king of war

Chapter 87 Arranging and Training the New Army

Xu Guangqi's eyes lit up, and he asked, "What can I do?"

"Master Xu, does he know Qi Shaobao's military training methods?" Qin Rongshuai said seriously.

"You mean recruitment?" Xu Guangqi frowned.

Qin Rongshuai nodded, "That's right, it's recruiting soldiers, looking for young and strong miners, only a few thousand, half a year of practice can become a strong army."

"Where did you go to find the miners?" Xu Guangqi frowned. "Even if you find them, so what. Recruiting soldiers requires money, a lot of money. Now the national treasury is empty, and there is no money or food available."

Qin Rongshuai was surprised, "How could it be? Four months ago, the emperor took out 200 million taels of silver from the internal funds and distributed it as a reward to the soldiers in the border town."

"Do you know how much the Liao's salary was spent?" Xu Guangqi sighed, "Li Ruhua, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, made a statement the day before yesterday, stating the amount of the Liao's salary. From the 46th of April in the 25th year of Wanli to the first year of Taichang As of December 26, the total amount of silver issued is 18 taels."

"In less than three years, 2000 million taels. How much money can the national treasury and internal funds have to fill this hole? Now the court has begun to discuss the need to levy additional taxes."

Qin Rongshuai was silent for a while, then stood up slowly, "I heard that there are iron mines near Datong Lingqiu. There are tens of thousands of miners there, and we can recruit some people."

"For money and food, I'll find a way."

Xu Guangqi was taken aback for a moment. Seeing Qin Rongshuai's resolute expression, he let out a long sigh, "Forget it, the emperor set aside a total of 50 taels of silver for the training of the new army, and I will squeeze out 20 taels for you, and I will give you a month. Bring the soldiers back to Tongzhou for training, and if it doesn't work, return the rest of the money to me."

Qin Rongshuai didn't expect to be able to swindle 20 taels of silver from Xu Guangqi, and was immediately moved. He stood up straight and bowed to the ground, "Thank you, Mr. Xu, for nothing!"

After receiving the money, Qin Rongshuai immediately packed his luggage and headed towards Shanxi at full speed.

This time was different from last time. He not only brought official documents from the Ministry of War, but also a Shang Fang sword.

Well, to be honest, the Shangfang sword bestowed by Zhu Changluo himself was not Li Yuanfang's.

Before arriving in Shanxi, it suddenly started to snow in the sky. Qin Rongshuai ignored it and continued to ride on horseback. Unexpectedly, the snow became heavier and heavier, and he could hardly see anything a few meters away.

Fortunately, Qin Rongshuai was traveling alone. He put away his horse and found a ruined temple to stay for the night, hoping to wait for the snow to stop before leaving.

As a result, it snowed heavily for two days and two nights, the snow was more than three feet thick, and the sky and the earth became one piece.

Qin Rongshuai suddenly felt something was wrong, such heavy snow would surely be a disaster.This is the beginning of the Little Ice Age, and I am afraid that there will be more natural disasters in the future.

After the heavy snow stopped, the entire land was covered with snow, making it impossible to distinguish the road.

Qin Rongshuai put on his thermal underwear, put on a down jacket, stepped on his skis, took out a compass to check the direction, and then skied all the way.

All the villages encountered along the way were buried by heavy snow. The roofs of countless houses collapsed, killing and injuring thousands of people. In addition, thousands of people died from the snow and ice.

Qin Rongshuai gritted his teeth all the way to a county town, broke into the county government office, took out Shangfang's sword and belt and put it in front of the county magistrate, "I am an imperial envoy, and I am ordered to provide disaster relief. Immediately order someone to open a warehouse to release food."

The county magistrate was taken aback, and then said with a bitter face: "My lord, there is really no food to put."

"I've already brought several carts of grain, and I'll immediately set up a porridge shed, and send someone to put up a notice that I'll give out porridge twice a day, and I'll go to the homes of big families in the city to ask them to donate grain and things to keep out the cold." Qin Rongshuai said sharply, "If you dare to hoard, Those who drive up food prices, take advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos, take bribes and pervert the law, beheaded!"

The county magistrate tremblingly went out to have a look, and he found more than 100 bags of grain piled up at the gate of the yamen. He didn't dare to neglect, so he immediately summoned servants and yamen servants to follow the orders.

These grains were left by Qin Rongshuai when he robbed Fan Yongdou's convoy on the grassland. At that time, he made up his mind to consume them, so naturally he kept some more as a reserve.

When he was robbing the treasury in Hetuala, he was reluctant to free up food to put money in because he didn't have enough space in his pocket. After all, he never knew when food would save his life.

After returning to the capital all the way from Liaodong, the food was still stored in the portable space, and this time it finally came in handy.

But he knew that the food was just a drop in the bucket, not to mention the victims in Shanxi, even the people in this county would not last long.

Qin Rongshuai inquired about the big family here with a sullen face, and suddenly he smiled when he heard a familiar name.

Wang Dengku was one of the eight great imperial merchants in the early Qing Dynasty.

"Very good!" Qin Rongshuai nodded with a smile, "Then I'll go pay a visit to this Wang Dashan!"

When Wang Dengku heard that an imperial envoy surnamed Qin came to visit, he was so scared that he changed his pants. He knew Qin Rongshuai's name, and he cut off Fan Yongdou's head in front of the formation of the two armies on the grassland.

There was no movement for the next four months, and I thought it would just disappear, but I didn't expect to come to my door today.

How could Wang Dengku dare to see Qin Rongshuai, so he had no choice but to say that he was sick.

Qin Rongshuai was not annoyed, and left with a smile.

In the middle of the night, dozens of black shadows approached the high courtyard wall of the Wang Family Courtyard, gliding in like civet cats.

The leader, a tall black figure, smiled softly and pulled out his knife, "Brothers, smash the kiln!"

"Shhhhh!"

There was a sound of a weapon being unsheathed.

Hearing the movement, the thug guards rushed out one after another, shouting "There are culprits!".

Then, screams suddenly broke out in the Wang family's courtyard, and the thug who had been raising the courtyard for many years fell into a pool of blood.

Wang Dengku was frightened to death when he was dragged out of the room. Then with the faint light of the torch, a tall and handsome young man came over and said, "Wang Dengku, you really don't have to drink the wine as a penalty!"

Wang Dengku was so frightened that he quickly closed his eyes and said hurriedly: "Hero, spare your life. I know the rules. If you see your face, you will die. But I didn't see anything! Take whatever you want. The money is in the silver cellar at the back. The entrance is in the middle of the ancestral hall." well."

"..."

Your cooperation has disrupted my rhythm.

Qin Rongshuai thought for a while, and suddenly slapped him, "Who told you not to wear a hat?"

Wang Denku was stunned by this slap, and he didn't recover for a long time.

Li Yuanfang drew out the knife and put it on Wang Dengku's neck, and said viciously: "Wang Dengku, our adults said that we will not steal money this time, where is your food, tell me quickly."

When he heard that he would not rob money, Wang Dengku was ecstatic, and quickly agreed to donate all the food in the family, and also agreed to send a cart to deliver the food.

So with Wang Dengku's active cooperation, more than 100 large trucks were mobilized and began to transport grain to the county.

After watching the mighty convoy go away, Wang Dengku heaved a sigh of relief and collapsed on the ground, unable to get up for a long time.

Let Li Yuanfang escort the food and walk slowly behind, while Qin Rongshuai hurried back to the county seat first.

As a result, as soon as I entered the county town, I was immediately dumbfounded. At a glance, I saw that the victims who came to receive porridge were so densely packed that I couldn't even count them.

Qin Rongshuai pushed through the crowd and grabbed the busy county magistrate, "Why are there so many people?"

"Oh, my Lord Imperial Envoy, we are the first to give out porridge. After hearing the news, not only the victims of the disaster in this county, but also the victims of the neighboring counties came." The county magistrate hurriedly complained. "That food is simply not enough."

Qin Rongshuai waved his hand, "It doesn't matter! I will handle this matter!"

Then he jumped onto the stacked grain sacks, took a deep breath, and shouted, "Soldiers are recruited, and those who are willing to serve as soldiers will be given a bucket of rice and ten taels of silver!"

The whole scene was silent, and all the victims looked at Qin Rongshuai.

"Is anyone here to serve as a soldier! The annual salary is 20 taels! Full silver is distributed!"

"Sign up now and receive a settlement allowance of 10 taels and a dou of rice!"

The scene was still silent.

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