The next day, the king announced that he would send the Guards to participate in counter-insurgency operations.
Then at noon that day, about two hundred Guardsmen arrived at the peaceful manor on the outskirts of Paris.
Christina led the way. This manor was her father's real estate. She had lived here for a while, so she was familiar with the way and brought her sisters here.
When the cavalry arrived, An Ning was in the yard receiving the silver coins from the Duke.
"Andy!" Christina shouted as soon as she entered the yard, "We're here!"
"It came so fast." An Ning raised her head and glanced at the cavalry entering the courtyard.
The two hundred cavalrymen marched into the courtyard with great momentum.
"Is he your dream lover?" the cavalryman behind Christina asked, "He is not as handsome as I thought."
Christina turned back and said coquettishly: "Who told you that he was the man of my dreams? He is my benefactor! Without him, I would have died in North Germany."
"Yes, yes." The cavalry girl kept perfunctory, "It's a benefactor, it's a benefactor."
An Ning carefully looked at the girl who was talking to Christina: this girl had long flaxen hair tied into a ponytail on the back of her head, her skin was white and rosy, so tender that it could squeeze out water, and her emerald green eyes were as beautiful as gems.
She is a beauty on the same level as Christina.
An Ning: "Christina, why don't you introduce your friend?"
"Her name is Clarice, she is the daughter of the Earl of Bath." Christina replied, "She is the deputy captain of our cavalry unit."
"Vice captain? Who is the captain?"
"Of course it's me." Christina dismounted and saluted An Ning, "Your Excellency, Commander, the cavalry team you requested has come to report to you!"
An Ning smiled and said: "Don't call me Commander, have you ever seen a commander who only wears the rank of captain?"
"You clearly captured the Bastille and saved the king in Versailles. Why don't they give you a promotion?" Christina asked doubtfully.
An Ning raised her eyebrows: "Maybe it's because I'm the son of a cobbler."
As soon as she finished speaking, Clarisse joked: "Then you can marry the Duke's daughter, so that your identity becomes the Duke's son-in-law, and you are also considered a noble. You can go to the Quanxu Bureau to register."
An Ning: "I don't want it. This lady obviously doesn't understand that in this situation, the identity of the cobbler's son is more useful than the Duke's son-in-law."
Clarisse: "But you are still a captain and cannot be promoted."
An Ning shrugged: "Whatever."
At this time, Fanny came out of the main building of the manor, so An Ning called her over loudly: "Fanny! Arrange accommodation for the cavalry ladies. They will live in the manor before setting off to suppress the rebellion."
Fanny: "Sir, the manor does not have that many houses to accommodate so many noble ladies."
Christina hurriedly said: "Fanny, don't bother us. We are already used to military life. Just let us live in the servants' room."
Clarice: "Actually, as long as we have a place to take a shower, we don't really care about this."
"Taking a bath? No problem, please come with me." Fanny said.
An Ning: "Then you go take a shower and settle down. I have something to go to the city for."
Christina asked doubtfully: "What are you going to do?"
An Ning smiled and said, "Let's make a little preparation for the counterinsurgency journey."
At this time, several artillerymen behind An Ning finished loading the silver coins: "Captain, all the silver coins have been loaded."
"I got it." An Ning turned around and waved, and then said to Christina, "I'll excuse you now, you can do it yourself."
Christina looked at the carriage containing several boxes of silver coins behind An Ning with confusion: "This... okay, go ahead and get busy."
An Ning jumped on the carriage and patted the driver on the shoulder: "Let's go to the National Guard camp."
**
Arriving at the military camp where more than a thousand people were stationed, An Ning saw Sergeant Russell - now a second lieutenant - chatting with a few soldiers in front of the building.
The second lieutenant didn't see An Ning at first, but looked at the carriage entering the camp gate with a strange expression.
As soon as An Ning jumped out of the car, Russell immediately stood at attention and shouted: "Your Excellency, Commander!"
An Ning: "You'd better call me captain. I'm not used to calling me commander."
"Your Majesty Captain!"
An Ning curled his lips and said, "Forget it, Your Excellency, please be your Excellency. Russell, assemble the troops immediately."
"Yes! Gather the troops immediately!" Russell saluted, turned around and ran towards the building.
After a while, a large number of National Guard soldiers in blue clothes poured out of the building and began to line up in front of An Ning.
After about ten minutes of noisy work, the team finally lined up.
Although the formation speed is not as fast as that of college students in military training, it is already a huge improvement compared to before.
Obviously, the non-commissioned officers An Ning promoted from his direct artillery team played a role.
Russell stood at the front of the queue and reported to An Ning: "Your Excellency, Captain, the National Guard counter-insurgency task force has been assembled."
An Ning nodded: "Yes, it's better than before. It seems that my newly promoted sergeants are performing well."
An Ning paused and continued: "We are gathering everyone today to prepare for you a special subsidy for counter-insurgency operations!"
As he spoke, he jumped directly onto the carriage behind him, opened the silver coin box on the carriage, and poured a box of silver coins onto the carriage board.
The clattering sound of silver coins made the soldiers' eyes widen.
At first, some people who had narrowed their eyes and were obviously deserting all cheered up and looked straight at An Ning on the carriage.
An Ning: "I am giving you this subsidy because in the rebel areas we are going to, the locals may not recognize the coupons, so I will give each of you one crown of silver coins so that you will have money to spend in the rebel areas!
"As for what you use your silver coins to buy, I don't care. This is a special subsidy for you. It is up to you to control it when it is given to you!
"Remember, this subsidy is provided by the Duke of Orleans. There is still money from the Duke, which is mainly used for the expenses of the troops in the rebel areas. When we come back, if there are any remaining funds, they will all be distributed to
you!"
The soldiers cheered together.
Then An Ning winked at Second Lieutenant Russell, and Russell shouted: "Long live your Excellency, Captain!"
"Long live your Excellency Captain!" the soldiers shouted together.
An Ning: "Okay, okay, let's start giving out silver coins, one to each person, keep order!"
**
Lafayette was in his office, looking at An Ning who was throwing coins on the playground, and muttered: "Relying on giving out money to boost morale? Humph, it's useless.
"This rabble will break when it's time to break. I've seen it in America."
At this time someone knocked on the door.
"Come in." Lafayette said loudly.
His adjutant opened the door and came in, saluted and reported: "The soldiers are watching Mr. Frost handing out money. Apparently his skills are very popular with the soldiers."
Lafayette: "Loyalty cannot be bought by handing out money. Don't worry about it."
The adjutant hesitated for a moment and then said: "Recently, military pay is paid with thumb coupons. The soldiers have great opinions. Some pubs do not recognize thumb coupons."
"Is there still a tavern in Paris that doesn't recognize the ticket? Which tavern? Let the city authorities seize him!"
Lafayette frowned and said.
Adjutant: "This... I'm not sure. The soldiers said yes."
"Then ask clearly. Anyone who refuses to accept orders is definitely not a patriot. Paris cannot allow such people to exist." Lafayette said categorically.
The adjutant curled his lips and changed the subject: "Some soldiers asked if we would also give out silver coins when we go out to suppress rebellions."
"We have no plans to go out to counter the rebellion yet." Lafayette paused and suddenly laughed, "For the troops, just tell the soldiers that we will do it when we go to counter the rebellion."
Anyway, the main force of the National Guard has no intention of suppressing the rebellion, so there is nothing wrong with writing a blank check.
Adjutant: "Understood, I'll go tell the soldiers right away."
After saying that, the adjutant saluted and walked backwards out of the room.
Falayet continued to stare at An Ning who was handing out money through the window: "I don't believe it. You can wipe out the rebels with these rabble and the fancy cavalry from the king!"