Yes......

Yang Bo put down the book in his hand, Yun Niang handed the plucked hair to him, and there were already two white hairs lying there on the table.

"Xianggong's daily affairs are complicated, or pay attention to the body, today is finally a free time to rest, but write and paint a hard day"

Yun Niang sighed and said, "Xianggong only needs to take charge of the overall situation, so why do you have to do everything yourself?" ”

Yang Bo shook his head: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, as long as you stand firm in the first step, you can be easier later, there are some things, they can't do it." ”

Seeing Yun Niang's puzzled look, Yang Bo handed Yun Niang some of the things he wrote today and said, "Look at it, can I do these things without worrying about them?" ”

Yun Niang took it curiously and looked at it a few times, the first document was written about the requirements for the production of six-pound guns, and there were many notes densely written in the back, what gun carriages were standardized and mass-produced, what could be disassembled from each other, what iron weight, how much tolerance of the gun diameter, the required firing range, etc., Yun Niang couldn't understand it, so she turned to the next document, and the second one was written about the refinement of high wine. What is the design of the secondary distillation vessel and so on, Yun Niang asked with some curiosity: "Xianggong, aren't we strictly forbidden to drink alcohol here except for the New Year?" Xianggong also often said that food is expensive in troubled times, how can you think of brewing and brewing this high level of wine? ”

Yang Bo smiled and said, "This high level of wine is not for us to drink."

Yun Niang nodded as if she didn't understand, and picked up another document, the third book was written as a three-year outline for private school, a five-year outline, and more than ten pages of content were written, and Yun Niang asked again: "Xianggong is planning to extend the time of going to private school?" ”

Yang Bo nodded: "What can I learn in a year?" At present, most of the content taught in private schools is at the stage of literacy and enlightenment. Other subdivisions of the discipline could not be completed in three or five years, but now there are frequent wars, and the backbone of the army has suffered heavy losses. I can only pull out the seedlings to help them grow, and see if there is an opportunity for them to study in the future. ”

Yun Niang said again: "Teaching and educating people is a gentleman's business, Yun Niang doesn't understand, why does Xianggong have to take time to go to a private school every month?" ”

Yang Bo smiled slightly, but did not answer, Yun Niang was curious, and she must ask to understand. Yang Bo said: "As soon as Mao Wenlong died, all the departments of the Dongjiang River fell apart, why? Mao Wenlong received countless righteous sons. There are also large and small lieutenant generals, but no one can take over his burden, you see that Mao Wenlong has only been dead for a few years, what has become of Dongjiang? So there is a lesson from the past. Let's take a long-term view. It's also a successor......"

Bang!

Before Yang Bo's words were finished, Chen Bilian broke in in a hurry, and muttered loudly as she walked: "Is there a successor?" Is my sister happy? ”

Yang Bo rolled his eyes angrily and ignored her.

Yun Niang handed the white hair to Chen Bilian, got up to make tea and Zhang Luo Dim Sum, Chen Bilian took the hair and looked at it, stunned.

"Ah Lian, how many ships did Yan Kunzhi say he would give us?" Yang Bo rarely enjoyed Chen Bilian's gentle massage. Close your eyes and ask casually.

Chen Bilian sat behind the recliner and carefully massaged Yang Bo's temples. replied: "Ten days ago, I arrived in a batch, but there are not many big ships, there are only two Fu boats, what other sand boats, square head boats, are dilapidated, I don't know where to get it, I transferred them all to Jiaozhou Bay to repair, in addition to the Fu boat, the others plan to be repaired for the ferry between Dengzhou and Lushun"

Yang Bo nodded and said: "Pingshan, Dashan stripped the function of the base, transferred the excess manpower back, and usually used it as a guard pier in Jiaozhou Bay." And that Fernandez, ask him if he would like to work with Lu Ruohan, if not, let him stay in the sailor to train the artillerymen, and tell him that one day, I will fill the sides of the ship with artillery, and the front will be armored with iron plates. ”

Chen Bilian was a little angry, she threw her hand: "It's rare for the old lady to come over today, can you not talk about business?" ”

Yang Bo laughed: "Where is this business?" You and Yun Niang are one inside the main and one outside the main house, but the husband is planning for you in the future."

Chen Bilian snorted, and when she saw Yun Niang coming over with a smile, she stopped talking.

The next day, Yang Bo inspected the construction of the South Thirty Miles, thousands of displaced people are fighting with the frozen land, although the wind is howling, but these people are all sweating like rain, the construction site is full of stones that have been transported, Zhang Shixiong was entrusted by Yang Bo to temporarily serve as the chief army discipline officer, supervise the progress of construction.

At present, the progress is relatively fast, the foundation reinforcement of the south thirty miles has been completed, and soon the wall will be rebuilt, and there should be no problem with the repair completed within a month, according to Yang Bo's order, the entire Jinzhou area has become a construction site, and the piers everywhere are in the tense rush to repair.

Zhang Shixiong pointed to the seaside and said: "My lord, a simple wharf can also be built here, the kind that can be used for small boats to moor, so that if the Tartars cut off the land supply between Lushun and Jinzhou, we can also land with sailors."

Yang Bo nodded and did not say anything.

Zhang Shixiong pointed to the wasteland around Thirty Miles and said: "My lord, this place was originally good land, but unfortunately it was abandoned, and after the city is built, at least 3,000 people can be assigned to Tuntian in this area." ”

Yang Bo shook his head: "Let's wait for the situation in Jinzhou to stabilize before talking about this matter, are there any difficulties for these displaced people at present?" ”

Zhang Shixiong said: "The food is a little tight, according to the instructions of the adults to make way for the army, the grain reserve department has cut the rations of the displaced people, and now they eat two meals a day, but they can still manage their fill, and the displaced people have no complaints, but, but this winter clothing is still insufficient, and many displaced people who have taken refuge can only receive two single clothes." ”

Yang Bo pondered for a moment and said: "This can't be done, today you can cut the rations of one meal for the homeless, tomorrow you can cut three meals, I will go to tell the logistics department, the homeless people work, the food still has to feed them, I will solve the food problem, as for the winter clothes, the 60,000 sets of winter clothes in the Shijiu Institute have been sewn, and it may take a few days to arrive, you go and talk to them." ”

Zhang Shixiong suddenly knelt on the ground and choked up: "My lord is benevolent, Shixiong thank you for the villagers of Liaodong." ”

Yang Bo sighed, patted Zhang Shixiong's broad back and said, "Shixiong, I like your temper very much. But don't forget, absolute equality can't be done, we can do it. It's just relative equality, and you must remember my words. ”

In order to solve the grain problem, Yang Bo could only write to the Wu shopkeeper in Jinmen, promising the trade volume of 200,000 catties of copper next year, and using the output of 500,000 catties of private salt as collateral, asking the Wu family to give priority to allocating a batch of grain to Lushun, as long as they can tide over this year's difficulties. Next year will be much smoother.

After the letter was sent, Yang Bo sat still, and then wrote letters to Yan Kunzhi and Wen Tiren. For the sake of the great victory in Jinzhou, the imperial court will give priority to the guerrilla battalion to pay the arrears for one year, although there is an instruction from Emperor Chongzhen and a personal guarantee from Wen Tiren. However, two months passed after Yang Bo returned to Lushun. Not only did he not get a cent of 50,000 salaries, but he also heard from the arrears of the past year, and the current supply of the army could last at least three months, but most of the displaced people who migrated afterwards could not survive this winter. After writing it, Yang Bo looked at those words that were almost pleading, couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, and after thinking about it, he added another disgusting person, saying that as long as the imperial court was willing to pay, he was willing to lead the guerrilla battalion to fight the Tartars. I don't know if those court bigwigs will be touched when they see this Mao Wenlong-style copy letter, the food consumed by tens of thousands of people in Lushun every day to eat horses and chew is not a small amount. Now it is the period of the Xiaoice River, in case of a natural disaster, there is no silver to buy food, Yang Bo can not help but take precautions early.

The next day, Yang Bo convened Lu Ruohan, Tang Ruowang and Chen Jianghu and others to discuss the matter of casting cannons, and saw that everyone had arrived, Yang Bo went straight to the point: "At present, there are 3,500 soldiers and horses in the 6th battalion of Lushun, and I plan to expand to about 7,000 people, that is to say, the number of people in each battalion should reach 1,200 people, in addition to sergeants, sentinels, calmers, teachings, doctors, etc., I think each battalion will also increase the artillery team and transportation. ”

Seeing that Lu Ruohan wanted to speak and stopped, Yang Bo waved his hand: "You don't have to think about the heavy artillery battalion, the current conditions for formation have not yet been met, not to mention, my half-year appointment with you has not yet arrived?" ”

Lu Ruohan smiled bitterly and did not speak.

Chen Jianghu hesitated and said: "There is an iron mold pouring method, which can pour about eighty guns in two months, but in addition to the waste products, it can produce up to fifty guns, according to the requirements of the adults to fire scattered shells for six-pounder guns, this kind of iron cannon can shoot hundreds of rounds at most, and it is easy to explode after a long time."

Yang Bo nodded: "Let's get through the difficulties first, and then we will use iron-core copper cannons to solve the problem of life in the future, even if fifty six-pounder cannons are good now, do you think it's better to use them alone, or do you allocate them to each battalion?" ”

Tang Ruowang thought for a while and said: "Naturally, it is better to use the ration battalions, and in the future, in case of special circumstances, such as attacking fortified positions, then it is okay to concentrate the artillery of each battalion, I think the current establishment of the Thunder Brigade needs to be changed, such as pikemen, flintlock guns, mortar battalions, etc., these arms are too single, and often need several battalions to be used together, my suggestion is that according to the model of the Liaodong battalion, these battalions should be scattered and reasonably distributed to each battalion, so that they can be flexibly dispatched in case of war." ”

Yang Bo nodded: "That's right, with the expansion of the number of battalions, the previous single establishment is indeed unable to keep up with the situation, but this problem needs to be postponed, and it will be completely solved next year. ”

Lu Ruohan said: "Ten six-pounder guns per battalion, plus thirty mortar guns, and twenty Furlong small cannons I think are more reasonable configurations."

Yang Bo shook his head: "The small cannon of the Furlong machine will be abandoned, and in the future, each battalion will configure these kinds of artillery according to the standard: mortar gun, four-pounder gun, six-pounder gun, and finally two standard calibers of heavy artillery, and other types of artillery will be cancelled." ”

Lu Ruohan said: "If each artillery gun needs three gunners, then each battalion needs to add about two hundred people, and only gunners, plus transport, carriages and other logistics personnel, at least five hundred." ”

Everyone frowned, isn't it a joke that each battalion should divide half of its soldiers to serve the artillery team? In this case, the battalions will no longer have to fight,

Yang Bo categorically denied: "Three gunners is too many, and in the future, it will be stipulated that only two gunners can be set." ”

John Tang said with some embarrassment: "If this is the case, it may affect the emission frequency."

Yang Bo snorted: "Don't worry about this problem, sticks can make them more efficient, so it's decided, so let's talk about the next question, how many personnel are appropriate for logistics settings?" ”

Lu Ruohan said: "If you follow the plan of the adults, then the logistics pressure will be very great, and the personnel will not only be responsible for logistics, but also participate in daily artillery training." Used as a reserve gunner, this ......"

Yang Bo spread his hands and said helplessly: "No way." If you want to increase the artillery strike power of each battalion, you can't add too many idlers, so you can only use them as generalists. ”

Tang Ruowang replied while calculating: "Now that artillery has a two-wheeled gun mount, then a small cannon of more than 300 catties can be pulled away by only one horse, and a battalion needs to add sixty carriages, and there is no need to increase other manpower, just use the artillery to take care of it." As for the transportation of shells. I suggest that you still use a horse-drawn carriage, and use a trailer in the back, and the double-pulled horse can tow three trailers. In addition, some rooster carts were prepared for use in rough terrain, so that each battalion needed to add at least a hundred horses. With logistics, each battalion would have reached the size of 1,400 people. ”

Yang Bo calculated it in his heart and felt that it was feasible. He nodded in agreement. A record clerk handed over the sorted out records to Yang Bo for signature, and soon this new establishment will be sent to the hands of the supervisors at all levels, and at present, the Thunder Brigade will set the number of people in each battalion at 1,400, and the total number of people will reach the scale of 8,000 people.

The next day, the court's reward came down. This time, the action was fast, but the content was a little incomprehensible. Yan Kunzhi's originally questioned position as a squire in the military department finally sat firmly through this exploit, Li Weiluan and the crown prince Taibao, Shang Kexi because of the new promotion, Lianyun Island's merit was rewarded with the command of Yin Yizi's Jinyiwei, Tan Yinghua should have the credit for breaking the Yellow Bone Island Fort, and also have the great merit of winning Jinzhou, and he was promoted from general to deputy general of Dongjiang. The new garrisons of Changsheng Island and Lianyun Island were divided between Shang Kexi and Yang Bo, Shang Kexi promoted his own family, and Yang Bo let Gao Yuanxiang of the water camp take over the role, anyway, those two islands are not prepared to garrison, they are all vain. He Jiuren's newly built garrison of Nanguancheng (South Thirty Miles) was considered to have reached expectations, but to Yang Bo's surprise, Li Zhizhan (Tie Niu) pacified Changsheng Island and promoted him to Jinzhou guerrilla, and suddenly he was promoted from the previous commander to a third-grade guerrilla, and he was already on an equal footing with Yang Bo! The rest of the guerrilla battalion generals and officials had rewards, but Yang Bo searched and searched, and finally found his name in the end, and the Lushun guerrilla Yang Bo officer was reinstated, and the back, there was no ......

Yang Bo was so angry that he jumped to his feet and scolded without even reading the rewards of the islands of the Dongjiang River, even if the court was disgusting, he also promoted Tie Niu up, what is this for? Are you ready to train Iron Bull to fight in the ring with yourself? The imperial court also pretended to send 20,000 Neinu to the guerrilla camp, but when he got it, he lost 5,000, and Yang Bo was about to run away.

"Sinister intentions!"

Yang Bo was so angry that the corners of his mouth trembled: "Fortunately, Tie Niu is our brother who wears the same pair of pants"

However, Yang Bo must admit that the court's divisive plan still had some effect, at least he lost his temper on the spot......

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Smack!

After a few shots, Zhao Long's voice rang out: "How?" ”

"Good baby!" It turned out that Li Er, Tong Jiaqiang, Lao Huang and others, who followed Zhao Long's group of raids, were all talking about it, and they stared at the black flintlock pistol in Zhao Long's hand with envy

"This guy is no different from other flintlock pistols, huh? How can you pinch so far? Lao Huang panted and took back the target more than 160 steps away, and there were seven or eight holes on it.

Zhao Long was very satisfied with his shooting accuracy after looking at the target, and only two shots flew away.

"You don't know, do you? This is something designed by adults, and there is only this one in the whole Lushun. Zhao Long took out the strip and carefully cleaned up the gunpowder residue in the gunpowder, and said proudly.

"I said Lao Zhao, do you have a good time with your brothers?" Tong Jiaqiang stared at the flintlock pistol.

"No" Zhao Long shook his head without hesitation: "This gun is my mother-in-law, I have to hold her when I sleep, how can I use it for you?" ”

"Lao Zhao, you are not righteous, you are still a good brother who was born and died together" Everyone was furious.

"Haha" Zhao Long laughed: "I'm kidding you, my lord said, each of our cavalry team has one, this gun is specially used to kill Tartar sentry cavalry and important generals, in the future, our cavalry team will be called Hunters, what is it called Hunters?" That is the soldier who specializes in hunting Tartars, no matter how fierce the Tartars are, can he block this iron from a hundred paces away? ”

After speaking, Zhao Long handed his "mother-in-law" to Tong Jiaqiang, who took it with a surprised look on his face and looked at it carefully.

"See? There are two rifling wires in it, just like the short gun, but it hits farther than the short gun, and when your gun arrives, you have to choose a matching mold for casting lead, you must remember that the mold is one by one, don't get confused, or what, what tolerance, the lead will not be able to fit"

"Will they be equipped in the future?" Li Er pointed to the training team members around him and asked, these are soldiers selected from various battalions who can ride horses.

Zhao Long nodded: "Of course it will, in the future, our standard equipment will be a spear, three short guns, a sharp knife, plus other supporting things, and the bow and crossbow will not be used anymore." ”

Tong Jiaqiang hesitated a little and said: "If it is a scuffle, I am afraid that the four guns will not have time to be loaded, and it is better to have a bow and crossbow." ”

Zhao Long said: "We are not soldiers, we are mostly sneak attacks on weekdays, if we encounter encounters, we are not afraid, we also have to train a team of two to ensure firepower output."

At this moment, a horse galloped over: "Another group of Liao people has arrived, and the lord ordered you to go to the outpost first, and escort the displaced people with you." ”

Hearing the adult's order, Zhao Long didn't dare to hesitate, and gave a loud whistle behind him, and everyone turned over their horses and galloped away into the distance......

Three miles east of Jinzhou City, the black and oppressive Liaodong refugees sat on the ground in the cold wind, countless cauldrons were supported in the field, as soon as the aroma came out, the crowd began to stir, Zhao Long took more than 300 cavalry horses to guard around, and there were military discipline officers from the Liu Dahu Department of Jinzhou in the field to maintain order.

These refugees will continue to rush after eating, and they will settle down in Lushun, seeing the murderous cavalry around them, these refugees began to be afraid, and those refugees who had shaved their heads shrank their heads, but the instructor in charge of the soup kitchen in the field made them feel a lot more at ease, and these people spoke softly, without a trace of murder.

"Line up, come one by one, the adults said, come to our Lushun and have nothing else, three meals a day can be guaranteed, four sets of clothes a year can be guaranteed, you can guarantee your work for silver, your lord also asked the governor for a batch of food today, everyone can eat enough, don't worry."

"Your Excellency is a living Bodhisattva!"

A shaved Liao man suddenly knelt down and cried out with tears streaming down his face, and the surrounding refugees were infected and knelt down as well...... (To be continued......)