Three days later, Zhu Dadian left Ganzhou satisfied, and this trip to Ganzhou made him feel a lot. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Energetic soldiers, strict and orderly military formations, hot and busy iron works and ordnance bureaus, craftsmen with eyes full of hope...... Everything made Zhu Dadian feel so novel, he couldn't remember how long he hadn't seen such a morale-filled and energetic military town, so he not only did not hesitate to praise him, but also looked impressed by Pang Yue, a rising star, in his heart. Before leaving, Zhu Dadian sincerely encouraged Pang Yue again, and left the reward materials, 50,000 taels of silver and some weapons and armor.

After sending Zhu Dadian away, Pang Yue thought that the performance of himself and all the soldiers in Ganzhou Town was still satisfactory to Zhu Dadian, which can be known from his expression and many conversations with him. Although there are still some aspects that need to be improved, Pang Yue did not linger on it, after all, Zhu Dadian himself said that everything is difficult at the beginning, and no one can guarantee that things will be done perfectly as soon as they come on the field.

As soon as this matter was over, Pang Yue re-devoted all his energy to the construction of Ganzhou Town. Over time, no small has been achieved in all aspects.

After entering November, the Ordnance Bureau has created enough cold weapons such as spears, waist knives, and arrows, plus the original ones, which can almost arm the two Ganzhou towns. The newly made cotton armor, together with the various armors that had been made before, was enough to make all the officers and soldiers neatly draped. In addition, more than 1,000 bird guns have been created, which is enough to equip three divisions. The production efficiency of the iron plant has also been greatly improved, and the monthly production of wrought iron can reach nearly 50,000 catties.

In the face of the achievements of the craftsmen's efforts, Pang Yue was naturally very pleased, and in addition to issuing bonuses to meritorious people according to the regulations, he also deliberately added a kind of medal, that is, the Labor Medal. The Medal of Labor, which is also divided into gold, silver and bronze medals, is awarded to craftsmen who have made outstanding contributions, and the craftsmen who receive this medal not only receive a corresponding level of food and wages, but also enjoy a special treatment that will definitely appeal to them - children can go to school. As the chief soldier, Pang Yue deliberately took the time to personally hire some well-known teachers and set up a school to recruit the children of craftsmen from the iron factory and the Ordnance Bureau. Of course, only craftsmen who have received the Medal of Labor of the third class or higher can let their children enjoy this treatment.

At this time, the labor medal, with a simple appearance and only a hammer engraved on the front, has completely become a treasure that craftsmen have been thinking about for a long time. The value of the medal itself and the additional food and wages only pleased them, but the requirement that their children could go to school made almost everyone crazy. You must know that the identity of "reader" in the hearts of the people of the Ming Dynasty is very heavy, especially for the craftsmen who are classified as lowly families, so that their children can read and write is a luxury that is more difficult than climbing to the sky. At present, as long as you work hard and earn the third-class labor medal, you can turn your children into "scholars", how can such an honor not make the craftsmen excited? As a result, after the production commendation meeting and the award ceremony for craftsmen, the production speed of the iron works and the ordnance bureau began to rise sharply to a new height, and there were even a very small number of craftsmen who climbed over the wall and entered the workshop in the middle of the night to work overtime.

After that, according to the actual needs, Pang Yue made some adjustments to the production direction of the Ordnance Bureau. The original production of spears and waist knives was reduced, and the creation of javelins and heavy shields was increased. The javelin is a sharp weapon against the enemy cavalry, and the large heavy shield is also an important means to improve the defensive performance of the infantry phalanx, which is particularly important in field battles. Previously, because Ganzhou Town could not even equip all the spears and waist knives, the Ordnance Bureau did not have extra manpower and raw materials to build javelins and heavy shields, but now that there are conditions, Pang Yue naturally has to make up for this shortcoming. In terms of firearms, in addition to continuing to build bird guns, guns have also been added. The gun, nicknamed the "Nine-headed Bird", is three meters long and weighs about 12 kilograms, and is a large-caliber firearm with a tripod and a rotating device, and is operated by two people. The disadvantage of carrying the gun is that it is large and heavy, inconvenient to carry and complicated to operate, so it is not convenient to carry a large number of equipment. But now that the number of bird guns has reached a certain scale, Pang Yue decided to build a part of the guns to make up for the lack of firepower of the bird guns, and the amount of equipment was tentatively set at three for each flag. …,

In addition to this, the production of armor was adjusted. Although after a period of overtime, the cotton armor produced by the Ordnance Bureau plus the original armor was enough to equip all the soldiers, but Pang Yue was not satisfied, but considered creating iron armor with better protection. However, judging from the current production capacity of the Iron Works and the Ordnance Bureau, it is impossible to get all the officers and men to wear iron armor until the Year of the Monkey, at least in just a few months. So, Pang Yue took a step back and asked the craftsmen to create an iron helmet for each soldier first, and then build the iron armor after the iron helmet was built. The reason for this decision was that he considered that the head wound on the battlefield was more likely to kill people, especially when he encountered Manchurian Jiannu in the future, the bows and arrows of those savages were specially aimed at shooting people in the face. Therefore, in the current situation of insufficient production capacity, we have to consider the protection of the head first.

As for the style of the iron helmet, Pang Yuedi put forward a general requirement for the craftsmen, that is, to make some changes on the basis of the Ming army's standard iron helmet, and add a fine iron mask that can be moved up and down to protect the cheeks and noses of officers and soldiers, while retaining the red tassel on the top of the helmet. When the Ordnance Bureau produced the first batch of such helmets, Pang Yue immediately sent people to test them, and the results showed that this kind of helmet could completely resist arrows fired from fifty paces away. Even if an arrow is fired at about thirty paces, the lethality can be offset by most of the mask. Seeing this result, Pang Yue was overjoyed and ordered mass production, striving to have most of the soldiers wear such helmets by March next year. In the face of Pang Yue's request, the craftsmen naturally had no promise, because it was not only related to their wages and food treatment, but also related to the schooling of their children.

In this way, under the encouragement of various policies, the Ordnance Bureau began to work overtime to produce weapons, and the training of the army was also in full swing, and the development of Ganzhou Town entered a new climactic stage.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the end of December of the first year of Longwu.

Approaching the end of the year, the weather is extremely cold, and Ganzhou City has experienced several heavy snowfalls. Although the soldiers in Ganzhou Town had put on their new cotton clothes, they still couldn't help shivering in the cold wind.

In such a weather condition, the training plan of Ganzhou Town was as usual, and it did not relax for half a minute. However, the officers and men did not complain, first, they had long been accustomed to training, and second, it would be even more uncomfortable for them to stay still on a cold day.

After several months of painstaking development, Ganzhou Town has jumped to a new level in terms of equipment and the quality of soldiers. So far, all the officers have been dressed in iron armor, the non-commissioned officers have been equipped with cotton armor, and half of the soldiers have received new helmets, which are expected to be worn on the heads of every soldier by the beginning of February next year. At the beginning of last month, due to the availability of enough birds, Pang Yue also expanded the number of birds from the original two divisions to 1,200 people in four divisions, which were still divided into the Gangfeng battalion and the trapping camp, with two divisions in each battalion, under the direct jurisdiction of the battalion officer. Because the veterans and officers in charge of training have accumulated a lot of experience, the training effect of this batch of bird soldiers is obviously better than that of the first batch, and the training progress has also been greatly accelerated.

The equipment has been upgraded, and the morale of the officers and men is also rising day by day, and regardless of their real combat effectiveness, at least their positive mental state is very satisfactory to Pang Yue. Of course, this kind of mental state does not come out of nowhere, at least it is difficult for those guards who have degenerated into peasants to have.

On this morning, on the edge of the school field outside the city, Pang Yue and Zhang Yunli were talking while watching the soldiers perform.

"My lord, two months have passed, and the training has still yielded certain results! You see, the new recruits are not much different from the veterans on the surface. Zhang Yunli pointed to the officers and soldiers training on the school ground, and his face was happy. …,

Pang Yue took a breath of hot air on his hands, rubbed his hands and smiled: "Zibin is right. But as you said, that's just a superficial effort, and as for what it is, it still needs to be tested in actual combat! ”

Zhang Yunli nodded: "What my lord said is extremely true, if you don't experience actual combat, even if the soldiers train hard, it will be difficult for them to become a real elite. ”

"However, the actual combat is also fast." Pang Yue looked at the north quietly, "According to the report of the secret agent ahead, Qinggou Jin Shengheng and Wang Deren are about to move, and I estimate that they will make a move after the New Year." ”

"Don't worry, my lord, Jin Shengheng and his ilk were only second-rate goods under Zuo Liangyu's account. At the beginning, when we were under Huang Shuai, the weapons and armor were far less sophisticated than they are now, and they also beat Zuo Liangyu's army to the ground, not to mention that now that Jin Shengheng does not come, if he dares to come, I Ganzhou will definitely give him a head-on blow! Zhang Yunli looked quite confident.

"I hope so! Ganzhou Town has been preparing for so long, and this is the day it has been waiting for! Pang Yue looked into the distance, spit out this sentence cleanly, and then smiled at Zhang Yunli: "Zibin, if you don't move in this ghost weather, you really can't stand it, anyway, it's nothing at the moment, how about we go over there and practice with the soldiers?" ”

Zhang Yunli laughed: "If the adults invite you, how can your subordinates not obey?" It just so happens that my subordinates haven't seen an adult's skills for a long time, so let's see it today! ”

"Hahaha, let's go!"

With that, the two walked towards the school field together. On the school ground, the shouts of the soldiers were thick.