"There is no money to buy materials, leather, tendons, horns, etc., these can be exchanged with money or salt, silk, and silk to the north and Beidi, and as for Xirong, even if they go, they will not sell it to us; If you are iron, on the one hand, I will send someone to Jingzhao Mansion to buy it, and on the other hand, I will write a chapter for my father and the emperor to see if I can get some from the imperial court;

But this is not a long-term solution after all, whether it is casting weapons or agricultural tools in the future; We all need a lot of iron, especially refined iron, and the best way is to have an iron mine of our own, which can make iron by ourselves;

Ling Jing, this matter will be handed over to you, those craftsmen under your command should have someone who understands ore, and when the time comes, let them go around the mountains around Yongzhou, I don't believe it, there is not even an iron mine in the surrounding mountains. ”

"The lord is wise, and he will start handling it as soon as he returns from his humble duties." Ling Jing answered.

"My lord, now that the source of troops is complete, the method of training has been determined, and the armament has been basically solved; I don't know how the prince assigned these five yamen soldiers and six palace soldiers? Hu Qiong was a little impatient, but asked very nervously.

After Hu Qiong finished speaking, he raised his head and collided with Guo Qi's sharp gaze, and Hu Qiong quickly avoided Guo Qi's gaze in fright; In fact, when those words were finished, Hu Qiong regretted it; Doesn't this mean that he is clearly asking for power! This is the most taboo thing for the superiors.

The atmosphere of the entire council hall instantly froze, and it took about two cups of tea; "Ahem." Guo Qi cleared his throat and said, "Let's talk about the assignment of the government soldiers first!" Tang Bi, Zhuo Yidao, Hu Qiong. ”

After Guo Qi finished reading the names of the three people, he didn't continue to speak, but looked at the three of them, the three of them were obviously very nervous, and Zhuo Yidao was still a little trembling.

"Did any of the three of you volunteer to be in command of the army?"

As soon as Guo Qi's words were finished, the three of them lowered their heads and said nothing; Obviously, all three of them wanted to go to the Ya soldiers, not the government soldiers.

"All three of you keep your heads down, meaning you don't want to go!"

The three remained silent.

"In that case, then the king will be named."

All three of them prayed silently in their hearts, not wanting to be hit.

"The soldiers of the seven prefectures, now Sun Guoqing is already in command of one of the prefectures, and there are six other mansions left; The king decided to send the soldiers of three of them to Yongnan and hand them over to Sun Guoqing's commander, and these three prefectures, plus one of Sun Guoqing's hands, were stationed in the four places of Yuxian, Chencang, Shibi and Sanguan in turn;

The remaining soldiers of the three prefectures were temporarily handed over to the command of Song Yiming, and they were stationed in Panshi and Purun in turn, one prefecture in Panshi, and two prefectures in Purun. ”

"Commanded by humility." Song Yiming said happily, there are 3,060 soldiers in the three prefectures alone, and there are 14,400 Tuntian soldiers, which is a full 15,000 people!

"Lord, is this the land that the Tuntian soldiers have just reclaimed all the land to be handed over and sent to the new garrison to continue reclamation?" Song Yiming then asked.

"If you need soldiers to be stationed in various places, you can send some people to follow, and when you arrive, don't be idle and can reclaim a part of the land, at this time it is too late to plant winter wheat, but you can plant some radishes, cabbage and the like; In addition, these tuntian soldiers who stayed behind can also continue to reclaim the land and replant, so that we will not be short of vegetables in winter......"

"The lord is wise, the lord is wise......" the crowd praised.

"Don't be a sycophant, let's continue to get down to business, the soldiers of the Seven Mansions have been dispatched, and it's time to talk about the tooth soldiers of the Five Mansions; These tooth soldiers were all stationed in Yongcheng, and the five mansions were reorganized into the personal guards of the tooth army, and the whole army was directly commanded by the king, and Hu Qiong served as the deputy commander;

Among them, the pro-soldier mansion was handed over to Li Wu, the bow and crossbow soldier mansion was handed over to Tang Bi, the sword and shield soldier mansion was handed over to Zhuo Yidao, and the heavy armor infantry house and the spearman mansion were commanded by Hu Qiong;

Li Wu, Tang Bi, and Zhuo Yidao were appointed as lieutenants of Zhichong, Hu Qiong was still the general of the guard, and the officers at all levels below should be appointed according to the achievements of the whole training period. ”

After leaving the council room, Hu Qiong's mood was a little depressed, the officers in the entire Yongjun army were promoted, only Hu Qiong was still the pro-guard general, and the rights of this pro-guard general did not increase, but shrunk, although it was not officially formed in the army before, but those young and strong people were under the command of Hu Qiong!

"Brother Hu, why are you unhappy?" Tang Bi caught up and asked.

Hu Qiong didn't speak, Tang Bi continued: "Brother Hu, in fact, I personally think this is actually a good thing for you, after all, it was too flamboyant a while ago, as if it made people feel that after the lord left you, he couldn't stay in Yongzhou;

Now the lord seems to have divided your power, but in fact, the elite tooth soldiers are still commanded by you, and the elite of the two mansions, heavy foot soldiers and pikemen among the tooth soldiers are directly commanded by you, which shows that the lord still trusts you very much, and you don't want to live up to the lord's trust. ”

After listening to Tang Bi's words, Hu Qiong suddenly realized something, Hu Qiong was in an open-minded mood, and said to Tang Bi with a smile: "Thank you, brother, you really woke up the dreamer with a word!" ”

After Hu Qiong finished speaking, she stopped leaving, knelt down in the front yard of the palace in the direction of the council hall, solemnly kowtowed three times, and then strode out of the palace and returned to the barracks.

Guo Qi's arrangement of Hu Qiong is actually to beat him, to let Hu Qiong know who is the lord of Yongzhou, if Hu Qiong is still the same as before, I am afraid that Guo Qi can only endure the pain of cutting love and killing the killer.

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In the early morning of the next day, Guo Qi put on the armor with the help of Li Wu, today is the day when the Ya Army guards and the soldiers of the Six Mansions become an army, and it is also the day when the Yong Army officially becomes an army, Guo Qi needs to go to the school to participate in the army ceremony, which marks the official birth of an iron army that later dominates the world.

"Fifth son, bring those clothes to this king."

"Lord, why are you going to the school to attend the army ceremony, what are you doing with your clothes?"

"From this day onwards, the king will live in the barracks."

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"Driving, driving, driving......" Guo Qi rode a war horse and took Li Wu and other guards to the military camp and school in the north of Yongzhou City.

Hu Qiong and other generals had been waiting here for a long time, and all the sergeants had lined up to wait for the arrival of King Yong, Guo Qi dismounted at the gate of the barracks and came to the school platform along the avenue in the middle of the school field; Looking down, 6,000 tooth soldiers and 7,200 soldiers, wearing black military uniforms, stood neatly in front of him, Guo Qi was very excited in his heart, he finally had the capital to save his life.

"Brothers, today is the day of the establishment of the Yong Army, you are all excellent soldiers selected by thousands of people, but you are not yet a qualified soldier, don't think that you can sit back and relax when you enter the tooth soldiers or soldiers;

In the future, whether it is a tooth soldier or a soldier, it will be assessed every month, and those who are not qualified will still be eliminated. If the training of the soldiers reaches the assessment standard of the tooth soldiers, then the king can congratulate you on being able to become a member of the tooth soldiers, and if the tooth soldiers are excellent in the assessment, then the king will also congratulate you, because you can enter a more elite army, you can receive double merit points, and you can get better treatment......"