Chapter 72: Impressive

In modern times, Li Meng received a complete history education in primary and secondary schools, as well as the historical knowledge he had come into contact with after work, and he didn't know much about Kong Youde. When he was in elementary and middle school, it was generally said that Kong Youde was the executioner who led the Qing Dynasty to enter the pass and massacre the Han people. When he was working, the direction of the film and television dramas he watched changed, saying that Kong Youde was a great hero in promoting national integration and unity, and a common hero of the Han and Manchus.

Li Meng was not confused. In modern times, he knew that this man was a traitor and a shameless traitor, and there was no difference between him and the puppet troops during the War of Resistance Against Japan.

However, Li Meng didn't know what harm was the traitor Kong Youde. The day after receiving the mansion, the training of those "housekeepers" was handed over to Chen Liudai for the sake of doing it, and Li Meng himself called the Liaodong military households who were taken as slaves into the room to ask.

These Liaodong military households who have been eating and sleeping for more than half a year are trembling this day. Every time someone enters, Li Meng's face becomes gloomy. Guo Dong, who is vaguely the leader of the Liao people, is even more frightened. He finds a few confidants to ask around, who has made a mistake recently or is greedy for money.

As a result, everyone denied that Li Meng's family was practicing military laws and was not angry and was arrogant. Everyone was in awe. In addition, the Liao people knew that the day in front of them was Li Meng's compassionate gift. In addition, there was gratitude in addition to awe, and no one did anything bad. Guo Dong was also confused. The musket was constantly being tested and produced, but Li Meng was always dissatisfied. Could it be that it was because of this anger? But the day before yesterday, he smiled and told him not to be afraid of spending money. Just test and make the best.

The reason why Li Meng was unhappy had nothing to do with the people around him, but Kong Youde defected to Huang Taiji of the Qing Dynasty. He heard from the Liao people that the Liao soldiers under Kong Youde would not talk about him, but the firearms were equipped with the strongest among the Ming army. There were nearly 40 large and large artillery pieces, and the powerful weapon of red cannons. Nearly 40% of the soldiers in the team of more than 10,000 people were equipped with firearms.

Since the rise of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, field sieges in the Ming army have had absolute advantages. The only thing that can restrain them is the firearms equipped by the Ming army.

But now this advantage will change because of the joining of Kong Youde and his military troops. Kong Youde's army was guided and trained by the firearm expert Sun Yuanhua, and he was very skilled in the operation and production of firearms. With these people, the Later Jin Tartars also had firearm troops.

Moreover, Huang Taiji also had the ability to train and expand the firearm troops, which is why the Di Daily News said that Huang Taiji gave Kong Youde so high treatment that a surrendered Ming general could get the same status as the Eight Banners and Shuobeile. To put it bluntly, he already had the same status as Dorgon and Dodo, the Manchu Tatar relatives and other nobles.

Li Meng was indeed angry and depressed. When he was online in modern times, he also saw the sayings like Goldfinger, saying that someone traveled to ancient times, but he used sea sausage to make MSG and opened a restaurant. He was full of kingly spirit and dug up the treasures of the Eight Tigers, overthrowing Emperor Jiajing in one fell swoop and unifying the world.

Look at yourself, I worked hard to make money by trafficking in private salt, and the money I got from the monthly transaction was spent on these people under my hands. In the past, there was a logistics department in the army and an administrative department in the escort company. When I came to the Ming Dynasty, I had to worry about everything. Li Meng racked his brains to make money, but his subordinates did not expand to a large scale. So far, there are only about two thousand people, two hundred horses, thirty pairs of bows and arrows, and more than a dozen sets of armor.

But Huang Taiji did nothing, and had more than 10,000 troops skilled in firearms out of thin air, and his strength instantly increased by a huge amount. This is not cheating.

But in Li Meng's vague historical knowledge, he also knew that this incident was not caused by the butterfly reaction caused by his arrival in the Ming Dynasty, but a real historical event. Speaking of which, God is cheating.

Indeed, in history, after the Qing Dynasty obtained the Han army of Kong Youde, its ability to attack was greatly enhanced. Many people had to spend a lot of casualties to capture the city, and they could be bombarded with cannons. It can even be said that the Ming Dynasty accelerated its demise because of Kong Youde's surrender.

After a day, Li Meng's mood recovered, and then he began to make arrangements with decisiveness. In the past, Li Meng was cautious in doing things, for fear of attracting the attention of the government and the court, but now he did nothing and just arranged for people to recruit salt stewards everywhere.

Except for the difference between the geographical location and Lingshan Guard, the rest of the Aoshan Guard in Jimo County is simply from the same mold. Li Meng used to think that Lingshan Guard has many acquaintances and children, which is easy to control. Everything in Aoshan is very unfamiliar, and it is also the Ming army town, which is difficult to touch.

In the past year and a half, Li Meng has also figured out what the situation in the military town of the garrison was. It was simply a farm led by the commander of the garrison and the thousand households, and there was a large number of surplus population and no way out. Because the garrison's garrison's 5,000 military households, only the eldest son or the one who was replenished could inherit the land.

The young people from Aoshanwei who were the salt poles and salt dices were all drooling in their envy. They walked with their backs. The family did not have to work hard to farm but were full and warm. They had a good reputation. If someone's young man became salt dices, the nearby families would come to propose marriages.

All kinds of rumors have long been spread to Aoshanwei. On weekdays, these people always lament why our place has such good feng shui, why can't there be heroes like Li Erlang?

Now that someone is here to recruit salt dynasties, everyone is in a high mood. Everyone signs up for fear that the number of people they will be recruited is limited, and there will be no such store after passing this village.

Li Meng still wanted to control the impact of the Yanding operation as much as possible, but the news was not so easy to control. Young people near Dengzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture rushed over, hoping to find a place in it.

Therefore, the physical fitness indicators of this assessment are much stricter than the previous few times, such as push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups and long-distance running indicators, and it is really difficult for a young man who is not strong enough to pass, but there are some special items this time.

For example, if you can ride a horse, the assessment indicators will be reduced accordingly. If you bring your horse yourself, the assessment indicators will be reduced. You can shoot arrows, lighters, and make firearms, all of which are relaxed. There are several relaxed requirements, and many Liao people scattered in Dengzhou also come to register. These Liao people have relatively stronger military skills than the military soldiers in the Denglai area and have more skills.

However, there are various special selections and relaxation of standards. There are so many people who signed up, but the final result made Li Meng a little dumbfounded.

After April, Li Meng went to the house in Jiaozhou City much longer than before, and he went to the porcelain shop and the river regularly for a walk around, always hoping to meet the lady from the magistrate's house, so he worked and handled all the matters in the inspection office.

It is now early June, but the weather is still very cool. Li Meng leaned on the back of the chair, listening carefully to Ning Gangui's report in front of him, Zhao Neng and Wang Hai were doing both sides. Since the rotation was carried out to be stationed at the intersection, there were usually a captain next to Li Meng, but there were two people at this time.

However, Zhao Neng and Wang Hai's faces were very awkward. Ning Gangui held a few pieces of paper in his hand and said loudly:

"The strong men from Aoshanwei and Dengzhou in Laizhou have recruited 530 people. Another special selection is forty people who are good at riding, all with horses, thirty people who are good at bows and arrows, and 46 people who are good at firearms. They are now placed near Zhuangzi in Lingshan Salt Field, waiting for the arrangements of the adults."

After saying that, Ning Gangui bent down to the three people sitting there as a gift, and then prepared to leave the house. Li Meng said at this time:

"Lao Ning, go to Houshan to discuss and decide on the expenses of food, clothing, housing and transportation needed by these newcomers, as well as weapons, clothing and armor. Report to me at the same time and send someone to send a message to Ma Gang and ask him to change defense with Xiaohai."

Ning Gangui agreed one by one, and immediately except for the house, Li Meng turned to Zhao Neng and Wang Hai with a gloomy face, and said coldly:

"No wonder Kong Youde was in Dengzhou for three years. Half of Shandong couldn't find a thousand strong men. I went to see those who were good at riding. Who were all the people? They were all the bandits of the village. They wanted to be good people to surrender to me. Those who knew bows and arrows and firearms were all the defeated soldiers from Liaodong."

Zhao Neng and Wang Hai looked at each other, which was very embarrassing. After all, Zhao Neng was closer to Li Meng, and coughed and said:

"Mr. Li, the benchmark we ordered this time is a bit high. The salt diced we recruited has been practicing for about half a year before reaching this level. If we relax..."

Zhao Neng spoke, Li Meng couldn't lose his temper. He felt a little anxious, rubbed his forehead with his hands, sighed, and said for a while:

"Relax the standards, at least three thousand people will be recruited this time. The noise is still too big. I am also anxious. Xiaohai, go find our old brothers and follow those who are good at riding, learn riding, and stare at them. The smell of rashness on these people is too strong. I am afraid that there will be something else, so I will do it now."

Wang Hai stood up and agreed quickly, turned around and walked out, leaving only Li Meng and Zhao Neng in the room, and he spoke much more casually. Zhao Neng looked at Wang Hai's back and smiled:
Chapter completed!