Volume Three, Chapter Twelve, Frontier Officials
The residents in the north of Xuanhua Prefecture City were finally emptied, and the next step was to renovate it.
The next morning, Yang Cong took Li Fengming, Zhu Xizhong, Luo Hongxian, Wang Xuan and other civil servants and generals to inspect the north of the city.
The vacant place is indeed big enough, larger than the imperial palace, and almost as far as the area of the imperial city, but the buildings inside are messy and there are no walls on the outside.
He wanted to build this place into a large supply base, so the wall naturally had to be there, and the best one was built as tall as the city wall. In this way, even if Xuanhua Prefecture City was captured, his logistics supply base might not be captured.
However, he didn't have time to build the city wall at this moment, and he didn't even have time to build a factory, because in about three months, the Tartars would probably come to attack Xuanfu Town. If he built a large-scale construction, the Tartars might have come and the logistics supply base had not been built yet.
Now, the most important thing is to produce weapons and equipment. As for the others, they can be gradually improved in the future.
After inspecting him, he brought a group of civil servants and military generals back to his villa.
The villa he bought now was almost renovated, and a new plaque was even replaced on the gate, but it was not "Yang Mansion", but "Prison Office".
Well, the governor generally has no separate yamen, but he, the governor, has set up a separate yamen. I wonder what other governors will feel when they meet.
There was no way, he was just rich. Not only did he buy a mansion larger than the county yamen, but he even changed the second entrance of the mansion into a regular yamen. Not only did he have a court, but he also had a study room for officials at all levels. The third yamen runners were served by Jinyiwei, which was simply awesome.
After he followed him into the court, a group of civil servants and military generals automatically stood in front of the "yamen runners" on both sides, and he was naturally behind the case.
If you talk about the civil servants and military generals under his command, they are quite awesome.
Zhu Xizhong, the right governor of the Governor's Office of the Later Army and the Governor of Shenji Camp, was the prince of the Duke of Chengguo, and he might become Duke of the Kingdom at any time.
Luo Hongxian, Tang Shunzhi, and Zhao Shichun are all prime ministers from the Hanlin Academy. As long as he does not fall, these may become prime ministers.
Li Fengming, Qi Jingtong, and Tang Kekuan are not simple either. Li Fengming is a general in the Beijing camp, Qi Jingtong is Qi Jiguang's father, and Tang Kekuan is also a powerful general who has been famous in history.
There are also Chen Lian, Wang Xuan, Xue Nantang, and Li Du. Although these people have low positions, they are the close friends he has focused on cultivating, and their future prospects are unlikely to be limited.
Yang Cong looked at the two civil and military officials below, and couldn't help but feel proud. Hehe, I am a rank-in-law official at this moment.
He was secretly proud of himself, then coughed and said majestic: "Zhenqing, the Tartars are likely to invade Xuanfu this year. The soldiers should not slacken in the training. You should hurry up and lead the elite border troops and the three thousand battalions to level the land behind the Zhangfu on the inside of the north gate. The entire college yard will come out. Three days later, the official will go to inspect it."
this!
Zhu Xizhong knew the land behind Zhang Mansion inside the north gate. There were hundreds of acres and not many private houses. Yang Cong said that those private houses should be leveled and built into a schoolyard.
The problem is that he has no experience in leading troops. Not to mention more than 10,000 soldiers, he has never commanded more than 1,000 soldiers!
However, Yang Cong gave all the only 10,000 elite soldiers in Xuanfu Town to him for command and practice, and he really felt very proud.
As for the experience of leading troops, I have just taken the lead, right? He has also read a lot of military books, and he is just here to try it out.
Thinking of this, he bowed excitedly, "I will obey the order."
Of course, Yang Cong would not let Zhu Xizhong, the naughty young man, come on. The reason why he did this was just to win over Zhu Xizhong.
He also knew that whether these ten thousand elite soldiers were handed over to Li Fengming or Qi Jingtong, they were better than to Zhu Xizhong. Even Tang Kekuan had much more experience in leading troops than Zhu Xizhong, but he had to take into account Zhu Xizhong's feelings.
If someone else leads troops and put Zhu Xizhong, the highest military commander, aside, Zhu Xizhong will definitely have an objection to him. It would be different to hand over all the troops to Zhu Xizhong. People will definitely be happy.
However, winning over the hearts of the people is one thing, and he dare not let Zhu Xizhong take apart these more than 10,000 elite soldiers.
Immediately afterwards, he ordered: "Jingtong, Kekuan, you will follow General Zhu in the future and assist General Zhu in training troops."
Qi Jingtong and Tang Kekuan quickly bowed their hands and said in unison: "I will obey the order."
This time, Zhu Xizhong was even happier. He didn't know how to train troops, but Qi Jingtong met. Tang Kekuan looked good. He led his troops all the way from Juyongguan to Xuanhua Prefecture City. The three thousand elite troops under his command were well-trained.
Zhu Xizhong was so happy that he was so uncomfortable, but Li Fengming felt so uncomfortable. It was not because Zhu Xizhong seized his military power. He was originally from the Duke of Chengguo's Mansion. The Prince of Chengguo's soldiers was not considered to be seizing power. He was mainly worried about the safety of Xuanfu Town.
This inspector is simply making trouble. He is the general of Xuanfu Town, okay? Besides, Zhu Xizhong is a young man who has a newborn. What experience can he have in leading troops? If they continue to make trouble like this, what if the Tartars really come!
Yang Cong also noticed Li Fengming's expression, but he did not explain anything.
He is not making a fuss. When it comes to the experience of leading troops, Li Fengming is definitely much stronger than Zhu Xizhong. However, when it comes to the experience of combining hot weapons and cold weapons in cooperation, Li Fengming, like Zhu Xizhong, is both newcomers. Moreover, Li Fengming will definitely be influenced by the original experience of leading cold weapons combat, but Zhu Xizhong will not, because Zhu Xizhong has never led troops or fought a war.
This time, what he wants to practice is a brand new combat mode. Whether or not he has combat experience is actually secondary. The main thing is to follow the new recruit method. In terms of the acceptance of the new recruit method, Zhu Xizhong should be better than Li Fengming.
He then ordered: "Yi Xiu, Jing Ren, you are also with General Zhu to cooperate with the training of troops. This time, the muskets and cannons are not too late. Let's focus on chariots and thunder. You should think carefully about what kind of tactics should be used in this situation."
Tang Shunzhi and Zhao Shichun hurriedly bowed and said, "Sir, obey the order."
Immediately afterwards, Yang Cong ordered: "Dafu, please draw a sketch of the north of the city first. Let's plan it carefully and see how this place should be renovated."
Luo Hongxian bowed without hesitation and said, "Sir, obey the order."
Immediately afterwards, Yang Cong ordered: "Sir, take the military craftsmen of Xuanfu Town to Zhangfu, pick up the original plaque, and change it to the Xuanhua Factory of the Ministry of Works to repair the Qinglisi Department, and build the Sky Thunder and Fire Dragon Chariot first. Xue Nantang and Li Du, you two, are the deputys for the Mr.."
Wang Xuan, Xue Nantang and Li Du heard this, and quickly bowed and said in unison: "Sir, obey the order."
Almost everyone present had tasks, and only Li Fengming was left to do nothing. He thought Yang Cong was deliberately leaving him aside, but he never thought that Yang Cong immediately ordered: "General Li, go to the Wanquandu Commander and Commander Office, and ask them to quickly gather all the war horses and send them to Xuanhua Prefecture City. Just stare there, and within a month, you must gather all the war horses."
Li Fengming was helpless, it was even more powerful than leaving him aside. He kicked him to the county town directly. At this moment, he had the idea of disobeying. He let these young men continue to mess around, but what could it be?
However, he looked at Zhu Xizhong and still endured it.
Forget it, let's order someone to quickly contact the Duke of the Xia Kingdom first. If he makes a decision without authorization and disobeys the order, the prince's face will have no place to put it.
Chapter completed!