but he had to put the burden on these young soldiers in advance.
Tiantai County and Dongyang County twice covered the disguised Ming army into the city. Yang Kai's performance was remarkable, but the temperament developed in this pirate's nest was still not suitable for intelligence work. So after he recovered Yiwu, he sent him to assist the guerrillas of the water camp, which was originally a whistleblower, to establish a water camp that was only a transportation brigade at that time, which was at least related to his ancestors' old career.
However, unexpectedly, as the Ming army fought against the Qing army in Xiaoshun Town, the Qing army's water camps went upstream to attack Fotang Town, which was the transfer center. After destroying the few Ming army's ships, the Qing army landed onshore and entered Fotang Town, intending to burn down the warehouses prepared for besieging the city.
In that battle, Yang Kai took advantage of the Qing army's massive besiege of those simple warehouses, and took his sailors around the Qing army's fleet, killed the remaining Qing army, threw tincture oil, gunpowder and other objects at the Qing army's ships, and fired rockets to ignite a group of ships, causing the Qing army to be in chaos and forced to retreat.
However, when the Qing army rescued the ship, Yang Kai did not choose to evacuate, but boldly met up, and was besieged by the Qing army. He was hit by several attacks during the battle. One of the swords had not been taken back half a step with his youthful reaction, he would have been dismantled. However, his actions effectively delayed the Qing army's rescue of the ships, and cooperated with the Ming army who were catching up to eliminate some of the landing Qing troops.
It is precisely because of this bravery that he has the nickname "Little Ruan Jin" in the water camp. After all, Ruan Jin, a famous navy general in the Ming army in Zhejiang, was known for his bravery and destiny, and he was also a pirate.
After encircling and annihilated Fubiao Camp, Chen Wen went to Fotang Town to inspect while inspecting the counties. However, at that time, Yang Kai was tied up and lying on the bed like a mummy. He was not allowed to move even by the doctor, for fear that the wound would crack again, so Chen Wen's previous question was caused.
I haven't seen each other for a while, and this former personal soldier seems to be a little more mature than when I first went to Tiantai Mountain. But this is not enough. Judging from the battle in Dongyang County, this former young personal soldier should have deeper potential to be explored, and he also had some ideas about the way of digging.
"The things in Fotang Town are done well. You can avoid the real thing and go around the Tartars to burn their ships. Sharing the pressure for the left-behind troops means you have really put your heart into it, it's great."
Seeing that Chen Wenlian said it was very good twice, Yang Kai quickly saluted and thanked him, but the beauty between his eyebrows could no longer be concealed. He destroyed the maturity and stability he had sustained for the last moment.
Seeing this scene, Chen Wen laughed in his heart. It was indeed young and needed to be very useful. But it was no wonder that a teenager, who was a young man of later generations, was probably still studying, but he was wearing a strong and holding a sharp edge to avenge his family to the Qing army. It was already very good to have the current performance. It would be a bit difficult for him to ask for more extravagance.
"But..." Chen Wen thought for a while, and then said: "But with the courage of Hu Hou, you will inevitably encounter accidents. Do not do things recklessly in the future. Moreover, being able to be attentive is a good thing, but temporary wit may not last long. Read more military books while you are young, which will definitely be beneficial."
Yang Kai knew very well what Chen Wen said before, and he followed Chen Wen for a while, so he naturally knew very well that Chen Wen admired the most among the few military generals under him, Wu Dengke, who was studying as a military general.
So, Yang Kai immediately replied: "I followed the instructions of the Grand Marshal. When I went back, I found a teacher to be enlightened, and I could also serve the Grand Marshal like Wu Shuai in the future."
“So best.”
Next, Chen Wen did not ask Yang Kai to talk about how he planned to act in office according to the procedure of his job description. Instead, he started chatting. During this transfer, Chen Wen did not intend to let Yang Kai lead the troops independently, but asked him to continue to learn to lead troops with the guerrillas in the water camp, so he didn't need to talk about anything. Just a few words of instructions were enough.
Since Yang Kai was Chen Wen's personal soldier, the two were very familiar with each other and talked casually. Soon, the topic of this turned to the recent issue of dividing fields.
"This time, all the officers and soldiers have ten acres of military land. I remember that your share is not in the capital. Have you thought about how to arrange it?"
Yang Kai knew very well about the matter of Juntian. He was naturally very happy with Chen Wenjun. Although his family had been doing pirates for many years, he clearly remembered that his grandfather mentioned many times when he was alive that if Tian Tu had not been occupied by those famous gentry colluded with the government, he would not have done such a business. His desire for Tian Tu still lingers in his mind.
"When I returned to the Grand Marshal, I can't farm, so I planned to ask the garrison to help me recruit a tenant to farm. However, there was one of the huzhen planned to erect a monument for my family, and there was a place to go every year when I worshiped."
Hearing this, Chen Wen couldn't help feeling sad. Yang Kai could still erect a monument to pay tribute to his family, who had no bones. However, he has been in this era for more than a year, and obviously he can't go back. As for erecting a monument, he can't do it. After all, his parents and relatives are far from birth, so where can they be sacrificed?
Chapter completed!