Wu Shigong had no idea that Wang Mi was repeatedly making small moves behind his back. He was currently scolding He Fei in front of a group of military attachés: "You bastards, how did you train your soldiers? What does this soldier look like?"
, not as good as the group of little babies I watched Tao Xin practice a few days ago..."
According to Wu Shigong's original order, the four armies outside this time each sent a hundred-man team to the camp for training. In the confrontation training, the military household hundred-man team that He Fei helped Yu Ji train won the last place.
But you have to know that Qianhusuo Fortress and the militia have been training for a long time, and the training results are good. But Qian Qi dispersed and replenished the 200 bandits from Thunder Eagle, and their training results were not bad either.
, that’s the result of Qian Qi’s strong emphasis on soldier training.
As for the military households trained by He Fei, they should have been training for a while on the way to King Qin, and they had all fought head-on with the Tatars. But after returning, after so many months of training, those military households were
It's still loose. It must be the result of the military attachés brought by He Fei not paying close attention to training. How can this make Wu Shigong not angry?
After cursing a lot, Wu Shigong pointed at He Fei and said: "You! You will be dismissed from your post. The other military attachés who went there will be demoted one level and their military pay will be withheld for two months. You all come back and return to the Guards Corps. Look at me."
How do you train you bastards?"
"Sanhe, you immediately go to the Guards and select a dozen people to go to Guide Guard. Seize the time and let the military households make up for all the missed classes. Also warn Yu Ji and the others, they just came here and don't understand the rules here.
, I will forgive you for the first time. If there is a next time, I will double the punishment. Yongzi, you should not stay in Qianhusuo fortress all day long, but pay more attention to the other two people in Guide Mansion.
An army.”
Wu Shigong abandoned the group of pale-faced military attachés angrily. He had made an appointment to visit Yang Goudan's relocated blacksmith workshop today.
Shu Mo on the side was careful and advised: "Master, don't be angry. In fact, the soldiers trained by He Bian are considered elite soldiers in the Ming army."
"Nonsense!" Wu Shigong immediately shouted: "Why don't you compare those soldiers with the Holy Spirit Society rioters? Our army has to face the Tatars. And you yourself, you can practice everything.
Everything is fine. In addition to making a turtle shell, you can also give me some face in other places, okay?"
Shu Mo immediately shut his mouth, feeling as if he had been shot while lying down.
After a while, Deng Qifan also advised: "Sir, although students do not understand military training, they also know that they should be relaxed and moderate during military training. According to the students, there will be no major worries in Guide Mansion and Runing Mansion in the near future. Your Excellency,
Soldiers must still be raised by the master."
To be honest, all of Wu Shigong's subordinates were a little puzzled by Wu Shigong's frantic efforts to train soldiers after returning to Henan. They all believed that such a war should not be fought in the near future, plus they all had official status.
, so you can relax. Especially He Fei and the others, because without Wu Shigong's supervision, they are simply herding sheep.
Wu Shigong's attitude towards Deng Qifan could not be the same as Shumo's. He sighed and explained: "Mr. Deng also read the Di newspaper a few days ago. Although Henan is peaceful, Shanxi across the river
It’s so earth-shaking there.”
"The Shaanxi bandits have already formed thirty-six battalions in Shanxi. They have elected kings, generals, eight kings, etc. They have become a big force. If they escape to Henan, if our
If your soldiers are not well trained, you may not even have time to cry."
"Your Excellency, you are a little over-concerned. Is the natural danger of the Yellow River so easy to survive? Besides, there are imperial troops stationed on both sides of the Yellow River, and those Shaanxi bandits can't fly over even if they have wings. Also, our Guide Mansion and you
Ning Mansion is in the southernmost part of Henan. Even if those Shaanxi bandits cross the Yellow River, they won't know the year of the monkey and the month of the horse when they get here."
Wu Shigong shook his head and then explained: "This Shaanxi bandit also crossed the natural barrier of the Yellow River from Shaanxi to Shanxi. If there is a first time, there is no guarantee of a second time. Although our Guide Mansion and Runing Mansion are in the southernmost part of Henan.
I've been diligent with the king once, and I can finally understand that, except for my godmother's white-armed soldiers, the rest of the Ming army is really unstoppable!"
While talking, Wu Shigong came to the blacksmith workshop. Yang Goudan had already taken the craftsmen and was waiting for Wu Shigong at the door. After Wu Shigong and his party arrived, accompanied by Yang Goudan, they briefly took a look at the blacksmith workshop.
Then I heard Yang Goudan introduce the production situation.
Wu Shigong asked Yang Goudan: "Are there any difficulties in the workshop now?"
"There is not much else. I am just busy making weapons and farm tools right now. I am short of manpower and iron materials."
"Manpower is easy to deal with. Just go to the civilians who are building the camp and choose. There will be no problem if you choose three or four hundred people. Also, don't always think about hiding your secrets. In the past few years, except for your
There are only a few apprentices, but few apprentices will become craftsmen. I know what you think, teach the apprentices, and starve the master to death. But I tell you, I want to promote some skills among the craftsmen, and teach them to more apprentices
When people are promoted to great craftsmen, great craftsmen will receive high salaries, and I will also give them an official status. Don’t miss this opportunity!”
"Alas!" Yang Goudan immediately beamed. For Yang Goudan's craftsmen, having an official position was no longer a dream, but a final fantasy. Now that he had received Wu Shigong's promise, Yang Goudan immediately felt excited.
"As for the iron materials, I will arrange for people from the merchant house to go to Nanyang Mansion. Li Shoubei there is my relative. He must have a way to get a lot of cheap iron materials."
After inspecting the blacksmith workshop, Wu Shigong was quite satisfied with Yang Goudan. After moving the blacksmith workshop to Runing Mansion, under Yang Goudan's management, the blacksmith workshop quickly restored its original production capacity.
What's even more valuable is that, while busy making weapons and farm tools, the blacksmith workshop can also produce more than a hundred fire guns and nearly ten pairs of armor every month. Therefore, Wu Shigong gave all the craftsmen and apprentices in the blacksmith workshop a fortune.
Reward silver.
Before leaving, Wu Shigong and Yang Goudan talked alone. Wu Shigong asked Yang Goudan to manufacture four more three-pound artillery pieces and develop a six-pound artillery piece from now until the end of the year. In addition,
In addition, the development of twelve-pound artillery must also be strengthened.
Wu Shigong kept Yang Rusong, the leader of the soldiers, and gave him three days' leave. Wu Shigong learned from the inner house that Yang Goudan's wife had already found a marriage for Yang Rusong, and they were waiting for Yang Rusong to go on a blind date during his vacation.
These days, Wu Shigong has also taken care of the civil affairs department. As Wu Shigong's chief staff, Deng Qifan is in charge of Wu Shigong's study. Under the study, there is also an independent accounting room.
Wu Shigong also established a Civil Affairs Department, and the person in charge was Zheng Zhen. He mainly managed affairs related to farming.
As for the workshops, Wu Shigong still let each workshop operate independently. Any specific matters would be solved by the study room. Originally, Wu Shigong wanted to establish a workshop department, but Wu Shigong was unable to find a person in charge of the workshop department.
Yang Goudan is the most suitable person for this position, and because he is busy with affairs in the most important blacksmith workshop, he will definitely not be able to escape within an hour or three.
The business store will be expanded into a trading house. The name is very vulgar Sihai Trading Company. When Yuan Xingshan comes back from Yangzhou, he will become the big shopkeeper of the trading house.
As Wu Shigong's master, Zhang Xuebin is mainly responsible for some official matters. However, Wu Shigong wants to make this department independent, and will also do some things in making friends with officials and diplomacy in the future. But now because there is only Zhang Xuebin, this department
The establishment will have to come slowly.
Wu Shigong also selected a boy named He Taiyun from among the earliest children to teach here, and put him in charge of the Education Department, which mainly taught soldiers and children reading and literacy.
The one with more freedom was Zhi Zhi. He established a medicine department with some doctors and doctors recruited by Wu Shigong, as well as some of his own medical apprentices and soldiers sent by Wu Shigong.
However, Zhi Zhi did not become the head of the Department of Medicine. He actually built a small temple on the mountain next to the camp and practiced Buddhism in it. Wu Shigong's Buddhist wives also donated a lot of money for the construction of this small temple.
Shao Yinzi. Faced with this situation, Wu Shigong could only smile bitterly and shake his head.
During the stalemate between Wu Shigong and Yangzhou salt merchant Qijia, Wang Mi, the shopkeeper of Qijia, felt uncomfortable, but Wu Shigong actually felt uncomfortable here too. As his largest source of income, Wu Shigong had not received any salt for several months.
The supply has been supplied. But now, Wu Shigong's survival is almost running out. Wu Shigong is looking forward to Yuan Xingshan bringing him good news from Yangzhou.
Looking forward to the stars and the moon, Yuan Xingshan finally came back. But when Wu Shigong asked Yuan Xingshan about his situation, his expression was very strange, and he told a result that made Wu Shigong feel incredible.
Yuan Xingshan told Wu Shigong: After arriving in Yangzhou this time, he met Lu Jianchen and the head of the Lu family, Lu Jianyin. They told Yuan Xingshan that the Lu family had been taken away from the salt and was squeezed out of the circle of salt merchants.
They were able to provide salt products to Wu Shigong again. As for the reason why the Lu family was squeezed out of the salt merchant circle, Lu Jianyin and Lu Jianchen did not say, and out of taboo, Yuan Xingshan did not ask.
However, the Lu family now still has a small salt farm and dozens of salt-carrying boats. The Lu family proposed to Yuan Xingshan that they should give the salt farm and boats to Wu Shigong. Of course, Wu Shigong also had to satisfy several of the Lu family's requirements.
Conditions. As for what the conditions were, Lu Jianyin and Lu Jianchen did not say.
However, because the matter was so important, the Lu family asked Wu Shigong to go to Yangzhou in person and interview Lu Jianyin and Lu Jianchen in detail.
This kind of great thing that fell from the sky made Wu Shigong and the others hesitate. Everyone knew that since the Lu family was willing to spend such a high price, the conditions proposed by the Lu family must be very difficult to handle.
In the end, Wu Shigong decided to go to Yangzhou. The outcome was in danger, and if he had an advantage, he would not take advantage of it. At most, he would find that he could not do it and reject the Lu family's conditions. This was
When he went to Yangzhou for the first time, Wu Shigong decided to bring back some salt products no matter what.