Chapter 130 Armament Relaxation
The lights in the Qianhu Office were bright, and the news that Tian Anguo, the deputy Qianhu Office, was arrested on the street, was explosive. Xu Tong's next move also shocked Gao Jin. The Qianhu Office was personally in charge of Qianhu Office, and then let his subordinates go out to the city of Dasuo, arrested Tian Anguo's confidant and relatives and friends.
All night, there was no peace in the entire Shenmu Fort, which made all the people afraid. Who knew if there would suddenly be soldiers like wolves and tigers smashing into the door and taking them to the Thousand Houses.
In the front yard of Qianhu Institution, the cart of Tartar heads brought by Gao Jin was lifted with a covered tart cloth. The ferocious heads stimulated everyone in Qianhu Institution to jealous. Xu Tong didn't care about the military merits represented by these heads, but others cared about it.
Now Tian Anguo, the deputy Qianhou family, has lost his reputation because they want to monopolize military merits. No one in the Qianhou Institute cares whether he was wronged. Everyone is thinking about the lack of Tian Anguo, which means that they can share more military merits.
Standing in the lobby of Qianhu Office and watching Xu Tong give orders and appease the officers below, Gao Jin opened his eyes. He thought that the Qianhu Office of Shenmubao was really just two deputy Qianhu and two policing people, but he didn't expect that when this really started, several more policing people appeared, and deputy Qianhu.
Listening to their conversation with Xu Tong, Gao Jin realized that the government army had long collapsed. According to the court rules, the thousand households led 1,111,200 soldiers, but Shenmu Fort was located at a critical point and was also a military fort to defend against the Tartars, so the troops had doubled, but the rest were all camp soldiers.
But in fact, almost most of the official army in Qianhu Station is empty salary. Even the thousand-person camp soldiers that should have in Shenmu Fort were actually only 400, and the military salary and food of more than 2,000 people fell into the hands of generals and officials led by Xu Tong.
When encountering war, ten hundred households under Shenmu Fort brought their servants to fight, and the other so-called official troops were temporarily brought to make up the number. Zhang Gui went to Hekou Fort to recruit more than ten battalions and soldiers to take charge because the Gao family was under the head of the official troops.
Gao Jin knew that Xu Tong called out the deputy Qianhu and the poliest who had an empty name in Shenmu Fort in front of him. He called out all the Baihu, just to tell him how deep his control over Shenmu Fort was to be a demonstration to him.
But Xu Tong was determined to understand, thinking that this would make Gao Jin understand his deep-rooted actions in the Shenmu Castle, which made Gao Jin even more feel that he was just a bluffing paper tiger.
As dawn approached, Xu Tong had handled everything. It didn't matter whether Tian Anguo died or not. The key was that the position of Qianjia was vacant. He wanted to change his reliable confidant and then let his son make up for the vacancies of custody, which involved a large amount of exchange of interests, so he was eager to attack the people around Tian Anguo.
Looking at Gao Jin who had been standing in his hall for a night, Xu Tong laughed. No matter how arrogant this tiger and wolf child was, he would have to stand there obediently when he arrived at Qianhuyuan. "Oh, look at my official's busyness, I forgot about Gaobaihu."
Gao Jin didn't care about Xu Tong, who showed his might, but just clasped his fists and said, "I have worked hard every day. I'm young, so it's okay to stand for a while. I just watched the adults handle matters and learn something."
"My dear nephew, you are so arrogant back then, you are much better than him."
Xu Tong laughed, then stretched out his waist before standing up from the chair and walked to Gao Jin to show his closeness. "Don't worry, I'll let you do this job of the delivery of the headquarter in a while. You rarely have to come to Qianhuo, but what are your requirements?"
Xu Tong consciously beat Gao Jin too much, so he should give some benefits. After all, Gao Jin's troops are strong, and he sees it. Whether it is his wealth or future, it is still maintained in military merits. Xu Tong himself does not care about his merits, but if he wants to help his son, Gao Jin is worthy of winning. In the future, the General Office will be recruited again, and his subordinates can also give out strong troops. Gao Jin's gains on the battlefield are his gains.
"Sir, I know that my Hekou Fort is poor and I have fought with the Tartars several times before. My weapons have long been durable. I am loved by the Lord and I dared to go to the warehouse in the office to get some weapons and armor to resist the Tartars."
Since there are benefits, Gao Jin doesn't mind saying a few good words and flattering Xu Tong. Anyway, such things are favorable without any expense. What is the face? The inner world is the most important thing.
"As a virtuous nephew is so concerned about martial arts, he will definitely be the tiger general of my Shenmu Castle in the future. Xu Gang, take Gao Baihu to the warehouse to take a look."
Xu Tong called Xu Gang and whispered a few words in his ear. Gao Jin watched Xu Gang's face change from not far away, and knew that he was afraid that even if he went over, he would not be able to pick out any good things.
"Gaobaihu, please follow the officials."
Xu Gang is the head of a servant in Xutong's mansion, but in the Qianhu Office, he also has an official position as a general bannerman, so he called himself a subordinate to Gao Jin.
After leaving the lobby, he followed Xu Gang several times and walked a long way, Gao Jin saw the warehouse of Qianhushou. According to the regulations of the imperial court, only the guards had a special arsenal, and the ambassador of the warehouse was under the control of it. However, Shenmu Fort was a military fortress. If the Tatars attacked in large quantities, they could gather ten hundred households below, which claimed to have two thousand troops to defend. Naturally, they also set up arsenal to stockpile armed forces.
There were also soldiers guarding the warehouse entrance, but Gao Jin seemed to be loose and useless. He was suddenly disappointed with the arsenal again. When Xu Gang called someone to open the door, he smelled a musty smell when he walked inside. Gao Jin's brows frowned even tighter. What he needed was the weapons he could use, rather than a pile of rotten copper and iron.
In the early morning of winter, the cold wind blew in northern Shaanxi, and the moldy smell in the warehouse was blown away in just a while. At this time, Gao Jin could already see that the armor placed in the warehouse were mostly cloth armor. This cloth armor was considered a standard equipment for ordinary soldiers of the Ming border army, but Gao Jin still did not see many places where the official troops could wear cloth armor.
I reached out and picked up a coat of cloth armor, Gao Jin opened it and looked at it. Fortunately, the armor inside was rusty, but the situation was not serious. I took it back and polished it and added oil. It was still useful.
"Mr. Xu, how many cloth armor is there?"
The cloth armor is generally protected, but it is better than the Hekou Fort Officer's mandarin duck war jacket. What's more important is that the armor is not something he can buy privately by a hundred households.
"That depends on how much Gao Baihu wants?"
Xu Gang did not give a correct number because the number of cloth armor on the arsenal's account book was written in three hundred, but in fact it was only less than one hundred.
"I want full cloth armor."
"Gaobaihu, I can only give you fifty points at most. Of course, you know the rules."
Xu Gang was startled by Gao Jin. Gao Yanluo really dared to speak and wanted to equip the official army of Hekou Fort with armor.
"I understand the rules, Mr. Xu is relieved."
Gao Jin naturally knew what the rules mentioned by Xu Gang were. The total number of troops listed here in Shenmu Fort was more than 2,000, and the armor that should have been equipped was more than 2,000. However, in fact, the armor stocked in the arsenal could be as high as 500, which would be considered burning incense. As for the remaining 1,500 collars, they naturally only exist on paper. The silver that should have been used to buy armor was divided into fat.
Gao Jin took fifty coats from Xu Gang, but the warehouse account recorded 110 coats full of staff, which can be regarded as helping Xu Tong and the others settle the account.
After choosing armor, Gao Jin went in and then asked for a shield, a knife and a spear. As for the spears, he didn't want it. There were a lot of spears in the warehouse, but they were all cork poles, which could break the things that would fool people with one another. However, those spears looked old, but they were quite heavy. Gao Jin tried the spear head of the spear, which was also good.
"Will your subordinates use this?"
Xu Gang was surprised to see that Gao Jin was about to leave and throw all the spears. You must know that the number of things Gao Jin took from him was the number of full members of a hundred households. If the censors were sent to inspect the censors in the future, Gao Jin could not find the corresponding number, which was a great crime.
"Will make."
Gao Jin put the spear in his hand and replied that Grandpa Qi's mandarin duck formation had become much simplified after reaching the north, and the weapons were not as diverse as that. Among them, spear throwing spears were added in the training of swords and shields. In the past, when the Qi family army was in Ji Liao, they could use infantry to resist the Tartars teams, but not just rely on firearms.
At that time, the sword and shield soldiers and the killer team were the main forces of the infantry. The sword and shield soldiers would bring five to six spears. When the enemy moved forward, they would reject them by throwing the spear first. If the opponent was in chaos, they would take the opportunity to cover up the killing. When Gao Jin was a child, he heard his father tell him how handsome the elite sword and shield soldiers in the Zhejiang soldiers were on the battlefield of Goryeo. He could fight three to five times the Japanese pirates. At present, his four teams of servants are all killer teams, and they are lacking sword and shield soldiers to assist him.
Seeing that Gao Jin was reluctant to say more, Xu Gang didn't ask, so he didn't ask. There were not many people who threw spears here. After all, this thing requires strong arm strength and a close range. It's really better to use this thing than to use a bow and arrow. However, this was chosen by Gao Jin himself and had nothing to do with him.
"Master Xu Qi, are there only these weapons in this warehouse? Will other things be gone?"
After a walk around, Gao Jin couldn't pick out anything that could be used, so he couldn't help asking Xu Gang, knowing that what he wanted most was a firearm, but whether it was a tiger squat cannon or a bird gun, he didn't see anything.
"What else can Gao Baihu want?"
Xu Gang had wanted Gao Jin to take away a batch of war bows, but Gao Jin was an expert in using bows. Those war bows were shoddy, and with improper storage, they were no different from scraps, so he naturally didn't want to be the sucker.
"Doesn't there be firearms in our institute?"
Gao Jin finally couldn't help asking, there were no archers in the Qi family's army back then, and almost all of them were bird gunners. He knew very well how time and effort it took to cultivate an archer.
"The firearm, Gao Baihu wants a bird gun. What's the point of that thing? It's heavy and heavy, with poor accuracy, and it's not easy to use."
Xu Gang didn't expect that Gao Yanluo would actually want something inexplicable like a bird gun. The heroes of the Yulin border are all proud of their skillful bows and horses. Who would use the bird gun that is not enough to be on the table?
"Mr. Xu, are there any in our institute?"
"Yes, since Gao Baihu wants it, don't blame me for not saying it clearly when I take it back. If there is any loss, don't blame me on my head!"
Chapter completed!