There was a Shaoyu round, and Shao Wei obediently went back to the cabin to close the confinement. In this way, Sun Yuanfang would not take drastic measures to drive him out of his ranks.

It can be said that the appearance of Shaoyu people eased the tense atmosphere and also maintained Sun Yuan's prestige in the team and Shaowei's face.

"This woman is not bad, if it weren't for her background, it would be good to marry her as a wife, she is an idle helper." This thought flashed through Sun Yuan's heart, and then he smiled.

He has now taken the most solid step after crossing over to the Ming Dynasty, and with his prophetic sense of history and the insight of modern people, he is confident that the future should be limitless. Marrying a Qinglou woman as a wife has a great obstacle to his reputation and future. Regardless of anything else, the soldiers in the Guang army could not accept her as the main mother.

Speaking of which, it is best to let her be a flat wife.

That's also a helpless thing.

Waiting for Shao Wei to leave and return to the cabin, Guan Tao walked in and told him about last night's harvest.

Lei Tai's family has four to five thousand taels of silver in their own possession, plus the Yamen's allocation to buy summer wheat, it is almost ten thousand taels. This is an astronomical amount, you must know that the one hundred taels of gold that Sun Yuan got in Fengyang, when Fei Hong bought military funds in Nanjing, had already been exhausted, and now Sun Yuan can be said to go to Ningxiang empty-handed to take office, with such a sum of money, it can be said that it solved his urgent need.

Fei Hong next to him also had a happy face, and said: "Congratulations to my lord, with this sum of money and raising more than 100 pro-soldiers, within three or five years, your thousand households can go on smoothly." ”

Sun Yuan smiled: "More than 100 pro-soldiers, within three or five years?" By the way, Fei Hong, when you served in the border army, how much was the annual salary of soldiers approved by the imperial court? ”

Fei Hong replied: "According to the imperial court system, such as Xuan, Da, and Liaodong, the monthly approved military salary for each soldier is one tael of silver. Among them, including clothing, ordnance and food, plus the deduction of the superiors, in the end, it fell into the hands of the soldiers, and there was no surplus of more than 100 yuan, which was only enough for the family to eat. ”

Sun Yuan nodded, although he had seen these from historical materials a long time ago, but today he was confirmed by Fei Hong's own mouth, he still touched his chin and said, "It seems that it doesn't cost much to raise soldiers!" 10,000 taels is enough to support a thousand soldiers for a year. ”

Fei Hong and Wen Laosan took a breath of cold air at the same time, glanced at each other, and then asked: "Master means that you want to raise a thousand pro-soldiers, my God, even if it is the chief military officers of Dajun Town, they are only a thousand pro-soldiers!" ”

"I am a thousand households in the Ming Dynasty, is it not normal for a family to form a team of thousands of people? Also, my future troops will not have a personal soldier, everyone will have the same rations and equipment. Sun Yuan smiled and looked at his subordinates: "Isn't it a good thing that everyone has more elites in their hands?" ”

He said: "Fei Hong, didn't you see that I asked you to buy supplies in Nanjing this time, so much pig iron and gunpowder are enough for thousands of people and horses." But that's not enough, you have to buy in large quantities. ”

"It's really ......" Fei Hong was stunned for a moment, then hesitated for a moment, and said with a worried face: "But if there are no personal soldiers, everyone has the same good equipment, and the money spent will be at sea, and they can't afford to raise it." ”

"You don't have to worry about this, I'll have a way." Sun Yuan smiled and replied casually.

To tell the truth, as a modern man and a former businessman, he has the means to make money, and he is still confident that he will feed an army of thousands of people.

"Yes." After Sun Yuan went to Ningxiang, he had to form an army of thousands of people, unlike other thousands of households in this era, who only kept dozens or hundreds of personal soldiers, and then became a landlord with peace of mind. It seems that the master is going to do a big job! When I thought of this, everyone felt very excited.

After calculating the seizure figures, Sun Yuan asked Fei Hong again: "Old Fei, how about the blacksmith you invited in Nanjing this time?" ”

Fei Hong: "Master, I invited a master and six apprentices. The master surnamed Cui was originally a craftsman in the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, and he also made firearms. Some fame. ”

"Have you ever used a firearm?" Sun Yuan lifted the spirit.

Fei Hong: "When I was looking for a craftsman in Nanjing, Master Cui happened to have something bad and was sent to prison. This Master Cui has good skills, but he is open-mouthed, and it is easy to offend people. The villain spent some silver to open the joint and rescued him, and hired him to our army at a high price. The little one thinks so, although there are many blacksmiths in the world, there are not many people who have good craftsmanship and can make firearms. ”

"That's right."

Fei Hong arched his hand again: "Also, when Master Cui came to Ningxiang, he brought his daughter and son-in-law with him." His son-in-law's surname is Yue, and he also has good craftsmanship. ”

"Master Yue is also a blacksmith?" Sun Yuan asked.

Fei Hong shook his head: "It's not a blacksmith, Master Cui is a good hand at making firearms, but this person said that his craft is not passed on to his daughter, but he refuses to teach it to his son-in-law." His son-in-law, Master Yue, is a cannonballer, nicknamed Earthquake Thunder, and is very famous in Nanjing, and firecrackers also sell well. However, the business of artillery warfare is not as good as during the Chinese New Year, unlike blacksmiths. Therefore, life is also hard. Xiao thought that gunpowder was not needed in the army, so he promised a high salary and brought him over. This matter is the villain's own opinion, and I hope you will punish it, master. ”

Sun Yuan laughed: "Old Fei, you have done a good job in this, this person can indeed stay." Not only are you not guilty of this, but you have merit, and what am I going to punish you for? ”

Lacquered firearms, not only to be able to make a good gun, but also to this gunpowder is also necessary. If you can't make it yourself, it's not a way to buy it outside.

Hearing Sun Yuan's praise, Fei Hong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Today is the first meeting with the principal cadres under Sun Yuan before he took office.

He quickly divided the work among everyone, and now he has found a military position for Fei Hong as a deputy thousand households. Although this man is soft, he is an experienced veteran officer. Therefore, Sun Yuan put him in charge of the overall situation, and his main task was to be responsible for training recruits.

After going to Ningxiang, according to Sun Yuan's plan, he wanted to form a musket team of thousands of people.

In this era, the musket was less powerful, had a short firing range, and had poor accuracy, and when it went to the battlefield, it was necessary to rely on dense firepower to form a fire curtain in front of the formation, which could most effectively kill and injure the enemy. If the number of people is too small, it is of no use at all.

The guards of the Ming Dynasty seemed to be organized according to thousands of households and hundreds of households, and Sun Yuan didn't want to waste that brain, so he decided to organize the troops into ten hundred-man teams, with a team each led by Donkey, Wen Laosan and others.

As he was talking, there was a fierce commotion outside.

In the distance, many people were clamoring: "Hugh is leaving the thief, Hugh is leaving the thief!" ”

Another soldier under Sun Yuan asked loudly: "Who is it, what are you doing?" ”

Sun Yuan frowned and walked to the door of the cabin to look out.

But he saw a small sampan driving in the distance, moving fast on the river, and soon came to Sun Yuan's fleet.

On the small sampan, the officials who all stood with their hands holding the big knives, shouted in unison: "If the lord of Gaozhi County handles the case, the boatman will stop the boat, otherwise, it will be treated as a thief!" ”

Sun Yuan was taken aback, turned around and asked Wen Laosan: "Didn't you kill Lei Tai's family last night, why did you leak the news?" ”