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Chapter 22 Calm the Army's Morale


readx At nine o'clock on the second day, Zhao Lie struggled for an entire hour, opening and closing the big gun wheel, and waving the wild goose feather knife to make the wind.

Finally, Zhao Lie meditated with his bow and arrow, and shot fifty arrows in one go.

Li Hu, Huang Han, Yu Dabao, and Zhao Meng who came later were very worried at first because Zhao Lie's violent training method would make him injured too easily.

But in the end, when Zhao Lie shot the last ten arrows, he saw that he was not distracted and calmed down as before.

After taking a shower and changing clothes, someone called Wanji back to his home, handed him more than ten pages of epidemic prevention ethics, and explained every detail carefully.

For example, you are not allowed to drink raw water, you can only drink boiled water, check personal hygiene and street hygiene, set up public toilets, prohibit open defecation, count the number of children under the age of twelve, etc., etc.

Effective from today, this code of conduct couldn't help but make the cautious Wanji manage the refugee camp even more carefully.

Only then did he discover something, it turned out that the carefulness in the adult's body was far greater than his own.

When having breakfast in the morning, Zhao Lie found that there were three more people with red eyes, Zhao Qinshi, Zhao Feng, and Zhao E, especially Zhao E.

His eyes were swollen and he was not energetic.

After the meal, Zhao Qin asked Zhao Meng to accompany her to the refugee camp.

After returning, Zhao Qin was busy collecting old clothes and purchasing food.

Give full play to the potential of strong women, mobilize the housekeeper, mother-in-law, and maids, and go all out to rescue the people of Liao.

Zhao Meng and Zhao Feng cooperated.

Zhao Lie doesn't have the time anymore.

He has to be busy for the future survival of tens of thousands of people.

To be precise, it is a risk.

Zhao Haiming had the Fuhai ship hit the rocks and sink, three Haicang ships, and three Cangshan ships sank in a storm.

These ships have all reported sinking in storms and reported them to the Dengzhou Navy.

Commander Zhao is confident that the imperial court will replenish the Weihai Navy warships no matter what this time of great achievement.

In addition, the navy also has a long list of meritorious service members, and he will approve it if he thinks about it.

After all, the heads are real.

Therefore, Zhao Lie went to the dock to board the Fuhai in the morning, and met with the bows of the other six ships to explain the matter.

When Zhao Lie boarded the Fuhai, the six bows of the ship were already waiting on the Fuhai deck.

When they saw Zhao Lie, they all bowed and saluted, "I have met you, sir."

These people were all direct descendants of Zhao Haiming, and they were also praised by Zhao Haiming.

Reasons for selecting them.

These people have the same official rank as Zhao Lie, and they are all from a hundred households.

However, Zhao Lie is the commander of Zhao, and he has made great achievements, so his promotion is inevitable, so these people are very respectful.

"Without courtesy, several of the captains are Zhao's seniors.

Please give me more advice in the future."

Several people dare not even say that.

"Everyone, Zhao Lie made it clear today that this time, we will go deep into the Ryukyu Kingdom and punish the Japanese slave fleet.

If you have any questions, you can ask."

Zhao Lie looked around at a few people.

Several people looked at each other.

Lan Xiang, a middle-aged and slightly fat man, looked at everyone and mustered up his courage: "Sir, this is a provocation.

The court..."

Lan Xiang blinked and looked at Zhao Lie, although he didn't finish his words. , but the meaning is to show, boss, this is the crime of confiscating the house.

"Change the costumes and flags, seize the goods by force, keep the goods but not the people.

After the goods are sold, all the crew members will get 15% of the proceeds, and the bow of the ship will get 50% of the proceeds.

Keep the military status."

Zhao Lie couldn't bear the various explanations and simply put it forward.

"Has anyone quit?"

All the captains of the ship were surprised at first.

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Well, if you change the flag and costume, wouldn't you become a pirate?

Well, you also kill people and silence them.

Damn, it's so vicious.

You are only sixteen this year.

You are really tender-faced and dark-hearted.

Ah, wait, the crew gets 15% of the profit, and the bow gets 50% of the profit.

Hiss, several people wiped their saliva and still retained their military status.

This, this fool just quit.

In the navy, he only gets eight months of pay a year.

If he doesn't earn a little bit of income from the sea, he can't make ends meet.

This is a reasonable and legal robbery by the military.

The Japanese country is an enemy country, and Wanli's conquest of North Korea is not the same as the conquest of Japanese pirates.

Besides, Mr.

Zhao is not responsible for anything.

"I will obey your orders," several people responded in unison.

"Go back and inform the crew that those killed in battle will receive a pension of 200 taels of silver, those seriously injured and disabled will receive a pension of 200 taels of silver, and those seriously injured will receive a pension of 100 taels of silver."

Zhao Lie put down his last trump card.

"The casualties on the bow were five hundred taels of silver."

As expected, several people were bent over and kowtowed heavily, "Thank you for your sympathy, sir."

Everyone was extremely excited.

This was related to their own interests.

There were no eyes for guns and cannons on the battlefield.

Who dared to say that he had not gone astray?

That day of words.

"During our departure this time, please don't let your family members or relatives have any secrets.

Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed."

Zhao Lie said sternly, looking at several people one by one.

They immediately felt a coldness coming over them, Zhao Lie's sharp eyes, The cold faces behind them showed that this was not just a threat.

As the commander, the young master was like a god to them.

It would be too easy to kill them.

"Follow the order."

Several people responded respectfully.

"From today on, you are called captains.

Remember, we are still the Ming army.

We are not pirates.

We are serving the country to punish disobedient officials."

Zhao Lie finally emphasized.

Motives are not important, what is important is that there is a righteous reason for doing anything.

"Yes, we will serve the country and punish disobedient officials."

Several people responded loudly.

It was as if he was really fighting for his country and was upright and proud.

Next, Zhao Lie ordered more baggage and sails to be prepared.

We plan to leave in three days.

The first meeting ended successfully.

Zhao Lie walked around the house without stopping, and saw that the people in the house were busy organizing the warehouse, loading old grain, and washing old clothes.

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It was a busy scene.

Entering the hall, I saw Mrs.

Zhao Qin resting on a recliner, and her personal maid Zi Ling was fanning beside her.

Zhao Lie was a little heartbroken.

He had caused all this fatigue, but it was not his fault that his mother had to work so hard.

After all, Zhao Qin was in her forties, which was considered an advanced age in ancient times.

Come forward and say hello: "Mother, please do your best.

My son, I wish you well."

Zhao Qin smiled and said, "It's okay.

Seeing the Liao people in such misery makes me feel blocked.

Do something at home to feel at ease.

Save more people and bring more blessings to you and your son."

Zhao Lie hesitated to speak, Zhao Qin smiled and nodded at Zhao Lie, "You have something to do again?

You have been busy in the past six months, so tell me."

"Mother, I got the Shandong iron ore, copper mine and other mining sites from a surveyor.

Next, the pig iron and brass will be of great use.

Can mother send some capable servants to find out?"

Zhao Lie really said Suffering from a shortage of manpower, I could only ask my mother for help.

"Oh, the location is true."

Mom was slightly doubtful.

Prospecting in ancient times was not easy, and mistakes were common.

"It's true, villagers have discovered ore in various locations, but no one has found the ore vein accurately in the past."

Just kidding, they are all large mines in later generations.

Although today's mining is done manually, only shallow layers of ore can be used, but this is enough for my early use. .

"This is a troublesome matter.

The imperial court has imposed a mining ban, so we can only form joint ventures with local gentry."

After all, Zhao Qin is the sole owner of the family's financial power.

She has extensive experience and her words hit the point.

"It's easy to say.

What they value is the income from selling ore, and what my family wants is iron and copper."

From then on, guns and cannons were big consumers of copper and iron.

They had no source of their own, so they only relied on purchasing Fujian iron, Guangzhou Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. and Suzhou Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. waste money on nothing.

Once the two places are lost and the source is cut off, it will be a disaster.

Zhao Qin thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

The disaster caused by the Liao people made her very uneasy.

Denglai was only on the other side of Liaodong, and the sea was only a few hundred miles away.

It took more than a day to reach Denglai with a favorable wind.

On the frontier, as a naval general, Zhao Qin knew that a major defeat would be a disaster, and the priority was to strengthen his own strength.

As long as you have your official position and military power, the money you have scattered today will return to you in the future.

Zhao Lie left several locations of the copper-iron mine and helped Zhao Qin loosen his muscles and bones.

The serving mother smiled happily.

As soon as Zhao Qin was happy, she mentioned Zhao Lie's marriage, "Lie'er, your uncle wrote a letter the day before yesterday, saying that the magistrate of Wendeng County has a legitimate daughter, who is twenty-eight years old, well-educated, and beautiful..."

"Mother, it's urgent to prepare the materials for the ship.

I took the time to come here.

It's not urgent.

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We can discuss it after you bring me back."

Zhao Lie hurriedly interrupted and fled in confusion.

The Zhao Qin family couldn't laugh or cry.

Due to Zhao Meng's illness, many marriages were difficult, and the well-matched family disliked them.

The willing Zhao family did not want to be wronged, so it was a waste until now.

The second son is now sixteen and has reached the age.

However, as long as one When this matter was brought up, Zhao Lie interrupted the conversation, leaving Zhao Qin family helpless.

Zhao Lie was also speechless.

He was only sixteen years old in this era, seventeen years old.

He believed that his wife would only be younger than him.

Zhao Lie, who came to the next generation, could not accept his marriage to an underage girl.

It's so evil.

At the beginning of the afternoon, three trumpets were fired from the naval camp.

Zhao Lie hurriedly put on his clothes and came to the camp with a group of personal followers.

He saw the Fushan slowly docking, followed by several Haicang and Cangshan ships slowly entering the port.

On the pier, the commander Qin Zuo, the official Li Yang, the bows of various ships, and officials at all levels of the government office came to greet the commander Zhao after he returned from victory.

As soon as Zhao Haiming stepped onto the pier, everyone knelt down and said in unison: "We, my subordinates, congratulate Master Zhao for returning victoriously from killing slaves.

This has greatly increased the power of our Wei Navy and made Jiannu fearful."

Zhao Haiming put his right hand on his chest and shouted: "The Ming Dynasty will be victorious."

Everyone responded, and for a while the high-pitched voice of the Ming Dynasty was heard everywhere on the dock and on the ship.

Everyone understands that this victory will benefit everyone.

Those who get promoted will get promoted, and those who get rich will get rich.

Zhao Haiming stretched out his hand to help: "Please get up, everyone, please get up."

He looked at Zhao Lie and smiled while twirling his beard.

He knew that Zhao Lie was the first to take credit for this great victory.

However, only if he takes the credit himself will he not let others risk his great achievements.

If you take it away, otherwise a small hundred households will be nothing.

It is common for someone to claim military honors, but it would be weird if someone does not take military honors.

"This great victory is all due to the officers and soldiers who fought bravely to kill the slaves, and all the generals at the rear to supply food and fodder.

This great achievement is the result of the whole-hearted fight of Weihai Navy and I.

I, Zhao Haiming, would like to thank you all."

Zhao Haiming gave a deep salute. , after all, the army knows how important it is for subordinates to return to their hearts when fighting for the front, and apportioning credit is also a great skill, Zhao Haiming understands this deeply.

Sure enough, everyone knelt down again in gratitude.

Zhao Haiming helped them up one by one and encouraged them with kind words.

Zhao Lie watched on, admiring his father's skill and ease, and he had gained a lot.

Zhao Haiming and several adults returned to the official office for discussion.

For dinner, officials at all levels had a dinner at the Navy's official office.

After all, the reward had not been received, so it was not possible to go to the restaurant in Weihaiweizhong to celebrate.

The sailors on each ship also had extra meals to celebrate.

The camp roared with joy.

The banquet ended at the middle of the hour.

Zhao Haiming was very drunk even though Zhao Lie was helping him.

Zhao Lie was also eighty percent drunk.

The father and son returned to the mansion with the support of a group of relatives.

Zhao Qin's family There was another burst of complaining, and they all cleaned up and rested.

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