In 1616, from June to July and then to August.
After forcing the commanders of Haizhou and Gaizhou to give money and food to ensure their safety, the camp of the Revolutionary Army became more lively. Every two or three days, a company of troops would go out to march, camp, guard, investigate, and train. Their targets were the local castles, villages, and local tyrants. The enemies were not strong, but the situation was complicated, which was especially suitable for rookies to improve their combat power.
After fighting for more than half a month, more than a thousand people of the Imperial Guard gained great confidence in fighting. Gao Daniu, Wu Dengmen, Chai Jie, Sang Wenlai, Han Shi, and other commanders of the troops passed the test. Zhou Qingfeng also promoted Li Yanxi, who had outstanding performance, to a company commander and expanded it. In this way, he had three spear companies, one cavalry company, and one combat engineer company.
These were all soldiers who had eaten their fill and could walk and fight. They were not small fries like the Ming army who were here to make up the numbers. In order to manage these companies, Zhou Qingfeng also put some of the outstanding students in the school as deputies. He also took out the backbone of the class and platoon level for short military training. In this way, in October, the entire military team of the Revolutionary Army had greatly improved.
During this period of time …
Nurhachi was busy looting the newly occupied areas such as Shenyang and transporting a large number of people and supplies to Hetuala. His military adventures were like a snake swallowing an elephant. He was a bit full and had indigestion. Later, he felt that it was too tiring to transport to Hetuala, so he built a new city in Saar Hu as his base.
The Ming Army was still mobilizing troops from all over the country to gather in Guangning and Liaoyang for a counterattack. Looking at them, they could not do anything else in 1616. Liaodong Military Commissioner Yang Hao was stationed in Shanhai Pass, Kaiyuan Military Commissioner Ma Lin retreated to Guangning, Shanhai Pass Military Commissioner Du Song left Jinzhou, Liu Gu ran to Kuandian, and Li Rubai was still in Lushun.
As for He Zhuo and 'Ice Phoenix' in the Yehe Tribe in the north, there was no news.
In Yingkou Base, a large number of people and goods were transported from Hai Prefecture and Gai Prefecture to Yingkou Base every single day. Crying and crying people were unwillingly tied onto ox carts, and were transported to Yingkou Base along the official road. A large number of horses brought by the 'Revolutionary Army' from Fushun were put to use. The Engineering Division repaired thousands of vehicles as transportation tools and threw them into the logistics of this race against time.
The commanders of the two provinces were released by Zhou Qingfeng. They were shocked by the efficiency and ruthlessness of the 'Revolutionary Army' and were happy that a large number of opponents who usually hindered their authority disappeared.
It was with this invisible threat that the commanders of the two prefectures forced the rich merchants of Hai and Gai prefectures to pay the money and provisions needed to defend the city and keep the people safe. Those who didn't hand it in would naturally be punished by the 'Revolutionary Army', and those who handed it in would be divided equally with the 'Revolutionary Army'.
Because the pillaging was like a raging inferno, the number of people in the reception area of the Yingkou Base had increased explosively. The poor people from the north who had come to seek refuge and the rich who had been kidnapped were all placed inside.
Chunni was in charge of counting the population of the shelter and distributing food and clothing. She was extremely busy every day. This was a heavy burden for a twelve-year-old girl like her. But now there was a shortage of cadres in the 'Revolutionary Army'. In addition to accelerating the short training, they could only squeeze the internal human resources.
"This is last week's account, and there are some differences from this week's account. Someone is embezzling in it again. It should be a problem with the newly elected manager of Area D. "Chunni had her own office in the shelter. At present, the 30,000 people in the shelter were under her management.
At the moment, sitting opposite Chunni was Jin Ge, who was younger than her. The young man became very smart and alert after changing several positions. He became the liaison of the 'Revolutionary Army' monitoring department and was responsible for assisting Wang Kunpeng. He took the report handed by Chunni and put it under his armpit without looking at it. He said, "Okay, we will send someone to review it immediately. After confirmation, we will deal with it immediately."
Jin Ge left with the report, and Chunni sat behind her desk and continued to work like a little adult. She knew that the report she handed out meant that a few people were going to be unlucky. The light punishment would be whipping, and the heavy punishment would be death. In the past, she hated people who held power and abused their power, but now she was living like what she hated the most.
Chunni's office was a simple wooden house with open windows. There were a few filing cabinets and tables inside. In addition to Chunni, who occupied the middle, there were five or six selected Liaodong scholars on her side as her entourage.
Seeing the report submitted by Chunni, several entourages who were copying trembled. In their view, the list on the report was a death notice. As long as the name was written, the person could not escape. As for Chunni, who wrote this death notice, she was simply a living hell.
The previous work in the shelter was not satisfactory, so Xu Bing sent Chunni to rectify it. Everyone thought that it was a big joke for a little girl to manage the shelter. As a result, it took Chunni less than three days to send one-third of the people in the shelter to the gallows. Many intellectuals were angry when they had no power, but when they had power, they immediately revealed their true colors.
After the reorganization, the management staff of the shelter was reduced by half, and the work efficiency doubled. The entourages who were still alive felt afraid of Chunni, and Chunni also felt disdain for those entourages.
The expansion of the 'Revolutionary Army' required a large number of intellectuals. Although the school had been expanded four or five times in a row, it took at least three months to train a new cadre. The population of the 'Revolutionary Army' was rapidly expanding. There were only a few hundred people in the shelter, but after half a month, there were more than five thousand people. Zhou Qingfeng mocked himself for managing an 'Indian' organization. The more people there were, the worse the situation was.
The new intellectuals he cultivated were not enough, so he could only absorb and transform the existing old-fashioned intellectuals. Chunni had students who were ten years old, and there were also scholars who were dozens of years old. They were sent to work after a month of intensive learning.
"Director, this is the water supply plan for the camp. Please take a look." An entourage respectfully put a thin piece of paper on Chunni's desk.
This entourage was more than forty years old. He was wearing a scholar's robe and his attitude seemed to be good. However, Chunni only looked at the half piece of paper he wrote and scolded disdainfully, "I asked you to learn arithmetic, but all of you are so arrogant that you don't need to learn. Now you are calculating a few numbers wrong. Three seven twenty-one. What do you mean by writing eighteen for me? Don't you know the multiplication formula? Idiot! "
The middle-aged entourage was suddenly scolded until his face turned white. He was a scholar who was good at writing eight-legged prose, but writing an arithmetic report was really difficult. Especially now that the person who scolded him was a young girl, it made him feel even more uncomfortable.
"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed. How can a girl like you have such a poisonous tongue? Aren't you afraid of going to hell? There is no light in this world. I have studied hard for so many years, but I ended up like this. I'm going, I'm going! "The middle-aged entourage stomped his feet in anger and turned to leave.
Chunni's poisonous tongue did not stop there. She continued to scold, "You want to die, right? You don't want to live anymore, right? Have your parents settled down yet? Can you feed your wife and children? If you want to hang yourself, there is a gallows at the door. If you go out, don't come back. "
The atmosphere suddenly became tense …
The other entourages were so scared that they trembled and did not dare to open their mouths. Some of them listened with palpitations and subconsciously took out the simple math course that was given to them to read. The middle-aged entourage who was scolded stopped at the door and could only come back with a crying face and plead, "Miss, I'm not young anymore. I'm old enough to be your father. It's even more embarrassing to be your entourage. Why do you humiliate me every day? "
"If you don't change your mind, you will be scolded every day." Chunni did not give in at all. She reached out and pointed at the page that the entourage handed in. "The 'Revolutionary Army' issued a clear 'Official Document Guidelines'. Not only did you calculate the numbers wrong, but you also wrote in such a scholarly manner. Why did you write in traditional Chinese when I asked you to write in simplified Chinese? "
The middle-aged entourage stomped his feet again. He was so anxious that his face was full of sweat. "I've been writing in this style since I was young. I can't write anything else. Besides, simplified Chinese lacks brushstrokes and is unsightly. Traditional Chinese is neat and beautiful. I should write a letter to admonish you … "
"Admonish a ghost?! You're a blockhead. I really want to cut it off. " Chunni stood up angrily and even stood on her chair. "In the past, Zhou Qingfeng killed people at every turn. I hated him for being cruel and vicious. Why did he want to kill people over such a small matter? Now I know that sometimes, if I don't cut off a few heads, I'll feel really suffocated. "
The middle-aged entourage was even more unconvinced. He seemed to have caught Chunni's weakness and shouted, "How can you call the Venerable One by his name? You're too presumptuous. "
Chunni angrily grabbed the pen holder beside her and smashed it on the middle-aged entourage's head. "I took pity on you because you have a large family and it's difficult for you to survive. That's why I recruited you as my entourage. I repeatedly taught you to accept reality, but you just had to take advantage of me and go against me. Do you still think you're in the right now? I'll deduct half of your salary this month. "
The middle-aged entourage couldn't win against Chunni in scolding, but he was still unconvinced. He pointed his finger and repeatedly shouted, "A hen takes charge of the morning. At this time, the office door darkened and someone appeared. Chunni, who was in the middle of scolding, immediately shut up and didn't dare to move when she saw a cat. However, she was already standing on the table, baring her fangs and brandishing her claws. Her appearance was overbearing.
When Chunni stopped, the other entourages followed her gaze and looked at the door. They saw Zhou Qingfeng standing there with a sullen face and a very angry expression. The middle-aged entourage seemed to have found a backer. He hurriedly rushed over and knelt on the ground, shouting, "Young Marshal, I beg you to help me. I've studied hard for many years. In any case, I'm still a cultured person wearing a scholar's gown.
But this girl causes trouble every day. She's always bullying us and treating us scholars like slaves. I really can't stand this humiliation. My colleagues in this room can testify. I ask Young Marshal to expel this evil woman to calm the people's hearts. "
Zhou Qingfeng came to the shelter for other matters. He didn't expect to encounter this drama. He couldn't help but look at Chunni and ask with a frown, "What's going on?"
The middle-aged entourage complained first, "Young Marshal, this woman not only bullies us scholars, but also calls Young Marshal by his name. She has no respect for her elders."
"What?" Zhou Qingfeng's frown deepened. He was obviously even angrier.
The other entourages watching couldn't help but feel a little moved. They were also intimidated by Chunni's abuse of power. They worked overtime every day and night without the elegance and leisure of scholars. If they could use this opportunity to overthrow Chunni, wouldn't that be perfect?
Just as the entourages were tempted, Chunni jumped off the desk and handed the half-written document to Zhou Qingfeng. "Here, this is what he wrote. I thought he didn't write well, so I quarreled with him. I reflect on my bad temper. I admit my mistake. I apologize. I promise that in the future … "
"Future my ass!" Zhou Qingfeng shouted angrily. He suddenly flared up. Just as the entourages thought he was going to vent his anger on Chunni, he kicked the middle-aged entourage who was kneeling on the ground and crying bitterly.
"This guy should have received a civil servant training class, right? I worked so hard to write the rules of official documents. Do you think they're scribbles? I require all official documents to be 'concise, concise, and try to point out the problem within a thousand words.' What the f * ck are you writing? You even wrote 'Alas' for me. Today, I'll make you cry alas! "
Zhou Qingfeng's anger was much worse than Chunni's. The middle-aged entourage's mind went blank. He was so scared that he collapsed to the ground. He could only repeatedly say, "She called the Young Marshal by his name. She has no respect for her elders."
"I don't care about that. Do you understand? I only care about who can do good work for me. " Zhou Qingfeng became even angrier. "I've repeatedly taught you old-fashioned scholars who read to death to change your way of thinking. It's you who should adapt to me, not me who should adapt to you. If you don't change your thinking, I'll change your skulls. "
After scolding the entourage, Zhou Qingfeng scolded Chunni. "Our resources and time are limited. Why don't we just fire this kind of stubborn person? There are a lot of scholars outside waiting to join us. There are dozens of people vying for any position in our administrative system.
We pay these entourages and provide them with food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. We have the legitimacy to rule them. You're a director, not a shrew. Don't quarrel with this kind of trash. It's inefficient. Just kill him. "
After Zhou Qingfeng finished scolding, he was about to call for the guards to drag the middle-aged entourage away, but Chunni shouted, "Young Marshal, wait. He still has a big family. He's relying on himself to make money."
"I don't care about his family. There are thousands of people outside waiting for me to save them." Zhou Qingfeng still wanted to deal with the middle-aged entourage.
But Chunni shouted again, "Wait, I'm his leader. Young Marshal, don't go over me to deal with my men. This is not in accordance with the civil service punishment regulations you set. Our detention center will handle it internally. When necessary, we'll ask the Supervisory Department to intervene. We don't need you now. "
Chunni shouted the regulations, and then said softly, "Please. Damned man, I will let him die. If he doesn't deserve to die, I want to educate him again. "Zhou Qingfeng was suddenly speechless, but he was really the one who set the regulations. In the end, he cursed angrily and turned to leave.
The atmosphere in the office finally calmed down. Chunni shouted to the middle-aged entourage who was still sitting on the ground, "Your salary for this month will be deducted, and you'll have to do ten days of voluntary labor as punishment."
The middle-aged entourage had just walked through the gates of hell. When he heard the punishment, he could only cry and sigh. Before he could get up from the ground, Zhou Qingfeng rushed in from the outside and scolded, "I'm so angry. I have to waste my time every day for stubborn people like you.
I was happy to come personally to inform you that the civilian ship from Deng Zhou has arrived at Yingkou. We'll prioritize the transfer of the population. The detention center will immediately organize 1,500 refugees, and they'll board the ship tomorrow. Pay attention to the food, drink, construction, and labor tools. We're going to open up a real base. "
After saying this, Zhou Qingfeng really left.
Chunni also breathed a sigh of relief. There had been too many people in the detention center recently, and it had exceeded their management capacity. Although 1,500 people weren't a lot, at least it wouldn't increase the pressure on her.
After Zhou Qingfeng left, Chunni returned to her desk. Looking at the mess on her desk, she complained that she shouldn't have lost her temper and wasted time tidying it up. But before she could tidy up the desk, the other entourages in the office had already stepped forward to help her pick up the things.
"You guys do what you need to do. Immediately pull up the files of 1,500 refugees. Don't delay things, "Chunni said.
The other entourages nodded and bowed, and their attitudes were really good. They surrounded the middle-aged entourage who had just caused trouble. Chunni thought they were going to help their colleague up from the ground, but she saw several people take off the soles of their shoes and hit the middle-aged entourage.
"You rotten scholar, you don't know how to appreciate kindness. Miss Chunni is so good to you. You don't know how to repay her, and you actually bite back. You're really heartless! "
"I really can't stand it today. I told you to study hard and change your mind, but you don't know how to be flexible and still have a hard mouth. Miss Chunni won't hit you, but we can't let you be. "
"Miss Chunni is trusted by the Young Commander. How can a villain like you sow discord? You're so shameless. I'll teach you a lesson on behalf of your master. "
The soles of their shoes crackled, and the middle-aged entourage on the ground cried out.
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