The Jeju government's evil act of burning and killing Shijie Village, as well as the vicious intentions of peeking into Yangsan Manor, spread all over the prefectures and counties of Jingdong after the first battle of Shijie Village, and even rumors were spread in Jianghuai, Jingshi, and Hebei provinces. At the same time, the declaration of the jade-faced Meng Wei on swearing to defend justice to the death and never succumbing to obscenity also spread.

In the Taiwei Mansion in the capital, Gao Yu gritted his teeth and scolded the Jeju officials for being incompetent, but he was determined to pull out the needle in his eye.

Somewhere in Henan, Zhou Tong said to a young man, your senior brother is about to be in big trouble, and we have to go over to help him.

In the mountains behind Liangshan, Xu Churen sat quietly in a pavilion, looking at the peaceful and happy flow of people in the market, he said in his heart, this kid may be right.

Jeju Yan's family, when it was another year of red leaves, Kong Yuhan sat in the Aiwan Pavilion in a daze, thinking that that person really had a conflict with the imperial court, but she didn't know what to do.

Black Songling, after Qingzhou did evil, Song Jiang didn't dare to stay in Qingfeng Mountain anymore, so he took a group of people to cast Chao Gai, but at this moment he was secretly proud in his heart, and finally forced this kid to turn against the government, and he was afraid that he would die unhappily. But Wu Yong and Hua Rong have other ideas, they all feel that a good man is like this.

And more heroes and people of insight are thinking in their hearts, and it is not bad to look for opportunities to go to Liangshan.

The battle of Shijie Village is like a declaration of rupture between Liangshan Manor and the imperial court. But there was not much repercussions in the manor, the military and the people's hearts were mobilized as early as a month ago, and this battle was just a long-pent-up mood to find the best way to release.

For Liangshan Manor, the most important thing now is to strengthen its own strength.

No, in the school field in Qianshan, Gu Haotian and others are holding a camp ceremony for the latest batch of team members. This group of recruits came from Hebei and Liaodi, totaling 2,000 people. According to the arrangement of the manor management office, six new cavalry battalions were established, with battalion commander Yang Zhi and deputy battalion commander Lu Fang; The seventh cavalry battalion was newly established, with battalion commander Qin Ming and deputy battalion commander Guo Sheng, and the ninth infantry battalion was newly established, with battalion commander Zheng Yuanju and deputy battalion commander Huang Xin; The tentative number of each battalion was 500, and the rest were supplemented by the 5th, 6th, and 7th battalions of sailors, making up the number of 500 per battalion.

On the school ground, with Ma Qiang's order, 2,000 recruits quickly divided into twenty phalanxes. Then Lin Chong walked into the scene with the latest class and captain students, only to see him open the roster, according to the plan drawn up by the Military Administration Department, and place these backbones in each team one by one, and in an instant, several battalion leaders with old and new ones were established.

Qin Ming, Yang Zhi and other newcomers were stunned by this novel way of forming an army.

"Straight lady thief, train and set up a camp like this, that battalion leader is not elite, and there is a difference between strength and weakness." Qin Ming couldn't help but mutter.

"There are still some, the strength of the Liangshan army is not in the soldiers, but in the leaders, you must do your best, don't disappoint the petty officials."

Xu Guanzhong, the chief of staff, knew very well that the soldiers in Liangshan were all trained in one mold, and the key to the team's combat effectiveness lay in the generals, so in the face of newcomers, he bluntly reminded him.

And after hearing this, the new and old battalion commanders on the side were also awe-inspiring, yes! It's all the same soldiers, if their own battalion head is ugly, who else can blame? I couldn't help but wake myself up.

After the camp ceremony, Xu Guanzhong announced the new garrison order on behalf of the management office.

Yuan Lang of the 5th Infantry Battalion and Zhang Shunbu of the 7th Sailor Battalion were immediately stationed at Lijiadaokou, Zheng Yuanju of the 9th Infantry Battalion was stationed at Qianshan Sanguan, and the 7th and 8th Infantry Battalions replaced the 5th and 6th Battalions to garrison the east and west villages.

Afterwards, a banquet was held in the manor as usual to celebrate the new leaders. During the banquet, Ling Zhen, who had never spoken much, made a request to Gu Haotian, saying that there were only more than 30 veterans from the capital who had come from the firearms workshop so far, and the manpower was greatly insufficient, and he asked to set up a firearms battalion.

Gu Haotian was taken aback when he heard this, and asked with great joy:

"Brother Ling Zhen, isn't the development of your firearm a success?"

"Since I went to the manor to get the recipe of the petty official, I have waited for several months of experimentation, and now the black powder that the petty official said is so large that it is made, if the petty official is free, go and see it. As for artillery, the steel pipes of the ordnance workshop are several times better than those of the imperial court workshop, and I have also tried to produce some of them, but the effect is also good. ”

Let's say that since Ling Zhen went up the mountain in the spring, he has been immersed in the workshop, studying and experimenting with the gunpowder formula provided by Gu Haotian.

And Gu Haotian's so-called formula is just the proportional ratio of the three ingredients of black gunpowder sulfur, nitrate, and carbon that later generations saw on the Internet, otherwise there would be no need for Ling Zhen and them to explore it again.

Unexpectedly, they actually achieved results in half a year, which was a big surprise! Gu Haotian immediately agreed to go to the firearms workshop in the afternoon.

After the luncheon, after a short rest, Gu Haotian called Wen Huanzhang and Xu Guanzhong and took Bian Xiang to the firearms workshop together. The workshop is in a mountain on the east side of Qianshan, and the four of them walked a short distance along the east ring road and turned right and walked a small road. There are three buildings in the middle, and several other bungalows are scattered on the surrounding hillside, but they are designed to prevent gunpowder explosions.

Ling Zhen knew that Gu Haotian was coming, so he waited in front of the building early. This firearms idiot doesn't usually talk much, but when it comes to his expertise, he talks endlessly. He divided the production of the three raw materials of gunpowder into three areas, and synthesized them in another place. He took it to see the house where he was composed, and when they arrived at the door of a room, they saw more than a dozen sealed clay pots inside. Ling Zhen didn't let people in, pointed and said that these were all finished products, and carefully took out a sample from the cabinet on the side, leading everyone to the hall outside.

I saw Ling Zhen carefully pour out some black powder from the small porcelain bottle and said:

"This is the finished gunpowder, of which 70% nitrate, 20% carbon, and 1% sulfur, I have tried it in the next, and its power is much greater than the gunpowder when I was in the capital."

The formula Ling Zhen said was provided by Gu Haotian, when he was in the capital, his formula was mixed with many ingredients, so the effect was not good, otherwise, he would have died in several explosion accidents. Since arriving in Liangshan, he according to Gu Haotian's new formula, after continuous testing, finally has a finished product that satisfies him, and the cannon barrel made by the ordnance workshop is several times better than the official workshop in the capital.

"Now that we have the finished product, let's go and see the results?"

Gu Haotian was anxious to see the power of gunpowder, so Ling Zhen took a few people to a nearby mountain, only to see that the grass and trees inside were messy and full of rubble, which seemed to be the usual place for testing explosions.

Ling Zhen asked the four of them to hide in the bunker, and successively let two cronies test the gunpowder and test fire the artillery, only to see the explosion like thunder and rocks flying, and everyone felt very shocked when they saw it. Gu Haotian took a closer look at the situation around the explosion site, but found that the slightly larger stones did not cause major damage.

That's not enough! It seems that there is still a problem with the formula? "One nitrate, two carbon, three sulfur", is there something wrong there! Gu Haotian kept pondering in his heart, and suddenly he thought of a possibility, so he said to Ling Zhen:

"Brother Ling Zhen, add half of the nitrate, halve the carbon, and try again."

Ling Zhen thought that Gu Haotian would be satisfied, but he didn't expect him to propose a new formula, and it seemed that he was still not very satisfied. However, the materials are also ready-made, so I will try again.

After a while, the staff below took the newly adjusted product and brought it over, and Gu Haotian personally instructed people to take a clay pot, gently compact the gunpowder, and then bury it under a boulder. After a while, I only heard a loud noise, and the whole mountain was like an earthquake, and even the shelter where I was hiding was cracked everywhere, and after the thick smoke, I saw that the rocks in the mountain were cracked, and the boulder above the explosion point had been torn apart.

"Half of the increase, half of the reduction, it's so powerful!"

Ling Zhen was habitually squatting beside the bunker just now, and at this time he was knocked to the ground by a huge wave of qi, his clothes were disheveled, and there were still blood stains, but he sat there in a daze, his mouth kept babbling.

The loud noise in the mountain soon alarmed the people outside, and after a while, they heard a noisy sound outside.

"Brother Bian Xiang, quickly go and block the valley, no one is allowed to go beyond half a step."

Xu Guanzhong was the first to react, and immediately ordered, Bian Xiang also knew the severity, and immediately turned around.

"If you use such sharp weapons well, the golden people can't ride the paper paste, and the high walls of the fortified city are only piled up!"

Wen Huanzhang was obviously shocked, but he was keenly aware that this was an important weapon of the country.

Although Gu Haotian was also unexpected, he knew in his heart that it would take some effort to use it in actual combat, and he was already thinking about which firearms could be used in later generations.

"Director Ling, the formula that the petty official said today is only known to you and a few people present, and all those involved in this matter in the future must be approved by the manor management office." At this time, Wen Huanzhang called Ling Zhen and commanded solemnly.

Ling Zhen had come to his senses at this time, he solemnly agreed, and then sternly confessed to the two cronies present.

Gu Haotian's sudden idea unexpectedly led to a new gunpowder formula. After everyone present gave a detailed command to Ling Zhen and others, the three of them left and returned, but when they arrived at the exit, they saw Bian Xiang standing at the crossing of the road and blocking a bunch of people, just like the iron general guarding the door.

The onlookers saw Gu Haotian and the three of them come out, so they settled down and slowly dispersed, but Wen Huanzhang asked Bian Xiang to inform Song Wan, and then set up a checkpoint at this entrance, and no one was allowed to enter without the approval of the management office.

Gu Haotian was thinking all the way about how to make gunpowder use in actual combat, and the first thing he thought of was the grenade, which has a simple principle, and it is definitely an artifact of infantry in this era; Then he thought of the artillery of the Ming and Qing dynasties, if this kind of thing could be developed, it would be like a tiger for the warship, and as for the modern artillery of later generations, he did not dare to hope for it at the moment.

After returning home, Gu Haotian stayed up all night again. The next day, under Pan Jinlian's resentful gaze, he packed up a few drawings.

A moment later, in the conference room of Zhonghua Hall, Gu Haotian, Wen Huanzhang, Xu Guanzhong, Bian Xiang, and Ling Zhen discussed the drawings for a while, and all of them were happy, and Ling Zhen was a little confused.

"The guard of the firearms workshop is the top priority of the manor in the future, Director Ling is obsessed with study and has no intention of management, I think it is necessary to find another manager, and the external defense should also be comprehensively strengthened." Xu Guanzhong solemnly proposed.

"Guan Zhong Lao Cheng said, I see that the defense of the ordnance workshop does not need the manpower of the logistics department, so the military administration department directly sends people to garrison it, and then the entry and exit personnel are also checked by the military administration department. As for the workshops, there will inevitably be additional manpower in the future, and the selection of management and manpower will need to be discussed with the District Office. ”

Wen Huanzhang also agreed with Xu Guanzhong's proposal, and agreed at that time.

"The outer guards will do as Mr. Wen said, and the management of the field will be temporarily responsible for the Ma Lao Wu, this person is affectionate, responsible and familiar with the situation, he is a good candidate."

This Ma Lao Wu, when he was in Beijing, Gu Haotian had contact with him, and he knew that he was a reliable person, and besides, there was no better candidate at the moment, so he let him do it first.

Wen and Xu also disagreed, and then Xu Guanzhong selected a reliable and capable man from the training camp and the officer training camp to serve as the guard of the firearms workshop, and he himself went to announce the relevant appointment and discipline of the manor management office.

Since then, the firearms workshop has become a forbidden place for the manor, and it is not until later that artifacts continue to be transported out of it, and people gradually understand the depth of the purpose of the management office.