"What is a passbook!"

"It can be used to get money!"

The officers of the Dongjiang Army were also quite simple and crude in their explanations.

Mr. Bai, who was holding a stack of bankbooks, said: "Shuai Cheng said that in the future, our military pay will not be paid directly, but we will ask you to take this thing to the bank to collect it!"

"So troublesome!"

"I'm worried that if you die with your money, it will be easier for you to become a slave!"

There is never a shortage of smart people in this world.

There were also people who saw through Cheng Shijie's true intentions at a glance.

"It's good for you not to give out money directly. The money is given on a scale. It's higher, it's lower. It's you who suffer..."

“Where can I get the money?”

"Golden State!"

"so far away!"

"It is said that the banks in Haizhou, Fuzhou and Gaizhou will take more than a month to be built. In the future, you can also receive money directly in Haizhou!"

"This is the password. Remember it. Don't tell others. If someone else holds your passbook and has your password, they can take your money away. If you don't know the password, you can't take your money away!"

"

"Now that we have no leave and can't leave the camp, how can we get the money?"

“It’s better not to take the truth!”

"Why, there is interest!"

"Will the bank pay us interest back?"

"Of course, if you save one tael of silver for a year, you can get five cents. If you save ten taels of silver for a year, you can get five cents..."

"This is good!"

…

After Huang Long received a letter from Cheng Shijie, he learned that the Dongjiang Army had launched a mutiny in southern Liaoning and that the collective wanted to surrender to Ning Haijun and join Cheng Shijie. At first, Huang Long was very anxious.

However, as the battleship sailed towards Port Arthur, he gradually calmed down.

Because he has understood that from the moment the 26,000 people arrived in Liaonan, their surname was Cheng and they no longer belonged to the Dongjiang Army.

"Shuai Huang, you are still worried about your brothers in Liaonan!"

Shang Kexi has some uncertainties.

"That one is no longer a brother of our Dongjiang Army!"

Huang Long smiled bitterly and said: "Brothers are right, who doesn't want to live a good life? The court doesn't care about our Dongjiang Army, and I am not as good at making money as Cheng Shuai!"

"this……"

Shang Ke said happily: "We have Tamna Island, and our days will get better and better!"

“Even if I’m marrying my daughter, it’s not too much to accept a little betrothal gift, right?”

“Not too much!”

Shang Ke said with a smile: "Cheng Shuai wants our Dongjiang Army's 26,000 men and hundreds of thousands of civilians. No matter what, we have to pay some benefits!"

"That handsome lion opens his mouth and kills Cheng Shuai with a knife!"

Huanglong did not dock directly at Lushun Port, but went north along Liaodong Bay and docked at Haizhou Port.

In later generations, there was no coastal area in Haicheng, but in the late Ming Dynasty, Haizhou could be considered a coastal area. Due to the shallow draft of sailing ships, even large warships only had a draft of eight or nine feet. A thousand-ton giant ship like Guangfu Ship,

The draft is only a little over ten feet, and the depth is three to four meters.

Therefore, it is very easy to set up ports along the coast.

In current Liaonan, in addition to Lushun Port, there are only seven ports on the west coast of Liaodong Bay: Lushun South Port, Lushun North, Jinzhou South Port, Jinzhou North Port, Gaizhou South Port, Gaizhou North Port, and Haizhou Port.

At this time, Haizhou in Liaonan was simply a huge construction site, with various fortifications everywhere. The fortifications here were trenches and parapets. Each trench was at least two meters wide and one and a half meters deep. The trenches were circuitous.

tortuous.

In fact, Cheng Shijie's most ideal defense system is barbed wire and trenches, but the problem is that there is no way to mass-produce barbed wire and can only be replaced by parapets.

When Huang Long fell, Cheng Shijie was inspecting his masterpiece. He was quite satisfied with the defense system composed of trenches, parapets and mines.

After being tested in actual combat at the Battle of Jinshishan, Jiannu had no good way to use this kind of trench.

"Meet Huang Shuai!"

When Huang Long strode over, the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army lowered their heads and did not dare to look directly into Huang Long's eyes. In fact, they were thinking too much. Huang Long now only wanted to get something useful from Cheng Shijie, but not to return these soldiers.

.

What can be done to get these disaffected soldiers back?

Go back and make them mutiny again?

Huang Long had experienced the mutiny of Dongjiang Army soldiers. His nose was gone, his ears were gone, and two kilograms of flesh were cut off his buttocks. Even now, his buttocks still ache every time it rains.

He didn't want this kind of feeding to unfamiliar soldiers.

Even if Cheng Shijie gave it to him, he wouldn't want it. He would rather ask for some equipment and supplies.

While inspecting, Cheng Shijie praised with satisfaction: "Not bad, not bad, I want to see how Jian Nu breaks the formation in the future!"

Huang Long looked at the proud Cheng Shijie with some disbelief. With his eyes, he could see dozens of flaws! He asked tactfully: "Cheng Shuai, are you like this...?"

"Is that what it is? Stop whining and say what you have to say!"

Huang Long looked at Cheng Shijie's impatient expression and said straight to the point: "Shuai Cheng, you have laid a lot of trenches, but if the slaves are willing to pay a certain price, they can still break through this formation. Once they break through this formation,

, that weak earth wall cannot withstand their cavalry at all!"

Then, Huang Long pointed at the criss-crossing trenches: "You dug too many trenches, which destroyed the entire position. Once the Jiannu broke through the breastworks and rushed in, our army would have no way to line up to meet the enemy. We could only

Being able to be trapped in a trench and let the enemy slaughter you!"

Cheng Shijie wanted to explain trench warfare to Huang Long, but what he thought was that the equipment of the Dongjiang Army was too poor, and the only well-equipped unit was named Cheng.

The Dongjiang Army's equipment and training were poor, and it was impossible for them to open up a battle array against the Jiannu and engage in a head-on battle. Their best option was to use their strengths, be flexible, and fight guerrilla warfare against the Jiannu.

"Shuai Huang came just in time. We are so lucky this time!"

Cheng Shijie pointed to a huge Beijing temple in the distance, and Huang Long discovered that this huge gray-white mound was actually made of corpses.

Because Cheng Shijie used lime to absorb the blood and water from the corpses first, these corpses became mummies, which would not emit a foul odor and could not breed bacteria.

What's even more shocking is that the corpses of these slaves were all found naked, and their heads were naturally missing. Now Ning Haijun sent the heads of the captured slaves to the capital for inspection by the Ministry of War.

Naturally, Cheng Shijie did not tell Huang Long that these Jiannu slaves froze to death. Ning Haijun did not waste a soldier or a gun or a sword. Instead, he followed Cheng Hu's words. Now Cheng Shijie has received an oral order from Emperor Chongzhen, letting him choose

I went to the capital to meet the saint that day.

The purpose of speaking to the superior is also to avoid cheating.

When Cheng Shijie mentioned Hu Erqi, Huang Long felt vaguely familiar. He subconsciously said: "I remember that there was a general in the Dongjiang Army named Hu Erqi, and he actually... has the same name."

Cheng Shijie suppressed a smile: "Yes, the same name. I tell you, I led the army to charge repeatedly, and the slaves were defeated. It was a pity that more than 10,000 horses were all dead. I have already told the brothers

Come on, fight steadily. Unexpectedly, Ning Haijun opened fire and Jian Nu peed on the spot... Huang Shuai, you came just in time. I have given you 20,000 kilograms of horse meat for you to take to the brothers of the Dongjiang Army.

Dada Ya Festival!”

"How can this be so embarrassing..."

"Don't be embarrassed!"

Cheng Shijie continued: "The Dongjiang Army lacks equipment, and I know that. Let's do this. I will give you one thousand pairs of iron armor, one thousand two hundred pairs of leather armor, eight hundred saber handles, and two thousand spears..."

"this……"

Huang Long immediately changed his words: "So... thank you Cheng Shuai!"

But now, Huang Long is also in a very difficult situation. Cheng Shijie is so generous, and he still wants to blackmail Cheng Shijie. He is a villain in vain.

Cheng Shijie gave the Dongjiang Army more than 2,000 sets of armors. In fact, they were all rags, especially iron armors, which Cheng Shijie lacked the most.

Due to the improvement of metallurgical technology, Ning Haijun is equipped with steel armor. At the same weight, the defensive capability of iron armor is less than half that of steel armor.

Just like two millimeter-thick iron sheets, even if you sharpen a chopstick, you can poke a hole in it. If you try to poke a two-millimetre-thick steel plate with chopsticks, the chopsticks will definitely break.

If it is recast, the quality of the armor can naturally be improved, but the problem is, isn't it just a waste? Even ordinary iron armor is still not weak in defense.

As for spears, sabers, and cowhide armor, Cheng Shijie didn't like them either.

If Ning Haijun's factories in southern Liaoning are completed and productivity increases, there won't be much in Jiannu's hands worth Cheng Shijie's fancy.

Huang Long came in a hurry and left quickly. He did not return empty-handed, but brought a thousand pairs of iron armors, a thousand and two hundred pairs of cowhide armors, forty pairs of white-armored heavy armors, three thousand bows and nine sharp arrows.

There were more than 10,000 guns, 2,000 spears, more than 20,000 kilograms of horse meat, and 600 shi of salt.

Huang Long again mentioned the matter of the 26,000 Dongjiang Army soldiers in southern Liaoning, but Cheng Shijie did not mention it. In fact, Cheng Shijie had already begun to formally reorganize these Dongjiang Army soldiers.
To be continued...