The Tartars retreated, the Shiguantun alarm was lifted, and both the sergeants and craftsmen secretly breathed a sigh of relief; Even Xiao Ye relaxed his spirit, and he couldn't even open his eyes when he stood on the castle wall.

After the sergeants under the mountain cleaned up the battlefield and cleaned up the tattered weapons and tents left by the Tartars, in addition to leaving enough sergeants to be on guard, the others returned to the military house and home with Xiao Ye's order, and began to rest; These days, whether it is in the training ground or the mill, it will be quiet.

Back in the hundred households, Xiao Ye went to meet three wives and concubines, and now Tian Xiuxiu also approves of it, with her shrewd mind, it is more than enough to be a concubine.

After saying hello to Xin Lilin and comforting the third girl, Xiao Ye wiped his face casually, returned to the house and lay down on the kang, and snoring started in the blink of an eye. Wang Ziliang had already returned to his dark castle and sent a herald down the mountain to investigate the information.

It has been less than two years since I came to Shiguantun, and I have fought with the Tartars twice, and the three girls are not from a military household after all, and they are beaten by the sound of artillery and shouts under the mountain, as well as the gunfire and roar of the quarry stone fort, and their faces are white, and they can't even eat for a while.

The last time Mei'er and Lena could still see Yang Tianshou by their side, and there were a large number of military households crowded in the stone fort, but now in the stone fort, except for the sergeants in a hurry, there is no one talking in the solemn Xin Weilin in the hall opposite.

Fortunately, there were two rough girls, and a few military mothers-in-law who cooked and washed, but the military family from Yonghetun saw many wounded and even dead, and under their comfort, the three girls were able to slow down and drink some gruel, and prayed to the gods to let the Tartars leave quickly.

Xin Lilin also saw the uneasiness of the three girls, so he sent them to Yang Tianshou in Tunli, where the private school was in the southernmost part of Tunli, which was the quietest place. waited until the Tartar soldiers retreated, and then notified Wang Ziliang to take it back.

Wang Ziliang arranged two heralds to send the ladies of the hundred households to the private school and stayed outside the private school courtyard until Xiao Liuzi sent someone to take over the sentry.

Yang Tianshou is now deaf to the outside of the window, as long as Xiao Ye sends the child, he will teach it together, if the child is led by his parents to the old sheep's mouth, he will not ask much, as long as Han Juan can follow him and learn some knowledge from him, he will be happy to even bother to get out of the courtyard door.

The private school has three meals a day, and there are two umbrellas in the courtyard for water supply, and there is no shortage of charcoal, plus Xiao Ye sends some hand warmers, lighters and other rare things from time to time, it is reasonable for Yang Tianshou to be reluctant to go out.

What he doesn't like the most is that once every ten years, there are sergeants who come to teach the children military affairs, riding horses, firing guns/guns, and crawling and rolling, which are all adult things, how can children be exposed to it from an early age.

The mood is good and bad, no, the mountain is ringing and beating, and the Tartar is here again; Sitting under a window in the hall, Yang Tianshou held a teacup and sat upright for nearly ten days, and the seven or eight children, as well as Mei'er who came over, had no intention of greeting them.

Now, he can continue to teach the children with a teacup in hand.

This window was sent by Xiao Ye Wang Dali with craftsmen to remove the window paper and press four square glasses, but it became a scene in Shiguantun.

"The fire/guns of the hundred households, the coptis trees of the Land Temple, and the windows of the private school," these three major scenes are the craftsmen laughing in private, but Yang Tianshou listened to it, and he didn't say anything about the beauty in his heart, and it was also quite comfortable.

The number of sergeants in the son-in-law's hands has increased, and he actually controls the two hundred households, Yang Tian looked at it coldly, and originally wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Xiao Ye and said, we can't do anything about apostasy.

However, when her daughter went to Gansu Town, she was attacked on the way, Yonghetun was burned by horse thieves, and Shiguantun was besieged by Tartars one after another.

If it weren't for Xiao Xiaozi's ability, perhaps, this family would be separated by yin and yang.

Yang Tianshou, who resented the indisputable court, dispelled the words of persuading his son-in-law, and when it came to heaven, he couldn't take care of his son-in-law in his own courtyard, and he couldn't look down on it. As long as Xiao Ye doesn't raise the banner of rebellion and doesn't go to the side wall to cause trouble, he would rather be blind and be a gentleman.

The Tartars retreated, the guards took Mei'er and them, and the teacup that Yang Tianshou put down was picked up, and the students had to persevere. As for the affairs of the hundred households, he was unwilling to get involved.

In a small courtyard in Tunli, Hu Shibiao, who was already able to walk, heard from his family that the Tartars besieged Shiguantun and retreated, and the gunshots and explosions that had resounded for more than ten days not far away made him speechless. A letter hidden in his arms, hesitated again and again, and was stuffed into the fire pit in the stove room.

"Xiao boy, I hope you can achieve great things, uncle, I won't stop you, I should repay your father for saving his life back then," staring at the ashes in the firepit, Hu Shibiao muttered to himself.

When the wolf smoke of the old sheep's mouth fire pier was extinguished, the Tartars who heralded the southern invasion of Shiguantun finally retreated, and the messenger sent from Shiguantun to the gravel fort galloped to the thousand households again; At Xiao Ye's request, Hu Shibiao blushed and wrote the credit for repelling the Tartars on himself.

It was something he couldn't have imagined.

In this battle, Shiguantun received the assistance of Lao Yangkou Tunbao, resisted the siege of the Tartars for more than ten days, killed more than 300 enemies, suffered heavy casualties, Hu Shibiao was injured in 100 households, more than 50 sergeants were killed and wounded, and the damage to materials was not calculated.

Of course, when this secret letter arrives at the Gravel Castle, and then reports to the superiors, it will have to add most of the military exploits of the Thousand Households.

According to the military report of the Qianhu Garrison Command Division, after receiving the letter of help reported by Hu Shibiao, the Qianhu Shogun of the Gravel Fort reacted quickly, not only sending a large amount of grain, grass and ordnance, but also sending a capable flag team.

After losing hundreds of sergeants and a large number of casualties among military households, at the cost of damaging two inferior tuns, he finally fought with the Tartars for more than ten days, and retreated thousands of Tartars who attacked them.

Now that the Tartars have retreated, the Qianhu Office immediately reported to the Gansu Town Command Envoy, and after receiving the urgent letter from Shiguantun, on the third day, he sent reinforcements headed by Deputy Qianheda Guanglin, pulling a large number of food and materials, and headed towards Shiguantun.

Accompanying Tian Guanglin to Shiguantun were not only the personal guards of Qianhu, but also the 500 sergeants sent by Qianhu, as well as the Fuguan of Sun Zhen, to verify the authenticity of Hu Shibiao's battle report.

The long convoy passed by the old sheep's mouth fire pier, Tian Guanglin and a hundred households, were shocked by the newly built stone fort in front of them, and the biggest thought in everyone's hearts was that Xiao Xiaozi was willing to spend so much to build a tall tunbao; In particular, Sun Zhenfu officials vigorously encouraged Tian Guanglin to check the accounts of the 100 households in Yonghetun to prevent some officers from embezzling the salaries of military households.

His suggestion made Tian Guanglin quite speechless, Qianhu still owes Yonghetun a sum of money, where to check the accounts, isn't it uncomfortable for himself.

Moreover, Xiao Ye sent several letters to the Thousand Households, requesting that the arrears be settled, otherwise it would be difficult to continue to use military households in the future, and these letters made Wang Chongli and Tian Guanglin very headaches, for fear that Xiao Ye would tear his face and report to the Command Envoy Yamen.

Fortunately, Xiao Ye had eyes and did not poke things out, which is also one of the reasons why Qianhu changed the location of Xiao Ye and closed his eyes; Whoever eats the fat in his mouth will not spit it out casually.

The convoy passed by the old sheep's mouth fire pier, and Xiao Ye, who was waiting here, would not be rude, led a group of guards, as well as a large group of military households, to greet him from afar at the fork, and warmly invited Tian Guanglin to have a light meal in the stone fort.

But Tian Guanglin still refused, he had never heard of it, Xiao Ye had a hobby of entertaining others, instead of going to the stone castle to eat a big bowl of hot noodle soup, it was better to go to the workshop area; Also, Xiao Ye is not very concerned about eating, as long as he can eat well outside, he eats too many meals on the stove with the sergeant.

Eating at home, Mei'er and the others also have a maximum of three dishes, plus a bowl of wheat rice and a few meatloafs are very good. Xiao Ye, who is not good at drinking, is very strict with the sergeants in the flag team.

Tian Guanglin's gentle apology, Xiao Ye no longer forced him to stay, and the eyes of the other hundred households full of deep meaning, Sun Zhen's unkind face, he also saw it very clearly; By now, he has seen that with these people, before and after, everyone is not on the same path.

If there is danger, you can hide properly, and wait until the wind and waves are over, oh, no, as long as there is an opportunity, you will jump out and look left and right, and even go to the door to find benefits, such a disgusting thing, Xiao Ye can't do it, but these people seem to be used to it, talking and laughing.

Tian Guanglin and his entourage rode straight to the workshop area in the west, and the convoy continued to move towards Shiguantun under the control of the military households.

Lao Yangkou Tunbao, the former Yonghetun, this hundred households are not treated, you don't plough the land, you have to run into the barren mountains and wilderness, Shengsheng blocked the wind outlet under the stone pass, blocked the Tartar horse team, said you Xiao Ye is stupid, look at it is also a spiritual person.

For the sake of supporting Shiguantun, it is good enough not to trouble you Xiao Ye, and if you still ask for money in the future, it will not be a good face.

Under the hospitality of the deacon of the Tian family, in a courtyard tent in the workshop area, Tian Guanglin and his officers and officials had a hot mutton rice and drank some ale, and then went to Shiguantun leisurely.

What they didn't know was that the beef and mutton in the workshop area were all taken out by Wang Dali and sold to these three merchants at a higher price. There were too many cattle and sheep sent by Bailonghu every time, and the forage in Madao Shibao was scarce, so he had to pack it up and send it to the stone grinding eye, and the canned meat was piled up in Xiao Ye's warehouse, which was full of room.

Just when Tian Guanglin walked on the stucco road of Shiguantun Mountain, in the old Yangkou Tunbao, in the mill near the Beibao Gate, a C-shaped stone mill was constantly rotating under the care of the craftsmen, and the yellow plaster was constantly grinding. With the addition of this stone mill, one B-shaped stone mill in the quarry stone fort, two C-shaped stone mills in Madao Stone Fort, and four stone mills in Xiao Ye's hands began to operate normally again.

Shiguantun is located in the stone mountain, the stone is igneous rock containing low hematite, and the same is true of the workshop area of the back mountain; The Hilly Workshop area, like the Madao Stone Fort, is full of limestone.

Limestone contains calcite, which everyone knows is the main material for making cement; The three major merchants used a large number of high-grade and high-quality stucco ingredients in the relatively safe hilly workshop area, and the results obtained were naturally quite satisfactory.

As for the high-grade and high-quality plaster produced by each of the three merchants, after putting in an ingredient according to the ingredient list every day, the quality and quantity of the output of the plaster are different.

Of course, they will not disclose the trick to Xiao Ye, and they will never mention it to each other.

Xiao Ye in the quarry mill, also tried to let the craftsman put in a lot of sulfur, iron, several carts of charcoal, but produced a few bags of high-quality plaster, but the cost of investment, or made him give up unrealistic thoughts, the stone mill in his hand, or good mortar, the cost is too great, how can he stand it.

Shiguantun, Hu Shibiao, who was dressed in a hundred-household battle jacket, wrapped in a thick bandage on his right hand, and a black blindfold obliquely on his left eye, was just outside the low wall of Shishan to greet the late reinforcements.

At this time, Hu Shibiao's heart has no waves, if the Tartars are here, it is estimated that the reinforcements of the thousand households will have to wait for an unknown amount of time to see; And if he led the sergeants to resist the Tartars, could he hold out for more than ten days, he didn't have any bottom in his heart.

The personal guards he brought, although they looked strong and elite, had never seen blood before, and they were not at the same level as Xiao Ye's sergeant in terms of toughness.

The sergeants standing behind Hu Baihu, even yesterday, were a few well-armed Xiao Ye's personal guards, and now they are carrying only rear-loading firearms/guns and a signature crossbow; Even so, the evil intentions that emerged from the sergeants made Hu Shibiao very uncomfortable.

Especially the flag officers represented by Kuroko, all of them are like hungry wolves hidden, and their eyes are cold and infiltrating when they talk to him, and they will burst out and hurt people at some point.

Perhaps, he is old, and he can't see the murderous sergeant on his body, and Hu Shibiao, who has complained again and again, can only act according to Xiao Ye and Xin Weilin's words for the sake of himself and his family.

Seeing that Tian Guanglin was under the guidance of the scout, riding a horse Shi Shiran appeared at the mountain pass, Hu Shibiao hurriedly stepped forward, knelt on one knee to salute, and bowed to the ground with both palms, "Hu Shibiao, a hundred households in Shiguantun, knock on Tian Qianhu,"

"Knock on Tian Qianhu," behind him, Wang Dali, Heizi and other flag officials, and a group of military households, knelt down in an uproar and shouted loudly; Although they were reluctant in their hearts, Xiao Ye's explanation still had to be done carefully, so as not to be punished for being punished to the quarry for hammering, which was still the kind that had no wages.

"Haha, get up, get up and speak, Hu Baihu has worked hard," Tian Guanglin, who had a blush on his face, wore a helmet and armor, and wore a red coat, looking majestic, like a spring breeze, which made everyone feel good.

Of course, the bandages on Hu Shibiao's body, as well as the medicine belts on the heads, necks, and arms of the sergeants, Tian Guanglin saw it in his eyes, and it was inconvenient for him to show the majesty of the officials.

As soon as he got off the horse, the officers and officials behind him could only dismount, and the horses were handed over to the guards.

"Lord Qianhu, it's cold outside, it's better to go to Baihu to talk," Hu Shibiao led the way in front of him with unsteady steps, leading everyone to Tunli; The guards and sergeants in the back were vigorously greeted by the king, and the materials brought by them were transported into the quarry stone fort.

Because of Tian Guanglin's arrival, the mill was suspended today, cleaned and awaited the inspection of Shangguan.

Walking slowly on the road made of plaster, Tian Guanglin was secretly surprised while looking at the stone castle in front of him. This stone fort, as rumored outside, is indeed strong and indestructible.

The dense scars on the outer wall of the stone fort were obviously hit by shells, but only a few of the battlements collapsed, and most of them were unharmed, but they were lucky.

After taking a turn in the stone fort, looking at the stone mill in the mill, looking at the military house, opening the warehouse to see the grain inside, Tian Guanglin looked very carefully, and even Sun Dezhang and a group of 100 officers were looking around at this stone fort that could resist the Tatars' strong attack for more than ten days.

"What about the casualties?" As a Shangguan, he also had to ask about it, but Tian Guanglin's casual questioning made Hu Shibiao quite embarrassed.

In Shiguan Tunli, the old military households who lived in the house were basically transferred to the old Yangkou Tunbao, except for some children from private schools and Li Langzhong's clinic, the others were all sergeants, and even the sergeants who worked in the mill had already left their families. Shiguantun is not a good place.

The Tian family's grocery store, which had not left for a long time, was also evacuated in a hurry before the Tartars came, and the Tian family shop would definitely open in Laoyangkou Tunbao in the future.

Perhaps, Xiao Xiaozi's half-dead blacksmith shop has more blacksmiths, and the tunli will be more lively.

"Thousands of households, the military households have taken refuge in the old sheep's mouth, and the hundred households in the West Gate have responded, and the Tartar soldiers have not been evacuated for a long time, and they have not come back yet," Hu Shibiao said euphemistically, but everyone also understood that most of this Shiguan Tun is estimated to be empty.

"Oh," Tian Guanglin nodded lightly, and raised his eyes to look at the A-shaped stone castle on the right-hand side, "There, is your hundred households?" "On the stone castle wall, there were a few sergeants on the sentry, which made him feel a little decadent.

"There is a sergeant's military house, the family members of the hundred households in the West Gate are also there, and it is temporarily inconvenient for the hundred households to enter, Yang Tianshou opened a private school here, and his daughter is reluctant to father," Hu Shibiao hurriedly explained, "The original mill there has also been abandoned,"

Yang Tian was dismissed and reinstated as an army, Tian Guanglin knew about it, so he didn't say much.

"Well, Ximen Baihu can see it, and even the family members dare to go to the Tartar knife," Tian Guanglin didn't speak, but Sun Zhenfuguan behind him interjected in a weird way, "I'm afraid, Ximen Xiaoye ran to Lao Yangkou early before the Tartar came,"

"Hey, hey, hey," Hu Shibiao laughed sullenly, didn't say anything, he was already angry in his heart, you old gelding, you know a fart. His silence made Sun Zhenfuguan quite proud, look, that Simon boy, at a glance, he knows that he is afraid of the soft and the hard, what a thing.

As for why Xiao Ye put his family here, according to their understanding, it is nothing more than the stone castle here, which was built by Ximen Xiao Ye, and if they want to exchange some money, they also want to leave the family guard to take care of it.

"What Sun Zhenfu said is a little rougher, but this is the reason," Tian Guanglin's eyes also flashed with a hint of displeasure, "Hu Baihu, you still have to discuss with Ximen Baihu, let him move his family away as soon as possible, this is not a stable place,"

If Xiao Ye insists on taking care of this stone fort, he can't take out the money or is unwilling to buy the thousand households in the stone fort on credit, and some of them have a way to renovate a mere hundred households.

If he Tian Guanglin walked into the stone castle and saw his clan sister, he probably wouldn't have said it, but the official face was Shangtian's deputy Qianhu, and he passed by this stone castle after all.

Tian Guanglin, who cherishes face, will not walk into this rough stone castle in a bright light until Hu Shibiao solves Xiao Ye's trouble, or after a thousand households take action, this is someone's private property, and he disdains to go.

got on the horse and came to the Tunli Hundred Households, Hu Shibiao's family had already avoided it; A few people sat down in the hall, and after the servant served tea, the main topic began.

According to the rhetoric prepared by Xin Weilin, Hu Shibiao reported in detail to Tian Qianhu the process of the Tartars besieging Shiguantun and burning down the Houshan Workshop Area again, and said that this time due to the use of artillery by the Tartars, the sergeants suffered heavy casualties, and there were still some wounded sergeants lying in Li Langzhong in Tunli waiting for treatment.

"There are less than 50 capable soldiers in the 100 households, and I hope that the 1000 households will give pensions to the dead and wounded, make up for the food and salaries of the soldiers, and the food and medicinal materials are almost gone," Hu Shibiao's last sentence made Tian Guanglin's face quite unsightly, and the hundreds of households no longer spoke.

Only Sun Dezhang, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he never interjected; According to his original words, there is no need for this Shiguantun to be established, now it is good, and the burden of money and food borne by thousands of households will be more and more in the future.

"What Hu Baihu thinks, Qianhu knows very well, and has already declared to the command and envoy to allocate money and food, but to supplement the military households, pay it back, etc.," Tian Guanglin took a sip of sour tea, his brows furrowed, this soil tea is too difficult to drink.

The matter of the secret buying and selling of the population proposed by Fuguilou Baodes has already begun, but the distribution of the interests of the parties involved in it has not been coordinated, so it will have to wait; Those landless vagrants, the prisoners who were sent to the army, did not have the official family's favor, but everyone was shrewd to take benefits.

Sold to the steppe to the Persians as coolies, it is also a way to live, I don't see the various items produced by others, exquisite and practical. Everything is inferior, only reading is high, and odd/obscene skills are cheap, but no one cares about the provenance when used to enjoy it.

"The matter of the military household, the thousand households have their own plans," Speaking of this, Tian Guanglin no longer said in depth, he is just a deputy thousand households, and it is Wang Chongli who takes the idea to resist responsibility; However, it seems that it is necessary to mention the replenishment of military households in Shiguantun, and Hu Shibiao in the province was in a hurry by the Tartars, and it would be a bad thing to return to the gravel fort.

"Hu Baihu, in the battle report, you said that more than 300 Tartars were killed, but seriously," just when Tian Guanglin was pondering the topic, Sun Dezhang, who couldn't hold back, opened his mouth and asked, and the hundreds of households sitting on both sides naturally stunned their ears.

"Yes, the remains of the Tartars have been buried, just down the mountain, and the lower officials will send someone to identify them," Hu Shibiao glanced at Tian Qianhu, who was expressionless, and replied gloomily, in the final analysis, he was just a pioneer of a thousand households, so why ask for money and food, it made everyone look bad.

"Oh, screening and capture, it's the duty of the lower officials, Lord Qianhu, I think, the lower officials should go to the corpse pit first," Hearing this, Sun Dezhang couldn't sit still, put down the teacup in his hand, got up and arched his hand.

The hundreds of households on both sides were also bright-eyed, and they said hello one after another, and they were also impatient.

"That's okay, you all do your duties, let's go down the mountain and have a look, the official and Hu Baihu still have something to discuss," Without waiting for Hu Shibiao to speak, Tian Guanglin waved his hand and let them go out.

The hall was quiet, and Tian Guanglin squinted at Hu Shibiao, "Hu Baihu, is this Shiguantun under your control?" The implication is that Xiao Ye's influence here cannot affect Hu Shibiao's control of the hundred households.

"Yes, the sergeant is in his heart, but the salary is .....," Hu Shibiao replied, and was about to open his mouth to continue complaining, but was stopped by Tian Guanglin shaking his head, he was also embarrassed by this blind Hu Shibiao.

"The grain is self-raised, and there is no land and tax exemption, which is already the greatest favor of thousands of households, where does the food and salary come from? Ximen Xiaoye still has to pay the grain tax at this time," when Hu Shibiao was angry about the association, Tian Guanglin collected his mood and continued to ask.

"Do you know the way of trade with the Persian tribes?"

Under Tian Guanglin's scorching gaze, Hu Shibiao sighed secretly and arched his hand, "Xiaguan went to Haixi Village of the Persians, and encountered Tatar cavalry along the way, with more than half of the casualties,"

"The Persian chief, Ola, identified the Fuguilou in Gansu Town as their shop, and the others did not sell the goods, even if they did, the price was higher than that of the Fuguilou, thousands of miles away, which was not cost-effective," Hu Shibiao's voice was not high, but his words were clear.

"Because the village chief of Aura married his granddaughter Ximen Baihu, he specially designated Ximen Xiao Ye to escort the commercial goods, and the others ignored them, but fortunately, Xiao Ye's sergeant was insufficient, and the lower officials could participate in the escort of the goods," Speaking of this, Hu Shibiao's face flashed with a trace of imperceptible ruthlessness, and his heart suddenly beat a few times.

"It's just a little concubine," Tian Guanglin said casually, stopped the conversation abruptly, and looked at Hu Shibiao with a smile, "In this case, the thousand-mile trade road is steep, so it's better to find that rich building,"

Let Xiao Ye continue to fight with the Tartars on the grassland, see if he can't resist one day, who to ask for help, Tian Guanglin flashed such a thought in his mind, and was about to speak, but Hu Shibiao said again.

"Lord Qianhu, my subordinates are secretly observing, this Persian caravan, I'm afraid it's not just one, perhaps, they hired Ximen Baihu to escort the caravan, it's just a gimmick, they have their own escort dart master,"

"Otherwise, there are tens of thousands of Tartar cavalry on the grassland, how can dozens of soldiers easily travel back and forth between the grassland and Shiguantun?"

"What's more, we have only one route to the steppe here, as long as you look at the dead canyon, how difficult is it for the Persian caravan to get here? But there are more than a few roads to Gansu Town. ”

Hu Shibiao's words made Tian Guanglin's thoughts about Xiao Ye quietly disappear, yes, with such firearms, it should not be difficult to build a firearms team.

It seems that the red-haired tribe under the Altai Mountains may be in league with the Persians.

Perhaps, the Persian caravans and the Tartars also secretly traded, and came to attack Shiguantun, it was an internal strife between them? The chaotic ideas made Tian Guanglin very disappointed, and I am afraid that the matter of controlling the source of purchase will not be over.

With a cold snort, Tian Guanglin tied his sleeves and asked puzzledly, "Why don't Hu Baihu cut off the heads of those Tartars and send them to thousands of households, they are all military exploits,"

"Hehe, the lower officials know that without the support of thousands of households, Shiguantun will not be able to gain a foothold in the wilderness, and now he is just burying the remains of the Tartars a little and waiting for the people from the thousands of households to dispose of them," the slippery Hu Shibiao replied very angrily; In terms of officialdom, he is smarter than Xiao Yelai, and he knows what to say and what not to say.

"Okay, good, Hu Baihu, Qianhu will not lose your military merits, but you have to divide some evenly to the other hundred households, you can't run the first merit," Tian Guanglin, who had a ruddy face, although he was shrewd, was slapped by Hu Shibiao without a trace, and immediately laughed.

This old / Hu is very interesting, yes, he has the opportunity to pull to the periphery of the Tian family, which is much stronger than the stunned Qingximen Xiao Ye.

"Don't dare, the lower officials don't dare to spy on the first merit, without the care of Tian Qianhu and Wang Qianhu, without the help of other hundred households, Shiguantun will not be able to deal with the attack of thousands of Tartars, Lao/Hu just did his duty," Hu Shibiao, who was not in the right heart, said with a smile.

For a while, Tian Guanglin also left behind his attachment to business, and talked and laughed with Hu Shibiao, there is no hurry in business, even if he knows, the Tartars on the grassland are difficult to deal with, Xiao Ye, who licks blood from the knife, is working hard, plus Hu Shibiao, who is very eye-catching, is supervising, why not.

Of course, if the Tartars give up the business road in the future, then Xiao Ye's bodyguard will definitely not work, it is not in accordance with the rules, it is simply a loss of face for the border army. Find a trumped-up charge, destroy a hundred households, and don't need the Tian family to show up, even the Huangwang family will secretly kill the killer.

The most important thing is that Xiao Ye took advantage of the trade route to get in touch with the Persians, and even controlled the transaction of white paper, which made the people in the Tian family, who knew the inside story, all like a thorn in their throats and eyes, and repeatedly wanted to replace them.

Unfortunately, Tian Guanglin is a member of the inside story.

Tian Guanglin is quite deep in the city, as a deputy thousand households, he is still very smart, for the Shiguantun defenders to resist the siege of the Tartars, asked Hu Shibiao in detail, and Hu Shibiao timely launched the rear loading fire/gun.

"If there were no guns, not a day, even two hours, Shiguantun would not be able to fight against thousands of Tartar soldiers, their artillery would have been too shocking to the sergeants, the casualties were fierce, and two shells would have killed seven or eight sergeants, and the bones would be incomplete," Hu Shibiao's words naturally aroused Tian Guanglin's interest.

When he came to the outer courtyard, Hu Shibiao summoned a sergeant and stretched out his hand to ask for a gun; This sergeant, who was secretly spying on Hu Shibiao, took off the gun without hesitation, took out a paper shell projectile, and handed it to Hu Baihu.

If there was no military order from Ximen Baihu earlier, he would not have handed over the fire/gun if he was killed, but this time he handed over the fire/gun, and when he turned around, Baihu wanted to change a rifle for him, which was a firearm that he had been coveting for a long time.

The dark and heavy fire/gun, Tian Guanglin played with it for a while, he had seen this kind of firearm, and Wang Chongli's personal guards were equipped with this kind of fire/gun, and I heard that the projectile was not cheap.

On the wall of Hu Shibiao's bedroom, there is also a rear-loading fire/gun, which was given to him by Xiao Ye, although his right hand is crippled, but he cherishes this kind of fire/gun quite much, that is, he can't shoot a gun in the future, and he still has to practice playing a revolver/gun. /

"Peng," under the guidance of Hu Shibiao, Tian Guanglin personally loaded the ammunition and fired a shot at the sky, the heavy recoil on his shoulders made him a little bared, but his mood was more refreshing.

In the past, Sun Dezhang transferred a gun from Xiao Ye, and after he went back, he asked Jiang Jie to swallow the ink, this kind of fire/gun that needs to aim at the target and fire one projectile at a time, and the range is not more than that of a one-eyed fire, which is not popular in the Ming army.

Even Jiang Jie just sold the fire/gun, and his own guards left two shots, and finally brought them back to his hometown in Taiyuan.

Those fire/guns with short barrels and short range projectiles are not much, who is willing to carry them like iron rods, it is not as simple and pleasant as a spear.

Even the fire/gun equipped by Huang Jiawei is only a deterrent to the outside world, if you want to hit the fire/gun accurately, without a large supply of projectiles, it is absolutely impossible without long-term training; Unlike the three-eyed fire system that scatters iron pellets, the rear loading fire/gun is only a lead bullet, and it can't be obtained by luck.

Fuguilou Baodes and the people in the command envoy department, trading fire/guns, Tian Guanglin got the relevant news from the pigeon letter in the family, and he didn't care about it at first, but now he has to pay attention to it.

The most important thing is that Hu Shibiao was sent by him and Wang Chongli, as long as he stood in this Shiguantun and got in touch with the Persian caravan, the fire/gun in Xiao Ye's hand and the gravel fort could also be obtained.

Thinking of this, Tian Guanglin happily handed back the fire/gun to Hu Shibiao, "This kind of fire/gun, can you buy it in large quantities?" ”

Hu Shibiao carried the gun in his left hand, weighed it, and gave it to the sergeant next to him, "The subordinate officer knows that the fire/gun in the hands of the Ximen Baihu, in addition to the original batch given by the Persians, was also purchased from the rich building, and the price is unknown,"

Xiao Ye went to Gansu Town on the Yuan Festival, and encountered an attack on the way back, Tian Guanglin knew about this, and now it seems that he is afraid that he will go to Fuguilou to discuss the purchase of firearms. In those carriages, I am afraid that there are fires/guns hidden, thinking of this, Tian Guanglin dispelled the idea of secretly dealing with Xiao Ye.

As soon as the incense was burned, there were guards to report that the corpses of the Tartar soldiers had been dug up under the mountain, and more than 300 heads had been cut off.

On the wasteland to the west of the mountain, next to a big pit that had just been dug out, there were a few neat heads, hideous and concave faces, dirty pigtails, Tian Guanglin on a horse, no need to look closely, and his worried mind calmed down; The main purpose of this trip has been achieved.

In the evening, the deacon of the Houshan Wang family personally brought a large amount of wine and meat, Tian Guanglin and the elated Sun Dezhang, as well as a few hundred households with smiling eyebrows, accompanied by Hu Shibiao, had a beautiful meal and rested in the tunli.

There are a large number of spare stone houses in the tunli, and the kang inside is also burning hot, and it is still satisfying to settle these officers and sergeants who have come from afar.

The next day, the practice of the Shiguantun sergeant was rarely stopped for a day, and Hu Shibiao took Heizi and other flag officers, as well as all the craftsmen, to send Tian Guanglin and his party back to the gravel fort.

It's not that Tian Guanglin doesn't want to stay a few more days, it's really, what to say, in case the Tartar goes and returns, whether he goes or not, if he stays for one more day, there will be more risks, and it's better to go back early.

Tian Guanglin, who took the captured Tartar head and gave Hu Shibiao countless praises, left Shi Shiran, and the grain and silver taels left behind were even a reward for Hu Shibiao and those sergeants.

Hu Shibiao took a few flag officers and sent them to the bottom of the mountain, and he was full of smiles, until he couldn't see the distant figure, so he straightened his waist and spat disdainfully, "Phew, what's the matter,"

On the stone hill, on the stone fort and the road of the fort wall, Xin Weilin looked at the distant team, patted the armrest of the wheelchair, and was silent; Wang Ziliang, who was standing beside him, had a gloomy face, and the paper fan was knocking on the palm of his hand one by one.