Qin Yiming, who returned to De'an Mansion, came to Pingli Fort non-stop, Pingli Fort is the core of De'an Thousand Households, and it is also the largest walled fort.

Qin Yiming is no longer the thousand households of Pingli Fort, he is now the chief soldier of Huguang, in principle, as long as the military department is dispatched, he can select and transfer soldiers in all the walled forts within Huguang, but now he can draw soldiers, in fact, there are not many, Huguang is the inland Jiangnan area, the number of walled forts is not as good as the nine-sided area, and the soldiers and people of the walled forts, Zhu Di arranged the allocation of troops, three points for the people in the north, seven points for the soldiers, and the inland area is three points for the soldiers, seven points for the people, Therefore, the number of troops in the Huguang area is very small, coupled with the corruption of the military system for many years, the loss of soldiers, and there are less than 100 people left in some guards, but on the other hand, the potential of the soldiers in Huguang is very huge, there is a large population, large grain production, developed economy, and convenient transportation, these conditions are not comparable to Sun Chuanting's Shaanxi.

"The emperor actually asked you to be the general soldier of Huguang, it seems that no one in the world values Huguang, no wonder, this Jiangnan people can't fight, they have always been unable to beat the people in the Yellow River area, especially in northern Shaanxi, the people are fierce, I heard that they are all called poles!" Song Xiance, who was on horseback, shook his body, smoked a dry cigarette, and said leisurely.

"If it's one-on-one, my little monkey is not afraid of people in northern Shaanxi at all, hmph, aren't everyone human! It's just that they eat a little bigger! The little monkey was not convinced.

Qin Yiming quite agrees with Song Xiance's judgment, if you really want to fight one-on-one, I am afraid that eighty percent of the people in the south will not be able to win against the people in the north, and the physique of those who eat rice is different from that of people who eat wheat and sorghum, which is reflected in the ability of rice and wheat to grasp the fertility of the land, wheat is more consuming the fertility of the land, and in northern Shaanxi and Henan, the agricultural output is getting lower and lower, one of the important reasons is that these wheat and sorghum consume elements such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in the land faster, and before the petrochemical industry was developed, there was no ureaThe Yellow River region will break out in turmoil every two or three hundred years, which is in a sense natural land recuperation, natural agricultural rotation, because the fertilizer in the land is not enough, and agriculture will naturally have problems.

"Hey, the people are fierce, in the final analysis, they are still too poor, everyone is fighting for survival, if you can solve the agricultural problems of the Ming Dynasty, then any problem can be solved!" Even as a traverser, he can't solve this fundamental problem, and in the early years of New China, when the country did not have a chemical industry, it happened.

As he spoke, Pinglibao arrived.

The three of them walked into Pingli Fort, and heard the shouts inside, those soldiers were training in full swing, Qin Yiming saw Yang Lezi from a distance, although he couldn't see any expression, but Qin Yiming knew that Yang Lezi must be there pretending to be cold.

"General Qin is back, brothers, General Qin is back!" The guards of the watchtower shouted excitedly.

At this voice, many people began to notice at the gate, Qin Yiming really appeared, and the soldiers suddenly seemed to be crazy, one by one they were so excited that they blushed and had thick necks, and they were extremely happy, and they ran to Qin Yiming's side like crazy.

Qin Yiming felt very surprised, he was also very popular in Pinglibao before, but it hasn't reached this point yet, he feels like those stars in later generations, as soon as he appears, those brainless fans lose their minds.

Seeing so many pairs of eyes staring at him warmly and happily, suddenly, Qin Yiming was a little overwhelmed, should he say something on this occasion, as a leader, he still has to show off when necessary.

"Hello soldiers!" Qin Yiming shouted, it's not okay not to be loud, there are too many people around.

"Hello Mr. Qin!" Everyone said in unison.

"The soldiers are happy!"

"Defend the country and the people!"

“......”

After the show, the important figures of Pingli Fort all came to the meeting hall, such as Yang Jiuyi of Qianhu, Deputy Qianhu Daniu, Ai Wannian, as well as Zhang Xiaoshe, Butler Hu of the Arsenal, Master Tian, Master Shan and others.

"Young master, you are really powerful, you went to the Lying Beijing Division, you took the martial arts exam, and you also got a general soldier, it is really in vain for the cultivation of the old man since childhood, and the teaching of Yang Qianhu, Lord Yang, your apprentice became a general soldier, and gave you a face!" Da Niu was very excited and opened his mouth.

Yang Qianhu peeked at Qin Yiming and found that Qin Yiming was not angry, but it was too inappropriate to say these words in front of so many people.

Steward Hu smiled and patted his ass: "That's, Lord Qin, that's a bad ...... Wu Qu Xing descended to earth, and it was expected that he would be the champion, and when I first looked at Lord Qin, I saw it, what an extraordinary person! ”

"Yes, yes!" Master Tian and Master Shan nodded one after another, they are actually not for sycophancy, many people are actually not sycophants, they really believe that Qin Yiming is a martial arts star, because they believe that it is just a matter of worship, such a small Jiangnan Guard, actually walked out of a martial champion, this is a very proud thing, and Qin Yiming has gone all the way, in the eyes of everyone, it is clearly the same as Di Qing, that is, Wuqu Xing descended to earth.

"Qin Wufu, now everyone compares you to Di Qing, are you shy?" Song Xiance couldn't see this kind of flattering scene, and mocked.

It's not just that Song Xiance can't stand it, in fact, Qin Yiming can't stand it either, when Song Xiance said this, Qin Yiming said embarrassedly: "Okay, I'm the champion of martial arts, it's just luck, let's not discuss it, I haven't been to Pingli Fort for more than half a year, today I came to see everyone, and then discuss how to develop, and now that Zhang Xianzhong is out of the mountain again, he is likely to flow to Huguang, and we must also prepare for battle." ”

Speaking of the development of Pingli Fort, Yang Jiu of the Thousand Households is a thousand households: "Lord General Soldier, the current strength of the De'an Thousand Households is about seven thousand, which has exceeded the number of soldiers given by the imperial court, although we still have a lot of soldiers, but they are not included in the ranks, but now the martial arts of Pingli Fort are prevalent, and if necessary, there are nearly five thousand soldiers available at any time." ”

Da Niu said happily: "Young master, my shield battalion is almost a thousand people, and the military households have something to eat, their health is better, and their strength is greater, hehe." ”

Qin Yiming looked at the honest big cow and couldn't help but nodded.

"How are the cavalrymen now? How many horses does Pinliburg have now? ”

Ai Wannian replied without confidence: "My lord, the cavalry is about 1,000, mainly because there are too few horses, although we captured some horses last time, they were all asked to go by Meng Qianhu!" That man, like a bandit, treats money as his life, and he doesn't leave me a single horse, and many of my thousand cavalrymen are mares, and his endurance is not good! ”

Horses are really hard to get! Qin Yiming encouraged: "Train hard." How's it going at the Arsenal? Is there enough armament? ”

Steward Hu patted his chest and said confidently: "Don't worry, Lord Commander, there are tens of thousands of people in the arsenal now, not to mention the De'an Thousand Households, even if you add the Suizhou Thousand Households, it is enough." ”

Steward Hu thought that Qin Yiming would be very happy, but who knew that Qin Yiming didn't have any words of praise, but said: "Steward Hu, you have to expand the scale again!" ”

Although the arsenal is in Pingli Fort, it is not only to serve the De'an Thousand Households, but to serve the entire Huguang, if the production capacity of the arsenal is insufficient, how to improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the future.

"My lord, we have already produced more than 3,000 electric switches, and the stock of oil ** is also very large, so it is not a problem to deal with one or two large-scale battles. Of course, it's not impossible to increase production, it's just ......"

"Just what?" Qin Yiming asked puzzled.

Yang Jiuyi said: "Lord Commander, when Pingli Fort was in the hands of adults, the Xu family was what we wanted to give, but now we ......."

"What's going on now? Zhen'er didn't give it? ”

"Give is give, but the debt owed by our thousands of households in De'an to the Xu family is as high as 200,000 taels! Now every time I ask the Xu family for something, the Xu family must ask for the documents we have set up by thousands of households. Yang Jiuyi whispered.

"Huh? Owed so much? Why do you need to write a note? Qin Yiming was very surprised, he just hadn't been in charge for half a year, how could he owe so much money.

Others didn't dare to speak, Song Xiance saw that everyone was so embarrassed, so he broke down in one sentence, "The economic source of the guard is only grain, and nothing else, the grain is what you say cannot be sold to the outside world, and it should be stored. ”

Qin Yiming is embarrassed again, Xu Zhen'er is also in business, and she is so invested in the guard, Qin Yiming was nothing when he was there, but once this De'an Weishu changed his surname, and the emperor sent someone else to manage it, wouldn't his own money be wasted, so Xu Zhen'er also gave things, but he had to set up a note, once the guard was replaced, he would ask the court for money!

"The problem of silver, I will find a way to solve it in the future, there is another important thing today, that is, I am ready to establish the De'an Military University Hall and the De'an Research Institute, this military university hall I am going to put in the high-core fort, specializing in cultivating military talents, the people who come out of here, respectively, awarded the small flag, the general flag, the hundred flags and other military backbones, the cultivation of talents is the top priority, so the dean of this university hall, I am ready to serve as myself, the research institute I am ready to put in Xiaohexi Fort, Master Tian and Master Shan I will be transferred over, However, I haven't figured out the number one leader of this research institute yet. Qin Yiming said.

Everyone didn't understand the point of doing this, but out of trust in Qin Yiming, no one objected. However, many people still have a sad face, especially Yang Jiuyi.

"How much silver does this cost?"

"I'm afraid it's tens of thousands of taels!"

"We have ready-made venues, and we don't lack food, so we shouldn't need so much!"

"Tens of thousands of taels a year, and tens of thousands of taels will cost more every year in the future, how much does it cost!"

Everyone began to talk.

Silver! Silver! Silver!

Qin Yiming said: "The problem of silver must be solved, so let's use the grain of Pingli Fort as a guarantee and issue local bonds?" ”