"Haha, for this matter, on a hot day, it's so hard for you to go to Lushunkou in person. To be honest, I feel really sorry about it! Sit down quickly, sit down and talk."

Jinhai Town is getting bigger and bigger, and Yang Zhen has fewer and fewer opportunities to meet with many of his generals.

Since the first month of the first month, when Yang Zhen summoned the generals near Jinhai East Road at Zhenjiang Fort to relieve the siege, and met Zu Keyong once, the two had never seen each other again.

When Yang Zhennan passed by Zhuanghe Fort on his way back, Zu Keyong was at Xiuyan Fort, ready to deal with Dorgon's possible counterattack, but Yang Zhen did not call him back.

A quick calculation shows that from late January to late June, half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Looking at Zu Keyong who was tired and sweaty, Yang Zhen enthusiastically asked Zu Keyong to sit down and talk, while taking a stack of documents that he presented to him, and then started reading ten lines at a glance.

The expanded Zhuanghe regiment camp also had twenty-five sentries, divided into five battalion heads: left, right, center and front:

Anqinghou, who was transferred by Yang Zhen's name, led a new grenadier battalion and stationed it in Xiuyan Fort City as the front camp;

Naval Vice Admiral Gao Chengyou, who was also transferred by Yang Zhen, led the new East Route Naval Battalion to be stationed on Shicheng Island as the rear camp; Biquku

Ge Chaozhong, the commander of Zu Keyong's command, commanded a battalion of armored cavalry and stationed them in the ancient mountain city of Xiema Mountain on the upper reaches of the Yingna River as the left camp;

The cavalry team under Ao Rijin was expanded to five sentry light cavalry and stationed at the Gushanzi camp at the mouth of Yanghe River, forming the right camp;

Zu Keyong's relatives led two sentries of cavalry, two sentries of gunners and one sentry of grenadiers to form a battalion of the Chinese army and garrisoned Zhuanghe Fort.

"Well, it's okay for Empress Anqing to lead a battalion of grenadiers to station at Xiuyan Fort. Empress Anqing had a reputation for being a good defender when she was under the command of Commander-in-Chief Jin Guofeng Jin. In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, he also held up the task at Rufenggang.

The siege of the Qing army.

"From now on, he will lead 1,500 grenadiers to garrison Xiuyan City. Haha, even if Dorgon personally leads the Qinglu Zhengbai Banner's main force to the city, he will not be able to take it down easily if he does not have enough heavy artillery."

Yang Zhen looked through the documents submitted by Zu Keyong and talked to him casually as he thought of what to say.

Yang Zhen transferred Anqing Hou from Rufenggang in western Liaoning to Xiuyan Fort on Jinhai East Road. Of course, he took a fancy to his ability that he had honed by commanding and commanding grenadiers in defensive operations for a long time.

Therefore, as soon as he saw that Zu Keyong had built a full grenadier battalion directly under the Zhuanghe regiment camp and handed it over to Anqing Hou to take charge of garrisoning Xiuyan Fort, he knew that he had basically understood his intention.

In this way, Yang Zhen didn't have to read it carefully. After he finished speaking, he closed the document and handed it to Zhang Degui who was accompanying him.

Zhang Degui took it, looked at it, and then put it away silently.

Under normal circumstances, all official correspondence between Jinhai Town and up and down the town is first reported to the Assistant Operations Office, which then reports it to Yang Zhen for decision, and is finally archived by the Assistant Operations Office.

However, now that Zu Keyong went from Zhuanghe Fort to Lushunkou in person and met with Yang Zhen directly, the previous step was naturally omitted.

But no matter what, Yang Zhending's rules cannot be abolished, because a large number of subsequent trivial matters will still be handled by the Associate Operations Office.

"How's it going, General Zu, is the expansion of the regiment and camp going smoothly this time? How is the situation at your side with the land-based pay system promoted by the general town government? After this expansion, will your Zhuanghe regiment and camp now have more paid soldiers or more soldiers?

There are so many troops stationed there, what percentage do each of them account for?"

Although Yang Zhen didn't care how Zu Keyong divided the troops and deployed the expanded fifth battalion, he had to ask about the food and salary supply situation of the expanded Zhuanghe regiment.

The issue of employment is certainly important, but the supply of food and wages is also fundamental.

"If you go back to the Governor, the situation will be all in the document. The Governor may not have noticed it."

When Zu Keyong saw the question, he quickly bowed and answered.

This time the regiment camp expanded, and Zu Keyong also wanted to arrange his subordinates.

I think back then, Zu Keyong followed Yang from Ningyuan City

When Zhen went to the north, he also brought many close brothers with him.

Nowadays, although he himself has become the commander-in-chief, many of his subordinates are still serving as subordinates.

Before the expansion of the regiment, Yang Zhen transferred Yu Liangtai, Yu Lewu, and Zu Keyong. The reason why they did not stop them was because they wanted to free up some seats to arrange for the close subordinates who had been with him through life and death.

But it didn't work out. In the blink of an eye, Yang Zhen transferred Gao Chengyou and An Qinghou and clarified their responsibilities.

Including Ao Rijin, who Yang Zhen had previously arranged to serve under Zu Keyong, this time his position and location were also clarified in advance.

This leaves little room for Zu Keyong to maneuver around and arrange for his meritorious generals.

Fortunately, this expansion was unprecedented. In addition to Ao Rijin, Gao Chengyou, and Anqinghou each commanding a battalion, there are also two battalion heads with a total of ten sentries and 3,000 people, who can be used by him to reward his merits and arrange for his old subordinates.

And his subordinates, Du Si, Qian Zong, and the generals who had been following him for a long time, finally came forward and became prominent.

At this moment, Zu Keyong felt a stone fall in his heart when he saw that Yang Zhen had approved his arrangement of camp posts, defense arrangements, and the recommendation and removal of middle- and low-level military attachés for the Zhuanghe regiment without taking a closer look.

"In general, the expansion of the East Road this time is much smoother than the previous one. The governor ordered the general town government to collect grain from the farmers outside the military households. It can be said that at the right time, the farmers not only worked hard to reclaim wasteland, but also

Applicants are more enthusiastic than before.

"At present, the Zhuanghe regiment has been expanded. A total of five battalions and 25 posts are fully staffed. There are actually 7,500 personnel, including 4,800 newly recruited young men, all of whom are stationed troops.

"There are also more than 2,700 veterans from various battalions, more than half of whom are also stationed soldiers. There are about more than 1,000 actual paid soldiers, mainly veterans from Liaoxi, including those brought from Songshan this time after Anqing.

Old guard."

"Oh? Why don't the old soldiers in Liaoxi want to pay with land?"

Yang Zhen did not look at the pile of documents submitted by Zu Keyong in detail. Therefore, when he heard Zu Keyong mention that there were still more than a thousand old soldiers from western Liaoning on the east road who did not choose to pay with land, he was surprised for a moment.

, so he asked quickly.

Among the various troops under Yang Zhen's command, there are more or less some old soldiers from Liaoxi who gathered around him in the twelfth year of Chongzhen's reign.

These were the first men under Yang Zhen to follow and serve him, and they were also the elite backbone and mainstay among the men in various ministries.

If they are unwilling to allocate land in lieu of wages, then it will be difficult to say that the measure of allocating land in lieu of wages will be truly implemented.

"Captain Rong Zhen, it's not that the old soldiers from Liaoxi on the east road are unwilling to share their land in exchange for pay, but that many of their family members and relatives are still in western Liaoning.

"Take the humble subordinates as an example. When they left Ningyuan and headed north, their family members and relatives were all near Ningyuan. Later, they moved eastward across the sea and moved to Jinhai East Road. Many family members did not move with them.

"Right now, they are all alone on the East Road. The land and wages are allocated to them, which is like useless to them. They want wasteland and no one is cultivating it. If they lose their food and wages, they are worried that they will not be able to make a living in the future, unless -"

"Unless what?"

After hearing Zu Keyong's explanation, Yang Zhen suddenly understood. Previously, he only knew that those without permanent property had no perseverance. If he wanted to win over people, he had to allocate land to them.

But they forgot one thing. This trick is useful for the refugees who have brought their families with them, and for the tribesmen who have moved their whole families to Jinhai Town, but it is not very useful for the old soldiers whose families are still in western Liaoning.

As his mind was spinning, he heard that Zu Keyong seemed to have a move and immediately asked.

Of course, as soon as the words came out of his mouth, Yang Zhen already realized what he should do.

At this time, Zu Keyong suddenly stood up from his seat, bowed and clasped his fists and said to Yang Zhen: "Unless the family members of the old soldiers from Liaoxi who were born in Jiliao are moved from Jiliao to Jinhai Town. But that's it.

The move requires an order from the governor to dispatch a fleet to Songshan, Ningyuan, and Shanhaiguan, and ask the military department to assist in the relocation."

"Well, that's exactly what it should be."

Zu Keyong

What he said was exactly what Yang Zhenfang had in mind.

Moreover, it was only at this time that Yang Zhen noticed why the three major regiments and camps of the North Road, the Middle Road and the Eastern Marching Army did not have similar problems.

Because Lu Pinqi's headquarters at Fuzhou Regiment Camp on the North Road was originally stationed in the Songshan City area, when they moved across the sea, almost all the families of the soldiers had already moved here.

Among Xu Changyong's troops who were also at the Fuzhou Regiment Camp on the North Road, the first batch of several hundred Mongolian soldiers who came out from Ningyuan had long been dead and wounded.

The veterans of Liaoxi under his command now are mostly from his own clan and servants, and as early as when he followed Yang Zhen to settle in Songshan, these people had already moved their families and moved under his command.

As for Hu Changhai's division of the North Route Navy, the various divisions of the Jinzhou regiment and camp of the Middle Route, and the divisions of the three major regiments and battalions of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, there are basically not many veterans of Liaoxi whose family members are stranded in the Guanning area.

"Let's do this. When Yuan Jin's fleet returns, I will ask him to go to western Liaoning and move all the family members and relatives of the soldiers and soldiers who are still stranded in various places in western Liaoning to their respective camps.

"When the time comes, I will write letters to the Military Department, Commander Hong, and Marshal Zu respectively, telling them about this matter, and be sure to ask them to help release the release. Including you, Brother Zu, this time too

Move Ningyuan’s family members to this town!”

"It's my wish, but I don't dare to ask you to listen! I thank you for your humiliation, Commander-in-Chief!"

Facing Yang Zhen's decision and arrangement, Zu Keyong immediately bowed and expressed his gratitude.

He certainly had his own purposes for coming to see Yang Zhen in person this time, and one of them was to ask for orders to move the family members of his old soldiers from Liaoxi to Jinhai East Road.

"Haha, sit down and talk, sit down and talk. I should have handled these things earlier, but as a result, it has been delayed until now. I, Yang, have already let the soldiers down."

Yang Zhen smiled and asked Zu Keyong to sit down, then looked at him and asked: "I heard that Liu Bingshi, the loyal and loyal Gui Ming army's military commander, Yuhou Liu Lin, is interested in getting married to your family?" Biquku

"This - yes, I don't know where Liu Duyu found out that he had an unmarried younger brother in Ningyuan. This time An Du said that after they returned south from Zhenjiang Fort, they came to me and wanted to give Liu Duyu

The daughter of the Hou family acts as a matchmaker and wants to marry the daughter of the Liu family to her low-ranking brother."

Zu Keyong was slightly stunned when he saw Yang Zhen suddenly asking about such a private matter, but he soon understood that as the general guarding the army of Jinhai Town, he was no longer completely responsible for matters such as weddings and funerals at home.

It's my own private matter.

Besides, it was no secret that Liu Lin entrusted An Yingchang to find him on the East Road. It was reasonable for Yang Zhen to suddenly ask about it.

"However, Beizhi has lost contact with the Ningyuan family since he moved to Jinhai Town. Before moving to Jinhai Town, his brother-in-law had indeed never been married. But now, after so many years, it is unknown what the situation is like.

"So when An Duzhi came to be a matchmaker, I did not agree on the spot. He only said that he would write a letter home and ask about the current situation at Ning Yuan's family before making a decision. Of course, if the governor feels that something is wrong -"

"No, no, there's nothing wrong with it. Just relax, I'm asking you this today not because I think there's anything wrong with it, but on the contrary, I'm trying to persuade you to accept it."

As for those generals from the DPRK who were loyal to the Ming army, Yang Zhen certainly wanted to absorb them into the various troops in Jinhai Town as soon as possible.

Therefore, Yang Zhen fully supported their marriage with his generals, otherwise, he would not have personally taken the lead in marrying the Shen family.

"The generals of the loyal and loyal Ming Army are currently living in our Jinhai Town, under the care of others. They are uneasy and want to rely on in-laws to stabilize their status. This is human nature.

"Moreover, marrying each other is beneficial to them and us, and there is nothing wrong with it. In my opinion, the camp of the Zhongyi Gui Ming Army is on your territory on the east road. You must practice it and set an example."
Chapter completed!