The New Year's Eve fireworks were a complete success.
Not only fireworks, but also represent the experiment of this new type of artillery shell.
Fireworks were launched into the sky and exploded with a squatting tiger cannon. This was also an experiment on new types of artillery shells.
It proves that the Tiger Crouching Cannon can be used directly as a howitzer.
Of course, the power of this kind of artillery shell is still not enough, but it is theoretically feasible.
As long as we develop in this direction, we will surely be able to develop suitable mortar shells.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Liu Min left by boat.
Before leaving, I had an in-depth talk with Song Yang.
Mainly about the development of Xuanzhou and matters related to defense and transportation along the river.
Song Yang's opinion is that Xuanzhou should focus on developing the eastern counties.
All the ruined counties in the west were temporarily placed under the control of Qiupu.
This year's spring plowing is the same as in Jiangzhou, with only one season.
If the population cannot increase, one crop of rice is enough to feed everyone.
The rest of the time is mainly spent on rebuilding.
Restore the livelihood of people in various parts of Xuanzhou to the level of Jiangzhou as soon as possible.
On the military side, fishing boats were recruited to carry out exploration work along the north bank of the river.
Always keep track of the trends of King Runzhou's forces in Jiangbei and Huainan Road.
At the border with Runzhou in the east, some forts should be built to serve as simple warnings and defenses.
If King Runzhou intends to take action against Xuanzhou, he should immediately report to Song Yang, and the Jiangzhou Renaissance Army can go down the river to support Xuanzhou in one day.
We will vigorously carry out team training to ensure 15% of the standing force.
Train according to the training methods of the Guards, and form a team with defensive capabilities as soon as possible.
Liu Min has been doing this and doing it well.
It is precisely because of this that otherwise King Runzhou would reach out to Xuanzhou.
Economically, the focus will be on resource extraction for the time being.
The main focus is on the mining of limestone. Counties in Jiangzhou will inevitably enter a stage of great development this year, and the amount of cement used will definitely not be small.
As the largest limestone producing area within its sphere of influence, Xuanzhou can take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune to fund reconstruction.
In addition, the ticket system directly follows the implementation method of Jiangzhou, using Jiangzhou's tickets, which is the same as Ezhou, Yuezhou, and Fengzhou.
The specific operation method is that after the annual leave, Fang Zhe will send someone to Xuanzhou to guide the work.
Song Yang did not intend to participate in the appointment and dismissal of Xuanzhou officials.
He gave Liu Min the same rights as Wang Ran, Xuanzhou autonomy.
Liu Min was grateful for this and admired Song Yang's courage even more.
In admiration for Song Yang, Liu Min embarked on her return journey.
The day after Liu Min left, King Hongzhou came in person.
Not only did King Hongzhou come, he also brought several envoys from alliance members.
They came to pay New Year's greetings.
After the alliance inspection team returned, the developers in Jiangzhou took notice.
Especially in terms of weapons and equipment, there is no one who doesn’t admire him.
Isn't it the Chinese New Year, so everyone came to the door with gifts.
Song Yang also prepared return gifts for everyone.
They are all weapons, simple and practical...
The other members of the company were all officials or princes, but only the King of Hongzhou came in person.
"That...nephew. Uncle Wang's visit this time is actually entrusted by someone else."
Song Yang met with King Hongzhou, and King Hongzhou said this.
"Uncle Wang, if you have anything to do, just send him a message, why bother coming here in person?" Song Yang said politely.
"Actually, I brought people here to admit my mistake." King Hongzhou said.
"Admit your mistake? What did Uncle Wang say? Why should you admit your mistake to your nephew?" Song Yang seemed to be smiling, but in fact he already knew.
Fang Zhe had already reported to him whoever came with King Hongzhou.
King Hongzhou smiled and shouted to the door: "Get in quickly!"
After King Hongzhou called out, two young men in their twenties came in from the door.
"I've met King Hongzhou!"
They both met Song Yang at the same time.
Song Kuo, the second son of King Raozhou.
Song Yu, the third son of King Raozhou.
Those two guys fought to the death for the inheritance of Raozhou.
They were the nephews of the King of Hongzhou, so after the war ended, they both went to Hongzhou to find their uncle.
King Hongzhou first scolded the two of them, and then told them the current situation.
"Brothers, please get up. Why do you have to admit your mistake to me?"
Song Yang sat there steadily without getting up, he just raised his hand to let them excuse themselves.
He really looked down upon these two quarrelsome people.
Song Kuo smiled flatteringly and said: "Your Majesty, we brothers were not sensible before, and the war created a lot of refugees."
"Yes, yes! I heard that tens of thousands of refugees have arrived in Jiangzhou, which must have caused a lot of burden to Jiangzhou!" Song Yu also said.
"Well, we are willing to take the person back and we will definitely not cause any trouble to the prince."
"Yes. I will definitely not cause any trouble to the prince."
The two of them talked for a long time, but actually they just wanted someone.
Now that there was a truce, they immediately found that all the people had fled.
Without the people, there is no development.
There is still a lot of grain standing in the fields.
Not to mention that spring plowing is about to begin, and there are not enough people to farm.
"You want someone?" Song Yang looked at the two of them and then at King Hongzhou.
"Uncle Wang also means this?" Song Yang asked expressionlessly.
"No! It's what they mean! I just want to introduce them to you." King Hongzhou waved his hand hurriedly to clarify.
King Hongzhou received the benefits for introducing these two people.
But he won't do it when someone asks for help.
It's not like he doesn't know how important manpower is these days.
"Oh." Song Yang nodded in a long tone.
"You want someone? No way!"
"You two used to beat me to death and didn't care about the lives of the people. When the people came to my place, I gave them food and shelter."
"They are now living and working in peace and contentment, and you want to ask for someone else again? It's a beautiful idea!"
"Not a single one!"
Song Yang looked directly at Song Kuo and Song Yu brothers with a dark face.
The two brothers were scolded and looked at each other. Although there was dissatisfaction in their eyes, they could only endure it.
Jiangzhou is Song Yang's territory, and they also know that it will not benefit them to cause trouble.
Moreover, they came to Jiangzhou not only to ask for people, but also to get some benefits.
"Um... Your Majesty, please calm down. The two of us just want to make an opinion. If Your Majesty doesn't let him go, we won't let him go."
"Yes, yes. It's good for these people to stay in Jiangzhou, and they can also help Jiangzhou with work."
"It's just that there are no workers in Raozhou now, and we can't harvest food. Life is too hard!"
"Yes. There are also some people who are inconvenient to move. They are all hungry now."
The two brothers started singing and talking together again.
"Oh!" Song Yang nodded without any expression.
No mention of help at all.
The two talked for a long time, but Song Yang didn't let up at all.
They could only ask for help from Hongzhou Wang Songying with their eyes.
The old god Song Ying was here and didn't look at the two brothers at all.
"You two, now that you have called a truce, why are you still raising so many soldiers?"
"Then let them all go, and there will be no more labor force!"
Song Yang said with a dark face.
After half a year of development, the two men each had nearly 10,000 soldiers.
Although the combat effectiveness is not very good, the number of people is still large.
If these people are released to become farmers, Raozhou will not starve to death if it is self-sufficient.
The reason why they came to Jiangzhou to seek benefits was actually that they did not want to disband the army.
"This... the world is difficult. If we don't have a team, I'm afraid it will be unsustainable." Song Yu said in embarrassment.
"The main reason is that there are bandits and bandits in the territory. If we can't train elite soldiers, we are afraid that thieves will invade us."
Song Yang rolled his eyes at the two of them and said: "Then I have nothing to do. I can't help! Of course, if you don't want to stay in the alliance, you can just quit!"
Song Yang didn't give any face at all.
The two brothers also had dark faces. If they hadn't asked for help, they wouldn't have come to Jiangzhou.
But even after he got to this point, Song Yang didn't let go.
"Hey, hey, hey! We are all members of our own family, why make a fuss?"
"Let's do this. You go back first. When everyone has enough money, I will naturally help you."
Seeing that there was going to be a quarrel, King Hongzhou came out to smooth things over.
"If you want help, show some achievements! Pointing at others to eat every day, don't you think the old Song family is being left behind! Humph!" Song Yang said coldly.
"you!"
"snort!"
These two people are of the same generation as Song Yang, and are several years older than Song Yang.
I was also annoyed when he said that.
I was trying to get some benefits with a smile on my face, but I didn't get any benefits and was scolded.
The two of them couldn't get into trouble, so they could only snort and leave angrily.
"What! I can take care of people like this?"
"Nothing!"
Song Yang looked at King Hongzhou, said something and then got up and went out.
The two Raozhou brothers did not leave immediately. They came on the Hongzhou King's ship, and they could not leave until the Hongzhou King left.
In the evening, the two brothers went to King Hongzhou to beg for help, hoping that King Hongzhou could help them and put in a good word.
King Hongzhou was also in a dilemma and really didn't know where to start.
The main reason is that Song Yang really doesn't like these two things.
"Uncle Wang, how can he, the king of Jiangzhou, be so arrogant! Our combined military strength is thirty to forty thousand, are we still afraid of him?"
"Yes! If you ask me, why don't we just send troops to rob Jiangzhou!"
"Yes, yes! Jiangzhou is rich. If we take Jiangzhou, we will save a lot of energy!"
The two brothers said softly.
"Fart! You have never seen the fighting power of Jiangzhou soldiers, but I have. Those bandits are no match for Jiangzhou soldiers!"
"They are just thieves. We have elite soldiers at our hands. We can easily capture thieves!"
"Yes! I don't think Jiangzhou's soldiers are mediocre!"
One of the two brothers was so confident that the King of Hongzhou blushed for a moment.
Why, you elite soldiers can easily capture the bandits, but I have more than 10,000 people being chased by the bandits?
"Hmph! Don't mention this again! Don't blame me for not reminding you that Jiangzhou soldiers are not something you can fight against!"
King Hongzhou said with a cold face.
It is the annual holiday now, and training has been suspended at the school grounds in Jiangzhou City.
The soldiers on duty are all at the Jiangbei stronghold and the North Bank dock.
There are only a few groups of civilians in the city who patrol the streets every hour.
It seems that the weapons are not very good.
So it gave the two brothers an illusion.
Seeing that King Hongzhou did not support the action, they didn't say much and looked at each other.
Secretly, I still had some thoughts.
The next day, King Hongzhou's fleet left.
As soon as the two guys from Raozhou arrived in Yuzhang, they immediately said goodbye and left, saying that they both had urgent matters to attend to.
Prince Hongzhou had some guesses about what happened between these two people.
But he didn't want to care about it, because the suggestions from his two nephews really made King Hongzhou a little moved...