The next day, early in the morning, when the sun rose, Chao Gai got up. I found clothes scattered all over the place, and a messy quilt on the bed. Pan Jinlian was sleeping next to her, and the small dimples on her face were looming.

Chao Gai was a little depressed, and secretly said that he was drunk and misunderstood. Chao Gai brought Pan Jinlian back, although he said that he would arrange a maid's position, but it was really in name only, and there was nothing to do. Chao Gai originally planned to recognize Pan Jinlian as his sister and marry him to his generals in the future, so as to win him over, but he didn't expect to become his own woman.

The sound of Chao Gai getting up alarmed Pan Jinlian, who woke up to find herself defenseless, her face flushed with shame, and she hid under the quilt.

Chao Gai said: "I've seen everything that should be seen, hurry up, the sun is getting high." ”

"I, I." Pan Jinlian was aggrieved and wanted to cry.

"Wait until I marry Hu Sanniang and then marry you, don't be wronged." Chao Gai shook his head, got up to wash his face, and found that he actually had some backache, and he was not so tired of fighting tigers secretly, sure enough, women are better than tigers.

When Chao Gai left, Pan Jinlian got out of the quilt and happily put on her clothes.

Seeing that it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone has always attached importance to this day that symbolizes reunion. Chao Gai selected more than 200 poor households in the county, brought Jiao Ting, and asked the guards to catch up with the two carriages and the fat chickens in the cages of the carriages. According to the list listed, they went door to door to give holiday gifts, a chicken, and 20 catties of rice.

The difficult families who received the chickens were all happy, and they couldn't stop praising Yuncheng as a small county, so Chao Gai was not too tired to do it himself, and it was to gather the hearts of the people. Even the homeless people in the homeless village eat better porridge than usual, after all, it's a holiday.

Jiao Ting and others also have light on their faces, and they are also very comfortable doing good deeds.

Of course, all the soldiers under the training of the Yuncheng regiment, whether they are infantry, cavalry or sailors, will be given a holiday condolence fund of 500 wen, and a set of casual autumn clothes, and some family members will send fish and meat and other welfare goods in Yuncheng County. If there is a kid in the family who is training as a soldier in the regiment, his parents and relatives are proud, and the threshold has been stepped on by the matchmaker, and Zhang Luo wants to talk about his daughter-in-law.

It was not until August 20 that the harvest of Chao's Tianwang rice was fully completed, and the next step was to divide the seeds and then distribute them to the people who paid the deposit. Chao Gai originally planned to keep 1 million catties, but the actual output was somewhat low, and only 900,000 catties were retained and stored in the warehouse. There is no other reason, the fertilizer is insufficient, and in the era of no chemical fertilizer, the high-yield corn is about 1,000 catties, and it is difficult to reach more than 1,200 catties.

In addition to grain, there are nearly three or two thousand catties of forage harvested per acre, and it is a good forage to feed cattle, horses and sheep after the corn stalks are crushed. The joy of the harvest makes Chao Gai's prestige to a higher level, the agricultural society can increase food production that is a great credit, some old people in Chaojia Village want to build a merit monument to Chao Gai, Chao Gai originally disagreed, can not stand the enthusiasm of the old people, invited a stonemason to carve the stone statue of Chao Gai, holding Tianwang rice, implying that Tianwang rice is cultivated by Chao Gai.

As for the cotton, it has begun to be picked, the peanuts have been harvested, and all the seeds have been retained, and the Chaotian pepper is also being harvested. These three crops are not advertised, so there is no unnecessary trouble.

On the morning of this day, Chao Gai was promoted to a big tent in the barracks, Wu Yong and Zhu Wu, the two military divisions arrived, and all the generals also came, except for Wang Jin, of course, he was only responsible for training the generals, did not lead troops, and did not need to participate in these meetings.

Chao Gai said: "In the past few days, a new shipbuilding master, named Ye Chun, was originally a businessman in Fujian, came to Jeju and lost his capital, I heard that we recruited shipbuilding craftsmen to apply, good at manufacturing sea ships with water wheels, I have arranged for him to replace Mr. Wu to preside over the follow-up work of the shipyard." ”

Speaking of sea boats, Ruan Xiaoer asked: "Brother, what is a sea ship with a water wheel?" ”

"I knew that the brother of the water army was curious, so I had already prepared and had someone draw a sketch. When the shipyard is ready for full-scale production, it will produce centipede ships with water wheels. Chao Gai said and took out a sketch for Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu and others of the Navy to watch.

In fact, the change is very small, just the original 20 slurry was removed, and it was replaced by four water wheels, the diameter of the water wheel is 1.5 meters in size, and only two people need to drive it to turn fast. In this way, four water wheels with only eight sailors are sufficient.

Ruan Xiaowu said with a smile: "This has changed the centipede boat to look like a centipede car, but can these four water wheels still play water at the same speed as before?" ”

"The little five brothers rest assured, since it is a modification, it must be experimented first, but this kind of water wheel was used in large quantities as early as the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, and the speed is extraordinary. The four water wheels only need eight people to drive them to achieve the same speed, and the twelve people saved will become combat personnel.

Ruan Xiaoer also laughed: "This is very good, a centipede ship can be loaded with a dozen or so giant crossbows, and there is no fear of any kind of enemy ship." ”

"That's not going to be a hedgehog, our cavalry also has to be equipped with a giant crossbow." Liu Tang said.

Chao Gai said: "The giant crossbow is a weapon forbidden by the imperial court, you must know that we are just a local regimental training, not a regular forbidden army." The giant crossbow is only installed on the warship to deal with unknown dangers when going to sea, and once it comes back from the sea, the giant crossbow is hidden. For the time being, the infantry cavalry did not have the conditions to equip the giant crossbow. ”

Liu Tang and the others nodded in understanding, and Wu Yong said: "This Ye Chun is a talent, he should be able to transform the centipede boat well, as for what the loach boat brother and the generals of the navy think of it." ”

Ruan Xiaoer said with a smile: "Ye Chun is like a baby with a loach boat diagram, but in fact, it is an ordinary sea boat with a water wheel. The inland river water is shallow, not suitable for sea ships, if it is only said that it is best to use a centipede boat in Shuibo Liangshan, the draft is shallow, and all kinds of harbors can enter. But since we're recruiting, we should give him the opportunity to show it, and let's build a prototype ship to see how it goes. ”

"Well, there are too many water wheels on the loach boat, and there are seven or eight water wheels on one side according to the original design, which must be changed. Ye Chun can be allowed to build a watership according to the model of the flying bird ship. The sail and manpower are used together, and if the wind and water are smooth, it is naturally good to rely on the wind power, and the bird boat is fast. After a while, Mr. Wu and I will go and communicate with Ye Chun. Chao Gai said.

Ruan Xiaowu said: "The flying bird ship is fast, and it can be used for both business and war. It doesn't matter if it's a merchant ship, but it's not mighty to be a warship and a bird. Why don't you change it, how about calling it a flying eagle? ”

"It's a good idea, and it just so happens to separate merchant ships from warships." Zhu Wu said.

Chao Gai nodded: "Okay, when the manufacturing is successful, the warship will be equipped with steel armor, and a flying eagle will be drawn on the bow of the ship, and our ship will be renamed the Flying Eagle Warship, and the establishment is a number number, Flying Eagle No. 1, Flying Eagle No. 2, so compiled." ”

After talking about the ships of the navy, let's talk about the horses of the cavalry. Liu Tang said: "Our cavalry is small in number, and there are enough war horses. The steppe horse is short, but it has excellent endurance and is a rare good horse. It's just that we only need light cavalry, don't we train heavy cavalry? ”

Wu Yongdao: "Our light cavalry is divided into two kinds, one is called lancers, the main station weapon is a spear, and the auxiliary weapon is a sabre. The other is called the archer, also called the cavalry, the main weapon is the bow and arrow, and the cavalry knife is also equipped, which is fast and light. The soldiers were equipped with leather armor lined with steel sheets, and their protective ability was not much weaker than that of the heavy cavalry, but it was inferior in impact. However, we can combine light cavalry and archers, and we can completely defeat heavy cavalry. ”

Shi Jindao: "I also want to be a light cavalry, and the head of the Wang sect mainly teaches me marksmanship." ”

"Brother Shi Jin, don't worry. Won't forget you, train for a few months first. Chao Gai laughed.

Shi Jin's martial arts are in the growth period, so naturally he can't arrange a position, otherwise the training will be wasted, and the gains outweigh the losses. Now the army has its own military horse farm, not to mention the horse market, and it is no longer worried about military horses.

Chao Gai said: "Recently, the harvest of Tianwang rice has been completed, we have enough money and food, and there are more than 1,000 soldiers. It's just that to officially become an army, more heroes need to join. We're just a small group training in the local area, and there are too few people who come to join on their own, so I decided to go out tomorrow to search for some talent. ”

Wu Yong said: "The shipyard work has been handed over to Ye Chun to preside, and I can go with my brother." ”

"That's very good." Chao Gai said.

Zhu Wudao: "If there is chaos today, there are many heroes and strong people in various places, and my brother will definitely bring a few skilled brothers when he wants to go far away, first, to deal with possible dangers, and second, to strengthen his momentum." ”

"Haha, how can such a lively thing be missing me Li Kui, I Li Kui is willing to go with my brother."

"I'm going too." Shi Jin said.

Chao Gai smiled: "We're going out to visit heroes, not to fight." Mr. Wu and I took Jiao Ting, Li Kui, and Pang Wanchun, and a group of five people was fine. The other Ma Ge'an is duty, especially Shi Jin, Shi Xiu, Chen Da, and Yang Chun, learn from Wang Jiaotou and Liu Jiaotou, and wait for me to go back and forth to be assessed. ”

"Yes, don't worry." Shi Jindao.

That night, Chao Gai and Wu Yong went to talk to Ye Chun for a long time in the middle of the night, and Chao Gai persuaded Ye Chun with his rich knowledge and decided to use the Flying Bird Ship as a blueprint to fight the Steel-Armored Flying Eagle Ship. Four water wheels plus three masts and six sails. Just wait for the shipyard to be completed and start building ships as soon as possible.

Three days later, the morning of the Mid-Autumn Festival was already chilly. Chao Gai, Wu Yong, Jiao Ting, Li Kui, Pang Wanchun. A group of five people, five horsemen, and five spare horses.

Chao Gai said to Wu Yong: "You have to think about it, you have to run thousands of miles when you go out this time, you are not afraid of hard work." ”

Wu Yong said: "I used to ride a donkey and run around like this, and the opportunity was rare. It's okay at home, Wen has Zhu Wu, Wu has Liu Tang, everything can be assured. ”

"Hehe, okay. Let's go. The team started the first stop, heading north, to Henghai County, Cangzhou. There are five people in this line and four martial arts masters, among which Li Kui and Jiaoting are all masters of foot combat. Chao Gai and Pang Wanchun fought fiercely, not to mention the bow and arrow. Coupled with a resourceful Wu Yong, it can be said that he is both literate and martial.

All the way north, one hundred and twenty or thirty miles a day. However, in three or four days, it entered the territory of Cangzhou, which is located in the north of Shandong, and was originally a prosperous state capital, but it was later abandoned and became a place where the imperial court issued important criminals. Along the way, the people's livelihood has withered, and the people have been miserable, and Yuncheng has become a paradise in comparison.

Pang Wanchun said: "Brother, who are we looking for in Cangzhou." ”

Chao Gai said: "Some time ago, Wang Lun, Du Qian, and Song Wan took a group of people to Shuibo Liangshan at the door of our house to fall into the grass, this matter was the idea of Chai Jinchai's big officials, he sent people to the door of our house to fall into the grass, do we have to come and talk to him." ”

Li Kui said: "This bird Chai Jin is indeed hateful." If it weren't for him, Wang Lun wouldn't have forced me to read and write every night. ”

Everyone laughed, it turned out that Li Kui complained about Chai Jin because of this.