Chapter 1375 Returning with a Full Load
“My dear nephew, there is a batch of obsolete armaments in our army, all of which can be used. If my dear nephew does not dislike it, you can take it.”
The Marquis of Linhuai said to Zhu Pingan was very satisfied with his suggestion. Considering that Zhu Pingan was responsible for rectifying the military equipment, and the food and salary just withdrawn from the Ministry of War was insufficient, in order to thank Zhu Pingan, he said that he had a batch of eliminated military equipment in the army to support him.
"Thank you for your support, uncle." How could Zhu Pingan refuse? He immediately thanked the Marquis of Linhuai with his hands.
"My nephew is so polite. There is also the thief. My uncle will come to visit another day. In addition to being embarrassed about his old face, he will definitely get a batch of benefits for my nephew." The Marquis of Linhuai smiled slightly. Laughing, he expressed his stance again.
"It's a great honor for Duke Wei to adopt Ping'an's suggestion. How dare you ask for benefits." Zhu Ping'an smiled and shook his head.
"My nephew, you are too kind. You don't care, my uncle has made the decision for you." Linhuai Marquis waved his hand.
Well, you are an elder, I can’t speak to you. Zhu Pingan smiled bitterly on his face and applauded warmly in his heart.
The two agreed that tomorrow morning, Zhu Ping'an would take people to Linhuaihou's camp to collect the eliminated military equipment. Then, the two parted. The Marquis of Linhuai was in a hurry to go back and write the memorial, and his plump figure walked as fast as flying.
On the morning of the second day, Zhu Ping'an took Liu Dadao and others with him, and also recruited ten servants from the Provincial Government Office. , rented twenty carriages, and went to the Caojiang navy camp led by the Marquis of Linhuai.
"Fifth Sister, you are here. I am waiting for you in the camp."
The housekeeper Li Er specially waited outside the camp. When he saw Zhu Ping'an from a distance, he came up to him.
“Butler Li is waiting outside the camp.” Zhu Pingan smiled and greeted Li Er.
"You're welcome, uncle, please." Li Er smiled brightly and led Zhu Ping'an and his party towards the military camp.
As Zhu Ping'an moved forward, he observed the Linhuai Hou Barracks. The barracks were stationed at the mouth of the river, half on the river and half on the river bank. It stretched for many miles. The outermost edge of the camp was antlers. A fence was erected behind the antlers to separate the camp. Surrounded.
The military camps of Marquis Linhuai are well organized, but they also have shortcomings. The camps are all in one place, which makes it easy for others to make dumplings. Generally, cautious generals will set up camps in two or three places. Two camps form a diagonal shape. The two camps take care of each other. If one camp is attacked, the other camp can go to support; three camps form a triangle shape. If one camp is attacked, two camps can go to support, and the three camps cooperate with each other.
"Master Li please"
There was a group of eight guards on duty outside the gate of the camp. They saw Li Er leading Zhu Ping'an and his party. The guards on duty all knew Li Er. , all rushed to say hello to Li Er. Although they did not know Zhu Pingan and others, they opened the camp door without asking and invited Li Er, Zhu Pingan and his party to enter the military camp.
Opening the camp door without verifying the identity and asking oneself to enter.
Military discipline is not good.
Seeing the scene in front of the camp gate, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but shook his head slightly.
Military discipline is not strict and the level of military management is not optimistic. Zhu Pingan expressed concern about the level of military management of Marquis Linhuai.
Sure enough, Zhu Ping'an entered the military camp and found that the tents in the camp were relatively orderly, but the soldiers were undisciplined. The soldiers who were training in the camp were loosely lined up, and the soldiers who were not training were walking around randomly among the tents. Or groups of people sitting on the ground without any image, Staggering around, there were even a lot of people outside a few open spaces, and the noise could be heard far away, as if they were throwing dice and gambling.
Li Er led Zhu Ping'an and his entourage all the way to the handsome tent of Linhuai Marquis. He was stopped by soldiers thirty meters in front of the commander's tent.
"Steward Li, who are they?!" A group of soldiers stepped forward and asked.
"Li Baldy, you are so blind that even the fifth uncle dares to stop you. This is the fifth uncle of our family, the number one scholar in the dynasty, and now he is the fifth rank of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provincial Commissioner Zhu Ping'an and Zhu Ping'an. Responsible for organizing the military equipment and leading the Jiangsu and Zhejiang militia. I asked my uncle to come to the camp to collect our eliminated military equipment and help him organize the militia's military equipment." Li Er stepped forward and introduced Zhu Ping'an to them.
"It turns out it's my uncle. You guys are too blind to recognize Mount Tai. Forgive me, uncle, but we will report it to you right now." Li Baldzi and other soldiers immediately became enthusiastic and sent someone to report to the commander's account. Helped push the carriage.
"Haha, my dear nephew, you are here." After receiving the report, the Marquis of Linhuai welcomed him out of the tent with a smile on his face.
"Uncle." Zhu Pingan bowed his hands in greeting.
"Come on, come inside the tent quickly, drink a cup of hot tea, and warm yourself up." Linhuai Marquis smiled and introduced Zhu Ping'an into the tent. Before entering the tent, he ordered his soldiers, "Li Er, Li Baldy, please greet everyone brought by your wise nephew.”
Zhu Pingan walked into the tent, Linhuai Marquis poured Zhu Pingan a cup of tea, and then hurriedly brought a memorial to Zhu Pingan.
"My dear nephew, do you think I am doing this well?" Linhuai Marquis asked.
Zhu Pingan took the memorial and read it carefully. The content was almost exactly the same as his own suggestions. There was no problem with wording and sentence making, and there was nothing inappropriate in it. He nodded, "Uncle, there is nothing in the memorial." It’s not appropriate. After my uncle polished it, this memorial is more feasible and good.”
“Would you like to sign it, my dear nephew?” Marquis Linhuai asked.
Zhu Pingan shook his head, "Uncle, I'd better avoid suspicion."
"Okay." The Marquis of Linhuai nodded, so he signed and sealed it, and ordered it to be sent to the General Affairs Department of the capital as soon as possible.
After the memorial was completed, the Marquis of Linhuai called the quartermaster and took Zhu Ping'an and his party to the barracks warehouse to collect obsolete armaments.
The quartermaster opened a warehouse, pointed to the messy piles of military uniforms inside, and said to Zhu Ping'an, "Master Zhu, there are more than 1,200 sets of obsolete military uniforms in this warehouse. They are all ordinary. The military uniforms are all ready to be used again."
Zhu Pingan observed closely and nodded. These military uniforms were all re-dressed and were basically in good condition.
"Do you have armor?" Zhu Pingan asked.
"Yes, there is armor, but..." the quartermaster hesitated.
"My dear nephew, it's not that I won't give you the armor, it's just that the armors are all old armor forged in the past and are not well maintained." Linhuai Marquis explained.
Sure enough, when the quartermaster opened a warehouse where the armor was stored, a smell of mildew and rust came out. The armor inside was all rusty and tattered, with almost no complete armor. There are many holes on each beetle leaf. This kind of armor was so rotten that it was just a burden and could not protect the body at all. Therefore, the Linhuai Marquis and his army abandoned it like worn-out shoes, and they continued to be tattered in the warehouse
However, rotten armor is also armor. If you pull it back, it can be used as scrap metal, and can be used to forge weapons and armor.
Zhu Pingan then asked for all these tattered armors.
Then, the quartermaster opened several warehouses, and Zhu Pingan received 600 spears, 500 swords, and 200 longbows. To Zhu Pingan's delight, in a corner of the warehouse, Zhu Pingan also found three hundred firecrackers.
“Oh, these fire sticks are not suitable for our navy. Not to mention the trouble of loading, they will become dumb when the tide comes. They are not as good as the bow and arrow contract.”
The Marquis of Linhuai is very disdainful of the fire guns. .
It is a waste of money to have firearms and not use them! Seeing this, Zhu Ping'an asked for the three hundred fire blunderbuss without politeness.
This trip came back with a full load. (End of chapter)