Go to Luo Wilderness to find gold mines!

I have to say that nothing is more attractive in this gold rush. When the news came out, Chen Zhekun and Wang Yu soon recruited a team.

Relying on the temptation of the "gold mine", Chen Zhekun recruited a group of death-death men, most of whom were second sons of military households without inheritance. Unlike the children of ordinary families, they received education without exception. However, because the military and field are not divided and non-military families cannot be inherited, their adult associations must leave their families that grew up since childhood and make a living by themselves.

They have no family property and are even second-class citizens to some extent. They often have to study, work in the city or join the army. One thing is certain that they all need to start their own career without exception.

Compared with ordinary people, these second sons of military households have not only studied in Qianhushu's school, but also received military training since childhood and their combat effectiveness is definitely greater than that of ordinary people.

Before departure, Si Yuyute, the deputy captain, made a team flag for the expedition team with only more than 100 people. The red flag was painted with horse heads and sabers, and according to their plan, they would first arrive at the Guli River Guard, which was the northernmost garrison in the Ming Dynasty, at least before the establishment of the Jinhe Guard, and then head from the Guli River Guard to Luo Wilderness.

Then where will you go next?

Even the captain Chen Zhekun didn't know that he, like Si Yuyu, didn't know where he was going. After all, Luo Wilderness is so big...

So this team is the expedition team.

According to Chen Zhekun's plan, they first took the train to Tieling, which was the end of the northern railway, and finally entered the Heilongjiang River Basin through Mudanjiang, and then arrived at Gulihewei.

It's not easy to walk this way.

Departing in February of the 19th year of Qiansheng, they arrived at the Guli River Guard for a whole month. When Chen Zhekun and Si Yuyu and his party arrived at the Guli River Guard, it was the best time of the year in Xing'an Province. The people who arrived in the wilderness of the north for the first time were stunned by this fertile land. The undulating grasslands are lined with ponds and rivers, which provide sufficient water for the grasslands, and swans are playing in the ponds.

The scenery of this water country made these people stunned.

Like the so-called "Beishan Jurchens" who once lived here, the Ming army stationed in Gulihewei also made a living by grazing. However, they did not only raise reindeer, but also cattle and horses, and the most sheep they raised were sheep.

On this grassland, there are at least tens of thousands of sheep like white clouds, and the number is far beyond their imagination.

"There are six garrisons in Xing'an Province, with about 4,000 troops stationed. Except for a few towns along the Heilongjiang River, there are almost no ordinary people settled here. Therefore, the land of 10,000 or so land is not suitable for cultivation and is only suitable for grazing. For example, Gulihewei has tens of millions of acres of pastures. In fact, there may be more. These pastures belong to military households of the garrison, each family has at least 10,000 or 20,000 acres of pastures. They raise sheep for a living. Of course, they will also drive the cattle raised in their own pastures to Heilongjiang and sell them to vendors there. Then vendors will sell the cattle to the mainland. Although there are remoteness here, in fact, the Six Guards of Xing'an are famous Fuwei in the Ming Dynasty. Every household has at least 10,000 or 20,000 sheep..."

As soon as Sun Shan finished speaking, there was a sound of surprise around him. Tens or 20,000 sheep, how much money was the wool sold that year worth!

Sun Shan is a native of Xing'an. He has long been used to the surprises of outsiders. After giving everyone a detailed introduction, he also added:

"However, although this place is rich, the vigilance of the officers and soldiers is still very high. Look at the slope..."

Sun Shan pointed at the hillside in the distance and could vaguely see several cavalrymen staring at them, perhaps the grazing military households and their sons.

Under Sun Shan's guidance, they walked towards the ward. The ward was a stone fortress. There were many wooden houses scattered around the fortress. The steeply-topped log wooden houses are very common in the Northeast because the wood here is quite rich, so wood has become the main building material.

A few minutes later, they arrived at the garage, where some children were practicing on the playground in front of the garage. The oldest was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and the youngest was less than seven years old. Such children and teenagers looked like they were dancing guns and knives.

Such a scene can be seen in various garrisons in the Ming Dynasty. The members of the expedition team even felt very friendly. They were born in military families and grew up like this. They studied literature for half a day and practiced martial arts for half a day. This was their life when they were young.

Their uniforms were made of woolen cloth, but they were not the red military uniforms of the Ming army, but gray. These uniforms similar to military uniforms were often sewn by their mothers themselves, and the colors were either gray, black, or gray-green.

It seems that the military households of Gulihewei are indeed very rich!

The expedition team and his group had this initial impression from the clothes on these children. After all, not everyone can afford to wear military uniforms.

The children each wore a breech gun and a saber. For many of them, the gun seemed too heavy and too long because they were too small. But they were still training as if they were decent.

The platoon leader who commanded them looked very similar to the dozen children. They were probably brothers. The brothers trained under the command of their elder brother, which was also the most common in the garrison.

No one was surprised about this. They all came from military families, while Chen Zhekun and Si Yuyu were both from meritorious ministers. They knew that the average number of children in each military family in the Ming Dynasty was more than 8. Why did there be so many children? Because military families are generally well-off families, they have more children and more blessings. Although these soldiers are not old, they do their movements very accurately during practice, and the coach's orders are also very accurate.

"If it is inaccurate, it will make people feel strange!"

Si Yuyu said to himself.

After all, they have all grown up in such an environment since childhood, and have learned it long ago through the influence of the eyes. Of course, they did not come to see the children practice.

While they were watching the children practice, soldiers had already come over to ask about their purpose.

"We are an expedition team from the mainland, preparing to investigate from Luo Wilderness here."

"The mainland expedition team? Imperial College?"

The soldier asked.

"No, the expedition team organized by an individual is Chen and Chen Zhekun."

After the soldiers entered the garrison to report, the garrison commander came out in person.

Commander Wei looks about 50 years old. Although he is old, he looks very strong, with gray hair, bright eyes, and a typical soldier appearance.

His behavior reminded Chen Zhekun of the behavior of the old and lower-level officers in the Governor's Office of the Five Army.

When Chen Zhekun introduced his purpose to the commander, Commander Wei stared at him. Just when Chen Zhekun was a little confused, Commander Wei had already grabbed his hand and asked happily:

"Your surname is Chen? You are from Duke Kang's Mansion, right?"

"Brother Chen is the ninth son of Duke Kang."

"Ah! I didn't expect to see the prince's son! Welcome! Welcome! In the summer of Song Anchuan, when he was a soldier in Shandong Township, he was a member of the prince's son."

The commander seemed extremely excited. There were no old friends when he went west to Yangguan. Perhaps there was no Yumen Pass in Xing'an Province, but it was also difficult to see old friends here. After all, there were only garrisons of the Ming Dynasty, and even immigrants were rare.

"Is this one? The surname is Si. Isn't it the son of the Yingchang Hou family?"

Song Anchuan asked, and after receiving a positive answer, he said excitedly again.

"Oh, I also fought with Yingchanghou to Chenyang City back then. That battle was so refreshing..."

Although they just said this casually, they fully brought the relationship between the two sides closer. In fact, this is also the greatest advantage of the honorary ministers. They have a large number of old subordinates in the army.

Of course, this is also a taboo for emperors of all ages and the reason why they suppressed heroes. However, the Emperor Gan Sheng did not have this concern, because both soldiers and officers were grateful to the emperor. They would never take risks just because of an old superior, and let their lives go, but with the rebellion of the "old superior"...

It is also because of this that in the army, whether it is the general or the soldiers, these relationships will not be avoided. When we learned that it was the descendants of the old superior who came to this place where birds do not shit.
Chapter completed!