Watching Hao Zhan's departure, Jiang Hexing thought of one thing, he found Zhang Kai and asked: "Big brother, do you remember that when I was in Zhangjiazhuang before, I talked about tofu, and soon we will have tofu to eat." Pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info But I also talked about soybean oil, why has it been a few years, has no one done it? ”

When Zhang Kai heard this, he laughed.

Jiang Hexing was inexplicable, and asked again: "Big brother, what's wrong?" ”

Zhang Kai waved his hand at Jiang Hexing and said: "It's not to laugh at you, your words remind me of an uncle in my own family, Zhang Bei, you have seen, who often came to our house at that time and had dinner with you several times, the thin old man, the one who was a little hunchbacked." ”

Jiang Hexing nodded and said, "I know him, he was also there before I came to the Chamber of Commerce meeting." He seems to be making clothes now, specializing in canvas clothes, and he seems to be living a good life. ”

Zhang Kai said: "My uncle, seeing that others make tofu very well, he asked me, and I told him about soybean oil. It's just that you didn't go into details, so he figured it out by himself, spent two years, spent a lot of money, and his family was almost gone. Fortunately, there are many martial arts, and you don't have to worry about eating and drinking. But in the end, it was made, the soybean oil tasted good, and it was not delicious, and people who were used to eating pork fat and tallow couldn't eat the soybean oil at all. One is that it is not delicious, and the other is that there are a lot of cattle and sheep in Pingzhou, there is no shortage of oil at all, and it cannot be sold at a price. I was scolded by my aunt every day, you think, the life of other people's families is getting better and better, and the one who came out of Zhangjiazhuang is not a family with a lot of money. My uncle was also upright and unwilling to ask for help. Later, my aunt brought me to find me, and it was miserable, my clothes had been torn, and my face was red one by one. ”

Speaking of this, a smile appeared on Zhang Kai's face again. Then he continued: "I saw that my uncle had become like this, so I couldn't ignore it, so I introduced him to a few businesses." Slowly gaining a foothold, and later after Zhang Meng got married, Qingyang asked him to specialize in selling canvas clothes, and recently it is estimated that his aunt will no longer beat him. ”

Jiang Hexing listened with a smile, it seems that this Zhang Bei is also an interesting person, I have never seen him say anything before, and I don't know much about him.

After Zhang Kai finished speaking, Jiang Hexing said: "After Chen Gang came back, let Chen Gang contact this uncle and buy some oil for the army." Let's hope his equipment isn't destroyed, right? ”

"I told him that maybe it would be useful in the future, so let him keep it. If we want it then, he will be able to produce oil soon, but I'm afraid there won't be so much at once? ”

"Both sides are trying, the amount will not be very large, this amount is set by Chen Gang, we will not care about him."

Zhang Kai nodded in agreement.

The continuous drizzle finally ended, the warm sun of early winter shone on Phoenix Island, and the merchants from Xianwu were beaming, it was still comfortable here, and it could be so warm in winter, which did not affect business. On the turquoise waters of the sea, sailboats shuttle back and forth. On the shore of the wharf, four-wheeled carriages carry all kinds of goods from the warehouse to the ship, canvas, grain, sheepskins, cowhides, etc., everything.

The commercial port is busy, and so is the barracks.

In front of the barracks, a huge meadow was used as a training ground. The cavalry team was full of bright armor and glittered in the sun, and the archers, sabers, and pikemen were no different from the other units of Xianwu.

Jiang Hexing watched the cavalry exercise, there was nothing new, and he couldn't say anything, after all, it was all trained by his training methods.

He was just thinking about how to deal with the soldiers of the Han land in the future, his soldiers were very good at dealing with Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Fuyu, but how should the battle of the Han land be fought at that time? ”

While thinking about it, he watched the performance, and then the performance ended, and the whole was still very good, and he could see that he was well-trained, and Jiang Hexing affirmed it, and Hao Zhan felt a stone in his heart.

Zhang Meng brought a company to demonstrate the archers, their crossbows were specially made and required to be used by bravery.

Seeing that the bow and arrow were shooting so far, Hao Zhan couldn't sit still, so he had to change his clothes for Jiang Hexing. Jiang Hexing said: "My requirement for them is to shoot far and accurately." Precision strikes, you can strike accurately, and more importantly, shoot enough and cover a wide area, understand? ”

Hao Zhan nodded and stopped talking.

Because Zhang Meng's special operations battalion basically has nothing to demonstrate, they are all group work, and the drills in peacetime are certainly stronger than those of ordinary troops. The dazzling archery performance that everyone watched, the pride in everyone's hearts disappeared in the face of this crushing advantage.

After Zhang Meng's demonstration, Jiang Hexing praised the two again, and once again feasted all the soldiers, but this time they didn't dare to drink. When everything was over, Jiang Hexing took the carriage and prepared to return to the office. He was just about to leave, when Hao Zhan suddenly ran over and stopped the carriage. Jiang Hexing looked at Hao Zhan strangely and said, "Hao Zhan, what's the matter?" ”

Hao Zhan suddenly realized: "He Wang, I think of one thing, do you think it's okay?" ”

Jiang Hexing got out of the car, looked at Hao Zhan and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Our ships can be used as war ships, and our carriages can also be used as chariots?"

"Of course you can, weren't the previous war horses used to pull chariots by no one to ride?"

"And the king, I mean this kind of four-wheeled chariot, I think it can be made very large, if there are a few good horses in front of it, and there are soldiers standing on this carriage in the back, with the kind of crossbow just now, it is equivalent to fixed up to shoot, so that it can shoot farther, and there can be bows and arrows placed next to it. If the war horse can wear armor like a human, we can not only fight from afar to close attack, but also be invincible. ”

Jiang Hexing's heart moved, isn't this idea a more powerful chariot?

Let Zhang Meng lead the men and horses back, and Jiang Hexing will pull Hao Zhan to their military camp. Hao Zhan drew a figure, Jiang Hexing carefully looked at the general figure he drew and asked him what he meant. The horses were armoured, and the back of the four-wheeled cart became box-shaped, but the top was not closed, and the warriors stood inside. Inside, there are crossbowmen who can shoot bows and arrows outward, and spears and knives are also placed in the carriage for melee combat. Warriors can wear helmets without armor, and they are flexible and lightweight.

Jiang Hexing was very interested, and studied the design and perfection of this chariot with Hao Zhan, and stayed in the barracks for many days. The carriage is easy to do, the key is how to apply it to combat. Jiang Hexing finally thought of building a chariot team that could fight independently, and finally a heavy cavalry team.

Because the heavy cavalry is not fast, they can only fight in the most critical, core, and most difficult bones, and they can win with one blow. Since many things can't be done on the island now, Jiang Hexing had to let Hao Zhan select the soldiers first, train them first, wait for the equipment to be ready, and distribute them together.

At this moment, Ma Yuan came, and Jiang Hexing called Ma Yuan to the office and asked him how to come.

It turned out that Ma Yuan negotiated with Ma Han's tribal leaders, but he thought that the negotiations would not be successful, but it turned out that they were only scattered tribes and did not have any army. Ma Yuan sent some refined salt to their Ma Han chief, and the Ma Han leader was overjoyed and willing to trade with Ma Yuan for a long time. Ma Yuan proposed to borrow the road and lease the land, which did not matter to the Malaysian people, and the negotiation was very easy. So Ma Yuan sent his subordinates to enclose land in the south of Mahan, and he brought people to Phoenix Island to meet Jiang Hexing.

The rivers and rivers were overjoyed, and the connection between Phoenix Island and Pingzhou could be completed without a war, and Ma Yuan contributed a lot. With Ma Yuan, he introduced Hao Zhan's creativity to him, and Ma Yuan was very interested and proposed that he should also train heavy cavalry troops.

Jiang Hexing thought about it for a while, and in the future, he would have to fight independently, and the heavy cavalry would be available everywhere in order to play a greater role. As for the combat fleet, it was tested first, and finally used uniformly.

Jiang Hexing wanted to set up a cavalry team and a chariot as soon as possible, send horse reinforcements back as soon as possible, settle Ma Han, and send a special person to send a letter to Xianwu, and began to build iron armor for horses and special carriages for chariots.

Ma Yuan returned, and Jiang Hexing continued to spend the winter on Phoenix Island, after all, it was much warmer to spend the winter here. The days passed leisurely, and two months later, when the Chinese New Year was approaching, Chen Gang took his relatives to Phoenix City first. Ma Yuan sent the carriage to Phoenix Island, Chen Gang and Hao Zhan were overjoyed, invited Ma Yuan, everyone gathered, Jiang Hexing announced that Chen Gang would completely take over the water division, and Hao Zhan would be in charge of the chariot division, and both of them were division commanders. Zhang Meng was promoted from battalion commander to commander of the special operations regiment. The crowd was even more happy, and they drank the wine happily.

In addition to watching military training and building a military academy, Jiang Hexing spent the rest of his time with Zhao Qingyi, his son, and Fan Jiao, and lived a comfortable life. In the blink of an eye, spring has arrived, Jiang Hexing has been on Phoenix Island for a few months unconsciously, looking at the appearance of the combat team that has been trained, but the armor has not yet arrived, and the military academy has been built. The biggest gain is that Zhao Qingyi is pregnant again, and she has been happy recently, and within two days, Zhao Qingyang also came with good news and has a body.

Jiang Hexing saw that the weather was getting warmer, took his family, took care of Zhao Qingyi, and returned to Xianwu from Mahan. Along the way, although the weather is still a little cold, after all, spring has arrived. The river had frozen, the willows were beginning to spit green, and the air was filled with a damp smell. The group rode the carriage, did not dare to go too fast, first went to Anwu, met Fan Jia, stayed for a few days, and then returned to Xianwu City.

When I returned to Xianwu, it was already spring in Xianwu, and people began to be busy with spring ploughing. At this time, Wu Kui sent a letter requesting that his adoptive father's grave be moved to Lianghu City in person. Jiang Hexing immediately agreed and sent someone to help him. As soon as this matter was over, Wu Kui proposed to get married in Xianwu City, and Jiang Hexing was even more happy, it turned out that Wu Kui and the daughter of a former Wuhuan herdsman got married. Now this woman's family is in Xianwu City, so he wants to marry in Xianwu.