Chapter 375: Send troops! Huaian Prefecture!

The Navy expanded two sailor combat teams at the same time. Each combat team had 50 soldiers, not officers. Zhu Chengtai and Lu Liangyu served as team leaders respectively. Since there were four sailor combat teams and their troops had increased to more than 200 people, Zhang Zhun established a Marine Corps command on it, responsible for governing the four sailor combat teams.

The Marine Corps does not belong to the Navy's combat sequence. They are independently under the command of Zhang Zhun. Zhang Zhun personally served as the commander of the Marine Corps, Fang He and Liu Dong served as deputy commanders respectively. However, during daily training and combat, the Marine Corps was still with the Navy. The Marine Corps' base is also located in the Quail Bay Military Port.

The new soldiers who expanded this time came from the recruit training camp, and some came from the guerrillas and armed forces. They were mainly locals from the Aoshanwei. However, the number of young people from the Lingshanwei has also increased a lot, indicating that the Lingshanwei is slowly melting.

After having the troops of seven associations, plus the artillery association, Zhang Zhun's army increased to about 2,000. Regardless of the number of troops, the number of people alone can be regarded as the highest-ranking force in Laizhou Prefecture. Therefore, it is basically no problem to attack Laizhou Prefecture.

In fact, the officials of Laizhou Prefecture and wealthy families from all over the country have been evacuated. Everyone knows that after Zhang Zhun comes, their lives will definitely not be easy. "Junior Land Order" is Zhang Zhun's lifeline, and he will definitely not be shaken. As long as Zhang Zhun arrives, the first decree is to divide the land. As for ordinary people, they are increasingly looking forward to Zhang Zhun's arrival.

In the Ye County (the location of the capital), Weixian, Changyi, Gaomi, Jiaozhou, Jimo, Pingduzhou and other places under the jurisdiction of Laizhou Prefecture, people secretly organized themselves to wait for Zhang Zhun's arrival. The local yamen runners and police officers dare not coerce too much. Some yamen runners and police officers who felt that they were not very good also quietly fled with their families.

Therefore, Zhang Zhun estimated that the Hu Ben Army would not fight too much when entering these places. If it really happened, the local Ming army was not a match for the Hu Ben Army at all. The main problem was the implementation of various laws and regulations later, especially the issue of land reform. Zhang Zhun was reluctant to go out because these issues had not been dealt with yet. Wang Mingyu, Liu Hang and others had not yet formed a corresponding takeover team.

To be precise, the Hu Ben Army did not have enough manpower and took over such a large territory at the same time. Aoshanwei and Lingshanwei are actually two counties. With the expansion of the territory of the two counties to seven counties, the population area has increased several times instantly. It is very dangerous to have no feasible takeover plan. If such a large territory is swallowed up at once, indigestion will lead to major problems. It is even impossible to drag down Aoshanwei and Lingshanwei.

Of course, it doesn’t matter if Zhang Zhun learns from Li Zicheng. No matter how big the territory is, he can take over. Anyway, if the bandits pass by, they will grab whatever they can, and let him go if they can’t, so that the locals can fend for themselves. Don’t consider the construction of the regime, don’t consider the construction of the base, don’t consider the source of finance, just rely on robbing. However, Zhang Zhun is unwilling to learn from Li Zicheng.

Zhang Zhun is not in a hurry, he wants to be steady.

After leaving the Sixth Association's camp, Zhang Zhun immediately rode a horse to Lingshan Guard. In Lingshan Guard, Zhang Zhun took the lead in visiting the newly established troops. The Seventh Association was stationed in front of Xiahezhai, which is the main transportation route to Qingzhou Prefecture, Yanzhou Prefecture and Huaian Prefecture. It is very necessary to station a powerful army here.

Yin Fengyi, the commander of the Seventh Association, is Zhang Zhun's old subordinate, and naturally welcomes Zhang Zhun's arrival. Although Zhang Zhun had lunch in the Sixth Association, Yin Fengyi still pulled Zhang Zhun and had another early New Year's Eve dinner here. So, in the afternoon, the soldiers of the Seventh Association celebrated the New Year in advance.

During the meal, Yin Fengyi specifically mentioned that a fishing boat came back from Huaian Prefecture, Nanzhili, and encountered several unidentified ships on the way. Since there were no signs on the ships, they didn't know what kind of ship they were. Judging from their appearance, it seemed that they were heading for Huaian Prefecture. They thought it was a merchant ship, so they didn't care.

"Merchant ship?"

"when?"

Zhang Zhun frowned quietly.

Almost without thinking, Zhang Zhun thought of Sun Ronglu's pirate ship. He always felt that Sun Ronglu would not retreat easily. After suffering such a big loss at the entrance of Mawan, he would definitely not be able to swallow this. He must be hiding in a corner, waiting for the opportunity to make a comeback.

“Yesterday afternoon.”

Yin Fengyi replied.

"Yesterday afternoon..."

Zhang Zhun's brows frowned even more.

If the fishing boat encountered a pirate ship yesterday afternoon, it was indeed a pirate ship, which means that Sun Ronglu had indeed evacuated Mawan the night before yesterday. There is only one problem now: what did he do in Huai'an Mansion? Do he have a short rest there? Or are he preparing to celebrate the New Year in Huai'an Mansion?

"Come those fishermen and I'll ask myself."

Zhang Zhun said coldly.

Realizing the seriousness of the matter, Yin Fengyi hurriedly sent someone out and found more than a dozen fishermen. After Zhang Zhun personally inquired, he confirmed that the ships were indeed Sun Ronglu's pirate ships. He did take the remaining ships toward Huaian Prefecture. According to the route speculation, the target was most likely Haizhou City in Huaian Prefecture.

"Yin Fengyi!"

Zhang Zhun suddenly shouted coldly.

"arrive!"

Yin Fengyi's whole body trembled and he hurriedly stood attentively and answered.

"Tonight, be ready for battle and wait for orders!"

"Send someone to pay close attention to the Haizhou City!"

"Report to me immediately if there is any situation!"

Zhang Zhun said coldly.

"clear!"

Yin Fengyi hurriedly answered.

Zhang Zhun paced back and forth, then said slowly: "It is very likely that the Seventh Association has just been established and will participate in the battle, or participate in the battle during the New Year! You must be accused yourself! Be foolproof! In terms of ammunition reserves, you must communicate with the Logistics Department as soon as possible to supplement at least five bases of ammunition!"

Yin Fengyi hurriedly said, "Sir, you also know that although the Seventh Association is a newly established army, most of them are veterans! They have the richest combat experience! If there is any combat mission, our Seventh Association will definitely complete it smoothly!"

Zhang Zhun paced back and forth and said slowly: "It is not certain whether there is a battle at the moment. However, I believe my intuition. Sun Ronglu might have to engage in some conspiracy in Huai'an Prefecture. In short, without my orders, you cannot get rid of the war readiness state. As long as my order arrives, you can set off immediately!"

Yin Fengyi replied sternly: "I understand!"

Before and after leaving Xiahe Village, Zhang Zhun immediately returned to Aoshanwei. Looking at the sky, there was still some time, so he came to the iron smelting plant for inspection. Since all aspects of construction required a lot of steel, Li Fenglai, Yin Gensheng, Zou Huoming, Li Delu and others were busy. The craftsmen under his command were sweating profusely, and they must not feel cold. Even if it was New Year's Eve today, they could not be idle during the day. Of course, they had to have a holiday at night. That is, one night. The construction will still start tomorrow on the first day of the New Year.

The good news Zhang Zhun got was that the output of steel may exceed 300 kilograms per day. Among them, the output of Baigang Steel may exceed 100 kilograms. At the same time, the ironworks have also begun to try crucible steelmaking, and the current effect is quite good. Compared with Baigang Steel, the efficiency of crucible steelmaking is better and the cost is lower. Of course, the quality is slightly worse than Baigang Steelmaking. The steel obtained by crucible steelmaking is mainly used to cast dragon cannons.

Afterwards, Zhang Zhun came to the craftsman workshop. It was also busy here, and the craftsmen were busy making various parts of the Hu Ben Gun. The production task of fifty Hu Ben Guns every day was still very strong. In fact, the output of Hu Ben Guns in the craftsman workshop was no problem at all. However, the actual number of factory outlets was difficult to increase. The most important reason was the quality issue.

The inspectors sent by Zhang Zhun were temporarily drawn from the army, and many of them were wounded. They rotated every month and were specifically responsible for checking the quality of each Hu Ben gun that left the factory. Those people were rough people, and if the quality of the Hu Ben gun failed, they would curse on the spot. The quality of the Hu Ben gun was related to their life or death on the battlefield. How could they not be strict? Even if there was a little problem with the whole line, these rough people would curse and directly greet the other party's whole family of women.

Therefore, Zhou Shiwen and Luo Dashan both beg for mercy to Zhang Zhun. They felt that the requirements of these people were too picky. Some of them were too excessive. They did not have so many requirements when they worked before. They unanimously agreed that these "quality inspectors" were completely targeted at the craftsmen, and their Tiger Ben guns were not a problem at all. The Tiger Ben guns they produced casually, and were placed in the Ming army's firearms, were all high-quality among the finest products.

Zhang Zhun shook his head and said coldly: "Lao Zhou, Lao Luo, think about it from another perspective. The quality of the Hu Ben gun is not good. At most, you can rework, and others will be given away. If you feel wronged, you two will go to the battlefield with me. In the craftsman workshop, if anyone feels wronged, they will go to the battlefield with me. Don't have a physical examination or a test, I will arrange for him to go to the front line immediately."

Zhou Shiwen and others had nothing to say.

The quality inspection protests in the craftsman workshop will be suspended.

Then, they talked about something about Sun Qinkai. It turned out that Sun Qinkai and Zhou Shiwen's daughter had sex. Zhou Shiwen's whole family basically worked in the craftsman workshop, and his daughter was there. She met Sun Qinkai several times, and the impression of both sides was pretty good. Luo Dashan then helped Zhou Shiwen propose marriage to Sun Qinkai.

After staying in prison for three years, Sun Qinkai also saw that the third son of the governor had become a thing of the past. Now he just wanted to concentrate on studying his cannon. Sun Qinkai agreed readily to Luo Dashan's proposal.

The two sides agreed to hold the wedding in March this year, so Zhou Shiwen wanted to invite Zhang Zhun to attend. Don’t they all like face! If Zhang Zhun attends, then face will be greatly appreciated. At that time, Sun Weina, who is Sun Qinkai’s parents, will also come.

"This is a good thing!"

"I will definitely attend when the time comes!"

Zhang Zhun agreed to Zhou Shiwen's request without hesitation.

When we came out of the craftsman's workshop, it was already evening. The streets of Fushan City were still very lively. People came and went, frosty. Since everyone was still busy during the day, they had no time to come out to buy New Year's goods. Therefore, there were many people who came out to buy vegetables at this time and were preparing to make New Year's Eve dinner.

Compared with the desertedness last year, Fushan City this year is unprecedentedly lively. All the merchants are laughing from ear to ear. In the past, their turnover in Fushan City was not as good as that of more than a year this year. Many merchants even needed to replenish goods to meet the needs of the people.

Zhang Zhun stood in the middle of the Cross Street of Fushan City and found that his front, back, left and right had been extended infinitely, and there was no end to see. Because there were too many merchants and the small Fushan City could not accommodate them at all, it continued to expand outside. There were more people outside the city than in the city.

"grown ups!"

"Sir, here!"

"Happy New Year, sir!"

Someone saw Zhang Zhun riding a horse passing the street and greeted him happily.

Zhang Zhun also laughed, jumped off the horse's back, bowed to the surroundings, and said loudly: "Happy New Year! Happy New Year! Dear bosses, congratulations on getting rich! Congratulations on getting rich! Oh, the kids grow taller and grow up! Beautiful girls...become more beautiful as they grow!"

Some merchants who are good at flattering come up one after another, put their goods on Zhang Zhun's body or hung them on Zhang Zhun's horse's head. This is not bribing Zhang Zhun, but asking Zhang Zhun to help them advertise! As long as Zhang Zhun uses their merchant's goods in public, these merchants can immediately blow them to the sky. Soon, Zhang Zhun's war horses and his body were hung with all kinds of goods, just like a Christmas tree.

When they returned to Ziyuan, there was a little fun here. The three sisters of the Yun family were hanging lanterns. Seeing Zhang Zhun coming back with furry all over, they hurried up, held back their laughter, carefully picked off the various goods on Zhang Zhun's body and put them aside. Then they helped General Zhang take off the coat on him.

When Zhang Zhun came into the house, he found that Liu Rushi was concentrating on writing couplets. Is it a little too late to write couplets now? Of course not too late! The couplets were posted after dinner. Liu Rushi wrote them now, and the handwriting was dry in a while, so it was just right to paste them.

Zhang Zhun stood behind her, looked carefully for a while, and secretly sighed that the talented woman was indeed a talented woman. This handwriting was even more generous than Xue Zhidie. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would be hard to imagine that a girl could write such generous words. He smiled and said, "Rushi, are you interested in being a gentleman?"

Liu Rushi said in confusion: "What sir?"

Zhang Zhun said with a smile: "Of course it is the gentleman of our baby. In the future, our children will be given to you to teach you, read and recognize words, learn piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, songs and essays, and you must learn a little about everything."

Liu Rushi was really unwilling to let go and said with a smile: "As long as the master likes him, the concubine will dare to agree. But the concubine's level is limited. If the teacher is not well taught, please don't be surprised."

In this Ziyuan, there is really no one who can compare with her when reading and recognizing words. This speech is obviously modest, but in fact it is to affirm herself. Liu Dacai is not a person who hides her weakness, especially in literature. Otherwise, she would not have debated with the little girl in full swing.

Zhang Zhun nodded and said with a smile: "Okay! That's all!"

White Snake came out of it, threw herself into Zhang Zhun's arms, and said coquettishly: "Brother Yulin, you have just come back, we almost have the New Year's Eve dinner."

Zhang Zhun smiled and said, "There are a lot of things outside, it would be nice if I could come back now. I'll have the New Year's Eve dinner before I come back. Be careful that I will drive you all out of the house."

White Snake said with a smile: "Sister Yuqing has made a lot of delicious food. I am almost full. I can't accompany you to eat in a while."

Zhang Zhunban raised his face and said hard: "That's not possible. How can you not eat the New Year's Eve dinner?"

Bai Snake smiled and said, "Brother Yulin, you like to be stern every time, and I'm not afraid of you anymore. I have to eat so many meals every day, which is so full of my life. When my mother was pregnant with me, she had nothing to eat, she had to eat grass roots."

Zhang Zhun said: "Eat more, the baby born will be healthy."

While talking, Ji Yuqing had already come out.

She is a veritable butler, the elder sister of the girls present, and she is basically in charge of the big and small things in Ziyuan. Seeing Bai Snake in Zhang Zhun's arms, Ji Yuqing smiled and said, "Master, sit for a while, touch Xiaoyou's belly, and the New Year's Eve dinner will be ready soon."

Zhang Zhun nodded, sat down, hugged Bai Snake, and listened carefully to the movements in his belly. Unfortunately, the little baby in his belly was very disrespectful and did not make any noise. Perhaps he was full and fell asleep. Zhang Zhun's hand quietly raised and stroked Bai Snake's two firm little white rabbits. Anyway, he was at his own home, he was not afraid of people seeing it.

But after White Snake became pregnant, her body was particularly sensitive and could not stand Zhang Zhu's caress. She moaned and broke free and ran away. Zhang Zhu had to sit there seriously, waiting for dinner. The three sisters of the Yun family came in from outside and set up a table. Today was New Year's Eve, and they all expected that Zhang Zhu would not be angry with them, so they all smiled and were warm.

Although Yang Yinghan has not passed the family, Zhang Zhun has a small family. The family members include Zhang Zhun himself, Bai Snake, Ji Yuqing, Liu Rushi, and the three sisters of the Yun family. By the way, Bai Snake has one in his belly. As for the others, they are all on Yang Yinghan's side. Ning Lingwei, Shen Lingfei, Xue Zhidie and others will naturally not come at this time. Having a meal with Zhang Zhun means that he is Zhang Zhun's family?

"It's time to eat!"

The New Year's Eve dinner came soon, and seven people, yes, eight, and one in White Snake's belly sat together and had a meal with great enthusiasm. Since it was the most important festival of the year, Zhang Zhun's meal speed also slowed down a lot, and finally kept pace with everyone.

After dinner, you will naturally post couplets. After posting couplets, you will set off firecrackers. Of course, Zhang Zhun will do it himself. You can't ask a group of girls to do such things, right?

"Splitting!"

"Splitting!"

"Splitting!"
To be continued...