Putting away the letter and coming to Jiang Gan's tent, Jiang Gan's laughter was heard from afar, as if he had received some good news. Seeing that it was Baili Yan who entered the account, Jiang Qian immediately restrained his expression, turned around and sat back in front of the case:

"Wei Xianfeng, is your leg injury better?"

Bai Liyan (Wei Xian) bowed and said:

"Young Master Xie is in good hands, the last general's injuries are much better."

"That's good, Wei Xianfeng is a fierce general of our army."

Jiang Qian said to himself, but his eyes never looked at Bailiyan.

Since the breakthrough of Ruitian, the Guangxin army has fought more than ten battles, and Jiang Gan has taken the lead in repelling the rebels who have climbed the city twice, so he has the brave name of "the tiger of Guangxin", and he gradually has confidence in front of Bailiyan.

Acting is no longer like half a year ago, he was still a little humble in person, but now Jiang Qian's waist is stiff, and many things are neither asked to him nor ventilated in advance, and they are all notified after the decision is made.

Of course, Jiang Qian is the young master, which is understandable, even if there are small words, they can't be put on their faces.

Bai Liyan took two steps forward and came to the front, and found that there were three pieces of pale blue chain mail piled up on the table, but it couldn't be the chain mail he gave Jiang Gan, in terms of production technology, it was not as good as the level of the deserted village, and even the material was just ordinary iron, which could not be compared with steel, it must have been imitated by Jiang Min and transported to the front line.

Jiang Qian glanced at Baili Yan's expression at this time, and his heart was tight, and he said:

"Wei Xianfeng, how about this iron cloth shirt."

Bailiyan picked up one and weighed it, it was thirty catties, the texture was not as fine as the chain mail in the deserted village, and it had a hem, which enhanced the defense above the calf, and in terms of the area covered, the knees and thighs were covered in the chain mail, which greatly improved the defense.

It is definitely an imitation of the Guangxin Mansion, but in terms of texture, the iron is only ordinary fine iron, and the defense power is far inferior to steel. But for now, it has excellent defense against ordinary iron and bronze swords, and it is enough.

"I don't want the craftsmen of the Gongfu to be so exquisite, and the chain mail has been imitated in a few months, and I will admire it."

Bai Liyan said complimentally, Jiang Qian did not hide the pride in his heart, and said with the corners of his mouth curled:

"This armor can cover all the abdomen inside, it can be much stronger than Wei Xianfeng's half-body iron cloth shirt, if he had this armor earlier, Wei Xianfeng's legs probably wouldn't be injured. This time, a total of more than 1,200 pieces were shipped from Guangxin, and the Guangxin Army of Ruitianzhai received 600 pieces, and my son is now transferring another 100 pieces to Wei Xianfeng, and adding 400 new pawns, what does Wei Xianfeng want. ”

"Thank you, young master, the last general will be grateful."

The number of 1,200 pieces surprised Bailiyan, Xiao Er's letter mentioned that the deserted village has produced nearly 600 pieces of steel chain mail since May, and even if the Guangxin Mansion gets the sample, it will take a month to organize production to finalize.

It can produce 1,200 pieces in three months, it is likely that it is not all the output, and the Guangxin Mansion should still have reserves, according to this calculation, the Guangxin Army can produce five or six hundred pieces in a month, and it takes at least 1,600 to 1,900 skilled workers to complete, and it is not a big problem to produce six or seven thousand pieces a year, even so, it is not realistic to equip all the soldiers, and the cost will be very high.

The gross weight of the chain mail produced by Guangxin weighs 30 pounds, canceling the leather structure of the half-body chain mail in the deserted village, it is the whole body armor, the weight is too heavy, only the wrestlers can wear it for a long time, and it is easy to have peri-shoulder disease for a long time, which affects the combat power, and is far less reasonable than the half-body chain mail.

Under the fatigue and hunger of people and horses, 30 catties of heavy armor will become a burden, which will seriously affect the self-protection and escape of the soldiers.

Jiang Qian felt that he was satisfied, but how did he know that the rationality of the chain mail in the deserted village was the final product that took into account both practicality and trade-offs, although the armor rate was not as good as the chain mail produced by Guangxin, but the degree of freedom and defense were higher.

People's vital organs are concentrated in the upper body, even if the lower body is disabled, life is the law of survival on the battlefield, and if you want your life, it is useless to wrap it into iron. Blindly increasing the weight of the soldier deprives the soldier of mobility and freedom, and it is more dangerous.

Of course, it is undeniable that the chain mail defense area of the Guangxin Army is indeed very large, and it is reasonable for the time being.

However, after a large number of popularization, it cannot be ruled out that the enemy will change his tactics and use blunt weapons such as copper rods and hammers, and it will be very difficult to match a shield with a weight of thirty catties and weapons.

When he was thinking about it, Jiang Qian said again:

"Wei Xianfeng and General Hu Mo received an order from Zhao Shuai this morning and ordered the whole army of Guangxin to move to defend Guantangqu and join forces with Yao Sheng, the governor of the capital. Wei Xianfeng is familiar with General Yao Sheng, I don't know what suggestion Wei Xianfeng has for our army to move the Guantang Canal? ”

"Back to the young master, General Yao Sheng has experienced a hundred battles, and he and our army will cooperate in defending the crown of Tangqu, which is foolproof. The slope of the Guantang Canal is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the guest army of Beihai County has suffered very few losses in the past four months, which is also a convenient location, and it has no harm to our army. ”

"Oh, what does General Hu Mo think about this?"

"Young Master Qiqi, since July, the Yongxing River defense line Ruitian is the key point, the advance can be attacked and retreated, and the attack and defense are two, and our army occupies more than a dozen forts in the city, and the main force of the Black Turban Army is firmly dragged north of Ruitian and cannot move, although the casualties are heavy, but the undeniable fact is that Ruitian Zhai has the most merits, Zhao Shuai transferred us away at this time, it is clear that someone secretly instigated it, intending to suppress our army."

Hu Mo said, Jiang Qian's eyes looked at Bai Liyan suspiciously:

"Wei Xianfeng is familiar with General Zhao, is this change of guard what General Zhao means, or does the Inner Dynasty mean?"

Jiang Gan asked more, Bailiyan was immediately a little surprised, could it be that Luo Songting suspected that this change of guard was that Zhao Xun deliberately arranged for the Guangxin Army to be transferred out of the Ruitian Defense Area in order to suppress the prestige of the Guangxin Army?

That Hu Mo deliberately mentioned that the Beihai County Guest Army almost lost the crown Tangqu, just to put himself together and deliberately paralyze himself, so that Jiang Qian could suddenly attack.

After hesitating for a moment, Bai Liyan disguised his different colors and said:

"Young master, what General Hu Mo said is reasonable, but after all, the governor of the guest army of Beihai County is Zhang You, the son of the Marquis of Dingyang, and he has not made an inch of success in the past few months, which will inevitably make some of the powerful ministers of the inner dynasty unhappy. Moreover, the grain and grass of the army are all in the hands of Taiwei Ding Yanghou and Da Sima Jiang Yan, if there is something to follow, Zhao Shuai may be difficult to do. ”

"Hehe......" Jiang Qian smiled meaningfully, and then continued: "It seems that Wei Xianfeng still understands Zhao Shuai." ”

Although Jiang Qian's face was kind, his words had an extraneous tone, and it seemed that the inside story of this change of guard was not so simple.

But to say that Zhao Xun is starting to be wary of the Guangxin Army now, it doesn't make sense, and Jiang Min is turning his face now, Zhao Xun is not politically advantageous. But Jiang Gan's tone today was obviously suspicious of Zhao Xun, and even Luo Songting directly instructed Jiang Gan to test him first, knowing the inside story.

The transfer was completed within three days, and Bai Liyan first went to the pioneer battalion to inspect the newly replenished recruits.

The human resources that can be put into the war have bottomed out, and more than 60 percent of the soldiers that can be replenished by the various armies are wounded soldiers after they have recovered from their wounds, and there are not many young recruits, and although the Xian army has more than 300,000 people, it needs more than 400,000 people and tens of thousands of donkeys and pack horses.

The Xian army was simply fighting on the ground, and it was relatively close to the Qilong and Jiekang military warehouses, and the 400,000 people could still guarantee the expenditure and consumption of the army.

If it is going abroad to fight, the 100,000 army needs at least 300,000 to 400,000 people to transfer materials, and for every 100,000 people who add 1,000 miles, the number of people's donkeys and horses must increase by 100,000 to ensure that the army can use it, otherwise the time when the grain and grass are delayed on the road will be enough to be eaten by the people.

However, there is a special phenomenon after months of combat attrition, Baili Yan is faintly aware of it, that is, the hidden household, it is said that the soldiers of Xianguo should have bottomed out, but the powerful and local powerful soldiers are crowded out, so it is not clear how many people in Xianguo are hidden in the household registration, and even Guangxin has it.

Ignoring the household registration concealed and concealed by the powerful people in various places, the nominal population of Xianguo is barely over 6 million according to official statistics, and the two counties of Xianxi and Qiunan have been lost, and the population is less than 1.5 million to 2 million, and the expenses of supporting more than 300,000 troops and 400,000 people with only 4.5 million people, half of the country, have reached the limit of what Xianguo's national strength can bear.

Therefore, there are not many armies that can fully replenish the lost personnel like the Guangxin Army, and the guest army of Beihai County is considered to be all the way.

Therefore, the problem of hidden households must exist, and it is not light, otherwise the current logistics and the food, drink, Lazar and consumption of soldiers will not be guaranteed, even if it is to eat warehouses, there will be problems long ago, and it will not be delayed until now.

The army set off in the afternoon and arrived at Wuping to join Jiang Min, Luo Songting, and Wang Jiu, and the 20,000 horses immediately left the Wuping garrison and went north to Guantangqu.

Luo Songting rode a horse to catch up with the pioneer camp from behind, and found Bailiyan while walking:

"Wei Xianfeng, have you ever heard that there have been changes in the Inner Dynasty?"

"Senior Luo is really well-informed, could it be that the young master's question this morning was arranged by Mr. Luo."

Luo Songting smiled indifferently, neither denying nor nodding:

"How can the young master be driven by us, presumably the young master has something to think about."

"Yes, I don't know what Mr. Luo is referring to, don't you also think that this adjustment was done by Zhao Shuai on purpose?"

"Hehe, it's just rumors."

Luo Songting alluded to the changes in the inner dynasty, and the first thing that Bai Liyan thought of was the Muyangcang scandal.

Half of the materials in Muyang Cang are the private property of powerful and noble relatives, and they are hidden in Muyang Cang, which is far away from Chenling, in the name of the army and the government. And behind this, people have to suspect that there are Xiangguo Gongsun Yue and Da Sima Jiang Yan manipulating behind their backs.

The army logistics of the governor of the Great Sima, the Taiwei is in charge of the troops, and the military warehouse is subordinate to the logistics and is under the management of the Great Sima, so the Grand Si Nong Mo'an has no right to check the internal situation of the military warehouse, and only transfers the share of military rations and clothing materials to the military warehouse every year.

This means that only King Xian, Taiwei, Da Sima, Xiangguo and their teams know about the situation in the military warehouse, and the others don't know about it.

Now that there is such a big scandal, one cannot but wonder about the motives of the two new policies of the past 12 years, the "Agricultural Mulberry Order" and the "Push for Commercial Tax".

There are two million stones of grain and grass on the books of Muyang Cang, but there are actually four million stones, according to the news obtained afterwards, in addition to the damaged grain and grass, four million stones of grain and grass are only eighty percent of Muyang Cang. This means that another million stones of grain and grass were destroyed by the fire, while in fact three million stones of grain and grass were of unknown origin.

In addition, a large amount of cloth and silk were piled up, and the military warehouse hoarded so many materials from the country's treasury and the inner government. The only explanation is that some people have amassed wealth for themselves in the name of implementing the New Deal, and have used their power to harbor huge profits.

Now that I think about it, the various deep-seated drawbacks of the "Nongsang Order" and "Promoting Business Tax" did not foresee the harm, and they were fundamentally deliberately excluded from the New Deal by creating a privilege umbrella to open the way for the powerful and noble relatives to legally seek huge profits.

To say that King Xian is a group, it is obviously unreasonable, the starting point of the new policy is good, the entire Xianguo is the property of King Xian alone, he has no reason to corrupt his old bottom, and there is no need to hide his property privately.

Looking at it now, the scandal in Muyangcang has awakened King Xian like a dream, and the reform of the inner dynasty is imperative.