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The child looked to be about four or five years old, and judging by her dress, she must be a little girl. Her face was dirty, and she had a little finger in her mouth, making saliva all over the place. Her eyes were blinking, and she looked cute, but with such a dirty face, how could Tang Chen bring himself to bite her?
Looking at the little girl's bright eyes, Tang Xiao had to muster up his courage and wiped her face with his sleeve. Then he squatted down and kissed her on the cheek: "Be good, go play with your brothers and sisters."
When the children saw Tang Qi kissing the little girl, they all laughed. Now they were not afraid of Tang Qi anymore. An older boy shouted, "Master Tang, we don't want to play with her."
"Why? Good children should be united and friendly with each other. Why don't you play with her?" Tang Qi asked curiously.
"She was bought from outside by San Gouzi's family as his wife, so naturally we can't play with her." The little boy said seriously, like a little adult.
"Oh, are you talking about the somewhat silly son of Qin Lin's family? Well, even if you can't play with her, you can't bully her, you know? You should be good children and know how to help others. Whoever does well in the future will be rewarded by your uncle, do you understand?" Tang Qi only knew a small number of the people in Weizhen Police Station. Qin Lin lived not far from his home, and his silly son San Gouzi attracted even more attention. Naturally, Tang Qi knew him.
San Gouzi was fourteen years old. Generally speaking, in this era, people from well-off families would arrange marriages for their sons when they were this old. San Gouzi's family was poor, and San Gouzi was a fool, so naturally he could not find a relative. Although San Gouzi was a fool, he was the only descendant of the Qin Lin family to carry on the family line. As a father, Qin Lin naturally had to find ways to find a relative for him. In the end, his parents borrowed some money and bought this little girl.
In the old society, there were many cases of child brides, and Tang Chen could not bear it so much. After parting with those children, Tang Chen and Chen Yuxian went to the match factory to take a look. The workers who came at this time were already very skilled at their work, which caused a small backlog of matches in the match warehouse. However, Tang Chen was not worried about this. After praising Yueyang for his good work, he returned home with Chen Yuxian, intending to heal her facial scars while there were not many days left.
The black spot on Chen Yuxian's body was not congenital, but was caused by a poisonous insect bite when she was a child. Later, it turned into such an ugly black spot, and it kept growing bigger and bigger. Tang Qi prescribed some external ointment for her to apply, and used internal Qi to regulate her body every day to force out the toxins in her body. Ten days passed unknowingly.
The dark spot on Chen Yuxian's face has become lighter now. It will recover as long as she continues to apply the medicine for a period of time. During the past few days, when changing the medicine, Chen Yuxian couldn't help but shed tears every time she saw her face gradually recovering.
All the grievances she had suffered over the years, in the past few days, part of it turned into tears, and part of it turned into gratitude towards Tang Xi, because Tang Xi not only restored her appearance, but his care also warmed her heart. She didn't know how to repay Tang Xi's care and kindness. In her heart, she was willing to do anything for Tang Xi.
In about ten days, the craftsmen made about ten thousand guns, ten thousand paper shell bullets, and four thousand grenades for Tang Qi. Tang Qi distributed these weapons to his subordinates, and gave the one thousand bird guns that Qi had made earlier to the Nanyang Development Company to equip about ten thousand gangsters.
In the past few days, the prefect Han also sent people to urge Tang Qi to set off. Seeing that the preparations were almost ready, Tang Qi set off with his soldiers and a group of gangsters from the Nanyang Development Company who were armed with bird guns.
Tang Qi brought those gangsters from the Nanyang Development Company with him in order to make them do hard labor to help transport ammunition. Tang Qi had no qualms about exploiting the labor of these gangsters.
In order to improve the fighting capacity of the people, Tang Yu issued a reward and punishment regulation before setting out. Anyone who killed a Japanese pirate would be rewarded with five taels of silver. At that time, one tael of silver could buy about ten kilograms of food. Five taels of silver was a considerable amount of money for the poor.
Tang Qi also slightly modified the three points of attention and eight disciplines of later generations, removed some of the later words and the eighth item, and added ten more military regulations that must be executed, such as those who retreat will be beheaded, those who disobey orders will be beheaded, etc., thus forming the military regulations of the Tang Dynasty. Because the soldiers under Tang Qi were basically recruited by the Tang Dynasty and had not yet formed bad habits, this military regulation was easy to enforce.
The formulation and implementation of military regulations are crucial to the combat effectiveness of an army. Historically, the army of the late Ming Dynasty suffered repeated defeats and was like a group of sheep. However, after joining the Jiannu, the sheep turned into a group of wolves. Among them was a man named Li Chengdong. Before joining the Jiannu, the soldiers under his command were basically vulnerable. After joining the Jiannu, due to the Jiannu's strict military regulations, Li Chengdong's army became an elite division during its southward march. Later, after Li Chengdong returned to the arms of the Ming Dynasty, this elite division, without the strict military regulations, once again turned into a group of sheep.
Because those gangsters from the Nanyang Development Company were not required to fight, although they were afraid of the Japanese pirates, they still followed Tang Qi obediently. They arrived at Hupu and settled down there. For a whole month, they did not find any trace of the Japanese pirates.
Some time ago, there were three gangs of Japanese pirates who often came ashore to rob. The largest gang had about a thousand people, the middle gang had about four thousand people, and the smallest gang had less than thirty thousand people. In total, there were seventeen thousand Japanese pirates. In addition, there were more than ten gangs of Japanese pirates in Zhejiang and Fujian, with a total of eight or nine thousand people. However, Tang Qi had no control over the Japanese pirates there.
Since Tang Qi came, the three gangs of Japanese pirates in Jiangsu seemed to have disappeared. Tang Qi did not think that these Japanese pirates were afraid of his few men. At that time, the Ming army's combat effectiveness was low. Let alone fighting against the Jiannu, even fighting against the Japanese pirates with simple weapons, the Ming army was like a sheep meeting a wolf. It is said that in this era, it was a victory to wipe out more than a dozen Japanese pirates at a time. If dozens of Japanese pirates could be killed in a battle, it would be a rare great victory. Therefore, the Japanese pirates would never be afraid of Tang Qi's army. Tang Qi guessed that these Japanese pirates were planning some larger operation.
Tang Qi was not anxious about this situation, but trained his soldiers and a group of hooligans fiercely. In this way, more than a month passed. Under the harsh training, the soldiers had already looked like elite soldiers. Even the hooligans seemed to have become qualified soldiers. However, hooligans were hooligans, and they could not compare with the soldiers in terms of military discipline. Fortunately, Tang Qi did not treat them as his own soldiers, and did not punish them severely for their occasional mistakes. Otherwise, there would be few hooligans who survived this time.
Tang Qi didn't want to suppress the nature of these gangsters, because in the future he would throw these people to places like Nanyang. In Tang Qi's view, Nanyang at this time was a paradise for gangsters, and it would be best to let these gangsters go to such a place to develop.
Some time ago, those Japanese pirates came out to act again, but the three groups of Japanese pirates have become one. They seemed to know the existence of Tang Qi's Ming army, so they did not move around near Hupu where Tang Qi was.
It is very difficult to find this erratic group of Japanese pirates and engage in a decisive battle with them. Although those Japanese pirates are not afraid of Tang Qi, they are not willing to confront the Ming army casually and lose some lives in vain.
The superiors had reprimanded Tang Qi twice for his inaction. Tang Qi saw that winter was approaching and he could not wait any longer, so he thought of a solution.
This method is actually very simple. It is to pull a batch of valuable goods from a city and escort them to another city. Tang Yu believes that there must be spies of the Japanese pirates on the coast. After knowing this news, those Japanese pirates will most likely come to plunder, and he only needs to take his men to find a suitable place to ambush.
Tang Qi told Zhang Yiheng and Zhao Yapeng about this plan, and they all agreed with it. After the three of them discussed it and worked out the details, Tang Qi took a group of gangsters to Jiading.
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