I will change my defense tomorrow, and I don’t need to practice today.

I cleaned the barracks in the morning, shaved my head, shaved my face, and took a bath and got a suit. I just drank beef soup last night. It is said that tonight I not only had meat but also wine, I could eat enough to eat and drink enough, and even had a chance to watch. The brave men who had been struggling for a whole month were very happy, and it felt like the New Year.

Han Xiufeng was also very happy because the total grain and Taiwan money was worthy of good deeds, so that thirty mountain-splitting cannons transported from Ba County and Qijiang Fuma Bureau.

All of them are newly cast, and the cannon body is not heavy, about 490 kilograms. It can only fire five or six hundred steps if it is half a kilogram of solid iron bullet. If it is half a kilogram of lead, it can only hit three or four hundred steps, and it has no accurate lead. To put it bluntly, it is a large gun. Not to mention hoping to use it to bombard the city gate, I am afraid that even the village gate will not be able to open.

Zhang Zhidong, who had just opened his eyes, felt that these cannons were like a waste of money and couldn't help but mutter: "It's not as light as the fire guns of the air, and it's more troublesome than the fire guns of the air. Each cannon has to be served by four or five bravely."

Although Han Xiufeng was also a little disappointed, he felt that having these cannons was better than not. He looked sideways at the uninvited guests who came with these cannons, and then turned around and said, "Chen Hu, summon the supervisors of various groups, and the group is going to the schoolyard."

"Abide by the order!"

Chen Hu had just taken the order and left, Li Yanggu, a friend of the new Sichuan Governor Huang Zonghan who came with these cannons, asked with a smile: "Master Han, aren't you very satisfied with these cannons?"

"Mr. Li is really good at joking, how could Xiufeng be dissatisfied with these cannons?"

"But what this little brother means..."

"Xiaoda has seen better firearms, so he is inevitably a little disappointed." Han Xiufeng smiled slightly, and then changed the subject: "Mr. Li is here to be condescendingly. It's not as simple as helping the Taiwan Master deliver a letter to Xiufeng."

Li Yanggu didn't want to go around the circle. While following Han Xiufeng towards the schoolyard, he said bluntly: "To be honest, Yanggu came to see how Mr. Han, you are ordered by the Taiwan Controller to see how you prevent blockades. Guizhou is in trouble, Hubei is in trouble, and Liangjiang is even hard to describe. Sichuan cannot be in chaos, but also needs to help Guizhou, Hubei and even Liangjiang. If you don't send people to see it, you are worried about the Taiwan Controller!"

Han Xiufeng was not unhappy because the new governor was worried or even distrustful to him, the registered magistrate who handled the blockade, but instead bowed to Chengdu: "Mr. Li, Lord Huang may have never heard of Xiufeng, but Xiufeng has admired Lord Huang for a long time. When Changmao conquered Jiangning, Lord Huang summoned troops to enter Jiangsu and Anhui, stationed in important passes and blocked Changmao into Zhejiang.

Later, Liu Lichuan and other remnants of the heaven and earth associations committed rebellion, occupied Shanghai, and cut off the shipping. Lord Huang asked to accept Dui in Liuhe, Jiangsu, so that the grain was transported smoothly in the north. Later, the food and salary in the Jiangnan camp was insufficient, so Lord Huang wrote a letter to Xiang Shuai, proposing that the monthly quota of the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi should be fixed, which solved Xiang Shuai's urgent need."

Li Yanggu did not expect that Han Xiufeng knew so many things about the Taiwan Master and was about to make some polite things. Han Xiufeng continued: "Actually, what Xiufeng is doing is similar to what Lord Huang did when he was in the position of governor of Zhejiang. If he blindly prevents blockage, he will only be unable to prevent it. Therefore, as early as a month ago, he had already invited the Jinshi of the 27th year of Daoguang who was a member of Dingyou. Wu Kuixiang, a former magistrate of Yuanqu, Shanxi, to lead 1,000 Yongzhuang to Guizhou and Songkan, the gateway to northern Guizhou. He also asked the Dingyou Salt Transportation Department to experience the experience of Pan Changsheng leading 500 Yongzhuang to station in Hongguan and Hanya. It is 35 miles deep in the north and south, and there are natural dangers such as Hongguan. At the same time, there are special people to check passers-by at all passes along the way."

Li Yanggu recalled the map he had seen before and found that the young registered magistrate in front of him was still remarkable in the formation of troops. He couldn't help but ask with a smile: "Since more than 1,500 brave men are sent to guard Songkan and Hongguan, why did Mr. Han kill these brave men in the camp to change defense tomorrow?"

"Mr. Li doesn't know..." Han Xiufeng briefly introduced what he did this month and said with a smile: "Sending Yongzhuang to station in Songkan was originally just considering that it was easier to transfer food and pay by water than by land. He never thought that Master Huang planned to withdraw the grain and pay stations stationed in Guizhou. In the future, the food and pay that would assist Guizhou will be transferred directly from water to Songkan, and the handover with Guizhou officials in Songkan."

"What's wrong with this?"

"Mr. Li misunderstood. Xiufeng thought there was nothing wrong with this. In fact, giving the food and salary to Guizhou officials and letting them transfer their own transportation and share them by themselves can save a lot of trouble. At least in the future, if the court fails to suppress the thieves, they will not be able to shirk responsibility for the lack of food and salary by Sichuan."

The situation in Guizhou is special. The bandits and bandits in Guizhou are able to suppress bandits. The National Taiwan Master was worried about this and asked to withdraw the grain officials who entered Guizhou with Sichuan Admiral Wan Fu. However, Li Yanggu did not dare to say these words to Han Xiufeng. He could only smile and said, "If Master Han had not had the foresight, the transfer of food and wages would have been very troublesome."

"It's not a problem. Even if Songkan is occupied by bandits, send more Yongzhuang to recover it. However, in the future, the Songkan Waterway will not only transfer the group to train food and pay for the scattered departments of the fourteen prefectures and counties in Chongqing Prefecture to prevent the blockage, but also transfer the food and pay for the food and pay for the Sichuan-to-Guizhou food and pay for the food and pay for the Baishagang, Shui Niutang, Maliutan, Gaokan, Zhao Sigang and Lianghekou in the lower reaches of Songkan. "

Although Li Yanggu had seen the map before, the map on the local chronicles was not as mentioned by Han Xiufeng. Just when he didn't know how to follow it down, the two had already walked to the side of the school field.

Chen Hu had already summoned more than 180 supervisors. The regiment was summoned. The civil and military supervisors were accustomed to line up according to the "Regiment Head Battalion". In a short while, they were neatly arranged.

After watching the fun of Li Yanggu, Han Xiufeng invited Li Yanggu to the row of drum racks on the left, pointed to the hand-painted map beside the drum racks, and smiled: "Mr. Li, Songkan is on the south side of us, a little east, about thirty-five miles away, Songkan River flows northeast, about six miles from Songkan Town to Baishagang, about five miles from Baishagang to Shuibiaotang, about four miles from Shuibiaotang to Malitan, about five miles from Malitan to Gaokan... At Lianghekou, turn northwest into Tuanshan Fort in Qijiang. The river channel is all in the mountains and ridges. If you don't send a brave and brave garrison along the river, no one can guarantee whether the food and salary will be robbed."

"These places are only five or six miles apart!"

"The five or six miles in the mountains are different from the five or six miles in other places."

“That’s true.”

"So this makes Xiufeng a little difficult to deal with. After all, there are only a few people in the community, and it is hard to defend against every place."

How could Li Yanggu not know that the young registered magistrate in front of him was negotiating the conditions, and couldn't help but smile: "Mr. Han, it should be enough to have forty or fifty Yongzhuang garrisons in one place, and only three or four hundred people in six or seven places. And sending Yongzhuang to garrison along the river is also a way to prevent blockages, not to mention that you had to transfer food and salary along the waterway."

"If you only transfer the food and money stationed in Yongzhuang, the food and money stationed in Songkan is enough, and as long as the news of the transportation is not leaked, and you will send some young and brave escorts along the way, you naturally don't have to worry about whether you will be robbed along the way. However, the food and money will be different in the province of transportation. You have to transfer every month, and even have to transfer several times. How can you not set any defenses along the way?"

"Why would you talk to Guizhou's grain road, and the money spent on transferring grain and wages from Tuanshanbao to Songkan will be paid by them, or directly deducted from the food and wages that assisted Guizhou?"

"Mr. Li, you can only talk about this kind of thing. How can Xiufeng be so angry if he is not an official or a gentleman?"

"Okay, leave this to me, but you have to estimate how much food it will cost to go on the way."

"How much does it cost to hire a boatman, sailor and boatman? You really stump Xiufeng. Xiufeng only knows that it will cost at least 1,500 taels of silver to set up a brave and powerful defense in a year."

"One thousand five hundred taels is only one thousand five hundred taels, but the food and salary are transferred to Songkan. If the Guizhou grain road does not send people to inspect it in time, you have to arrange for Yongzhuang to help guard it."

"It's easy to talk about when you arrive in Songkan, mainly because of the safety along the way."

...

After the terms were agreed, Han Xiufeng asked Li Yanggu to sit for a while, then walked to a group of civil and military supervisors and said seriously and seriously: "Everyone, most of you will lead a delegation to Songkan early tomorrow morning, Hongguan and Halla to change defenses, but the plan is not as good as changes. I just received a document from the National Taiwan Master that we not only had to station in Songkan and Hongguan, but also had to set up defenses along the Songkan River to ensure that Sichuan assisted Guizhou in the transfer of food and salary.

As for which regiments will be sent to station in Baishagang, Shui Niutang, Maliutan, Gaokan, Zhao Sigang and Lianghekou, the camp office will make arrangements later. As for the food and wages after arriving in these places, the grain station will also provide them in a coordinated manner.

I want to tell you, don’t think that you have practiced for a month, don’t think that there is a firearm ball, but I feel that I am invincible in the world. Guizhou has more mountains than our east Sichuan, and the terrain is even more complicated than our east Sichuan. There are deep mountains and forests everywhere. When you get into the forest, you will know that the bird gun is not that effective!"

Seeing Han Xiufeng so serious, Zhang Biao, Li Tianbao, Chen Zhankui and others were stunned.

"So, whether it is stationed or escorting the caravan, you must not take it lightly. Don't all regiments have scouts? Those scouts need to be useful. No matter where they go, they must first find out the situation nearby before they act."

Han Xiufeng paused and then said, "Tomorrow is the first time to change defense, but it will not be the last time. From now on, they will change defense every one or two months. One is that they will easily slack off after staying in a place for a long time, and the other is that they should take this opportunity to familiarize themselves with the mountains, rivers and rivers in northern Guizhou. Because from under our feet to Songkan, it can be called a place of battle!

Now there are long-distance in Liangjiang, Huguang and other places, and thieves in Guizhou are rife. The Eight Banners Green Camp stationed in Sichuan has been drawn. If you want to keep your hometown safe, you can't count on others, so you can only rely on us. I, Han Xiufeng, at home, will naturally come to handle the blockade without hesitation. If I, Han Xiufeng, go to other places in the future, I would like to ask you to lead the young and strong men to help the officers to prevent blockades and protect the safety of my elders in eastern Sichuan!”

After saying that, Han Xiufeng bowed deeply.

Only then did everyone realize his good intentions and hurriedly bowed and returned the gifts.

To put it bluntly, the mountain-splitting cannon is a large-scale gun lifting. The gunners do not need to be deliberately trained. They directly draw the bird gunners without guns from five firearm regiments, and then draw some brave and brave from other regiments, and distribute them to the regiments stationed in Songkan, Hongguan, Halla, Baishagang, Shui Niutang, Maliutan, Gaokan, Zhao Sigang and Lianghekou. They can be used to defend against the enemy or as trusted cannon envoys.

The next morning, more than 130 civil and military supervisors took the official documents of the defense exchange and bravely and brave enough to change their new number clothes to open the camp. Li Yanggu also followed him with more than a dozen soldiers from the Taiwan-making yamen. Obviously, he was worried that he would not see it with his own eyes.

There are more than 1,500 brave men and women who have not practiced, and the remaining dozens of civil and military supervisors are ready to prepare for how to train brave men and women who are about to come back.

Everything was on the right track, and Han Xiufeng became the boss again. He took Chen Hu, Chen Buxian and others to Yangjiao Village not far from Daying, and personally cleaned the small yards he had just rented, otherwise the women would have no place to live.

Chen Hu couldn't help but look up and asked, "Second Master, why don't you let us go? What's the point of staying here?"

"Where do you want to go?"

"Lead the troops!"

"It is important for your wife to have a baby, or is it important to lead a soldier?" Han Xiufeng asked with a stare at him.

Chen Hu was stunned for a moment and said with an awkward look: "Everything is important."

"That's it. The woman is almost born and wants to run out. How can you do that?" Han Xiufeng wiped his sweat and said, "I know you want to make achievements, but is it that easy to make achievements? Besides, Guizhou is not as good as Jiangsu, nor is it like Zhili. Even if you have the ability to go to Guizhou, you can't perform."

"Second Master, are you saying that the bandits in Guizhou are not easy to suppress?"

"There are deep mountains and forests everywhere, like hide and seek. How to suppress them?" Han Xiufeng asked back and said helplessly: "If you don't believe it, we can make a bet. In less than three to five years, the bandits in Guizhou will not be eradicated. If I ask you to go now, it will not be difficult for you to help you find a single and half position, but if this official position is not long, maybe he will be dismissed for a few days because of his ineffective suppression of the thieves. In comparison, it is better to stay here honestly."

"How can you achieve success when you stay here?" Chen Bushen muttered.

"Look at your son who is usually smart, why can't he turn this way? You have to know that we are here to handle the blockade, that is, as long as you ensure that the thieves in Guizhou do not enter eastern Sichuan, it will be a merit. Staying here will have bad achievements. Not only will you fight against the remnants of the White Lotus Sect, I really don't know what you think."

"But why did Mr. Gao go?"

"Guizhou is his hometown, and his family is separated. Of course he has to go back to suppress the bandits and quell the rebellion, and of course he has to go back to find his family." Thinking that Chen Hu was just too idle, Han Xiufeng smiled and said, "If you guys think it's boring to stay here, you can go to Anwen Town to play, the town is more lively than here. Anyway, you don't need to worry about the things in the camp. From now on, you can play whatever you want."

"The food and salary are handled by Mr. Wu and Mr. Jiang, the civil and military supervisors of the camp office, and the brave and powerful supervisors who come back from Songkan tomorrow. Think about it, we are really nothing to do." Chen Hu couldn't help but smile.

"So everything is difficult at the beginning. As long as we can get a good start, everything will be done well and the rest will be easy." Han Xiufeng smiled and said, "Although we have nothing to do, we cannot leave, because we will be the courage of soldiers. As long as we are here, we go around the camp every day and show our faces, they will feel at ease, otherwise they will feel like they have lost their backbone."
Chapter completed!