At noon on this day, the deputy general Yang Zhan led his troops to arrive, Yang Lin was overjoyed, hugged his fists and said: "General Yang, Zhang Xian is loyal to hate, when he escaped from the city, he not only set fire to the city, but also coerced more than 100,000 people to evacuate along the Golden Bull Road.

Our department has intercepted some of the people only to find that Zhang Xianzhong robbed too much property, you see, the chestnut tree is filled with 50 taels of silver.

General Yang, you are a famous general in Sichuan, I am not a rising star, and I hope that my lord will make it clear where to go next. ”

When he took the exam, Yang Zhan won the first and third places in one fell swoop, which is what we often call Wu Tanhua, whose reputation is far above Zeng Ying and Zhao Ronggui.

In the past, although the two knew each other under the account of Chen Shiqi, the governor of Sichuan, it was just the support of the seniors to the juniors.

In the past two years, the Volunteer Army has sprung up, and Yang Lin's official position is above it, so it was a little embarrassing to meet for the first time.

Yang Lin was still as humble as ever, and he was quite happy in his heart.

Yang Zhan laughed, patted Yang Lin on the shoulder and said: "Ru Zhen, this Zhang Xian is loyal to hate, when I arrived with my troops, the Shu Wangfu and the governor's yamen still burned non-stop, and other places also withered.

Zhang Xianzhong is so hateful, don't say that there is no silver, it is incumbent on us to save the people. ”

Yang Lin nodded again and again and said, "What the general said makes sense, I have intercepted 200 chestnut trees, which is about 250,000 taels of silver.

Now that there is a shortage of soldiers, money is needed for military salaries, and money is needed for resettlement of displaced people. Otherwise, I will have someone send 50 chestnut trees to the general to thank you for the help of the army. ”

Yang Zhan laughed and said: "Ruzhen, it's rare to have your heart, and I will be content if you have this heart."

The cities and capitals of Dazhou, Bazhou, which are controlled by your troops, are deeply plagued by rogues, and the army is also in great need of money and food.

In the battle of Pengjiangkou, I burned several of Zhang Xianzhong's ships with a fire, and I also intercepted a batch of property before and after, and I was originally going to give you a part, but now we don't want to help each other. ”

When Yang Lin heard this, he expressed his gratitude again and again.

The two families joined forces in one place, under the unified command of Yang Zhan, and the property intercepted was divided equally between the two armies.

In order to continue to put pressure on the Liukou, Yang Zhan and Yang Lin led their troops to attack the Liukou rear army in turn to consume the Liukou's combat power, but Zhang Xianzhong also strengthened the strength of the broken queen, not only personally commanded the army, but also ordered Zhang Kewang, Zhang Nengqi, Feng Youqing and others to lead their troops to block the Golden Bull Road, preventing the Ming army from easily breaking through the defense line and approaching the Chinese army.

During this period, although the Ming army ordered the partial generals to lead their troops to copy the opponent's side road, forcing the opponent to be in a hurry, and rescued a large number of people, on the other hand, the captured chestnut trees were very limited.

The morale of the crowd was quite low, and Yang Lin smiled and comforted everyone: "Everyone, people are the most important thing compared to silver, and saving people's lives is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter."

One person can earn 7,8 taels of silver in a year, and we have rescued 2,3,000 people today.

Pass my order, Zhang Xianzhong kidnapped my fellow villagers, it is really hateful, from today on, anyone who rescues the captives will be rewarded with 1 tael of silver.

We are all peasants, and with fields and people, are we still worried about countless silver? ”

When everyone heard this, they were overjoyed.

When it was based on humanitarian principles, Yang Lin did not think about the impact on the future because of his insistence.

Camping that night, Yang Lin was stationed at Magangtou to inspect the terrain, and saw Wang Zhibang, the capital of the 10th Regiment, timidly coming over and saluting from a distance.

Wang Zhibang was originally the general of Daxi, after returning to the Volunteer Army, he was not allowed to be allowed to the generals, Yang Lin first appointed him as the captain of each other, and then the infantry army general, the militia division, this time the army entered the plain of the city and its department was reorganized into a regular army.

Wang Zhibang, like Wang Fuchen, has become a role model for the generals of Daxi, and through the reuse of the two of them, he has exhausted the heart of the surrender generals, and now seeing that he suddenly came to see him, Yang Lin turned over and dismounted, pointed to the coffee table next to him and said: "Now all regiments are camping, and some are verifying the results of the battle, what is the special thing about Wang Dusi today?" ”

Unlike other generals, Yang Lin gave full play to the role of the shogunate, with the logistics department in charge of the army's salaries, the staff office in charge of operations, and the military administration department in charge of propaganda and verification of military achievements.

At the end of the First World War, each general took the lead in reporting a rough report, which was then verified by the shogunate, and finally reported.

Due to the establishment of a strong shogunate and the effective appointment of personnel, Yang Lin was basically detached from daily affairs, and was mainly concerned with warfare and major government affairs.

Now that the regiments are encamping, or verifying the merits of the day, everyone should be very busy, why did Wang Zhibang rush to report military affairs at this time?

Wang Zhibang smiled and said, "My lord, the last general came because he caught two Taixi people, and one of them claimed to have a friendship with the adult. ”

Tessie? It is another name for Westerners, Yang Lin frowned, and said with a smile: "What Wang Dusi said is good, when I got out of prison that day, I met dozens of monks and Taoists bullying a Taixi person.

I think that the Taixi people crossed the ocean and came to my Middle Earth Daming thousands of miles away, and the other party was also a wise man, so he came forward to rescue. ”

Wang Zhibang was overjoyed, beckoned, and several soldiers came to the slope with two Western missionaries.

From afar, An Siwen saw Yang Lin standing at the front, he looked very excited, raised his big hand and shouted: "Yang, Yang, I'm Father An, Yang, it's so good to see you." ”

Yang Lin was overjoyed, stretched out his big hand to welcome the other party, who expected the other party to actually prostrate on the ground, holding Yang Lin's feet with both hands, and kissing the riding boots on his feet deeply.

The surrounding guards were shocked, and one by one they were worried that it would be unfavorable to the main general, so they drew their swords and reprimanded them.

Yang Lin was also taken aback, in his previous life, how high the foreigners were and enjoyed super-national treatment, he couldn't imagine that he would meet two Western missionaries today.

The staff around him were also quite surprised, and the common people only knelt down when they saw the officials, and they didn't expect these two Westerners to actually prostrate on the ground in public and kiss the adult's riding boots.

Feeling that his face was flushed, he couldn't imagine that his friend in cloth was so undignified, so he hurriedly pulled the other party up, and said to Fan Mingshan and the others next to him: "Brothers, when I asked for my life for the people and went to prison, after Brother Fan and others tried every means to rescue me, I happened to see dozens of monks and Taoists besieging Brother An, and they were in a hurry to rescue the other party in righteous anger.

Brother An is also a friend of the official cloth, I didn't expect to be so polite, meet again, actually practice the highest etiquette in their hometown, it seems that Brother An is quite polite. ”

After saying that, he felt funny, and he was quite proud in his heart, and let out a laugh, and everyone laughed when they saw it, helping to cover it up.

Answen pointed to a tall Tessie man next to him and said, "Honorable lord, this is a monk from Prussia, Brother Lysli."

Seeing that the other party no longer called himself a priest, but changed his name to a more neutral monk according to the local customs, Yang Lin was also quite happy. He smiled and said, "Brother Tessie, you are very welcome.

Friend An, the Liukou occupied the capital, I heard that you fell into the hands of Zhang Xianzhong, and after the volunteers recovered the capital, I also sent people to inquire about the news.

The hard work paid off, and today you finally escaped, congratulations. ”

An Siwen looked very respectful, bowed again and again to express his gratitude, and repeatedly said in an exaggerated tone that Zhang Xianzhong was too arrogant and touted the merits of the volunteers.

After days of fighting, the nerves were tense, and when they saw the other party speaking broken Chinese, everyone laughed.

Everyone regards An Siwen and Lisisi as rare animals in the zoo, but of course Yang Lin will not, and he is bent on finding the lack of volunteers.

The weather was hot, the guards set up a simple marching table, sat on the hill and chatted while drinking tea, pointing to the soldiers who were nervously camping, Yang Lin smiled and said: "Brother An, you also know that we are barbarians on all sides, and we are also deeply affected by these barbarians.

You have always claimed that your Taixi people are better off than us Han people, and you are more civilized than us.

I now have 20,000 volunteers under my account, please give me advice and tell us about our shortcomings? ”

20,000 people? There are only more than 20,000 Nordic lions, and I can't imagine that there are such a huge number of troops under the young general in front of him.

In Europe, the king of a small country does not have such a large number of troops under his command, and thinking of this, Ansvenli's face is ruddy

At first, he was quite humble, but on the contrary, he provoked ridicule from the people around him, and in order to clear himself, he blushed and promoted Western technology.

Let's talk about the poor armor of the soldiers, and then talk about the poor power of firearms in the army, and the power of artillery in the army....

Everyone was not convinced, and they retorted one after another, and everyone argued endlessly, which once gave people a feeling of tension.

An Siwen was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and speaking incoherently, the Western missionaries of the Ming Dynasty who entered China to preach took the upper-class route, the generals of the Volunteer Army, the shogunate officials, that one was not a man of his word in the local area?

Each one is the best missionary object, and if you can get to know one or two and become believers, it will be very beneficial for future missions.

In order to relieve the siege, Yang Lin said with a smile: "There are long inches and short feet, even if they are barbaric Jiannu Tartars, the marching battle is stronger than our Central Plains."

Brother An's statement that our firearms, artillery, and armor are not good is just one side, and there is nothing to verify.

Monk An, practice is the only criterion for testing the truth, and if you say that we are so insufficient, then you can show one physical proof, or I will send someone to you, and you can make two physical proofs. ”

The two looked at each other, and An Siwen said, "Yang, if I can prove one or two, prove that we Tessie are better than you, then you join our Jesuits."

Jesuits? Yang Lin shook his head and said, "Brother An, we are friends in cloth, and my officials and generals have doubts about what you said, as a friend, you must always help me prove one or two." ”

Blinking his eyes, An Siwen continued: "Yang, if I can prove that we Taixi people are not barbarians, and we also have real materials, or you will allow me to preach. ”

Yang Lin smiled and said: "Brother An, we are friends of cloth clothes, if it really proves that your Taixi is as rich and prosperous as our Ming Dynasty, if this is really the case, I very much hope that you can have friendly exchanges under my rule."

But you know, now that we're at war, if we can really prove that you, Taixi, are like us in the Ming Dynasty, and when the war is over, you can operate in the Ming Dynasty. ”

An Siwen was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately pointed to the two-wheeled carriageway next to him: "Yang, on the post road, how much can your carriage pull?" ”

Quite proud, Fan Mingshan smiled and said, "Brother An, you probably lost, our adults are experts in carriage manufacturing."

The wooden spokes were changed to iron wheels, and after being coated with a layer of cowhide, two horses were used to pull 6 loads of grain (900 catties). ”

An Siwen smiled and said, "Yang, I can build a four-wheeled carriage and drag 12 loads of grain (1,800 catties)." ”

Everyone laughed, and Fan Mingshan shook his head again and again: "Brother An, we can also build a four-wheeled carriage, and we can also drag a little more grain, but this kind of carriage is very unsuitable for walking on the avenue."

Every time you make a turn, you need to jump out of the carriage, and people push the horse-drawn steering, which is very inapplicable. ”

An Siwen shook his head and arched his hand: "Yang, I'll help you build a four-wheeled carriage that can not only drag heavy objects, but also turn around." ”

Everyone didn't believe it, the staff brought pen and ink, and saw An Siwen briskly scratching the carriage structure on the white paper, and when he saw the steering device, Yang Lin was overjoyed.

It was reported that the people around him were not allowed to spread the news of today's conversation, and they dared to violate the decision and be killed.

Ling Fan Mingwen led the craftsmen to build a four-wheeled carriage that could be turned together with An Siwen.

Yang Lin is so cautious, because this four-wheeled carriage is too important.

From ancient times to the present, wars have been fought mainly about money, mainly about logistics.

China is a vast territory and needs to march long distances, and it needs long-distance supplies.

If the four-wheeled carriage can turn freely, it can greatly improve the logistics and supply, which is conducive to the operation of large armies.