After resting for the night, Gao Pragmatic took a dozen family members and a dozen wolf soldiers to embark on the journey again. When the wolf soldiers came back yesterday, they were very surprised that Gao Pragmatic suddenly had more than a dozen families, but fortunately, Huang Zhiting didn't tell them about Gao Pragmatic's background and other information, so the wolf soldiers didn't ask much.

But now Gao Zhang and the wolf soldiers are on the same road, and Gao Pragmatic has listened to a lot of things.

For example, Gao Zhang was particularly concerned about the "bamboo spear" problem before, the wolf soldiers said that the bamboo they used to make bamboo spears was called Li Zhu, but the Li bamboo used in Guixi and Guinan was not exactly the same, and the Li bamboo on the Huang side of Guinan was mostly a category with yellow spots, which they called "Golden Spot Li Bamboo".

The golden-spotted bamboo is generally two to five zhang high, usually they are used to make bamboo spears, take the kind of about four or five zhang high, the thickness is appropriate and tough enough; For the manufacture of flying spears, the height between three and four zhang is taken, because it is slightly thinner, and the weight is more suitable for throwing.

The wolf soldiers also introduced that although the bamboo spears used by the wolf soldiers in Guixi are also made of bamboo, for some reason, the bamboo on their side does not have "golden spots", but "golden wire", but although the appearance is slightly different, the bamboo is not too different. The only use of this difference is probably to distinguish whether the other party is a Guixi wolf soldier or a Guinan wolf soldier.

Gao pragmatic listened to a little suddenly, Li Zhu he knew, when he went to Guangdong public travel - no, it was an investigation, before returning from the investigation bought a bamboo fishing rod to give away, I had heard the store introduced, this kind of bamboo is often made into a flagpole, ski pole and the like, straight and sturdy, not to mention, the toughness is particularly good, after the "multi-process" processing is more durable.

At that time, Gao Pragmatic also listened to the sound of water, just as the owner of the store blindly blew and solicited customers, basically did not go to the heart, now in retrospect to understand, it turns out that Liangguang is rich in this kind of bamboo? Although he has not heard of "golden spots" and "golden silk", there are many varieties of bamboo, I heard that there are thousands of various varieties in the world, and even some bamboos are introduced from the place of origin to other places, and natural variants will occur, so it is not strange to think about the golden spots and gold silk, and it is estimated that it has a greater relationship with water, soil and climate.

Speaking of bamboo, the wolf soldiers also talked to Gao Zhang about an interesting kind of bamboo, saying that the kind of bamboo is particularly light, and it is also quite strong, and some toasts make it into "bamboo armor", which is comparable to the fish scale armor of the official army, and it is particularly convenient to cross the river in bamboo armor, because that kind of bamboo is quite buoyant.

According to them, the only shortcoming of this armor is that it is afraid of fire - of course, this is actually nonsense, and Gao Pragmatic and Gao Zhang laughed when they heard it. The wolf soldiers were quite serious, saying that if they could not give the other party a chance to attack, this kind of bamboo armor was actually better than fish scale armor, because it was much lighter.

This attracted Gao Zhang's attention, and after carefully inquiring about various details, he found Gao Shi and said: "Master, it sounds like this bamboo armor is very suitable for places like Guangxi, bamboo is cold, and it is estimated that it is not easy to get hot when worn on the body, and there is no need to worry too much about fire attack or something, there are few wars in these years...... The only thing to worry about is that the toasts do not have special craftsmen like the imperial court, and there don't seem to be many people in Guixi and Guinan who can make bamboo slices and nails, and if you want to make them in batches, it may be a little troublesome. ”

Leaving professional issues to professionals for consideration is the consistent purpose of Gao Pragmatism, so he still attaches more importance to Gao Zhang's words. After thinking about it, Gao pragmatic said: "After arriving in Liuzhou, I will write a letter...... Well, write two letters to Miss Huang and Cen Qigongzi, and ask them to find a few craftsmen who can make bamboo chips and nails to come to Liuzhou to show you the materials, and you are responsible for examining whether this kind of thing is necessary to be manufactured, and as for other things in the future, let's see. ”

Gao Zhang responded, Gao pragmatic and said: "The main thing is the problem of bamboo spears, no matter how long spears and short spears, there must be iron spearheads, these wolf soldiers are just here to escort me, and there is no physical object of bamboo spears, you have to find them to understand clearly, determine the size and shape of the spearhead, it is best to set a standard, and the idea can be universal......"

Gao Zhang said with a smile: "It's not difficult, the little one has already asked, their current iron spearhead and bamboo pole are not completely consistent, there will generally be some spare space, as long as you stuff some rags or something, after all, the main combat method of the bamboo spear is to stab rather than fight, and the spearhead will not fall off so easily." ”

"That's good, that's good." Gao pragmatic put his mind at ease and explained: "Anyway, you have to worry about these things, you must figure it out, and after returning to Liuzhou, I will send someone to inform Kaiping to start preparations." ”

Gao Zhang happily agreed.

There was nothing else to do along the way, and a few days later he returned to Liuzhou.

As soon as Gao Shishi returned to the procuratorate, he first announced that no one would give a reward of two taels of silver to the family, and everyone was very happy, they had gone out for a few days before, except for being tired of traveling, but there was not much hard work, and now they believed more and more that the master was very generous to the people around him.

Gao Pragmatic rewarded the wolf soldiers with a full five taels of silver, and the ten wolf soldiers were so shocked that they almost knelt down and called Daddy - it's not an exaggeration, they wolf soldiers usually don't have any money at all, "service" is a vocation for them, and the toast master points to you is you, there is no reason to say.

There are two main sources of income: reward, and plunder.

There are two types of rewards, one is meritorious reward, and the other is labor reward; It's easy to loot, and the toast sent troops to win, basically the toast master will be kind to them to let go and rob, as for the one who was pulled down from the enemy, or robbed the local people, the toast master didn't ask.

Of course, Master Tusi also has clear regulations on which things to be grabbed belong to Tusi and which ones belong to the wolf soldiers.

But in any case, five taels of silver is definitely a big reward, and one of these ten wolf soldiers is counted as one, all of them are the first time to see five taels of silver that have been cut into pieces, and they bite and touch when they get their hands, which is rarer than seeing the eldest girl and little daughter-in-law lying on their beds.

They now know that Gao Pragmatic is the Guangxi Patrol, and they respect this old man from the bottom of their hearts, not only because of generosity, but also because of his generosity. A big man like the patrol lord usually doesn't treat them like dogs, although there will be a shelf as there should be, but they can feel that the patrol lord treats them as people.

That's enough!

Gao Pragmatic was very satisfied with their gratitude, of course he didn't want to dig up a few wolf soldiers to his command, but to use the mouths of these ten wolf soldiers to build his reputation among the local people and wolf soldiers.

Generous, benevolent, these two points are enough.

In the future, once you can reach a cooperation with the toasts, you will have a generous and benevolent reputation among the wolf soldiers, and it will also be beneficial. Being generous means that they feel that they will not suffer if they cooperate with them; Being benevolent means that they think they will not harm them, at least they will not use them as cannon fodder to die.

Not to mention how great the effect is, at least it is a bonus, so it will not be in vain to waste your fifty taels of silver.

After doing this, the gate of the procuratorate came to tell him, saying that Jiang Xin, the deputy envoy of the right guard of the river, Ni Zhonghua, the general of Liuqing, Ji Yuchun, the prefect of Liuzhou, and Rao Yanghao, the commander of Maping County, and Li Weicong, the commander of Liuzhou Weiwei, and other major military generals jointly asked for a meeting.

Gao Shishi smiled in his heart, these people came really fast.

In fact, Jiang Xin and other Liuzhou officials have been really big in Yali Mountain recently, and it is said that Gao Xunji disappeared when there was chaos in Liuzhou City, that is, he disappeared for no reason, and they can't afford to bear the guilt. This patrol press is not an ordinary patrol press, this is the first auxiliary disciple, the second auxiliary nephew, and the only classmate today!

These Liuzhou bigwigs have been so worried these days that they are only white-headed, and they can't wait to take a self-portrait in the mirror and say, "A good head, who should cut it".

Gao pragmatic asked the subordinate officials of the procuratorate to invite them to sit in the main hall for a while, and he went to change into an official's uniform before coming out.

As soon as he appeared, Jiang Xin and the others breathed a sigh of relief - they finally pointed out that there were no missing arms or legs. When I stepped forward to see the press platform, and you told me about my recent worries, I almost cut my heart and stomach to Gao press the platform.

Gao pragmatic smiled and listened to their words of loyalty, casually reassured a few words, and then briefly talked about the recent events, of course, he must have skipped a lot.

Then he changed his words and talked about the chaos in Siming Mansion, and said: "My Guangxi has been in turmoil in recent years, and the imperial court has ...... I won't tell you anything, I'm very dissatisfied with this, and now there is a mess in Siming Mansion, if it is not well controlled, it is very likely that a small thing will become a big thing, which is not beautiful. Moreover, Siming Mansion is the head of the Huang family, and this time it has made great achievements in quelling the Bazhai Rebellion, so the court should not sit idly by...... What do you think? ”

Gao pragmatic said this, Jiang Xin and the others were like mirrors in their hearts, knowing that he was planning to help the Huang family of Siming Mansion.

In officialdom, there are two most common language routines for superiors to discuss matters with subordinates, one is that the boss does not express his position first, waits for the subordinates to express their opinions, and the boss gives a decision after comprehensive consideration, which is called a final word; The other is that the boss hints at a certain attitude at the beginning, and at this time, as long as the subordinate is not determined to work against the boss, then he can only speak along this line of thought, which is called "setting the tone".

Gao Pragmatic's words just now are typical tone-setting, and Jiang Xin and the others will understand it as soon as they hear it. Of course, they will not go against Gao Pragmatic, in addition to the fact that Gao Pragmatic's identity is really not something they can compare, there is also an important reason, that is, the matter of Siming Mansion has nothing to do with them at all.

Jiang Xin, the largest official and the most lenient in this group of people, is naturally Jiang Xin, but his position is "the deputy envoy of Liuzhou Qingyuan Si'en who guards the right side of the river", and is in charge of Liuzhou, Qingyuan, and Si'en, in fact, roughly speaking, he is in charge of the central region of Guangxi.

Siming Mansion is in the south of Guangxi, not within his jurisdiction, of course he can completely follow the pragmatic meaning of the statement, after all, the theoretical management of Siming Mansion is to "rectify the left side of the Jiang, Xunnan Taisi four mansions and military retirement and military preparation".

"The lower officials and others agree with the view of the press, and the imperial court really cannot ignore this matter."

----------

Thank you for the monthly pass support of "Book Friend 20170125200306930", "Book Friend 20180824164927609", "Mysterious Pineapple", "SugarSugar", "Wang Sunji", and "DJ000214", thank you! Ask for subscriptions, ask for all kinds of recommendations and promotions!