Zhang Ning said calmly: "We have a sharpshooter battalion, where are we afraid of him?" ”

Yang Rong and Zhu Qizhen didn't understand what he meant for a while, the sharpshooter battalion was one of the three major battalions, and did it have a copper plate relationship with the tribute?

Zhang Ning said: "The sharpshooter battalion uses firearms, silk is afraid of fire, they wrap silk around their bodies to resist arrows, what about firearms?" ”

Just think about it, the picture should not be too pretty. Yang Rong said with a smile: "The nobles of Warat like silk, and they prefer to wrap silk layer by layer on their bodies when they go to the battlefield, if they are hit, the arrow will pierce two or three layers of silk at most, and it will not hurt the flesh and skin." But if it is shot by the fire, it will only burn faster. Hahaha. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Zhang Qing is right, they pay tribute, so give them silk." ”

"Yes. Your Majesty, the defenders of Datong and Xuanfu do not have firearms, if they are rewarded with too much silk, they are only afraid of ......" Yang Rong thought far-reachingly, and tactfully proposed that giving all the silk to Warat would increase the pressure on the two defenders.

The three battalions are the emperor's personal guards, and unless the emperor drives the expedition in person, he will not go out of Beijing, and there is no chance to fight with Wara. The defenders of Datong and Xuanfu had to face the harassment of a small force of Warat at any time, and if Warat got a large amount of silk, the effect of the arrows would be much smaller, and the defenders would inevitably increase the probability of going out of the city to fight and increase casualties.

Zhang Ning said: "Can't the defenders be equipped with firearms?" ”

He remembered where he had seen it in his previous life, the Ming Dynasty's firecrackers were very leading, if the defenders were equipped with a part, and the enemy attacked, as long as they put their guns condescendingly at the head of the city, supplemented by arrows, it was not too perfect.

Yang Rong didn't speak.

The hall was silent for a few breaths, and Zhu Qizhen said: "Not equipped." ”

Zhang Ning woke up to the fact that the sharpshooter battalion was the emperor's personal guard and the emperor's henchman, and the most advanced weapons were used to protect the emperor. The defenders were far away from the emperor, and even if there were casualties, to the emperor, they were still numbers on paper.

"Your Majesty, the minister remembers that he once read in a book a formation that shortens the time it takes to reload a projectile, increases the rate of fire, and increases the number of shots. With the right training, you can be invincible. I wonder if you can train a sharpshooter battalion like this? After the training is completed, the sergeants of the sharpshooter battalion will be assigned to Datong, Xuanfu and other passes, and they will be changed in March. ”

The musket is still in the hands of the sharpshooter battalion, but a small number of sharpshooter battalion sergeants are sent to help defend the city, to put it bluntly, it is to let them shoot at the head of the city.

The only thing Zhang Ning didn't know was how far the range of the firearm was, and whether he could hit the Warat sergeant under the city at the head of the city? If you can't, you can only go out of the city in advance to set up a formation, which will increase the chance of death, I'm afraid Zhu Qizhen will not agree.

"Got a formation?" Yang Rong was pleasantly surprised, and for a while he forgot to ask Zhang Ning which book he saw it from, can he borrow such a strange book to take a look?

Zhu Qizhen thought of Zhang Ning's mention of sending sergeants from the sharpshooter battalion to guard the pass, and couldn't help but look embarrassed and said, "There is no precedent. ”

"The precedent begins with Your Majesty. It doesn't take much, just send more than 20 people to each pass. Zhang Ning said with a smile: "The enemy army is coming, the sharpshooter battalion shoots in one round, no matter how much the enemy wears, it is useless, how dare they come to harass after a few times?" ”

And this effect? Yang Rongxi said: "If this can really be done, it will be better." ”

Zhu Qizhen hesitated: "The Sharpgun Battalion has never been out of Beijing......

If you want to leave Beijing, you can only protect him on the premise. Zhang Qing didn't expect it, or did he forget? As soon as this example is opened, isn't it chaotic?

Man is dead, but the way is alive. In order to spy on the enemy, the Jinyi Guard's secret agents can disguise themselves and go deep into the desert, so can't the sergeant of the sharpshooter battalion change his wit? Zhang Ning said: "Your Majesty, the sergeant sent to guard the pass quietly went out of Beijing, and said to the outside world that he would return to his hometown, well, just make up an excuse, in short, don't show your identity." Anyway, there are not many people, and the time is not long, so it will be fine. ”

Can it still be like this? Zhu Qizhen was dumbfounded.

The more Yang Rong looked at Zhang Ning, the more pleasing he became, the young man's head was good, and it was not in vain that Yang Shiqi was very good at him.

Zhu Qizhen has ambitions and wants to do a great cause, and after thinking about it carefully, he feels that Zhang Ning is reasonable, there is no fixed number of people in the sharpshooter battalion, there are five or six thousand registered personnel, and one hundred and eighty people out of five or six thousand people are transferred out of Beijing, which is indeed not easy to attract people's attention.

He said: "Just according to what Qing said." You Qing took the time to train the sergeant formation. After training, they will be sent to guard the customs in batches. ”

"Yes." Zhang Ning said.

After the silver was charged into the treasury and the major matter of the Warat tribute was solved, Yang Rong was in a very happy mood, got up and saluted: "The old minister farewell." ”

Zhu Qizhen was approved, leaving Zhang Ning to speak in the hall.

Seeing Yang Rong's somewhat clumsy back leave, Zhang Ning suddenly felt that Yang Rong was very old. He is a few years younger than Yang Shiqi, why does his back look like this?

…………

Every time Zheng, the steward of the Taiping Factory, called a name, a weaver girl stepped forward and received a silver ingot, a number of broken silver, and copper plates of varying quantities from Lao Guan.

The weaver girl who received the silver was full of red light and smiled from ear to ear, and the people who were waiting in line to receive the silver were also full of red light and smiled from ear to ear, and from time to time a pair of eyes fell on the plate where the silver was placed and the basket containing the copper plates.

These are all theirs.

Except for the embroidery girls who came out of the Xungui Mansion, how could the weaver girls have so much silver? How much is a fortune? It is more than enough to marry a daughter-in-law for a son and a dowry for a daughter, and if you can work here for a year and buy a few acres of fertile land, the family life will be much better.

After the monthly routine of the weaver girls was issued, it was the turn of the steward to call the name of Sanfeng, and Zheng said: "Sanfeng has the most this month, a full eighteen taels and three dollars." ”

The weaver girls were stunned for a moment and exploded the nest: "Why is she so much more than us?" ”

The steward also has to work like the weaver girls, the strength of the pedal is great, the pedal is fast, the weaver girl weaves more, but not the more? But it's not too much, is it? That's too much.

"I'm just getting so much, not convinced? If you're not convinced, you're willing to put in your strength. Sanfeng shot back loudly, ran over, pressed the handprint, and received the silver.

She has a rich dowry and does not worry about marrying.

Sanfeng rarely had the confidence to go back and decide to go to Anxiang Bofu to talk to the sisters, and show off by the way, if he can meet Gongzi, he must thank him.

Sanfeng was full of joy and received the moon order, and walked out of the gate of the textile factory in his arms, and saw two little eunuchs carrying a plaque and shouting at the door: "Your Majesty will reward the plaque, receive the plaque." ”

Lao Guan and Zheng snatched it out, knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "Thank you for the plaque, but the owner is not there, can my father-in-law wait for a while, and let the little one go to invite the owner?" ”

The slightly fatter little eunuch said, "No, you can just hang the plaque." ”

Can it be like this? It's a gift. Lao Guan reacted first and said, "Father-in-law, the little one doesn't dare to be disrespectful to the things given by the emperor. ”

If the emperor knew that he had been punished, wouldn't he have affected the son? How does this make.

The thinner little eunuch said, "Your host is chatting with His Majesty in the Zhaoren Hall right now, where are you looking?" "Who doesn't know that the owner of the textile factory is Zhang Ning, the commander of Jinyiwei?

Childe is driving in Zhaoren Palace! Lao Guan and the Zheng family were overjoyed, Gongzi won the trust of His Majesty, and Anxiang Bofu became more and more prosperous.

"Pick up the plaque." The thinner little eunuch said, this plaque is weird, don't you know?

Lao Guan hurriedly shouted to Sanfeng, who was stunned to look at the lively Sanfeng: "Hurry up and take a hand." ”

Since it wasn't necessary for Gongzi, he took it.

Zheng and another weaver girl each brought a ladder, and he and Sanfeng climbed the ladder and hung a plaque.

Zheng is illiterate, Lao Guan has been a housekeeper for a long time, and he knows some shallow words, and he sees the three big characters "Taiping Factory" on the plaque, and a sense of reverence arises spontaneously, which is the emperor's own title.

…………

After Zhang Ning left the palace, he returned to the Jinyiwei compound to deal with official business, and did not return to the house until the unitary time.

The sky was about to be dark, and the light of the two dead wind lamps in front of the door was a little dim, Zhang Ning's carriage entered through the side door, and one person shouted loudly: "Lord Zhang, Guo Youdao asks to see." ”

Guo Youdao waited from morning to this time, a cup of tea was drunk into boiled water in the morning, and finally saw a carriage entering, how could he not understand that it was Zhang Ning who came back?

The old servant said, "What are you yelling about? "Do you still understand the rules?

What does Guo Youdao do? The car stopped under the dripping eaves, Zhang Ning lifted the curtain and got out of the car, walked to the door of the house, and sure enough, he saw a person standing in front of the threshold.

How did a good fairy wind dao bone get like this? Zhang Ning glanced him up and down, and saw that his face was dirty, but it was dirty, and it was not broken, and said, "You haven't been tortured, have you?" ”

"No, no." Guo Youdao arched his hand and said, "Lord Zhang, can you allow the official to go in and talk?" ”

This is not the place to talk.

Zhang Ning nodded, entered first, sat down in the flower hall in the courtyard where he lived, and said, "Sit." ”

"The lower official came over after leaving the prison, and waited from morning to this time, and he was very hungry." Guo Youdao said with a smile.

"Come, bring him a big bowl of white rice, plus two plates of meat, whatever the meat." Zhang Ning commanded. Yang Shiqi only eats two plates of meat in one meal, and you are enjoying the treatment of the first assistant.

Soon the rice and meat were served, Guo Youdao thanked him, and then devoured it, and after a while, a big bowl of rice and two plates of meat were eaten. He stretched out his sleeves and wiped his mouth, and said comfortably: "Lord Zhang is a believer, and the lower official was not punished when he went to prison. ”

This time, he was really convinced.

Zhang Ning said: "What do you take to surrender?" "Don't forget that you still owe me a great favor, it's too early to talk about honesty at this time, right?

"Take the official's life." Guo Youdao looked resolute.

"You have already sold me this life last time, how can anyone sell your life twice?"

Guo Youdao was embarrassed: "Last time, the lower official did say that the adult has a life, and the lower official will not give up even if he fights for this life, but ...... It's not the same as it is now. ”

"What's the difference? As soon as you finished selling your life to this official, you turned your head and connected to the thirteen impeachment recitals against this official. Master Guo, this official is a believer, but you are a trustless person, and this official disdains to be in the company of people like you. Unless you can prove that you are also honest. Zhang Ning unceremoniously chased away the guest: "Now you can go back." ”

Prove that I am true to my word? How to prove it? Guo Youdao stood up and said, "My lord, but I have an order, and the lower officials will never shirk." ”

"Just tell me why you impeached me this time." Zhang Ning said, he couldn't figure it out, he didn't provoke civil officials, how could he jump out and impeach one by one as if he had made an appointment?

Guo Youdao smiled bitterly: "Speaking of which, it is still related to the origin of adults and what they have done before. Adults are noble children, this is one of them; The second thing is that adults used to like to make appointments. Adults are young, and they are nothing. ”

I see. I was worried that I was from a noble background, so I took the opportunity to clean up the scholars and set up a black prison, but "I" used to fight, and I only fought with the children of the nobles, and I didn't touch a single hair of the scholars, so where does this start? Zhang Ning's mind turned, and he said, "This official has never bullied scholars. ”

"Yes, Xiaguan knows that adults don't bully the weak, but Xiaguan and others are worried that adults will ......" Guo Youdao was hesitant.

Zhang Ning said: "You won't worry about me asking you to fight, right?" "Impeach me for this? It's too big.

"Other officials don't know, but the officials are really worried. If the adults rise, it will be bad if the officials become monkeys who are played around by the adults. Guo Youdao smiled bitterly. He really thinks so, who knows that Zhang Ning looks at nonsense, but in fact, he is trustworthy and righteous. Alas, I knew that why did he bother to be frightened in vain?

Zhang Ning thought for a while and said, "You go back first, the official will look for you if he has something." ”

"Yes." Guo Youdao said again: "The lower officials are only the first to look forward. ”

Did I take a pony? It's still an old horse. Zhang Ning bowed his head slightly and said, "Okay." ”

Guo Youdao was willing to follow out of the mentality of repaying his gratitude, but he did not expect to be promoted to become rich with Zhang Ning. When he saw Zhang Ning agree, he was overjoyed, and solemnly saluted and left.

…………

Zhang Ning came to the Shenji Camp, the camp gate was wide open, and one person strode out to greet him, laughing and saying, "Rare guest, rare guest." ”

This person is burly, and his appearance is five or six points similar to Gu Chun, and he is Gu Xingzu.

Gu Xingzu was the commander of the Shenji Battalion, and he had to report that Zhang Ning was coming, and ordered to open the door and welcome him out in person.

"Master Hou." Zhang Ning saluted and said, "There is a Marquis of Lao to welcome you from afar, but you don't dare to be it." ”

He has recently gotten close to Gu Chun, no matter what Gu Xingzu says, he is half an elder, and he is a decent marquis, and his official position is not lower than his own, so it is too polite to come out like this.

Gu Xingzu grabbed Zhang Ning's arm, entered the gate side by side with him, and said, "After His Majesty sent someone to pass on the message yesterday, the old man selected two thousand people and waited for your arrival. ”

"That's the best." Zhang Ning said: "It's best to go up and down the generals, and all the sergeants will train this formation." However, it needs to be trained in batches, and there are too many people, so it will be a bit chaotic. ”

"That's nature." Gu Xingzu was very cooperative, and invited Zhang Ning to drink tea in the big tent of the Chinese army: "Rest for a while, and then train when everyone arrives." ”

The big tent of the Chinese army where he works every day is a large courtyard.

Zhang Ning did not refuse, the two sat down in the hall, drank a cup of tea, and the Chinese army came in to report: "Two thousand people have been lined up." ”

"Lord Zhang, please." Gu Xingzu smiled and said that he was commensurate with his official position, and when he came to the school with Zhang Ning, as long as the team was neat, he would live up to the elite orders.

Zhang Ning said: "Let's divide into three teams first." ”

In the era of cold weapons, a three-stage formation of a hundred people could sweep away the enemy, not to mention that there were more than 5,000 people in the spear battalion? Zhang Ning's smile was bright.