In mid-October of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Yang Weiyuan, a member of the eunuch party and the superintendent of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, impeached Wei Zhongxian, the head of the "Five Tigers" of the eunuch party, the secretary of the military department and the left governor of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Cui Chengxiu, the young master and the crown prince, bent the law for personal gain, solicited and accepted bribes, and was seriously corrupt.

Chongzhen changed his normal state and ordered a thorough investigation.

The results of the investigation are appalling, Cui Chengxiu's son can't read a lot of big characters, and he is a high school jinshi, Cui Chengxiu is even more unscrupulous in accepting bribes, promoting cronies, and excluding dissidents, many officials are corrupt officials who have been dismissed in the Jingcha plan, and they will not be used for life according to the law, but they have been promoted by him to fill the six ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate!

Wei Zhongxian was speechless in the face of the ironclad facts, and a storm was about to set off in the capital.

At this time, Yuegang is thriving, with the arrival of Sun Yuanhua, Wang Zheng and Song Yingxing have been recruited, Yu Zhigao and Qi Yuangong have returned, and 20,000 Tunwei and 10,000 pirates have also gathered around Chenghai County.

Fujian Governor Zhang Bin ordered that the new city of Yuegang officially broke ground, the banks of the Jiulong River were suddenly in full swing, sections of city walls rose from the ground, streets showed their embryonic shape, 30,000 foot soldiers went into battle, and the old appearance of Yuegang changed its new look.

On this day, Zhang Bin took Cao Wenzhao and Qi Yuangong to walk to the Jiulong River to inspect the progress of the construction of the new city wall, and after a look, the situation was quite gratifying, according to this progress, it is estimated that it will be completed ahead of schedule by the end of November.

There is no problem with the construction of the new city, and the next step is to consider the reorganization of 30,000 foot soldiers.

After inspecting the circle, Zhang Bin took Cao Wenzhao and Qi Yuangong to the newly built cannon foundry with great interest, and he asked as he went: "Yuangong, what are the selection criteria for Qi Jiajun?" ”

Qi Yuangong recalled: "The Qi family's army's requirements for soldiers are actually not high, according to my father's teaching, the soldiers of the Qi family army must obey orders, and secondly, they must be strong, and nothing else." ”

The two requirements of obedience to orders and physical strength are indeed not high, but at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there are really not many guards who can really meet these two requirements, and they may be strong or strong, but this obedience to orders is a problem, because the guards have been abandoned for a long time, and they are all lazy.

Zhang Bin thought for a while, nodded and said: "Well, you first select 10,000 physically strong ones from the tunwei, and let Changshan take them to start practicing, it doesn't matter if the Hong Kong New City is built in ten days this month, and in the future, every morning, practice for an hour, just practice the basic array first." At the same time of drilling, you slowly selected about five thousand of them who were more obedient to orders, and let Yuan Fu take them, ready to practice the mandarin duck formation, and let Yuan Bi take the remaining five thousand, ready to practice the car formation. ”

When Qi Yuangong heard this, he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

Zhang Bin said to Cao Wenzhao again: "Wenzhao, the remaining 10,000 guards will be handed over to you, I am going to let them use muskets in the future, this musket is not only aimed and shot at a distance of about 100 paces, in the future, the newly made muskets will be equipped with bayonets in front, and they are a bit similar to spears in close combat, you first take them to practice marksmanship with a wooden stick of about five feet, and then practice for an hour every morning." ”

When Cao Wenzhao heard this, he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

Zhang Bin said to him again: "The remaining 10,000 pirates will be led by Changjiao first, and they will also practice marksmanship, and they will also practice for an hour every morning in the future." ”

Cao Wenzhao arched his hand again: "The last general understands." ”

At this time, the cannon foundry was already in sight, and Song Yingxing heard that Zhang Bin was coming, so he greeted him from afar.

Because Sun Yuanhua wanted to guide the construction of the city, Zhang Bin of the cannon foundry was simply handed over to Song Yingxing to be responsible, in fact, the requirements for the building of the cannon factory are not high, and the large bungalows with ordinary masonry structures are on the line, mainly the construction of steel-making furnaces and copper-making furnaces, and this happens to be Song Yingxing's strength.

By this time the house was almost finished, and all that remained was the walls and the interior.

The structure of the cannon foundry is also very simple, in front of it are three rows of longitudinal large bungalows, which are used as factories, two spacious stone roads are paved in the middle, and two rows of horizontal small bungalows in the back, this is a resident, and there is a small road in the middle.

Song Yingxing enthusiastically led them to the row of big bungalows in the middle, and walked in directly from the first gate, which was not a factory, but an office space, the front side of the inside had been divided into several small study rooms, and the middle side was a corridor.

Song Yingxing's study is the first room to enter the door, and there is a row of bookshelves, a large desk, a chair, and nothing else.

Zhang Bin sat down behind the desk without concession, and then he asked Song Yingxing to find three chairs, beckoned everyone to sit down around the desk, and then asked: "Chang Gung, can you start work at the end of this month?" ”

When Song Yingxing heard this, he nodded slowly and said: "This cast steel and cast copper can start at the end of the month, but I'm afraid it won't work if the cannon is cast, and it seems that Chuyang hasn't prepared much." ”

Zhang Bin smiled and said: "Don't be in a hurry to cast cannons first, just cast steel and copper, and make some cold weapons first." ”

When Song Yingxing heard this, he hurriedly took out a blank account book, and then picked up the brush again, and then asked: "I don't know what cold weapons your adults need, how many they are, and how long the construction period is, so my subordinates can recruit military craftsmen and craftsmen according to their needs." ”

In order to facilitate his work, Zhang Bin also gave him the experience of the Fujian Metropolitan Division, and he was also an official of the Sixth Grade, although it was nothing in the entire Metropolitan Division, but it was still very convenient to recruit military households and artisan households.

Zhang Bin had already drafted this weapon, and he listed them one by one: "This time the main equipment is 10,000 people under Yuan Gong, 10,000 short blades, 4,000 short knives of the Qi family, 2,000 flat knives, 8,000 spear heads, 1,000 palladium, 10,000 broken blades, 1,000 rattan shields, and 1,000 iron giant shields. After doing this, I will go all out to make hand crossbows, and first make 5,000 hand crossbows, and it doesn't matter if it takes a long time. Also, next month, when Meng Hou comes, he will make a thousand Thunderbolt chariots, this official is not very familiar, let's talk about it when Meng Hou comes. ”

Song Yingxing wrote it down, and then nodded: "The subordinates understand, and the other subordinates dare to ask, how to calculate the wages of this military household and craftsman household after they exceed the time of conscription?" ”

Zhang Bin thought for a while, and simply said: "In this way, you try to transfer the military households and artisan households who can settle down here, don't count the conscription time, and directly give them three taels of silver and three stones of grain every month, so that they can feed their families and work here with peace of mind." ”

This treatment is already equivalent to the treatment of the Jiupin Sesame Official, Song Yingxing couldn't help but arch his hand and said: "My lord really loves the people like a son, and my subordinates thank you for those military households and craftsmen." ”

Zhang Bin waved his hand, stood up and said goodbye: "Then that's it, Chang Gung, you work harder, as soon as possible, the required military households and craftsmen will be requisitioned and transferred, and strive to start work in an all-round way at the end of the month." ”

Song Yingxing hurriedly arched his hand and said, "My subordinates understand, please rest assured." ”

Zhang Bin nodded, and then beckoned Cao Wenzhao and Qi Yuangong to walk out.

Early the next morning, at midnight, there were countless shouts outside Chenghai County, and the drill of the 30,000 new army finally began.

The Governor is gathering an army to exterminate the pirates, and he will finally have a peaceful birthday!