Yang Sichang was not happy when he heard Song Xuezhu's name, because Song Xuezhu had impeached himself before, so when Jinan was besieged, Song Xuezhu took seven batches of messengers asking for help in a row, but Song Ben was all detained by Yang Sichang, in order to borrow the hands of the Qing soldiers to get rid of Song Xuezhu. However, this thorn in the eye called a hairy boy to be saved by mistake. The result is hatred of the house and the black, where will there be any good words?

"This is simply unreasonable and tyrannical! I can't imagine that this Song Youliang is so vicious at a young age? Yang Sichang was "filled with righteous indignation" and said: "In the opinion of the ministers, not only can they not be rewarded, but they must be punished severely!" ”

Chongzhen has always been obedient to Yang Sichang's words, even if he poked out such a big basket, Chongzhen did not ask him for blame. But this time, Chongzhen doesn't seem to really intend to refer to Yang Sichang's opinion. Chongzhen put the notebook aside and said in a soft and pleasant tone: "Most of the older officials are infected with the vices of officialdom, are sleek and sophisticated, and are wise to protect themselves. The reason why I pay attention to this person is precisely because I like his consistent style, daring to think and do. ”

Yang Sichang replied: "The minister doesn't think this is any merit, but thinks that it is the frivolity and recklessness of a young man!" ”

"Ha~" Chongzhen snorted disapprerovingly, "I read the Book of Han last night, and saw that Huo Quzhi, the young general who was reused by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was also an extremely young general, and he was also unruly and young and frivolous in his generosity and heroism. With his bloody courage and 800 cavalry, he Huo Qubing galloped hundreds of miles in the vast desert to find traces of the enemy, and won the first battle, killing 2,028 enemies, killing the Hun Shan Yu's grandfather, and capturing Shan Yu's minister and uncle. And Huo Quzhi and others returned with their whole bodies. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty immediately named him the "Champion Marquis" and praised his bravery in the three armies. The 19-year-old commander Huo Quai, the commander of Yuan Hunt Er, lived up to expectations, and rushed in the thousands of miles of desert with lightning and fought a beautiful roundabout battle. In six days, he turned to the five tribes of the Xiongnu and advanced all the way. Chongzhen said with great fascination: "I think that this Song Youliang has the potential to become my Chaohuo disease!" ”

Yang Sichang is familiar with Chongzhen's temper, and when he saw that he said this, there was no need for him to be bored, so he said: "Your Majesty is wise and martial, and you can find beautiful jade from the stone!" ”

Chongzhen nodded proudly and said, "Since Mao Wenlong's death, Dongyu has no worries. Daming has been defeated repeatedly. I've thought about it, horseback archery is Dongyu's strength, but the advantage of boats and firearms is still in my Daming. ”

Yang Sichang raised his eyelids, "Your Majesty plans to rebuild Dongjiang Town?" But the islands off the coast of Liaodong are all in the hands of the East! ”

"Fei Ye~ I plan to reopen Denglai Town!"

"Denglai Town?" Yang Sichang frowned slightly, "Back then, Yuan Keli put forward seven suggestions: "Defend the imperial building, raise horses to increase soldiers, and practice riding and shooting." As for the old and weak in Beijing, it is not advisable to slow down the comprehensive, and hide more grain and rice in preparation. It is especially advisable to make an exception for employing people, trying to restore the work of hussars, and to support the lack of county officials. If the world benefits from salt and iron, the military commander will not invade the fishing industry, and there will be no expulsion of salary, and China can sit back and relax......"

"Not bad! He also said. The enemy ordered the women to take the city, and all the fierce went to the advantage to offend me, and it was advisable to attack them. Take advantage of it, you can flank it! Chongzhen said with great emotion: "If Mao Wenlong is still here, why is Dongyu so rampant and unscrupulous? ”

Yang Sichang nodded, "Yes, Yuan Gong also suggested with Xu Gong (Xu Guangqi) the strategy of controlling Korea with heavy troops and attacking from both sides in the east and south. ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Chongzhen said excitedly: "I just want to rebuild this east-south attack to contain the east!" ”

"But has Your Majesty ever thought about how much silver it would cost to set up a new town? How much silver do you need to garrison North Korea with heavy troops? Now the extermination of the inner cole is the trouble of the Ming Dynasty, as for the Dongyu, you can give property and negotiate peace temporarily. Yang Sichang bowed to the end and said: "If you go outside, you must first settle inside!" I hope Your Majesty thinks twice! ”

As soon as the problem of money was mentioned, Chongzhen immediately had a headache, there was no money in the treasury, the ministers refused to pay, and they were reluctant to spend money. I want the horses to run, but I don't give the horses grazing~~~ Can my dream of ZTE only be a dream? No, absolutely not.

Song Youliang was busy preparing for the post-war period, the wounded and dead soldiers should be given bereavement benefits, the damaged equipment needed to be repaired, and the rewards promised to be issued should be issued in time.

When a soldier dies in battle, a one-time pension of 30 taels of silver will be given to his family, and the widows of the soldiers will also be given a stone of rice every month to ensure that their families have no worries. This is a death pension, in addition to a disability pension. A one-time disability pension of 20 taels of silver was issued, and a monthly subsidy of five buckets of rice was also provided.

This time, more than 300 soldiers of Haiyang Wei were killed in battle, and each family was given a bereavement payment. There are also more than 300 injured people, two-thirds of whom will not leave sequelae through treatment, and the remaining 100 or so people are crippled even if they are cured and can only be discharged. For the injured and disabled, in addition to the disability pension, there is also a monthly allowance of a few buckets of rice, and they will be arranged to do some work within their ability.

When Song Youliang led the officers of Haiyangwei to distribute the bereavement and disability payments to the families one by one, the women and the elderly all wept and knelt down to thank Lord Song for his kindness. The people next to him were also moved, thinking that it was worth it to work hard for Song Youliang.

Catholicism developed considerably during the period of Song Youliang's departure. When the son and husband return safely, the family will draw a cross on their chest and cry out for God's blessing. When someone dies in battle, his family will cry and say that they wish to guide him to heaven as soon as possible.

Two days later, on the outskirts of Haiyang Weixi, a martyr's garden was built, where the Haiyang guards who died in Jinan were buried. At the beginning of the construction of the cemetery, Song Youliang set the rules that in the future, all the soldiers of Haiyangwei who died in battle would be buried here. Officials at all levels are led by commanders to sweep once a year to show that they will not forget the martyrs.

The sacrificial ceremony was presided over by Lu Wenzhou, and after the ceremony began, Song Youliang and Haiyangwei officers at all levels stood in front of a white marble monument in the center of the cemetery with a sad expression. This monument is called the Hai Duong Martyrs Monument, and the small tablets on both sides of the monument are engraved with the names of the martyrs, the time and place of sacrifice

"The sacrifice begins~~" Lu Wenzhou said loudly: "Bow to the martyrs!" ”

Wow~~ Everyone bent down in unison, and Europeans such as Michel, Heinrich and Ludwig took off their hats and bowed their heads in salute

"Bow again!"

"Three bows!"

Slowly, sobs were heard from the crowd, and they slowly converged into one.

The soldiers began to fill in the grave, burying their companions who used to get along day and night with their own hands, and the desolate mourning music sounded, not to mention the widows who were dressed in linen and filial piety next to them, they couldn't control their emotions, and they all knelt on the ground and cried bitterly in grief, even the crowd of onlookers couldn't help shedding tears.

"Ten thousand people are single-minded, Mount Tai can be shaken! Only loyal and righteous, angry bullfighting. The Lord will kiss me better than my parents. Violating military orders. The body is not free. The order is clear, the reward and punishment letter, and the water and fire are fired. Dare to stay late? ”

I don't know who was the first to start singing this song, this song is Qi Jiguang's "Triumphant Song", which was originally improvised by Qi Jiguang after drinking, and later spread all over the Ming Dynasty with the Qi family's army in the south and the north. As long as it is a soldier, there is nothing that cannot be sung, and it has become the military song of the armies around the Ming Dynasty.

"Ten thousand people are single-minded, Mount Tai can be shaken! Only loyal and righteous, angry bullfighting. The Lord will kiss me better than my parents. Violating military orders. The body is not free. The order is clear, the reward and punishment letter, and the water and fire are fired. Dare to stay late? Song Youliang couldn't help but start singing loudly, and more and more people joined in to sing loudly. The majestic singing slowly gathered together and spread far into the sky.

After the funeral, Song Youliang delivered an inspiring speech on "turning grief into strength", and after a short period of grief, Haiyangwei's various production departments immediately started working at full speed and producing with full force.

At present, each workshop of Haiyangwei adopts the assembly line operation method of group cooperation, one group specializes in forging the barrel and drill chamber, one group specializes in making triggers and other parts, and a group of people assemble it at the end. Everyone is focused on doing their own thing. In this way, the efficiency has been improved a lot, and the defective rate has been greatly reduced.

There is also iron armor, which is nothing more than a trade-off between plate armor and scale armor. After careful consideration, Song Youliang decided to let most of the main soldiers wear plate armor. The advantage of plate armor is that it is easy to produce, to be a model, it can be formed by stamping with a windmill, which is suitable for a large number of equipment and has an excellent protective effect. In addition, in order to go to the northeast to fight the Tartars in the future, Song Youliang's workshop also produced a large number of fat jacket cotton armor at the same time. This scale armor not only keeps you warm, but also has a good defensive effect against bows and arrows.

Finally, there is the issue of war horses, more than three hundred war horses were seized from horse thieves last time. War horses eat grain and forage in one day, which is equivalent to the consumption of two or three thousand people. Even if Haiyangwei has a bumper harvest of grain, alfalfa and other green fodder, so many horses are raised, it still makes Song Youliang feel very difficult.

Three days later, the Chinese New Year was approaching, and at this time, Donat's ship brought from Goa the goods Song Youliang wanted—finished opium and a batch of poppy seeds, as well as a new batch of muskets.

Donat picked up a musket and said with a smile: "This is the latest product in Europe, don't look at it is shorter than the ordinary musket, but the power and range are not as good as the slightest!" ”

Song Youliang picked one up, looked at it over and over again, raised it again and aimed at it, then snorted coldly and threw it back into the wooden box, "Donat Fernandez, are you a fool to me?" This gun was a carbine, a short rifle used by the Spanish cavalry. At that time, the Spanish cavalry was called Carabins, hence the name of the carbine. Mainly used for cavalry and artillery equipment, it is a second-hand item used by the Spaniards in the 15th century. ”