The list lists the materials needed by the Zhao family, as well as preferential prices.

Take saltpeter as an example, as long as you transport 10,000 catties of saltpeter to Zhaojiabao, you can exchange for a large mirror of 1,200 taels, and the price of 10,000 catties of saltpeter naturally does not need 1,200 taels of silver, and there is a good profit during the period.

5,000 catties of iron, change the mirror.

Eight hundred stones of grain for one mirror.

Fifty horses on the horse, and one side of the mirror.

Eighty horses were put on and a mirror was replaced.

One hundred and twenty horses were replaced.

300 foals with a mirror......

Almost all the things that the Zhao family needs are listed above, and these things are given extremely favorable prices. Especially in terms of horses, the price of horses in the horse markets in various places is only seven or eight taels of silver, and in some places it is even lower.

In addition, in terms of talent recruitment, if you can introduce a person who is proficient in firearms research, you can directly give the mirror five sides, and a person who is proficient in machinery will give the mirror five sides. Introduce people who are proficient in horse breeding, and give a mirror.

The two tables of businessmen looked at this list and discussed a lot, whether it was from the raw materials or the talents needed by the Zhao family, they could see that the Zhao family wanted to train the village bravery.

Firearms have always been tightly controlled by the imperial court, and the people are not allowed to have them.

However, almost none of the great merchants present thought about this problem, and the imperial decrees were like farts in their eyes, and by this time, many decrees against merchants had been openly abolished.

For example, restrictions on what merchants can wear are almost gone. There is not even a shadow of the restrictions on the living conditions of officials.

As long as there's money to be made, those things don't care about their business.

Besides, the Zhao family has the secret recipe for making glass mirrors, and it is common sense to practice some rural courage to protect themselves.

It's just that some businessmen are worried about this transaction method and asked: "Zhao Gongzi, now that bandits are rampant in Denglai, it is very inconvenient for us to transport goods to Dengzhou!" ”

"That's right! How about trading in Jinan City? ”

"You don't have to worry, my Zhao family has organized a township soldier, and within half a year, the bandits near Denglai official road will be cleared, if there is a caravan to Dengzhou, it can be escorted by my Zhao hometown." Zhao Yan replied, now that the Zhao family can make glass mirrors, it is natural to use some force to deter Xiaoxiao. Otherwise, some people with bad intentions also mean that the Zhao family is a soft persimmon that can be pinched casually.

It's just that many big businessmen are noncommittal to Zhao Yan's arrogance, but it is safe to be escorted.

After the banquet, Zhao Yan immediately returned to Huang County with people.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the temperature begins to warm up slowly. After a while, spring wheat will be sown, and sweet potatoes will also be planted in the ground.

Zhao Yan returned to Zhaojiabao and immediately selected the literati who worked in the Zhao family.

A total of three literati who were proficient in Tuntian were promoted to the rank of set chief, each in charge of a set. Among them, Tang Zhengze, who was the most capable, was appointed as the Zhao family's minister of agriculture.

Zhang Buyun was appointed Minister of Civil Affairs.

As soon as these two titles of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Civil Affairs appeared, many people were shocked. In this era, there was no such thing as the so-called Agricultural Bureau, but the Zhao family's departments had set up a lot, and it was a bit strange.

Ordnance Bureau, Ministry of Medicine, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Transport, Recruitment Bureau......

Anyway, the emperor is far away, how to do it, and now Denglai is so messy, who will care about them?

The Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for the management of tuntian, mainly in charge of agriculture and breeding, while the Ministry of Civil Affairs is naturally in charge of civil affairs.

After the appointment of the governor of Tuntian, Tuntian does not need Zhao Yan to worry about it, just leave it to the people below to do it.

After dealing with the arrangements for personnel changes, Zhao Yan threw himself into the training again.

The three hundred and sixty family members began to meet the big competition, and this time the big competition only had two items: queue and spearmanship.

Zhao Yong, Lin Yi, and Wang Wenyue each took a family member, neatly arranged on the school field, and each family member had a solemn face on his face.

This time there will be some people who will be eliminated.

At the same time, the rank of the soldier will be determined according to the individual marksmanship, which is divided into first-class, second-class, and third-class privates.

If the personal skills meet the standard, they can be promoted to private and can retain the current monthly salary of five taels. If it does not meet the standard, it will be reduced to a third-class soldier, and the monthly salary is only two taels of silver. First-class soldiers will need to make meritorious service before they can be promoted, and their monthly salary will be raised to seven taels.

The three hundred and sixty family members each had a spear in their hands, and the head of the spear that flashed with cold light turned the three phalanxes into hedgehog-like existences.

Zhao Yan's rough shouting voice sounded, and the three small phalanxes neatly turned left and right with the order.

"Forward." With a loud shout, the three small phalanxes marched in a neat pace, making a thumping sound, and walked forward step by step.

Zhao Yan showed a look of satisfaction, and after several months of training, he finally had an appearance in the queue, and waved his hand and shouted: "Ping gun." ”

"Flat guns!"

"Flat guns!"

"Flat guns!"

Under the order of the three commanders, the pikemen in the first two rows immediately lowered their spears and aimed their sharp spear heads at the front, and the four-meter spears formed a clear defensive line.

Any enemy who tries to charge must first challenge this formidable spearhead.

"Kill ......"

"Kill ......"

"Kill ......"

In the earth-shattering shout, spears pierced out.

"Charge ......"

"Rush!" The soldiers of the third army, armed with spears, charged forward. In the rapid charge, the team remained relatively neat.

In a stabbing sound, a bunch of straw men in front of the formation were stabbed to the ground.

There was no much confusion, Zhao Yan nodded with satisfaction, the biggest advantage of pikemen is that they take advantage of melee combat.

One inch long and one inch strong!

But the key is that the formation must not be chaotic, and there must be an overall coordination.

After the queue demonstration, it will be time for the individual skill assessment project. Zhao Yong, Lin Yi, and Wang Wenyue stood in front of Zhao Yan with their chests and stomachs closed, and Zhao Yan nodded in appreciation: "The three of you have practiced well, but you still need to continue to work hard." ”

"Yes, sir." The three shouted in unison.

"After this assessment, there will be a restructuring. At the same time, a cavalry battalion will be created, which of the three of you is interested? Zhao Yan asked the three of them.

The three of them looked at each other, and then Zhao Yong and Wang Wenyue's eyes fell on Lin Yi, who had been a horse bandit before coming to Zhao's house.

After a while, Lin Yi stepped forward and said, "Report sir, I'm interested." ”

"Then you will lead the cavalry battalion!" Zhao Yan nodded, among all the family members, only Lin Yi's horse kung fu was the best, and many things that Zhao Yan fought immediately were taught by Lin Yi.

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The assessment was carried out until the end of the day, and the final statistics showed that more than 200 family members were qualified for the promotion of privates, and more than 100 failed the assessment.

Zhao Yan laid off thirty people from inside, and Zhao Jiabao began recruiting troops again.

This time Zhao Yan recruited troops from the method mentioned by Qi Jiguang in the military book, don't be cowardly, don't be too bold, and don't do things in the government.

However, he did not completely follow the recruitment standards of the Qi family's army, and some of the standards were changed to encourage literate literati to enlist in the army.

The supply of soldiers is a little tight, and more than 10,000 displaced people have been recruited this winter, and they are all allocated to various construction sites for work relief.

The Ordnance Bureau and the kiln are places that require a large number of manpower. In particular, the kilns where bricks and cement were fired were assigned several thousand people.

But among the more than 10,000 displaced people, there are many fewer young people than the previous batch of displaced people.

So I had to recruit young people from Tun, and those young people had been practicing intermittently for a few months, and they also had a preliminary appearance.

If they are selected, the allocated fields are leased to newly recruited displaced people.

The plan is to recruit 500 people from the tundi, compete for these 500 places according to the Xiangyong Dabi, and select another 1,000 people from the newly recruited homeless people.

Population is a matter of restricting the size of the army, and the population is still too small. You have to get an official identity as soon as possible, otherwise you can't go out and recruit soldiers openly.

At present, we can only recruit 1,500 people. Of the 1,000 people selected from this group of displaced people who were still settled, 500 were pikemen with strict selection, and the other 500 were musketeers with slightly lower recruitment standards.

At this time, Zhao Yan heard the news from the craftsmen of the Ordnance Bureau that the water turbine had been manufactured.

Zhao Yan couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly dared to check.

Now that the water turbine has been built, will it be far from making guns and cannons?

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