The Soldier of the Red Mansion

Chapter 17 The news spreads
With the help of Lin Ruhai and thanks to the Wang family army's brilliant military record, which made people look up to them, many destinations were successfully arranged in a short time.

Fifteen sentries.

Each sentry officer leads nine teams of the Mandarin Duck Formation. The nine teams can form a formation that can attack or defend, suitable for a variety of scenarios, and give full play to the effectiveness of the Mandarin Duck Formation.

So the fifteen sentries were vying for it, not to mention the two captains.

Instead, no one was willing to use his own assistant, but they were all scrambling to use their own subordinates.

Wang Xin was not surprised.

It's just like the Ming Dynasty official Liu Daxia in history, who burned the precious materials left by the Ming fleet's seven voyages to the West. The principle is the same. What was banned was not going out to sea, but what was banned was not wanting the court to go out to sea.

The more radical their methods are, the more they want to go out to sea.

But the benefits of going overseas are in their hands. What is the highest benefit? Of course, monopoly.

You fight with me and I fight with each other.

So no one can get anything done.

Although Wang Xin was young, he was no longer a rookie. His weak arms and legs could not resist big things. As he knew, Zhang Jing was a noble governor, but what happened to him?

Wang Xin took the list and read it out one by one.

"Li Qi."

"My subordinate is here."

"You will be transferred to work for the Salt Transport Commissioner's Office."

After hearing where he was going, Li Qi hesitated to speak.

Wang Xin asked with a smile, "Why, are you not satisfied with where you're going? This is the most lucrative government office. Some people out there are trying their best to get in, but I envy them."

"Haha."

"Why would a rough guy like him be so picky?"

A room full of school officers jeered.

The atmosphere of parting faded a little.

Li Qi smiled bitterly: "General, you have arranged such a good place for me, how could I be dissatisfied? It's just that I want to stay by your side."

"Don't."

Wang Xin cursed, "I didn't earn a penny supporting you. I just gave you everything."

"The general doesn't like money."

He Kuan joked.

"Go to hell, you idiot! Who doesn't love money?" Wang Xin laughed in anger and said jokingly, "But, even if you love money, you have to get it in a proper way. You can't take money that's not earned by right."

"The general certainly wouldn't want ill-gotten gains. If the general loved money, he would have earned as much as he could."

Wang Xin didn't want to hear others say good things about him.

If you hear too much nice words, you will become passive.

At first, they were just trivial matters in his eyes, but his subordinates all praised them. When he got outside, the people were also grateful to him, which made him lose face step by step.

It's tiring to be a good person.

Wang Xin thought it was normal to do a good deed when it was just a small favor, but this small thing caused an unusual response.

Wang Xin didn't want to hear his subordinates' flattery, so he finally said, "I've already given you all my favors, and I don't ask for anything else. If I ever fall on hard times, I'd be happy if you could help me out based on the favor we've shown you today."

Li Qilian said: "With the general's ability, how could he fall into such disgrace? The court is not good at judging people."

Hearing Li Qi's words, some people mocked, "If the court knew how to judge people, why would they disband our Wang Family Army?"

After showing contempt, the man looked at Wang Xin again with enthusiasm in his eyes.

"The general has accepted the court's arrangement. Your subordinates can only obey the general. I don't care about others. As long as the general sends a letter, I will follow you to the death, no matter when or where you are."

"Me too."

"So are we."

"Alright, alright." Wang Xin said helplessly, "It's not a life-and-death separation. I'm going to the capital to get a promotion, and you all have good places to go too. Obviously, everyone is doing well, but you're making it seem like I'm at a disadvantage. If outsiders see us, they'll think we're all unreasonable lunatics."

"General, that's right." "When our Wang Family Army is together, we are invincible. Even if our Wang Family Army is scattered, we are still the Wang Family Army. We are still united and invincible."

He Kuan said shrewdly.

He Kuan was kept by Lin Ruhai and promoted to the position of Qianzong, responsible for the safety of ten salt fields. There were twenty or thirty salt fields in Yangzhou. Lin Ruhai originally wanted to keep Tang Ping as well, so that each person would be responsible for half of the work.

Some people in the salt road raised objections to this matter.

Leave one spot for the generals of Wang's army. The current situation requires this, and generally no one objects. But giving one more point will not do. There is only one job for each person, and there are so many people watching over us.

There is also the transfer order from Zhejiang.

As a result, He Kuan stayed.

If Tang Ping had not stayed in Yangzhou, then He Kuan would be the person with the highest position, and he would be making all kinds of calculations.

He Kuan's thoughts are not excessive.

He is a human being, not a machine, and he always has his own ideas. As long as He Kuan remains loyal to him, the higher he climbs, the more useful he will be to him. For example, two generals are always stronger than one.

It was Tang Ping instead.

Tang Ping wanted to leave the army to take revenge on the court for not using him. This move was really childish and immature.

Is it easy to train a general by yourself?

Looking at Tang Ping, who was in a bad mood and remained silent, Wang Xin decided to talk to him in private.

He Kuan has his own close friends, and the sentries also have their own relatives and friends.

He Kuan was promoted to the rank of Qianzong. With the nearly 100 vacancies provided by the Salt Road, He Kuan of course had to select the elite, including the sentries and captains who followed him to take office. They would need to be re-trained when they arrived at the Salt Road in the future. With these elite seeds, He Kuan was very confident that he could quickly build an elite force.

He Kuan thought so, and so did the others.

When Li Qi went to the Salt Transport Commissioner's Office, he would also select a few subordinates he trusted.

The only old and weak people in the army.

Wang Xin had a terrible headache.

Soon, the military camp finally learned the news.

The Wang family army is about to disband.

Most people were panicked, some cried bitterly, some even cursed the court in public, and many people were terrified.

The Wang family army was established for more than a year.

The vast majority of people used to be hard-working miners.

Whoever is covered in Luo Qi is not a silkworm breeder.

The same is true for miners.

If it weren't for the pressure of life, who would be willing to work in a low mine, unable to see their hands in front of them, feeling chest tightness and shortness of breath, bending over all day long, and staying there all day long, working so hard only to get a meal?

Some people excitedly discussed where to go, while others gathered in groups of three or five to discuss what to pay attention to in the future.

Some people comforted each other, while others couldn't bear to speak up when they had difficulties.

Three victories in one year.

Including the twenty strings of copper coins distributed this time, each soldier earned more than forty strings of copper coins this year, so no one is in any difficulty now. However, a few dozen strings of copper coins cannot last a lifetime.

Where else can they go if they leave Wang Jiajun?

Most of them are confused, and some are reluctant to leave.

Wang Xin sat and waited. When they were at the City God Temple before, the second son of the Qi family had a very good attitude. Could something have happened, or did the eldest son of the Qi family disagree?
In the end, the Qi family is ruled by the head of the Qi family.

Wang Xin frowned.

Wang Xin didn't believe that the Qi family was not involved in smuggling. There were many fake Japanese pirates among the Japanese pirates, and some of them had some connection with the Qi family. This was a secret that everyone knew, and it was a lid that no one could uncover.

I don't dare to expose it, not because I'm afraid of the Qi family.

If you don't even give me this little bit of face, then don't blame yourself for being cruel and ruthless.

(End of this chapter)