Chapter 126 Open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to prevent In Quan Xu's opinion, there is a reason why Dongjiang Town is poor, and it is simply asking for rice with a golden rice bowl.Fortunately, Mao Wenlong led the troops well, and the Dongjiang Army did not mutiny when he was alive, and led a group of troops like Huazi to persist in the War of Resistance for more than ten years.The Guanning army claimed to have more than 100,000 people, but in fact there were only 59,000, and they never went out to fight, and they spent five or six million taels of silver alone every year; The 150,000 or 60,000 troops in Dongjiang Town often went out to fight, and from the opening of the town to the killing of Mao Wenlong, a total of only 1.2 million taels of silver from the imperial court was received, and you can imagine how tight it was.But Ningyuan's side did not pay wages for four months, and there was a mutiny among the soldiers; Mao Wenlong's side was embargoed by Yuan Chonghuan, and he was cut off for eight months, and there was no mutiny.Why is that?
Under such difficult conditions, tens of thousands of troops were all underfed, clothed, and paid, and they had to be allowed to go deep into the hinterland of Houjin from time to time to fight with the Jin soldiers.How can this be done?
If Mao Wenlong had embezzled military salaries, enjoyed pleasure and corruption, but made the soldiers have no wages and no food, they would have rebelled and killed him.Take Mao Wenlong's head to go to Houjin, keep food and clothing without worrying, why wait for Yuan Chonghuan to kill?
The only possibility is that Mao Wenlong adhered to the principle of fair distribution, and set an example by sharing weal and woe with the soldiers.In fact, like Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi, as Mao Wenlong's adopted grandsons, as high-ranking generals, if it weren't for self-reporting, Quan Xu would still think that they were just ordinary fishermen.Quan Xu decided to leave a source of wealth for Mao Wenlong, and he adopted the method of drying salt, which is actually not unusual, and in the eyes of later generations, it can be said to be shabby.It is nothing more than the natural phenomenon of the tides, which accumulate seawater in the salt pans.After the sea water exposed to the sun, the salt content of the remaining sea water after evaporation will be further increased to about 20 percent, and then the high concentration of sea salt water will be pumped into the salt pond by using a rickshaw to enter the salt pond for further exposure.In this way, crystallized coarse salt can be obtained from the salt pond.This kind of coarse salt can actually be eaten, but it contains a lot of impurities, which is completely bad for Quan Xu.After such coarse salt is crushed, it is dissolved with water, analyzed, precipitated, and then exposed to the sun to obtain pure table salt.Although pure, it is still incomparable with the snow salt brought by Quan Xu from later generations, this salt is blue-black, there is no bitter taste, and it is already a rare good salt.After five days of drying, the first batch of sea salt was officially baked, and the output is expected to be lower than Quanxu's rough estimate, only more than three tons, that is, nearly 6,000 catties.Of course, this is just the beginning, and it doesn't mean that every day in the future, as long as it doesn't rain, you can get more than 6,000 catties of salt, and at least 200,000 catties in a month.However, looking at the green salt in the sack, the generals of the Dongjiang Army showed a green light in their eyes, like a wolf seeing a sheep.The price of salt in the Ming Dynasty was the highest in the Hongwu period, and gradually fell until the Chongzhen period began to soar again, although the ex-factory price of the salt field was very low, but in the hands of the people, the price of salt was still very high.It is more than 6,000 catties of salt a day, which is worth more than 200 taels of silver, and in a month, it can produce as much as more than 6,000 taels of silver.Of course, the Dongjiang Army has sufficient manpower and can expand the scale of salt production at any time, not to mention a salt field of 160 acres, even if it is a salt field of 160,000 acres, they also have sufficient territory.Liu Xingzuo looked at Quan Xu and was so excited that he couldn't speak.Although there is a lot of food sent by Quan Xu, and Yuan Keli's family wealth is not small, the problem is that Yuan Keli can't afford to support the hundreds of thousands of horses of the Dongjiang Army.At the end of the day, they need the imperial court to allocate food, or they can be self-sufficient."
Thank you, Mr.
Quan!"
Liu Xingzuo looked at Quan Xu and said seriously.Quan Xu waved his hand and said, "Vice General Liu is polite!"
”"Thank you, Mr.
Quan, please bow to Youjie!"
Geng Zhongming knelt down on one knee and fell to the ground in front of Quan Xu.Quan Xu stepped forward to help Geng Zhongming up, but Kong Youde and Shang Kexi also bowed down together: "Mr.
Xie Quan!"
”At this time, watching Geng Zhongming, Kong Youde, and Shang Kexi kneel, all the officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army also knelt down one after another.Quan Xu looked at the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army, and said loudly: "Soldiers, please get up, please get up, you are all warriors on the battlefield, this knee must be hard, never kneel down to be a slave for others!"
”Quan Xu patted his waist: "Our waist bones are relatively soft, so we must hold up our chests, otherwise our backs will be hunched." ”Driven by Geng Zhongming, all the officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army got up one after another."
You have suffered a lot of grievances, suffered a lot of unfair treatment, and now the great tomorrow disasters are frequent, the government is not clear, the military equipment is lax, and there are many difficulties, but this is all temporary!"
Quan Xu pointed to the north and said: "Don't look at the current Jiannu power, more victories and fewer defeats, before them, the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Rouran, Turkic, Khitan, Jurchen, Mongolia...
How many nomads who are a hundred times stronger than them have risen outside the smoke and sand, and they have been in full swing, clamoring to herd horses in the Central Plains and flood the land of Shenzhou with blood, however, have they succeeded?
No, the day of the Central Plains is still the day of our Han people, the Mongols have rolled back to the desert to gnaw sand, no matter how crazy the Jiannu are, they will not be arrogant for long, as long as our men have not died, they don't want to herd horses in the Central Plains and drink horses in the Yellow River!
”Just when Quan Xu was impassionedly speaking to the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army, a general wearing a mountain armor walked over in front of everyone's guards.The general was tall and thin, with a grim expression, and every pore showed the hardness and strength peculiar to a soldier, and he looked very serious and unsmiling.He is Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, and the general next to him is his raised Mao Chenglu.Mao Chenglu said: "Father, this Mr.
Quan seems to be a soldier!"
”"There are no weak soldiers under a strong general!"
Mao Wenlong said lightly: "He is so young, he was sent by Yuan Gong to do things, and he wants to have some real skills!"
”"Father, five thousand stone of grain, now teach us to dry salt!""
How?""
We owe a lot of this favor!"
Mao Wenlong sighed and said: "The entire imperial court, full of princes, is only for power and profit, only Duke Yuan is sincere in doing things!"
”At this time, Kong Youde looked at Quan Xu and said, "Mr.
Quan, what is the imperial court like, do you not know?"
What is Guan Ningjun like?
Don't you know?
To say something unpleasant, give me 3,000 horses, fully equipped, I can beat Guan Ningjun to kneel down and call Dad!
However, what is our Dongjiang Army desperately trying to do?
”"That's right, our Dongjiang Army is not the opponent of the Houjin Eight Banners!""
If you can't beat it, you have to fight, brothers, they are robbers, they are barbarians who want our lives!"
Quan Xu raised his arms and shouted: "They indiscriminately entered our homes, burned, looted, and slaughtered my compatriots."
Maybe we will be defeated, maybe we will die in battle, but the nation behind us will not be destroyed.As long as we still have a breath, there will always be people who will stand up and stand in front of them, carrying this falling sky on their shoulders!
We are not the first and will not be the last!
Their horses' hooves can cross the Great Wall and countless Xiongguan fortresses, but can they cross the Great Wall built by thousands of Han soldiers with flesh and blood!?
”"Can't!""
Yes!""
Can't!"
Quan Xu continued: "Our biggest advantage is that there are many people, even if ninety-nine out of a hundred are cowards, only one man who dares to work hard, we can fight them to the point that there is no scum left."
How many people are there in Houjin?
They have a total of eight flags, each flag is less than 7,000 people, our Dongjiang army does not have to fight with them, as long as they move the nest, we can copy their nest.Just rely on the sixteen characters, the enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and disturbs me, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I chase.One day, we can take back our homeland and take back what belongs to us with interest!
”"Well said!"
Jeon Wook followed the voice.I saw Mao Wenlong striding over.All the officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army saluted one after another: "See the commander!"
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”"See the big handsome!"
After the officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army saw Mao Wenlong, everyone shouted.The sound is like the waves of the sea, wave after wave.Quan Xu stepped forward and arched his hand: "Student Quan Xu, the word Dongsheng, see Dashuai!"
”"Dongsheng!""
Gong Yuan sent you?""
Don't dare to deceive the handsome, no!"
Quan Xu was shocked, he immediately guessed that Mao Wenlong had already suspected him, after all, he didn't have anything to prove his identity.As a smart person, Quan Xu did not panic, but continued: "The student entered the school under the Yuan Gongmen, recently, Yuan Gong was in a bad mood, often overdrinking, and after getting drunk, he scolded the traitorous ministers in the court, treated Dongjiang Town harshly, and couldn't live with millions of subjects in Liaodong.The students raised 5,000 stone of food by themselves and came to support Dongjiang Town!
”Mao Wenlong nodded, which was good with his guess.If Yuan Keli is willing to help Dongjiang Town, he will definitely not beg for his own pockets, which is a big taboo and easy to leave a truth for others.However, Yuan Keli has many disciples, and as long as he comes forward, he can also go through the relationship of Dengzhou Mansion, and he can transport a large amount of materials to Phi Dao.Until Quan Xu calmly admitted that he came through his name, it made sense.Mao Wenlong walked up to Quan Xu and asked, "How is Gong Yuan's health?"
”Quan Xu shook his head gloomily: "It's not too good, after all, I'm old and my body is not as good as before!"
”"I can't wait to serve Yuan Gong!"
Mao Wenlong's feelings for Yuan Keli are sincere, he is a hot-blooded man who stresses righteousness, whoever is good to him, he is good to whom.Quan Xu said: "Since Mao Shuai is here, the student has a sentence, I don't know whether to say it or not!"
”"But it doesn't hurt to say it!"
Quan Xu looked at the people around Mao Wenlong.Mao Wenlong waved his hand, and everyone scattered and retreated thirty steps away.Quan Xu word by word: "Open guns are easy to dodge, and dark arrows are difficult to defend!"
”PS: There is no money, go home for the New Year, Lao Cheng finally went back to his hometown for the Spring Festival, did not buy a high-speed rail ticket, as long as he took the green car, there were only two updates yesterday, and I tried to change as much as possible tonight, and I strive to update a hundred chapters in February!.