Chapter 25 Xingying
Jin'er replied: "Everyone has enough money and food, so there will naturally be no trouble. However, our more than a thousand soldiers are now very tempted to put swords and guns into the warehouse in Nanshan. At most, half of the people can be pulled out immediately to face the challenge!"
These old subordinates under Xing Shengping thought that they had enough money and food to manage, and their lives were good.
The brothers who followed Gao Jie and Mrs. Xing were full and hungry, so staying in Jiangbei was naturally the best choice.
In fact, "enough money and food" is a great weapon to stabilize the morale of the army. Although Liu Yongxi and Xing Shengping are not in the camp, only the two little palace maids, Jin'er and Hui'er, stayed in Jiangbei in the name of Queen Zhang's confidant female official.
However, during this period, not only did the morale of the army be stable, but the military and civilians were also harmonious, because of the key of "enough money and food".
Liu Yongxi prepaid 5,000 people for three months of money and grain from the governor of Huaiyang through Empress Zhang's relationship. It was with this money and grain that Liu Yongxi dared to follow Empress Zhang to the capital calmly and make trouble.
But he still felt that Jin'er was too optimistic: "With Gao Jie and Mrs. Xing, it would be difficult for Xingying soldiers to be really used by me. I came back this time to solve this problem!"
Jin'er also felt the same: "Mrs. Xing has sent several envoys here, all of whom are asking Xing Shengping to go north to return to the camp as soon as possible. How should we reply to Mrs. Xing?"
Mrs. Xing has now discovered that she has been fooled by Liu Yongxi. Xing Shengpingying was the queen's personal army in name, but in fact she stationed in Jiangbei and became the pawn used by Liu Yongxi.
Moreover, Empress Zhang's influence in the court was far less than expected. She could be said to have lost her wife and her troops, so now she often sends envoys to urge Xing Shengping to return to the camp as soon as possible.
Liu Yongxi had already thought about how to reply to Mrs. Xing before crossing the river: "Tell Mrs. Xing, give me another month, and I will return Xing Camp to them in just one month. Moreover, there are less than 500 people when Xing Shengping crossed the south, and I will give him 1,500 people at that time!"
Now Xing Shengping is still in Nanjing where Mrs. Mei’s redeemable silver and marriage, and she can’t cross the river for a while. This is a rare opportunity for Liu Yongxi.
Since Mrs. Mei wanted to be a good person, she naturally saved a good redeem silver for herself. However, Liu Yongxi greeted Mrs. Mei through Ma Chaocai's relationship: "If you redeem silver, you have to pay for it. If a man can't even take out a few taels of redeem silver, wouldn't he betray himself after marrying her? And after marrying into the Xing family, you can't be bullied!"
Ma Chaocai and Madam Mei both thought that Liu Yongxi was very good. He couldn't emptie Mrs. Mei's private money before she got married. So although Madam Mei was willing to help with the redemption silver, Xing Shengping was still responsible for the big head.
Moreover, getting married is a big deal. Xing Shengping has to pass five passes and kill six generals to settle all these things. If the Zhengyi Bo Mansion did not have the support behind the scenes, Xing Shengping would probably not be able to hold on at all.
Moreover, after the commander Xing Shengping set a precedent, the few small officers who crossed the river with Xing Shengping were also very moved.
Although Mrs. Mei was once in the dust, she was almost the same as a fairy in the eyes of these little officers, not to mention that they can’t even find a wife now. Isn’t it a fairy to have such a fairy to live with her? So they are all busy finding a good brothel girl to live with.
Liu Yongxi naturally fully supports their idea of settling down and buying a property. Only through this method can the influence of Gao Jie and Mrs. Xing be minimized. Jin'er has fully understood: "Then Brother Yongxi is planning to take advantage of this period of time, General Xing is not helping him to make the matter after it comes."
Liu Yongxi said confidently: "Before crossing the river, I had already negotiated with Xing Shengping!"
A man with a home and a man without a home are different.
Before Madam Mei, Xing Shengping had tried his best to maintain the independence of the team. After he decided to marry, have children and settle down, he had to move closer to Chengyi Bo Mansion.
Although Mrs. Mei is not a famous prostitute, Chengyi Bo’s Mansion will not provide any guarantee. Xing Shengping will naturally encounter many practical problems that must be solved if he wants to marry such a beauty with a lot of private money, so Liu Yongxi specifically communicated with him several times.
Now Liu Yongxi took out the plan he and Xing Shengping communicated with him: "This time the imperial court appointed me as the deputy general of Jingkou, and it was also a military town at least, but how did Xing camp move? I discussed two plans with General Xing. Now I want to hear your opinions?"
The officers on Xing Camp were naturally eager to try, and Liu Yongxi's two plans were very sincere: "Now, except for General Xing, General Xing, who led a hundred people in Jiangnan, there are nearly eight hundred people in Jiangbei. The first plan is to keep nothing changed. They are all the original old men, but the number of troops increased to a thousand!"
But everyone was concerned about another plan. Wu Ke, the sentry officer sent by Liu Yongxi to Xing Camp, immediately asked: "Zhengyi Bo, this plan is not very meaningful, so you might as well talk about another plan!"
Liu Yongxi immediately gave another more sincere plan: "There are five sentries in Xing Camp now, and then it will be changed to five camps. The sentry officials will become camp officials, and the following will be promoted. Each battalion has a guaranteed minimum of 300 people. However, this time I brought a lot of old people from Chengyi Bo Mansion, and they have to make appropriate arrangements!"
Compared with the first plan that is almost completely unchanged, this plan is even more popular with everyone.
Let’s roughly estimate that there are now 150 or 60 people per sentry in Xing Camp. After the adaptation, not only did the sentry officers become camp officials and also promoted and made money, but their actual military strength has almost doubled.
What's more, Xing Camp is no longer the original Xing Camp. Not only did Wu Ke, a sentry officer from Chengyi Bo Mansion, the army was no longer composed of Qin soldiers, but also many newly enlisted "Shandong soldiers", "Linqing soldiers", and "Huai'an soldiers". Therefore, someone on Xing Camp immediately raised a question: "Does Chengyi Bo Mansion have three hundred people as a battalion?"
Liu Yongxi gave a very clear reply: "Of course, it is also based on the battalion of 300 people. In addition to giving me a deputy general of Jingkou, the court also gave me a 3,500 troops. I have to give this matter a bowl of water to equalize it!"
The reply given by Liu Yongxi made the old people in Xingying breathe a sigh of relief. Although he felt that it was a bit petty to use 300 people as the battalion, everyone also knew that since the court only gave Xiaochengyi Boss a total of 3,500 troops, Liu Yongxi's current disposal was almost equal.
No matter who it is, he has selfish intentions. Liu Yongxi also has many sincere old men who need to make arrangements. It is naturally impossible to treat a bowl of water thoroughly.
Chapter completed!