Chapter 30                                                             �

The only feeling that Zhou Mengchen felt was that he was too tired.

Even though he had many helpers, Xu Wei was an aide after all. In many things, even if Zhou Mengchen delegated power, Xu Wei had no choice but to make decisions by himself. This was a restriction of the court system. Datong also needed people to take charge. I don’t know what the matter of military weapons was like in Beijing. Even if it was really confirmed.

Zhou Mengchen would not put military weapons in Datong City.

The reason is very simple. Today, Datong City is already the front line. Even if there are side walls in the north of Datong and a series of wardrobes arranged along the side walls, this line of defense is simply empty.

As for the specific location selection, we also need to examine the situation in various places, mineral transportation, etc.

Zhou Mengchen was worried about sending others. After all, he understood the industry most. But at this moment he could not do without Datong.

Zhou Mengchen passed this trouble in his mind and asked, "Is there any other problem?"

Everyone was silent, and naturally there was no more.

This is also in the border town. If you are in the mainland, training militia personnel is a problem. However, in Datong, almost all older people know some of the tricks of training soldiers. Even some of the martial arts passed down by many people are passed down from the army.

This kind of large-scale militia training is nothing at all.

It is not difficult. If the people in Datong are strong and strong, they are better than the garrisons in some places in the south. To be honest, if the Japanese pirates come to Datong, even if they do not use the army, as long as there are no more than a thousand Japanese riots, they may not be able to get out of Datong alive.

Seeing that everyone had no problems, Zhou Mengchen said, "Ma Fang, tell me what you think."

Ma Fang immediately expressed his thoughts about the cavalry.

Malu frowned immediately.

He only felt a little itchy. He was no longer a child. He knew the purpose of many things at once. If Zhou Mengchen did not agree with Ma Fang's opinion, he would not say it. Now that he said it, the biggest possibility is to have a horse.

Ma Fang's cavalry occupied the entire Datong Town, with 80% of the war horses. That's not counting, and the remaining ones were snatched. It's really too authentic.

You should know that the remaining cavalry of each unit are the mounts of the generals and personal soldiers, and they really cannot be given up. Once they are given up, they may not say that Ma Lu has to walk on any matter or ride a pack horse. How can this be done?

So, as soon as Ma Fang finished speaking, Ma Lu spoke.

"Sir, although the Tartars are strictly blocked, the side wall is too long, and it is impossible for the Tartars to block all of them. The last general thinks that the adults can send capable generals to find ways to recruit horses from various Mongolian troops on the side wall. Perhaps they can get some supplements. Moreover, the plan of the General Horse is good, but the number of horses is too large. Can we reduce it as appropriate?" Ma Lu said.

Zhou Mengchen also knew that what Ma Lu said about recruiting horses was actually smuggling.

Of course, if the court simply does not use food or iron tools to replace horses, not only will the court not blame them, but will even reward them. Just think about it, if the Mongolians don’t want food and iron tools, what do they want? Do they do charity?

There is always something that violates the ban to get out of the gate to get a horse.

Smuggling is too profitable, and it is too big to be prohibited.

From this perspective, if the Mongolians were truly peaceful and peaceful, they might not be a good choice.

Zhou Mengchen thought to himself: "Smuggling must be restarted. It's just this matter, but the Jinyiwei must be involved."

Other generals smuggling more or less have the intention of seeking personal gain. Zhou Mengchen didn't want to get involved. He was even in a suspicious place, so Zhou Mengchen disagreed with many charges such as smuggling from abroad. He started to do it again. This matter reached Jiajing's ears. What would Jiajing think?

He would rather let Jiajing make money in secret, he just needed to have a horse.

However, this matter has to be done little by little. Zhou Mengchen asked: "Deputy General Ma, how many cavalry do you think are good?"

Ma Lu's eyes rolled and he laughed: "Since it's a test, then a hundred riders are enough."

After hearing this, Ma Fang wanted to scold her. Hundreds of riders? Hundreds of riders are useful.

Facing the Tartars' cavalry that had moved tens of thousands of times, no matter how powerful the hundreds of cavalry were, they were like a drop of needles. They could only sting the enemy and would not have any decisive effect.

Zhou Mengchen shook his head and said, "There are too few hundred cavalry, let's do it, five hundred cavalry. I will give up all the war horses in the governor's yamen, and I will ride a pack horse. Everyone will gather together, how about getting five hundred cavalry for Ma Fang?"

That's what Zhou Mengchen said.

What else can they say? So they divided each part and gave Ma Fang five hundred war horses.

Zhou Mengchen estimated that these war horses would not be of good quality except for the Governor's Office. But he also had to give them a bowl of water. This is no longer possible to achieve this. After all, there is no horse.

Zhou Mengchen finally promised Ma Fang, saying, "If there are new war horses in the town, I will give you a thousand horses first and then give them to others."

Ma Fang said, "Thank you, sir." Ma Fang paused and said, "These five hundred cavalry are different from other cavalrymen. Please give them a name."

Zhou Mengchen pondered for a moment and said, "Datong was called Yunzhong in ancient times. Just call Yunzhongqi."

The word Zhou Mengchen is full of profound meanings.

The place where this place name in the cloud refers to is not just in the cloud.

Datong was called Yunzhong for a short time only when the Liao Kingdom ruled. However, Yunzhong was not Datong during the Qin and Han Dynasties. Datong at that time was called Pingcheng, and Yunzhong was in the current Hetao area, which is the northern part of the Yellow River.

This place is also called Yunzhong. Yunzhong County is the Yunzhong that "when will Feng Tang be sent to you when to hold the sermons in the clouds?"

And to be honest, the clouds here are older than Datong.

This is also Zhou Mengchen’s true expectation, so that the name Yun Zhongqi will no longer be controversial. That is, the ancient Yun Zhongdi is included in the Ming Dynasty.

But these feelings may not be felt by these people.

Under Zhou Mengchen's instructions, a vigorous training plan with Datong City as the center was launched.

I saw many men in Datong holding a wooden stick, pretending to be swords, guns, and firearms, arranged their formations and practiced fighting skills.

It’s just that no matter how you pretend to be a wooden stick.

Zhou Mengchen was a little anxious.

It is very likely that the Tartars will go south in large numbers in autumn and create a new military weapon surveillance will take time. After counting, there will be no few months left. Zhou Mengchen has not yet heard any movement from the court, which makes him a little restrained.

I can only wait anxiously.

Fortunately, news soon came out.

Someone reported to Zhou Mengchen: "Mr. Yang, who came last time, is here."

Zhou Mengchen was overjoyed and went to greet him immediately.

But when Yang Jisheng came here in great silence, he saw Zhou Mengchen and said, "Brother Zhou, I'm here to join you this time."

Zhou Mengchen said a little strangely: "Brother Yang, what do you mean?"

Yang Jisheng said, "Please look." While saying that, he handed a piece of paper in his hand to Zhou Mengchen.

Zhou Mengchen took it and saw it, but it was a deputy official. It was a letter of appointment similar to later generations. It read: "The Left Guard is in charge of the Datong Prefect and Yang Jisheng."

Zhou Mengchen was overjoyed and said, "Brother Yang, what are you?"

Yang Jisheng said: "Looking at the smoky court, this is very meaningless. Only you are the place where a great man can make achievements. This time, not only me, but also an old friend." Then Yang Jisheng called another person over.

Zhou Mengchen was shocked when he saw it and said, "Brother Yin, are you here too?"

Yin Zhengmao laughed and said, "Brother Zhou's affairs have always been done with the highest attitude. Now I am the Datong Supervisor of the Hebei Branch and the Military Supervisor of the Datong Supervisor. My supervisor is the same grade as the imperial military supervisor. I am not at a disadvantage."

The so-called military preparation and sub-patrol roads were called Taotai in later generations, and were dispatched institutions at the provincial level, above the government and under the governor. In the Ming Dynasty, there was no definite fixed rank, but more temporary placement. Both of them were the fifth rank.

This is also very consistent with the practice of local officials going out and being promoted to the next level.

However, even so, the two of them are in the key departments of the central government, but now they have arrived at the local area, they may not be able to go back in their lifetime. After all, not everyone belongs to Zhou Mengchen. Jian is in the Emperor's heart, and there is a way to go back.
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