Chapter 221 Watergate
Ying Ming was actually quite worried. With Wei Sier's appearance, would it be their first to go to London or Wei Si have a problem first?
It’s not because of the sage disease, but because of the fear that he will die on the woman’s belly.
Like him, the mixed-race yellow dog raised by Ying Ming can take a nap under his feet for nine hours, and Wei Jinzhong can sleep in the brothel for nine hours, which is almost the biggest unstable factor in Ying Ming's army.
The confidant subordinates of the highest military commander of Puzhou lingered in brothels in every town, which was a hungry ghost among the lust. The Ming army had only been stationed in Winchester for three days, and this had become a consensus among everyone on the streets and alleys through the mouths of prostitutes.
From the westernmost end of England to Winchester, it is probably difficult to find a prostitute that Wei Jinzhong didn't know.
If Puzhou brothels need a peer guild to protect the common interests of service personnel, I am afraid no one is more suitable for the position of president than Wei Jinzhong.
This means great risks to an army with strict military discipline, but at the same time, it is precisely because of their strict military discipline that a role like Wei Jinzhong is needed.
Because he can help the red-eyed soldiers who killed the red-eyed after the war find a harbor to calm their souls.
In fact, this is a very shameful thing for Ying Ming. His trusted servant and side job are pimps who communicate between soldiers and prostitutes.
Due to military law, the Ming soldiers who followed Ying Ming could not harm the people, but holding a knife means danger.
They make people fear and they live in fear.
The high-intensity march and continuous battles made them not have time to be glad that they won another battle after the battle, so they were already worried about whether they would become a city god temple to worship the righteous god after the next battle.
It is naturally proud to be a god and can also increase the courage of a person, but who would like to be a god if he can live well?
The problem of looting the people does not need to be eliminated in Ying Ming's Dongyang Banner Army and will not happen at all. On the one hand, it is naturally because of the restraining effect of military law, but the more important reason is actually the general poverty of the people in England.
The wealthy nobles and merchants did not need individual flag troops to plunder. Some surrendered early and were good friends of general Yingming; some did not surrender, and their property was already used as spoils when the flag troops were discovered.
Who would rob his own spoils? That thing was discovered and called stealing.
Adequate military pay minimizes the possibility of robbery by the flag army, but the physiological need for drinking and finding women is difficult to curb. Once it is absolutely curbed, the flag army is more likely to suffer psychological problems.
Ying Ming, who has been fighting all the way to this day, wrote to the Dongyang Military Office when he landed in Ailan, about asking the retired flag army to go to other places to rest for half a year before going home. He was very concerned about the psychological problems of the expeditionary flag army.
Therefore, it is better to keep out the flags than to block them. The flag troops in Puzhou have sufficient holidays. During non-war periods, each small flag headquarters has two places that can be camped overnight every day.
And during the war, an unprecedented order was issued to transfer frontline soldiers back to the city for holidays during the New Year.
The most amazing thing was that Ying Ming issued such an order, and the enemy also tacitly closed the city and defended the city from the long period from New Year's Eve to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month - this was indeed quite strange to the Ming army.
In order to celebrate the New Year, they were all ready to temporarily give up all the land east of Puli and occupy it again after the New Year.
The other person didn't respond.
Just like why the enemy generals were called Radish Head and why Wei Jinzhong was extremely lustful, he was ranked among the top ten unsolved mysteries of General Yingming during the Wanli era of Great Development.
These questions may never be answered before the Radish Head was captured alive. He tried to ask the prisoners, but the nobles, as senior generals, were basically killed by Prins in the previous knight charges, and no one of the remaining young leaders knew why they did not advance two months ago.
Hope is really slim, because on the fifth day of March, Winchester welcomes new visitors, a former Spanish Dutchman, Linden.
It's not Lyndon Wan, it's Lyndon Jane.
He served in the Spanish Legion, fought for King Philip in the Netherlands, and later joined the pioneering of the New World and became the captain of the Western Peruvian Army.
In the later stage of the Second Mingxi War, the superiors were quickly killed and injured, and were promoted to the commander of the phalanx. He led three companies to attack the defense line of Ming general Shao Tingda in the ever-winning battle.
Although the defense line was not broken later, he still became the commander of the army stationed in Peru because of his bravery and good combat. Finally, he stepped into a trap while charging in heavy armor while leading his army to suppress Lautaro, and retired due to injuries.
"I used to be a soldier like you, until I stepped on a sauerkraut jar."
When Linden said this, Ying Ming could notice that his right leg was a little long and he walked around, but this did not delay the Dutch, who claimed to be a Spaniard, raised his face in front of him.
"After returning to my hometown, my neighbors became Dutch citizens. They could only go out to make a living. Earl Dudley, who had fought side by side, came to me and asked me to train his army."
In fact, Ying Ming didn’t understand. Just stepping on a jar of sauerkraut is not a great qualification. What’s there to be proud of?
Ye Ying also has a bunch of shit-dip plate armor and curved clay pots here.
He frowned and looked at Linden and asked, "So, are you here to make a fight with me on his behalf? I defeated him in the battle, and he should come and surrender instead of running away."
"No, Count Dudley has not paid my salary. He has been in debt for this war and the troops I trained have been defeated. I cannot return to the Netherlands. I need money to return to Spain. It takes money to live a decent life."
Linden looked at Ying Ming and said, "I'm here to find a job. I know two information that is very useful to the generals. If you are willing to buy them for one thousand and a half taels of silver, I will serve with you for two years and then go back to Spain."
In fact, Linden's pride has nothing to do with stepping on the sauerkraut jar, just because he was the most outstanding Spanish soldier in Europe in the past and should be proud.
"One and a half taels of silver?"
Five hundred taels of silver in two years, the employment fee is very high, twice that of the Beiyang Banner Army, almost the same as the banner army under Ying Ming's command - their group of people have won several wars, and they always have a monthly salary of one tael.
Such a quote is obviously too high for the Spanish cripple in front of you.
But Ying Ming did not think that the Spanish veteran in front of him was a person who didn't know how much he was, so he ran to him and made a fool of himself with his life.
The high quotation actually aroused Ying Ming's curiosity about the two pieces of information.
He raised a finger and said, "I will give you two hundred taels. You said the first one. If you are not satisfied, I will not kill you and let you go. If you are satisfied, I will give you another three hundred taels. In the next two years, 20 taels of monthly silver will be used to control food, accommodation and be my servant. If you want to leave in two years, I will give you another two hundred taels of travel."
Linden thought for a moment and spoke: "Count Dudley took the Queen away from London and went north to Scotland. There were many defenders in the city of London, but the Queen's departure made them feel depressed."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ying Ming's eyes lit up, and he immediately ordered people to get the silver. At the same time, he ordered his followers to gather servants, summon generals from various departments, stood up and pointed at Linden and said, "Summary."
Chapter completed!