Kuang Taiping stood there for a while. After leaving the army, he felt as if his social ties were cut off. The comrades who had retired from the army left one after another, going their separate ways. Today, An Yichen, the last friend who was familiar and best, broke up.

The veterans who went to Mianzhu were still greeting each other. Kuang Taiping calmed down, bent down, picked up his big bulging bag and carried it on his shoulders, and pulled his feet to walk to the place where the military police pointed it to him earlier. At this time, Kuang Taiping suddenly felt a little regretful, and doubted whether it was a mistake to choose to settle near Jiangyou. If he chose Mianzhu like most of his retired companions, he would have left with his comrades just now.

He walked slowly to the end of the military station, and another black-clothed military police came up and looked up at Kuang Taiping: "Do you go to Jiangyou?"

"Yes." Kuang Taiping nodded and took off his burden from his shoulder again.

"Name, military rank." The military police asked while extending his hand to ask for a certificate of retirement.

"Kuang Taiping, Sergeant, Chief." Kuang Taiping replied loudly. Since he was discharged from the army, the military policeman on the opposite side would be higher than him no matter how low the rank was, right?

"I dare not take it. If you haven't retired, I should call you the Chief." The military police replied. He carefully checked the identity certificate, stood attentively and saluted him when he returned it to Kuang Taiping, and presented his personal respect to the retired regular sergeant: " Chief."

Jiangyou belongs to Long'an Prefecture, and Zitong, not far from it, belongs to the territory of Baoning Prefecture. Jiangyou belongs to Baoning, an important town in northern Sichuan, and Guangyuan, which is similar to three corners of an equilateral triangle. It is much closer to these two places than to Chengdu. Now Long'an Prefecture is completely abandoned, and there are no signs of human activities in the whole prefecture. Restoring control over this place can not only warn Chengdu Prefecture, but also become a bridgehead for the Ming army's attack in the future, making it easier for the Ming army in western Sichuan to leave Jiange and attack

Attack Guangyuan, Baoning, and completely cut off the Jialing River shipping - Deng Ming used to scare Li Guoying like this as early as the first Chongqing Battle. But at that time both sides knew that if the Ming army really carried out such an action, it would be an unsuccessful attack. However, when the Ming army had residents in Jiangyou, the threat to the Jialing River was no longer empty talk but real, and the Ming army's attack time could be greatly extended, so even if it failed, there was no need to worry about retreat.

Because Jiangyou is so important and the environment is so harsh, there are few veterans who volunteered to go to Jiangyou. Nearly 7,000 of more than 10,000 veterans accepted compensation agreements, but only 300 chose Jiangyou, which is almost the most bold and skillful among these veterans. For these people who volunteered to go to Jiangyou, the imperial government also conducted repeated reviews, and finally rejected the applications of more than 100 of them, and politely persuaded them to choose to settle closer to Chengdu.

Kuang Taiping belongs to one of more than 190 people who passed the assessment. They will become the first batch of immigrants to Long'an and Baoning areas in the empire. At first, there were people in the capital who advocated first garrisoning troops in Jiangyou and then resettle immigrants depending on the situation. However, Deng Ming disagreed with this step. Even a small army, hanging alone in Long'an and Baoning areas, would add a heavy logistical burden to Chengdu; and the purpose of this army is still very unclear. The Ming army does not have the intention to go out of Jiange to fight the Northern Expedition, and it is not very threatened in this direction. The standing army is useless except for the role of a post, and may also degenerate into the reclamation troops over time. Moreover, Deng Ming insists that the stationed troops alone cannot be called a territory, at least not a normal territory. Only when the people live and live on it can it be called a territory, so that the regime can take root in this land.

This group of immigrants will become the eyes of the Western Sichuan Group in the north. Their development will make subsequent immigrants safer. Therefore, not only are the personnel carefully selected, but the imperial government has also invested a lot of resources to ensure that they can gain a foothold in the local area and obtain the ability to self-sufficiency in food as soon as possible.

The military police helped Kuang Taiping carry his bags and come to the rest place prepared for Jiangyou immigrants. There were only three big men sitting there. After seeing Kuang Taiping, the three of them greeted him.

"Sima asks for the way!" The great man who was walking in the front stretched out his hand to Kuang Taiping. He looked a few years older than Kuang Taiping, and a short sword was hung on each side of his waist: "Private First Class."

Due to Deng Ming's demonstration role, handshake gifts became popular among the Sichuan Army. Most of the people who would do this action were veterans.

Kuang Taiping tightly held the hand he sent over and reported his life and military rank. Two other people also came forward to report to leave the house. One was a privateer and the other was a sergeant. Like Kuang Taiping, they had made many military achievements, had medals and praises, and they all rode horses.

"The war horses ordered by the Duke of the State have sent troops to transport them. After arriving in Jiangyou, you can collect them from the military police. Also, the cows and other things you gave you will be sent in these two days." After they got to know each other, the military police briefly introduced the situation and confirmed again: "Are you really leaving immediately? Are you sure you don't need to receive more training?"

"No need." The four people answered in unison.

For these immigrants who went to Jiangyou, Deng Ming also arranged for the standing army instructor to provide them with the final training before immigration. Of course, the content is not how to farm, but how to catch a car, how to use muskets, and to make projectiles. However, if the immigrant has mastered the necessary skills, he or she can not participate in the training course.

"Well, you are the second group of departures. Five people set out in groups yesterday at noon." The military police looked up at the sky: "Wait until noon, if no one comes again, you can go together. If someone comes again in the afternoon, let him wait for the team tomorrow."

Everyone got a carriage equipped with a horse-drawn car, and two or three people helped Kuang Taiping carry his bags into the car.

"It's so heavy, how many swords are you?" Sima asked with a smile.

"Two swords, three big swords, two big swords, and armor..." The Sichuan army fought again and again. Now the big swords and spears are very rich in western Sichuan, and even armor is not rare. Kuang Taiping said, untied the bags and placed the weapons in his car. While loading the car, he clicked on the things that had already been put on the car: tents, bedding, firewood, rice and flour eaten on the road, and hatchets. He nodded with satisfaction and continued to place his weapons: a musket, another shot, followed by the third shot, and a box of projectiles and a small bucket of gunpowder.

"Is it Burmese goods?" Sima Qiu asked, looking at the three muskets.

"Yes." Kuang Taiping nodded again. He used all the settlement fee to buy weapons. When Deng Ming returned from Myanmar, he brought thousands of Western-style muskets and handed them to the Iron Artifacts Agency for sale. Now this kind of musket is cheap and of good quality. Kuang Taiping bought three in one breath.

Putting the weapons neatly on the car, covering them with cloth, and tying ropes, Kuang Taiping let out a sigh of relief, and then waited, and he could set off as soon as noon came. The military police said that the scouts on the road leading to Jiangyou had marked the road signs, and there would be a ranger patrol repairs - Deng Ming hoped that in the future, retired personnel would continue to rush to the north along this road, and completely grasp North Sichuan in the hands of the empire.

"Everyone comes out," a companion shouted, and then four young women walked out, one of whom walked to the man who greeted them first. The man pointed to Kuang Taiping and introduced to his wife: "This is Brother Kuang, our future neighbor."

"Why did you choose Jiangyou?" Seeing that Kuang Taiping had already cleaned up, another companion asked. A woman leaned over him - this was his wife, a Burmese girl he used to ask for from the Burmese people with Anjiafu, and was still very skilled in Chinese.

"For the sake of 350 acres of land." Kuang Taiping replied without hesitation. When he saw two other women standing by Sima Qiudao, he couldn't help but praise in his heart: This good-lucky guy.

"I wonder if there is too much flat ground?" said the first woman who walked over with some concern.

"The land is good, there are quite a lot of flat land. I heard that there is still a river. When we arrived, we settled by the river first. The forest was full of animals, with meat and fish in the river." Kuang Taiping replied immediately.

"Brother Kuang has been to Jiangyou?" The other three people's eyes suddenly lit up. One of them is from Hubei and the other is from Jiangxi. Sima Qiudao was originally from Anqing Mansion in Jiangnan, and they all knew nothing about Jiangyou's affairs.

"I've been there." Kuang Taiping spoke more concisely, and he usually doesn't like to explain actively if he doesn't ask questions.

"Brother Kuang's accent doesn't sound like a Sichuanese," Sima Qiudao asked in confusion, but he was not very sure about his judgment: "Did Brother Kuang be a subordinate of Senator Wang before?"

Senator Wang at Sima Qiudao's mouth is the Ming army general who was previously stationed in Jiangyou.

"Did you meet Senator Li when you passed by?" asked another big man. This man refers to the Ming army general who was stationed in Jiange. Deng Ming once used his exhausted military strategy to drag down Gao Mingzhan, and the entire battle process was widely circulated among the Sichuan army.

When these two people asked, they were a little surprised. The best shops and the largest business companies around Chengdu are almost all run by these old Sichuan soldiers. It is hard to imagine that an old Sichuan army would go to Jiangyou to open up land, and the old Sichuan army seemed to have not yet married and was still alone.

"I have never met Senator Wang or Senator Li," Kuang Taiping shook his head this time: "Last time I followed Governor Gao across Jiang You, they had already run back to the Du Mansion."

The three big men were stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed wildly together. Sima Qiudao laughed so hard that tears splashed out, and he even patted his thighs desperately: "Brother, I heard that you were so hungry that time."

Kuang Taiping didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.
Chapter completed!