Chapter 119: Marching and fighting and doing business

How far from Beijing to Tongzhou? Fifty miles! It’s just a little distance, modern society can drive twenty minutes to get it done, but in the Ming Dynasty, an army could guarantee fifty miles a day, which is a very good result.

Whether Bai Gan Bing and Chen Xie's regiment training camp was strong, they had already secretly compared before they even set off. He Xian's scout team was spread out before dawn. The regiment training camp and Bai Gan Bing were gathering. When Chen Xie and Qin Liangyu discussed the order of the march, He Xian came in to report: "There was no enemy situation in the capital, Sanhe direction. According to investigation, the sun and moon flags were still planted at the top of Sanhe city, but the city gate was closed."

Chen Xie's habit is to jump on the map first. This Ming Dynasty map from the Chinese historical map collection is undoubtedly many times higher-end than the Ming Dynasty version of the map. Not to mention, these maps are printed according to the province. The map placed on the table is a detailed map of Northern Zhili, and units at the county level are clearly marked.

"About 80 miles from Tongzhou to Sanhe, the main forces of the Later Jin Dynasty have crossed Sanhe. What are so many reinforcements in the capital doing?" Chen Xie angrily punched the table. Qin Liangyu raised his hand with distress and opened his hand and said, "Be gentle, the map is broken."

Before Chen Xie could react, Qin Liangyu had already rolled up the map, and then... handed it to Qin Yiming beside him. Chen Xie was stunned. He only gave you a map yesterday. Qin Liangyu seemed to know what he meant, and said lightly: "The map yesterday was wet when drinking water." This elegant Aunt Qin actually learned to rob.

After some contact, it was really difficult for Chen Xie to combine Qin Liangyu with a brave general. Although he was a little older, according to history, he was fifty-six years old this year and his hair turned white, but he still gave people a pleasing feeling. When he thought of Qin Liangyu's age, Chen Xie couldn't help but sigh that in the Ming Dynasty, who was as old as hers could fight on the battlefield like her?

"General Qin, what else do you like? Can you say it at once?" Chen Xie decided to be more obedient. Facing this female general with white temples, he knew that he could not refuse the request of this typical representative of loyalty and martyrdom in the family.

"Well, I'll take you as a nephew, depending on your age. In this way, I see that your subordinates, a small team officer, all with a thousand-mile mirror, and even ordinary scouts have a pair of thousand-mile mirrors. I can see that this thing is rare in your place. For my army, this is a life-saving treasure on the battlefield. Just send a few more pairs, and you will be a family in the future." Qin Liangyu was not polite, and looked at Chen Xie with a smile, as if he had suffered a great loss.

Chen Xie decided to overturn the previous conclusion that Qin Liangyu was a kind person, and gritted his teeth and calculated with his fingers: "Aunt Qin, I will give you at most ten pairs of telescopes. If you want more, you have to wait until I return to Dengzhou."

Qin Liangyu slowly put away her playful look. She just wanted to see Chen Xie's embarrassment. Unexpectedly, this kid's generousness was far beyond her imagination. You talk about cotton armor, swords and guns. Chen Xie gave them a lot yesterday. But those things were not rare items in the Ming Dynasty. They were only a treasure when the white pole soldiers were poor. However, Qin Liangyu had never seen this thing called a telescope by Chen Xie, but had heard of the single tube.

In other words, if you can’t buy this thing in the Ming Dynasty, Chen Xie gave it ten in one breath. Just for himself, “Please take you as a nephew.” Qin Liangyu knew that his chieftain was really not a great figure in the Ming Dynasty. Not to mention anything else, the local Ming officials in Zhongzhou did not even take care of food and grass before going to the expedition, and had to raise them themselves.

It was precisely because he felt a strong sense of respect and intimacy from Chen Xie that Qin Liangyu would make a joke casually. I wanted to see if his performance was pretending.

"Okay, okay! Qin will recognize your nephew today, and we will be a family in the future."

"Xie lost his parents since he was a child and was raised by an aunt named Wu. This time he had an aunt Qin, so I was very happy." Chen Xie was excited and started to be arrogant, but the expression on his face could not deceive people. Historical celebrities, this is much more than Zhang Yaola. Chen Xie is really happy to have such an aunt.

Qin Liangyu was also moved by the kid's sincerity and smiled and said, "The enemy's situation is unknown at the moment, so let our army lead the way."

Chen Xie didn't argue about this because he knew that the Qing army was in Zunhua recently, and the far away ones were probably going to Yongping.

Qin Yiming interrupted the mouth: "Today is New Year's Eve! Why not take another day off."

Qin Liangyu showed a stern face: "Come to the capital for the New Year!" Chen Xie then remembered that today was New Year's Eve, the last day of the second year of Chongzhen. He hurriedly said goodbye and returned to the village. The troops simply rested on the spot and waited for departure at any time. Chen Xie was still very satisfied with this. The regiment training camp had to talk about strict military discipline and formation, and the Ming army was definitely the first.

The Baigang soldiers set out on the road first, and the regiment camp followed. The capital was originally a prosperous place. Tongzhou from the capital was originally one of the busiest roads in the world. After a disaster, there were no pedestrians on the road, and a few dead bodies on the side of the road were seen. Chen Xie couldn't stand it, so he asked the engineers to clean up the bodies along the way. These soldiers dug holes quickly, so he didn't think about the coffin. Five or six people were buried in a shallow pit to avoid being eaten by wild dogs.

Along the way, you can see that the smoke in many villages has not yet been exhausted, which shows the heavy disaster that this catastrophe has brought to the surrounding areas of the Gyeonggi.

Along the way, Qin Liangyu pursed her lips and said nonchalantly. When she saw the capital from afar, Chen Xie rode his horse to catch up and said, "Aunt Qin, it's not too early, let your brothers rest on the roadside, eat some dry food and drink some water, and then rushed to the capital before dark."

It was already past one pm. It took two hours to leave, and Qin Liangyu nodded.

The sound of resting on the spot sounded, and Chen Xie had already returned to the regiment training camp and personally brought the baggage team to the front to send a truck of compressed biscuits. This was really not a pity. Chen Xie saw that the Baigang soldiers ate simply fried sorghum rice, so he couldn't stand it. The bravest soldiers of the Ming Dynasty ate this, and you still expect these people to win the battle? But these people, led by Qin Liangyu, walked onto the battlefield again and again, and fell one by one in the battle to defend the Ming Dynasty.

Chen Xie had long thrown his integrity and sentiment into the garbage dump and had no intention of picking it up. Now Chen Xie simply treats Qin Liangyu as his family and cannot watch them eat the pig feeding food, and eat it on the side.

"Will you go to war right away? It's a waste to eat such a good thing now." Qin Liangyu looked at Chen Xie and his men carrying a carton of biscuits (pure paper packaging), complaining to Chen Xie with heartache.

"Aunt Qin, you can't say that. I have studied medicine before. The human body consumes a lot of human body in long-distance marches. There is not enough calorie replenishment. Well, I can't tell you clearly. Let's say that, if the brothers don't eat better, they won't be able to withstand it for a long time. When they arrive on the battlefield, they will not be able to fight. Forget it, don't worry. In short, if I have a bite, I won't lose one of my brothers." Chen Xie brought three months of food rations, and the consumption in Shandong was not too great. In addition, he had sent someone to send letters to the United Trading Company, and a batch of military supplies were sent to Tianjin to hand over to Yuanzhong. In history, this battle had to be fought until the end of May, and the northeastern part of Zhili was completely recovered. Without logistics supplies, this battle could not be fought.

"Sihua, what if you don't have enough food to me?" Qin Liangyu refused to take advantage of Chen Xie for nothing. Chen Tuhao patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I brought a lot of money and bought it on the spot after eating. In the future, the sorghum rice will only be used to feed the animals. Brothers are not allowed to eat this again."

"How can this be done? There are so many of us!" Qin Liangyu was very entangled. Chen Xie was definitely right. The problem is that he took advantage of others so much. Even if he recognized his relatives, it would not be appropriate.

At this time, Chen Xie's aura of a rich man exploded in a comprehensive manner. He waved his hand and said, "It's only 7,000 people in total. Based on the consumption of 500 taels of silver per day, it's 15,000 taels per month. I can earn more than 30,000 taels per month, so this consumption is nothing." This kind of heroic spirit of killing you with silver completely calmed down Qin Liangyu. He stared at him in a daze. Ma Xianglin's ears were very sharp, and he could hear clearly, and he didn't bother to play with the telescope and quietly followed Chen Xie.

"Brother, I brought some Shujin. Do you have a way to help me?" Chen Xie heard it all fresh and looked at Ma Xianglin and said, "I said Brother Ma, are you here to fight or do business?"

Ma Xianglin smiled and said, "War and business are not delayed at all. We have nothing good to earn money, but the women in the village are skillful, and the Shu brocade they woven is the best. Before sending troops, the Zhongzhou officials gave hundreds of stones of rice and grain without giving them money. Only then did my mother come up with this strategy and sell some Shu brocade on the road, so as not to eat anything for a long time. In fact, it is not just our family, but the army and horses who serve the king in Sichuan are all done by this. The local area is insufficient money and food, and they have to send troops, so they have to bring some local specialties and rush on the road while doing business."

In Chen Xie's opinion, this kind of thing was really fantastic, but it happened so truly before his eyes.

"Ah, okay, you can collect it first, and I will give you the money directly. This thing is in demand by Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong. Chen Xie agreed very simply, but he really didn't plan to make money on this, and he also planned to lose money. It's very simple. Nowadays, the maritime merchants from Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong are all American goods. Who wants to bring this back? It's better to put on this thing than to put on cement and bring it back.

Ma Xianglin didn't understand this, he left happily. He was not a business dealer.
Chapter completed!