Feng Bao had already planned to form an alliance with Yang Cong, so naturally he would no longer care about Yang Cong's mining, and the next day he signed the official document on mining, and then began to review the Four Books and Five Classics, and from time to time he went to ask Yang Cong for advice, as if he was here to study.

With this convenience, Yang Cong naturally hurriedly gathered people, worked hard to mine and smelt, and was ready to do a big job.

At this time, the copper mine is available, but the manpower is seriously insufficient, because the stall he has laid is a bit too big, and he is not only preparing to mass-produce muskets and artillery, but also the production of trebuchets, fire dragon chariots, thunderbolts, crossbows, thistles and other weapons and equipment does not intend to stop, because he knows that it is impossible to counterattack the Tartars at least in three or four years, and the defense of the border towns during this period cannot be left behind, in case the Tartars take advantage of this time to capture other border towns, it will be troublesome.

The production of weapons and equipment such as trebuchets, fire dragon chariots, thunderstorms, hand crossbows, and thistles has almost consumed the idle labor of Xuanhua Fucheng, plus the mining of iron ore, coal and copper mines, all the military households in Xuanhua Fucheng are almost gone, what should I do?

If the production of muskets and artillery wants to be increased, the manpower required is not a little bit, and the production of this weapon and equipment must consider safety and secrecy, and it is definitely not possible to disperse to other cities, that is to say, people must be recruited to Xuanhua Mansion City to organize production, and they must all be military families.

It's not difficult to recruit people, he is the governor, as long as he gives an order, the following commanders, thousands of households or something will definitely try their best to help him recruit people, and he recruits people to work in vain, he is paid for work, and the salary is not low, I believe that no one is unwilling to come.

The main problem now is that although the Xuanhua Mansion is large, it can't accommodate too many outsiders, because most of the houses in the city are low-rise bungalows, and the buildings are sparse and messy, and there are not many people living in them at all.

To solve this problem, it is actually very simple, that is, to replan the city, tear down the original bungalows, and rebuild the townhouse or courtyard that can accommodate many people.

If it were someone else who was the governor, it was estimated that he would not dare to fight this idea, because it would be too expensive to rebuild a city covering an area of nearly 20,000 acres, and there would be no hundreds of thousands of taels, so don't even think about it, how can ordinary people get so much money, even if it is a governor.

Yang Cong is different, because his family was originally rich, and now his family also monopolizes nearly 20% of the salt business in the entire Ming Dynasty, and after several battles, most of the salt business has been controlled by his family.

It has only been more than half a year, and the Yang family has earned more than one million taels of profits from the salt business, not including the more than 600,000 taels of capital prepared by their Yang family, and at this time he has spent less than 400,000 taels, that is to say, it is not a problem for him to transfer more than one million taels of funds at this time.

This in exchange for salt introduction originally included the weapons and equipment of the border army, Yang Cong would not be stingy with this bit of silver, after the Chicheng copper mine began to be mined, he summoned his subordinates and military generals to start arranging tasks, this time he even commanded Wang Fuchen and other military attaches of the Tunwei family to recruit them, it can be said that this is also the largest meeting since he entered Xuanfu Town.

At about one o'clock in the morning of this day, in the newly changed governor yamen hall, the incumbent civil ministers and military generals of Xuanfu Town gathered together, and there were thirty or forty people gathered in the spacious hall, and the governor Yang Conggao sat on it, slowly glanced around, and then said majestically: "Everyone, according to reliable information, Ji Nang has led the main force of the Tartars to retreat to the Hetao, that is to say, it is unlikely that the Tartars will attack this year." ”

When everyone heard this, they all showed joy on their faces, although they were not very afraid of the Tatar cavalry, but at this time, Yang Cong had just taken office, and Xuanfu Town was in ruins, and it was the time to vigorously produce weapons and equipment and improve combat effectiveness, if the Tatar cavalry came to harass, they could only rush to the battle, who knows if there would be any problems, and it was naturally best if the Tatar cavalry could not come.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Cong said solemnly: "Although the Tartar cavalry will not attack again this year, we must not relax, this official is not only to resist the invasion of the Tartar cavalry and hold Xuanfu Town." This officer has a more important task, that is, to redress the 60,000 elites in the northwest border town as soon as possible, and then completely eliminate the Tartar cavalry or drive them out of the fortress. ”

If Yang Cong said this before, although the following Wenchen generals will not refute on the surface, they will definitely be a little disdainful in their hearts, what kind of jokes, completely eliminate the Tartar cavalry or drive them out of the fortress, how many years have it been, and I haven't seen anyone who can drive the Tartar cavalry out of the fortress, let alone completely eliminate the Tartar cavalry, it is not bad not to be beaten by the Tartar cavalry.

However, after the battle of the Dining Chamber, everyone's minds changed, and they all knew that the governor was not bragging, and they had seen the power of gunpowder weapons, and perhaps, as long as they could produce enough weapons and equipment, they could really wipe out the Tartar cavalry completely or drive them out of the fortress.

Yang Cong slowly glanced around again, and then continued: "We have iron mines, copper mines and coal mines, and new muskets have also been developed, now, the only thing that is lacking is labor, a large amount of labor, the elite equipment of the 60,000 border army is not a little, if we want to make it in the short term, we can only organize a large number of laborers to increase the output." ”

When everyone heard this, they were all dumbfounded, there is still a shortage of labor at this time, the labor force of the Xuanhua Plant and mining everywhere is almost tens of thousands, how much labor does the governor want to organize!

Yang Cong didn't bother to be long-winded, he directly ordered: "Wang Fuchen, within a month, gather another 10,000 strong laborers to gather in Xuanhua Mansion City, remember, it must be the family of the Tunwei military household, and there can be no problems with loyalty." ”

Wang Fuchen was stunned for a moment, and then he arched his hand and said, "The lower official obeys the order." ”

Immediately afterwards, Yang Cong ordered: "Li Fengming, within a month, all the households in the northeast and northwest of Xuanhua Mansion will be moved, how much silver, you estimate it today, in short, the entire northern half of the city will be vacated." ”

fainted, this governor is very wealthy, in order to produce weapons and equipment for the border army, he actually requisitioned half of the land in the city, and he paid for it himself!

The governor of this money will definitely be able to take it out, there is no doubt about this, Li Fengming hurriedly arched his hand and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

Immediately afterwards, Yang Cong ordered again: "Wang Xuan, Tang Shunzhi, Zhao Shichun, Xue Nantang, Li Du, you plan to transform the north of the city into a large-scale military factory, and the workshops for the production of weapons and equipment such as thunderstorms, muskets, artillery, and fire dragon chariots are all arranged in the middle, and all the periphery is built into a townhouse where the workshop laborers live, and the planning sketch must be drawn within five days." ”

Wang Xuan and other officials hurriedly bowed their hands and said, "The lower officials obey the order." ”

Immediately afterwards, Yang Cong ordered again: "Zhu Xizhong, Qi Jingtong, and Tang Kekuan, order you to lead 10,000 elite border troops and 10,000 elite guards to prepare building materials from now on, and start building a new military factory in five days, and the drill will be temporarily suspended." ”

When Zhu Xizhong, Qi Jingtong and Tang Kekuan heard this, they hurriedly bowed their hands and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

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