With Min Yuanqi's order, all the flag troops, including Han Sen and a group of small flag officials, put down the spears in their hands.

Li Junsun, Wang Wumai, Xie Xiang and Guo Shangyi are the four sword cards, two long cards and two rattan cards. The long cards are mainly used to cover them, and rattan cards can take the initiative to attack.

The sword player has higher requirements for skills and physical fitness. Fortunately, the people Min Yuanqi selected are all the best in the flag army, especially the two servants and Xie Xiang. In terms of personal martial arts, Min Yuanqi was not sure that he could defeat the two at the same time and join forces.

The entire team was divided into three teams, Min Yuanjin, Min Yuanzhong and Liang Shifa were appointed as officers of the three teams. Two of these three were relatives, and they were the ones who believed the most. Liang Shifa was smart and capable, and was the first to serve, so he needed to set an example for others.

Han Sen, the general flag, was not appointed as the team official. Min Yuanqi added the title of the general flag to him, which was to half-stack Han Sen.

Han Sen could not object to this appointment. Originally, he was the chief flag. Even if he was called a team leader and had a rank on the same level as the other small flag officials, Han Sen would not feel comfortable. It would be better to go down the steps and everyone felt comfortable.

Eight large flag soldiers then moved forward, their spears were 28 feet tall and placed in a corner of the Guanting Arsenal. They could never be erected.

This kind of gun has a head of 28 feet, a weight of four taels, a body of 20 feet and a tail of 30 feet, and a weight of about 7 kilograms, which is a very heavy weapon on the battlefield.

Next came the gunman with more than 20 five-foot guns. Several gun frames were placed in the warehouse. Each of them inserted their spears into the frames and arranged them one by one.

The knife cards, eight-foot guns, five-foot guns, long cards, and rattan cards in the warehouse are arranged neatly, and then Min Yuanzhong is responsible for locking them. Then everyone line up again to wait for the food delivery.

Min Yuanqi was not waiting here. Today's exercise started half an hour ahead of time and ended half an hour ahead of time. He had other important things and couldn't wait until it was dark.

It has been mid-February, and the weather has gradually become warmer and the sun has grown a little longer, unlike in winter when it becomes dark early.

Han Sen is responsible for distributing grain today. This general banner has always been a formidable person. Min Yuanqi doesn’t have to worry about anything wrong with Han Sen.

Yang Zhijin, Gao Cuncheng and Min Yuanzhong received the food early. The three of them handed the cloth bag to their neighbors and took it home. They rushed up and followed Min Yuanqi to the east.

There was the largest number of people in the village at this time, and every household would cook at dawn at this time. There might not be anything good. Pickled vegetables, pickled radish strips, and steamed buns with coarse grains. If you are more delicate, you can make some delicate pasta. Although they are also made of coarse grains, they are better at changing things.

In this era, interpersonal relationships are much closer. Although there must be conflicts, quarrels and even fights are inevitable, in normal times, it is normal to watch and help each other and support each other. It is inevitable to borrow a bunch of rice, a handful of onions, and a handful of salt. At dinner, as long as the weather is warm, each family will move the small table to the front of the yard or under the tree opposite to eat. Men squat in one place holding a big blue bowl, talking about farming or news from afar, and they are bound to talk. Women are just having a few words and gossip. Children run around the yard, and the rice is full of coarse grains and rough rice, but as long as the year is peaceful, they can still survive.

However, the world has become increasingly chaotic recently, and news has become bad one after another.

At the end of January, he conquered Ningwu and killed the generals of the resistance Zhou Yuji, Taiyuan, Datong, Yanghe, Xuanfu and other important towns were threatened by the troops of the Shun Army.

These news came from the north one after another, aggravating people's uneasiness. People were not worried about the emperors in Beijing. Although these people who were at the bottom of society and who lived the most difficult life, they also knew to be loyal to the emperor, but they really wanted to have a sincere loyalty to the emperor, which was an overly idealistic idea.

What people are more worried about is that in the end of the world, the Ming Dynasty was about to destroy the country, and the Shun Army was bound to continue fighting in the process of winning the world. The mixed soldiers and bandits were mixed, and local people were suffering from military disasters. A few years ago, the bandits entered Nanzhi and captured Fengyang and other places. Later, Li Zicheng's troops raised troops in Henan and Guide went to Linxian and Qizhou, including Suining and other places, and they were all hit by war. It can be said that it was thousands of miles away. The flag soldiers had no interest in the emperor who went north to save the capital, but they were extremely concerned about the experiences of the people hundreds of miles away, because those people and what they encountered would make the flag soldiers empathize with. Such things could fall on their heads at any time. This is the thing that the flag soldiers were most concerned and worried about.

In addition to copying news from the mansion far away in the north, Huai'an's changes are also worrying.

Originally, with Yancheng as the core, this area had more than 10,000 square kilometers. Only Yancheng was established in the core area. The area was large and there were many people, but there were not many prefectures and counties, let alone many garrison troops. Although many salt owls and pirates and bandits have been bred, everything has its pros and cons. People in remote places rarely see yamen runners and gangs going to the countryside to disturb them, let alone chaotic soldiers.

Since Shi Kefa sorted out Jiang Fang and arranged Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo in Hezhou and Fengyang and other places, in February, Liu Zeqing, the general of Shandong Town, went south without authorization. Although he violated the will of going north to serve the king, Emperor Chongzhen and officials in Nanjing who were far away in Beijing did not dare to deal with it. Liu Zeqing was still the general of the Ming Dynasty, and his subordinates were also officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. If he was forced to change the flag to the Shun Army, it would be too much fun.

Liu Zeqing was actually not satisfied with the garrison of Huai'an. Jiangnan was the richest place. Zuo Liangyu was stationed in the area of ​​Jingbei, and his subordinates expanded from thousands of remnants to more than 100,000. It is said that they are still growing continuously. There were originally 20,000 or 30,000 people in the core of the left side, but Zuo Liangyu's troops were completely defeated in the battle of Zhuxian Town, and most of them were annihilated by Li Zicheng's troops. Liu Zeqing originally thought that Zuo Liangyu was finished now, but who knew that after moving to Jingbei, Zuo Liangyu's troops blew up like a ball.

In the chaotic times, people's hearts are changing easily. More than ten years ago, Liu Zeqing would never and dared not have any strange ambitions.

During the Chongzhen period, the emperor took the lead in destroying national laws repeatedly and was extremely generous to the generals who were bad. Zuo Liangyu was defeated many times and refused to obey military orders and contradicted the civil servants and superiors, but nothing happened. As long as the generals were useful, the emperor would not use the national laws to control them.

This means that Chongzhen himself destroyed the system of his ancestors for more than 200 years, and the military generals became more and more rebellious. Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong and other fierce generals did not even take the presiding supervisors like Yang Sichang seriously. Although He Renlong later died at the hands of a ruthless person like Sun Chuanting, Zuo Liangyu was safe and sound.

After the disastrous defeat in Henan, Zuo Liangyu returned to Jiangnan. He had always had the background of the Donglin Party. He received a large amount of supplies in the Jingbei area of ​​Jiangnan and Jiangnan, and his strength was quickly restored. Now there are dozens of generals under his command. Zuo Liangyu himself was already a general of the bandits. Among the generals of the Ming Dynasty, except for the generals in the important towns of the border army, there was no plus. However, with one general, he controlled dozens of generals. This was without precedent in the Ming Dynasty's military system. He directly controlled more than 100,000 troops. This was only possible in the Ming Dynasty's founding and Yongle period. After the early days of Emperor Yingzong's Tumen, a large number of Dukes and Bo died, and the tradition of nobles in command of military troops disappeared. Civil officials became a tradition. By the end of Chongzhen, there were finally military generals to command the army, which was a very dangerous sign.

Liu Zeqing himself was cowardly and incompetent, but he was good at conspiracy and had no bottom line in his behavior. Such people were prone to emerge in the end of the world. Before the mid-Chongzhen period, Liu Zeqing was just a general. Later, he was the deputy general and general. Until now, he had 30,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and had more than ten generals under his command, and he divided his troops and horses and ruled them.

Liu Zeqing was not happy about being stationed in Huai'an. He wanted to go to Jiangnan, but Shi Kefa could not compromise on this issue. According to Shi Kefa's idea, Liu's army should be moved to Xuzhou, and with Huang Degong's army and Liu Liangzuo's army to go north to serve the king. Liu Zeqing could only settle for the second best. Yangzhou is more populated and richer in the area, and is more suitable for the growth of the garrison.

At this time, the law collapsed and the court had no ability to check and balance the military leaders. After Liu Zeqing's troops arrived in Huai'an, they began to station troops in various counties and sent a large number of troops to collect grain in various townships and villages.

Of course, it is impossible to negotiate with the wind and drizzle, but to be arrogant and domineering and even kill people.

In just a few days, a large number of Liu troops beat and killed people in various counties of Huai'an Prefecture, and forced grain robbery have spread everywhere. People who are very enthusiastic about such news transmission and even have no concern about state affairs are also worried at this time, worried about the buckets of brown rice hidden in their homes.

For the flag army of Dahewei and their families, the fierceness and barbarian tyranny of Liu Zeqing's army are true news. In the past few days, the people who went to Huai'an Prefecture to work clearly conveyed the latest news. After Liu Zeqing entered the city, he forcibly entered the command yamen of Huai'an Guard and Dahewei, and drove out all the military officers and family members of the garrison. After this news was confirmed, the entire Yuntiguan Qianhu Institute was uneasy.

The foreign guest soldiers were cruel and domineering, and even the military officers at the commander level were not taken seriously, and they were stationed everywhere to collect grain. It was hard to say whether they would come to Yundi Pass... When they think of this, they were frightened.

The quietness in the village today is not because of external troubles, but because the salt pond near the seaside at the east end of the village has begun to be built.

In order to save expenses, in addition to hiring more than 30 large and small workers, the remaining labor was all the responsibility of the banner troops under the Baihu family in Min Yuanqi.

More than 200 flag soldiers, Yu Ding, strong women, and even half-year-old teenagers all went to the construction site to help. The project was extremely earth-filled, and five reservoirs had to be built, plus supporting facilities such as water diversion and halogenated crystal ponds. If all of them were hired to do this work, the hundreds of taels of silver given by Zhu Wanchun might not be enough.

All those who helped did not give money, that is, they only served three meals a day, or steamed brown rice in a large pot. Each family brought their own vegetables. Even this condition was extremely satisfactory. They originally fryed salt for hundreds of households and thousands of households, but the food they had been busy with was quite limited. Now they could eat the grain of hundreds of households every day, which made these people quite satisfied.
Chapter completed!