Fortunately, after some verbal arguments, both sides recognized the cleverness of each other's design, so there was Haiyangwei's first new warship, the Yangwei.

With warships, sailors and artillery are needed, and Song Youliang's criteria and conditions for recruiting sailors are the same as those for recruiting the army, and the fishermen with a simple temperament in the coastal areas are preferred. The officer himself went to the countryside to recruit soldiers, and the officer himself vouched for the soldier's origin and lineage. During the training, Qi Jiguang's practice was adopted, and the navy first learned land warfare. The weapon used is a lightweight European pirate scimitar. In addition to hand-to-hand combat, the sailors also had to learn how to operate the cannons, how to jump onto the enemy ship after buying it with a hook lock, and doing some simple carpentry work so that they could carry out simple repair work if the ship was damaged.

Then there is the cannon, the original craftsmen are cast with clay molds, the clay molds must be dried thoroughly, otherwise the appearance is dry, the inside is wet, once the metal melt, the moisture is self-generated, the cast artillery has honeycomb, and the barrel is easy to explode and hurt people when casting. It often takes up to a month to dry the clay mold, and if it is raining, snowy, and cold, it will take two or three months. Now it is made of iron mold, which is divided into two parts: inside and outside. The inner and outer molds are actually two thin iron cylinders of different sizes, each divided into several petals. When casting the cannon, first brush the inside of each lobe of the iron outer mold with two layers of slurry. The first layer of slurry is made of fine rice husk ash and fine sand mud; The second layer of slurry is made of fine kiln coal and water. Then, the two petals are combined, tightened and heated with iron hoops, and the sections are continuous. Similarly, the outside of the inner mold is also brushed with two layers of slurry. The inner and outer molds are put together, and finally the molten metal is cast. After pouring enough molten liquid and cooling and forming, the iron mold is immediately peeled off according to the order of the mold flaps, such as peeling off the bamboo shoot shell, gradually exposing the gun body, and then removing the inner mold, the inside and outside of the chamber are naturally smooth, and the gun is ready.

After improving the cannon casting method, Thomas improved the drilling machine by combining Chinese and Western technologies, which greatly improved the processing efficiency of the musket barrel.

Finally, Song Youliang made improvements to the salt pans in Haiyang Salt Farm. Originally, the salt pan was to dig a large pit in the mud by the sea, and the salt could be dried by introducing seawater. The salt and sand were mixed together from the beginning, and they were difficult to separate later. Now Song Youliang ordered people to dig the pit first, then tamp the soil, and paste the bottom of the pool and the surrounding area with cement. In this way, the sediment and seawater are separated from the beginning of the day, and the content of salt, sediment and other magazines produced by the sun is greatly reduced, and the quality is improved a lot. Coupled with the fair price, since then, Haiyang salt has been sold all over the world and has become the fist product of Haiyangwei.

In April of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War arrived, on both sides of the road leading to the Song family's mansion, gongs and drums were noisy, military flags were fluttering, and soldiers in military uniforms stood on both sides of the road with their waists straight and weapons in their hands.

The senior member of the military department was a layman, wearing a blue official uniform, a white pheasant, a gauze hat, and a pair of hat wings on the back of the hat, while the official of the Ministry of Rites was a principal. Each of them had several retinues around him. Song Youliang hurriedly greeted him, the member of the military department was full of smiles, and the director of the Ministry of Rites acted a little one-sidedly. Everyone said a few words, and it turned out that the surname of this member of the military department was Gui, and the landlord of the Ministry of Rites was surnamed Zhou. After exchanging a few words of greetings, everyone went to the hall and finished the ceremony.

The Ministry of Rites took out the edict from the director, read out to Song Youliang the emperor's commendation of Song Youliang and others, and promoted Song Youliang to the rank of guerrilla. and allowed Song Youliang's army to expand to 5,000 men.

Song Youliang hurriedly shouted long live thanks, and the Song family present was also overjoyed. Yu Gui, the director of the Ministry of Rites, handed over the edict to Song Youliang, and Song Youliang took it with both hands and respectfully accepted it. The Zhou member of the Ministry of War took out the official document appointed by the Ministry of War to Song Youliang, as well as the big seal, official uniform, sabre, etc.

That night, Song Youliang held a big banquet to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Gui, the two staff members and the entourage. Everyone gathered together. All the officials of Haiyangwei were also present. After the banquet, everyone went to the back garden, and Song Youliang went to the county seat to invite a troupe to sing on stage.

Early the next morning, Zhao Lianli, the inspector of Rushanzhai, and Xia Minghao, a thousand households of Dashan Thousand Households, came to Haiyang Wei to congratulate them with gifts of wine and meat. There are few places under the jurisdiction of Da Songwei, and after the separation of Haiyang Qianhu, Da Songwei only has Rushanzhai and Dashansuo. And this milk cottage patrol Zhao Lianli and Xia Minghao, one of the thousands of households in the mountains is Song Youliang's uncle, and the other is Song Youliang's brother-in-law, and now Song Youliang has become a guerrilla, and Song Guo's politicians in turn slapped Zhao Lianli and Xia Minghao's sycophants

Zhao Lianli stroked Song Youliang's shoulder and said with a smile: "Sure enough, he is a hero who is a young man, much more talented than us old guys!" ”

Xia Minghao also said: "Yes, we have been planting fields in the guard for most of our lives, and we have not mixed up with our personal appearance. As soon as You Liang made a move, his waist bag was bulging, and he was promoted again and again! ”

Song Youliang said with a smile: "Uncle, brother-in-law, I still say the same thing, everyone earns money, and that is a family." As long as you are willing to listen to me, I promise that in the future, Rushanzhai and Dashan will be no worse than Haiyangwei. ”

"Really?"

"Really~" Song Youliang said: "My workshop here consumes a lot of coal and iron every day, but I can't get these two things out of Haiyang, what should I do!" ”

Zhao Lianli immediately replied: "There are both coal and iron milk mountains, but now that you are alone, it is inconvenient for you to come across the border to mine, right?" ”

Xia Minghao said disdainfully: "What's inconvenient?" Isn't the commander of Song Guozheng also joining Youliang's elements, then he is a thief on the same boat as us, are you afraid that he will not follow? ”

Song Youliang shook his head, "If I am asked to do everything, then I can't be busy with a few more arms." Besides, if I send Haiyangwei's people to open a mine and make a fortune, what will the local military households and people in Rushan and Dashan think? ”

"That's right~" Zhao Lianli nodded

"This stubble is~" Xia Minghao also nodded, "Then what do you say?" ”

Song Youliang said: "You open the mine, I buy the mine." Whether it is Rushan or Dashan, there is a large amount of arable land in the territory, as well as limestone, stone coal, iron ore and other minerals, no matter which one, if it is developed, it is enough to make the local people rich, and it can also get the reputation of self-sufficiency in military food, and it is appreciated by the above, which is better than you take those bitter salaries every year, and you don't need to deduct so much military salary in the future, so that the military households will scold 'peeling' behind their backs. ”

Speaking of deducting military salaries, Zhao Lianli and Xia Minghao's faces were red, "Okay, in the future, we will follow Youliang's method." Zhao Lianli said: "Why don't you send a few clever and capable people to come to me, help my uncle and me tinker for a few months, and then return it to you." During the period, I took care of the military salary~! ”

"Yes, yes, yes, send a few people to me too~!" Brother-in-law Xia Minghao also hurriedly said

"No problem, but don't mention the military salary, it's all a family, why do you know so clearly?" Song Youliang replied with a smile

There are three major minerals in Rushan, the first is gold. The distribution range of gold resources in Rushan is relatively concentrated, and the gold deposits are concentrated in Xiachu Town, Wuji Town, Yazi Town and Xujia Town in the low mountains and hilly areas in the north, with an annual output of more than 100,000 taels. Rushan has a long history of gold mining. "The Book of Sui • Xin Gongyi Biography" records: Muzhou (now Muping, Rushan area) "the mountain out of yellow silver, get it to offer". In the Tang Dynasty, Li Jifu's "Yuanhe County Chronicles" also recorded that in the eighteenth year of Emperor Kaihuang of Sui (598 AD), Muzhou Thorn Shi Xin Gongyi opened the Huangyin Pit in the southwest of the county 90 miles of the mountain, and there is a saying of "nine houses of gold". In the Song Dynasty, the gold mining industry in China flourished. By the first year of Yuanfeng, the gold mining industry in Jiaodong had a considerable scale. There are tens of thousands of gold miners in Deng, Lai, and the annual output of 9,573 taels of gold, accounting for 89% of the country's total gold production. "Yuan History, Food and Goods" contains: "the place of gold production, nine places in the abdomen, there are Jinan, Ninghai ......" Ming Dynasty, someone opened an open-pit to mine gold at the top of the gold in Nandongzhuang, Xiachu Town, the existing pit is about 400 meters long, 4~5 meters deep.

The second is pig iron. Iron ore is an important mineral resource in Rushan, the iron ore resources in the territory are mainly distributed in the area of Zhuxiang Zhenmaling, Shentong Temple, the whole mining area consists of 53 ore deposits, a total of 119 single ore bodies, nearly east-west distribution, reaching the scale of medium-sized mining area.

The third is granite. Granite is the dominant mineral resource in Rushan City, rich in resources, wide distribution area, reserves of more than 7 billion cubic meters, mainly Mesozoic acid rock mass, concentrated in the area of Sanfoshan. Rushan granite has excellent texture, bright color, large and square, and is easy to mine. The rock processing technology has good performance, easy to saw, easy to grind, smooth and bright after polishing, and the gloss is up to 120 degrees. Among them, "Rushan Qing" is as famous as "Taishan Qing", which is known as the king of granite.

"Just the production of these mines is enough for the people of Rushan and Dashan to be rich and rich, and they weigh silver at home every day to play?" Song Youliang's words about Zhao Lianli and Xia Minghao are full of imagination about a better life in the future.

"There is also ~~" Song Youliang said: "I am planning to expand my ranch, and Rushan just happens to have the good breed of livestock I want!" ”

Zhao Lianli reacted quickly, and hurriedly said: "Could it be that you are talking about the mountain boar and the long-haired rabbit?" ”

"Yes, those are the two. As long as this is done, we will have meat to eat every day! Song Youliang said

"Meat to eat every day? Won't you catch up with the emperor? Hahaha~~" Everyone burst into laughter

In addition, there are silkworm reeling silk weaving silk in Rushan and Dashan, and the Ninghai silk woven is famous all over the world. In addition, Rushan peanuts can be squeezed for oil, grapes can be used to make wine, and Rushan chestnut and ginger are all high-quality cash crops, which can be exchanged for rolling wealth for the local people. Song Youliang talked eloquently, and only said that his uncle and brother-in-law were fascinated.

Zhao Lianli couldn't help but ask: "I don't know much about some of these things, why are you so familiar with my broken ground?" Speaking of a number of treasures, a set! ”

Song Youliang was stunned for a moment, then had an idea, and replied: "Uncle, you don't know my idea of beating your land for many years?" ”

"You stupid boy, didn't you beat your cousin for years?" Zhao Lianli smiled narrowly

Everyone in the audience burst into laughter, and remembered the embarrassing incident of Song Youliang being tied up by his cousin

In the end, the three agreed that Zhao Lianli and Xia Minghao would provide protection, land and manpower, development and sales at that time, and Song Youliang would complete the work, and the dividends would be distributed at that time. Everyone may share five or five dividends, or how much, it is easy to discuss, and if it develops into a land, this person can make a very large profit.

Zhao Lianli and Xia Minghao only knew that they would take some dry food and salary from above every year, and after they brought it, they were desperately trying to deduct the food and salary of their battalion soldiers. made his subordinates complain and didn't say anything. After a year, I didn't get a few taels of silver. It also made the military fort more and more dilapidated and deserted, and the military households were as lifeless as walking corpses. Like Song Youliang, it was easy, and after a year, he had a lot of money and was promoted to an official position.