In response to the problem of the Huaibei Salt Gang, Ning Yu didn't know how to deal with it for a while, no matter which way to start, he was a little powerless, but it was conceivable that with the increasing prosperity of Ning's private salt, the Huaibei Salt Gang's action would not stop.

This time it was just an appetizer, and the intention was to tell the Ning family to stop it quickly.

Ning Zhongjing plans to find someone to try to negotiate with the other party, it is obvious that the current Ning family is no better than the salt gang in Lianghuai, and the strength is even less than that of the other party, there is no other way but to negotiate peace, and this attack on Taohuashan has also added bargaining chips to the peace talks.

Ning Yu did not contact this issue, but returned to the Eagle Battalion and began to prepare for the battle commendation meeting.

Strictly speaking, under Ning Yu's many preparations, these young eagle battalion students did not fire a few shots at all, nor did they have any decent struggle, it was like a resort-style battle.

However, Ning Yu still decided to perform meritorious service, this time also to take into account morale, after all, meritorious service will seriously damage the cohesion of the Eagle Battalion.

Therefore, after Ning Yu returned to the Eagle Battalion, he worked out the process of the commendation meeting with a group of people from the staff office, and hurried to the Ning family's blacksmith shop to formulate a batch of medals.

In today's era, whether it is the Green Battalion or the Eight Banners, after meritorious service, they will be rewarded with silver, and they will temporarily increase the amount before the war to motivate the morale, but this kind of commendation is only limited to a few to more than ten people, such as the first to break the city, and the reward is often very rich, like the first to reward the silver is about fifty taels.

However, the medal system that Ning Yu hopes to establish can be extended to more people in the camp, so that everyone can become an example, so that they can better drive the progress of others, instead of becoming an elite game.

On the twenty-fifth day of the winter month of the 58th year of Kangxi, Ning Yu held a combat commendation meeting of the Eagle Battalion on the training ground of the Eagle Battalion.

At this time, the Eagle Battalion is divided into two parts, namely the main battalion and the auxiliary battalion, the auxiliary battalion is the mechanism officially established by Ning Yu after the war, mainly to accommodate soldiers who cannot enter the main camp but still have a certain combat power, these people are responsible for the pruning of the camp in peacetime, and are responsible for cleaning the battlefield in wartime, and do not undertake the main combat tasks, this mechanism is quite similar to the soldiers and defenders of the green battalion, so it is not surprising.

Ning Yu stood on the stage, looked at the hundreds of cadets and auxiliaries under the stage, and shouted loudly: "The first battle of our Eagle Battalion was fought beautifully!" Hit the momentum of a man! I'm so proud of you! ”

This sentence comes from the bottom of my heart, they are Ning Yu's biggest reliance and hole card now, and they are the king who can play out.

The eyes of the students in the audience were slightly red, this group of teenagers was at the most critical time in their lives, and Ning Yu was the brother who guided them forward, and he was also their biggest support.

"Next, I will award the people who gave their lives in this battle. What is a medal? That is, to reward military exploits, at present, the Eagle Battalion only awards the two medals of loyalty and bravery. As soon as Ning Yu's words fell, they aroused the curiosity of many people.

"Dong Ce, meritorious training, meritorious command, awarded the third-class Medal of Loyalty, can be awarded five acres of land."

"Xu Chengliang, meritorious in planning and commanding, awarded the third-class Medal of Loyalty, and can be awarded five acres of land."

"Always have wealth, meritorious training, meritorious command, awarded the third-class Medal of Loyalty, and can be awarded five acres of land."

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After the whole process of awarding medals, Dong Ce, Xu Chengliang and Chang Youcai were awarded the third-class Medal of Loyalty, the remaining eight captains were awarded the third-class Medal of Loyalty and Bravery, and fourteen cadets were awarded the fourth-class Medal of Loyalty and Bravery. It can be seen that this new incentive method is more efficient than simply rewarding money.

In order to highlight the importance of the medal, Ning Yu specially asked his family for 3,000 acres of military merit fields, which were to be awarded to the soldiers of the Eagle Battalion in the future to inspire them to fight. Therefore, the medal is also bound to the military merit field, and officers like Dong Ce and other officers who have won the third-class Loyal and Military Medal can get five acres of land.

As for the Medal of Loyalty, it is awarded exclusively to soldiers and junior officers, such as those captains who receive the Medal of Loyalty and Valor of the third class, which can be awarded three acres of land, and the Medal of Loyalty and Valor of the fourth class can be awarded one acre of land.

Don't look at a small acre of land, it can be sold for seven or eight taels of silver in this year, which can be said to be the real foundation of a family.

For those who are trainees, they can feel the heaviness of the medal, after all, in these years, having a field is more important than anything else.

Ning Yu looked at the excited students in the audience and said loudly: "This is just the beginning, brothers, the future is promising!" I hope you will continue to work hard to kill the enemy! ”

After such an encouragement, Ning Yu could clearly feel the more and more vigorous morale, and secretly said in his heart: "If this is not two hundred, but twenty thousand, it is difficult to say who this Huguang belongs to!" ”

Thinking of this, Ning Yu did not slack off, and continued to arrange for the soldiers to train hard, and on the other hand, he hurried to the artillery workshop.

Today's Lei Huozi has the reputation of a master of cannon making, so he usually does not go down to work in person, but directs his apprentices to make cannons.

Seeing Ning Yu rushing over without fear of the cold, wind and snow, Lei Huozi's gaze was a little strange, he really couldn't associate the somewhat dark and thin figure in front of him with the identity of the young master of the Ning family.

When did everyone fight so hard?

However, Lei Huozi also understood Ning Yu's intention, and hurriedly said: "I have tested it before, although the wrought iron used in this new cannon is much stronger than the previous pig iron, but after all, it is only wrought iron, and there will still be a situation of exploding, and it can't hit so far, so it is certain that the kind of cannon that Gongzi said can't be cast." ”

Ning Yu sighed lightly and said: "Originally, this cannon would be more solid if it was cast in bronze, and it would not be easy to explode, but now the price of copper is high, so you can only choose wrought iron manufacturing. However, Master Lei was also asked to make this Lei cannon within the range of wrought iron. ”

Lei Huozi smiled, "This is my result in the past month or so, I still use wrought iron to cast the cannon, but on the basis of the original iron molded cannon method, I have improved it and tried a new method, which can make the inner layer of the cannon barrel cool down before the outer layer." ”

Ning Yu gasped, he understands how to make artillery, just after the cannon is made, if it relies on natural cooling from the outside to the inside, it will cause the outer layer to be colder than the inner layer, so that due to the principle of thermal expansion and cold contraction, the result of layer by layer expansion will be formed, which will reduce the strength of the cannon barrel and make it easier to explode.

Therefore, when he heard that Lei Huozi had a way to solve this problem, Ning Yu was a little excited in his heart, and urged: "Please also ask the master to solve the doubts in the kid's heart." ”

Lei Huozi smiled: "Originally, the old man couldn't figure it out, but then he thought of this, since this cannon core has been replaced with iron, why not make it hollow?" ”

"Later, the old man found that as long as a pipe is added to it, and then water is added, the inside of the cannon can be cooled first, so that the cast cannon is a few points stronger than the original iron mold cast cannon, so now the newly cast six-pound Lei cannon also has a two-mile land." Speaking of this, the thunder camel had a smug expression on his face.

Ning Yu smiled: "You are always really tall, the kid is completely convinced." ”