Yang He was surprised, and seemed to be speechless by Song Zhiyuan, and only after half a loud voice did he say: "You ......"

"Lord Yang doesn't have to shirk anymore, it's your business, it's your business." Song Zhiyuan snorted coldly, "It just so happened that today I made it clear, the matter of the patrol and arrest is sure to be on Lord Yang's side, and it has nothing to do with this official in the future, if there is any banditry, don't come to the old man again." ”

Yang He was displeased, speechless, and seemed to be so stimulated by Song Zhiyuan's shamelessness that he couldn't speak.

Zhizhou Su Chengxing squinted, as if he didn't notice the dispute between President Yang Lian and Judge Song, and his mind was racing, weighing the pros and cons.

With his officialdom experience, he naturally knew that Song Zhiyuan was really throwing the pot, and he didn't want to do this patrol for a long time, so he took this opportunity to throw it out and threw it on the head of the Yang River.

Na Yanghe was surprised at first, but then he acquiesced in pushing the boat down the river, obviously planning for a long time, and he was determined to win the position of patrolling.

Is this good or bad? Su Chengxing pondered.

He naturally paid attention to Yang He, and Su Zhizhou also knew a lot about his affairs in Suining, and even the affairs of Han Lan and Wei Kungang at that time, he also had his own guesses.

Judging from the life and temperament of this Yang He, almost everything he wants to get will be obtained by unscrupulous means, and it is obviously useless to stop it, but it will cause all kinds of uncontrollable things.

Thinking about it again, although Yang He is easy to make trouble, there is still a bottom line for being a man and doing things, at least he knows how to restrain his subordinates and not to harass the squires and the people.

Even if he gets the position of patrol, the dead are just green-skinned rogue bandits, no matter how many of these people die, it will not have an impact on his Su Chengxing, and it will not have an impact on Pizhou City.

Thinking of this, Su Chengxing smiled and said: "Lord Song is reasonable, the river defense is heavy, and Lord Song is indeed lacking in skills. Lord Yang is in charge of bandits, so there is really no need to divide local bandits and foreign bandits, so let's manage them together. ”

Yang He hesitated: "Xiaguan is young and shallow......

Su Chengxing waved his hand and said resolutely: "Lord Yang, don't shirk it, now the thief is menacing, Lord Yang has a lot of promise, and he should solve problems for the court." ”

Yang He sighed: "Well, for the sake of the people of Pizhou City, the lower officials will take care of the affairs of this patrol." ”

Song Zhiyuan was relieved, this nasty patrol duty was finally thrown out, and it had nothing to do with him in the future when the Pizhou bandit Qingpi made a fuss.

Tongzhi Zhang Kuixiang was still sitting like a bodhisattva, and Chen Tai'an, the official, had a complicated expression and didn't know what he was thinking.

talked about the bandit patrol and arrest, and then Su Chengxing and Yang He talked about the brave food and salary in other places.

The emperor did not send hungry soldiers, and if he wanted to fight under Yang He, he had to do so in terms of grain, rice and equipment.

The state government gave Yang He's township soldiers a quota of 700 "training".

In fact, there are brave and strong men everywhere in the township, and many villages have their own village soldiers to protect the people of Zhuangzi and so on.

However, only the township soldiers who are "trained" in the prefectures and counties are officially recognized as township brave forces, and the rest are illegal, but all parties have acquiesced in the troubled times, and no government will provide them with food and equipment.

And 700 people train village soldiers, and the treatment in the state city is one tael of food and silver per soldier per month, and 700 people a year is 8,400 taels. Coupled with some miscellaneous equipment, it is estimated that the state city will give about 10,000 taels of silver to Yanghe's township soldiers a year.

This treatment is better than that of Suining County, but according to this salary to raise soldiers, Yanghe 2,500 people still have to drink the northwest wind. Not to mention that he still has 1,000 horses and mules under his command, which consumes 8,500 stone of grain and 2.8 million kilograms of hay a year.

At this time, a bunch of grass is about 15 catties, and each bunch is folded into two or three cents of silver, and the price of 2.8 million kilograms of hay is 7,500 taels of silver.

Therefore, Yang He still has to rely on himself to raise soldiers, and the silver given by the state city is just the icing on the cake.

And according to the meaning of Su Chengxing and others, they have done their best, and they can't take out the extra money.

However, Su Chengxing also said that the Yamen of the Governor of Caoyun has issued an official document, and the Governor's Mansion will allocate some money and grain.

They gave Yang He a thousand soldiers, and returned three steps and seven horses, and there were three hundred horsemen. The treatment of the internal infantry is one tael of silver per person per month, and five buckets of rice. The treatment of horse soldiers, two taels of silver per person per month, five buckets of rice, and eight cents of grass bean silver per day, twenty-four taels a year.

At this time, the cavalry of the horse team had armor, and the number of horse troops of 300 people, the governor's yamen would allocate 300 pairs of iron-inlaid cotton armor.

In this way, the food and equipment allocated by the governor's palace are 22,800 taels of silver, 6,000 stones of rice, and 300 pairs of armor a year.

From this side, it can also be seen that the horse breeding team is expensive, 700 infantry, and the annual salary is only 8,400 taels. But three hundred horsemen, including grass and bean silver, need to pay fourteen thousand four hundred taels of silver a year, and the weapons and armor have not yet been counted.

Song Zhiyuan and Chen Tai'an both showed envy and jealousy, and even Zhang Kuixiang, who was sitting like a bodhisattva, was moved.

Although there are rumors that the new Lian General Manager Yang He is very valued by Shi Governor's ministers, there are also rumors that Huai'an will allocate some silver taels of rice. But everyone just speculated, and Zhou Zun did not disclose the news, and the truth was finally revealed at this time.

This was a surprise for Yang He, when he met Shi Kefa, he mentioned in passing, hoping that the government would give him some support, but he didn't expect to come.

This also means that the governor's palace is watching the soldiers and horses under its command, and the magic method of civilian officials to control the army at this time is money and grain, and if they control the army's food and salary, they indirectly control the army.

For Yang He, it is pure delusion to control his army with more than 20,000 taels of silver and 6,000 stone of rice a year, but money and grain are money and grain, although it is small, it can also fill some household needs.

And it also gave an obvious signal to the outside world that there were people above him, and he could avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.

In addition to the matter of food and salary, Su Chengxing also told Yang He that after the military merit was formulated, the reward for his several beheadings was also counted.

There is an official document in the house, Yang He has won three great victories, the first ambush in the interior, and the number of beheadings is 1,300. The second time the city was defended, and the number of beheadings was 2,000. In the third field battle against the thieves, the number of decapitations was 2,700.

In the three great victories, the total number of beheadings he has is a staggering 6,000.

According to the military merit system of the Ming Dynasty, a famous drama thief was killed, and the leader was promoted to a real level, and those who did not want to be promoted were rewarded with 30 taels of silver. On the battlefield, one by one, the thief was killed, and the leader was promoted to the first level, and those who did not want to be promoted were rewarded with ten taels of silver. Capture and behead three thieves, the leader is promoted to the first level, and those who do not want to be promoted will be rewarded with fifteen taels of silver.

In Yang He's list of military merits, there is no list of famous drama thieves and secondary drama thieves, they are all ordinary thieves and thieves, and only three of them will have a reward of fifteen taels of silver. Basically, the first level of beheading is rewarded with five taels of silver, and the 6,000th head is rewarded with 30,000 taels of silver.

This money was distributed by the Ministry of War, and it would be sent down layer by layer, first to Huai'an Mansion, and transported to Pizhou together with the food and equipment allocated by the Governor's Palace, and finally to Yang He.

This made Yang He groan, it is the norm for Daming to deduct military salaries and food salaries, and the same is true for military merit rewards, this layer of exploitation, 30,000 taels of silver, and finally it is difficult to say whether there are 10,000 taels in his hands.

Fortunately, he trained to kill the enemy not for the sake of rewarding silver, it doesn't matter if he has this reward or not, it should be the icing on the cake.

……

In the end, Yang He and Su Chengxing talked about his preparation for cultivating wasteland.

Regarding this, Su Chengxing happily agreed. There is a lot of wasteland in Pizhou, and theoretically the government is also very much in favor of the people to reclaim the wasteland, but the soil quality here is not good, and there is barely some harvest in the third year of wasteland, and the people's enthusiasm is not high.

Su Chengxing said to Yang He that except for some lakes used as canal water tanks, the riverside should not be cultivated, so as not to affect the transportation of water, and the rest of the wasteland in the territory, he would go to reclaim.

He was even happier to exempt Yang He's newly cultivated land from taxes and grain for five years.

For Su Chengxing, he will soon be a leader, five years later? That's already a matter of the successor, it has nothing to do with him, it's better to sell Yang He now. He agreed to Yang He's request very neatly.

In the end, Yang He went back satisfied, and he returned with a full load for today's discussion.

At this time, the state and county yamen were like a sieve, and it was inevitable, and the affairs discussed by the officials today were all spread.

The new Lian General Manager Yang is in charge of patrol affairs? Some people are happy and some are worried about this news.

Countless pairs of eyes in the state city watched to see what Yang He would do.

An undercurrent slowly surged inside and outside Pizhou City.

……

On June 11, the military camp of Pizhou Bailian Township.

This military camp is located in the southeast of Pizhou Yongkang Gate outside a mile, surrounded by horse temple, Yan Gong Temple, Guan Xiangcang and other buildings, not far from the north of the military camp there is Yishui Bridge, is Zhang Liang met Huangshi office, called the bridge also.

Now Xiaoyishui has long been abandoned, has become a narrow ditch, although the ancient bridge is in, there is no role of the bridge passage for a long time, the surrounding is full of narrow streets and alleys, many are still grass houses or even reed houses, not to mention the three-in-one, four-in-one, that is, there are not many "one-stop" tile houses.

Compared with the west and south gates of Pizhou City, the people gathered in the east and north have always been poor, and many military households have also gathered here, and the roads are full of potholes and garbage.

However, the barracks are still large, with more than 200 barracks, each of which houses 10 people, and can accommodate more than 2,000 soldiers and horses. In addition to the barracks parade platform, wells, bathhouses, toilets, stables, warehouses, canteens and other equipment are indispensable, many of which are still built according to the requirements of the Yang River.

The ground is also leveled, covered with fine sand, etc., which is convenient for exercise, and at the same time, it will not be muddy on rainy days.

At this time, on the flat field of the military camp, Yang He and others gathered, and there was a table in front of them, on which were placed a large pile of newly made fire guns and armor and so on.

However, the hydraulic forging hammer of Xin'anzhuang has been debugged, and the munitions station has produced some samples according to Yang He's requirements, and if it can, it will be produced according to this.

Everyone gathered, Zhang Chugong, Minister Yang, Han Guan'er, Luo Xianjue, Zhang Songtao and others all looked around curiously, Qian Sanniang and Li Ruwan were also in the crowd, looking at the weapons and armor on the table with great interest.

Coming to the Pizhou barracks was Zhang Chuxun, the new deputy head of the Military Affairs Hall, who also served as the head of the quartermaster's station, and Yu Blacksmith and Li Tiannan also became the deputy directors of the station.

They came together, but Han Daxia, the head of the Military Affairs Hall, was stationed in Xin'an Village, but he didn't come with him. The new deputy head Hu Zhiyi also stayed in Zhuangzhong.

"Xianggong, this is the new Angong two style that is made according to the requirements." Zhang Chuxun picked up a firecracker, and Yang He took it and looked at it.

He looked closely at the Xin'an-2 style in his hand, which was a flintlock pistol, an improvement on the former's Xin'an-Yuan type, the breech-loading arquebus.

The swan-neck style of the gun holder is conducive to holding and aiming close to the cheek, and the gun body is coated with raw lacquer, polished and smooth, and looks exquisite and atmospheric.

The difference is that the arquebus structure behind the gun is gone, and it is replaced by a flint dog head style, with flint sandwiched on it, and the flint fire replaces the original arquebus ignition.

The rest is largely unchanged, with a downward curved copper bolt handle with a semicircular iron lid clamp on it, similar to a 38 lid.

This is to prevent the burning gas from hurting people, although copper bolts are used, but not metal cartridge casings, and air leakage of breech guns is inevitable. With this iron lid, it can effectively prevent the scorching smoke from hurting the shooter. Previously the lid was square, now it is semicircular.

Finally, in the front, the handguard extends not far from the mouth of the gun, and then the handguard at this end is all covered with iron, and the mouth is also opened, like an iron sheath. There are also two holes in the side of the clad cladding handguard for locking bolts.

"Xianggong, this is a sword." Zhang Zhuxun respectfully handed over a sharp thing.

Yang He took a closer look, it was dark and heavy, a long spike made of fine iron, like an iron cone, there were two blood grooves in the front half, the tip was slightly blunt, similar to five or six thorns, but four-edged.

The whole is thin and round, long and pointed, the hilt is slightly flattened, slightly smaller than the blade, and then there are two grooves on the hilt, but it is used for lock bolts.

Looking at this sword, Yang He sighed in his heart, if he could, he would really like to design the kind of bayonet in later generations, even the sleeve bayonet is not bad.

But the process and materials are not permitted, only choose the kind used by Zhang Zhugong, the structure is very strong, but the function is single, and it can only be locked on the bayonet.

Admiring the sword, Yang He stuffed the sword into the wooden sheath, and the hilt was stuffed all the way in, and then at the end, the sword body, which was slightly larger than the hilt, was blocked outside the sheath, similar to the bearing effect of the bayonet collar against the crosshairs.

Zhang Chuxun handed over two bolts and a screwdriver, and Yang He screwed the two bolts through the side holes in the iron-clad handguard and locked them on the two grooves at the hilt of the inner sword.

He used a screwdriver to lock the two bolts tightly, and in the end the sword was very strong, and it could not be stabbed at all. Even stronger than the bayonets of later generations, because they are jammed, and this side is locked.

It's just that it is firm, and it is slightly difficult to disassemble and maintain, because it is necessary to use a screwdriver to unscrew the two bolts before taking out the sword.

However, Yang He's sword is locked and he is not ready to move it, only sometimes there is nothing in the barracks, and it doesn't matter if he unscrews the bolt and wipes it for maintenance.

Yang He took a fire and took a look, the whole was more than eight catties, and the weight was still appropriate. With the addition of the sword, the total length is about 1.6 meters, and the length of the fire gun is basically suitable.

Maybe the rear gun is slightly heavier, and after the front gun sword is fixed, although it is more than a pound, it will not feel top-heavy and has good balance.

Then there are still holes under the handguard, a cane is inserted, and there is a strap, Yang He is happy, this new Anjun two style, basically the same as the single-shot rifle of later generations.

He looked at it repeatedly, and the people next to him were also whispering, especially Qian Sanniang looked at the fire gun in Yang He's hand and was eager to try.

"Xianggong, give." Zhang Chuxun handed over another box of custom-packed paper-shell ammunition.

Yang He picked up one, this is the new style of sub-medicine set by Xin'anzhuang, which is different from the original, not only using new gunpowder, but also using a single-headed bullet.

In the future, the new opponent is the Qing army, which is well equipped and has a high armor rate, and in order to deal with their shields, armor, shield vehicles, etc., Yang He decided to use one-headed bullets in the future.

The shape of this bullet is like a hollow semi-cylinder, there are rifling wires around the bullet, and it can rotate slowly after flying out of the muzzle, the principle is similar to that of a shuttlecock in flight, relying on the center of gravity to move forward and its own micro-rotation to maintain stability, and the accuracy and armor-piercing degree are much higher than the previous spherical lead bullet.

They are not difficult to cast, as long as there is a corresponding mold, that is, the rifling can be processed on the mold in advance, although the casting is rougher.

In order to improve the penetration of the single-headed projectile, Yang He also added a certain amount of tin to the lead liquid to increase the hardness.

In order to prevent the deformation of the single-headed bomb after ejecting the chamber, cork is stuffed into the cavity of each single-headed bomb, which also plays the role of holding the breath and moving the center of gravity forward.

Of course, the single-headed bullet has a certain degree of accuracy, but the degree is not too high, and basically there is no accuracy at a distance of 100 meters. But to Yang He, this distance is enough, anyway, his army is basically within a hundred paces, and it is useless to be far away.

He looked at the medicine in his hand, and the total weight of the gunpowder was about six and a half cents, the inner gunpowder was one and a half cents, and the lead bullet was five cents.

His new An-2 is still a 12-millimeter caliber, but with a long single-headed bullet, even if the bullet is hollow, the bullet weighs much heavier, about 18 grams.

With such a bullet weight, it stands to reason that more gunpowder is needed to achieve the original power range, but Xin'anzhuang uses new gunpowder, that is, charcoal uses wicker before and after Qingming, so that charcoal can be burned through without wood.

Sulfur is also purchased from refining, and with the original high purity of nitrate, the gunpowder prepared is even more sophisticated and pure.

Zhang Chuxun reported that the gunpowder could break through armor in more than 60 steps, but now it has been increased to 70 steps.

Moreover, even if a single-headed bullet is used, the amount of gunpowder is reduced to one and a half cents, only half of the original, and the smoke is still white and faint, which is not at all like the thick smoke of others, and the black smoke is blind.

There are many impurities in gunpowder, and black smoke will billowing after shooting, and the smoke that comes out of fine black powder is white.

"Try it."

Yang He raised his gun, and there was a crisp sound of metal, and the copper bolt that bent down was raised.

As soon as Yang He pulled, in the sound of metal, the copper bolt was pulled out together with the iron cover, revealing the black muzzle.

Yang He stuffed the single-headed bullet paper shell into it hard, and with a push, the copper bolt was pushed away with the iron cover, and the copper bolt mouth was easily pushed into the pipe, looking at the iron cover, and also wrapped a part of the back of the pipe.

Yang He pressed, with a bang, the iron cover did not move, and the copper bolt machine turned right and stuck in the iron-clad hardwood slot. At the same time, the arc knife at the front end of the copper bolt cut through the fixed cartridge ammunition inside the chamber, and the rustling primer poured into the nest of the fire door.

He pulled the hammer down, raised his hammer and aimed it at a target seventy paces away, and after a moment's aim, pulled the trigger.

With a loud bang, the smoke of gunpowder filled, the hammer fell, and the flint between it hit the fire sickle hard, and the linked yin and yang machine flashed away, and the hot iron filings fell into the fire door nest, igniting the primer inside.

A surging flame rose from the nest of the fire door and the mouth of the gun, and white smoke rose.

"Good!"

Everyone shouted and applauded, and when they saw the target, it had been hit accurately, and the debris was flying.

Yang He looked at that side and felt that after using the one-headed bullet and the new gunpowder, the power had really increased a lot.

He estimated that this muzzle velocity was close to 300 meters per second, and it was indeed 70 steps, that is, about 100 meters, it could break the enemy's single-layer iron armor, inlaid with iron cotton armor and the like.

If an enemy enters a distance of 50 paces, they can break through their second layer of heavy armor.

If they get closer to forty paces, it is useless to wear three layers of armor.

And the accuracy has really improved a lot.