How the prefect Xu collected the evidence of Ren Batian's crime does not have to worry about Chao Gai, after all, the prefect has a large group of people around him, such as the general judgment, Confucius, the criminal officer, the prefect, and the arrest fast. In the escort camp, Chao Gai, Wu Yong, Ruan Xiaoqi, Liu Tang and others were all happy, and they couldn't hide their joy, and the generals were also very happy, especially Niu Gao. Du Qian and others led the account room to count overnight, and only then did they find out the number, which can be described as a trembling hand in counting the money.

Chao Gai said: "Just counted, a total of 80,000 taels of silver and 1,000 taels of gold were obtained. 1.7 million catties of grain. We were wounded six people, including four of the cavalry, and two of them were injured by a slip on the night when the navy was carrying food. Overall, it was a bumper harvest. Everyone is talking about how this reward came about. ”

"If you want me to say, just a little reward, basically I used to be a porter, except for Niu Gao and they didn't make any great efforts. We have to build the warships of the navy, and the horses of the cavalry have to be bought, and there are many places to spend money. Ruan Xiaoqi said.

Liu Tang said: "The horses and armor of the cavalry, and the armor of the infantry are all major expenses, and a large number of cowhides were captured this time. ”

Wu said leisurely; "It's not just as simple as building a ship or buying a horse that is waiting for expenses. In order to build a big ship and sail to sea in the future, we need to buy tens of thousands of ready-made timbers and cut down more than 100,000 big trees, which are all big expenses. Cavalry buying horses is not a long-term solution, we need to build our own military horse farm, at least two or three thousand mares as a base. The elder brother also intends to build 20 primary schools in Yuncheng County, and the Salesian Institute and the Medicine Hospital, which have been abandoned in the county for many years, will be built. Of course, the promised things must be fulfilled, and how can everyone be motivated without rewards. ”

Wu Yong paused for a moment and continued: "The requisitioned grain boats and people are all calculated according to the market price, and this is easy to do by the fish store to settle it for him." All soldiers who participate in the operation will be rewarded with three times, squad leaders will be rewarded with five times, and platoon leaders will be rewarded with twenty-five times. Among them, the people led by Ruan Xiaoer and Niu Gao participated in the work of guarding the dock, and the reward was doubled. Those who remain behind also need to be rewarded for their dedication to their duties, and the amount of the reward is half of the number of those who participated in the operation. ”

Wu Yong's proposal was recognized by everyone, and rewards were quickly issued according to this plan. Even Du Qian also had more than a dozen rewards, and Song Wan also had ten rewards for carrying cowhides, and everyone was happy, eager for when they could fight again.

In the end, Chao Gai said: "In addition to the treatment and recovery of the six injured people, each of them was given two taels of condolence money, and the exploits of the wounded in the battle were recorded." We must sort out and summarize the strengths and weaknesses in battle, and we must learn about war in war. ”

The battle with the Ren family ended everywhere, and the only fly in the ointment was that Ren Batian fled with his four brothers and immediate family, and Chao Gai arranged for the intelligence department to keep an eye on them, lest they come back to retaliate. Chaojia Commercial Bank has entered Rencheng on a large scale, department stores, and Tianya Inn. It is worth mentioning that Xu Hai has opened a new big restaurant, called Drunken Tianxian. It is a high-end restaurant, specializing in the Yellow River carp, Shuibo Liangshan and Weishan Lake Guiyu, hemp duck, big white goose, Luhua chicken. Invited a highly skilled chef, coupled with authentic ingredients, and soon the brand was launched. A very bullish couplet was written on the door: The name is three thousand miles to the north, and the twelfth floor of the south of the Yangtze River is pressed.

In contrast, the original Chaojialou is not so high-grade, only one was opened in Yuncheng, and it is no longer developing, just as a restaurant for Chao Gai to pick up friends in the rivers and lakes.

Song Wan Cowhide Armor Workshop, this is a military workshop, not open to the public, the factory is located in the col not far from the iron factory, which is also convenient for hiding and secrecy. Therefore, there are not too many people, and Song Wan is only more than 20 people. It is not without reason to let Song Wan be the head of leather armor, although Song Wantou is tall and mighty, but in fact his combat effectiveness is very poor, he is a role that does not enter the stream, and if he is arranged to be a small soldier, he is afraid and chilling. It just so happened that Song Wan's ancestral first-hand leather craftsman's craftsmanship was very good, and it just came in handy.

The workshop has just received seven or eight thousand whole cowhides, raw hides, the unprocessed kind, which are hard in texture. Song Wan sighed for a while, these are all good cowhides, at first glance, they are northern grassland goods, and the Central Plains can't get so many cowhides, after all, cattle are forbidden to be slaughtered.

Outsiders came to report that Chao Tuan had practiced. Song Wan hurried to the door to greet him.

"My brother is here." Song Wandao.

Chao Gai said: "Come here, I'll come over to see how the workshop is new." ”

Song Wan invited Chao Gai into the workshop, which was completely designed in accordance with Chao Gai's requirements, dividing the leather armor into five common models for production, and the final product was similar to a T-shirt, which could not only protect the chest and back, but also protect half of the arm. As for the leather armor on the lower body, it resembles a short skirt and can only protect the knee above.

Song Wandao: "The craftsmen's craftsmanship is not yet mature, and I have been teaching hand-in-hand for the past few days, and I believe that it will be mass-produced in half a month at most." It's just that the protection of this leather armor is weak, and it is difficult to defend against spears and bows and arrows. ”

Chao Gai said: "That's indeed the case, do you have any solution?" ”

Song Wandao: "For cavalry and infantry, the outer skin can be iron, that is, the outside is cowhide, which looks no different from ordinary cowhide armor, and does not violate the rules of the imperial court, after all, the village soldiers cannot wear iron armor, so as not to be criticized." However, I can inlay the fine iron armor made by the ironworks into the leather armor and make it into armor similar to fish scale armor, and use thick armor pieces for important places such as the chest and back, and thin armor pieces for the arms and thighs. In this way, a body of armor is seven or eight catties, and the protection is not as good as fish scale armor, but it is stronger than simple leather armor. ”

Chao Gai smiled: "Good way, just design it like this." I arranged for the ironworks to press the armor with the hardest stainless steel, so as to reduce the weight as much as possible and improve the protection ability, so that the soldiers could have stronger combat effectiveness. And what kind of armor does the water army have? ”

"The navy should take into account the possibility of falling into the water during the battle, so in addition to the officers, the soldiers do not consider using iron armor, but in order to enhance the protection, they can be lined with bamboo armor, that is, a layer of small bamboo pieces can be added, similar to our cushion in summer." Song Wan explained, "Bamboo is lightweight, but it has the ability to defend against bows and arrows of average strength, and even if a soldier falls into the water, he can calmly take off his armor." ”

"Okay, then you can produce according to your ideas, you can draw the patterns and requirements for the bamboo pieces and steel armor pieces, and I will arrange for others to generate them. Go back and bring the pieces back for the craftsmen to assemble again. Chao Gai said.

The reorganization of the escort force is a matter of time, but it is not mature at the moment and its strength is too weak.

After leaving the leather armor workshop, Chao Gai went to the iron factory again, and as for the foundry factory, Chao Gai didn't go over to look, for fear that Xu Meng would be under too much pressure and hurry up.

With the money in hand, many of Chao Gai's ideals have begun to be implemented, and the 100-year plan is based on education, and 20 primary schools have been built. Chao Gai set aside a thousand yuan to build the school with a stroke of a pen, and the specific implementation was arranged to Shi Wenbin.

Shi Wenbin couldn't laugh or cry when he got the money, "A school requires five sets of classrooms, one office, and one room, which can accommodate two hundred students, and the average is only fifty times." ”

Shi Wenbin's elder said: "Chao Tuanlian is not a stingy person, since he allocated fifty yuan to a school, he naturally has his intentions. ”

"Then you mean fifty is enough to repair school?" Shi Wenbin asked rhetorically.

Chang Sui said: "We can do this, first publicize that we want to build schools, and after the construction is completed, all boys and girls from the age of six to fourteen will study for free for three years. Don't look at the poor family is uneducated, but who doesn't want to have a person at home who can read and write. Then the adults go to the site, and it is advisable to build one in three or four villages, and the land will be jointly produced by these villages, so we don't have to be responsible for the land. Then, like the school in Chaojia Village, no workers are hired, all of them are built by the villagers on a voluntary basis, and we only provide three meals a day. As for the building materials, only bricks and lime are purchased, and the stones used to lay the foundation, and the wood for the beams, doors and windows, and desks are all provided by the village. In this way, it is the money to buy bricks and lime and the money to hire a small number of craftsmen, and fifty times is enough. It's just that the people in charge of supervising it have to work hard, and they strictly require the villagers to build according to the established standards, so that not only the construction is good, but also saves a lot of money. After all, building a school is the first step, and the next expense is still huge. Books and stationery, please pay for the gentleman's expenses, subsidies for poor children, the bulk is still to come. ”

The next morning, the sky was just dawning, which was half past four in the morning, after all, it was early in summer. Shi Wenbin tidied up his official robe, took his long entourage, and each rode a walking horse, with a kettle and rain gear hanging on the horse's buttocks, and the two went out. Originally, there were four sedan chair drivers in the county government who asked Shi Wenbin to dismiss, because he didn't want to be a person who couldn't take care of himself, and when he went out to sit in a sedan chair, the people didn't dare to talk to him, an official.

Out of the county to the north, more than ten miles, there is a mountain nest here, there are four villages nearby, the largest one is called persimmon tree ditch, no need to ask, this village persimmon plant more.

As soon as they entered the village, the sharp-eyed villagers saw the county order and the chief follow, and went straight to the village with the county order and came to the village chief's house.

The village chief Sun is a middle-aged man, in his forties, and he has seen the county order, although it is said that Yuncheng County is now Chao Gai has the final say, but Shi Wenbin is the county order after all, so he quickly and respectfully accepted into the house.

Shi Wenbin said: "Everyone heard about it a few days ago, Chao Tuanlian took out a thousand yuan to build schools for all villages in the county, so that children can have books to read, and there is still no need to pay tuition. ”

Lao Sun said: "I thought it was a rumor, but it turned out to be true." ”

"Of course it's true, you send someone to call the other three village chiefs, and we'll decide on the location of the school later." Shi Wenbin said.

Soon the other three village chiefs also arrived, there must be a dispute on the site, everyone wanted to rely on their own village to get closer, but they could not be allowed to argue too much, Shi Wenbin asked that it must be decided within three days, and the site must also be an ownerless wasteland, so as not to increase the cost of land acquisition.