When the official ship arrived at the entrance of Dasheng Bay, it was stopped by a patrolling gunboat.
Although the ship is flying the flag of Kunshan County Government, Xishan Island is not under the jurisdiction of Kunshan County, but is the property of Jiangnan Company.
Although the defenders on the island are still known as the Kunshan Gunners Battalion to the outside world, they have been renamed the "Jiangnan Company Security Brigade" internally.
In addition to the name change, the composition of this army has also undergone tremendous changes.
After completing fifty days of recruit training, Jinke divided the original gunner battalion into two. Tong Zi was sent back to Kunshan with 100 gunmen to recruit new recruits for camp training and form the de facto second battalion of the gunners camp.
The remaining 300 gunmen, plus 100 veterans of the Qi Army, and 300 mining soldiers supported by Beijing Xishan Company formed a security brigade of 700 people.
The brigade has four squadrons. One of the squadrons has 200 people, all of whom are the most capable personnel, responsible for protecting the most important North Island.
Because Jiangnan Building Materials Company, Jiangnan Cement Plant, Security Brigade Headquarters, and Dasheng Bay Wharf are all on the North Island.
The 100-person Second Squadron is responsible for the security of Zhongdao, mainly the Jiangnan Coal Mine.
The third brigade, consisting of one hundred people, is responsible for the security of the South Island, mainly the Jiangnan quarry.
There is also a water squadron of 200 people, equipped with 50 gun boats, responsible for patrolling the entire waters around Xishan Island.
The squadron leader is concurrently served by Jin Ke, the security manager of Xishan Company. The four squadron leaders are all from the Qi family's military flag general. In fact, they are overqualified.
Each squadron has ten to twenty squads. The captains are all veterans of the Qi Army. Whether they are the original gunmen from Kunshan County or the mining soldiers who came from the north to support them, they can suppress them.
It is said that a bird cannot fly without a head, and an animal cannot fly without a head. With former Qi Jiajun soldiers as leaders and a salary that was twice the original, the security brigade quickly completed the change in identity and entered the state. Whether it was training or patrolling, everything was strict and meticulous.
Compared with the loose regular army of the Ming Dynasty, it can be considered elite.
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When the official ship was led to the dock, Xiong Dianshi saw Mr. Zhao, wearing a gauze hat and a white shirt, already standing on the trestle waiting for them.
Secretary Ma held an umbrella for the young master. Hua Boxhen and Jin Ke stood on his left and right, followed by twenty sturdy men wearing black warrior robes, leather boots, wristbands, and Japanese swords.
It is so majestic that people dare not approach it.
This is Mr. Zhao¡¯s personal guard, a man from Caijia Lane in Yishui.
There is also a squadron of security guards wearing khaki uniforms on the outside, responsible for guarding the outside.
Such a domineering appearance is really not what Mr. Zhao wants, but he has offended too many people recently.
Therefore, his father and the senior officials of Jiangnan Company unanimously decided to upgrade Zhao Hao¡¯s security to the highest standard.
Seeing this exaggerated scene, Xiong Dianshi felt that it should be like this. This is the style that a Jiangnan master who can suppress Huating Xu on the left and Jinling Xu on the right should have.
Without waiting for the pedal to be lowered, he jumped off the boat, bowed deeply, and saluted Zhao Hao: "Young Master, I am lucky to have fulfilled my mission."
"Hahaha, Uncle Xiong has worked hard all the way." Zhao Hao smiled and helped him stand up: "Sorry, sorry, I remembered later that I didn't give you more money. You must have suffered, right?"
"Fortunately, I met Yu Jiachang." Xiong Dianshi smiled bitterly, thinking that he had indeed forgotten.
"Oh? Uncle Yu." Zhao Hao slapped his forehead when he heard this and said, "I forgot to ask you to find him. By the way, there are also Zhang Zhixian, Second Brother Hua, Master Hai, and I actually have quite a lot of connections in Nanjing. "
"" Xiong Dianshi has a black line on his forehead. What's the use of doing it as an afterthought now?
Mr. Zhao also felt that he was sorry for the old bear, so he embarrassedly changed the subject and said: "By the way, where is our young master?"
"Young Master, we are here!" Now it was the turn of Team Leader Wang and the three agents to show their faces in front of the Young Master. The four people sandwiched Xu Bangning, who was tied up with five flowers, and escorted him off the boat very professionally.
"Haha, young master, we meet again."
Zhao Hao smiled and looked at Xu Bangning who was tied into a rice dumpling.
Last year at Weijixian, Master Zhao was still very weak. Although the young master came to apologize, he did not dare to humiliate him too much.
Thinking about it afterwards, Mr. Zhao always felt deeply regretful, and now the opportunity to make up for his regrets finally came
"Hey, why didn't you say anything?" He lifted Xu Bangning's chin with the handle of the fan, and said with a teasing smile: "Weren't you very bold when you destroyed my Kunshan embankment? Why are you pretending to be a grandson now?"
"Zhao!"Xu Bangning's face turned blue and white, and he finally swallowed the curse words on his lips, lowered his head and said:
"Mr. Zhao, I was confused for a moment. You don't remember the faults of villains, so just treat me like a fart and let me go."
"Hey, you are quite aware of current affairs." Zhao Hao couldn't help but smile: "But it's useless for me to forgive you. You have to get the nods of 300,000 Kunshan people."
¡°As he spoke, he told Xiong Dianshi: ¡°Go back and arrange a public trial at the section of the embankment that he destroyed to see what everyone means.¡±
"The common people definitely want to build him into a cement pier and put him on the embankment to be despised by others, as a warning to others!" Xiong Dianshi said murderously.
"Well, it's quite creative." Zhao Hao laughed.
Xu Bangning was so frightened that his face turned green. At this time, he finally remembered that his elder brother was coming, and hurriedly turned around and shouted: "Brother, save me."
"Alas." Then I saw an older man who looked somewhat similar to Xu Bangning also got off the boat, bowed deeply to Zhao Hao, and then actually leaned down and knelt in front of him in public.
"My Majesty, Xu Bangrui, apologizes to Mr. Zhao and the elders of Kunshan on behalf of my younger brother."
Zhao Hao didn't dare to let him kneel for a long time. In two years, Xu Pengju will die. This man will be the real Duke of Wei, and he has won the trust of two generations of kings, but he cannot easily make grudges.
He quickly helped Xu Bangrui up with both hands and said, "Brother, what are you doing? You are you and he is him. You don't have to suffer the humiliation for this sinner."
Hearing this, Xu Bangrui felt reassured and secretly thought that Mr. Zhao values ????love and love and does not confuse Xu Bangning and me.
¡°It seems that I couldn¡¯t be wiser in letting Xiaozhi come to be my disciple.
He stood up with gratitude on his face and said, "I'm ashamed. It's unfortunate that something like this happened to our family. My father was so angry that he ordered me to escort him here, leaving the young master to his fate."
After a pause, Xu Bangrui expressed his position again: "In addition, our Xu family is willing to compensate tenfold for the losses this guy caused to your county."
"Hey, Wei Guogong really understands righteousness. No wonder he has been a model for the world and has been a holy family member for fifty years." Zhao Hao smiled and complimented Xu Peng again.
"Thank you for your magnanimity, sir." Xu Bangrui was completely relieved now. As long as Zhao Hao doesn't hold on to his father, he can love his brother as he pleases.
"Let's go into the camp and talk." Zhao Hao cordially invited Xu Bangrui to the military camp and said, "If I had known you were coming, I would have asked Xiaozhi to come with you."
"The dog is lucky enough to have the young master take over the family wall. It is really a great blessing." Xu Bangrui said this sincerely, and I almost said it was also my blessing.
ps. Sorry, I¡¯m getting older and I have to rest after going out for a while. I can¡¯t write today, so it¡¯s the third update. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com