In the few days waiting for Qin Shishi to return, Xiao Ye was not idle, leading the sergeants to practice fire/guns, familiarize themselves with rifles, and go to Lao Yangkou Tunbao from time to time to visit Mei'er and her two daughters, and supervise the construction of the stone fort.

The number of umbrellas in his hand was limited, and he had to take out one or two to supply Baudes for sale at a high price, and there were only five that could be used by the old sheep's mouth, and the water source there was mainly by the well in the fire pier.

Fortunately, two wells have been drilled in the stone fort that is about to be built, and the water will not be as tight as Shiguantun in the future.

On the day that Qin Shi returned to Shiguantun, Baodes sent someone to send back the urgent news that Jiang Jie had been seriously injured in assassination, his left arm was disabled, and he had been mistakenly reported dead earlier; After Jiang Jie sobered up, he had already submitted his resignation to Huang Guangpin and wanted to return to his hometown Taiyuan for retirement.

Hearing the news, Xiao Ye, who was in a happy mood for two days, was depressed again; If Jiang Jie's family returns to the mainland, what should I do, with the Jiang family on guard, it is not so simple to sneak attack.

On a bleak autumn afternoon, on the edge of a ravine three miles west of Shiguan, Xiao Ye stood on the mountain road, watching two well-wrapped veterans, wearing long thick cowhide boots and holding a long wooden stick in their hands, picking the fruits of vines and grass.

The vines and grasses overlapping and intertwined in the depths of the ravines turned cold, and the small green leaves began to fall off in large quantities, revealing fruits of different sizes on the branches, the largest of which was only a circle smaller than a walnut.

A small net with a thin wattle tied to the wooden stick stretched out under the fruit in the distance, and with a gentle pick, one of the fruits rolled down into the open net pocket.

A bowl of net pockets half a foot long, as long as you stand in the right position, you can be full of fruit in a short time.

Standing on a sparse sand with vines and grass, the old soldier with a thick cloth in his hand skillfully withdrew the wooden stick, and poured the fruit from the net pocket into the basket beside him; The basket, which was already half full, looked like it had been harvested for about fifty pounds.

That is to say, now this old military household, as long as he carries the basket back to Shiguantun, he can get more than 700 copper coins, and the price of five buckets of wheat is already good compared to the craftsmen who are tired of working in the quarry.

"Okay, very good, you still have a way," Xiao Ye admired happily, there were several busy figures nearby, their harvest today should be good, hand over the fruit to the hundred households, and then go to the quarry stone castle to rest for one night, and continue to come out to pick tomorrow.

Although the hundred households issued a notice that the military households in Shiguantun must move their families to the old Yangkou Stone Fort, but it has not yet been built, and there is not much help on the construction site, there are more than 20 old military households, staying in the quarry stone fort, and when the snow falls and the fruit cannot be picked, the old Yangkou stone fort will be almost built.

In fact, with a sufficient supply of yellow plaster, not only has the outer walls of the old Yangkou Tunbao been repaired, but most of the houses inside have been built, and the first batch of residents can live in it before the end of the month; The fire kang burns, and it won't take a few days for the stone house to dry.

Those windows, wooden doors and even have tables, chairs and benches, the Tian family's shop has already stocked up on the goods, as long as they pay for it, they will be sent to Tunpu immediately, which saves Wang Dali a lot of trouble.

In view of the lesson brought by Hu Shibiao, Xiao Ye asked Li Xunwu to write the deed early, stamped his own seal, and sold most of the houses in Laoyangkou Tunbao to military households at the price of cabbage, and they could also use the salaries of sergeants, servants and even craftsmen to offset it, and it didn't matter if the repayment time dragged on for a long time.

The reason why Xiao Ye came to Shishan was to see the extent of the spread of vine grass, as well as the difficulty of picking fruits, and the changes in the stone mill of the first number, he also saw that without a large supply of fruit cores, the stone mill would not change.

And the change of the two catalogs is what Xiao Ye is extremely eager for, just with that sharp Mauser rifle, a convenient and practical revolver/gun, he will be unable to resist.

Compared with the raw materials put into it, the items produced by the stone mill are basically three to one or even ten to one, not to mention the low iron ore; In other words, these kernels should have been inexplicably swallowed by the stone mill.

Actually, Xiao Ye was a little wronged by the stone mill, but it can't be said to be wronged, the stone mill during the repair period, the amount of raw materials needed is beyond his imagination.

What's more, in the catalog of military and civilian products, a large number of item names have appeared, but he can only see the names but not the objects, which is simply hanging his appetite.

Outside the wall in front of the land temple, he secretly went to look at it a few times, and the rattan grass that originated there, the taproot of seven or eight rattan grass, although it was hidden under the thick branches, but in the gaps between the branches and leaves, he still saw that the rhizome that was as thick as his thighs was getting thicker and thicker, and it scared him enough.

Secondly, as Shang Shetian said, there is a small abandoned copper mine here, but it seems that it is impossible to mine it; After the weather cooled down, the prospecting team became a picking team, busy picking vines and grass fruits all day long.

Hearing Xiao Ye's admiration, an old man with a coarse cloth wrapped around his head turned his face and smiled at Baihu, "Lord Baihu, you also came to find some pocket expenses?" "This old man is Shang Shetian, the chief of Jiming Village.

"No, no, you're busy, I'm just passing by and looking, be careful of the stinger," Xiao Ye waved his hand with a smile and left with his personal guard; He was holding a pea-sized fruit in his hand, the outer skin had been peeled off, revealing the yellow core inside.

"Baihu rest assured, we will be careful, the more this vine grass has veins, the more vigorous it is, the old man can see it," Shang Shetian smiled at Xiao Ye's back, lowered his head and continued to fiddle with the wooden stick.

The prospecting team couldn't show their hands and feet for a while, so they couldn't get the reward, and the hundred households didn't urge, so they came to get some fruit and sell it back to the hundred households, and the harvest was okay.

His words made Xiao Ye, who was about to get on the horse, almost fall down, old guy, in this short time.

Wang Dali confirmed last year that this is a real copper material, and the purity is much better than the copper material transported by the Tian family, but it is hard and brittle and cannot be smelted and beaten, which is very strange, and it does not have the softness and toughness of ordinary copper and cannot be used.

Several other fruit pits, including iron and silver, and even a large number of suspected charcoal, Xiao Ye threw them into the grinding eyes, leaving some for Wang Dali to continue his research.

As a result, Wang Dali discovered another use for the kernel.

The black kernel is difficult to ignite, but the continuous scorching temperature after combustion, a small kernel is enough to boil ten catties of cold water. This situation made Xiao Ye happy for several days.

Back at the Baihu Office, Xiao Ye saw Xin Weilin holding the book in a daze, knowing that he was still pondering and digesting the contents inside, so he didn't bother, so he summoned Wang Dali and asked about the construction speed of Lao Yangkou Tunbao.

By the way, he was instructed to arrange for someone to hoard the black kernel for special storage, which may come in handy this winter. Especially in Madao Stone Fort, the winter is cold, splashing water into ice, and at the tuyere, it is a big trouble to keep warm and keep out the cold.

Sending away the busy Wang Dali, he came to Tunli, and saw Hu Shibiao lying on the bed recuperating from his injuries, Xiao Ye didn't stay long, leaving some pastries to leave. Hu Shibiao's family has received Shiguantun, and in his future life, Xiao Ye will not be treated favorably or badly.

After Qin Shi's monk returned to the hundred households to pay the order, he was called away by Wang Ziliang and prepared to form a night owl flag team; And Xin Weilin, who has been confused in the past few days, has also sobered up.

"Lord Baihu, who wrote this book, the knowledge in it involves astronomy and geography, it is broad and extraordinary, and it is faintly consistent with Sun Tzu's Art of War, however, some chapters do not agree with it, I don't know," Speaking of this, Xin Lilin suddenly stopped, his face darkened, and he realized that he was no longer a showman, just a cloth cloth.

Xiao Ye sighed lightly, and shook his head secretly in his heart, it seems that that the heart disease still has to be cured slowly, and he can't help himself, "Brother Sanxing, this book is translated from the Persians, and the author himself is unknown, we can discuss it more in the future, and Liu Ren also has a lot of experience,"

The topic shifted, Xin Weilin's face looked a lot better, but his eyes were red and haggard, Xiao Ye still persuaded him to rest, a scholar with injuries, he could read day and night in a row, and Xiao Ye was already ashamed of himself.

The guards assigned to Xin Lilin pushed Xin Lilin away, Xiao Ye saw him holding the book, and couldn't help but praise, "Perseverance is so, it's a pity,"

The Orion Squad, under Qin Shi's recommendation, all joined the Night Owl Banner Team, that is, the sixth squad, plus the four marksmen drawn from the Guards, with fifteen personnel, all equipped with Mauser rifles, revolvers/guns, as well as crossbows, sky-shaking thunder, jumping thunder and other ordnance.

The treatment of the sergeant of the night owl banner team will be the same as that of the sergeant of the pro-guard team in the future, and the salary of the Qin Shiqi officer is also comparable to that of Zuo Shi. Of course, armament, natural and pro-guard in general takes precedence.

failed to complete the assassination task assigned by the hundred households, and was fined thirty taels, Qin Shishi was very dull for a while, his face was dull, and he trained a lot more seriously.

At the end of the month, the Tian family caravan hired by Baodes took advantage of the night to bring more than a dozen truckloads of goods, which were traded in Gansu Town, and the sensitive goods in them had to be cautious in the future.

When the grain is put into storage, a large amount of stale grain from the latter batch will be sent to Moyan and turned into canned fried noodles for storage; Saltpeter, sulfur, lead, and a small amount of copper were escorted by the guards to the B-shaped mill overnight.

At this time, Xiao Ye already wanted to make a move on Lu Yidao.

The night owl flag team went deep into the grassland, and it was bound to encounter a huge number of opponents, Lu Yidao's subordinate horse thieves were known as more than 10,000, and it was estimated that there would be more than 3,000 if the water was removed, and finding his lair was tantamount to touching a hornet's nest.

A team of fifteen people, to fight against thousands of horse thieves, Xiao Ye did not get confused about this, but he found a big killer weapon in the stone mill military catalog, a water-cooled Makqin heavy machine gun.

This trip does not seek to annihilate the horse thieves, as long as it gives them a deterrent, and they do not dare to easily attack Shiguantun and Laoyangkou in this winter. On the day of the final settlement, Xiao Ye will not drag on for too long.

This kind of heavy machine gun, which is installed between two half-man high wheels, is quite bulky, and is only suitable for positional warfare and defensive combat, and is inconvenient to use in sports operations and offenses, but after Xiao Ye saw the sergeant's demonstration in the picture, he was already shocked that his mouth couldn't close.

However, on the two canvas bullet chains, there were a total of 600 thick bullets, which consumed all the copper materials transported this time.

If it weren't for the copper coins they brought from Haixi Village, the small amount of Mauser rifle ammunition in the sergeant's hand would have been exhausted, let alone reserved.

Tomorrow, we will have to experiment with this new weapon, and I don't know how many of the two chains will be left.

At present, Europe has just entered the era of manual machine gun development, the most famous manual machine gun, called organ gun, the so-called organ gun, is named after its row of barrels similar to the pipe organ of the church, also called the row of guns, many barrels are mounted in rows on the trolley, there are many organ guns in the Venetian army, and the improved model even has the design of a rear-loading rifled gun and a metal cartridge case.

However, including the British Thunder gun car, defense gun, and even Mitreures gun, coffee mill gun, etc., the classic manual Gatling machine gun has been thrown far behind the feet by this Maxim heavy machine gun.

Set up an ambush in a suitable place and lure the horse thief into the ambush point, this newly baked secret weapon may be able to kill the invincible Lu Yidao in one go, Xiao Ye can't forgive him for killing and setting fire to the Yonghetun military household, and can't forgive the opponent who killed him.

In the early morning, on the frost-stained training ground with wild grass, a strange-looking two-wheeled vehicle was set up by the sergeant, and the thick canvas coat on it was removed.

Zuo Shi picked up the water bag, filled the water tank with water, unfolded the long bullet chain, rushed forward with the bullet head, held it in his hand, opened the bullet cover on the gun body, stuck the canvas bullet chain in the gun magazine, and clicked the cover with the bullet pressing steel plate.

"Okay, little Liuzi, you can start," Xiao Ye, who was full of nervousness, saw that Zuo Shi was ready, thought about it, and shouted loudly; Xiao Liuzi swung the barrel of the gun slightly, aimed at a row of wooden stakes five hundred steps in front of him, gritted his teeth and pulled the trigger fiercely.

Five hundred paces is the best distance for the horse to charge faster, and it is also the best distance for the infantry to contain the cavalry.

"Tutu, Tutu, Tutu," the thick barrel shook slightly, the trumpet-shaped muzzle of the machine gun, suddenly spit out orange-red flames, and the strong recoil made Xiao Liuzi involuntarily, the muzzle of the gun rose, the bullet swept into the air with a roar, and the hot bullet casing on his right hand even jumped on his arm; The stake in the distance was nothing.

Zuo Shi, who was holding the bullet chain to send the bullet, was also frightened by this fierce tongue of fire, and directly released the bullet chain.

Loosening the trigger, the little six who were burning by the bullet shell grinned his teeth, embarrassedly glanced at the hundred households beside him, took a deep breath, lowered the body of the gun, lowered the muzzle, pulled the trigger again, and then quickly let go, "Tutu Tu

"Tutu, tutu, tug

"Suddenly, suddenly, suddenly," the continuous tongue of fire was added, and the rain of bullets swept out swished out, and more than thirty thick wooden stakes were splashed with broken stubble; "Ah," the little six who stood up, was roared and shouted excitedly by the strong machine gun rumble, and pulled the trigger desperately.

"Click," suddenly, the machine gun stopped roaring, the crooked bullet chain blocked the smooth supply of ammunition, Xiao Liuzi pulled the trigger a few times, and looked at the sluggish Zuo Shi beside him depressedly, "Zuo Shi, hurry up, I can't move,"

Zuo Shi, who was taught by his brother last night, suddenly shook his senses, wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, stepped forward to pull the bayonet, opened the steel plate, pushed the crumpled bullet chain forward a little, let the bullet enter the groove, and closed the steel plate with a click, "Brother Liuzi, let me try, just try it,"

"No, this thing is too dangerous, it doesn't make sense from Baihu," a serious little Liuzi, the red tide on his face did not recede, and he shook his shoulder and shook the left stone, "Get out of the way, I still have to test the machine gun,"

"Oh," Zuo Shi was helpless, obediently holding on to the bullet chain, and there was a violent roar in his ears, and the howl of Xiao Liuzi suddenly rose again.

Not far away, Xiao Ye, like more than a dozen personal guards, was shocked by the heavy and clumsy machine gun and the violent firepower, and when he came to his senses and wanted to stop Xiao Liuzi's stupid waste, the chain of three hundred bullets was at the bottom.

The steaming hot water tank and the enthusiastic little six sons were angrily shouted by hundreds of households to pick up the bullet shells; Zuo Shi was also kicked in the ass by his brother, and if he didn't stop his companion in time, he was equally guilty, and the two days of work in the quarry will be recorded for the time being.

Xiao Ye, who wanted to cry without tears, could only let Qin Shi's flag team intermittently run out of another bullet chain, and this two-wheeled beast had no teeth for the time being.

The machine gun in the military catalog was only given a bulky wheeled Makqin, and there was no tungsten mine marked in the album, and the appearance of the machine gun depended on luck, Xiao Ye was also depressed, not to mention the round-headed machine gun bullets that were several circles larger.

Obviously, the tungsten ore content is too small in the ore sent by Bailonghu, and the copper material is in short supply, where is he going to find it. No, the prospecting team still has to go.

There was no ammunition, and just when the night owl flag team could not make the trip, news came from the old Yangkou stone fort that the stone fort was close to completion, and all the houses inside were capped; This good news made Xiao Ye feel relieved, and rode to Lao Yangkou with his personal guards.

He was gone, and the guards who stayed in Shiguantun, as well as the quarry craftsmen who watched from afar, had a new topic, such a sharp firearm, they had never seen before, and they sighed again and again that the Persians were highly skilled.

In the Heizi Flag Team trained in the training ground, the sergeants and flag officers, like the Night Owl Squad, were hindered by the military order, and the excitement turned into excitement, but no one talked about the origin of the firearm; Perhaps, hundreds of households have their own secret channels.

Lao Yangkou Tunbao, the north and south fort gates according to Li Xin'an's suggestion, Wang Dali added the urn city, although it is not big, but it is enough for defense; Xiao Ye stood on the platform of the fire pier and looked down, which was clear at a glance.

The weather was cold, and according to the instructions of the hundred households, Wang Dali organized the craftsmen to speed up the construction of the house, and began to let the military households move in; Yes, it's the military.

Whether it is a farmer or a craftsman, only when he goes to Li Xin'an, and after the whole family registers as a transferred military household, can he have the opportunity to live in the stone fort, and Xiao Ye will not generously help anyone. Without a military household, the source of soldiers is a big headache for him.

It doesn't matter if the road is not leveled, it doesn't matter if there are not many wells, as long as each family burns the kang, all problems can be solved through negotiation.

Like other stone forts, the old Yangkou Tunbao, that is, the Yonghetun Hundred Households, did not make the city gate, the outside of the fort gate, at the end of the urn city Yongdao, as usual is a pile of neatly placed triangular stucco stone pillars, for emergency use. It is not easy to change the name of Juntun, although it is built in Laoyangkou, the name can only be called Yonghetun.

The barracks tents in the open space outside the stone fort were reduced one by one, and the military households guarding outside looked at the new clerk with a smile, and named their neighbors into the tunpu, and soon, they would also live in the new stone huts. This cold winter looks a lot better.

Some of the children who accompanied their parents carried a hot coarse cloth bag wrapped in a two-petal tin shell with a pit lit in it; The black kernel is smokeless after being lit, and the heat lasts for a long time, and its function is quickly used by the military households.

Xiao Ye was standing on the newly built fort wall at this moment, holding a hand warmer in his hand, Li Xin'an called this thing a hand warmer, which was very appropriate.

"Xin'an, is this what you came up with?" Thin iron sheets are now common in Shiguantun, ammunition boxes, canned food boxes, are thin iron sheets, as long as a craftsman, you can easily make a hand-warming shell.

"Lord Baihu, I saw a child playing with this black fruit pit roasted hand on the ground, and I had eaten canned fried noodles, so I just used the waste," Li Xin'an said uneasily, he had a bright brain, he liked to tinker with some strange things, and the carpenter's craft was learned from the old people in the village.

"Very good, I can think of this, this official is not as good as you," Xiao Ye praised appreciatively, feeling that this clerk would be of better use in the future, but it was a pity to give Wang Dali a hand.

But now Li Xin'an is indispensable for the end of Tunpu, especially Li Xunwu, who managed a huge construction site in an orderly manner, which made Xiao Ye much easier.

Thinking of the military establishment in that book, coupled with Wang Ziliang's many suggestions, Xiao Ye hesitated again and again, and finally made up his mind and held a secret meeting in Huodun.

For a while, Wang Dali, Wang Ziliang, Xin Weilin, Wang Qing, and Shang Shetian from Shiguantun rushed over on horseback and car, and Xiao Ye and Mei'er were already waiting on the second floor of the fire pier.

At this low-level meeting, Xiao Ye determined the next two hundred households, and the financial accounts were to be in charge of Mei'er, assisted by Wang Si and Lina; This is the genuine lady of 100 households, and everyone will naturally not object.

Shiguantun 100 households, on the surface, is still under the control of Hu Shibiao, the young and strong military households are transferred, 100 sergeants, 10 flag teams, and the weapons are mainly loaded with fire/guns; Wang Ziliang's herald was full of twenty people. One hundred and twenty people, not counting overnumbered.

There are five flag teams stationed in Madao Stone Fort, and Wang Meng is in charge on his behalf.

Wang Ziliang is mainly responsible for external intelligence investigation, and internal screening of spies and the like is controlled by Xin Weilin; Xin Lilin not only has the night owl flag team in his hands, but also has a team of assistants similar to the pacification officer, ten people, drawn from the personal guard. These people, whose names are not on the list of sergeants, are only in the roster of military households, which is very inconspicuous.

Xin Weilin had such authority when he first came, and the old man of the Baihu Institute was naturally not convinced, but with Xiao Ye's support, everyone didn't say much, just planned to see his jokes.

Laoyangkou, Guoziwa, Yonghetun, Jiaokou, Xiqu five fire piers, the existing 55 sergeants, then this newly built Tunbao, can also be stationed 45 sergeants, also recruited from the military households, it is really not enough to ask for people from Bailonghu, the flag officer 100 households designated by the personal guard.

In fact, in today's health posts, there is a general vacancy of sergeants, and there is a vacant salary and let the military households give them tenant land, where there is an alternative of supernumerary sergeants, it is a large amount of food money, and it is the most practical to put it in the pocket and bury it in the money cellar.

Even if there are more sergeants recruited by Xiao Ye, there are still excuses, don't you see the Tartars on the other side, who has the ability to bring a hundred sergeants to station; There are more sergeants, as long as they are not ostentatious, no one wants to be serious, anyway, they don't need to pay for it themselves.

No one wants to go through the hard work of counting the sergeants at each guard station, repeating it year after year, as long as the number is reported below.

Needless to say, the prospecting team and the escort team are a matter of 100 households giving the military households a bite to eat, and having a small number of self-defense weapons is not a sergeant, but just a hired servant.

Xiao Ye, who was sitting at the top, finished arranging the establishment of the two hundred households, and seeing that everyone had no other suggestions, he opened his heart and made the establishment of Bailong public, "Bailonghu, the manager Huang Hanxiang, the property is made by Tian Xiuxiu, the logistics team is fifty people, the miscellaneous servants are two hundred, and the sergeants are three hundred,"

The reason why he confided his strength was to reassure everyone's hearts, and he had four hundred sergeants in his hands, plus one hundred sergeants scattered in Yonghetun, even if the Tartars came, they had the strength to resist.

Of course, the secret military order still has to be carried out, and it must be emphasized at the end of the meeting.

Tian Xiuxiu's incident in Bailong Lake, everyone has heard about it, Xiao Ye told Mei'er early, I'm afraid, now the Tian family also seems to be aware of it, but the strange thing is that the deputy Qianto Tian Guanglin has come to the news more frequently, unlike before.

It is natural for one's family to manage their own money, and everyone naturally has nothing to say about the arrangement of hundreds of households, but they feel very strange; However, to be honest, it is a three-way zone, so let's see the reality clearly and talk about it after this winter.

The matter of recruiting sergeants, Wang Dali immediately went down to carry it out, he is a serious official, and together with Ma Gui, the secretary of Yonghe Tun, the problem of summoning young men is not big, but the number is difficult to say. Now I am not afraid that the sergeants will not be recruited enough, but that I am afraid that there will be too many recruits and people will be dissatisfied.

In Madao Stone Fort, two C-shaped stone mills have been transported, and the labor needed by the mill there will be dispatched by Huang Hanxiang, and even an armed tartar of 20 people will be stationed for a long time.

At the meeting, what Xiao Ye didn't say was that he was on the grassland, the originally small Galen tribe is now a big Tartar tribe, and the number of herdsmen has reached three hundred, as long as they are replaced with rear-loading fire/guns, plus earth-shaking thunder, jumping thunder, and a little training, it is definitely a sharp knife force; It's his hole card, and it's not a good thing to say it.

The Ming people's concept of the Mongols is that they are familiar with the Tartars and the Ripe Thorn tribes, and they can get close to the trade and even be officials in the Ming Dynasty, but it is better to forget about the barbarians, the white-eyed wolf that is not ripe, and the story of Mr. Dongguo has been circulating among the people for many years.

After the hundred households finished speaking, the shopkeeper also had to leak the bottom for everyone, Mei'er took the account book, and the cherry spit out a sentence, not many words, but it made everyone's hearts flutter, "The monthly consumption of money and food by the two hundred households, plus Bailong Lake, at least three thousand five hundred taels, plus others, that is to say, there is no income of four thousand taels per month, everyone has to go hungry, and the consumption of ordnance and materials is counted separately,"

Raising soldiers to fight is to fight for money and food, Xin Weilin and a few scholars understand, but Wang Dali, Wang Qing, and Shang Shetian are so frightened by this huge number that they dare not interject, they are paid a lot of money, but they didn't expect it to add up to such an amount.

Xiao Ye can't help it, there is no field here, the military households in the stone fort, except for being a sergeant to get paid, the others either go to work in the mill, or faint desperately, and go to pick vines and fruits together, and there is no other way to live at all.

Grain, all have to rely on him to buy from the three major merchants, thousands of households can't be relied on at all, even if it is old grain, he has more and the better, in the eyes of the merchants, Xiao Ye is simply hungry.

Fortunately, some cattle and sheep can be supplied on the grassland, and there is no shortage of meat.

There are two C-shaped stone mills in the Madao Stone Fort, and the stones, cattle and sheep do not need to be sent to Shiguantun, even if they have the intention to supervise Shiguantun and Yonghetun, it is difficult to find out the source of Persian goods.

After the announcement, the following is everyone's business, Wang Dali first talked about the degree of completion of the stone fort, saying that before the snow falls, the construction of houses in the stone fort can be completed, and the currently repaired stone house can allow the military households waiting outside the stone fort to move in now, and each family has a fire kang.

But in the future, if there are military households, the houses in the tunpu will not be enough, after all, there will be hundreds of households, military houses, mills in the tunpu, and the shops will be reserved for the merchants, and there will even be stables, a mile of land, which is unbearable.

"The well has been drilled twice, the water output is barely enough, and the mill has already started, but," Wang Dali looked at Xiao Ye in embarrassment, "Baihu, the sand and gravel everywhere here, and the fine sand sifted out by the military households, can it be poured into the stone mill?"

To say that the military households here are much lighter than the craftsmen in the quarry, and although the wages are correspondingly reduced, they are not tired of eating a lot every day, and sleep like dead dogs at night.

"It's okay, just do as the official instructs, cut down a lot of miscellaneous trees and grasses, as well as the charcoal sent by the Huang family, and put it into the grinding of the eyes at intervals, although the plaster does not come out much, just sell all the good products," Xiao Ye waved his hand and said unmindfully.

In private, he has asked Wang Dali to deduct most of the charcoal from the reserves, just the amount of three stone castles to burn the kang in winter is enough to make Xiao Ye crazy, where can it be used for stone grinding.

Seeing the cunning look in Baihu's eyes, Wang Dali nodded silently, knowing how to do it, he didn't understand the trick of the yellow plaster formula, so naturally Baihu said that he would do it.

The three miles west of Yonghe Tunpu have been cleared out of a large area of barren grassland, and the guards sent by the three merchants, with hundreds of craftsmen, first planted one-foot-high branches of Coptis chinensis trees around the circled plot, poured a bucket of water, and then they can confidently and boldly excavate the foundation.

The workshop area here is the second mill area in the future, most of the hills in the west and north are rocky, and the stones are all over the mountains, which is all money. Because of the undulating hills here, the military households called it the Hill Workshop.

It is fifty miles away from Shiguan and is relatively safe, so the number of farmers, military households and even artisan households employed by the three major merchants has doubled several times, and they are busy building houses and digging wells. Anyway, after the mill started, the wages were paid according to the output of the plaster, and those who were lazy were only red-eyed, and they were not in arrears.

What Xiao Ye didn't expect was that Huang Fugui, who was under the banner of delivering grain to the newly built workshop area, had two carriages full of brass in the carriage that came out of the gravel fort; Broken copper pieces of different sizes, with colorful paintings on them, I don't know how many Buddha statues in which temple were destroyed, and they were pulled over.

The carriage was sent to the Yonghetun Mill at night, and Huang Fugui, who came by car in person, carried the four thousand taels of silver tickets given by Xiao Liuzi, as well as the reward of three hundred taels of silver tickets, and left the carriage happily; The next time I delivered grain and vegetables to the old sheep, the carriage was pulled back by the way.

Three copper coins are one tael, twelve taels and one catty, seven thousand catties of scrap copper are eighty-four thousand coins, and less than three thousand taels of silver, the shrewd Huang Fugui has already been calculated; Wang Dali and Xiao Liuzi were not stupid, and after reporting the weight of 100 households, they watched the profiteer take the silver ticket stupidly.

The heavy carriage, Xiao Ye personally escorted back to Yonghetun, watched the guards send 7,000 catties of copper into the C-shaped stone mill, and then rode to the fire pier.

With Huang Fugui's private business, Xiao Ye returned to Shiguantun the next day and filled the underground arsenal with ammunition.

Mauser rifle bullets, 10,000 rounds, Makqin bullets 3,000 rounds, looking at a lot of numbers, but the average to the sergeant, still dare not let go of a large-scale battle.

The wheeled cart carrying the Maxim was dismantled by a skilful sergeant and tied to four pack horses, with three thousand rounds of ammunition and ten chains, all of which were hunched on the horse's back; The Night Owl Banner Team, under the leadership of Qin Shishi, went to Madao Stone Fort late at night.

Shang Tie finally ran back from the mountain, and he hadn't seen him for more than a month, and he had lost weight twice in the dark, and he was floating when he walked.

Xiao Ye personally boiled a pot of porridge for Shang Tie, watched him eat, and took a hot bath, and then the two sat in the hundred houses and chatted for an hour.

The news of Lu Yidao was there, and it was time for the night owl flag team to set off.

They also took away 5,000 rounds of Mauser rifle bullets, 5,000 rounds of fire/gun pellets, gun grenades, and a number of earth-shattering thunderbolts, which were supplemented by Madao Stone Fort, and rifles, fire/guns, and spears without bullets were not as good as spears. Huang Hanxiang's supply of projectiles can be taken from Wang Meng in the future.

In this trip to the night owl flag team, there are not only Shang Tie, but also a few Tartar riders in Madao Stone Fort, and there are no herdsmen who are familiar with the eastern steppe to lead the way, so it is too easy to get lost.

In the small courtyard of the hundred households, the weather turned cold, and it was no longer suitable to sit in the courtyard, but Xiao Ye was unwilling to stay in the stuffy room for long; Xin Lilin sat in a wheelchair, drinking sour tea, watching Xiao Ye fiddling with the small tandoor, and the red burning in the stove was the black fruit pits the size of peas.

The output of glass is not large, and it is not necessary to use it next year, and it is too late to sell it.

"Brother Shi Dao, they are going here, it's a bit hasty, Lu Yidao is famous for his murder, his strength is strong, and if he finds his lair, I'm afraid it will be difficult to turn around with his whole body, this mortal enemy is difficult." Xin Lilin shook his head slowly, the time had not yet come, he did not approve of letting Qin Shi and them go.

"It's okay, I've already made a feud, I'm not afraid to wear shoes barefoot, and it's not good if the knife is not sharpened, at most I will lose a dozen sergeants, but he wants to eat Qin Shi with a knife, so it depends on whether his teeth are hard or not," Although Xiao Ye said it easily, he still let Xin Weilin see the worry in his eyes.

The original intention of the night owl was to do this shady thing, these sergeants will definitely become flag officers in the future, and they are also the material that dares to fight, and he is uncomfortable when he loses one; But if he didn't make a move, what Xiao Ye was afraid of was that the horse thieves and the Tartars would attack at the same time, and Shiguantun and Lao Yangkou would encounter enemies on both sides, and the consequences would be unpredictable.

The training of newly recruited sergeants should be intensified.

According to the wear and tear of the barrel of the rear-loading gun, the rifle fired 300 rounds of bullets, and the barrel was scrapped, and the bulky machine gun was estimated to have become scrap metal when he came back from this trip, and Xiao Ye was also helpless.

Before the appearance of a large number of heavy firepower, the number of sergeants is the guarantee of victory, and Xiao Ye, who is overstretched, self-preservation is the most important thing.