The Prosperous Era of Longwan

The fleet approached Jiujiang Pier, and the situation on the ship was clear to the eyes of everyone on the shore. Although Wei Guangde couldn't stand in the front row, he still found a good seat and crowded together with Zhang Hongfu and several other guardsmen to wait for the fleet. of docking.

On the first big boat, the bow was already full of people, all wearing bright armor, which looked really majestic.

Wei Guangde knew that the fat man standing in front was the commander of Jiujiang Guards. The Zhang Qing and Zhang Tongzhi he knew were just standing behind him. Although he was old, he was still wearing a suit of armor.

Well, perhaps in order to show the military power of Jiujiang Guard, today the commanders of these guard posts did not wear their official uniforms, but changed into armors.

Fortunately, Wei Guangde's eyesight in this life was good and was not damaged by reading. However, even so, it took a lot of effort for Wei Guangde to see his uncle Wu Zhankui behind Commander Wei. After that, Wei Guangde could not see clearly. Now, I don’t know if my father is on this boat.

Colorful flags were fluttering on the shore, drums and music were loud, and people on the shore cheered from time to time, not knowing what they were cheering for.

Wei Guangde inadvertently looked back, and then looked back at the several large ships approaching in front, without understanding what those people saw.

"Dear boy, why do you seem to have changed into a new suit?"

A guard disciple next to him suddenly spoke.

Being reminded by this, Wei Guangde and others also noticed that the soldiers on the ship were all wearing brand new red battle jackets, the standard military uniform of the Ming Dynasty Guards.

This is where the officials who came to greet them were stationed. Those large ships were approaching here quickly. Wei Guangde also noticed that the soldiers on these ships were not only wearing brand-new battle jackets, but they were all very powerful. They did not look like ordinary soldiers at first glance.

You know, those soldiers don't have enough to eat on weekdays, let alone seeing anything meaty, but they don't have the strength of the soldiers on these ships.

"I'm afraid the people on these boats are all the generals and soldiers below."

Zhang Hongfu said after staring at the boat for a while.

"It should be that the ship over there is probably the group of soldiers."

Someone next to me answered.

Wei Guangde also noticed that there were only four boats approaching here, and nearly twenty other boats approaching the nearby dock. Although the soldiers on board were all wearing brand-new military uniforms, they did not seem to be strong.

The welcoming officials began to move forward slowly, and with the sound of "bang bang" sound of the hull hitting the pier, the four large ships docked steadily.

Soon several steps were put on the boat, with Commander Jiujiang Wei Pang taking the lead, followed by the other commanders and Qianhu who stepped off the boat and walked quickly towards the officials who greeted them.

Only then did Wei Guangde see his father in the crowd of people disembarking from the boat, still among the hundreds of people.

The Jiujiang Guard officials who went to Zhejiang this time came out in full force from the guard command level. Six of them were gone, and a dozen deputy Qianhu were gone. There were only ten people from a hundred households, but there were still soldiers of these people. Inside, there were more than a hundred people disembarking.

Soon, Wei Guangde saw Commander Wei and the officials who came to greet them coming together. They were so far away that Wei Guangde didn't know what they said. Anyway, the sound of the drums was much louder than before, which shocked him. Eardrum pain.

When he saw Wei Meng, Wei Guangde waved his hands vigorously. He didn't know if his father saw him, but he didn't have the chance to pass by immediately because they were blocked outside.

The civil and military officials didn't know what they said together. Soon they all got on the sedan and rode towards the city.

"I'm going to have a feast to welcome the wind."

Among that group of officials, only Zhang Shigui was there. Zhang Fugui seemed to be unable to pass by, and he didn't know where he was at this time.

Wei Guangde was still a little disappointed. When he saw his father, he couldn't walk past him and could only watch from a distance.

At this time, several groups of soldiers who had disembarked from the dozen or so large ships nearby had assembled and began to move towards the military camp in the city.

Wei Guangde only glanced at it and easily saw the two hundred-household teams at the Qianhu Station of the Right Army. Without him, the queues were much more orderly than those around them.

"Is this the team from Qianhusuo of the Right Army?"

When the queue passed where they were standing, Zhang Hongfu asked with his eyes widened.

The young men next to them also marveled, "The queue is really neat, how did you do this?"

"I heard that two hundred households from the Qianhu Station of the Right Army withstood the siege of more than 200 Japanese pirates."

"I heard about it too, and I defeated that group of Japanese pirates."

Wei Guangde felt a little proud at the moment. Just kidding, he was the one who led this queue.

The training of the Ming army these days is more about the soldiers' mastery of weapons such as swords and guns and the formation of troops, that is, knowing where to stand.

There is no such thing as a marching queue in the Ming military drill. All you need to do is line up and walk casually. All you need to do is hold your head high and show your military spirit.

Walking through ten hundred households here, the difference between good and bad is obvious.

"Why do you have so many muskets in your right army?"

At this time, when they got closer, the other people discovered that many people in the two hundred-household teams at the Youjun Qianhu Station were not holding weapons like knives and guns, but tubular weapons.

The people in the guardhouse could easily guess that these tubular weapons were definitely not sticks, but firearms.

These guardsmen are no strangers to firearms, but they have never seen anything like this.

"That fire blunderbuss is called a bird blunderbuss. It was newly made in Nanjing. It was sent to the guard station for trial use the year before last."

Zhang Hongfu then answered.

"That's about it. Let's go back to the city. Everyone has seen it."

someone said.

"Come on, let's find a restaurant for a drink."

Zhang Hongfu said with a smile.

"Why are there so many people? Who are they?"

Following the queue at the end, Wei Guangde looked at the crowds of people on both sides and said.

"Common people, maybe some military families."

As the team in front passed by, people on both sides could be seen waving from time to time, as if they saw their relatives in the team.

"Nothing happens on weekdays. Today, the army has returned to the city. The news has already spread in the city. If you have nothing to do, why don't you gather here to see something strange."

"It was rare to see so many big soldiers in the past. Unless it was training in the military camp, you really couldn't see them outside."

"Haha, the Nanjing Ministry of War was very generous and allocated so many new jackets."

Zhang Hongfu said with a smile, "I don't know how much money has been allocated to reward this time. Our Jiujiang Guards fought and won the battle in Zhejiang."

"I heard that the Commander-in-Chief of the Guards may be promoted. Do you know?"

Suddenly someone interrupted.

Wei Guangde was shocked when he heard this. If the commander of the Wei was to be promoted, and Zhang Qing had not competed with another colleague for the position of commander, Jiujiang Wei might not be able to calm down.