On the sixteenth day of the first month of the second year of Deyou, on the second day of the Shangyuan Festival of the official calendar, another team of official ships arrived at Qiongzhou Port, this time the crowd was much less, but the specifications reached the highest, and the people found that the local master Lu Chen, who was known as the 'day of Guangxi', was waiting on the dock in person with the hostess who had just disembarked yesterday. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Coming down from the official ship was a six-foot-tall man, dressed in a martial arts suit, and the leather boots under his feet made the wooden trestle "click", he strode up to the dock and came to Liu Yu's side, the two looked at each other for a while, and then hugged each other tightly.

"Big brother."

"Ziqing!"

Jin Ming didn't expect him to be like this, so he slowly reached out and patted his back a little unaccustomedly, and held his shoulders to look at the other party carefully: "You have lost weight." ”

The two have been separated for a longer time than Jing Niang, long before Liu Yu sent to the north, Jin Ming had already rushed to Fujian, and now almost half a year has passed, Liu Yu doesn't know if he is really thin, but Jin Ming is still the same as the steel man in his mind, tall like a wall, giving people an extremely solid feeling.

"Brother and sister." Letting go of him, Jin Ming bowed his hand to the people behind him.

"Uncle." changed into a regular dress, and Jing Niang, who did not wear a hat again,

For his mother-in-law, Jin Ming didn't say anything more, just gestured to her with his eyes, Jin Tu, who was also wearing a jue skirt, had long been accustomed to this kind of day of gathering less and leaving more, since the moment he saw his figure, his eyes were full of affection, and he was reluctant to move half a minute.

"Subordinate Yang Fei, see Fu Shuai."

Seeing the people coming, Liu Yu understood why Jin Ming would come from the sea, and he raised his hand to let go: "Are they all here?" ”

"If you go back to Fu Shuai, your relatives are all here."

Yang Fei pointed behind him, a group of servants were supporting a few old people, who looked like the elders of the Yang family, and he nodded: "Good student placement, what is the need to find Mr. Yang, and the official will talk to you later." ”

In addition to Xupu Yang's family, there are many sea ships behind, Liu Yu knows that they came from Quanzhou, and they are also carrying people, who have to flow to Qiongzhou earlier than the local people in Jinghu and Guangxi, and their status is even shorter, because these people are still considered guilty.

He came specifically for Jin Ming on this trip, said hello to the elders of the Yang family, comforted him, and left the dock with Jin Ming, of course, there are others to do the specific things, the two of them took a few personal soldiers, and walked slowly along the road, Jin Ming did not have much interest in the road under his feet, and when he saw the buildings in the distance, he was only surprised for a while, but the pillars on the side of the road made him look at it curiously.

"Quanzhou has surrendered, Pu's, Xia Jing and other first evils were sent to Beijing, the people in the city are waiting for trial, ordinary people are exiled to Qiongzhou, there are about more than 100,000 people, a certain look, there are mostly merchants, and there are also a lot of boat owners, you can use these people?"

This result is expected by Liu Yu, what he is doing here is a resettlement plan for five million people, what is the matter with more than 100,000 dozens, as for the use, most of these people are closely related to maritime merchants, he must be able to use it, and due to the restrictions of identity, he is more obedient than ordinary people, but it is said that he can't ask for it.

Liu Yu nodded, took out a pack of cigarettes, took out one himself, and then stuffed the whole pack to him, Jin Ming was slightly stunned: "I haven't eaten it for a long time, but I think about it tightly." ”

"What about yourself?"

Jin Ming lit the cigarette in his mouth with his hand, took a deep breath, and without speaking, he took out a document from his arms and handed it to him.

This is a book, skipping those gorgeous and difficult words, Liu Yu directly saw the end, the court for his arrangement can be regarded as painstaking, affirming his previous actions in the Quanzhou war, not mentioning those delaying means, and another reward.

"The inspection of the Taibao, the Wusheng Army's festival envoy, the guard Ma Jun's commander, the founding marquis of Dengcheng County, 1,700 households in Shiyi, and 600 households in actual sealing."

Jianjie Fenghou, it seems that the reward is not not thick, a military minister can do this step, it can be regarded as a great achievement, in terms of grade, it is still a head higher than him. However, he knew Jin Ming's personality, and he didn't pay attention to these things at all, no wonder the official ship did not hang out a new title, and his own position did not move at all, but he unloaded one of the most important ministries...... Governor General of the Canton Prefecture and the Military.

In other words, he is still the same as before he left Beijing, with the empty shelf of a chief official of the three ya, and only more than 1,000 people and horses brought from Beijing under his hands, and the more than 100,000 troops that finally gathered in Fujian have nothing to do with him.

"Is there anyone in the Guangzhou Governor's Mansion now?"

"Fujian Road Shuai Chen Wenlongquan photographed, I'm afraid he won't be able to withstand it for a few days." Jin Ming shook his head, a look of melancholy.

"We can only do our best and obey the destiny of heaven." Liu Yu comforted him, even he didn't believe it.

The imperial court is now in urgent need of an army, and King Qin's edict has even been received in this remote place, how can he let go of the 100,000 army in Fujian, Chen Wenlong is a loyal minister, this 'loyalty' will make him involuntarily, knowing that the road ahead is unpredictable, he will still step into it without hesitation, such a thing Liu Yu can't control, what he can grasp now is the millions of people on this island, their fate has been closely linked with themselves, and they can't get out of the pool, otherwise it will become the biggest harm to the people in history.

As a martial artist, Jin Ming will not be obsessed with civil matters, his gaze has stayed on those sergeants on the side of the road for a long time, and he has been in the imperial camp of the Beijing Division for a long time.

"Take your gun with so-and-so." The sergeant who was asked by him was a little overwhelmed, and it wasn't until Liu Yu nodded that he picked up the spear with both hands and handed it into his hand.

Jin Ming weighed the weight, took a spear flower in his hand, fluttered as if there was nothing, he put it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully, from the barrel of the gun to the head of the gun, and then returned it to the sergeant.

"Is there something wrong?" Liu Yu has always valued his opinions.

"It's lighter, it's okay to be a throwing gun." Jin Ming pointed to the sergeant's outfit: "Does everyone have such armor?" I don't know how much it cost. ”

"Well, this is the standard configuration, and the full set weighs about 20 pounds, including a raincoat and a bed, all of which are bargains."

"So light? No wonder. He was shocked by Liu Yu's words.

You must know that the legendary full-paid equipment of the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army weighed more than 50 catties, far exceeding the standards of the US military in later generations, and that still did not include the result of the robes, covers, and marching tents, and the weight of a big gun alone reached more than 10 catties, which was used to deal with the cavalry, but Liu Yu wholesaled this kind of red tassel gun from later generations, and the rod made of composite materials was not even three catties, and the lightness that Jin Ming was referring to was this.

However, he did not plan to discuss the improvement of cold weapons with the other party, but asked elsewhere: "You have been in Beijing for a long time, have you ever seen something called 'assault rifle'?" ”

"You mean 'bamboo muskets'?" Jin Ming gave him an affirmative answer.

This is an era when firearms began to appear, from the earth-shaking thunder, fire thistle terrestris such as guards, to the assault rifle, fire fuel tank such as cross-era products, have appeared in the military book, scientific and technological innovation at least in the Song generation, was promoted to a very high level, because of the loss of the horse production land, the Song people had to be strengthened elsewhere, sometimes, Liu Yu for the ancestors' thinking, admired beyond words, this is not a cottage of later generations, may not even the inventor himself knows, What a great era they have ushered in.

"Exactly, with bamboo as the cylinder and gunpowder as the guide, the iron bullet can be pushed out, up to dozens of steps away."

Ye Yingji is in charge of the ordnance superintendent, which not only has meticulous drawings, but also the physical objects that have been manufactured, this thing called 'assault musket' is not far from the arquebus in principle, except that there is no coiled iron as a barrel, and the shot is not a lead pellet.

"It's useless in the rain, it's easy to explode, and the range is not as good as that of a crossbow." Jin Ming said its biggest flaw in one bite.

Liu Yu smiled and shook his head, of course he didn't plan to make this kind of first-generation product, any military invention, practicality is the only standard, otherwise any defect will be used by the enemy and become the cause of defeat.

"The bamboo and wood cylinder is not durable, and the explosion is inevitable, what if it is an iron cylinder? It is not difficult to solve in rainy days, and the breech seal is sufficient. ”

"If that's the case, wouldn't it be a weapon?" Jin Ming obviously understood the benefits of this improvement, but he still didn't show much surprise, the launch period and range are also important indicators, on the battlefield,

"Oh, what's the explanation?" Liu Yu started to think about it.

"This thing is different from the bow and crossbow, non-arm strength can not be used, training is appropriate, although women can also run freely, this one, moreover, iron bullets are small, one person can carry hundreds without falling, unlike bows and arrows, it is not easy to manufacture, it takes a lot of man-hours, and it has to be an old craftsman, so a comparison, the superior and the inferior are naturally judged." Jin Ming talked eloquently, and what a veteran like him, who has rich battlefield experience, said was all pertinent.

"All in the middle!" Liu Yu snapped his fingers excitedly, with this kind of awareness, he was not ready to transport a batch of AK immediately, the risk was too great, but it was not completely impossible to think.

The reason why I said this with Jin Ming is because the stakes are big, only people who can be completely trusted can be trusted with henchmen, weapons can hurt people, and they can also hurt people, like Ma Ji, Jiang Cai and other loyal ministers who have left names in history, and they are not loyal to him.

There is only one in front of him, not a relative is better than a relative, and he came here without being handsome from the second grade, which in itself shows an attitude, you must know that Liu Yuke has never asked him to do this.

"Sister Pheasant is in Shandong, and she has already led people to start an incident, and everything is going well at present, they have almost swept the entire Jingdong Road, and they have become one with Li Xiang's army."

Although Jin Ming's expression looked very calm, his eyes inadvertently turned to the north, and he muttered in his mouth: "She has grown up, and her heart is also big, so she can't control it, you should bother more." ”

The short sentence made Liu Yu feel embarrassed, he didn't know how to answer, he just felt that whatever he said was wrong, the two were silent for a while, Jin Ming threw the cigarette butt on the ground, as if he had made up some kind of determination, and his eyes became firm again.

"Jingshi doesn't plan to go back, if you have anything to do here, just give orders."

Liu Yu finally waited for the end of the conversation, but there was no excitement as he imagined, he really needs the help of the other party in order to hand over the military part, in the near future, the army here will expand to a staggering point, such a powerful force, put it in anyone's hands is not at ease, and only he is the right person.

"Why, are you still worried that someone will not listen to moderation? Fu Shuai. Unexpectedly, his silence was seen by Jin Ming, and he made a rare joke, which suddenly swept away the gloom in his heart.

"Then I have wronged you, first be a commander of the army, is the marshal willing?" Liu Yu unceremoniously fought back, and the two looked at each other, both laughing.

Next, Liu Yu introduced the general situation of the new army to him, more than 50,000 people when the army was formed, experienced the first battle of Yongzhou, and the rest was less than 30,000, because the people have been migrating, there has been no formal expansion, but the recruited workers have never stopped, after all, the people who cross the sea need a livelihood, the army is one of the options, he tried his best to improve the treatment of soldiers, is to attract the people to join the army, with the help of Jin Ming, this process will be much easier, after all, the latter is professional.

“...... The people you brought, all of them are added to the army, you look at the promotion, there are Song people in this army, there are also Yi people, Dong people, and Han army soldiers, I hope you can do everything as a colleague, this will only say this time, and it will be your head and tail in the future. ”

Jin Ming shook his head disapprenously: "Forty percent of the Fujian army are She, this truth is known, is it just this tiger?" He looked at the forehead of the banner with a thoughtful expression.

The new army and new tactics will change little by little in the future, with Jin Ming's strict training, Liu Yu is not worried about the quality of this army, seeing that a major event has fallen to the ground, he feels a lot more relaxed, to copy a 21st century standard town in this era full of illiteracy, he will be very busy, this is just one of them.

After the matter is discussed, it is time to wash the dust for the other party, a family banquet is indispensable, just when they were about to go back to the city, Yang Xingqian suddenly rode a horse and came over, looking at the anxious look on the latter's face, Liu Yu's heart jumped a few times, and sure enough, a good thing is not overnight.

"Fu Shuai, Jie Shuai." Yang Xing sneaked down from the saddle and dismounted, and arched his hand at them.

"What's going on?"

"Jingdong urgent report, I just received it."

His two of them were surprised, it was related to the safety of their relatives, Jin Ming was also difficult to calm down, Liu Yu couldn't wait, he took the paper scroll directly from his hand, read it word by word, and his heart suddenly had mixed feelings.

"What! Brother Ning had an accident. Jin Ming saw that he didn't speak, but he was not good, so he hurriedly grabbed it to take a look, although the one who had the accident was not a pheasant slave, but the one who was also his family, how not to be shocked.

The danger of the sea, he can more or less understand, when Jiang Ning made this decision, he asked him for instructions, even if he was unwilling, but his own insistence, even the pheasant slave also acquiesced, now that this kind of thing has happened, the two of them are speechless, because they don't know how to tell Jiang Cai.

"Jiang Zhaofu, I'm afraid I already know." Yang Xingqian said softly on the side, Liu Yu suddenly realized that Jiang Cai led the cavalry army to the front line of Yongzhou, which was much closer than them, and this kind of news was passed from station to station, and he couldn't escape his level at all.

On a flat land on the edge of the Yujiang River, there are some camp tents, each camp tent is tied to military horses, and some cavalry soldiers patrol around, without ordinary wooden fences, sentry towers and other facilities, it looks like a temporary camp.

In a seemingly ordinary camp, Jiang Cai sat cross-legged on the ground, with a few cases in front of him, and Shi Zhong sat opposite, and the one who served the wine for them was a woman wearing a costume of the people, with a slender figure and a delicate face.

"Shi Biaozi, do you remember that day, I waited for the front to go out to the border of Yingzhou, and the patrol cavalry of the Tongyuan people encountered, and the people he brought were the first to meet the enemy, and one person returned to the camp to report." Jiang Cai said calmly, and the cup in his hand did not even ripple.

"How can I remember, Brother Ning is afraid that there will be accidents if he rashly leaves the army without knowing the enemy's situation, so he will come back and tell him in person, but you think that he escaped for some reason, and he can't help but say that he is going to go to military law, if it wasn't for a group of old brothers to pull it, it almost caused a disaster." Shi Zhong's face was a little red, and his tongue was much bigger.

"Yes, if you hadn't dragged it, I'm afraid I would have personally shot and killed this rebel with one sword." The corners of Jiang Cai's mouth showed a wry smile: "All along, what I am most afraid of is that he will commit military discipline and lose the face of this group of old brothers. ”

"Now, they are gone, this stinky boy, I finally don't have to listen to the words of a certain car wheel, and I will be reincarnated in the next life and be born to a good family."

As he spoke, he slowly poured the cup in his hand, and a pale yellow liquid flowed to the top of the table, and then flowed to the ground, seeing that his cup was empty, Wei Fengling wanted to step forward and fill it for him, but Jiang Cai waved his hand to stop his movements.

"Alcohol is not allowed in the camp, a certain person is the main general, he can't make an exception, otherwise what kind of face will he ......have" I don't know what came to mind, but he didn't say any more.

"The news only said that the ship capsized, but it didn't say that people died, maybe ......" Shi Zhong wanted to comfort a few words, obviously not convincing.

In such a situation, even if the person is still alive, most of them have become prisoners of the Tartars, which is better than being dead, Jiang Cai suddenly stood up with a few cases, patted the soil on his body, and picked up the helmet that was resting on the side.

"Go to patrol the border, you drink slowly."

Walking out of the tent, he looked up at the gray sky, hid the tears from the corners of his eyes, lowered his head and put on his helmet, tied the silk under his chin meticulously, and his face returned to his usual calm and solemn.

"How could Brother Ning...... He's only eighteen years old. ”

"Not all soldiers are like this, no one knows which day, God will take it." Shi Zhong said gloomily.

Wei Fengling sat beside him, looked at the sad man silently and speechlessly, leaned his head on his shoulder, Shi Zhong took the cup and drank it all, turned around and picked up the woman next to him, with a hint of rudeness, leaned over and kissed it.