There was a lot of discussion about Xiao Yi's promotion in the court, and Xiao Yi went to Yong'an Fort to deal with the accumulated affairs until late at night, Xiao Yi had been sitting on the wooden chair for a long time and felt a sore back, thinking of Emperor Chongzhen, who had a lot of opportunities, and sighed. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The affairs inside and outside his fort are not worth mentioning compared to Chongzhen, who is in charge of the Ming Dynasty, and he has been sore for only a few hours, and it is rumored that Emperor Chongzhen is busy from morning to night every day, and I don't know if it is true.

If he is tired, Xiao Yi has to get up and move his muscles and bones.

But suddenly felt a gentle kneading behind him, Xiao Yi tacitly, his big hand tightly grasped the slender hand on his shoulder, and felt the warmth of the jade hand.

Xiao Yi turned around and saw Huang E's big watery eyes looking at him with love, and he said with some guilt: "Sister E, follow me, I've hurt you." ”

Huang E hurriedly covered Xiao Yi's mouth: "Don't say that, husband, when you hear your victory, everyone inside and outside the castle is laughing and laughing, and they are praising your husband for his good governance, and the concubine is afraid of losing her husband's face!" ”

Xiao Yi's tone was slightly more stern, and said: "Sister E, don't talk like this in the future, you are my Xiao Yi's wife, one day, all life!" ”

put Huang E Lou close to his arms, and Huang E lay quietly in his arms, nodding movingly.

After a long time, Xiao Yi said: "Sister E, you go back to the room first, there are still some things to deal with." ”

Huang E shook her head and said, "Let the concubine be here to pinch her husband's shoulders and loosen her muscles." Xiao Yi couldn't bear to refuse, nodded, and then felt the gentle kneading behind him, and moaned a few times comfortably.

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In the next few days, Xiao Yi first counted the records of each armor's achievements and military exploits, and then set the reward of silver, acres of land, etc., the soldiers went out to fight for nothing more than to win military merits and get rewards, so Xiao Yi has always been not stingy with money and food, which is also a way for the troops to maintain combat effectiveness.

Later, they were sent to their homes from house to house, and the whole family was overjoyed when the soldiers received the reward, and it was not impossible to finally be able to buy some new rice and grain farm tools, or buy a few acres of land.

Listening to the envy around them, the soldiers of the Yong'an Army felt that they had a lot of face in front of people, and the women in the family said that their husbands were soldiers of the Yong'an Army in front of people, which always made others marvel and envy.

Even though many people happily go to the market to buy meat, they return home and eat stewed meat happily.

Of course, they are more grateful to Xiao Yi in their hearts, and they also cherish the big collective of Yong'an Army even more.

The number of casualties in this battle is also the largest, with 132 people killed, which means that the fathers and sons of 132 families will never be able to return.

Although the leaders who went to visit afterwards brought Xiao Yi's silver, ploughing cattle, and acres, according to the words of the first chief who came back to report, they still cried incessantly, and every family wore linen and filial piety and cried all day long.

This is also what worries Xiao Yi the most, so on the second day of the triumphant return of the Yongan Army, a grand ceremony was held in Peach Blossom Castle, and Xiao Yi personally squandered wine for the fallen soldiers and spoke a few words.

The Yong'an Arms Gun has been sent off three times, the scene is very spectacular, and the loud sound of the fire gun echoes in the sky above the Peach Blossom Fort for a long time.

On this day, there were thousands of people around to watch, and there were also many people who came from all over the state city to watch.

The families of the fallen soldiers were very grateful to Xiao Yidu, and although some of the elderly people were unable to walk, they still struggled to bow down to Xiao Yi, crying and saying that the defense lord was merciful.

Since the bodies of the fallen soldiers were too far away to be delivered, Xiao Yi asked the craftsmen to make more than 100 sets of spirit plaques overnight, with the military badges of the fallen soldiers hanging on them, and their armor and weapons would be issued to their families forever as a memorial according to Xiao Yi's original promise.

After the ceremony, also in accordance with Xiao Yi's original promise to establish the Yong'an Army, the spirit tablets of all the fallen soldiers will enter the ancestral hall of Yong'an Fort for future generations to pay homage to the martyrs.

Most of their family members put these armor and weapons at home as treasures, which has also become their spiritual sustenance, and the surrounding people know that someone in their family has died in the army, and they will be polite to this family.

This time has been quite fruitful, Xiao Yi has the confidence to do a big job, the time has reached mid to late July, the autumn sowing is approaching, and the inside and outside have begun to be busy again.

However, in order to have a good harvest, it is necessary to build waterwheels in various places, and the irrigation scope and intensity of waterwheels are much better than that of wells, and irrigation is more convenient, so that farmers do not have to go to wells every day to continuously fetch water, and have more time and manpower to take care of the fields.

But the three of them have been recuperating for a long time, and the three of them have made great efforts for the establishment of Yong'an Fort, and it is not good for them to disturb them to enjoy their old age.

Xiao Yi suddenly remembered that Qi Lao and the three of them had recommended three juniors to him when they were recuperating, and he was interested in this matter at that time.

After so long, the three of them should have honed a lot, and it was time to appoint them, but before the appointment, Xiao Yi decided to meet them in person.

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On the evening of July 19, the third year of Chongzhen, Xiao Yi called Gu Chi, Wang Xiong, and Qi Haoguang to talk with the three for a long time, and was surprised to find that these three juniors already had very exquisite craftsmanship and knowledge in all aspects.

The three of them came from all over the world, although they were all young and strong, but they were all dusty and dark-faced, and their hands were also very rough, full of wind-blown wounds, which was enough to show their diligent investigation and learning over the years.

Siu also asked the three of them to sit on the chairs, which made them grateful.

After talking, Xiao Yi already had a preliminary understanding of them.

Gu Chi is twenty-one years old, clever and studious, with a slightly fine voice, and has long been highly accomplished in iron smelting and weaponmaking, even if some old craftsmen are slightly deficient.

Wang Xiong has an authentic Shanxi accent, as his name suggests, black and strong, and his voice is very loud, although his skills are slightly worse than the other two, but he knows the most truth, and he is also good at doing some strange little methods, and dares to try.

As for that Qi Haoguang, it was recommended by Liu Lao and the others, and Xiao Yizi paid more attention to him.

Qi Haoguang was full of confidence in his actions, and when Xiao Yi said that he wanted to build waterwheels everywhere, and asked the three of them if they knew the principle, he even proposed a new waterwheel.

Although he is young, his eyes are sharp, and his voice is full of strength, as is the case with the so-called newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers.

According to Qi Haoguang, this new waterwheel is much smaller than the original large waterwheel, but the water output is greatly increased, and each one can save more than ten taels of silver.

Gu Chi was sent to Tujiagou to be responsible for iron smelting, mining, coal mining, etc., Qi Haoguang was fully responsible for the construction of the waterwheel, and Wang Xiong stayed in the Taohuabao workshop to make weapons and learn the craft to watch the after-effects.

Xiao Yi gave full support to Qi Haoguang, and allocated him dozens of artisan households to send, which also made Qi Haoguang completely free of his hands and feet, and in the next few days, large-scale construction began in various places, and waterwheels were quickly built.

The people were amazed by the newly built waterwheels, which would make it easier to irrigate their fields and harvest better.

On this day, Xiao Yi was thinking about things, and suddenly Zheng Zhong hurriedly reported: "My lord, I just received news from the state city, and Lord Ethics is going to inspect our Peach Blossom Castle, saying that it is a reward and condolences!" (To be continued.) )