Following Shen Lie's order, the policemen hurried forward and moved the arms piled outside the gate of Baihusuo into Baihusuo.
As everyone walked into the Yamen, the dark door was closed again, the heavy door with the large plaque of Dongjishi Factory hanging on it.
Temporarily isolate the inside from this world.
Ordering people to seal up the weapons for the time being, Shen Lie endured the bleeding in his heart and stepped up the layout as if he had been stimulated, and hurried to the Jinyi Guardhouse on the street.
According to the military law of the Ming Dynasty, the rule of the factory guards is that the Dongchang is above the Jinyiwei. If the Dongchang needs people, they can draw them from the Jinyiwei at any time.
But looking at the neglected Jinyiwei Yamen, Shen Lie didn't hold out much hope. Although Datong Jinyiwei had not been abolished.
But the situation...
Not much better.
Under dim candlelight.
There was only a bed, a table, and a chair in the shabby room. On the table were placed pens, inks, papers, and inkstones. Shen Lie paced slowly in the shabby bedroom.
He was brewing a long letter to the emperor in his heart. Correspondence with the emperor was naturally the privilege of a thousand households in Dongchang.
Think before and after.
Shen Lie solemnly wrote: "Thanks to your majesty's favor, the ministers are scared, what happened in the Jin Dynasty..."
It’s really hard to describe in words.
Shanxi is already in such chaos, so what kind of chaos will happen in the northwest border areas of Shaanxi, Ningxia, and Gansu further away? I can't even imagine.
now.
Shen Lie's heart was as bright as a mirror, ever since the Shanxi merchant family took control of the government during the Longqing period and coerced Emperor Longqing of the Ming Dynasty to reach a peace agreement with the Tatars.
The Ming Dynasty is no longer the iron-blooded Ming Dynasty that does not make peace with relatives or pay tribute. Is this any different from the appeasement and compromise of the Northern Song Dynasty towards the Liao Kingdom?
The Ming Dynasty negotiated and compromised with the Tatars and opened eleven treaty ports, which resulted in a large amount of important strategic materials such as fine iron, grain, strong bows and crossbows, and armor flowing into the outside world.
It also indirectly led to the rise of the Jianzhou Jurchens.
This is another sad cycle.
Think about this.
Shen Lie was suddenly sweating profusely, and couldn't help but curse angrily in his heart: "A dog can't change its eating habits..."
Lower your head.
Shen Lie wrote quickly and wrote a long letter in one go. He then sealed it with fire paint, added a secret note, and ordered several of his men to travel day and night to the capital.
"There is still hope."
Shen Lie comforted himself in his heart.
Today's situation is much stronger than in the late Northern Song Dynasty. Although the frontier army was weak and could not defeat the Tatars, they were forced to bow their heads in front of 100,000 Tatar cavalry. They signed an alliance under the city and named a Tatar Shunyi King.
But at least the Ming Dynasty did not surrender, pay tribute or give away the princess.
There is also a young emperor who is good at martial arts in the court, as well as Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang's elite soldiers and generals, at least...
Factory guard!
It can only be said that Ming Dynasty has a good foundation.
Thinking of the Ningxia Tatar guerrilla general who was wearing Ming Dynasty military uniforms, receiving Ming Dynasty military pay, but unable to speak Chinese, Shen Lie felt a little uneasy.
That guy, and the deputy commander-in-chief of Ningxia behind him, just barely had the four characters "I want to rebel" carved on his forehead!
Is it possible that the adults in Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Ningxia provinces are all blind?
Maybe they are not blind.
It's a blind mind.
He punched the table lightly, Shen Lie gritted his teeth, and said in his heart: "Stand up...recruit troops!"
No one can count on it.
Do it yourself.
Then it dawned.
Shen Lie personally led the people, greeted the gatekeeper, showed his Dongchang badge, and erected the Dongchang sign outside the east gate of Datong.
Then he asked someone to post the recruitment notice.
A scorching sun was shining high in the sky.
The weather is a bit hot and dry in early summer.
Shen Lie and Li Susu were sitting leisurely in the tea stall outside the city gate, drinking tea and looking at the Dongchang Recruitment Office not far away.
Those coming from the south, those going north...
Countless merchants passing by looked at him sideways, but when they saw Dongchang's sign, their expressions changed and they quickly left with their heads lowered.
Occasionally, a few people came over to inquire about information. They were either gangsters or scoundrels, but they were coldly blasted away by those people.
We didn't recruit any soldiers all morning.
Li Susu couldn't help but lick her lips, came over and said softly: "Brother Shen... this... doesn't seem to work."
Shen Lie smiled and said softly: "There's no rush."
Recruiting troops.
Naturally, they recruit elite soldiers.
It is better to lack than to overdo.
When our Dongchang wants to recruit, we naturally want to recruit the best soldiers, preferably the masters who have been working in the frontier for many years, the kind of masters who kill people without blinking an eye!
Li Susu had no choice but to respond: "Oh."
But she couldn't help but look around.
Feeling all kinds of strange looks coming from all directions, even the most generous woman in the world couldn't help but lower her head with a red face.
Datong was originally an important border town, and martial arts prevailed. In normal times, various yamen, generals, deputy generals, and a mess of generals and generals often recruited troops.
Naturally, they were recruited as servants and private soldiers.
Naturally, there are many young and middle-aged people in this place who are highly skilled in martial arts, skilled in bow and horse, and who do not farm or work, but are dedicated to being soldiers as their profession.
In Shaanxi and Ningxia, there are naturally more such professional soldiers. They will work for whomever pays them, and they are no different from Western mercenaries.
But who is a serious person willing to be a soldier of Dongchang...
In a slightly awkward atmosphere.
Shen Lie, who was wandering around the crowd, suddenly focused his eyes, put down his tea bowl, and looked at a muscular man in the crowd.
The man wore a bamboo hat, lowered his head, and led a group of bad horses to walk smoothly among the crowd, but was stopped by Shen Lie.
"You...stop!"
The man stiffened, as if he didn't want to cause trouble and was about to leave quickly.
However, Shen Lie glanced at him and shouted: "Stop him!"
The words fell.
The officers from the recruiting office next to them glared, and with swords in hand, they rushed over with ferocious looks and stopped the honest-looking man.
"Stop...talk about you!"
Not long after.
The muscular man was brought to Shen Lie, who was forced to take off his bamboo hat and looked over with a helpless expression.
"This lord."
The man stood in front of Shen Lie, with an innocent look on his face, and said aggrievedly: "But I don't know what mistake the villain made. He bothered the adults and arrested people on the street."
That look clearly said, I didn't provoke anyone, I didn't provoke anyone, I was walking on the road peacefully, and then I was caught by you Dongchang eagle dogs.
Is there still heavenly law, is there still kingly law...
aside.
Li Susu also covered her mouth and looked at it in surprise. Fang couldn't help but feel a little confused and a little scared. This is...
Catching Ding?
Are there any other recruiters like this?
But Shen Lie had already narrowed his eyes, looking at the man's lean but slightly curved back, the thick calluses on his skinny fingers, the wind and frost on his face, and a few faint scars.
Shen Lie smiled coldly and shouted: "Search!"
The words fell.
Several gangsters swarmed up and pushed the man down on the table, using their knees to hold his waist to prevent him from struggling. They soon found all kinds of weird contraband items from the man's body.
The sharp dagger hidden in the boots, the long crochet hook hidden in the waist, and the trap arrows hidden in the sleeves were all still on the table one by one.