Since Ning Daguan set up a pseudo-cabinet system in Ningxia, the whole person has been completely relaxed, and he has reported some situations from time to time in the secret sentinel meeting of the Ningxia Wei people, whether the people have unjust cases, whether the patrolling soldiers have slack, and other trivial matters, for a moment, he understood Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention of setting up the Jinyi Guard.

Because I care.

But the difference is that Zhu Yuanzhang cares about his own rights, and then the people, and Ning Zhiyuan cares about the opposite.

The wisdom of the working people is powerful, and cotton can be made into cotton thread more than 100 years ago, so the method of wool making wool is only a few days of adaptation and modification of the time to figure it out.

The cotton thread is hand-spun, so the wool is naturally the same, and the Ningxia workshop is also busy making spinning wheels, and the material is roughly just wood.

Ningxia is chaotic outside, but Ningxia is peaceful inside.

Ningxia has a population of one million, 15,000 sheep, well, the Mongolian tribes of Bahrain and Ordos have occupied half of the territory, but they are still bordering Ningxia, in the words of Ning Daguan to the Mongols, as a manifestation of their guilt for the losses suffered by their tribes, they can always exchange food at a ratio of one to three, this time small cattle can also be, in the past only cattle and horses were collected.

The small livestock refers to the sheep naturally, and Ning Daguan has a feeling that he is cheap and sells well, but he still got more than 30,000 of these sheep, and then there are no more, this kind of sheep is not native to them, so they only have so much.

But it's okay, after all, you can't be too greedy.

More than 40,000 sheep naturally cannot be given to these people in vain, but are scattered in these people's homes and let them feed these sheep. In Ningxia, in addition to the military households, nearly half of the people still have to rely on relief, and the other is to help Ning Zhiyuan do some fortifications to support themselves.

Distribution. This principle has been the case since ancient times, the people are not worried that they will be abandoned at any time, and the burden on Ning Zhiyuan is also small, so he is under a lot of pressure to raise a city of people for nothing.

Ten thousand women workers with a little more skill were selected, and they were then asked to make wool into fine threads and then into cloth, and the reason why so many were selected was only to cover a wider range of subjects. Otherwise, no matter from that aspect, it would be better to choose thousands of the best women to make it, the price is a qualified ten-zhang cloth and two coins of silver, Ning Zhiyuan felt that the price seemed to be a little low, because these women would probably spend nearly two months, and there would be more unfamiliar skills, but he still set the price like this.

The criterion for pricing is not how much these workers make you, but that. How much they could earn before, there is a comparison before and after.

Ordinary people. In addition to the silk cloth of the Jiangnan generation, cotton and linen and other women will not sell it for more than two yuan in a few months, but the price of finished clothes will rise a lot, so this price can definitely satisfy them.

Too much will make people swell, and swelling will make the city chaotic.

So these more than 40,000 sheep are like an industrial chain, from sheep raising to weaving. Then he and the soldiers got paid silver, the reserve soldiers got rations, and the people built the city to get a piece of wages, so that the vast majority of Ningxia guards could support themselves.

It's a change, a huge change.

Ningxia Mansion has been renovated for such a long time. The city wall was already very strong, and the beacon tower was pushed to sixty miles, if he could, Ning Zhiyuan would push it to the edge of Mongolia in the future, or even through Mongolia, this was his idea.

Ning Zhiyuan felt that after next year, he might not be able to stay in Ningxia as an official, and Chongzhen might transfer himself away, which was just a feeling, so he wanted to make this place more solid, no matter who came next, he would be like Yuan Shao who had set up more than a dozen prefects, and he would be his base camp.

The current strength of Ningxia Wei is four infantry armies, 32,000 men, 10,000 light cavalry, 5,000 heavy cavalry, 3,000 archers, 3,000 heavy infantry, 1,000 artillery, and 5,000 rock climbers.

The plan of the artillery is to fire cannons during battlefield operations, different from the cannons to defend the city, this is the Frankie cannon made by the Ming Dynasty, which is much smaller than the red-clothed cannon, and it is also very easy to use, plus Ning Zhiyuan's improved gunpowder, the attack intensity has increased a lot.

In Guyuan and Ningxia, the two important towns of the nine sides, there are a total of twenty cannons of this kind, and naturally, Ning Zhiyuan is in full force to copy, and several semi-finished products have been copied.

Here in Shaanxi, the anti-people burned, killed and looted all the way, and they were very happy.

Wang Zuogui attacked Hancheng and was stopped by Hong Chengchou's exquisite command, this is Hong Chengchou's second battle, the first time was with more than 10,000 horses led by a half-sized son, and the kid robbed his father-in-law's house, so he led 5,000 people to meet the enemy.

In that time, he was in deep danger, if it wasn't for the other party's team in the end, Hong Chengchou would probably be stuck there, but after that time, he thought that it was impossible to shoot against the people, you must know that the opponent's strength was three times that of his own, and there was half of the cavalry, but he still defeated them, so he believed that he could also defeat this group of anti-people.

There are more thieves than last time, but there are almost no cavalry, this is his confidence, the other side has more than 20,000 people, he has only 4,000 people, including 1,000 regular cavalry.

"The cavalry gave me a raid." Hong Chengchou ordered in a deep voice, he is Chinese New Year's Eve eight years old now, and he has been a civil official for more than ten years, and at this time on the battlefield, he is inexplicably not afraid at all.

More than a thousand cavalry rushed out from the side and rushed towards the few horses among the rebels, they were soldiers, but they didn't want to fight the rebels, the court only gave them food and clothing, why should they sell their lives? And they still came, because the Lord Hong in front of them promised them that they would win military salaries, establish military exploits, and glorify their ancestors, they basically didn't believe it. They went to the battlefield for only the simplest reason, that is, Hong Chengchou, as a scholar, participated in politics in Shaanxi, but he charged ahead, nothing more.

They were moved, the soldiers didn't ask for much, just fairness.

Wang Zuogui fought very well, although the other party was very tenacious, but his combat effectiveness was on par with himself and others, and his own number was much larger. The battle was won.

The cavalry rushed towards him, and when he was far away from him, he found out, and did not hurry to arrange for his subordinates to block and intercept him, because he saw clearly that the other party was only more than a thousand people.

The militia blocked up, almost instantly, and then retreated, because at that moment, hundreds of heads slipped and blood splashed, and they didn't want to do this kind of thing to send them to death.

The passage leading to Wang Zuogui was cleared straight, and without hindrance, more than a thousand cavalry rushed towards him, making his originally sober head stunned

"Retreat." Only half a breath, Wang Zuogui made the wisest decision, so he shouted, in order to avoid the cavalry chasing him, he retreated a distance first, this move made the militia who were originally frightened by the cavalry suddenly panicked, feeling that they were abandoned, and hurriedly retreated in all directions.

More than 20,000 people and horses suddenly poured in all directions, and the siege of Hancheng was suddenly resolved.

Hong Chengchou simply pursued, and then stopped pursuing, the other party had more than 20,000 people, standing there and not moving, he had to cut for a while, and he was also tired.

Ten days ago, they were just men, some were servants, some were guards and family soldiers, because of Hong Chengchou, they became the soldiers who are now victorious.

"Thank you," Hong Chengchou dismounted, bowed heavily, and his white face was full of sincerity, "I will definitely ask for credit for your Royal Highness, and the salary will definitely be sent down as soon as possible." I decided in my heart that after I went back, I immediately took out the money I had collected over the years and found it as military salary.

He is also a corrupt official, a dirty environment, it is extremely difficult to keep himself alone, especially since he has been an official for 14 years, but at the same time, it does not prevent him from having a heart to protect his family and defend the country.

"I hope that all the gentlemen will encourage you to protect your family and defend the country." Hong Chengchou shouted.

"Lord Hong, Lord Hong, Lord Hong" A group of soldiers shouted, this victory brought them together.

This is the prototype of the famous army in history, the Hong Army, and in the future, they will have a lot of glory until they come to an end. (To be continued.) )