Su Yi's plan to set up Shimen Mountain not only avoided the unnecessary casualties of many soldiers, but also greatly improved the efficiency of suppressing bandits.

At present, the last three bandit leaders are dead, and their minions have become a plate of scattered sand, and they have been wiped out without any effort.

In the end, Su Yi directly set fire to the cottage and burned it clean.

The suppression of bandits in Qinzhou came to an end, and Su Yi and Peng Shuang also began to lead the army back to Qinzhou and return to Xiao Yuan.

Bandits, bullies, corrupt officials and corrupt officials have all been eliminated, but now, it is Xiao Yuan's busiest time.

Because of the previous Qinzhou decree, the people paid heavy taxes, the laws were unclear, the army was loosely controlled, the government decrees were inconsistent, there was a huge problem with the soldiers' salaries, and the replacement of ordnance and armament had to be put on the agenda immediately.

The Wuwei Mansion had to seize the time to formally establish it.

The army must be restructured, and the household registration of the soldiers must also be re-registered, and the armor and weapons, and even the military badge must be replaced.

These are all big things, fortunately, he has the assistance of Shangguan Wenruo and Liu Yuzhi, and the three of them have been buried in the study to sort out the books for several days.

At this time, Xiao Yuan was anxious, and asked him to engage in people's livelihood policies, money and grain taxes, to be honest, he was definitely inferior to Liu Yuzhi.

At this time, Ye Cheng also walked in quickly, clasped his fists and saluted: "My lord, the Ordnance Division has already made preparations, what kind of armor to use, they ask the Lord to come over and decide." ”

"Okay, I see." Xiao Yuan responded, stood up and said to the other two people in the study: "Qindi policy, how to revise it, there are Lord Lao Shangguan and Lord Liu, after the two of you discuss, organize it into a book, and hand over an official document to me as soon as possible." ”

When the two heard this, they first looked at each other, and then both nodded.

Seeing this, Xiao Yuan did not stay here, but greeted Ye Cheng, walked out of the study quickly, and rushed to the Ordnance Division.

He's been really busy these days.

The Ordnance Department is in the city of Qinzhou, and it has existed before, but it is just a cold yamen, because there was corruption in Qinzhou before, how could the officials in power take care of the armaments and ordnance of the soldiers, and it was common for them to be greedy for their salaries.

But now it's lively.

The official here, named Ji Ping, has served for many years, and he is not Guo Qian's line, Xiao Yuan has also thoroughly investigated his foundation, and it is relatively clean, so this great change in Qinzhou has not affected him.

Due to the age, the official office here looks a little dilapidated, and when he heard that Taishou had arrived, Ji Ping was naturally panicked and greeted him in person.

Seeing Xiao Yuan, he hurriedly bowed down and gave a deep salute: "I don't know if Lord Taishou has arrived, and the lower officials have missed the distance, and I hope to forgive my sins." ”

"Huh? Master Ji doesn't have to be polite. Xiao Yuan raised his hand casually and said directly: "Let's talk inside." ”

"Yes, my lord, please." Ji Ping hurriedly stepped aside, stretched out his hand and bent over, making an invitation.

Subsequently, under his guidance, Xiao Yuan came to his office.

This room is not very large, and there is a few cases on the top of the hall, and there are no official documents such as bamboo slips on the case, but all kinds of ordnance sketches are scattered everywhere.

Ji Ping's position is different from other officials, mainly responsible for building armaments and ordnance, there are no bamboo slips, only these, which is also reasonable.

After coming in, Xiao Yuan first looked around, and after feeling a little shabby, he also subconsciously asked, "Lord Ji, isn't the cost of the Ordnance Department enough?" ”

It's not enough, it's not enough at all!

Ji Ping secretly said in his heart, and said with a dry smile: "Hehe, this ...... Adults don't know, before this, the Ordnance Department has not been taken seriously by the state government, and after a year, it is already very good to be able to allocate some gold and silver to cover living expenses. ”

In fact, Ji Ping has the intention to do things for the Qinzhou army, he also has a certain talent, and he has a deep study of various ordnance, but Guo Qian didn't give him funds to get these, he just wanted to build something, and he didn't have any money!

After hearing this, Xiao Yuan first nodded, and then said: "Don't worry, from now on, the Ordnance Department should be an important official office in Qinzhou!" Your responsibilities will also increase! ”

Hearing this, Ji Ping was not worried, but showed surprise on his face, and said excitedly: "If there is adult support, then the lower official can guarantee that it will definitely be able to make my Qinzhou army look new!" ”

"These words, can this official be regarded as Lord Ji's military order?" Xiao Yuan glanced at him with a smile.

As a result, Ji Ping was not ambiguous at all, and immediately said solemnly: "Yes, as long as there is human and financial support, Xia Guan is willing to vouch for the head of the adult!" ”

"Good!" Xiao Yuan nodded, and then said, "Now, let's take a look at the transformation of our army's armor first." ”

"Yes, sir." Ji Ping responded, then walked quickly to a few cases, bent down and rummaged through a pile of sketches for a while before pulling out one, and then respectfully handed it to Xiao Yuan.

The latter took over, and on the sketch, several styles of armor were drawn in detail, and there were broken down descriptions.

After Xiao Yuan looked at it carefully, he pointed to one of them and said, "It's built in this style." ”

Ji Ping followed and looked at it, and asked again: "What about the color of the armor, please decide on it." ”

"En......" Xiao Yuan pondered for a while, and said: "I, the Qin people, are still black, and I put red tassels on the helmets of the regular army soldiers. ”

"Black Armor and Red Tassels?" Ji Ping asked.

"Well, the flag should be black too." Xiao Yuan said: "In addition, all military cards should be replaced, made of black iron, and embedded with special patterns." ”

"Yes, the lower officials have written it down."

Xiao Yuan continued: "My regular army is going to go out to fight, and armament is very important, and it is related to the life and death of the soldiers on the battlefield, therefore, in this regard, Lord Ji must personally check it, and the armor of the Wuwei Mansion can be slightly changed, except for the red tassel on the helmet, with a special combat knife, but it does not have to be equipped with a halberd." ”

Ji Ping nodded as he listened.

After saying this, Xiao Yuan said again: "In addition, we must seize the time to build large-scale siege equipment such as stone throwing machines, rushing cars, and ladders. ”

"This ......" Ji Ping swallowed his saliva, and subconsciously said: "But these siege equipment are of no use to my Qinzhou army, my lord." ”

He was right, the Qinzhou army was at most resisting the invasion of Xirong and had never been out of the customs.

But Xiao Yuan said: "You just have to build." ”

"But, but this, I don't have any money, my lord." Ji Ping is embarrassed again.

Xiao Yuan glanced at him: "Don't worry, this official here will give you silver." ”

"Huh? Are you sure? Then the subordinate officer takes the order! Ji Ping was suddenly overjoyed.

Immediately afterwards, he hurriedly ran to the table, looked for a long time, handed Xiao Yuan a sketch again, and said excitedly:

"In addition, please see, my lord, this is an improved short crossbow, and it is also something that Xia Guan wanted to do a long time ago, if this crossbow can be built in batches, it can be used by cavalry, in the process of charging, the soldiers on the horse, can take the short crossbow, pull the trigger, and instantly fire arrows! Instead of bending the bow and arrows like before......"

"Yes, this is fine." Xiao Yuan nodded first, and then said: "If Lord Ji has anything else, show it to this official, and if it is useful for the army, it will be built." ”

"Huh!?" Hearing this, Ji Ping's eyes widened at first, and then he said excitedly: "Yes, yes, my lord will ...... later"

He didn't expect that this newcomer Taishou would support the creation of ordnance so much, and he would not hesitate to spend a huge amount of gold and silver. This is something he has always wanted to do, but he can't do, and now he has to be too supportive, how can he not be excited.

And Xiao Yuan, how can someone like Guo Qian be compared.

Now is a world of great contention, and he also deeply understands that although Qinzhou is fine for the time being, he may not be able to guarantee that one day, there will be a war here!