Liu Qian was from Daizhou, Shanxi and once served as a general of the Ming Dynasty. After the Qing army occupied Shanxi, he has been actively involved in anti-Qing activities.

If he evolved according to history, he would raise an army in Daizhou after Jiang Xiang was rebelled, with tens of thousands of people fighting against the Qing army, and would be wiped out by the Qing army after Jiang Xiang's failure.

Now, due to peace talks between the north and the south, the anti-Qing forces in the north, which aim to restore the Ming Dynasty as their purpose, fell directly to the trough.

The Ming Dynasty gave up the north and recognized the Qing Dynasty, which caused the northern anti-Qing forces to suffer heavy blows, and they all fell apart, some of them disbanded, some of them became obedient people, and some of them surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in disappointment.

A traitor appeared in the Daizhou Restoration of Ming forces. Liu Qian was implicated and fled overnight before the Qing army arrested him, begging all the way before fleeing to Jiangnan.

After the Ming and Qing Dynasties peace talks, there was a time when a large number of Han people fled south, and the Qing Dynasty did not stop this. There were 20,000 Yuyuan troops in Shandong alone fled to Huai'an, and there should be more than 100,000 people in the whole north, fled to Huainan and Huguang.

For the Qing Dynasty, although this lost a little population, it eliminated internal hidden dangers.

If these people who were determined to flee south to the Ming Dynasty, these more than 100,000 people would be hidden in the area controlled by the Qing Dynasty, which would restrain the Qing Dynasty's energy and troops. Now that these people left the north, they would undoubtedly reduce the cost of the Qing Dynasty's rule and maintain stability.

Of course, the Qing Dynasty did not really just watch these people escape. In order to spy on the intelligence of the Ming Dynasty and cultivate secret stakes, the Qing court took the opportunity to send a lot of personnel to mingle with the fugitives, sneak into the Ming Dynasty, and even be incorporated by the Ming army.

Liu Qian cleaned up and had a meal with his wife and children at home. Then he carried a bag, bid farewell to his wife and children, and went to the military camp to report.

After leaving his own shack, a few steps were taken, a few men with bags were standing at the street corner waiting, all of whom were acquaintances who escaped from the Daizhou area.

"I just knew my brother was in the army too!" a black man laughed loudly.

Liu Qian smiled at the few people, "It's getting late, Donghai Town has strict military disciplines, and if you go late, you will be punished. Come over quickly."

After saying that, Liu Qian and the others were joking and rushed to the military camp. They were all a little happy and expectant about becoming a member of Donghai Town.

"Brother Liu, wait for me!" A tall and thin man suddenly caught up from behind.

Liu Qian turned around and looked at it, but he was Yang Zhenwei, all of whom were officers of the Green Camp, but he was forced to flee because of his collusion with the anti-Qing armed forces.

Liu Qian and his group were able to escape from Daizhou to Jiangnan thanks to Yang Zhenwei's response.

"It's General Yang!" Liu Qian hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed.

Yang Zhenwei waved his hand, "Brother Liu, don't call me that in the future. Now, like everyone else, they are all new troops in Donghai Town."

Under the temptation of the military field and the momentum of the Propaganda Department, the recruiting station, which was originally unattended, was surrounded by the recruiting bravery who was recruiting.

In Jiangdong, a mu of land can be sold at a price of more than ten taels, but ordinary people work hard for a year, and it is difficult for them to accumulate one tael of silver after deducting expenses.

Therefore, if you want to buy a mu of land, you have to accumulate at least ten years in Jiangdong. There will be no famine or disease in the middle, otherwise you will have to start over and even have debts and never have the chance to buy land.

Now Donghai Town has given 30 acres of land to join the army, which is an industry that is difficult for many poor people to obtain in their entire lives.

Of course, the thirty acres of land given by the vassal state were not in Jiangdong, but in Nanyang. The value of the thirty acres of land was actually not as valuable as that of Jiangdong, but the people did not think so much.

From March to October, in more than half a year, Donghai Town only recruited more than 6,000 people in Jiangdong. Now, in less than half a month, it has recruited nearly 30,000 people, which has far exceeded expectations.

Because Donghai Town formulated a southward strategy, Zhao Ming was preparing to attack the Netherlands and Spain to seize the colonies of the two barbarians in the South China Sea. The Qing army was attacking Liaodong and North Korea, and it restrained Zhao Ming. Zhao Ming had a few troops, so Zhao Ming urgently needed the Xinmu Army to form combat power as soon as possible.

Therefore, Zhao Ming immediately ordered that Wang Chaoxian and Wang Yi should preside over the training of the new army, and that Tang Tong, Li Benshen, Yu Yin, Han Zhaoxuan and other generals should also participate, and that the generals would train an army that could barely fight within three months.

In the south of Suzhou City, on the edge of Taihu Lake, Donghai Town has set up a new army camp covering an area of ​​more than 1,000 acres here.

At this time, there were more than 1,000 white military tents in the camp, with 10,000 new troops stationed. The five thousand recruited from Suzhou, mainly workers hired in workshops, had already taken the lead in entering the camp.

The training model of the new army in Donghai Town is to draw elite old soldiers to serve as small flags and general flag officers to train new soldiers.

The time is three months. Each small flag officer needs to train eleven soldiers under his jurisdiction and a deputy small flag officer needs to be trained. After the training is over, the new army will be dispersed and organized into various battalions, while the small flag officer will train another new army for another three months.

At this time, Liu Qian, Yang Zhenwei and others received military supplies such as cotton armor, weapons, quilts and kettles, and allocated military tents.

There are twelve people in Donghai Town, which happens to be a team of soldiers living there. Liu Qian and Yang Zhenwei are in the A Book, so they were directly appointed as deputy small flags to assist the small flag officers in training the new army. After the training, if they are qualified, the two will be promoted to small flag officers.

At this time, after Liu Qian received military funds, he came to the tent. Ten new soldiers in the camp kept their things casually and chatted excitedly, and seemed particularly excited and excited to be a member of Donghai Town.

"Xiaoqi is coming later, everyone should clean up quickly!" Seeing this, Liu Qian hurriedly gave an order.

When the soldiers heard the words, they hurriedly stopped the sound and cleaned up.

At this time, the curtain suddenly opened, and a cold wind blew towards him. Several officers in armor walked in. However, it was Zhao Ming who came to inspect. The new soldiers were so scared that they stood up and dared not speak.

Zhao Ming lifted the soldiers' bed and looked at the quilt. The thickness was OK, and it was covered with cotton inside, which should be quite warm. Then he checked the armor and weapons he brought to the soldiers, and couldn't help but nodded slightly: "Mr. Chen, the logistics are done well."

Chen Mingyu smiled and said, "These are already prepared."

At this time, Zhao Ming swept across the faces of several new soldiers. Everyone lowered their heads. Only Liu Qian looked at them without squinting. He couldn't help but smile and said to Wang Chaoxian: "There are many talents among your new soldiers. Department A and Department B have a deputy flag to lift their power. It seems that it's not bad. Department C, Liu Qian, is also a talent, you must train them well. After March, there will be a competition between the new army. I think your chances of winning are higher than Wang Yi!"

Wang Chao looked at Liu Qian first and smiled at Zhao Ming: "Don't worry, Prime Minister, I will definitely live up to expectations and cultivate a group of talents for the Prime Minister."
Chapter completed!