After listening to Ruan Xiaoqi's narration, Chao Gai sighed: "Fifteen people were killed and injured when encountering a pirate, and if it is a naval army equipped with a giant crossbow, the casualties will be greater, and the naval army still has a long way to go. Have the pensions for the war dead been paid? Has the reward for the meritorious soldier been issued? ”

Ruan Xiaoqi said: "The pension has been distributed to the families of the sacrificed soldiers, 30 yuan per person, all minor children will be raised until the age of 16, and those who have 60-year-old people in the family will be given pension subsidies. The meritorious soldier has already registered, but the reward needs to be confirmed by the elder brother before it can be issued. ”

"Although the casualties in this battle were not small, the pirates also suffered greater losses, and the soldiers were also trained, which had both disadvantages and advantages. Xiao Qi and Kong Yang had a good meeting on this encounter and arranged for the military Chinese book to record it, so that it could develop better. Wu Yong said.

"What the military advisor said is that Kong Yang is already sorting out, this time the pirates have suffered a big loss, and I have the responsibility, and I will relax when I get home." Ruan Xiaoqi said.

Three soldiers were killed, Chao Gai was a little distressed, but Ci was not in charge of the soldiers, this is the eternal truth, Chao Gai immediately began to issue rewards, rewarded the meritorious soldiers, visited the injured soldiers, and at the same time carried out psychological counseling for the soldiers, but the Great Song Dynasty was not peaceful in this year, and most of the soldiers' psychological quality was very good. Three days later, in a towering green mountain, the cavalry, infantry, sailors, and soldiers and generals of the three armies and horses were all due, except for those on duty. Ruan Xiaoqi told the beginning and end of the encounter, and then Zhu Wu presided over the funeral, and the bodies of the soldiers who died in the war had been sent home, and there were only their clothes before their deaths.

Chao Gai, Wu Yong, Zhu Wu, Liu Tang, Wang Jin, Niu Gao, Li Kui, Jiao Ting, Bian Xiang, Pang Wanchun, Shi Xiu, Shi Jin, Chao Ran, Chao Zhang, Xie Zhen, Xie Bao, Yang Chun, Chen Da, as well as Li Ergou of the military dog team, Xu Baige of the carrier pigeon team, and the newcomers Xu Guanzhong, Xuye and Wen Zhongrong. Hua Lei and others did not come to participate because they had to be on duty.

Ruan Xiaoqi, Ruan Xiaoer, Kong Yang, and Chao Xiong of the Navy Army also arrived, but only that Ruan Xiaowu was on duty.

The neat soldiers lined up eight hundred people, all of them solemnly.

Chao Gai said loudly: "When you are a soldier in a war, although casualties are inevitable, our Yuncheng regimental training must make every sacrificed soldier valuable and dignified." They are the heroes who died to protect the caravan and fight the pirates, and after deliberation, the three of them were awarded the title of martyrs, and a grand memorial is held every year on the Qingming Festival, never forgetting the comrades who died in battle. Whether it is a small soldier or a general, there will be such treatment. ”

The soldiers were very moved, and the newcomer Wen Zhongrong was even more excited, this year, human lives are worth a few dollars, if they are in other troops, who cares about the death of a few big-headed soldiers, who will care, except for the sadness of their relatives, there is almost no condolence.

Immediately after Zhu Wu announced the beginning of the funeral, the Lying Niu Cannon fired a mourning, followed by a team of cavalry guards, and three carriages pulled the clothes of the three sacrificed soldiers slowly came.

"Salute." With a loud command, all the officers and soldiers saluted the martyrs. The three soldiers were buried in the embrace of green mountains and green waters, and the tombstone of the big bluestone clearly wrote which battle was sacrificed, so that future generations can admire.

The funeral lasted for an afternoon, which greatly boosted morale.

The big tent in the army, gathering the generals of the three armies of riding, infantry, and water, Chao Gai sat in the center, and introduced: "This Xu Guanzhong, a person from the Daimyo Mansion, is strong in martial arts, proficient in the art of war, and what is even more rare is that he has traveled all over the north and south of the river, and knows many foreign languages and dialects such as Khitan, Jin, Tibet, and Persia. ”

Ruan Xiaoqi said: "Come to our navy, there is a lack of talents who know foreign languages." ”

Wu Yongdao: "I am planning to arrange Xu Guanzhong to the navy, first serve as a squad leader, and then arrange another position after the familiarization training is completed, you think it's good." ”

Xu Guanzhong said: "It's very good, just follow what the military advisor said." ”

Chao Gai also introduced Xu Ye and Wen Zhongrong, both of whom are tower-like men, all of whom are tall and tall.

"These two are first-class fierce men, and I plan to arrange them there." Chao Gai was talking, and before he finished speaking, Niu Gao said: "Arrange it for our archers, the archers lack generals." ”

Yuye and Wen Zhongrong seem to be quite good to Niu Gao, they are both fierce men, and they naturally cherish each other when they meet. However, Chao Gai had Chao Gai's consideration, and said to Niu Gao: "These two are good at using knives, but they are not proficient in bows and arrows, and they have limited effect when they go to the archers." ”

Niu Gao nodded and said, "Okay, next time my brother finds a general who can shoot arrows, he will definitely arrange for archers." ”

Chao Gai said to Wang Jin: "These two brothers have not yet been instructed by a famous teacher, and most of the martial arts are practiced by themselves, so they need a famous teacher to correct the axe, and I am afraid that the head of the Wang sect will have to work hard." ”

Wang Jin said: "Everything is arranged by my brother. ”

"Okay, Wen and urge the two brothers, I won't arrange a position for you two for the time being, first follow Wang Jiaotou to learn some martial arts, and then follow Liu Tang brothers to learn sword skills and horse warfare, and at the same time be familiar with the situation in the army?"

The two were overjoyed and said, "Thank you, brother." "It's not easy to find someone to teach martial arts these days, although Wang Jin may not be able to teach any housekeeping skills, but the basic knowledge will definitely be taught, which is already very good for Wen Zhongrong and Yuye, who are from poor backgrounds.

Liu Tang asked happily: "I heard my brother say that the two of you are good at using big knives?" ”

"Exactly." Urging the wilderness.

"I also use a big knife, let's learn more in the future." Liu Tang said.

After dealing with the naval battle and the new arrivals, Chao Gai had a good rest for the day. I finally took the time to go back home, just entered the door, and was looking for Pan Jinlian to come over to beat my back, and the family reported that Liu Youtian had arrived.

Chao Gai knew that there must be something, and he didn't dare to delay, so he immediately invited Liu Youtian in.

Liu Youtian was very happy and smiling, since the corn harvest, his status as a farmland supervisor has been rising day by day.

"Owner, you can be regarded as back, there have been too many things in the farmland recently."

"Oh, what's that, tell me one by one?" Chao Gai said.

"The peanut harvest is abundant, a total of 20,000 catties of peanuts, has been stored in a ventilated and dry warehouse according to the method you said, ready for spring sowing, peanut seedlings are dried after the test to feed horses, cattle are very fond of eating, is a good feed for cattle and horses. Tianwang cotton has filled the warehouse full, with an average yield of more than 600 catties of cotton peaches per mu, but the manager of Chao doesn't know how to process it, so he has to wait for your orders. ”

Chao Gai said secretly, or ignore cotton, no one will play cotton in these years, lint should take out the cotton seeds and keep the seeds, and then the cotton is used to weave cloth to make clothes, or to make quilts and jackets.

"Let's go, you take me to the warehouse." Chao Gai said.

Liu Youtian took Chao Gai to the warehouse with strict precautions, each warehouse is not large, and it is separated by more than 20 meters, mainly because of the need for fire prevention. Open the door of a warehouse, there are mountains of sacks filled with lint, open a sack, inside is cotton peach, cotton wool spit out from the cotton peach, very soft.

"Okay, good, it's really good, Liu Youtian, you have managed well this year, wait for the year-end bonus during the New Year." Ha ha. "Chao Gai is overjoyed. It's really gratifying, cotton is a baby, food, clothing, housing and transportation, wear in second place, no one can not wear clothes, wear leather clothes, silk is too expensive, not ordinary people can consume it, wear linen clothes and too rough, it doesn't look so good, the emergence of cotton solves a big problem, so cotton can not only obtain economic benefits, but also important strategic materials.

"In the past few days, I have arranged for people to process Tianwang cotton, and make cotton wool out to make clothes and quilts. Save all the seeds and plant them again in the spring of next year, remember not to repeat the crop, and swap them with the fields where soybeans or corn are planted. Chao Gai said.

Liu Youtian wrote them down one by one, and continued: "The three hundred acres of Chaotian peppers have also been harvested, all of them have been dried, with an average yield of three hundred catties of dried peppers per mu, and all of them are stacked in the warehouse. ”

Liu Youtian brought Chao Gai to the Chaotian Pepper Warehouse, and the three hundred acres of Chaotian Pepper produced almost 90,000 catties, which was also piled up a lot, of course, it looked much worse than Tianwang cotton.

Chao Gai took a Chaotian pepper and said: "Chaotian pepper is a good thing, this thing will definitely be popular in the world in the future, and it is an important condiment." You cut off the tail at the back, keep the seeds inside, and arrange for the rest of the inventory to be sold by the firm. ”

"It's as simple as that?" Liu Youtian asked.

"It's as simple as that, you must not have figured out where the seeds are, so you don't dare to deal with them."

On the way back, Chao Gai Meizizi, Tianwang Mian is a huge wealth, with wealth, you can continue to recruit troops, you can continue to expand your strength, and you can get more wealth with strength, so you will become a local tyrant by snowballing development, the more you think about it, the more proud you are, and you can't help but smile on your face.

"Chao Tuanlian, what do you want, so happy." A voice said.

When Chao Gai saw it, it turned out to be Wang Jin's mother, and he hurriedly said: "Godmother, it's good." ”

"Good, good, good. The Cheng Lin you told my family Jin'er last time, I think it's very good, beautiful and gentle, if she agrees, she will get married next year. Wang Jinniang said.

"That's good, I'll talk to Cheng Lin when I get back." Chao Gai said.

Wang Jinniang's eyes were sharp, and she saw a pack of Chaotian peppers in Chao Gai's hand, Chao Gai likes to eat spicy when cooking, so she took it out of the warehouse in advance to improve the food.

"What's this red one?" Wang Jinniang asked.

Chao Gai said: "This is Chaotian pepper, very spicy, used for seasoning." ”

Wang Jinniang reached out and took one, took a bite, and stuck out her tongue spicy, "Ah, yes, it's really spicy, but it's good, is there a lot of this Chaotian pepper, can you sell us some?" ”